2021 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

Last updated March 30, 2024

The 2021 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will be the seventh season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 35th season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
Next Motorsport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	3	Adriano Visdomini		5
Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Cupra León Competición TCR	4	Salvatore Tavano		All	^[1]
		10	Federico Paolino		All	^[2]
		21	Nicola Guida		All	^[2]
	Cupra León TCR	6	Raffaele Gurrieri		All	^[2]
	Cupra León TCR	90	Denis Babuin	DSG	All	^[2]
BF Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Sandro Pelatti		2
		93	Omar Fiorucci	DSG	1–2	^[2]
		96	Alberto Rodio	DSG	5
		68	Eric Brigliadori		1–4, 6	^[3]
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	68	Eric Brigliadori		5
Target Competition	Hyundai i30 N TCR	8	Nicola Baldan		All	^[4]
		13	Antti Buri		All	^[5]
		23	Fabio Antonello		5–6
		56	Cesare Brusa		4
Race Lab	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	9	Matteo Poloni		1–2, 5–6	^[6]
Trico WRT	Hyundai i30 N TCR	11	Damiano Reduzzi		1–2	^[2]
RC2 Junior Team	Cupra León Competición TCR	12	Felipe Fernández		5
RC2 Junior Team	Cupra León Competición TCR	15	Sergio Lopez Bolotin		5
LPR Stefanovski Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	14	Igor Stefanovski		1–5	^[2]
Volcano Motorsport	Cupra León Competición TCR	16	Evgeni Leonov		1–4	^[2]
Volcano Motorsport	Cupra León Competición TCR	69	Mikel Azcona		4
Brutal Fish Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	17	Martin Ryba		4
MM Motorsport		28	Marco Iannotta		5–6
		62	Jack Young		2	^[7]
		63	Ibragim Akhmadov		4
		72	Franco Girolami		2	^[7]
TecniEngines	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	22	Piero Necchi		2, 6
Tecnodom Sport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	24	Jonathan Giacon		1–3	^[2]
ALM Honda Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	25	Mattias Vahtel		All	^[8]
ALM Honda Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	27	Ruben Volt		All	^[2]
Aggressive Italia	Hyundai i30 N TCR	31	Kevin Ceccon		All	^[9]
AIR Racing Osttirol	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	32	Sandro Soubek		5
AIR Racing Osttirol	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	43	Sandro Soubek		6
Proteam Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	33	Riccardo Romagnoli		All	^[2]
Élite Motorsport	Cupra León Competición TCR	44	Michele Imberti		2–6
	Cupra León Competición TCR	61	Michele Imberti		1	^[10]
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	82	Marco Butti	DSG	All	^[2]
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	92	'Linos'	DSG	4
CRM Motorsport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	47	Ettore Carminati		1–2, 4–5	^[2]
ACCR Czech Talent Team / K2 Engine	Hyundai i30 N TCR	59	Dušan Kouřil Jr.		1–2, 4–5	^[2]
CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	76	Daniele Cappellari		3
DMP Motors / Scuderia Vesuvio	Cupra León TCR	84	Sabatino di Mare	DSG	All	^[2]
6ix Engineers	Cupra León TCR	85	Giorgio Fantilli	DSG	1–5	^[2]
Faro Racing	SEAT León TCR	86	Alessandro Berton	DSG	1	^[2]
	SEAT León TCR	86	Andrea Tronconi	DSG	1	^[2]
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	91	Giuseppe de Virgilio	DSG	1	^[2]
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	97	Alberto Tapparo	DSG	4

Icon	Class
DSG	DSG Challenge

Calendar and results

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	DSG Winner
1	1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 April-2 May	Eric Brigliadori	Nicola Baldan	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole	Sabatino di Mare
1	2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 April-2 May		Eric Brigliadori	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole	Denis Babuin
2	3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	4-6 June	Franco Girolami	Jack Young	Franco Girolami	MM Motorsport	Denis Babuin
2	4	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	4-6 June		Antti Buri	Antti Buri	Target Competition	Denis Babuin
3	5	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	25-27 June	Eric Brigliadori	Eric Brigliadori	Eric Brigliadori	BF Motorsport	Denis Babuin
3	6	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	25-27 June		Mattias Vahtel	Kevin Ceccon	Aggressive Italia	Denis Babuin
4	7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	23-25 July	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Kevin Ceccon	Aggressive Italia	Denis Babuin
4	8	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	23-25 July		Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Volcano Motorsport	Denis Babuin
5	9	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	3-5 September	Salvatore Tavano	Dušan Kouřil Jr.	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole	Sabatino di Mare
5	10	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	3-5 September		Kevin Ceccon	Kevin Ceccon	Aggressive Italia	Denis Babuin
6	11	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	8-10 October	Antti Buri	Marco Iannotta	Antti Buri	Target Competition	Sabatino di Mare
6	12	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	8-10 October		Antti Buri	Kevin Ceccon	Aggressive Italia	Marco Butti

Drivers' Championship

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	—
Race	40	35	30	27	24	21	18	15	13	11	9	7	5	3	1

Pos.	Driver	MNZ		MIS		VAL		IMO1		IMO2		MUG		Pts.
1	Antti Buri	5⁵	9	2³	1	3⁴	2	5⁸	2	5	Ret	1	2	358
2	Kevin Ceccon	3⁷	3	4⁹	4	4⁶	1	1²	Ret	Ret	1	4	1	357
3	Salvatore Tavano	1³	1	7	16	2³	3	6⁹	10	1	4	3	4	343
4	Nicola Baldan	6¹⁰	6	3²	2	5²	5	4	5	2	2	5	Ret	316
5	Eric Brigliadori	2¹	2	5	5	1¹	4	8⁵	20†	9	5	7	Ret	289
6	Ruben Volt	14	13	6¹⁰	6	9⁷	13	7⁶	3	6	Ret	Ret	6	181
7	Michele Imberti	12	5	11	Ret	13⁵	6	10¹⁰	16	3	22	6	3	176
8	Igor Stefanovski	4⁴	23†	Ret⁶	8	6¹⁰	17†	2⁴	Ret	8	6			155
9	Mattias Vahtel	11⁸	4	10	20†	17†⁸	12	Ret	6	7	3	DNS	DNS	134
10	Riccardo Romagnoli	24†	12	9	7	8	7	Ret	7	14	13	Ret	10	108
11	Federico Paolino	17	10	15	15	Ret	8	12	19	12	8	11	11	73
12	Denis Babuin	19	14	17	10	10	9	11	11	EX	12	15	15	65
13	Raffaele Gurrieri	13	11	Ret	11	Ret	15	Ret	13	16	17	8	14	46
14	Sabatino di Mare	18	15	18	12	12	Ret	17	15	13	21	9	9	45
15	Marco Butti	20	16	Ret	14	16	10	13	Ret	15	15	13	8	41
16	Nicola Guida	21	22†	16	13	11	11	15	14	Ret	14	14	13	38
17	Giorgio Fantilli	Ret	21	20	18	15	14	18	17	18	19			4
Drivers not eligible for points
	Evgeni Leonov	9⁹	Ret	13	Ret	7⁹	Ret	3³	4					(105)
	Matteo Poloni	7²	8	21	Ret					Ret	23	11	5	(87)
	Dušan Kouřil Jr.	15	18	8⁸	Ret			19	12	4	20			(59)
	Jonathan Giacon	8⁶	7	14	9	DNS	DNS							(54)
	Sandro Soubek									Ret	Ret	2	7	(54)
	Ettore Carminati	10	20	12	Ret			9	21†	11	10			(51)
	Franco Girolami			1¹	Ret									(50)
	Mikel Azcona							Ret¹	1					(50)
	Marco Iannotta									10	7	16	12	(41)
	Jack Young			Ret⁴	3									(37)
	Antonello Fabio									Ret	9	10	Ret	(22)
	Martin Ryba							14	8					(18)
	Ibraghim Akhmadov							Ret	9					(13)
	Felipe Fernández									19	11			(9)
	Damiano Reduzzi	16	Ret	Ret⁷	19†									(4)
	Daniele Cappellari					14	16							(3)
	'Linos'							16	Ret					(0)
	Omar Fiorucci	22	19	19	17									(0)
	Giuseppe de Virgilio	23	17											(0)
	Alberto Tapparo							19	18					(0)
	Cesare Brusa							21	Ret					(0)
	Alberto Rodio									17	18			(0)
	Sergio Lopez Bolotin									20	Ret			(0)
	Adriano Visdomini									Ret	16			(0)
	Piero Necchi			Ret	DNS							Ret	DNS	(0)
	Alessandro Berton Andrea Tronconi	DNS	DNS											-
	Sandro Pelatti			DNS	DNS									-
Pos.	Driver	MNZ		MIS		VAL		IMO1		IMO2		MUG		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.	Driver	MNZ		MIS		VAL		IMO1		IMO2	MUG	Pts.
1	Target Competition	5	6	2	1	3	2	4	2			247
2	Aggressive Italia	3	3	4	4	4	1	1	Ret			221
3	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	1	1	7	11	2	3	6	10			204
4	BF Motorsport	2	2	5	5	1	4	8?	20			185
5	ALM Honda Racing	11	4	6	6	9	12	7	3			146
6	Volcano Motorsport	9	Ret	13	Ret	7	Ret	3	1			106
7	LPR Stefanovski Racing Team	4	23†	Ret	8	6	17†	2	Ret			98
8	Proteam Motorsport	24†	12	9	7	8	7	Ret	7			89
9	MM Motorsport			1	3			14	8			88
10	Élite Motorsport	12	5	11	14	13	6	10	16			80
11	Tecnodom Sport	8	7	14	9	DNS	DNS					49
12	ACCR Czech Talent Team K2 Engine	15	18	8	Ret			20	12			23
13	DMP Motors Scuderia Vesuvio	18	15	18	12	12	Ret	17	15?			14
14	Trico WRT	16	Ret	Ret	19†							0
15	Faro Racing	23	17									0
Pos.	Driver	MNZ		MIS		VAL		IMO1		IMO2	MUG	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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References

↑ "Reigning champion Salvatore Tavano returns with Scuderia del Girasole". touringcartimes.com. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "27 cars entered for Monza season opener". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
↑ "Eric Brigliadori confirms TCR Italy return". TouringCarTimes. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
↑ "Nicola Baldan confirmed for WTCR and TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
↑ "Antti Buri joins Target Competition in TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "Race Lab retains Matteo Poloni for 2021". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
1 2 "Jack Young, Franco Girolami join Misano grid". TouringCarTimes. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
↑ "Mattias Vahtel joins TCR Italy grid in JAS role". TouringCarTimes. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
↑ "Aggressive Team Italia signs Kevin Ceccon for TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "Michele Imberti secures Cupra TCR for 2021". TouringCarTimes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

External links

TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Official website

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[Tavano2021-1] "Reigning champion Salvatore Tavano returns with Scuderia del Girasole". touringcartimes.com. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[MonzaEntry2021-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "27 cars entered for Monza season opener". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

[Brigliadori2021-3] "Eric Brigliadori confirms TCR Italy return". TouringCarTimes. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[BaldanHyundai-4] "Nicola Baldan confirmed for WTCR and TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[BuriItaly-5] "Antti Buri joins Target Competition in TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[Poloni2021-6] "Race Lab retains Matteo Poloni for 2021". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[YoungGironamiMisano-7] 1 2 "Jack Young, Franco Girolami join Misano grid". TouringCarTimes. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[VahtelHonda-8] "Mattias Vahtel joins TCR Italy grid in JAS role". TouringCarTimes. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[CecconAggressive-9] "Aggressive Team Italia signs Kevin Ceccon for TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[Imberti2021-10] "Michele Imberti secures Cupra TCR for 2021". TouringCarTimes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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