BEN Bargwanna has added another major international motorsport destination to round out his 2023 campaign.
Bargwanna, 22, has confirmed he will take part in the final round of the TCR World Tour, to be held on the famous Macau Grand Prix circuit across November 16-19.
It follows him competing in the Portimao and Spa-Francorchamps rounds of the World Tour earlier this year.
Bargwanna’s Macau outing will come aboard the Hangcha Forklifts Peugeot raced by Clay Richards this weekend at Sandown.
Before Macau, that car will be driven in early November by French brothers Teddy and Jimmy Clairet at Race Sydney and the Bathurst International – both of which double as stops on the TCR Australia and World Tour calendars.
It’s not yet been announced which round each brother will enter.
“We’ve forged a great relationship with the Clairet brothers over the journey and they’ve become great friends,” Bargwanna said.
“It’s great to have both of them coming down for the two World Tour rounds – I think at the moment they’re playing rock, paper, scissors to see who gets to race at Sydney and who gets Bathurst.
“It’s great for the team to have them in the Hangcha car in a field that is getting more and more competitive by the day.
“And then I get to go and do Macau, which is pretty incredible.
“It’s one of the most famous races so to have the chance to go and compete there is something we had to grab when Hangcha, who are a Chinese company, came onboard. I’ll jump from the Burson car to the Hangcha car and go and have a crack.
“It’s one of those iconic races that is on the bucket list of loads of drivers so it’s very cool to know I’m going to go there and race in the final round of the 2023 TCR World Tour.
“The end of my year will be Sydney, Bathurst, Macau and Adelaide in the S5000. It’s a pretty incredible way to finish the year, for sure!”
