The 2024 Kumho FIA TCR World Tour was the second season of the TCR World Tour, an international touring car racing series for TCR cars. Effectively succeeding the WTCR series, it was the tenth season of international TCR competition dating back to the 2015 TCR International Series. [1] The season marked the return of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) status for the competition after a single-year hiatus. [2]
The season consisted of seven events selected from a number of TCR series worldwide.
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]
Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Partner championship |
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1 | 1 | Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Italy | 19–21 April | TCR Italian Series |
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2 | 3 | Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakech, Morocco | 2–4 May | None |
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3 | 5 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio | 7–8 June | 4 Hours of Mid-Ohio IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge |
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4 | 7 | Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo | 19–21 July | TCR South America Touring Car Championship |
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5 | 9 | Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar, Uruguay | 2–4 August | |
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6 | 11 | Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan, China | 18–20 October | TCR China Touring Car Championship |
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7 | 13 | Guia Circuit, Macau Peninsula, Macau | 14–17 November | Macau Guia Race TCR China Touring Car Championship TCR Asia Series |
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Map of circuit locations | ||||
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | 1 | Vallelunga Circuit | Norbert Michelisz | Esteban Guerrieri | Norbert Michelisz | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse |
2 | Néstor Girolami | Néstor Girolami | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | |||
2 | 3 | Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan | Yann Ehrlacher | Marco Butti | Yann Ehrlacher | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing |
4 | Ma Qing Hua | Ma Qing Hua | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | |||
3 | 5 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Thed Björk | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing |
6 | Norbert Michelisz | Yann Ehrlacher | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | |||
4 | 7 | Interlagos Circuit | Santiago Urrutia | Esteban Guerrieri | Esteban Guerrieri | GOAT Racing |
8 | Yann Ehrlacher | Norbert Michelisz | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | |||
5 | 9 | Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini | Yann Ehrlacher | Yann Ehrlacher | Yann Ehrlacher | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing |
10 | Yann Ehrlacher | Thed Björk | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | |||
6 | 11 | Zhuzhou International Circuit | Santiago Urrutia | Thed Björk | Mikel Azcona | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse |
12 | Ma Qing Hua | Ma Qing Hua | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | |||
7 | 13 | Guia Circuit | Thed Björk | Mikel Azcona | Thed Björk | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing |
14 | Dušan Borković | Dušan Borković | GOAT Racing |
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. [33] [34]
Pos. | Team | Points |
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1 | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | 735 |
2 | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | 672 |
3 | GOAT Racing | 521 |
4 | Volcano Motorsport | 184 |
5 | PMO Racing | 64 |
6 | Lynk & Co Teamwork Motorsport | 34 |
7 | Team Hyundai N | 32 |
8 | Paladini Racing | 28 |
9 | Squadra Martino | 20 |
10 | Bryan Herta Autosport | 14 |
11 | Team Clairet Sport | 14 |
12 | PMA Motorsport | 13 |
13 | Aikoa Racing | 12 |
14 | MacPro Racing Team | 10 |
15 | W2 Pro GP | 10 |
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