2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

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]

2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

Drivers' Champion: Josh Files
Teams' Champion: Target Competition

Previous

2018

Next

2020

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

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
1	1	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	28 April	World Touring Car Cup TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
	2
2	3	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany	25–26 May	International GT Open
	4
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	8–9 June	International GT Open Touring Car Trophy
	6
4	7	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	13–14 July
	8
5	9	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany	3–4 August
	10
6	11	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	21–22 September	International GT Open TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series
	12
7	13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	12–13 October	International GT Open TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
	14

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Boutsen Ginion Racing[7] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[7] 2 Stéphane Lémeret[7] BNL 1 50 Tom Coronel[7] BNL 2–7 PCR Sport With Georgia[8] CUPRA León TCR[8][9] 3 Davit Kajaia[8] 1–5 PCR Sport[10] 27 John Filippi[10] 6–7 QMMF Racing by PCR Sport[9] 96 Abdullah Ali Al Khelaifi[9] 1–3, 5–7 Wolf-Power Racing[11] Renault Mégane R.S TCR[11] 5 Alex Morgan[11] 1–2 CUPRA León TCR[12] 4–6 DG Sport Compétition[13] Peugeot 308 TCR[13] 7 Aurélien Comte[13] BNL All M1RA[14] Hyundai i30 N TCR[14] 8 Luca Engstler[14] All 67 Zsolt Szabó[15] 5–6 99 Dániel Nagy[14] 1–4 Target Competition[16][N 1] Autodis Racing by Target Competition[17][N 1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[16][17] 9 Josh Files[18] BNL All 19 Andreas Bäckman[16] All 26 Jessica Bäckman[16] All 58 Dominik Baumann[19] 5–7 62 Dušan Borković[20] BNL 1–4 70 Maťo Homola[21] BNL All PSS Racing Team[22] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[22] 10 Viktor Davidovski[22] All M Racing[23] Hyundai i30 N TCR[23] 12 Nelson Panciatici[23] All 25 Natan Bihel[23] All VRC-Team[24] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[24] 14 Klim Gavrilov[24] 3, 7 Comtoyou Racing[25] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[25] 15 Sami Taoufik[26] BNL 7 16 Gilles Magnus[25] BNL All Brutal Fish Racing Team[27] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[27] 17 Martin Ryba[27] All 18 Paul Ip[28] 7 22 Josh Burdon[28] 7 123 Daniel Lloyd[29] 2–7 JSB Compétition[30] CUPRA León TCR[30] 21 Marie Baus-Coppens[30] BNL 1–3, 6–7 Peugeot 308 TCR[30] 24 Julien Briché[30] BNL All 44 Lilou Wadoux[30] BNL 1–3 Zengő Motorsport[31] CUPRA León TCR[31] 23 Tamás Tenke[31] 2–7 Vuković Motorsport[32] Renault Mégane R.S TCR[32] 27 John Filippi[32] 1–5 85 Guilherme Salas[33] 7 100 Jack Young[10] 6 BRC Racing Team[34] Hyundai i30 N TCR[34] 30 Luca Filippi[34] All Stian Paulsen Racing[35] CUPRA León TCR[35] 34 Stian Paulsen[35] 2–4, 7 Essex & Kent Motorsport[36] Hyundai i30 N TCR[36] 38 Lewis Kent[36] 3 WestCoast Racing[37] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[37] 45 Gianni Morbidelli[37] All 46 Olli Parhankangas[37] All Team WRT[38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[39] 55 Santiago Urrutia[39] BNL All Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[38] 88 Maxime Potty[38] BNL All 116 Ashley Sutton[40] BNL 3 Team Clairet Sport[41] Peugeot 308 TCR[41] 66 Gilles Colombani[42] 4, 6 77 Sylvain Poussier[43] 5 81 Stéphane Ventaja[42] 1–3 111 Teddy Clairet[41] All 112 Jimmy Clairet[41] All Carville Racing[44] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[44] 91 Grigoriy Burlutskiy[44] 7 Legutko Racing – ADAC Berlin[45] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[45] 117 Albert Legutko[45] 7 ALM Honda Racing[10] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[10] 204 Robin Vaks[10] 6 223 Mattias Vahtel[10] 6 Tecnicars Racing Team[10] CUPRA León TCR[10] 216 Evgeny Leonov[10] 6 Team Novadriver[10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[10] 224 Gustavo Moura[10] 6 Veloso Motorsport[10] CUPRA León TCR[10] 226 Francisco Mora[10] 6 RTM Motorsport[46] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[46] 307 Maciej Łaszkiewicz[46] 1 Fullín Race Academy[46] CUPRA León TCR[46] 322 Carol Wittke[46] 1 376 Petr Čížek[46] 1 GT2 Motorsport[46] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[46] 324 Jáchym Galáš[46] 1 ASK Vesnić[46] CUPRA León TCR[46] 331 Milovan Vesnić[46] 1 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[46] 377 Jakub Wyszomirski[46] 1 GM Racing[46] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[46] 332 Rudolf Pešović[46] 1 K2 Engineering[46] Hyundai i30 N TCR[46] 359 Dušan Kouřil[46] 1 Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing[46] CUPRA León TCR[46] 374 Žarko Knego[46] 1

Icon Class BNL Eligible for TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

Mid-season changes

• 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

Season summary

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	TCR BeNeLux Winner
1	1	Hungaroring	28 April	Maťo Homola	Nelson Panciatici	Maťo Homola	Autodis Racing by Target Competition	Maťo Homola
	2				Josh Files	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition	Julien Briché
2	3	Hockenheimring	25–26 May	Josh Files	Josh Files	Josh Files	Autodis Racing by Target Competition	Josh Files
	4				Andreas Bäckman	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition	Julien Briché
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	8–9 June	Gilles Magnus	Santiago Urrutia	Gilles Magnus	Comtoyou Racing	Gilles Magnus
	6				Dušan Borković	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition	Julien Briché
4	7	Red Bull Ring	13–14 July	Luca Filippi	Josh Files	Josh Files	Autodis Racing by Target Competition	Not Held
	8				Maxime Potty	Luca Engstler	M1RA
5	9	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	3–4 August	Andreas Bäckman	Nelson Panciatici	Daniel Lloyd	Brutal Fish Racing Team
	10				Luca Engstler	Alex Morgan	Wolf-Power Racing
6	11	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	21–22 September	Andreas Bäckman	Julien Briché	Andreas Bäckman	Target Competition	Julien Briché
	12				Gilles Magnus	Daniel Lloyd	Brutal Fish Racing Team	Gilles Magnus
7	13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12–13 October	Julien Briché	Josh Files	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition	Julien Briché
	14				Julien Briché	Josh Files	Autodis Racing by Target Competition	Josh Files

TCR Europe standings

Drivers' standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying	5	4	3	2	1	—
Race	40	35	30	27	24	21	18	15	13	11	9	7	5	3	1

Pos. Driver HUN HOC SPA RBR OSC BAR MNZ  Pts.  1 Josh Files 24 8 11 8 Ret 14 12 2 3 3 212 5 3 1 352 2 Julien Briché DSQ 1 4 1 Ret 1 Ret 12 11 14 23 3 11 2 314 3 Santiago Urrutia Ret 6 6 5 22 24 Ret 7 153 5 34 17 43 6 234 4 Andreas Bäckman 102 14 55 4 13 3 12 9 DSQ1 9 11 10 7 15 218 5 Nelson Panciatici 33 5 12 Ret 16 Ret 43 4 104 8 5 6 10 Ret 205 6 Gilles Magnus 65 2 82 9 11 26† 17 Ret Ret5 10 Ret 2 6 20 202 7 Aurélien Comte 7 Ret 7 2 45 5 Ret 10 Ret 13 19 15 22 7 197 8 Maťo Homola 11 11 Ret Ret 7 2 9 6 6 Ret 13 16 5 14 194 9 Luca Engstler 18 12 23 7 9 7 5 1 Ret 7 Ret 11 Ret 12 192 10 Daniel Lloyd Ret 13 11 11 35 16 12 Ret 8 1 Ret 3 183 11 Maxime Potty Ret 9 34 6 33 23 8 8 9 20 14 14 20 9 161 12 Tom Coronel 11 10 10 25 19 18 2 2 6 8 WD WD 137 13 Gianni Morbidelli 8 Ret Ret 11 14 10 11 5 5 Ret 10 13 Ret 5 135 14 Teddy Clairet 12 13 9 14 DNS 6 Ret 15 12 17 20 7 95 4 116 15 Dominik Baumann 4 4 7 9 8 10 111 16 Luca Filippi 11 Ret Ret 12 15 8 21 21† 7 11 28† 25 Ret 11 99 17 Alex Morgan 15 Ret 20 DNS 10 3 Ret 1 26 12 89 18 Dušan Borković 4 4 14 Ret 12 Ret 6 DSQ 85 19 Jessica Bäckman 9 15 13 3 23 16 Ret 23† Ret 6 16 27† 26 18 70 20 Jimmy Clairet 14 27† 10 16 5 22 14 13 Ret 15 245 29† 17 8 63 21 Dániel Nagy 5 3 23 15 17 Ret 13 Ret 60 22 Jack Young 4 4 54 23 Davit Kajaia 17 10 17 24 6 Ret 74 Ret DSQ 22† 52 24 Ashley Sutton 194 4 29 25 Natan Bihel Ret 26† 16 26† 18 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 12 18 18 19 23 26 Stian Paulsen Ret Ret 8 27† Ret 22† 12 27 22 27 Stéphane Lémeret 27 7 18 28 Olli Kangas 22 16 21 17 DNS 9 16 17 13 Ret Ret 21 22 Ret 18 29 Tamás Tenke 25 25† 21 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 20 27 Ret 17 30 Zsolt Szabó 8 16 15 26† 16 31 John Filippi 13 Ret 15 18 22 17 Ret Ret WD WD 27† Ret 11 17 15 32 Francisco Mora 9 19 13 33 Viktor Davidovski 24 24 19 22 24 18 Ret 14 17 18 22 Ret 15 13 9 34 Martin Ryba 16 29† 22 Ret 26 13 Ret 19 14 19 18 22 21 Ret 8 35 Klim Gavrilov 20 15 134 29 8 36 Sami Taoufik 14 22 2 37 Josh Burdon 16 16 0 38 Abdullah Ali Al Khelaifi 23 19 18 19 29† Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 24 21 0 39 Milovan Vesnić 20 17 0 40 Robin Vaks 17 23 0 41 Stéphane Ventaja 26 18 Ret 20 27 20 0 42 Gilles Colombani 18 20 Ret Ret 0 43 Sylvain Poussier 18 21 0 44 Lilou Wadoux 19 28† Ret 21 28† DNS 0 45 Marie Baus-Coppens Ret 25 24 23 Ret 19 Ret 28† 26 25 0 46 Guilherme Salas 19 28 0 47 Jakub Wyszomirski 25 20 0 48 Lewis Kent 25 21 0 49 Petr Čížek 28 21 0 50 Jáchym Galáš 21 Ret 0 51 Žarko Knego 31† 22 0 52 Grigoriy Burlutskiy 23 23 0 53 Carol Wittke 29 23 0 54 Mattias Vahtel 23 Ret 0 55 Albert Legutko 28 24 0 56 Evgeny Leonov Ret 24 0 57 Gustavo Moura 25 Ret 0 58 Paul Ip 29 26 0 59 Maciej Łaszkiewicz 30 Ret 0 60 Rudolf Pešović Ret Ret 0 − Dušan Kouřil WD WD Pos. Driver HUN HOC SPA RBR OSC BAR MNZ  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.

Teams' standings

Pos. Team HUN HOC SPA RBR OSC BAR MNZ  Pts.  1 Target Competition 11 4 11 3 7 2 12 2 31 3 11 5 3 1 792 22 8 55 4 12 3 6 6 4 4 72 9 5 10 2 Team WRT Ret 6 34 5 22 4 8 7 9 5 34 14 43 6 431 Ret 9 6 6 33 23 Ret 8 153 20 14 17 20 9 3 JSB Compétition 19 1 4 1 28† 1 Ret 12 11 14 23 3 11 2 324 Ret 25 24 21 Ret5 19 Ret 28† 26 25 4 M1RA 5 3 23 7 9 7 5 1 8 7 15 11 Ret 12 293 18 12 23 15 17 Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 26† 5 M Racing 33 5 12 26 16 Ret 43 4 104 8 5 6 10 Ret 247 Ret 26 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 12 18 18 19 6 Comtoyou Racing 64 2 82 9 11 26 17 Ret Ret5 10 Ret 2 6 20 220 14 22 7 Team Clairet Sport 12 13 9 14 55 6 14 13 12 15 20 7 95 4 218 14 18 10 16 27 20 18 15 Ret 17 245 29† 17 8 8 DG Sport Compétition 7 Ret 7 2 4 5 Ret 10 Ret 13 19 15 22 7 209 9 Brutal Fish Racing Team 16 29 22 13 11 11 35 16 12 19 8 1 16 3 207 Ret Ret 26 13 Ret 19 14 Ret 18 22 21 16 10 WestCoast Racing 8 16 21 11 14 9 11 5 5 Ret 10 13 22 5 175 22 Ret Ret 17 Ret 10 16 17 13 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 11 Boutsen Ginion Racing 27 7 11 10 10 25 19 18 2 2 6 8 WD WD 157 12 BRC Racing Team 11 Ret Ret 12 15 8 21 21† 7 11 28† 25 Ret 11 125 13 Wolf-Power Racing 15 Ret 20 DNS 10 3 Ret 1 26 12 99 14 Vuković Motorsport 13 Ret 15 18 22 17 Ret Ret WD WD 4 4 19 28 71 15 PCR Sport 17 10 17 24 6 Ret 74 Ret DSQ 22† 27† Ret 11 17 70 16 Stian Paulsen Racing Ret Ret 8 27 Ret 22 12 27 26 17 Zengő Motorsport 25 25† 21 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 20 27 Ret 21 18 PSS Racing Team 24 24 19 22 24 18 Ret 14 17 18 22 Ret 15 13 15 19 VRC-Team 20 15 134 29 14 20 Veloso Motorsport 9 19 13 21 ASK Vesnić 20 17 5 25 20 22 QMMF Racing by PCR Sport 23 19 18 19 29 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 24 21 2 23 ALM Honda Racing 17 23 1 23 Ret 24 Fullín Race Academy 28 21 0 29 23 25 Essex & Kent Motorsport 30 21 0 26 GT2 Motorsport 21 Ret 0 27 Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing 31† 22 0 28 Carville Racing 23 23 0 29 Legutko Racing - ADAC Berlin 28 24 0 30 Team Novadriver 25 Ret 0 31 RTM Motorsport 30 Ret 0 32 GM Racing Ret Ret - 33 Tecnicars Racing Team Ret 24 - - K2 Engineering WD WD - Pos. Driver HUN HOC SPA RBR OSC BAR MNZ  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.

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings

Pos. Driver HUN HOC SPA BAR MNZ  Pts.  1 Julien Briché DSQ4 1 4 1 Ret 1 22 3 11 2 311 2 Josh Files 22 8 11 8 Ret 14 221 5 35 1 259 3 Gilles Magnus 63 2 82 9 11 26 Ret5 2 64 20 240 4 Santiago Urrutia Ret 6 65 5 22 24 33 17 43 6 237 5 Aurélien Comte 7 Ret 74 2 45 7 20 15 22 7 227 6 Mat'o Homola 11 11 Ret Ret 7 2 14 16 5 14 212 7 Maxime Potty Ret 9 33 6 33 23 15 14 20 9 206 8 Tom Coronel 11 10 10 25 64 8 WD WD 129 9 Marie Baus-Coppens Ret 25 24 23 Ret 19 Ret 28† 26 25 105 10 Dušan Borković 45 4 14 Ret 12 Ret 92 11 Lilou Wadoux 19 28 Ret 21 28 DNS 63 12 Ashley Sutton 194 4 47 13 Stéphane Lémeret 27 7 42 14 Sami Taoufik 14 22 36 Pos. Driver HUN HOC SPA BAR MNZ  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.

TCR BeNeLux Teams' standings

Pos. Driver HUN HOC SPA BAR MNZ  Pts.  1 JSB Compétition 193 1 45 1 284 1 22 3 11 2 314 2 Autodis Racing by Target Competition 11 4 11 8 75 2 141 5 35 1 288 3 Team WRT Ret4 6 33 5 22 4 33 14 43 6 262 4 Comtoyou Racing 62 2 82 9 11 26 Ret5 2 64 20 261 5 DG Sport Compétition 75 Ret 74 2 43 5 20 15 22 7 244 6 Boutsen Ginion Racing 27 7 11 10 10 25 64 8 WD WD 197 Pos. Driver HUN HOC SPA BAR MNZ  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

Notes

1. Cars No. 9, 62 and 70 are entered as Autodis Racing by Target Competition in TCR Benelux events.