2024 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

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The 2024 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the ninth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 38th season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.

Contents

Calendar

The schedule for 2024 was announced on 8 November 2023 containing 12 races across 6 rounds. [1] [2]

  Race is part of TCR World Tour
Rnd.CircuitLocationDateSupporting
NC Flag of Italy.svg Vallelunga Circuit Campagnano di Roma, Lazio 19–21 April TCR World Tour
TCR Europe Series
1 Flag of Italy.svg Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna 3–5 May 2024 TCR Italy DSG
2 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo di Pergusa Enna, Isle of Sicily 7–9 June
3 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo del Mugello Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany 12–14 July
4 Flag of Italy.svg Imola Circuit Imola, Emilia-Romagna 6–8 September
5 Flag of Italy.svg Vallelunga Circuit Campagnano di Roma, Lazio 20–22 September
6 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Lombardy 25–27 October

Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversClassRoundsRef.
Flag of Italy.svg PMA Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1 Flag of Italy.svg Sandro PelattiNC [3]
TBA Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicolas TaylorU25TBA [4]
Flag of Italy.svg GRT Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 4 Flag of Italy.svg Giulio ValentiniNC [3]
Flag of Italy.svg Aikoa Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 5 Flag of Turkey.svg Demir ErögeNC [3]
15 Flag of Italy.svg Filippo BarberiTBA [5]
TBA Flag of Italy.svg Nicola BaldanTBA [6]
Flag of Italy.svg Planet Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 8 Flag of Italy.svg Denis BabuinMTBA [7]
Flag of Italy.svg Gearworks Racelab Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo PoloniTBA [8]
Flag of Austria.svg RTM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 24 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonio CiteraTBA [9]
Flag of Estonia.svg ALM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 25 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo RoccaU25TBA [10]
27 Flag of Estonia.svg Ruben VoltTBA [11]
64 Flag of Hungary.svg Levente LosonczyTBA [12]
Flag of Italy.svg NOS Racing Cupra León VZ TCR 30 Flag of Italy.svg Cosimo BarberiniTBA [13]
Flag of Italy.svg BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 34 Flag of Turkey.svg Ramazan KayaNC [3]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fox Racing with BF MotorsportTBA Flag of Italy.svg Tommaso FossatiU25TBA [14]
Flag of Italy.svg MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 39 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tony VerhulstNC [3]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 82 Flag of Italy.svg Jacopo Giuseppe CimenesNC [15]
Flag of Spain.svg Auto Club RC2 Valles Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 41 Flag of Spain.svg Victor FernándezNC [3]
Flag of Italy.svg CRM Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 44 Flag of Italy.svg Michele ImbertiTBA [16]
Flag of Italy.svg Pinetti Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 67 Flag of Italy.svg Marco PellegriniMTBA [17]
Flag of Austria.svg Duller Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 77 Flag of Austria.svg Philipp MattersdorferNC [3]
Flag of Italy.svg BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz WNC [18] [19]
129 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami WNC
196 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona WNC
Flag of Sweden.svg Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk WNC [20]
112 Flag of Uruguay.svg Santiago Urrutia WNC
155 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua WNC
168 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher WNC
Flag of Spain.svg Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 127 Flag of France.svg John Filippi WNC [21]
212 Flag of Morocco.svg Sami Taoufik WNC
Flag of Spain.svg GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 186 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri WNC [22] [23]
199 Flag of Italy.svg Marco ButtiWNC [22] [24]
IconClass
U25Eligible for TCR Italy Under 25 Trophy
MEligible for TCR Italy Master Trophy
WTCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

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