{"id":18135,"date":"2021-10-15T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/10\/15\/toyota-gazoo-racing-tgr-gt-cup-asia-2021-e-motorsport-racers-gear-up-to-compete-in-the-regional-finals\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T02:00:00","slug":"toyota-gazoo-racing-tgr-gt-cup-asia-2021-e-motorsport-racers-gear-up-to-compete-in-the-regional-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/10\/15\/toyota-gazoo-racing-tgr-gt-cup-asia-2021-e-motorsport-racers-gear-up-to-compete-in-the-regional-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) GT Cup ASIA 2021 : E-Motorsport racers gear up to compete in the Regional Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media&#13;<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 15 October 2021 &#8211;<b>\u00a0<\/b>21 national qualifiers from seven countries are set to&#13;<br \/>\ncompete in the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) GT Cup ASIA 2021 Regional Finals this&#13;<br \/>\nSaturday, 16 October 2021. The skilled e-Motorsport racers will compete for the&#13;<br \/>\nultimate championship and the chance to progress to the Global Finals of the&#13;<br \/>\nTGR GT Cup 2021 taking place in December. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/Thumb\/500x0\/186362\/to1.jpg#image-186362\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota&#13;<br \/>\nhas made it possible for thousands of motorsports enthusiasts to relive the&#13;<br \/>\nthrill and experience of watching Toyota GR cars on iconic racing circuits&#13;<br \/>\nthrough TGR GT Cup Asia 2021.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Return of Rivals <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Finalists from the GR Supra GT Cup Asia Regional Round&#13;<br \/>\nlast year are back again in this year&#8217;s star-studded line-up of racers who will&#13;<br \/>\nbe competing to be crowned Regional Champion of TGR GT Cup ASIA 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Aleef of Singapore, Taj Aiman from Malaysia,&#13;<br \/>\nand Nathayos Sirigaya from Thailand will compete head-to-head-to head again in&#13;<br \/>\ntheir respective groups as they battle it out on four different racing circuits&#13;<br \/>\non the Tokyo Expressway in the newly introduced GR Yaris. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year&#8217;s TGR GT CUP ASIA will be oh so close,&#13;<br \/>\nwith so many top-class drivers, all prepared to put everything on the line to&#13;<br \/>\nwin, you can never predict how it&#8217;s going to turn out,&#8221; said Muhammad Aleef of&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore, champion of the GR Supra Cup Asia 2020. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">&#8220;If&#13;<br \/>\nlast year&#8217;s event is anything to go by, All I can say is that the TGR GT CUP&#13;<br \/>\nASIA is insanely competitive considering we will be racing against the region&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\nbest drivers,&#8221; Said Taj Aiman. &#8220;The most important thing will be to remain&#13;<br \/>\nfocus and consistent. You cannot afford to make mistakes on any of the four&#13;<br \/>\nraces, and if you do, the odds of bouncing back into championship contention&#13;<br \/>\nwill be anything from slim to impossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/Thumb\/500x0\/186369\/to2.jpg#image-186369\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Cars in the Gran Turismo, like the GR Yaris, will drive&#13;<br \/>\nlike the real vehicle with GR-Four 4WD Traction <\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, each car will sport a unique&#13;<br \/>\nlivery<sup>[i]<\/sup>&#13;<br \/>\ndesigned by renowned local artists from each of the participating countries \u2013 Singapore,&#13;<br \/>\nThailand, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, and South Korea. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><u>TGR GT Cup ASIA 2021<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The top five racers in each group will race their way to&#13;<br \/>\nthe finals. The remaining 11 racers will go on to compete in the Consolation&#13;<br \/>\nRace on the Fuji Speedway racing circuit, in the GR Supra&#8217;20 for a last shot to&#13;<br \/>\nbe in the Final Race. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Final Race of the TGR GT Cup ASIA 2021 will see 15&#13;<br \/>\nracers pushing their limits on two exciting tracks with equally thrilling, high&#13;<br \/>\nperformance vehicles. Racers will take their seats behind the all-new GR 86 as&#13;<br \/>\nthey take on five laps of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, which is&#13;<br \/>\nalso the circuit used by the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, which will include&#13;<br \/>\na mandatory pit stop and a compulsory tyre change. The fourth and final round,&#13;<br \/>\nwill take place on the iconic Le Mans circuit in France as where they will&#13;<br \/>\nmaneuver the 13.6km track with a TS050 Hypercar. The top two regional finalists&#13;<br \/>\nwill be guaranteed a spot to represent Asia in the year-end TGR GT Global&#13;<br \/>\nFinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The TGR GT Cup ASIA 2021 will be streamed on One&#13;<br \/>\nEsports platforms on 16 October 2021, at 6.30PM (GMT+8):\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>For more information on TGR GT Cup ASIA 2021 Regional Finals, please&#13;<br \/>\nvisit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3az9i0P\">here.<\/a><u>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/u><\/p>\n<div><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\"\/>\n<div id=\"edn1\">\n<p><sup>[i]<\/sup> A livery is the specific paint scheme and sticker design&#13;<br \/>\nused on motorsports vehicles.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-10-15\/99121\/toyota-gazoo-racing-tgr-gt-cup-asia-2021-e-motorsport-racers-gear-up-to-compete-in-the-regional-finals\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0Media&#13; OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 15 October 2021 &#8211;\u00a021 national qualifiers from seven countries are set to&#13; compete in the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) GT Cup ASIA 2021 Regional Finals this&#13; Saturday, 16 October 2021. 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