2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the first season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2019 Super Formula Championship.^[1]

2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

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Parent series:
Super Formula

Teams and drivers

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.^[2]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Team GOH Models Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[3] 5 Yu Kanamaru All Nilzz Racing[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 7 Jun Makino G All Adenau[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 10 Jun Sato G All 30 Philippe Devesa G 5 KCMG[4] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[4] 18 Matthew Howson[4] All 22 Paul Ip G 3–5 72 Yukinori Taniguchi G All Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE [N 1] Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie [N 1] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[5] 19 'Hirobon' G All Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 190 Masayuki Ueda G All Hitotsuyama Racing[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 21 Takuro Shinohara 1–4 101 Hideki Nakahara G 3 PURPLE RACING[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 23 'Yoshiki' G All 24 'Kenji' G All Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 25 Takeshi Matsumoto All GO&FUN-SquadraCorse[3] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[3] 33 Shuji Maejima G All Saitama Toyopet Green Brave[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 52 Shogo Mitsuyama All 55 MOTO RACING[3] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[3] 55 'Mototino' G All TEAM G/MOTION[3] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[3] 62 Resshu Shioya G All

Icon Class G Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 27 October 2018 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.^[6]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Gentleman winner
1	1	Autopolis	18 May	Matt Howson	Matt Howson	Matt Howson	KCMG	Yukinori Taniguchi
	2		19 May	Takuro Shinohara	'Hirobon'	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Resshu Shioya
2	3	Sportsland Sugo	22 June	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Shogo Mitsuyama	Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	Yukinori Taniguchi
	4		23 June	Takuro Shinohara	Shuji Maejima	Shuji Maejima	GO&FUN-SquadraCorse	Shuji Maejima
3	5	Fuji Speedway	12 July	Takuro Shinohara	Takeshi Matsumoto	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
	6		13 July	Yu Kanamaru	Yu Kanamaru	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
4	7	Okayama International Circuit	28 September	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Hitotsuyama Racing	'Hirobon'
	8		29 September	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Hitotsuyama Racing	Shuji Maejima
5	9	Suzuka Circuit	26 October	Yu Kanamaru	'Hirobon'	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
	10		27 October	Takeshi Matsumoto	Shuji Maejima	Matt Howson	KCMG	'Hirobon'

Championship standings

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts. 1 Matt Howson 11 35 64 64 22 88 2 Takuro Shinohara 22 21 91 11 82 3 Yu Kanamaru 33 14 15 DSQ5 11 75 4 Takeshi Matsumoto 55 44 2 2 133 64 5 Shogo Mitsuyama 44 13 53 123 14 58 6 Shuji Maejima DNS 72 32 72 34 56 7 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 4 51 8 Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 6 44 9 Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 5 25 10 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 18 11 Paul Ip 8 13 105 6 12 Philippe Devesa 8 4 13 Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 15 4 14 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 2 15 Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 2 16 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 1 17 Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 0 18 Hideki Nakahara 16 0 Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts. 1 Takeshi Matsumoto 3 25 32 45 21 89 2 Yu Kanamaru 13 Ret4 11 54 93 77 3 Shuji Maejima 8 12 25 22 11 75 4 Matt Howson 22 93 Ret3 6 1 67 5 Shogo Mitsuyama 4 3 44 33 6 67 6 'Hirobon' 65 4 5 13 34 48 7 Takuro Shinohara Ret1 Ret1 7 11 46 8 Resshu Shioya 54 11 15 11 4 24 9 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 20 10 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 13 11 Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 12 12 Philippe Devesa 5 1 13 Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 10 14 Paul Ip 6 14 13 8 15 Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 8 16 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 6 17 Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 0 18 Hideki Nakahra 16 0 Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 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.

Gentleman championship

TCR Japan Saturday Series Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts. 1 Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 63 111 2 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 44 104 3 Shuji Maejima DNS 72 32 72 31 98 4 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 65 5 Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 55 61 6 Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 1 32 7 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 30 8 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 24 9 Paul Ip 8 13 102 22 10 Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 17 11 Philippe Devesa 8 8 12 Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 7 13 Hideki Nakahara 16 0 Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts. 1 Shuji Maejima 8 12 25 22 11 114 2 'Hirobon' 65 4 5 13 34 102 3 Resshu Shioya 54 11 15 11 4 63 4 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 58 5 Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 53 6 Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 48 7 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 43 8 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 29 9 Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 26 10 Paul Ip 6 14 13 20 11 Philippe Devesa 5 15 12 Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 9 13 Hideki Nakahra 16 0 Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 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

Entrants championship

Pos. Entrant No. ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts. 1 KCMG 18 11 22 35 93 64 Ret3 64 6 24 1 155 4 Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama 25 55 3 44 25 2 32 2 45 133 21 153 3 Team GOH Models 5 33 13 14 Ret4 15 11 DSQ5 54 11 93 152 6 GO&FUN-SquadraCorse 33 DNS 8 72 12 32 25 72 22 34 11 131 2 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 22 Ret1 21 Ret1 91 7 11 11 128 5 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 52 44 4 13 3 53 44 123 33 14 6 125 7 Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE 19 8 65 6 4 4 5 3 13 4 34 99 8 KCMG 72 6 7 5 13† 7 12 4 7 6 Ret 56 9 TEAM G/MOTION 62 10 54 8 11 Ret 15 5 11 5 4 49 10 PURPLE RACING 23 7 9 9 5 11 8 8 8 7 Ret 38 12 Adenau 30 8 5 14 16 PURPLE RACING 24 13 10 11 6 10 11 11 12 16 8 14 11 KCMG 22 8 6 13 14 105 13 14 13 Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie 190 9 11 10 10 12 10 10 9 15 7 14 15 Adenau 10 12 12 15 7 13 9 15 15 9 Ret 10 14 55 MOTO RACING 55 11 13 12 8 14 14 9 10 11 10 8 17 Nilzz Racing 7 14 14 13 12 15 13 14 16 12 12 0 18 Hitotsuyama Racing 101 16 16 0 Pos. Driver No. ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 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

Footnotes

1. Car No. 19 entered as Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE while car No. 190 is entered as Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie.