TCR World Tour loses Mexico City opening event in June

I am still yet to watch what I would consider a gripping single-class TCR race (they are awesome in multi-class series like IMSA’s Michelin Pilot Challenge). The cars do not seem to be treated equally, and the grids are too small, and I’ve heard that’s because the regulation of the category can be arbitrary and controlling. None of that speaks of a healthy situation.

Still, we need TCR as a modern path forward for touring car racing, and the FIA championship, which is the highest level of TCR, doesn’t deserve to be jerked around like this. The season is two months away, and the promoter just asked the series to move the event two months later in the season, so the series just bagged it and are looking for a new venue for their opener. They say they’ll be back in Mexico City next year.

UPDATE 2/28: I did not think of the recent eruption of state-vs.-cartel violence around Mexico as an unstated reason why it might be good to move a race weekend back a little bit, but TouringCars.net did.