2019 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy

Last updated July 02, 2022

The 2019 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy (also called 2019 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy powered by ESET for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy. The season began on 27 April at the Hungaroring and ended on 13 October at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
RTM Motorsport^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ^[1]	7	Maciej Łaszkiewicz^[1]	1−4
RTM Motorsport^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ^[1]	7	Rene Martinek	5
Besagroup Vuković Motorsport^[2]	Renault Mégane R.S TCR ^[2]	11	Tomáš Pekař^[2]	2
Brutal Fish Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	17	Martin Ryba	1, 4, 6
Team Unicorse	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	19	Roland Amrein	3−4
Fullín Race Academy ^[1]	CUPRA León TCR ^[1]	22	Carol Wittke^[1]	1−5
Fullín Race Academy ^[1]	CUPRA León TCR ^[1]	76	Petr Čížek^[1]	1−5
Zengő Motorsport	CUPRA León TCR	23	Tamás Tenke	5
GT2 Motorsport^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ^[1]	24	Jáchym Galáš^[1]	1−5
ASK Vesnić ^[1]	CUPRA León TCR ^[1]	31	Milovan Vesnić ^[1]	1−5
ASK Vesnić ^[1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) ^[1]	77	Jakub Wyszomirski^[1]	1−5
AMSK GM Racing ^[1]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ^[1]	32	Rudolf Pešović^[1]	1−2
K2 Engineering^[1]	Hyundai i30 N TCR ^[1]	59	Dušan Kouřil Jr.^[1]	2−5
Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing^[1]	CUPRA León TCR ^[1]	74	Žarko Knego^[1]	1−3
Horňák-Aditis	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	468	Radim Adámek	2−5

Calendar and results

The calendar was released on 12 December 2018, with four rounds being held in conjunction with TCR Europe Touring Car Series.^[3]^[4] After the series was incorporated into the ESET V4 Cup as a standalone class, an amended calendar was published on 19 March 2019 with four of the six race calendar now forming part of the ESET V4 Cup calendar.^[5]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	28 April	Martin Ryba	Martin Ryba	Martin Ryba	Brutal Fish Racing Team	World Touring Car Cup TCR Europe Touring Car Series TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship
1	2	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	28 April		Milovan Vesnić	Milovan Vesnić	ASK Vesnić
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	18–19 May	Milovan Vesnić	Milovan Vesnić	Milovan Vesnić	ASK Vesnić	ESET V4 Cup
2	4	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	18–19 May		Jáchym Galáš	Tomáš Pekař	Besagroup Vuković Motorsport
3	5	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia	27–28 July	Jáchym Galáš	Jáchym Galáš	Jáchym Galáš	GT2 Motorsport
3	6	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia	27–28 July		Dušan Kouřil Jn.	Milovan Vesnić	ASK Vesnić
4	7	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	24–25 August	Milovan Vesnić	Milovan Vesnić	Milovan Vesnić	ASK Vesnić
4	8	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	24–25 August		Milovan Vesnić	Dušan Kouřil Jr.	K2 Engineering
5	9	Automotodrom Brno, Brno, Czech Republic	7–8 September	Jáchym Galáš	Jáchym Galáš	Dušan Kouřil Jr.	K2 Engineering
5	10	Automotodrom Brno, Brno, Czech Republic	7–8 September		Milovan Vesnić	Jáchym Galáš	GT2 Motorsport
6	11	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	12–13 October	Martin Ryba	Martin Ryba	Martin Ryba	Brutal Fish Racing Team	International GT Open TCR Europe Touring Car Series TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship
6	12	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	12–13 October		Martin Ryba	no finishers

Drivers' standings

Pos.	Driver	HUN		RBR		GRO		SVK		BRN		MNZ		Pts.
1	Milovan Vesnić	20²	17	1¹	9	10²	1	1¹	2	2⁵	3			191
2	Jáchym Galáš	21⁴	Ret	2²	10^†	1¹	2	2³	3	3¹	1			169
3	Dušan Kouřil Jn.			DSQ⁴	2	2	3	3⁴	1	1²	2			142
4	Petr Čížek	28⁵	21	6	5	3⁴	5	5²	4	5³	7			116
5	Jakub Wyszomirski	25³	20	3⁵	4	9	9	4	5	4⁴	4			113
6	Carol Wittke	29	23	9	6	4³	4	6	6	7	5			87
7	Martin Ryba	16¹	29					Ret⁵	10			21¹	Ret	70
8	Žarko Knego	31	22	8	8	5	6							42
9	Maciej Łaszkiewicz	30	Ret	7	7	6⁵	7	7	9					41
10	Tomáš Pekař			4³	1									40
11	Rudi Pešović	Ret	Ret	5	3									25
12	Radim Adámek			10	DNS	7	8	9	8	8	8			25
13	Rene Martinek									6	6			16
14	Roland Amrein					8	Ret	8	7					14
15	Tamás Tenke									9	9			4
Pos.	Driver	HUN		RBR		GRO		SVK		BRN		MNZ		Pts.

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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos.	Team	HUN		RBR		GRO		SVK		BRN		MNZ		Pts.
1	ASK Vesnić	20²	17	1¹	4	9²	1	1¹	2	2⁵	3			305
1	ASK Vesnić	25³	20	3⁵	9	10	9	4	5	4⁴	4			305
2	Fullín Race Academy	28⁵	21	6	5	3⁴	4	5²	4	5³	5			203
2	Fullín Race Academy	29	23	9	6	4³	5	6	6	7	7			203
3	GT2 Motorsport	21⁴	Ret	2²	10^†	1¹	2	2³	3	3¹	1			169
4	K2 Engineering			DSQ⁴	2	2	3	3⁴	1	1²	2			142
5	Brutal Fish Racing Team	16¹	29					Ret⁵	10			21¹	Ret	70
6	RTM Motorsport	30	Ret	7	7	6⁵	7	7	9	6	6			57
7	Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing	31	22	8	8	5	6							42
8	Besagroup Vuković Motorsport			4³	1									40
9	AMSK GM Racing	Ret	Ret	5	3									25
10	Horňák-Aditis			10	DNS	7	8	9	8	8	8			25
11	Team Unicorse					8	Ret	8	7					25
12	Zengő Motorsport									9	9			4
Pos.	Team	HUN		RBR		GRO		SVK		BRN		MNZ		Pts.

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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Rounds 1 & 2 – HUNGARORING – 27/28 April 2019" (PDF). europe.tcr-series.com. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
1 2 3 "Tomáš Pekař and Franjo Kovac to race with Renault Megane in TCR – ESET V4 Cup" . Retrieved 2019-05-15.
↑ "TCR World and life #11". magazine.tcr-series.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
↑ "Revised TCR Europe schedule revealed for 2019". TouringCarTimes.com. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
↑ "TCR Eastern Europe and ESET V4 Cup merge". tcr-series.com. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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[R1EntryList-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Rounds 1 & 2 – HUNGARORING – 27/28 April 2019" (PDF). europe.tcr-series.com. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

[:0-2] 1 2 3 "Tomáš Pekař and Franjo Kovac to race with Renault Megane in TCR – ESET V4 Cup" . Retrieved 2019-05-15.

[3] "TCR World and life #11". magazine.tcr-series.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[4] "Revised TCR Europe schedule revealed for 2019". TouringCarTimes.com. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[5] "TCR Eastern Europe and ESET V4 Cup merge". tcr-series.com. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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