2021 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

Last updated December 24, 2024

The 2021 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship was the sixth season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is the official tire supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
Wimmer Werk Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	5	Peter Gross	T	1–6	^[1]
	Cupra León TCR	21	Szymon Ładniak	J	5
	Cupra León Competición TCR	6	Eric Scalvini		All	^[1]
		56	Günter Benninger	T	1–6	^[1]
		99	Christian Voithofer	T	1–6	^[1]
Hyundai Team Engstler	Hyundai i30 N TCR	8	Luca Engstler		1–6	^[2]
		9	Roland Hertner	T	1–5, 7	^[2]
		19	Martin Andersen		All	^[3]
		97	Nicolas Gruber	J	All	^[2]
Albert Legutko Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	17	Albert Legutko	J	All
RC2 Junior Team	Cupra León Competición TCR	20	Rubén Fernández	T	6
RC2 Junior Team	Cupra León Competición TCR	37	Sergio Lopez Bolotin		6
JP Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	21	Szymon Ładniak	J	1–3	^[4]
Halder Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	21	Szymon Ładniak	J	6–7
ROJA Motorsport by ASL Lichtblau	Hyundai i30 N TCR	22	Robin Jahr		All	^[5]
MAIR Racing Osttirol	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	23	Sandro Soubek		2
NordPass	Hyundai i30 N TCR	27	Jonas Karklys		All	^[6]
Lubner Motorsport	Opel Astra TCR	33	Philipp Regensperger	J	All	^[7]
		44	Andreas Höfler	T	2
		66	Mario Klammer		2
RaceSing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	34	Patrick Sing		1–3, 5–7	^[8]
Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	47	Christopher Röhner	J	3, 5
		55	Marcel Fugel		All	^[9]
		88	Dominik Fugel		All	^[9]
Volkswagen Team Oettinger	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	80	René Kircher	J	1–6	^[10]

Icon	Class
J	Eligible for the Honda Junior Challenge
T	Eligible for ADAC TCR Germany Trophy

Calendar and results

The round at Nürburgring planned in early August was postponed after massive flooding in Germany. The new date was set to 6–7 November, making its the series finale.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Junior winner	Trophy winner
1	1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	15-16 May	Martin Andersen	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
1	2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	15-16 May	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	12-13 June	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	René Kircher	Günter Benninger
2	4	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	12-13 June	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	Nicolas Gruber	Günter Benninger
3	5	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	11-12 September	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
3	6	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	11-12 September	Martin Andersen	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
4	7	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	18-19 September	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
4	8	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	18-19 September	Luca Engstler	Eric Scalvini	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
5	9	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	2-3 October	Dominik Fugel	Dominik Fugel	Dominik Fugel	Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	René Kircher	Roland Hertner
5	10	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	2-3 October	Dominik Fugel	Dominik Fugel	Dominik Fugel	Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
6	11	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	23-24 October	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Hyundai Team Engstler	Albert Legutko	Christian Voithofer^{[N 1]}
6	12	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	23-24 October	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Eric Scalvini	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	Nicolas Gruber	Peter Gross
7	13	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6-7 November	Martin Andersen	Martin Andersen	Martin Andersen	Hyundai Team Engstler	Nicolas Gruber	Roland Hertner
7	14	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6-7 November	Marcel Fugel	Jonas Karklys	Jonas Karklys	NordPass	Szymon Ładniak	Roland Hertner

Drivers' Championship

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Race points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Qualification points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos.	Driver	OSC		RBR		LAU		HOC1		SAC		HOC2		NÜR		Pts.
1	Luca Engstler	1²	1¹	2²	3³	1	1	2	1	16	2	1	4			337
2	Martin Andersen	6¹	13³	5⁴	6⁸	2	2	4	5	2	4	3	5	1	5	286
3	Dominik Fugel	2³	3⁵	3⁵	2²	8	3	3	Ret	1	1	4	2	4	4	285
4	Eric Scalvini	4	5⁴	1¹	1¹	6	7	1	2	13	6	7	1	11	DNS	263
5	Nicolas Gruber	5⁵	2²	11	5⁷	4	4	5	3	12	3	11	8	3	3	218
6	Jonas Karklys	8⁶	6	8	7	3	8	6	4	10	7	2	6	7	1	197
7	Marcel Fugel	3⁴	7⁷	4³	16⁴	5	5	Ret	12	15	14	8	3	2	Ret	175
8	Robin Jahr	13	8⁸	6⁸	8	11	6	9	8	7	5	5	7	5	9	132
9	Philipp Regensperger	7⁸	12	10⁷	Ret⁵	9	9	13†	7	6	8	17†	DNS	Ret	10	96
10	René Kircher	11⁷	4⁶	7⁶	14⁶	Ret	DNS	Ret	9	3	9	16	DNS			86
11	Patrick Sing	9	14	9	4	15	Ret			4	Ret	12	9	6	8	78
12	Roland Hertner	14	10	16	15	10	11	7	10	8	12	DNS	DNS	9	7	77
13	Szymon Ładniak	12	11	14	10	17	Ret			9	13	Ret	14	8	2	70
14	Albert Legutko	10	9	15	DNS	16	14	12	6	Ret	11	9	15†	10	6	66
15	Peter Gross	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	8	11	11	DNS	14	11			39
16	Günter Benninger	15	16	12	9	14	Ret	11	13	14	Ret	15	13			32
17	Christian Voithofer	16	15	17	13	13	13	10	14	Ret	DNS	13	12			32
Drivers ineligible to score points
-	Christopher Röhner					7	10			5	10					-
-	Rubén Fernández											6	Ret			-
-	Sergio Lopez Bolotin											10	10			-
-	Sandro Soubek			Ret	11											-
-	Mario Klammer			18†	12											-
-	Andreas Höfler			13	Ret											-
Pos.	Driver	OSC		RBR		LAU		HOC1		SAC		HOC2		NÜR		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

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	OSC		RBR		LAU	HOC1	SAC	HOC2	NÜR	Pts.
1	Hyundai Team Engstler	1¹	1¹	2	3						152
1	Hyundai Team Engstler	5²	2²	5	5						152
2	Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	2³	3	3	2						119
2	Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	3	7	4	16						119
3	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	4	5³	1	1						100
3	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	15	15	12	9						100
4	NordPass	8	6	8	7						37
5	Volkswagen Team Oettinger	11	4	7	14						34
6	RaceSing	9	14	9	4						32
7	ROJA Motorsport by ASL Lichtblau	13	8	6	8						31
8	JP Motorsport	12	11	14	10						22
9	Lubner Motorsport	7	12	10	Ret						21
10	Albert Legutko Racing	10	9	15	DNS						17
Teams ineligible to score points
-	Mair Racing Osttirol			Ret	11						-
-	Lubner Motorsport			13	12						-
-	Lubner Motorsport			18†	Ret						-
Pos.	Team	OSC		RBR		LAU	HOC1	SAC	HOC2	NÜR	Pts.

Notes

↑ Actual Trophy winner was guest driver Rubén Fernández from RC2 Junior Team.

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↑ "TCR Denmark vice-champion Martin Andersen joins Team Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
↑ "Szymon Ładniak confirms full 2021 TCR Germany season". TouringCarTimes. 2021-03-11. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
↑ "ROJA Motorsport announces TCR Germany debut with Robin Jahr". TouringCarTimes. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
↑ "Jonas Karklys confirmed for TCR Germany debut". TouringCarTimes. 2021-03-01. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
↑ "Lubner Motorsport back for full TCR Germany season". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-04. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
↑ "Patrick Sing confirms full TCR Germany season with RaceSing Team". TouringCarTimes. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
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↑ "German GT championship to hold finale at the Nürburgring". ADAC Motorsport. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19.

External links

ADAC TCR Germany Official website

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[FernandezTrophy-14] Actual Trophy winner was guest driver Rubén Fernández from RC2 Junior Team.

[WimmerWerk-1] 1 2 3 4 "Wimmer Werk Motorsport confirm four car programme". TouringCarTimes. 2021-02-13. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Engstler2-2] 1 2 3 "Team Engstler confirms four Hyundais for 2021 TCR Germany". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-13. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Engstler-3] "TCR Denmark vice-champion Martin Andersen joins Team Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Ładniak-4] "Szymon Ładniak confirms full 2021 TCR Germany season". TouringCarTimes. 2021-03-11. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[ROJA-5] "ROJA Motorsport announces TCR Germany debut with Robin Jahr". TouringCarTimes. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Karklys-6] "Jonas Karklys confirmed for TCR Germany debut". TouringCarTimes. 2021-03-01. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Lubner-7] "Lubner Motorsport back for full TCR Germany season". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-04. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Sing-8] "Patrick Sing confirms full TCR Germany season with RaceSing Team". TouringCarTimes. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Fugel-9] 1 2 "Marcel Fugel confirms 2021 TCR Germany programme". TouringCarTimes. 2021-02-12. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[Oettinger-10] "René Kircher will be back with Team Oettinger". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-13. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

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[12] "Germany floods: Death toll mounts as Merkel visits hard-hit region". Deutsche Welle. 19 July 2021.

[13] "German GT championship to hold finale at the Nürburgring". ADAC Motorsport. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19.

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