2022 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

2022 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

Drivers' Champion: Franco Girolami
Teams' Champion: Comtoyou Racing

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The 2022 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the sixth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season began at the Algarve International Circuit in May and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October. ^[1]

Calendar

The calendar was announced with 7 rounds scheduled. ^[1]

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Date	Supporting
1	1	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal	29 April–1 May	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters F4 Spanish Championship
	2
2	3	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	21–22 May	International GT Open Euroformula Open
	4
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	17–19 June	International GT Open Euroformula Open Italian F4 Championship
	6
4	7	Norisring, Nuremberg, Germany	1–3 July	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters DTM Trophy
	8
5	9	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	26–28 August
	10
6	11	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	23–25 September	International GT Open Euroformula Open
	12
7	13	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	14–16 October
	14

Teams and drivers

Kumho is the new official tire supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Élite Motorsport by Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2 Luís Cidade [2] R 1 111 Marco Butti [3] R 3–7 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou [4] 22 Frédéric Vervisch [4] 7 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou DHL [5] 33 Tom Coronel [5] 1–3, 5–7 39 Stian Paulsen [6] 4 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou PSS [7] 72 Franco Girolami [7] [8] All 110 Viktor Davidovski [7] [8] Y All Scuderia Ghermandi by Lema Racing [9] Cupra León Competición TCR 3 Giacomo Ghermandi [9] Y All Hyundai N Janík Motorsport [10] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4 Samuel Sládečka 7 24 Jáchym Galáš [10] All 70 Maťo Homola [10] 1–5 73 Václav Janík [11] 6 Profi-Car Team Halder [12] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Mike Halder [12] 1–4, 6–7 53 Michelle Halder [12] All 62 Jack Young [13] All Hyundai N Team Target [14] [15] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 8 Nicola Baldan [16] All 44 Felice Jelmini [16] 1–6 99 Josh Files [16] All BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Matteo Poloni [11] Y 6 Hyundai N Teo Martín Motorsport [17] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 10 Alejandro Geppert [17] R 7 MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 11 Paolo Rocca [18] R 6 RC2 Junior Team [19] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12 Rubén Fernández [19] [11] Y 3–4, 6–7 Cupra León Competición TCR 19 Felipe Fernández [19] [11] Y 3, 6–7 37 Sergio López Bolotin [19] [11] 3–4, 6–7 Volcano Motorsport [20] Cupra León Competición TCR 14   Klim Gavrilov [20] [a] All 16  Evgeni Leonov [20] [a] Y All 26 Isidro Callejas [21] All 124 Gustavo Moura [2] R 1 NORDPASS Juta Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 15 Jonas Karklys [22] 5 Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Martin Ryba [23] Y 1–3 74 Pepe Oriola [23] 1–3 Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia [24] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4–7 64 Levente Losonczy [11] R 6 Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardhal Team Cupra León Competición TCR 27 John Filippi [25] All RaceSing [26] Hyundai i30 N TCR 34 Patrick Sing [26] 4–5 Team Clairet Sport [27] Cupra León TCR 66 Gilles Colombani [27] Y 2 Cupra León Competición TCR 81 Stéphane Ventaja [27] Y 2 CRM Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 144 Michele Imberti [11] 6

Icon Class R Eligible for TCR Europe Rookie Trophy Y Eligible for TCR Europe Diamond Trophy G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Results and standings

Season summary

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie driver	Winning Diamond driver
1	1	Algarve International Circuit	Mike Halder	Isidro Callejas	Jack Young	Profi-Car Team Halder	Luís Cidade	Viktor Davidovski
	2			Franco Girolami	Franco Girolami	Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport	Luís Cidade	Viktor Davidovski
2	3	Circuit Paul Ricard	Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport	Jáchym Galáš	Viktor Davidovski
	4			Viktor Davidovski	Viktor Davidovski	Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport	Jáchym Galáš	Viktor Davidovski
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Franco Girolami	Franco Girolami	Isidro Callejas	Volcano Motorsport	Jáchym Galáš	Evgeni Leonov
	6			Isidro Callejas	Jáchym Galáš	Hyundai N Janík Motorsport	Jáchym Galáš	Evgeni Leonov
4	7	Norisring	Mike Halder	Franco Girolami	Mike Halder	Profi-Car Team Halder	Marco Butti	Viktor Davidovski
	8			Marco Butti	Franco Girolami	Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport	Marco Butti	Viktor Davidovski
5	9	Nürburgring	Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport	Marco Butti	Evgeni Leonov
	10			Race cancelled
6	11	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	John Filippi	Jack Young	John Filippi	Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardhal Team	Marco Butti	Felipe Fernández
	12			Jack Young	Franco Girolami	Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport	Marco Butti	Felipe Fernández
7	13	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Jack Young	Jack Young	Jack Young	Profi-Car Team Halder	Marco Butti	Viktor Davidovski
	14			Franco Girolami	Franco Girolami	Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport	Marco Butti	Viktor Davidovski

Drivers' standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Q1	6	5	4	3	2	1
Q2	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 POR LEC SPA NOR NÜR MNZ BAR Points 1 Franco Girolami 5 1 2 4 2 4 3 1 3 C 12 1 3 1 431 2 Tom Coronel 8 3 1 5 5 3 1 C 13 8 2 2 316 3 Josh Files 6 5 8 17 3 5 2 3 6 C 5 9 9 19 285 4 Isidro Callejas 4 8 11 7 1 7 5 5 10 C 8 NC 5 6 275 5   Klim Gavrilov 7 6 5 2 6 8 12 2 Ret C 9 2 12 16 256 6 Jack Young 1 11 19 13 8 6 10 6 Ret C 11 7 1 5 246 7 Nicola Baldan 3 15 9 10 4 12 13 11 2 C 4 4 7 8 245 8 Mike Halder 2 9 10 Ret 13 13 1 7 3 12 10 4 228 9 Jáchym Galáš 11 7 12 9 9 1 11 8 7 C 2 13 6 10 224 10 John Filippi 10 4 4 6 12 15 7 10 9 C 1 22 11 Ret 202 11 Pepe Oriola 9 2 7 3 Ret 10 Ret 12 4 C 7 10 8 Ret 185 12 Viktor Davidovski 13 10 6 1 11 Ret 4 4 14 C 16 14 15 9 169 13 Felice Jelmini 15 16 3 8 7 9 9 Ret 5 C 10 23 156 14 Maťo Homola 12 18 18 18 Ret 2 6 9 Ret C 79 15 Marco Butti 15 18 Ret 18 8 C 6 11 13 7 78 16 Frédéric Vervisch 4 3 57 17  Evgeni Leonov 17 Ret 17 12 10 11 Ret 16 13 C 18 20 18 12 39 18 Sergio López 17 17 15 19 22 3 17 13 37 19 Felipe Fernández 14 Ret 14 6 Ret 18 27 20 Michele Imberti 21 5 24 21 Michelle Halder 14 14 16 15 16 14 16 13 Ret C Ret 18 16 Ret 19 22 Stian Paulsen 8 14 18 23 Stéphane Ventaja 13 11 14 24 Alejandro Geppert 14 11 12 25 Martin Ryba 19 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 10 26 Patrick Sing 18 15 11 C 10 27 Jonas Karklys 12 C 7 28 Luís Cidade 16 13 5 29 Rubén Fernández DNS 16 14 17 Ret 17 19 15 4 30 Gilles Colombani 20 14 3 31 Samuel Sládečka 20 14 3 32 Giacomo Ghermandi 20 17 15 16 18 Ret 17 Ret Ret C 15 16 21 17 2 33 Matteo Poloni 17 15 1 34 Gustavo Moura Jr 18 Ret 0 35 Václav Janík 20 19 0 36 Paolo Rocca 19 21 0 37 Levente Losonczy Ret DNS 0 Pos. Driver POR LEC SPA NOR NÜR MNZ BAR  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos.	Team	Pts.
1	Comtoyou Racing	797
2	Target Competition	581
3	Volcano Motorsport	579
4	Halder Motorsport	522
5	Janík Motorsport	354
6	Sébastien Loeb Racing	236
7	Brutal Fish Racing Team	139
8	RC2 Junior Team	118
9	Aggressive Team Italia	83
10	Lema Racing	33
11	Team Clairet Sport	31
12	CRM Motorsport	28
13	Élite Motorsport	25
14	RaceSing	19
15	Teo Martín Motorsport	18
16	Juta Racing	11
17	BF Motorsport	8
18	MM Motorsport	1

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings (top 3)

Pos.	Driver	Pts.
1	Franco Girolami	?
2		?
3		?
Source: [28]

Notes

1. Evgeni Leonov and Klim Gavrilov are Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

1. "Norisring joins seven-round 2022 TCR Europe calendar". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
2. "TCR Europe set for journey into the unknown for 2022 opener". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
3. "Marco Butti joins Élite Motorsport for TCR Europe campaign". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
4. "Frédéric Vervisch joins Barcelona finale with Comtoyou Racing". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
5. "Tom Coronel returns to TCR Europe with Comtoyou Racing". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
6. "Paulsen steps up to replace Coronel at the Norisring". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
7. "Two new Audis for Franco Girolami and Viktor Davidovski in TCR Europe". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
8. "Comtoyou Racing confirms Girolami, Coronel and Davidovski for TCR Europe". TouringCarTimes. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
9. "Giacomo Ghermandi commits to full season entry". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
10. "Janík Motorsport confirms Hyundai Elantra switch for Mat'o Homola". TouringCarTimes. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
11. "Four more new drivers announced for Monza". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
12. "Halder Motorsport confirms three-car programme with Mike and Michelle Halder". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
13. "Jack Young inks Halder Motorsport deal". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
14. "Target Competition plans three-car return to TCR Europe". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
15. "Target Competition unveils 2022 livery ahead of its TCR Europe return". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
16. "Target Competition confirms Files, Baldan and Jelmini for 2022". TouringCarTimes. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
17. "Alejandro Geppert joins TCR Europe finale". TouringCarTimes. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
18. "MM Motorsport joins Monza grid". TouringCarTimes. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
19. "RC2 Junior Team announces three-car entry for Spa". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
20. "Klim Gavrilov and Evgenii Leonov completes Volcano Motorsport line-up". TouringCarTimes. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
21. "Isidro Callejas joins Volcano Motorsport for 2022 TCR Europe season". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
22. "Karklys and Fugel confirm Nürburgring entries". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
23. "Pepe Oriola returns to TCR Europe with Brutal Fish". TouringCarTimes. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
24. "Pepe Oriola joins Aggressive Team Italia after Brutal Fish split". TouringCarTimes. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
25. "Sébastien Loeb Racing makes Cupra switch with John Filippi". TouringCarTimes. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
26. "TCR Germany driver Patrick Sing joins for his home events". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
27. "Entry List Paul Ricard" (PDF). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
28. "A four-event TCR Benelux championship with TCR Europe". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

External links

• TCR Europe Series Official website