2024 FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup

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Race details
Valencia (Ricardo Tormo) track map.svg
Date23–27 October
Official nameFIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup
Location Flag of Spain.svg Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Spain
CoursePermanent circuit
4.005 km (2.489 mi)
DistanceQualifying
Two 30 minutes
Race 1
25 minutes +1 lap
Race 2
30 minutes +1 lap
Qualifying Race
Pole
DriverFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TimeTBC
Fastest lap
DriverFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TimeTBC
Podium
FirstFlag of none.svg TBA
SecondFlag of none.svg TBA
ThirdFlag of none.svg TBA
Main Race
Pole
DriverFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Fastest lap
DriverFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Time
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of none.svg TBA
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of none.svg TBA
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of none.svg TBA

The 2024 FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup was the third FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup, held at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Spain on 23 October to 27 October 2024. The race was contested with TCR Touring Car spec cars. [1] The event was part of the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games.

Contents

Entry list

TeamEntrantCarNo.Driver
Flag of France.svg Team France [2] Flag of France.svg SP Competition Cupra León VZ TCR 7 Aurélien Comte [2]
Flag of Sweden.svg Team Sweden [3] Flag of Sweden.svg TPR Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17Jonathan Engström [3]
Flag of Spain.svg Team Spain [4] Flag of Spain.svg Monlau Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR 19Eric Gené [4]
Flag of Argentina.svg Team Argentina [5] Flag of Spain.svg GOAT Racing [6] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 23 Ignacio Montenegro [5]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team Belgium [6] Flag of France.svg SP Competition Cupra León VZ TCR 34Giovanni Scamardi [6]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Team Canada [5] Flag of Spain.svg GOAT Racing [6] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 38Megan Tomlinson [5]
Flag of Denmark.svg Team Denmark [7] Flag of Sweden.svg TPR Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 41René Povlsen [7]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Team Czech Republic [5] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Janik Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 68Adam Kout [5]
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Team Bangladesh [5] Flag of Spain.svg GOAT Racing [6] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 71Avik Anwar [5]
Flag of Brazil.svg Team Brazil [5] Flag of Spain.svg Monlau Motorsport [6] Cupra León VZ TCR 77Raphael Reis [5]
Flag of Germany.svg Team Germany [8] Flag of Germany.svg Mertel Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 82René Kircher [8]
Flag of Indonesia.svg Team Indonesia [2] Flag of Estonia.svg ALM Motorsport [6] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 86Umar Abdullah [2]
Flag of Turkey.svg Team Türkiye [9] Flag of Turkey.svg Texaco Team AMS Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 95Zekai Özen [9]
Flag of Italy.svg Team Italy [2] Flag of Spain.svg GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 99Marco Butti [2]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Great Britain [2] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Brickley Racing Cupra León VZ TCR 246Jenson Brickley [2]

Qualifying

Qualifying 1

Qualifying 2

Race results

Race 1

Race 2

Cup standings after the races

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