TCR Asia Series

TCR Asia Series

Category	Touring cars
Country	East/Southeast Asia
Inaugural season	2015
Tyre suppliers	Sailun
Current season

The TCR Asia Series is an annual touring car racing event that is held at various locations across Asia.

History

TCR Asia Series was announced on 14 August 2014 by the organisation behind the TCR series under the name TC3 Asia Series - later changed to TCR Asia Series along with the other announced series. ^[1] David Sonenscher, boss of the company Motorsport Asia, will be maintaining the series. He has previously run the Asian Touring Car Series and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. Initially seven races were planned for 2015, but later were reduced to 5 and the final calendar was with 4. ^{[2] [3]} The Singapore and Thailand rounds were run together with the TCR International Series, while the rest supported the GT Asia Series calendar.

Champions

Drivers' Champions					Teams' Champions
Year	Driver	Team	Car		Team	Car
2015	Michael Choi	Prince Racing	Honda Civic TCR		Asia Racing Team	SEAT León Cup Racer
2016	Andy Yan	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR		Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
2017	Kantadhee Kusiri	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR		Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
2018	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR		Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
2019	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Hyundai i30 N TCR		Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Hyundai i30 N TCR
2020	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Jason Zhang [4]	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Lynk & Co 03 TCR		Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Lynk & Co 03 TCR
2022	David Zhu	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Lynk & Co 03 TCR		Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Lynk & Co 03 TCR
2023	Not held
2024	Zhang Zhendong	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	Hyundai Elantra N TCR		Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	Hyundai Elantra N TCR

References

1. "TC3 Asia Series organisation announced". TouringCarTimes.com. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
2. "2015 TCR Asia calendar released". TouringCarTimes.com. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
3. "TCR Asia Series amends 2015 calendar". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
4. "Ma Qing Hua crowned TCR China champion as Teamwork Lynk & Co Motorsport win at Macau". Geely Group Motorsport. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

External links

• TCR Asia Series official website