Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition is the 2020 WTCR Official Safety Car

Honda will be at the forefront of the two protection and opposition when the WTCR – FIA Globe Touring Car Cup year will get underway, with the new Civic Sort R Confined Version becoming the Formal Safety Car of the series for 2020.

Unveiled in February at the Milan headquarters of Honda’s extended-expression motorsport collaborator and formal companion, JAS Motorsport, the Civic Sort R Confined Version is just one of two new variants to be added to the Sort R line-up for 2020 and is the most extraordinary edition of the legendary hatchback to be built to day.

Developed in trying to keep with Sort R custom, and with keep track of functionality the primary emphasis, it also involves the similar market-foremost active protection and driver-assistive technologies that helped the Civic range – which involves the typical Sort R on which the Honda Civic Sort R TCR racer is dependent – get paid best ratings in Euro NCAP exams.

The Sort R Confined Version Safety Car will have a resplendent livery that includes the ‘Sunlight Yellow’ colour – the similar colour that the dynamic entrance-wheel travel hatchback will be accessible to clients in.

In addition to characteristics that optimise on-keep track of functionality, this sort of as lightweight twenty” forged BBS alloy wheels, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup-two tyres, two-piece floating brake discs and modified dampers, the Confined Edition’s stripped-again inside will help add to a fat reduction of 47kg as opposed to the GT-specification Sort R.

The Confined Version retains the Sort R’s potent two.-litre VTEC Turbo motor, which has a peak electrical power output of 320PS at six,500rpm and peak torque of 400Nm. -100km/h (-62mph) is realized in five.seven seconds.

The livery of the Civic Sort R Safety Car is influenced by the aggressive philosophy behind the output car, and is the perform of Belgian artist Vanuf, who has developed numerous of Honda’s formal liveries for its touring car programmes.

The 2020 WTCR year will consist of 6 rounds at European venues, setting up at the Salzburgring in Austria on the weekend of 12-13 September. 4 Honda Civic Sort R TCRs will be campaigned – two by ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, and a more two by ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport.

François Ribeiro, Head of Eurosport Situations, the WTCR promoter, mentioned: “Honda has a prosperous record in FIA Globe Touring Car opposition and its extended-standing motivation to the class is second to none, so we are delighted to welcome Honda as the new Formal Safety Car Partner of the WTCR – FIA Globe Touring Car Cup with its Civic Sort R Confined Version. Obtaining this sort of an legendary car as the Civic Sort R as the Formal Safety Car – with its fantastic protection ranking, its sporty, dynamic features, as very well as its affordability – suits correctly with the philosophy of WTCR.”