2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series

2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series

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The 2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series is the first season of the TCR Korea Touring Car Series. The series supported the TCR Asia Series for their inaugural round held at Korea International Circuit in August.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Korean registered. All drivers, excepting German driver Peter Terting, raced under South Korean racing license.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DreamRacer Racing Team [1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [1]	1	Kim Byoung Hyun [1]	1
KMSA Motorsport [1]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [1]	3	Kang Dong Woo [1]	1, 3
E-Rain Motorsport [1]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [1]	16	Lee Do Hyeon [1]	1
		19	Noh Dong Gi	2–3
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [1]	20	Andrew Kim [1]	2–3
Brand New Racing				1
		85	Jung Nam Su	2–3
Indigo Racing [1]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [1]	87	Charlie Kang [1]	All
		97	Cho Hoon Hyun [1]	1–2
		99	Kim Jin Soo	3
Entries ineligible to score points
Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i30 N TCR	30	Peter Terting	3

Calendar and results

The provisional calendar was released on 5 February 2018, with all rounds being held within South Korea. ^{[2] [3]}

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	25–26 August	Kang Byung Hui	Andrew Kim	Andrew Kim	BrandNew Racing	TCR Asia Series
	2				Charlie Kang	Charlie Kang	Indigo Racing
2	3	Inje Speedium, Inje	29–30 September	Noh Dong Gi	Andrew Kim	Charlie Kang	Indigo Racing
	4				Andrew Kim	Jung Nam Su	Brand New Racing
3	5	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	3–4 November	Kim Jin Soo [N 1]	Charlie Kang [N 2]	Noh Dong Gi	E-Rain Motorsport
	6				Charlie Kang [N 3]	Kim Jin Soo	Indigo Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver KIC1 INJ KIC2  Pts.  1 Charlie Kang 4 1 1 3 4 3 108 2 Andrew Kim 1 4 2 2 2 Ret 102 3 Jung Nam Su 3 1 6 2 75 4 Noh Dong Gi 4 5 1 5 65 5 Cho Hoon Hyun 3 5 5 4 52 6 Kim Jin Soo 5 1 45 7 Kim Byoung Hyun 2 3 34 8 Kang Dong Woo Ret 2 Ret Ret 23 9 Lee Do Hyeon 5 6 18 Drivers ineligible to score points Peter Terting 3 4 - Pos. Driver KIC1 INJ KIC2  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. Actual pole position was taken by guest driver Peter Terting.
2. Actual fastest lap of the race was recorded by guest driver Peter Terting.
3. Actual fastest lap of the race was recorded by guest driver Peter Terting.

References

1. "TCR Asia Series makes Korean return". asia.tcr-series.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
2. "TCR Korea unveils 2018 provisional calendar". tcr-series.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
3. "TCR Korea unveils provisional calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

External links

• TCR Korea Touring Car Series Official website