2019 TCR Asia Series

Last updated December 07, 2023

The 2019 TCR Asia Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Asia Series.

Race Calendar

The provisional 2019 schedule was announced on 18 December 2018, with five events scheduled.^[1]^[2] The second round was originally scheduled to be held at the Korea International Circuit in support of the TCR Korea Touring Car Series, but following the series' cancellation it was replaced with the Zhuhai International Circuit in support of the TCR China Touring Car Championship

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	6 April	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
1	2	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	7 April	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
2	3	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	3 May	TCR China Touring Car Championship
2	4	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	4 May	TCR China Touring Car Championship
3	5	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	1 June	China Touring Car Championship TCR China Touring Car Championship
3	6	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	2 June
4	7	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	5–7 July
4	8	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	5–7 July
5	9	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Chonburi	30 August–1 September
5	10	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Chonburi	30 August–1 September

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Liqui Moly Team Engstler ^[3]	Hyundai i30 N TCR ^[4]	1	Luca Engstler ^[4]		All
		26	Théo Coicaud^[5]		1
		23	Diego Morán^[5]		2–5
Volkswagen Team Oettinger ^[5]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ^[6]	23	Diego Morán^[5]		1
		3	Roland Hertner^[5]	Cup	All
		4	Adam Khalid^[6]		All
Prince Racing ^[5]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) ^[5]	2	Kenneth Lau ^[5]	Cup	1
Prince Racing ^[5]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) ^[5]	7	Michael Choi ^[5]		1
Teamwork Motorsport ^[5]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ^[5]	10	Cherry Cheung	Cup	2
		11	Alex Hui^[5]		1−3
		12	Sunny Wong		3
		36	David Lau^[5]	Cup	1, 5
Eurasia Motorsport^[7]	Hyundai i30 N TCR ^[7]	20	Daniel Julián Miranda^[7]		All
Eurasia Motorsport^[7]	Hyundai i30 N TCR ^[7]	30	Gao Hua Yang^[8]		All
Alphafactory Racing Team by Pulzar^[5]	CUPRA León TCR ^[5]	33	Jakraphan Davee^[5]		1, 5
Viper Niza Racing ^[5]	CUPRA León TCR ^[5]	65	Douglas Khoo ^[5]	Cup	All
Solite Indigo Racing ^[9]	Hyundai i30 N TCR ^[9]	74	Pepe Oriola ^[9]		All
Solite Indigo Racing ^[9]	Hyundai i30 N TCR ^[9]	97	Kim Jin Soo^[9]		All
Elegant Racing Team	CUPRA León TCR	88	Kelvin Wong	Cup	3−4
TCR entries ineligible to score TCR Asia points
Team MG XPower ^[10]	MG 6 X-Power TCR ^[10]	9	Rodolfo Ávila ^[10]		4
Team MG XPower ^[10]	MG 6 X-Power TCR ^[10]	18	Zhendong Zhang ^[10]		4
Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	12	Zou Si Rui		4
		55	Martin Xie		2–4
		77	Daniel Lloyd		2–4
Champ x T. A. Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	26	Filipe de Souza		2–3
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	48	James Wong		3–4
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	66	Michael Wong		3
Liqui Moly Team NewFaster	CUPRA León TCR	33	Alex Liu		2–3
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	81	Huang Chu Han		2–4
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	86	Kenneth Look		2–4
Leo Racing Volkswagen Team Oettinger	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	99	Li Lin		2–3

Results and standings

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Cup winner
1	1	Sepang International Circuit	6 April	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Douglas Khoo
1	2	Sepang International Circuit	7 April		Diego Morán	Diego Morán	Volkswagen Team Oettinger	Douglas Khoo
2	3	Zhuhai International Circuit	3 May	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Roland Hertner
2	4	Zhuhai International Circuit	4 May		Alex Hui	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	No finishers
3	5	Shanghai International Circuit	1 June	Diego Morán	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Kelvin Wong
3	6	Shanghai International Circuit	2 June		Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Kelvin Wong
4	7	Zhejiang International Circuit	5–7 July	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Kelvin Wong
4	8	Zhejiang International Circuit	5–7 July		Luca Engstler	Diego Morán	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Kelvin Wong
5	9	Bangsaen Street Circuit	30 August–1 September	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Diego Morán	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Roland Hertner
5	10	Bangsaen Street Circuit	30 August–1 September		Luca Engstler	Diego Morán	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Douglas Khoo

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	SEP		ZHU		SHA		ZHE		BNG		Pts.
1	Luca Engstler	1¹	Ret	1¹	1	2³	1	1¹	3	2	3	221
2	Diego Morán	3⁴	1	7²	2	5¹	4	4⁴	1	1	1	206
3	Pepe Oriola	4³	3	2⁴	Ret	4	2	2²	2	6	2	156
4	Daniel Julián Miranda	6	2	Ret³	3	9	5	6	DSQ	Ret	6	84
5	Gao Hua Yang	10	10	10	6	11	11	9	7	3	4	71
6	Kim Jin Soo	8	8	12	10	7	10	7³	8	Ret	DNS	57
7	Adam Khalid	7	6	Ret⁵	Ret	15	9	5⁵	5	Ret	DNS	47
8	Alex Hui	DNS	Ret	5	4	Ret⁴	7					39
9	Roland Hertner	12	9	8	Ret	12	13	13	12	4	Ret	38
10	Douglas Khoo	9	7	Ret	Ret	14	16	17†	15	5	5	36
11	Théo Coicaud	2²	4									34
12	Kelvin Wong					8⁵	8	EX	EX			29
13	Jakraphan Davee	5⁵	5							Ret	DNS	21
14	David Lau	Ret	12							7	Ret	6
15	Sunny Wong					Ret²	12					5
16	Cherry Cheung			13	Ret							4
17	Michael Choi	11	11									0
-	Kenneth Lau	Ret	DNS									0
Drivers ineligible to score points
-	Daniel Lloyd			3	7	1	3	DSQ	6			-
-	Martin Xie			6	Ret	2	Ret	10	16			-
-	Terry Huang			9	5	6	6	3	4			-
-	Filipe de Souza			4	Ret	Ret	Ret					-
-	Kenneth Look			11	11	10	14	8	11			-
-	Li Lin			Ret	8	13	Ret					-
-	Alex Liu			14	9	16	Ret					-
-	Zhendong Zhang							11	10			-
-	Zou Si Rui							13	14			-
-	Rodolfo Ávila							16	13			-
-	James Wong					17	17	15	17			-
-	Michael Wong					18	18					-

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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	SEP		ZHU		SHA		ZHE		BNG		Pts.

1	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1¹	4	1¹	1	2³	1	1¹	1	1¹	1	419
1	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2²	Ret	7²	2	5¹	4	4⁴	3	2³	3	419
2	Solite Indigo Racing	4³	3	2⁴	10	4	2	2²	2	6²	2	214
2	Solite Indigo Racing	8	8	12	Ret	7	10	7³	8	Ret⁵	DNS	214
3	Eurasia Motorsport	6	2	10	3	9	5	6	DSQ	3⁴	4	156
3	Eurasia Motorsport	10	10	Ret³	6	11	11	7	8	Ret	6	156
4	Volkswagen Team Oettinger	3⁴	1	8	Ret	12	9	5⁵	5	4	Ret	125
4	Volkswagen Team Oettinger	7	6	Ret⁵	Ret	15	13	13	12	Ret	DNS	125
5	Teamwork Motorsport	DNS	12	5	4	Ret²	7			7	Ret	54
5	Teamwork Motorsport	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret⁴	12					54
6	Viper Niza Racing	9	7	Ret	Ret	14	16	Ret	15	5	5	36
7	Alphafactory Racing Team by Pulzar	5⁵	5							Ret	DNS	21
8	Elegant Racing Team					8⁵	8	EX	EX			19
9	Prince Racing	11	11									1
9	Prince Racing	Ret	DNS									1
Teams ineligible to score points
-	Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team			3	7	1	3	10	6			-
-	Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team			6	Ret	2	Ret	13	14			-
-	Liqui Moly Team NewFaster			9	5	6	6	3	4			-
-	Liqui Moly Team NewFaster			11	9	10	14	8	11			-
-	T. A. Motorsport			4	Ret	17	17	15	17			-
-	T. A. Motorsport					Ret	Ret					-
-	Leo Racing Volkswagen Team Oettinger			Ret	8	13	Ret					-
-	Team MG XPower							11	10			-
-	Team MG XPower							16	13			-

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

TCR Asia Cup

Pos.	Driver	SEP		ZHU		SHA		ZHE		Pts.

1	Roland Hertner	12	9	8	Ret	12	13	13	12	133
2	Kelvin Wong					8	8	12	9	100
3	Douglas Khoo	9	7	Ret	Ret	14	16	Ret	15	95
4	Cherry Cheung			13	Ret					18
5	David Lau	Ret	12							15
-	Kenneth Lau	Ret	DNS							0

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References

↑ "TCR Asia Series unveils 2019 calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
↑ "TCR Asia Series unveils the calendar for its fifth season". tcr-series.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
↑ "Team Engstler enter five cars for TCR Malaysia". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
1 2 "Luca Engstler to defend TCR Asia series title". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Malaysia opens TCR Asia Series account for season 2019". asia.tcr-series.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
1 2 "Adam Khalid secures Sepang-backed Team Engstler seat". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
1 2 3 "Eurasia Motorsport confirm Hyundai entry for 2019 TCR Asia Series". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
↑ "CTCC racer Huayang Gao joins Eurasia Motorsport in second Hyundai » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
1 2 3 4 "Pepe Oriola confirmed for TCR Asia programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
1 2 3 4 "New MG6 to debut at Zhejiang". TouringCarTimes. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

External links

TCR Asia Series Official website

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[1] "TCR Asia Series unveils 2019 calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

[2] "TCR Asia Series unveils the calendar for its fifth season". tcr-series.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

[EngstlerPrize-3] "Team Engstler enter five cars for TCR Malaysia". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-11.

[LucaEngstler-4] 1 2 "Luca Engstler to defend TCR Asia series title". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-28.

[EntryList-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Malaysia opens TCR Asia Series account for season 2019". asia.tcr-series.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.

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[Eurasia-7] 1 2 3 "Eurasia Motorsport confirm Hyundai entry for 2019 TCR Asia Series". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

[8] "CTCC racer Huayang Gao joins Eurasia Motorsport in second Hyundai » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.

[Indigo-9] 1 2 3 4 "Pepe Oriola confirmed for TCR Asia programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

[XPower-10] 1 2 3 4 "New MG6 to debut at Zhejiang". TouringCarTimes. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

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