2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

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Parent series:
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC support series:
ADAC GT4 Germany
ADAC Formula 4

The 2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the fourth season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominantly in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

On 20 December 2018 it was announced a partnership between the series' promoter and Auto Sport Switzerland, the Swiss National Sporting Authority, which was going see all 7 rounds of the calendar as part of the 2019 TCR Swiss Trophy which was set to be in its second edition. The TCR Swiss Trophy was set be open to Swiss drivers as well as any driver with valid racing license, issued by Auto Sport Switzerland. ^[1] On 23 April 2019 it was announced by Auto Sport Switzerland that the TCR Swiss Trophy will be postponed until 2020 due to lack of entries.

Harald Proczyk will be the defending Drivers' champion, while HP Racing International will the defending Teams' champions. ^[2]

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is set to become the official tire supplier, taking over from Hankook. ^[3]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
HP Racing International [4]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [4]	1	Harald Proczyk [4]		All
		42	Lukas Niedertscheider [4]		1–6
Pyro Motorsport [5]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [5]	6	Bradley Burns [5]	J	1–6
Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen [6]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [6]	7	Mike Halder [6]		All
		88	Dominik Fugel [6]		All
RacingOne [7]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [7]	8	René Kircher [7]	J	All
LMS Racing [8]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [8]	13	Antti Buri [8]		All
Hyundai Team Engstler [9]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [9]	19	Max Hesse [9]		All
		27	Théo Coicaud [9]		All
TOPCAR Sport [8]	CUPRA León TCR [8]	22	Julien Apothéloz [8]	J	All
		33	Joshua Corren Reynolds [8]		1–3
Steibel Motorsport [8]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [8]	23	Sebastian Steibel [8]		1, 3–7
Volkswagen Team Oettinger [10] [11]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [10] [11]	29	Mitchell Cheah [10]	J	All
		50	Kai Jordan		5–6
		99	Maurits Sandberg [11]		1–4, 7
RaceSing [8]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [8]	34	Patrick Sing [8]		2
IMC Motorsport [12]	Opel Astra TCR [12]	41	Steve Kirsch [12]		1–2
Profi-Car Team Halder [13]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [13]	53	Michelle Halder [13]	J	All
Lubner Motorsport [8]	Opel Astra TCR [8]	98	Jan Seyffert [8]	J	1–3
	LADA Vesta TCR [14]				4–7
Entries ineligible to score points
Target Competition [15]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [15]	9	Andreas Bäckman [15]		6
		101	Jessica Bäckman [15]		6
Lubner Motorsport	Opel Astra TCR	20	Philipp Regensperger		7
		61	Jörg Schori		5
Comtoyou Racing [16]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [16]	25	Sami Taoufik [16]		7
Steibel Motorsport	CUPRA León TCR	28	Pascal Eberle		5–7
Young Driver Challenge	CUPRA León TCR	30	Karen Gaillard		5
		31	Mario Anderegg		6
		32	James Bischof [16]		7
TOPCAR Sport	CUPRA León TCR	48	Sophie Hofmann [16]		7
Profi-Car Team Halder	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	55	Marcel Fugel		2, 6–7
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport [16]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [16]	77	René Münnich [16]		7
Hyundai Team Engstler [17]	Hyundai i30 N TCR [17]	100	Guido Naumann [17]		1
		101	Jessica Bäckman [17]		2
		102	Gabriele Tarquini [18]		3
		103	Lance David Arnold		4
		104	Thierry Neuville [19]		5
		105	Franz Simon		6

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 23 September 2018, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends as well as ADAC GT4 Germany and ADAC Formula 4 (with the exception at Autodrom Most). ^[3]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Junior winner
1	1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	27 April	Max Hesse [N 1]	Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Bradley Burns
	2		28 April		Harald Proczyk	Antti Buri	LMS Racing	Bradley Burns
2	3	Autodrom Most, Most	18 May	Harald Proczyk	Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Mitchell Cheah
	4		19 May		Bradley Burns	Antti Buri	LMS Racing	Bradley Burns
3	5	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	8 June	Sebastian Steibel	Antti Buri	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing International	Mitchell Cheah
	6		9 June		Antti Buri	Antti Buri	LMS Racing	René Kircher
4	7	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	10 August	Dominik Fugel	Max Hesse	Max Hesse	Hyundai Team Engstler	Bradley Burns
	8		11 August		Harald Proczyk	Michelle Halder	Profi-Car Team Halder	Michelle Halder
5	9	Nürburgring, Nürburg	17 August	Max Hesse [N 2]	Max Hesse [N 3]	Max Hesse [N 4]	Hyundai Team Engstler [N 4]	Julien Apothéloz
	10		18 August		Antti Buri [N 5]	Max Hesse	Hyundai Team Engstler	Julien Apothéloz
6	11	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	14 September	Harald Proczyk	Theo Coicaud	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing International	Mitchell Cheah
	12		15 September		Harald Proczyk	Max Hesse	Hyundai Team Engstler	Michelle Halder
7	13	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	28 September	Dominik Fugel	Dominik Fugel	Dominik Fugel	Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Michelle Halder
	14		29 September		Dominik Fugel	Max Hesse	Hyundai Team Engstler	Julien Apothéloz

Drivers' Championship

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	PP	FL
Points	40	36	32	29	26	23	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	5	1

Pos. Driver OSC MST RBR ZAN NÜR HOC SAC  Pts.  1 Max Hesse 21 3 23 5 11 5 1 9 21 1 23 1 85 1 438 2 Harald Proczyk 34 6 31 8 13 2 33 5 104 14 11 3 43 2 431 3 Antti Buri 4 1 5 1 3 1 55 2 4 3 10 12 24 3 426 4 Mike Halder 12 2 12 4 15 8 24 3 162 4 44 5 32 4 399 5 Dominik Fugel 123 17 45 3 14 Ret 41 13 Ret 10 5 4 11 5 271 6 Theo Coicaud 65 5 6 7 55 7 8 Ret 63 Ret 32 Ret 9 6 266 7 Michelle Halder 17 9 9 11 8 4 12 1 12 15 13 6 5 12 249 8 Julien Apothéloz 14 16 Ret4 9 42 9 11 8 3 5 18 17 7 7 226.5 9 René Kircher 10 8 11 Ret 9 3 10 11 9 13 12 7 14 14 214 10 Lukas Niedertscheider 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 7 55 16 Ret5 DNS 202 11 Mitchell Cheah Ret 10 8 Ret 24 10 Ret Ret 8 12 11 9 Ret 9 171 12 Bradley Burns 5 4 15 2 Ret Ret 62 6 Ret 11 WD WD 159 13 Sebastian Steibel 13 13 61 13 13 Ret 13 7 9 10 11 16 158 14 Jan Seyffert 8 15 DNS Ret 13 11 15 12 14 8 15 15 Ret 17 115.5 15 Maurits Sandberg 15 Ret 10 14 10 15 14 10 12 15 102 16 Steve Kirsch 9 12 12 10 52 17 Kai Jordan 10 17 14 14 47.5 18 J. C. Reynolds 16 14 13 WD 12 12 42 19 Patrick Sing 14 Ret 7 Drivers ineligible to score points Thierry Neuville 1 6 Pascal Eberle 7 2 6 Ret 6 8 Jessica Bäckman Ret 13 7 2 Lance David Arnold 7 4 Marcel Fugel Ret 12 Ret 8 13 10 Andreas Bäckman 8 11 Karen Gaillard 17 9 Sami Taoufik 10 11 Guido Naumann 11 11 Franz Simon 16 13 René Münnich 18† 13 Gabriele Tarquini Ret 14 Jörg Schori 15 18 James Bischof 15 18 Mario Anderegg 17 16 Philipp Regensperger 16 Ret Sophie Hofmann 17 19 Pos. Driver OSC MST RBR ZAN NÜR HOC SAC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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

Teams' Championship

Pos. Driver OSC MST RBR ZAN NÜR HOC SAC  Pts.  1 Hyundai Team Engstler 2 3 2 5 5 5 1 9 2 1 2 1 8 1 680 6 5 6 7 11 7 8 Ret 6 Ret 3 Ret 9 6 2 Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen 1 2 1 3 14 8 2 3 16 4 4 4 1 4 640 12 17 4 4 15 Ret 4 13 Ret 10 5 5 3 5 3 HP Racing International 3 6 3 6 1 2 3 5 5 14 1 3 4 2 608 7 7 7 8 7 6 9 7 10 16 Ret DNS 4 LMS Racing 4 1 5 1 3 1 5 2 4 3 10 12 2 3 421 5 Volkswagen Team Oettinger 15 10 8 14 2 10 14 10 8 12 11 9 12 9 314,5 Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 15 Ret Ret 10 17 14 14 Ret 15 6 Profi-Car Team Halder 17 9 9 11 8 4 12 1 12 15 13 6 5 12 269 7 TOPCAR Sport 14 14 13 9 4 9 11 8 3 5 18 17 7 7 260,5 16 16 Ret DNS 12 12 8 RacingOne 10 8 11 Ret 9 3 10 11 9 13 12 7 14 14 214 9 Team Pyro Motorsport 5 4 15 2 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 11 DNS DNS 155 10 Steibel Motorsport 13 13 6 13 13 Ret 13 7 9 10 11 16 152 11 Lubner Motorsport 8 15 DNS Ret 13 11 15 12 14 8 15 15 Ret 17 113,5 12 IMC Motorsport 9 12 12 10 52 13 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 18† 13 10 14 RaceSing 14 Ret 7 Teams ineligible to score points Hyundai Team Engstler 11 11 Ret 13 Ret 14 7 4 1 6 16 13 Steibel Motorsport 7 2 6 Ret 6 8 Target Competition 7 2 8 11 Profi-Car Team Halder Ret 12 Ret 8 13 10 Young Driver Challenge 17 9 15 18 Comtoyou Racing 10 11 Lubner Motorsport 15 18 16 Ret TOPCAR Sport 17 16 17 19 Pos. Driver OSC MST RBR ZAN NÜR HOC SAC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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. Qualification won by Harald Proczyk, but he received a three-place grid penalty for speeding during red flag period.
2. Actual pole position taken by guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
3. Actual fastest lap of the race set by guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
4. Actual race winner was guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
5. Actual fastest lap of the race set by guest driver Pascal Eberle from Steibel Motorsport.

References

1. Ravaioli, Fabio (2018-12-20). "The TCR Swiss Trophy joins TCR Germany in 2019". TCR. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
2. "Mike Halder takes final victory of the season while Harald Procyzk is crowned champion with third". TouringCarTimes. 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
3. "Yokohama replaces Hankook as TCR Germany tyre supplier - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
4. "HP Racing switch to Hyundai for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
5. "Pyro Motorsport confirm TCR Germany entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
6. "Team Honda ADAC Sachsen unchanged for 2019". TouringCarTimes.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
7. "Racing One signs youngster René Kircher". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
8. "TCR Germany entry list revealed". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
9. "Max Hesse joins Théo Coicaud at Team Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
10. "Mitchell Cheah confirms TCR Germany move". TouringCarTimes. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
11. "Oettinger confirm TCR Germany entry alongside Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
12. "Steve Kirsch to lead new Opel squad". TouringCarTimes.com. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
13. "Michelle Halder switches from Cupra to Honda for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes.com. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
14. "Switch from Opel to Lada for Jan Seyffert at Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
15. "Andreas and Jessica Bäckman join TCR Germany races at Hockenheim". TouringCarTimes. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
16. "Münnich Motorsport and Comtoyou Racing among new entries for Sachsenring". TouringCarTimes.com. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
17. "Thierry Neuville, Gabriele Tarquini to drive guest car". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
18. "Gabriele Tarquini joins Red Bull grid". TouringCarTimes.com. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
19. "WRC star Thierry Neuville confirmed for Nürburgring". TouringCarTimes.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

External links

• ADAC TCR Germany Official website
• TCR Swiss Trophy Official website