2019 TCR Middle East Touring Car Series

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The 2019 TCR Middle East Series season was the third season of the TCR Middle East Series. The series will be promoted by Creventic and Dubai Autodrome. [1]

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Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversRoundsEndurance co-driversRounds
Flag of Hungary.svg Zengő Motorsport [2] CUPRA León TCR [2] 8 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Zengő [2] 1, 3 Flag of Hungary.svg Csaba Tóth 1, 3
Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Tenke2 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Zengő2
10 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Zengő2 Flag of Hungary.svg Csaba Tóth 2
Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Tenke3 [N 1]
[N 1] Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Horváth
Flag of Hungary.svg Gábor Kismarty-Lechner
3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J W Bird Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Dehadray2 [N 2]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kieran Griffin2
Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport [2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 77 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich [2] All Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc BreukersAll
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Red Camel-Jordans.nl [2] CUPRA León TCR 101 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers [2] All Flag of Lebanon.svg Yusif Bassil1, 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivo Breukers2–3

Calendar and results

The 2019 schedule was announced on 8 August 2018, with three events held across the Middle East.

Rnd.CircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamSupporting
11 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International Circuit)25 January Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 24H Middle East Series
2 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
326 January Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich
Flag of Hungary.svg Csaba Tóth
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Zengő
Flag of Hungary.svg Zengő Motorsport
24 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (GP Circuit)1 February Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
52 February Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivo Breukers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Red Camel-Jordans.nl
37 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (GP Circuit)7 February Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
8 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivo Breukers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Breukers
Flag of Lebanon.svg Yusif Bassil
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Red Camel-Jordans.nl

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tamás Tenke only drove car No. 10 in the two sprint races, while Tamás Horváth and Gábor Kismarty-Lechner only drove car No. 10 in the endurance race.
  2. Paul Dehadray and Kieran Griffin entered in the same car at Round 2. Dehadray participated in Race 1, while Griffin participated in Race 2. For the endurance race they shared the car.

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References

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