The 2023 TCR Europe Touring Car Series will be the seventh season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season is planned to began at the Algarve International Circuit in April and to end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October. [1] It will also feature three rounds of the TCR World Tour. [2]
The calendar was announced with 7 rounds scheduled. [1]
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | 1 | Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal | 28–30 April | TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship |
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2 | 3 | Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau | 13–14 May | Pau Grand Prix French F4 Championship |
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3 | 5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 26–28 May | TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Italian F4 Championship |
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4 | 7 | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | 16–18 June | TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Formula Regional European Championship |
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5 | 9 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 21–23 July | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Formula Regional European Championship Italian F4 Championship |
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6 | 11 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 22–24 September | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship |
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7 | 13 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 20–22 October | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship |
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||
Races | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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1234567 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, not including World Tour entries |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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1234567 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, only counting Rookie drivers. |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
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Qualifying | — | ||||||
Races | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Pos. | Team | Pts. |
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1 | Comtoyou Racing | 931 |
2 | Comtoyou | 758 |
3 | Volcano Motorsport | 426 |
4 | Aggressive Team Italia | 308 |
5 | MA:GP | 271 |
6 | RC2 Racing Team | 232 |
7 | Target Competition | 196 |
8 | ALM Motorsport | 185 |
9 | SP Compétition | 73 |
10 | Team Clairet Sport - Burson Auto Parts Racing | 55 |
11 | Espace Racing with CDRS | 30 |
12 | PMA Motorsport | 21 |
13 | Team CDRS | 13 |
14 | Lema Racing | 9 |
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