2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

The 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series season is the first season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series is run as part of the Shannons Nationals series.^[1]

2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

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Parent series:
Shannons Nationals

Will Brown is the TCR Australia Champion.

Race calendar

The calendar was announced in November 2018 with seven confirmed dates.^[2] All rounds will be held in Australia.

Round	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	17–19 May
2	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	6–9 June
3	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	12–14 July
4	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2–4 August
5	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	31 August–1 September
6	Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria	20–22 September
7	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	15–17 November

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2019 championship:

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Melbourne Performance Centre[3]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4][5]	2	Aaron Cameron[4]	All
		8	Jason Bright[5]	6-7
		35	Alexandra Whitley[5]	6-7
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3][6]	3	Leanne Tander[7]	2–5
			Garth Tander	6
			Iain McDougall[8]	7
		4	Garth Tander[9][10]	2–3
			Jean-Karl Vernay[11][a]	4
			Aaron Seton[12][a]	4
		22	Rik Breukers[3]	1
			Hamish Ribarits[13]	2
		97	Liam McAdam	5–7
		100	Russell Ingall[14]	3–7
Kelly Racing[15]	Subaru WRX STI TCR[15]	6	Molly Taylor[16]	1–4
		37	Bryce Fullwood	5
		777	Andre Heimgartner[17]	1–3
	Holden Astra TCR[15][18]	37	Chelsea Angelo[19]	1–3
		62	Alex Rullo[20]	1–4
			Hamish Ribarits	5
			Bryce Fullwood	6
			Chelsea Angelo[21]	7
		777	Andre Heimgartner[17]	4–7
Garry Rogers Motorsport[22]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[22]	7	Jimmy Vernon[23]	1–3
			Jordan Cox[24]	4–7
	Renault Mégane R.S TCR[25][26]	33	Chris Pither[27]	All
		34	James Moffat[28]	All
Matt Stone Racing[29]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[30]	8	Jason Bright[30]	1–5
		35	Alexandra Whitley[29]	1–5
Ashley Seward Motorsport[31]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[22]	9	Dylan O'Keeffe[32]	All
		10	James Allen[33]	7
HMO Customer Racing[34]	Hyundai i30 N TCR[34]	11	Nathan Morcom[35]	All
		30	Will Brown[36]	All
Milldun Motorsport[37]	Subaru WRX STI TCR[37]	19	Mat Simmons[38]	7
		27	Barton Mawer[38]	7
Wall Racing[39]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[40][41]	24	John Martin[42]	All
		38	Jordan Cox[43][44]	3
			Jordan Michels[24]	4
			Tim Brook	5
			Néstor Girolami[45]	6
		50	Tony D'Alberto[46]	All
Garth Walden Racing Australia[47]	Hyundai i30 N TCR[48]	29	Michael Almond[49]	1
Team Garage1[50]	CUPRA León TCR[50]	64	Tim Brook[50]	7
DG Sport Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR[51]	308	Aurélien Comte[51]	7

Results and standings

The start of Race 3 at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Race results

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park	18 May	Tony D'Alberto	Jason Bright	Jason Bright	Matt Stone Racing
	R2		19 May		Will Brown	Will Brown	HMO Customer Racing
	R3				Nathan Morcom	Will Brown	HMO Customer Racing
2	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	8 June	Dylan O'Keeffe	Will Brown	Dylan O'Keeffe	Ashley Seward Motorsport
	R2		9 June		Dylan O'Keeffe	Dylan O'Keeffe	Ashley Seward Motorsport
	R3				Will Brown	Will Brown	HMO Customer Racing
3	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park	13 July	James Moffat	Dylan O'Keeffe	Garth Tander	Melbourne Performance Centre
	R2		14 July		Will Brown	Will Brown	HMO Customer Racing
	R3				Tony D'Alberto	John Martin	Wall Racing
4	R1	Queensland Raceway	3 August	Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Melbourne Performance Centre
	R2		4 August		Russell Ingall	Dylan O'Keeffe	Ashley Seward Motorsport
	R3				Will Brown	Dylan O'Keeffe	Ashley Seward Motorsport
5	R1	Winton Motor Raceway	31 August	Will Brown	Will Brown	Jason Bright	Matt Stone Racing
	R2		1 September		Will Brown	Will Brown	HMO Customer Racing
	R3				Will Brown	Will Brown	HMO Customer Racing
6	R1	Sandown Raceway	21 September	Néstor Girolami	Liam McAdam	Néstor Girolami	Wall Racing
	R2		22 September		Néstor Girolami	Néstor Girolami	Wall Racing
	R3				Jordan Cox	Néstor Girolami	Wall Racing
7	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park	16 November	Dylan O'Keeffe	Will Brown	Will Brown	HMO Customer Racing
	R2		17 November		Aaron Cameron	Aaron Cameron	Melbourne Performance Centre
	R3				Nathan Morcom	Nathan Morcom	HMO Customer Racing

Points system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	DNF
Race 1 & 2	40	36	32	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	0
Race 3	50	46	42	38	36	31	29	27	25	23	19	18	17	16	15	12	11	10	9	8	0

• Two (2) points will be awarded for obtaining Pole Position in qualifying.

Drivers' standings

Pos. Driver SYD PHI BEN QLD WIN SAN BEN Pen. Points 1 Will Brown 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 5 16 10 8 2 1 1 2 7 7 1 2 3 743 2 Tony D'Alberto 2 3 6 4 15 15 13 9 7 4 4 3 6 7 5 15 4 3 3 5 5 567 3 Aaron Cameron 7 10 4 12 7 3 12 Ret 13 6 3 5 5 3 2 9 5 6 2 1 10 553 4 Nathan Morcom 9 8 11 Ret 4 2 4 7 8 7 6 4 4 4 4 10 14 10 Ret 6 1 510 5 Dylan O'Keeffe 4 2 2 1 1 Ret Ret 11 11 2 1 1 3 15 8 8 8 11 DNS Ret DNS 483 6 James Moffat Ret 12 5 3 10 5 7 3 3 9 8 15 Ret 12 13 7 3 9 9 4 Ret 440 7 Jason Bright 1 4 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 9 13 13 10 1 2 12 Ret 6 4 7 7 7 20 419 8 John Martin 6 6 Ret 13 14 Ret 3 4 1 15 7 6 14 8 6 5 Ret DNS 6 11 6 397 9 Russell Ingall 9 6 6 3 2 2 8 5 3 12 Ret DNS 8 9 Ret 326 10 Garth Tander 10 Ret 4 1 2 2 4 2 2 286 11 Jordan Cox 6 5 4 5 5 7 Ret 9 Ret 3 13 Ret 5 3 Ret 10 281 12 Chris Pither 8 Ret 8 7 6 7 5 Ret DNS DNS 16 DNS Ret Ret DNS 11 11 DNS 4 8 2 280 13 Andre Heimgartner 10 5 Ret 9 Ret 6 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 7 6 7 Ret 12 8 13 10 4 272 14 Leanne Tander 8 13 10 11 8 10 12 9 9 12 11 9 220 15 Alexandra Whitley 13 16 10 11 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 13 14 14 14 Ret Ret 11 13 11 220 16 Alex Rullo 11 13 9 6 5 12 8 Ret 12 8 11 13 209 17 Néstor Girolami 1 1 1 132 18 Hamish Ribarits 5 3 9 Ret 13 10 118 19 Molly Taylor 14 15 12 Ret 11 13 15 Ret DNS 14 15 Ret 11 Ret Ret 116 20 Liam McAdam 10 10 15 6 10 12 Ret DNS DNS 105 21 Tim Brook 9 16 11 Ret 16 9 80 22 Jimmy Vernon 16 9 Ret Ret 8 11 14 Ret DNS 77 23 Bryce Fullwood 15 Ret Ret 13 9 5 76 24 Michael Almond 15 7 3 74 25 Chelsea Angelo 12 14 Ret Ret 12 14 Ret 12 Ret DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 10 56 26 Jordan Michels 11 12 12 46 27 Iain McDougall 10 15 12 44 28 Jean-Karl Vernay 1 WD WD 42 29 Rik Breukers 5 11 Ret 40 30 Aurélien Comte DNS 14 8 38 31 Matthew Simmons 12 17 13 38 32 James Allen Ret 12 14 29 33 Barton Mawer Ret 18 15 22 34 Aaron Seton 14 11 0 Pos. Driver SYD PHI BEN QLD WIN SAN BEN Pen. Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Notes

1. Jean-Karl Vernay was entered into the Queensland Raceway round and contested the first race, but was unable to take part in the second and third races due to illness. Aaron Seton was entered in his place for the remainder of the round.^[12]