2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the third season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominantly in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

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2017

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2019

Parent series:
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC support series:
ADAC Formula 4
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

Josh Files will be the defending Drivers' champion, while Target Competition will the defending Teams' champions.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Team Engstler Germany[1][2]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1]	3	Kai Jordan[2]	All
		77	Justin Häußermann[1]	1–4, 6–7
Team Engstler Europe[1][2]		39	Florian Thoma[1]	1–3
		47	Niko Kankkunen[3]	All
Wolf-Power Racing[4]	Renault Mégane TCR[4]	5	Alex Morgan[4]	1
	CUPRA León TCR[4]	6	Oliver Holdener	1–4, 7
Honda ADAC Sachsen[5]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[5]	7	Mike Halder[5]	All
		88	Dominik Fugel[6]	All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[1][2] Hyundai Team Engstler[7]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1]	8	Luca Engstler[1]	1–3
	Hyundai i30 N TCR[7]			4–7
		27	Théo Coicaud[3]	4–7
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1]			1–3
Max Kruse Racing[8]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8]	10	Benjamin Leuchter[8]	All
		39	Florian Thoma	4–7
HP Racing International[9]	Opel Astra TCR[9]	11	Luke Wankmüller[9]	All
		22	Harald Proczyk[9]	All
RacingOne[10][11]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[10][11]	14	Niels Langeveld[10]	All
		99	Maurits Sandberg[11]	1–2, 4–7
Besagroup Team Renault[2]	Renault Mégane TCR[2]	15	Franjo Kovač[2]	4
		41	Steve Kirsch[12]	1, 4, 6
Steibel Motorsport[2]	Opel Astra TCR[2]	17	Jasmin Preisig[2]	All
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[2]	23	Sebastian Steibel[2]	All
PROsport Performance[13]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[13]	19	Max Hesse[13]	All
		44	Sandro Kaibach[13]	1–3
		45	Peter Terting	4
Positione Motorsport[14]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[14]	29	Jussi Kuusiniemi[14]	All
LMS Racing[12]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[12]	30	Antti Buri[12]	All
TOPCAR Sport[2]	CUPRA León TCR[2]	33	J.C. Reynolds[2]	All
		60	Loris Prattes[2]	1–3, 5–7
Niedertscheider Motorsport Team[15]	Peugeot 308 TCR[15]	42	Lukas Niedertscheider[15]	All
Profi-Car Team Halder[6]	CUPRA León TCR[6]	53	Michelle Halder[6]	All
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[6]	55	Marcel Fugel[6]	1–3, 6–7
YACO Racing[16]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[16]	54	Simon Reicher[16]	All
Entries ineligible to score points
Fullín Race Academy[17]	CUPRA León TCR[17]	2	Petr Fulín[17]	1–2
Lubner Motorsport	Opel Astra TCR	4	Jan Seyffert	3–4, 6
Besagroup Team Renault	Renault Mégane TCR	5	Alex Morgan	6
HP Racing International	Opel Astra TCR	9	Daniel Davidovac	3–4, 7
Tessitore Racing	Opel Astra TCR	13	"Tessitore"	3
Steibel Motorsport	CUPRA León TCR	28	Pascal Eberle	6–7
Young Driver Challenge	CUPRA León TCR	31	Leonardo Tinland	4
		32	Francesco Ruga	6
		34	Julien Apothéloz	7
BC Motorsport	Opel Astra TCR	36	Dino Calcum	3
Vuković Motorsport	Renault Mégane TCR			4
LMS Racing	CUPRA León TCR	40	Olli Parhankangas	4
Wolf-Power Racing	Renault Mégane TCR	50	Milenko Vuković	3

Team and driver changes

Former ADAC Procar champions YACO Racing will enter the series with a single Audi RS3 LMS TCR for Simon Reicher, who moves from Certainty Racing Team.^[16]

Wolf-Power Racing will switch from SEAT León TCR to Renault Mégane TCR for the 2018 season.^[4]

Engstler Motorsport will retain Luca Engstler and Floran Thoma. In addition the team will increase to five cars during the entire season signing Théo Coicaud, Justin Häußermann and Niko Kankkunen.^[1][3]

German footballer Max Kruse will set up his own team Max Kruse Racing, fielding a single Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Benjamin Leuchter, who returns to the series after missing out the 2017 season.^[18]

Reigning double teams' champion Target Competition withdrew from the series to join the TCR Europe Series. The team had originally signed Reece Barr to drive in the series.^[19]

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 30 November 2017, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.^[20]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	14 April	Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing International	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	2		15 April		Benjamin Leuchter	Mike Halder	Honda ADAC Sachsen
2	3	Autodrom Most, Most	28 April	Mike Halder	Antti Buri	Antti Buri	LMS Racing	ADAC GT Masters
	4		29 April		Niels Langeveld	Michelle Halder[N 1]	Profi-Car Team Halder[N 1]
3	5	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	10 June	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	RacingOne	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	6				Antti Buri	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing International
4	7	Nürburgring, Nürburg	5 August	Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Honda ADAC Sachsen
	8				Mike Halder	Dominik Fugel	Honda ADAC Sachsen
5	9	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	19 August	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	RacingOne	ADAC GT Masters
	10				Niels Langeveld	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler
6	11	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	9 September	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler
	12				Michelle Halder	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler
7	13	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	23 September	Harald Proczyk	Harald Proczyk	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing International	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	14				Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Honda ADAC Sachsen

Footnotes

1. Actual victory in race scored by Petr Fulín for Fullín Race Academy, but as he is considered guest entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Calendar changes

The series would make its first visit to the Czech Republic on 29 April at the Autodrom Most becoming the second round of the season.

The second round held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, which supported the TCR International Series since the series' inception, was discontinued.

Drivers' Championship

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	PP	FL
Points	40	36	32	29	26	23	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	5	1

Pos. Driver OSC‡ MST RBR NÜR ZAN SAC HOC  Pts.  1 Harald Proczyk 13 6 35 5 55 1 13 5 33 6 33 4 11 3 421 2 Luca Engstler 3 4 6 3 7 4 9 6 5 1 11 1 32 4 414 3 Niels Langeveld 2 3 11 4 11 8 34 11 11 3 6 5 4 2 403 4 Mike Halder 241 1 21 10 44 Ret 11 3 44 5 22 Ret 23 1 366 5 Antti Buri 22 16 12 25 22 2 8 12 22 8 4 10 24† 17† 259 6 Max Hesse 25† 12 73 6 83 7 42 7 85 21 8 8 94 8 247 7 Luke Wankmüller 65 9 17 13 6 6 12 4 9 4 7 24 19 5 228 8 Benjamin Leuchter 9 7 15 14 3 3 6 2 Ret 9 10 Ret 55 Ret 224.5 9 Michelle Halder 13 15 18 2 15 13 55 10 Ret 12 5 2 15 10 208.5 10 Simon Reicher 4 Ret 44 17 10 11 10 19 6 7 12 11 Ret 15 182 11 Dominik Fugel Ret4 DNS Ret 7 17 12 2 1 11 10 9 Ret 13 18† 172 12 Theo Coicaud 11 8 Ret Ret 18 Ret 7 8 7 2 23† 6 7 Ret 172 13 Niko Kankkunen 8 11 10 8 16 20 20 23 10 16 Ret 9 10 6 148 14 Florian Thoma Ret2 5 16 19 9 5 27† 14 12 14 14 13 18 Ret 115.5 15 Oliver Holdener 15 14 8 11 14 14 15 9 14 7 110 16 Justin Häußermann 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 16 14 16 175 7 12 16† 107 17 Lukas Niedertscheider 16 10 20 16 Ret 10 163 15 Ret 11 13 14 8 Ret 98 18 Kai Jordan 10 Ret 19 Ret 11 18 19 21 Ret 13 Ret 12 11 13 82 29 Loris Prattes 18 Ret 9 12 Ret 15 Ret 18 11 16 Ret 11 75 20 Sandro Kaibach 5 18 14 21 13 9 63 21 Jussi Kuusiniemi 14 13 13 15 Ret Ret 17 20 13 15 Ret 15 16 Ret 63 22 Jasmin Preisig 17 Ret 21 24 23 17 11 18 Ret 17 21 18 Ret DNS 37 23 Marcel Fugel 26† Ret 24 23 19 19 15 17 20 12 31 24 Sebastian Steibel 21 Ret Ret 18 Ret 24 21 24 14 19 22 23 Ret 14 25 25 J.C. Reynolds 20 17 22 20 22 Ret 22 25 15 20 20 22 23 Ret 21.5 26 Maurits Sandberg 19 Ret 23 22 24 27 Ret Ret 19 21 21 Ret 12 27 Peter Terting Ret 13 8 28 Alex Morgan 23 19 16 Ret 1.5 Steve Kirsch DNQ DNQ DNS DNS Ret DNS - Franjo Kovač DNS DNS - Milenko Vuković DNS WD - Drivers ineligible to score points Petr Fulín 7 2 5 1 0 Pascal Eberle 24† 3 6 Ret 0 Julien Apothéloz 17 9 0 Dino Calcum 12 Ret 23 Ret 0 Olli Kangas 18 17 0 Jan Seyffert 20 21 Ret 22 18 20 0 Francesco Ruga Ret 19 0 "Tessitore" 21 23 0 Daniel Davidovac Ret 22 25 28† 22 Ret 0 Leonardo Tinland 26 26 0 Pos. Driver OSC‡ MST RBR NÜR ZAN SAC HOC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 2 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	OSC‡		MST		RBR		NÜR		ZAN		SAC		HOC		Pts.
1	HP Racing International															161
2	Liqui Moly Team Engstler															134
3	RacingOne															103
4	Honda ADAC Sachsen															97
5	PROsport Performance															92
6	Team Engstler Europe															86.5
7	YACO Racing															63
8	Profi-Car Team Halder															60.5
9	Team Engstler Germany															60
10	LMS Racing															48
11	Wolf-Power Racing															46.5
12	Max Kruse Racing															44.5
13	TOPCAR Sport															40.5
14	Positione Motorsport															30
15	Niedertscheider MSP															21
16	Steibel Motorsport															10
17	Besagroup Team Renault	DNQ	DNQ													0
Teams ineligible to score points
-	Fullín Race Academy	7	2	5	1											0