Mitchell Cheah will be on the grid of the 2019 World Touring Car Cup finale as a wild card as part of a driver talent programme of the Sepang International Circuit organisation.

“In emulating the success of MotoGP, Malaysian participation is key to the success of these events,” said Razlan Razali, CEO, Sepang International Circuit.

“Therefore, we have been developing talent from our Malaysian Touring Car category in which we discovered Mitchell Cheah, who won the TCR South East Asia Championship last year.”

Cheah is set for the TCR Germany series this year. It has not been confirmed for which team he will race in the German series or the WTCR finale, but he will most likely continue for Team Engstler that he raced for last year.

“We will continue to developmonths — and secondarily the three-game suspension he dealt with at the beginning of this season after the school’s investigation of his handling of former assistant coach Zach Smith, Meyer opted to retire because he thought the time was right.

“That was a very difficult time,” Meyer, 54, said of the suspension. “But ... I've had to deal with the headaches for many years, and it came to a head in 2014 and again last year and this year as well. As difficult a time as that was (with the suspension), that didn't have an impact as much as the headaches. But it did have an impact.”

The school immediately named Ryan Day, the offensive coordinator, as its 25th head coach.

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