The 2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship is the sixth season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship. The championship features production-based touring cars built to TCR specifications and will be held over twenty races across seven meetings throughout England. The championship is operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group in partnership with the British Racing and Sports Car Club.
Calendar
[edit]The schedule for 2024 was announced on 24 August 2023 containing 20 races across 7 rounds.[1]
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Map | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent | 13–14 April | |
2 | ||||
3 | ||||
2 | 4 | Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit), Norfolk) | 18–19 May | |
5 | ||||
6 | ||||
3 | 7 | Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire | 8 June | |
8 | ||||
4 | 9 | Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire | 13–14 July | |
10 | ||||
11 | ||||
5 | 12 | Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire | 17–18 August | |
13 | ||||
14 | ||||
6 | 15 | Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire | 21–22 September | |
16 | ||||
17 | ||||
7 | 18 | Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire | 12–13 October | |
19 | ||||
20 |
Teams and drivers
[edit]
|
|
Driver and team changes
[edit]- Pro Alloys Racing entered the series, fielding a pair of Lynk & Co 03s for the first time in the series history.
- Area Motorsport scaled down from 4 Hyundais to a pair of Cupra León Competición TCRs. Adam Shepherd and Luke Sargeant remained with the team, while Bruce Winfield and Alex Ley left the team, with Ley switching to Target Competition in TCR Italy and Winfield unable to secure budget for the season.
- Restart Racing left the series to compete in BTCC, with both drivers Chris Smiley and Scott Sumpton remaining with the team and effectively leaving the series.
- Darron Lewis joined JH Racing and switched from running an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) to a Hyundai i30 N TCR.
- Capture Motorsport joined the series, with Will Beech and Steve Laidlaw also making their debuts.
- Jac Constable left the series, which left Rob Boston Racing scaling down to just one Audi, still driven by Joe Marshall-Birks.
- Will Powell's team Sport77 entered the series, with Powell driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR (FK8) and Bradley Thurston driving an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017).
Team Changes
[edit]Championship standings
[edit]Drivers' Standings
[edit]Points system | ||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Fastest Lap | ||||||
Qualifying | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||
Race | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
- Drivers' top 13 results from the 15 races count towards the championship.
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 – Qualifying position |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Six of the Best for the 2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship Seven Event Calendar". tcr-uk.co.uk. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Carl Boardley confirms TCR UK title defence". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Will Powell rejoins TCR UK for 2024". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Sport77 adds Alex Jones for part programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b c TouringCarTimes (2024-04-11). "19 cars entered for 2024 TCR UK opener at Brands Hatch". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "Callum Newsham sticks with Hyundai for 2024". TouringCarTimes. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Darron Lewis makes Hyundai switch for 2024". TouringCarTimes. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Brad Hutchison returns for third campaign". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Lynk & Co to make TCR UK début with Pro Alloys Racing". TouringCars.net. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ fabior (2024-04-05). "Viktor Andersson joins Pro Alloys Racing for TCR UK debut". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Ryan Bensley secures first Lynk & Co seat". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Joe Marshall retains Rob Boston Racing seat". TouringCarTimes. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Luke Sargeant makes Cupra switch for 2024". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Adam Shepherd makes Cupra switch with Area Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Garry Townsend confirms second TCR UK season". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Cedric Bloch to make TCR UK history in 2024".
- ^ "Jeffrey Alden and Rick Kerry confirm full-season TCR UK campaigns". TouringCars.net. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Capture Motorsport to run Gen 1 Volkswagen entry". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Mark Smith confirms Gen 1 Cup programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.