2023 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

2023 Italian Touring Car Championship

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The 2023 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the eighth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 37th season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.

Calendar

  TCR Italian Festival, part of TCR World Tour

Rnd.	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Imola Circuit	Imola, Emilia-Romagna	21–23 April
2	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna	5–7 May
NC	Vallelunga Circuit	Campagnano di Roma, Lazio	9–11 June
3	Autodromo del Mugello	Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany	7–9 July
4	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Lombardy	15–17 September
5	Vallelunga Circuit	Campagnano di Roma, Lazio	13–15 October
6	Imola Circuit	Imola, Emilia-Romagna	27–29 October

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref. MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 1 Niels Langeveld All [1] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 25 Paolo Rocca U25 All [2] 33 Horia-Traian Chirigut M 1–2 [3] 71 Fabio Casagrande 4 [4] Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR 2 Rodolfo Massaro All 18 Marco Butti U25 All 56 Cesare Brusa 3–4, 6 Lema Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 3 Giacomo Ghermandi 2, 6 Raffaele Gurrieri Cupra León Competición TCR 4 Raffaele Gurrieri M All GearWorks Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 5 Matteo Poloni 1–2, 4, 6 Bitci Racing Team AMS Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 6 Ozen Zekai 4 Aikoa Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 7 Sandro Pelatti 3–4 [5] 15 Filippo Barberi 5 69 Francesca Raffaele U25 1–3 72 Franco Girolami All Bolza Corse Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 8 Denis Babuin M All Solite Indigo Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 9 Park Jun-ui U25 All 70 Park June-sung 2–6 Scuderia del Girasole Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 10 Federico Paolino All 21 Nicola Guida M All Trico WRT Hyundai Elantra N TCR 11 Damiano Reduzzi M 1–4 Hyundai i30 N TCR 16 Giuseppe Cartia U25 1 Auto Club RC2 Valles Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12 Rubén Fernández M All 19 Felipe Fernández 1–4, 6 Cupra León Competición TCR 24 Ernesto Olhagaray 4, 6 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 37 Sergio López Bolotin 1–3 41 Victor Fernández M All Next Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 Adriano Visdomini M 1–2 PMA Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 14 Felice Jelmini All BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 18 Marco Butti U25 NC [6] 105 Norbert Michelisz W NC [7] [8] 196 Mikel Azcona W NC Tecniengines Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 22 Piero Necchi 2–3, 5 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 22 Kobe Pauwels NC 27 John Filippi NC 122 Frédéric Vervisch W NC [9] 176 Robert Huff W NC ALM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 27 Ruben Volt U25 1–2, 6 [10] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 3–5 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 40 Antti Rammo 1–2 23 Mattias Vahtel U25 1–2 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 123 W NC 129 Néstor Girolami W NC [11] NOS Racing Cupra León Competición TCR 30 Cosimo Barberini All Team Aggressive Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR 31 Kevin Ceccon NC [12] 34 Giovanni Scamardi 1–5 [13] 64 Levente Losonczy U25 All [14] 68 Eric Brigliadori 6 Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 33 Horia-Traian Chirigut M 3, 5 CRM Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 44 Michele Imberti All [15] N Motors Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 48 Nello Nataloni All K2 Engine Hyundai i30 N TCR 59 Dousan Kouril Jr. U25 4 Pinetti Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 67 Marco Pellegrini M All AutoGManolio Hyundai i30 N TCR 73 Gennaro Manolio 1–2 SP Competition Cupra León Competición TCR 76 Aurélien Comte All, NC 77 Sylvain Pussier M All, NC Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk W NC [16] [17] [18] 112 Santiago Urrutia W NC [16] [17] [19] 155 Ma Qing Hua W NC [16] [17] [18] 168 Yann Ehrlacher W NC [16] [17] [19]

Icon Class U25 Eligible for TCR Italy Under 25 Trophy M Eligible for TCR Italy Master Trophy W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

DSG Challenge

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
Aikoa Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	80	Filippo Barberi	All	[5]
		82	Francesco Cardone	3–5
		88	Luigi Gallo	4–5
		96	Paolo Palanti	1–5
		99	Stefano De Vecchi	1–2
Bitci Racing Team AMS	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	81	Vedat Ali Dalokay	1–5
		83	Seda Kaçan	6
Pro Race	Cupra León TCR	86	Giorgio Fantilli	1–3, 5
RC Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	88	Luigi Gallo	1–3
		92	Carlotta Fedeli	1–3
		98	Eric Brigliadori	5
NOS Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	89	Niccolò Loia	1, 3–5
		93	Giorgio Massaini	5
Auto Club RC2 Valles	Cupra León TCR	90	Mauro Trentin	1–2, 4–6
Abate Cars Technology	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	91	Alberto Cioffi	1–2
			Luigi Cioffi	1
PMA Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	95	Pietro Alessi	5
Greta Racing Lucania	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	97	Vito Tagliente	6

Results and standings

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning U25 driver	Winning Master driver		DSG Winning Driver	DSG Winning Team
1	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	21–23 April	Marco Butti	Franco Girolami	Marco Butti	Target Competition	Marco Butti	Denis Babuin		Carlotta Fedeli	RC Motorsport
	2				Franco Girolami	Franco Girolami	Aikoa Racing	Marco Butti	Rubén Fernández		Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
2	3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	5–7 May	Marco Butti	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	MM Motorsport	Ruben Volt	Denis Babuin		Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
	4				Michele Imberti	Michele Imberti	CRM Motorsport	Marco Butti	Rubén Fernández		Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
NC	1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	9–11 June	Norbert Michelisz	Mikel Azcona	Norbert Michelisz	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	not held	not held		not held	not held
	2				Mikel Azcona	Robert Huff	Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
3	5	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	7–9 July	Marco Butti	Niels Langeveld	Aurélien Comte	SP Competition	Ruben Volt	Rubén Fernández		Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
	6				Niels Langeveld	Felice Jelmini	PMA Motorsport	Ruben Volt	Rubén Fernández		Luigi Gallo	RC Motorsport
4	7	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	15–17 September	Franco Girolami	Niels Langeveld	Franco Girolami	Aikoa Racing	Marco Butti	Denis Babuin		Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
	8				Michele Imberti	Niels Langeveld	MM Motorsport	Paolo Rocca	Denis Babuin		Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
5	9	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	13–15 October	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	Aurélien Comte	SP Competition	Levente Losonczy	Denis Babuin		Eric Brigliadori	RC Motorsport
	10				Niels Langeveld	Franco Girolami	Aikoa Racing	Ruben Volt	Rubén Fernández		Eric Brigliadori	RC Motorsport
6	11	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	27–29 October	Ruben Volt	Niels Langeveld	Marco Butti	Target Competition	Marco Butti	Denis Babuin		Filippo Barberi	Aikoa Racing
	12				Felice Jelmini	Marco Butti	Target Competition	Marco Butti	Marco Pellegrini		Filippo Barberi	Aikoa Racing

Scoring system

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

Drivers' championship

For each category, drivers retain points from best 10 race results. For overall championship only, all qualifying results are also added towards drivers points. Drivers must also participate in at least 5 rounds to be classified. ^[20]

TCR Italian Festival round at Vallelunga did not count for championship. ^[21]

Overall

Pos. Driver IMO1 MIS MUG MON VAL IMO2  Pts.  1 Franco Girolami 24 1 22 5 39 30† 11 2 25 1 23 3 427 (451) 2 Niels Langeveld 33 Ret 13 3 22 25 24 1 201 2 34 2 389 3 Aurélien Comte 712 7 57 2 13 3 65 3 14 5 68 5 346 (382) 4 Marco Butti 11 2 Ret1 4 181 10 46 12 Ret3 4 16 1 332 5 Felice Jelmini 45 4 66 7 45 1 33 Ret 23†6 7 47 4 326 6 Michele Imberti 29†14 10 48 1 Ret Ret 514 6 5 6 Ret 9 202 7 Ruben Volt Ret10 DNS 74 Ret 510 4 102 5 25†2 3 Ret1 DNS 201 8 Denis Babuin 615 9 35 21 1013 6 9 10 411 11 715 Ret 195 9 Rubén Fernández 811 5 16 10 77 2 34† 14 37 8 21 Ret 174 10 Park Jun-ui Ret9 Ret 21 17 68 32† 88 7 24†9 9 55 7 150 11 Paolo Rocca 98 6 1513 13 11 31† 177 4 9 20 Ret DNS 124 12 Felipe Fernández 26 22 811 6 3211 5 713 Ret 2014 6 114 13 Levente Losonczy 117 3 1015 Ret 13 11 35†15 16 614 16 Ret 21 98 14 Rodolfo Massaro 12 12 259 9 2715 Ret 23 18 12 13 810 8 83 15 Park June-sung 11 12 29 7 Ret10 8 715 22† Ret12 Ret 78 16 Marco Pellegrini 20 15 2710 11 812 8 2112 22 21 15 10 10 77 17 Matteo Poloni 56 18 13 Ret DNP DNP 119 Ret 122 22† 76 18 Cosimo Barberini 19 13 12 8 12 Ret 28† 13 810 10 Ret DNS 71 19 Nicola Guida 21 23 20 16 33 15 12 17 1113 14 14 13 31 20 Giovanni Scamardi 16 21 17 Ret Ret 9 13 11 15 19 28 21 Sylvain Pussier Ret 16 18 14 9 16 26 21 10 Ret Ret DNS 27 22 Federico Paolino 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 18 22 15 17 17 22† 12 11 23 Victor Fernández Ret Ret 28 20 34 19 15 19 19 Ret 13 24† 6 24 Nello Nataloni 27 Ret 24 23 22 21 16 25 14 Ret Ret 16 3 25 Raffaele Gurrieri 15 17 22 22 17 Ret 33† 24 16 18 DNS 15 2 Ineligible for championship - Mattias Vahtel 172 8 912 Ret (46) - Francesca Raffaele 10 11 Ret 15 1414 12 (33) - Cesare Brusa Ret6 17 Ret11 9 Ret 23† (28) - Eric Brigliadori 913 11 (25) - Sergio López Bolotin 2813 Ret 1414 Ret Ret4 Ret (20) - Filippo Barberi 28 23 20 Ret 12 12 16 17 (14) - Giacomo Ghermandi Ret DNS 11 Ret (11) - Antti Rammo 13 14 26 24 (8) - Horia-Traian Chirigut 24 20 30 Ret 16 13 21 Ret (5) - Ernesto Olhagaray 18 23 15 14 (4) - Vedat Ali Dalokay 21 22 14 27 (3) - Sandro Pelatti Ret 14 29† DNS (3) - Damiano Reduzzi 22 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret (1) Mauro Trentin 27 29 17 18 0 Piero Necchi DNS DNS 20 DNS 17 21† 0 Adriano Visdomini 18 24 23 18 0 Seda Kaçan 18 19 0 Ozen Zekai 19 20 0 Gennaro Manolio 25 19 29 19 0 Luigi Gallo 23 20 31† DNS 0 Giuseppe Cartia 23 Ret 0 Paolo Palanti 26 24 24 28 0 Carlotta Fedeli 24 29 0 Niccolò Loia 25 26 25 DNS 0 Fabio Casagrande 30† 26 0 Francesco Cardone 31 27 32† 30 0 Giorgio Fantilli 30 28 0 Dousan Kouril Jr. Ret DNS 0 Pos. Driver IMO1 MIS MUG MON VAL IMO2  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) 1-15 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

Master

Pos. Driver IMO1 MIS MUG MON VAL IMO2  Pts.  1 Denis Babuin 6 9 3 21 10 6 8 10 4 11 7 Ret 372 (390) 2 Rubén Fernández 8 5 16 10 7 2 34† 14 3 8 21 Ret 341 3 Marco Pellegrini 20 15 27 11 8 8 21 22 21 15 10 10 304 (343) 4 Nicola Guida 21 23 20 16 33 15 12 17 11 14 14 13 286 (319) 5 Raffaele Gurrieri 15 17 22 22 17 Ret 33† 24 16 18 DNS 15 225 6 Sylvain Pussier Ret 16 18 14 9 16 26 21 10 Ret Ret DNS 221 7 Victor Fernández Ret Ret 28 20 34 19 15 19 19 Ret 13 24† 202 Ineligible for championship - Horia-Traian Chirigut 24 20 30 Ret 16 13 22 Ret (115) - Adriano Visdomini 18 24 23 18 (87) - Ernesto Olhagaray 15 14 (54) - Damiano Reduzzi 22 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret (42) - Fabio Casagrande 30† 26 (36) Pos. Driver IMO1 MIS MUG MON VAL IMO2  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

Under 25

Pos. Driver IMO1 MIS MUG MON VAL IMO2  Pts.  1 Marco Butti 1 2 Ret 4 18 10 3 12 Ret 4 1 1 366 2 Paolo Rocca 9 6 15 13 11 31 17 4 9 20 Ret DNS 301 3 Levente Losonczy 11 3 10 Ret 13 11 35† 16 6 16 Ret 21 291 4 Park Jun-ui Ret Ret 21 17 6 32† 7 7 24† 9 5 7 290 5 Ruben Volt Ret DNS 7 Ret 5 4 10 5 25† 3 Ret DNS 244 Ineligible for championship - Francesca Raffaele 10 11 Ret 15 14 12 (135) - Mattias Vahtel 17 8 9 Ret (86) - Eric Brigliadori 9 11 (60) - Filippo Barberi 13 12 (57) - Giuseppe Cartia 23 Ret (21) Dousan Kouril Jr. Ret DNS 0 Pos. Driver IMO1 MIS MUG MON VAL IMO2  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

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

DSG Challenge

Pos. Driver IMO1 x MIS x MUG o MON o VAL x IMO2 o  Pts.  1 Vedat Ali Dalokay 2 1 1 1 21 22 14 27 5 2 372 2 Filippo Barberi 6 3 5 3 28 23 20 Ret 4 3 16 17 310 (331) 3 Mauro Trentin 4 4 4 6 27 29 7 4 17 18 274 4 Paolo Palanti 3 5 6 4 26 24 24 28 9 6 254 5 Luigi Gallo 5 7 2 5 23 20 31† DNS 6 5 245 Ineligible for championship - Carlotta Fedeli 1 2 3 2 24 29 (185) - Niccolò Loia 9† Ret 25 26 25 DNS 8 7 (127) - Francesco Cardone 31 27 32† 30 11 DNS (92) - Giorgio Fantilli DNQ DNQ Ret 7 30 28 10 9 (82) - Eric Brigliadori 1 1 (80) - Seda Kaçan 18 19 (60) - Alberto Cioffi 7 6 7 Ret (57) - Vito Tagliente 19 20 (54) - Pietro Alessi 2 9† (48) - Luigi Cioffi 7 6 (39) - Stefano De Vecchi 8 DNS 8 Ret (30) Pos. Driver IMO1 x MIS x MUG o MON o VAL x IMO2 o  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified.

^x – DSG entries raced separately from the main grid in these rounds.

^o – DSG entries raced alongside the main grid in these rounds.

References

1. "TCR Italy champion Niels Langeveld makes Honda switch for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
2. "Paolo Rocca secures second MM Motorsport seat". TouringCarTimes. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
3. "MM Motorsport announces three-car Honda programme for TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
4. "South American champions to join TCR Italy field". TouringCarTimes. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
5. "Franco Girolami to lead new Aikoa Racing programme". TouringCarTimes. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
6. "Marco Butti to race third BRC Hyundai at Vallelunga". TouringCarTimes. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
7. "Hyundai confirms TCR World Tour presence". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
8. "Hyundai confirms two-car World Tour entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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10. "ALM Honda confirms unchanged line-up for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
11. "Honda driver Néstor Girolami joins TCR World Tour grid with ALM Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
12. "Kevin Ceccon joins TCR World Tour round in Italy". TouringCarTimes. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
13. "Mikael Karlsson and Giovanni Scamardi joins Aggressive Team Italia". TouringCarTimes. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
14. "Levente Losonczy to run dual programme". TouringCarTimes. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
15. "Michele Imberti extends CRM Motorsport deal". TouringCarTimes. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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17. "New Lynk & Co 03 TCR to hit the track in 2023". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
18. "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing names first two World Tour drivers". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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External links

• TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Official website

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