The 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the fourth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series, and second held as a standalone series. The season began at the Hungaroring in April and ended at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in October.[1]
As part of an deal with the series' promoters, at five of the seven events, the 2019 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship series is held which is its fourth edition. Also a third competition will be held with the establishment of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy which will be held on two of the seven events of the calendar, as well as having four standalone events.[2][3]
Mikel Azcona is the defending drivers' champion, while Hell Energy Racing with KCMG are the defending teams' champions. In TCR BeNeLux Jean-Karl Vernay is the defending drivers' champion while Leopard Lukoil Team WRT are the defending teams' champions.[4]
Calendar
[edit]The calendar was announced on 5 December 2018 with 7 rounds scheduled.[5] The second round, which was scheduled to be held at unknown venue in the Netherlands, was replaced on 28 January 2019 with Hockenheimring.[6] Five of the seven events from the calendar are also valid for the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship.
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
28 April | World Touring Car Cup TCR Eastern Europe Trophy |
2 | ||||
2 | 3 | ![]() |
25–26 May | International GT Open |
4 | ||||
3 | 5 | ![]() |
8–9 June | International GT Open Touring Car Trophy |
6 | ||||
4 | 7 | ![]() |
13–14 July | |
8 | ||||
5 | 9 | ![]() |
3–4 August | |
10 | ||||
6 | 11 | ![]() |
21–22 September | International GT Open TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series |
12 | ||||
7 | 13 | ![]() |
12–13 October | International GT Open TCR Eastern Europe Trophy |
14 |
Teams and drivers
[edit]Mid-season changes
[edit]- Following a post-race altercation with Natan Bihel after the second race at the Red Bull Ring, Dušan Borković was banned from participating in all remaining rounds of the season.[47]
Results and standings
[edit]Season summary
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2 | ![]() |
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2 | 3 | ![]() |
25–26 May | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
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3 | 5 | ![]() |
8–9 June | ![]() |
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6 | ![]() |
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4 | 7 | ![]() |
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Not Held |
8 | ![]() |
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5 | 9 | ![]() |
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10 | ![]() |
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6 | 11 | ![]() |
21–22 September | ![]() |
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12 | ![]() |
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7 | 13 | ![]() |
12–13 October | ![]() |
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14 | ![]() |
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TCR Europe standings
[edit]Drivers' standings
[edit]- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||
Race | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' standings
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
TCR BeNeLux Teams' standings
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Bold – Pole |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Revised TCR Europe schedule revealed for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "A TCR Eastern Europe Trophy to kick off in 2019 - TCR HUB". www.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ "TCR World and life #11". magazine.tcr-series.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Mikel Azcona crowned TCR Europe champion as Mike Halder wins Race 2". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ "Revised TCR Europe schedule revealed for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
- ^ "Hockenheim added to the 2019 TCR Europe series calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
- ^ a b c d "Tom Coronel adds TCR Europe programme". TouringCarTimes. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Davit Kajaia signs deal with PCR Sport". TouringCarTimes. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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- ^ a b c "Alex Morgan confirmed for Wolf-Power in a Renault Mégane". TouringCarTimes. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Rounds 7 & 8 – Red Bull Ring – 12/14 July 2019" (PDF). europe.tcr-series.com. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Aurélien Comte, DG Sport switch to TCR Europe". TouringCarTimes. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "M1RA return with two Hyundais for Luca Engstler and Dániel Nagy". TouringCarTimes. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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- ^ a b c d "Andreas, Jessica Bäckman ink TCR Europe deals with Target". TouringCarTimes. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ a b "TCR Benelux: the countdown is under way". tcrbenelux.eu/. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Josh Files re-signs with Target Competition". TouringCarTimes. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Dominik Baumann takes vacant Target Competition seat". TouringCarTimes. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Dusan Borković sticks with Target Competition". TouringCarTimes. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Mat'o Homola joins Target for TCR Europe programme". TouringCarTimes. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Viktor Davidovski and PSS Racing are back for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d "M Racing in TCR Europe with two Hyundai cars". tcr-series.com. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "Klim Gavrilov rejoins TCR Europe grid at Spa". TouringCarTimes. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Gilles Magnus joins Comtoyou Racing for Benelux programme". TouringCarTimes. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Comtoyou Racing add second Audi for Monza season finale". TouringCarTimes. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Martin Ryba to make TCR Europe return". TouringCarTimes. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Brutal Fish announce expanded Monza line-up". TouringCarTimes. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Dan Lloyd joins TCR Europe with Brutal Fish". TouringCarTimes. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "JSB Compétition enter two Peugeots and one CUPRA in TCR Europe". TouringCars.net. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "31-car entry confirmed for the 2019 TCR Europe series". TouringCarTimes. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "John Filippi confirmed for 2019 season in a Renault Mégane". TouringCarTimes. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Guilherme Salas joins Vuković Motorsport for season finale". TouringCarTimes. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "BRC Racing Team confirm Luca Filippi for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Stian Paulsen returns for the new season". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Lewis Kent joins Spa grid for TCR Europe debut". TouringCarTimes. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "WestCoast Racing confirm entry with Morbidelli and Kangas". TouringCarTimes. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Maxime Potty back with WRT for 2019 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Single-seater convert Santiago Urrutia joins WRT". TouringCarTimes. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Ash Sutton joins Spa grid with WRT". TouringCarTimes. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Jimmy & Teddy Clairet join the line-up in a pair of Peugeot 308TCRs". TouringCarTimes. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Colombani and Ventaja to share a Peugeot 308 TCR - TCR HUB". www.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Sylvain Poussier joins Oschersleben grid with Team Clariet Sport". TouringCarTimes. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Two TCR Russia front-runners entered for Monza season finale". TouringCarTimes. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Albert Legutko makes TCR Europe debut at Monza". TouringCarTimes. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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- ^ Cozens, Jack (July 16, 2019). "Borkovic gets TCR Europe season ban for "inadmissible behaviour"". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 16, 2019.