Rafaël Galiana has a soft spot for Asia. After taking part in last year’s events at Singapore, Buriram and Macau, the French driver returns to the TCR International Series and will drive a WestCoast Racing Honda Civic in Thailand.

An amateur racing driver, Galiana is also known as ‘Mr Tecpro’; in fact after several years of research and development he launched in 2000 a safety barrier that proved much more effective than the tyre walls that was previously used in most of the circuits. Today Tecpro collaborates with FIA, FIM, and a number of National Sporting Authorities and works together with renowned racetrack designers and architects.