2018 TCR UK Touring Car Championship

The 2018 TCR UK Touring Car Championship was the first season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship, promoted by the British Racing and Sports Car Club. The season began on 1 April at Silverstone Circuit and ended on 14 October at Donington Park.^[1] The Driver's Champion was Daniel Lloyd, and the Team Champions were WestCoast Racing.^[2]

2018 TCR UK Touring Car Championship

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Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Wolf-Power Racing[3]	Renault Mégane TCR[3]	5	Alex Morgan[3]	3
Verizon Connect Racing[4]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[5][4]	8	Finlay Crocker[5]	1–4, 6–7
		88	Ashley Sutton[6]	5
Pyro Motorsport[7]		32	Oliver Taylor	3–7
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[7]			1–2
JP Racing[8]		28	Josh Price[9]	7
BMR Autoglym Academy[9]				2–3
Laser Tools Racing[10]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[10]	16	Aiden Moffat[10]	1–2
		61	Derek Palmer Jr.[10]	1–2
DPE Motorsport[10][11]				3–5
		76	Robert Gilmour[12]	3–5
WestCoast Racing[13]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	19	Andreas Bäckman[13]	6
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[13]			1–5, 7
		23	Daniel Lloyd[14]	All
		26	Jessica Bäckman[13]	All
Maximum Motorsport[15][16]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[17]	27	Tim Docker[17]	5
	CUPRA León TCR[15]	95	Stewart Lines[15]	1, 3–7
		45	Carl Swift[18][16]	3–5, 7
Endurance Financial Racing[18]				1
Essex & Kent Motorsport	Hyundai i30 N TCR[19]	38	Lewis Kent[19]	All
LMS Racing[20]	CUPRA León TCR[20]	44	Olli Parhankangas[20]	1
DW Racing	Vauxhall Astra TCR[21]	50	Darelle Wilson[21]	1–4, 6–7
Sean Walkinshaw Racing[22]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[22]	55	Sean Walkinshaw[23]	2, 7
		65	Howard Fuller[24]	1, 3

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule consisted of seven race weekends with two races each weekend, with the grid for Race 1 being determined by a traditional qualifying session. The grid for Race 2 will be made up by reversing the top 10 from the second fastest qualifying lap. The calendar was announced on 13 September 2017.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	1 April	Daniel Lloyd	Andreas Bäckman	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
	2				Daniel Lloyd	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
2	3	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Reverse Direction), Fife	13 May	Daniel Lloyd	Aiden Moffat	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
	4				Josh Price	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
3	5	Brands Hatch, Kent	3 June	Daniel Lloyd	Daniel Lloyd	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
	6				Andreas Bäckman	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
4	7	Castle Combe Circuit, Wiltshire	15 July	Oliver Taylor	Daniel Lloyd	Oliver Taylor	Pyro Motorsport
	8				Daniel Lloyd	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
5	9	Oulton Park, Cheshire	4 August	Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Verizon Connect Racing
	10				Stewart Lines	Ashley Sutton	Verizon Connect Racing
6	11	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	9 September	Andreas Bäckman	Andreas Bäckman	Andreas Bäckman	WestCoast Racing
	12				Lewis Kent	Oliver Taylor	Pyro Motorsport
7	13	Donington Park, Leicestershire	14 October	Daniel Lloyd	Daniel Lloyd	Daniel Lloyd	WestCoast Racing
	14				Josh Price	Josh Price	JP Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Points system
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Race	40	35	30	25	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	11	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	SIL		KNO		BHI		CAS		OUL		CRO		DON		Points
1	Daniel Lloyd	11	1	11	1	11	1	22	1	22	4	34	Ret	11	3	514
2	Oliver Taylor	35	3	23	Ret	22	5	11	2	83	2	22	1	44	6	453
3	Andreas Bäckman	48	2	44	5	63	Ret	33	4	34	8	11	3	22	4	408
4	Jessica Bäckman	810	6	78	6	45	2	64	Ret	67	5	55	4	63	5	300
5	Lewis Kent	114	11	Ret7	8	34	7	45	6	58	3	67	6	89	9	278
6	Stewart Lines	9	8			59	4	Ret8	DSQ	76	6	73	5	55	2	208
7	Finlay Crocker	6	9	Ret6	Ret	77	Ret	Ret6	DNS			46	2	37	7	179
8	Carl Swift	106	10			810	Ret	57	3	Ret10	DNS			78	8	132
9	Josh Price			35	2	96	Ret							Ret10	1	130
10	Darelle Wilson	Ret7	7	89	4	11	6	DNS10	DNS			Ret8	DNS	DNS6	DNS	101
11	Derek Palmer Jr.	Ret	12	6	7	DNS	DNS	Ret9	5	45	Ret					99
12	Howard Fuller	53	4			10	3									95
13	Ashley Sutton									11	1					91
14	Sean Walkinshaw			510	3									9	10	76
15	Aiden Moffat	22	Ret	Ret2	DNS											53
16	Olli Kangas	79	5													40
17	Tim Docker									9	7					30
18	Robert Gilmour					DNS8	DNS	DNS	DNS	DSQ9	EX					-15
NC	Alex Morgan					Ret	Ret									–
Pos	Driver	SIL		KNO		BHI		CAS		OUL		CRO		DON		Points

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	SIL		KNO		BHI		CAS		OUL		CRO		DON		Points
1	WestCoast Racing	11	1	11	1	11	1	22	1	22	4	11	3	11	3	984
		48	2	44	5	45	2	33	4	34	5	34	4	22	4
2	Pyro Motorsport	35	3	23	Ret	22	5	11	2	83	2	22	1	44	6	458
3	Maximum Motorsport	9	8			59	4	57	3	76	6	73	5	55	2	367
						810	Ret	Ret8	DSQ	9	7			78	8
4	Essex & Kent Motorsport	114	11	Ret7	8	34	7	45	6	58	3	67	6	89	9	292
5	Verizon Connect Racing	6	9	Ret6	Ret	77	Ret	Ret6	DNS	11	1	46	2	37	7	281
6	Sean Walkinshaw Racing	53	4	510	3	10	3							9	10	180
7	Laser Tools Racing / DPE Motorsport	22	12	6	7	DNS8	DNS	Ret9	5	45	Ret					144
		Ret	Ret	Ret2	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DSQ9	EX
8	BMR Autoglym Academy / JP Racing			35	2	96	Ret							Ret10	1	134
9	DW Racing	Ret7	7	89	4	11	6	DNS10	DNS			Ret8	DNS	DNS6	DNS	110
10	LMS Racing	79	5													40
11	Endurance Financial Racing	106	10													31
NC	Wolf-Power Racing					Ret	Ret									–
Pos	Team	SIL		KNO		BHI		CAS		OUL		CRO		DON		Points