The 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the fourth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series, and second held as a standalone series. The season began at the Hungaroring in April and ended at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in October. [1]
As part of an deal with the series' promoters, at five of the seven events, the 2019 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship series is held which is its fourth edition. Also a third competition will be held with the establishment of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy which will be held on two of the seven events of the calendar, as well as having four standalone events. [2] [3]
Mikel Azcona is the defending drivers' champion, while Hell Energy Racing with KCMG are the defending teams' champions. In TCR BeNeLux Jean-Karl Vernay is the defending drivers' champion while Leopard Lukoil Team WRT are the defending teams' champions. [4]
The calendar was announced on 5 December 2018 with 7 rounds scheduled. [5] The second round, which was scheduled to be held at unknown venue in the Netherlands, was replaced on 28 January 2019 with Hockenheimring. [6] Five of the seven events from the calendar are also valid for the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship.
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | 1 | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | 28 April | World Touring Car Cup TCR Eastern Europe Trophy |
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2 | 3 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | 25–26 May | International GT Open |
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3 | 5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 8–9 June | International GT Open Touring Car Trophy |
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4 | 7 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria | 13–14 July | |
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5 | 9 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany | 3–4 August | |
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6 | 11 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 21–22 September | International GT Open TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series |
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7 | 13 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 12–13 October | International GT Open TCR Eastern Europe Trophy |
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Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning Team | TCR BeNeLux Winner | |
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1 | 1 | Hungaroring | 28 April | Maťo Homola | Nelson Panciatici | Maťo Homola | Autodis Racing by Target Competition | Maťo Homola |
2 | Josh Files | Julien Briché | JSB Compétition | Julien Briché | ||||
2 | 3 | Hockenheimring | 25–26 May | Josh Files | Josh Files | Josh Files | Autodis Racing by Target Competition | Josh Files |
4 | Andreas Bäckman | Julien Briché | JSB Compétition | Julien Briché | ||||
3 | 5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 8–9 June | Gilles Magnus | Santiago Urrutia | Gilles Magnus | Comtoyou Racing | Gilles Magnus |
6 | Dušan Borković | Julien Briché | JSB Compétition | Julien Briché | ||||
4 | 7 | Red Bull Ring | 13–14 July | Luca Filippi | Josh Files | Josh Files | Autodis Racing by Target Competition | Not Held |
8 | Maxime Potty | Luca Engstler | M1RA | |||||
5 | 9 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 3–4 August | Andreas Bäckman | Nelson Panciatici | Daniel Lloyd | Brutal Fish Racing Team | |
10 | Luca Engstler | Alex Morgan | Wolf-Power Racing | |||||
6 | 11 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 21–22 September | Andreas Bäckman | Julien Briché | Andreas Bäckman | Target Competition | Julien Briché |
12 | Gilles Magnus | Daniel Lloyd | Brutal Fish Racing Team | Gilles Magnus | ||||
7 | 13 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 12–13 October | Julien Briché | Josh Files | Julien Briché | JSB Compétition | Julien Briché |
14 | Julien Briché | Josh Files | Autodis Racing by Target Competition | Josh Files |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||
Race | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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Bold – Pole |
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