The 2023 Kumho TCR World Tour was the inaugural season of the TCR World Tour, a new international touring car racing competition for TCR cars. Effectively succeeding the WTCR series, it was also the ninth season of international TCR competition dating back to the 2015 TCR International Series.
The season consisted of nine events selected from a number of TCR series worldwide, and would determine 15 of the drivers to qualify for the end-of-year TCR World Ranking Final. [1] [2] [3] The highest-ranked driver and team in the World Tour was awarded the TCR World Tour Cup. [4] It started on 28 April at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal and ended on 19 November at Guia Circuit, Macau. [5] [4]
The top 15 drivers from the World Tour were set to join the top 45 drivers that qualified with TCR World Ranking points into a 2023 TCR World Final, which was due to take place in March 2024 at the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal. These plans were later cancelled, with the event rescheduled and the qualification system revised. [6]
The championship will be contested over nine rounds in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. [7]
Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Partner championship |
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1 | 1 | Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal | 28–30 April | TCR Europe Touring Car Series |
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2 | 3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 26–28 May | |
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3 | 5 | Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Italy | 9–11 June | TCR Italian Festival |
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4 | 7 | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | 16–18 June | TCR Europe Touring Car Series |
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5 | 9 | Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar, Uruguay | 18–20 August | TCR South America Touring Car Championship |
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6 | 11 | Autódromo José Carlos Bassi, Villa Mercedes, Argentina | 25–27 August | |
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7 | 13 | Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, Australia | 3–5 November | TCR Australia Touring Car Series |
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8 | 16 | Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia | 10–12 November | |
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9 | 19 | Guia Circuit, Macau, China [lower-alpha 1] | 16–19 November | Macau Guia Race |
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Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning Team | Report | |
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1 | 1 | Algarve International Circuit | Norbert Michelisz | Mikel Azcona | Norbert Michelisz | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | |
2 | Santiago Urrutia | Santiago Urrutia | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | ||||
2 | 3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Yann Ehrlacher | Yann Ehrlacher | Yann Ehrlacher | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | |
4 | Yann Ehrlacher | John Filippi | Comtoyou Racing | ||||
3 | 5 | Vallelunga Circuit | Norbert Michelisz | Mikel Azcona | Norbert Michelisz | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | |
6 | Mikel Azcona | Robert Huff | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | ||||
4 | 7 | Hungaroring | Yann Ehrlacher | Néstor Girolami | Yann Ehrlacher | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | |
8 | Mikel Azcona | Thed Björk | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | ||||
5 | 9 | Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini | Santiago Urrutia | Santiago Urrutia | Santiago Urrutia | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Report |
10 | Mikel Azcona | Ma Qing Hua | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | ||||
6 | 11 | Autódromo José Carlos Bassi | Yann Ehrlacher | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Report |
12 | Yann Ehrlacher | Néstor Girolami | Squadra Martino Racing | ||||
7 | 13 | Sydney Motorsport Park | Ben Bargwanna | Ma Qing Hua | Will Brown | MPC – Team Liqui Moly | Report |
14 | Josh Buchan | Will Brown | MPC – Team Liqui Moly | ||||
15 | Mikel Azcona | Robert Huff | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | ||||
8 | 16 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Tony D'Alberto | Santiago Urrutia | Santiago Urrutia | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Report |
17 | Frédéric Vervisch | Norbert Michelisz | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | ||||
18 | Néstor Girolami | Yann Ehrlacher | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | ||||
9 | 19 | Guia Circuit | Norbert Michelisz | Norbert Michelisz | Norbert Michelisz | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Report |
20 | Frédéric Vervisch | Frédéric Vervisch | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | ||||||||
Races | 30 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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123456 – Points-scoring position in qualifying |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Points are given only to the two highest-classified cars of each team in every race and qualifying. [54]
Source: [55] Notes
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