2019 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

Last updated August 08, 2023

The 2019 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will be the fifth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 33rd season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. The series will begin at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in April and conclude at the same track in October.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	№	Drivers	Class	Rounds
South Italy Racing Team^[1]	Opel Astra TCR ^[1]	2	Andrea Argenti^[1]		1−2, 6
PRS Motorsport^[2]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR ^[2]	3	Massimiliano Mugelli^[3]		All
Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing ^[4]	CUPRA León TCR ^[4]	4	Salvatore Tavano ^[4]		All
		19	Eric Scalvini^[4]	DSG U25	All
		34	Matteo Greco^[4]	U25	All
Race Republic	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	5	Luca Segù		5
		5	Stefano Comini		5
		7	Denis Grigoriev		4
	CUPRA León TCR	47	Lev Tolkachev		7
Scuderia del Girasole	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Sandro Pelatti	DSG	7
Scuderia del Girasole	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	21	Nicola Guida	DSG	7
MM Motorsport ^[5]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) ^[5]	8	Lev Tolkachev^[5]		1
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) ^[5]	9	Davide Nardilli^[5]	U25	1−4
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	10	Kevin Giacon		4
Lein Racing	CUPRA León TCR	11	Nikola Miljković		7
LTA Rally^[4]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ^[4]	14	Klim Gavrilov ^[4]	U25	1
VRC-Team	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ^[4]	14	Klim Gavrilov ^[4]	U25	4
LPR Stefanovski Racing Team ^[6]	CUPRA León TCR ^[6]	14	Igor Stefanovski ^[6]		2−3, 5
N Motors^[1]	Opel Astra TCR ^[1]	18	Nello Nataloni^[1]		1
Wimmer Werk Motorsport^[7]	CUPRA León TCR ^[7]	24	Felix Wimmer^[7]		1−5
		55	Peter Gross^[7]	DSG AM	1−6
		56	Günter Benninger^[7]	DSG AM	1−6
		99	Christian Voithofer^[7]	DSG	1−6
B.D. Racing	CUPRA León TCR	28	Simone Vullo Jody	DSG	7
Pit Lane Competizioni ^[8]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR ^[9]	39	Claudio Formenti	DSG	6−7
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ^[8]	69	Enrico Bettera ^[8]		All
	CUPRA León TCR	77	Raffaele Lissignoli		5
Proteam Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	64	Massimiliano Milli	DSG	2−4
			Massimiliano Chini		2−3
			Giovanni Altoe		4
Target Competition ^[10]	Hyundai i30 N TCR ^[10]	67	Marco Pellegrini^[10]		All
BF Motorsports^[11]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ^[11]	71	Jacopo Guidetti^[11]	U25	All
BF Motorsports^[11]	CUPRA León TCR ^[12]	72	Matteo Bergonzini^[12]	DSG	1−5
Trico WRT	Hyundai i30 N TCR	81	Damiano Reduzzi		3−4, 7
PMA Motorsport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	95	Felice Jelmini		7

Icon	Class
DSG	DSG Challenge
AM	Amateur
U25	Under 25

Calendar and results

The 2019 calendar was announced on 4 December 2018, with all rounds held in Italy.^[13]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	DSG Winner	Supporting
1	1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	6 April	Enrico Bettera	Jacopo Guidetti	Klim Gavrilov	LTA Rally	Matteo Bergonzini	Italian GT Championship TCR DSG Endurance
1	2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	7 April		Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Pit Lane Competizioni	Matteo Bergonzini	Italian GT Championship TCR DSG Endurance
2	3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	18 May	Enrico Bettera	Igor Stefanovski	Marco Pellegrini	Target Competition	Eric Scalvini
2	4	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	19 May		Eric Scalvini	Matteo Greco	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
3	5	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	21–23 June	Matteo Greco	Enrico Bettera	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
3	6	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	21–23 June		Marco Pellegrini	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Matteo Bergonzini
4	7	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	19–21 July	Klim Gavrilov	Enrico Bettera	Marco Pellegrini	Target Competition	Eric Scalvini
4	8	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	19–21 July		Marco Pellegrini	Felix Wimmer	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	Eric Scalvini
5	9	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	31 August– 1 September	Enrico Bettera	Matteo Greco	Enrico Bettera	Pit Lane Competizioni	Eric Scalvini
5	10	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	31 August– 1 September		Jacopo Guidetti	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
6	11	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	13–15 September	Marco Pellegrini	Enrico Bettera	Massimiliano Mugelli	PRS Motorsport	Eric Scalvini
6	12	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	13–15 September		Marco Pellegrini	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
7	13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	4–6 October	Marco Pellegrini	Marco Pellegrini	Marco Pellegrini	Target Competition	Nicola Guida
7	24	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	4–6 October		Jacopo Guidetti	Matteo Greco	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini

Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	MNZ		MIS		IMO		MUG		IMO		VAL		MNZ		Pts.
1	Salvatore Tavano	2	2	13†	NC	1	1	2	3	2	1	5	1	10	14	160
2	Matteo Greco	3	Ret	9	1	2	3	3	4	5	10	2	5	4	1	141
3	Enrico Bettera	Ret	1	2	6	14†	2	7	16†	1	6	4	3	2	4	135
4	Marco Pellegrini	9	4	1	5	3	5	1	2	11†	8	11†	Ret	1	8	127
5	Eric Scalvini	DNS	DNS	3	2	4	14	6	5	6	5	6	2	7	3	96
6	Jacopo Guidetti	4	3	Ret	Ret	5	9	4	12	Ret	3	3	4	3	2	86
7	Felix Wimmer	5	11	6	4	9	15†	5	1	4	Ret					57
8	Massimiliano Mugelli	13†	10	14†	3	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	4	1	Ret	Ret	DNS	49
9	Matteo Bergonzini	7	5	5	10	6	7	Ret	8	7	9					38
10	Igor Stefanovski			4	Ret	10	12			3	2					36
11	Davide Nardilli	6	7	8	8	7	4	Ret	Ret							28
12	Klim Gavrilov	1	Ret					13	14†							21
13	Peter Gross	DNS	DNS	7	9	Ret	8	14†	10	10	13†	8	6			18
14	Andrea Argenti	8	6	Ret	7							7	NP			16
15	Damiano Reduzzi					8	11	Ret	7					Ret	5	14
16	Günter Benninger	10	8	11	11	12	Ret	15†	11	8	11	10	8			11
17	Nikola Miljković													6	7	9
18	Denis Grigoriev							8	6							8
19	Claudio Formenti											9	7	9	11	8
20	Nicola Guida													5	13	7
21	Felice Jelmini													Ret	6	5
22	Jody Vullo													8	9	5
23	Raffaele Lissignoli									Ret	7					4
24	Massimiliano Milli			10	13†	11	10	11	9							4
25	Christian Voithöfer	12	9	12	12	13	13	12	13	9	12	12†	Ret			2
26	Giovanni Altoè							9	11							2
27	Massimiliano Chini			10	13†	11	10									2
28	Lev Tolkačev	11	12											11	10	1
29	Kevin Giacon							10	15†							1
30	Sandro Pelatti													Ret	12	0
	Stefano Comini									Ret	DNS					0
	Luca Segù									Ret	DNS					0
	Nello Nataloni	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS											0
Pos.	Driver	MNZ		MIS		IMO		MUG		IMO		VAL		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

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1 2 "PRS Motorsport reveal TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
↑ "Max Mugelli signs for PRS Motorsport to drive an Alfa Romeo". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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1 2 3 "Igor Stefanovski enters remaining TCR Italy season". 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wimmer Werk expand from two to four Cupras for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
1 2 3 "Enrico Bettera returns with Pit Lane Competizioni in title hunt". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
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External links

TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Official website

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[OpelTCRItaly-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Two Opels entered for Nello Nataloni and Andrea Argenti". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-18.

[:3-2] 1 2 "PRS Motorsport reveal TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-18.

[3] "Max Mugelli signs for PRS Motorsport to drive an Alfa Romeo". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-27.

[Entry1-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Elenco Iscritti - Entry List" (PDF). 2019-04-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-04.

[MMMotorsport2019-5] 1 2 3 4 "Davide Nardilli and Lev Tolkachev to race MM Motorsport Hondas". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.

[Stefanovski-6] 1 2 3 "Igor Stefanovski enters remaining TCR Italy season". 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-05-16.

[WimmerWerk-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wimmer Werk expand from two to four Cupras for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-31.

[BetteraPLC-8] 1 2 3 "Enrico Bettera returns with Pit Lane Competizioni in title hunt". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-02-18.

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[:4-10] 1 2 3 "Marco Pellegrini, è con Hyundai l'attacco al TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[:0-11] 1 2 3 "Jacopo Guidetti, è debutto da record nel TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.

[:1-12] 1 2 "Matteo Bergonzini, prenotato il n. 72 per la lotta al Trofeo Nazionale DSG di TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.

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