Announced in February 2017 the i30 N TCR represents Hyundai Motorsport’s first steps into circuit racing. Built and developed by the Customer Racing department at the team’s headquarters in Alzenau, Germany the car is based on Hyundai’s high-performance i30 N model.
Design work for the project began in September 2016, with the first on track test taking place in April 2017.
An exhaustive development schedule ended with the i30 N TCR taking victory in its very first race at the Zhejiang Raceway in China. Hyundai Motorsport delivered the first cars in December 2017, with customers winning titles in the USA and Korea, as well as both drivers’ and teams’ crowns from the FIA World Touring Car Cup.