2024 TCR World Tour

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The 2024 Kumho FIA TCR World Tour is the second season of the TCR World Tour, an international touring car racing series for TCR cars. Effectively succeeding the WTCR series, it is the tenth season of international TCR competition dating back to the 2015 TCR International Series. [1] The season marks the return of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) status for the competition after a single-year hiatus. [2]

Contents

The season will consist of seven events selected from a number of TCR series worldwide, while a separate TCR World Ranking Final for privateer drivers will be held at the end of the year.

Calendar

The championship was initially scheduled be contested over nine rounds in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America and Africa. [1] [3] On February 16, the two rounds scheduled in Australia were removed from the schedule due to logistics issues for teams transporting cars in to the country, thereby reducing the championship to seven rounds. [4] On February 28, the calendar was approved in FIA World Motorsports council in which it was announced that the Brazilian round would be held in Interlagos Circuit and the Chinese round would be shifted one month forward. [5]

RoundRaceCircuitDateChampionshipMap of circuit locations
11 Flag of Italy.svg Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Italy 19–21 April TCR Italian Series
2
23 Flag of Morocco.svg Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakech, Morocco 2–4 MayTBA
4
35 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio 6–8 June Michelin Pilot Challenge
46 Flag of Brazil.svg Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 19–21 July TCR South America Touring Car Championship
7
58 Flag of Uruguay.svg Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar, Uruguay 2–4 August
9
610 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan, China 18–20 October TCR China Touring Car Championship
11
712 Flag of Macau.svg Guia Circuit, Macau Peninsula, Macau 14–17 November Macau Guia Race
13

Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversStatusRoundsRef.
Flag of Italy.svg PMA Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1 Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Pelatti1 [6]
Flag of Italy.svg GRT Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 4 Flag of Italy.svg Giulio Valentini1 [6]
Flag of Italy.svg Aikoa Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 5 Flag of Turkey.svg Demir Eröge1 [6]
15 Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Barberi1
Flag of Italy.svg BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 34 Flag of Turkey.svg Ramazan Kaya1 [6]
Flag of Italy.svg MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 39 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tony Verhulst1 [6]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 82 Flag of Italy.svg Jacopo Giuseppe Cimenes1 [7]
Flag of Spain.svg Auto Club RC2 Valles Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 41 Flag of Spain.svg Victor Fernández1 [6]
Flag of Spain.svg GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 62 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Borković TBA [8]
186 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri W1 [9] [10]
199 Flag of Italy.svg Marco ButtiW1 [9] [11]
Flag of Austria.svg Duller Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 77 Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Mattersdorfer1 [6]
Flag of Italy.svg BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz W1 [12] [13]
129 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami W1
196 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona W1
Flag of Sweden.svg Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk W1 [14]
112 Flag of Uruguay.svg Santiago Urrutia W1
155 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua W1
168 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher W1
Flag of Spain.svg Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 127 Flag of France.svg John Filippi W1 [15]
212 Flag of Morocco.svg Sami Taoufik W1
Source:
IconStatus
WTCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Results

Rnd.Circuit/LocationPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning Team
11 Flag of Italy.svg Vallelunga Circuit Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Italy.svg BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami Flag of Italy.svg BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
23 Flag of Morocco.svg Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan
4
35 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
46 Flag of Brazil.svg Interlagos Circuit
7
58 Flag of Uruguay.svg Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini
9
610 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhuzhou International Circuit
11
712 Flag of Macau.svg Guia Circuit
13

Points standings

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th 
Qualifying15108642
Races302522201816141210864321

Drivers

Pos.Driver ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
USA
Flag of the United States.svg
BRA
Flag of Brazil.svg
URU
Flag of Uruguay.svg
CHN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
 Pts. 
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz 11661
2 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona 44446
3 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Butti56342
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 33842
5 Flag of Uruguay.svg Santiago Urrutia 7239
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami 10138
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk 65538
8 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher 221437
9 Flag of France.svg John Filippi 9724
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua 8922
11 Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Pelatti121012
12 Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Barberi11Ret6
13 Flag of Turkey.svg Demir Eröge17116
14 Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Mattersdorfer14126
15 Flag of Italy.svg Jacopo Giuseppe Cimenes13Ret3
16 Flag of Turkey.svg Ramazan Kaya18133
17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tony Verhulst1516†1
18 Flag of Italy.svg Giulio Valentini16151
19 Flag of Spain.svg Victor Fernández19†Ret0
Flag of Morocco.svg Sami Taoufik RetRet
Pos.Driver ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
USA
Flag of the United States.svg
BRA
Flag of Brazil.svg
URU
Flag of Uruguay.svg
CHN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
 Pts. 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

123456 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

Notes

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