 However, the championship never materialized and instead for 2018 TCR Europe Series became part of GT Open's support bill for 5 rounds.On 4 May 2016, Marcello Lotti launched the TCR Las Américas Series.The series would begin in Mexico in October supporting the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix and then go on to visit the United States in November, the Dominican Republic in December, Guatemala in January 2017, Costa Rica in February, with both Colombia and the season finale in Venezuela being visited in March.