Category | Touring cars |
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Country | Germany |
Inaugural season | 2015 |
Drivers' champion | Luca Engstler |
Teams' champion | Hyundai Team Engstler |
Official website | https://www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-tcr-germany |
Current season |
The ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series based in Germany.
On 16 September 2015, the German Series was launched by ADAC and Engstler Motorsport, who already run in the International Series. The new category runs in the same events as ADAC GT Masters and ADAC Formula 4 as well as Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup (formerly ADAC Procar) until the series was disbanded in 2016. [1]
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