2018 World Touring Car Cup

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The 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup (known as the FIA WTCR presented by Oscaro for sponsorship reasons) [1] was the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR). It took over from the World Touring Car Championship and adopted the TCR technical regulations. It was also the 14th overall season of the series that dates from the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The change of name and new rules follow the declining interest in the TC1 regulations used by the World Touring Car Championship between 2014 and 2017 and the growing interest among manufacturers in the TCR touring car category. [2]

Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Season entries
Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team [3] Hyundai i30 N TCR [3] 5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz [3] All
30 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini [3] All
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DG Sport Compétition [4] Peugeot 308 GTi TCR [4] 7 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Comte [4] All
70 Flag of Slovakia.svg Maťo Homola [5] All
Flag of Hungary.svg Zengő Motorsport [6] CUPRA León TCR [6] 8 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Nagy [6] All
66 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó [7] All
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Boutsen Ginion Racing [8] [9] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [8] 9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel [10] All
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro [11] 9
55 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua [12] 7–8, 10
63 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Benjamin Lessennes [13] 1–6
Flag of Italy.svg Team Mulsanne [14] [15] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR [14] 10 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli [16] 1–5
16 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Ferrara [17] 9–10
31 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon [18] 6–10
88 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Giovanardi [19] 1–8
Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR [20] [15] Hyundai i30 N TCR [20] 11 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk [20] All
48 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller [20] All
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing [21] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [21] 12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff [22] All
25 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani [23] All
Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport [11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [11] 15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson [24] 1–5
42 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Scheider [25] [N 1] 7–10
68 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher [26] All
86 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri [11] All
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Audi Sport Team Comtoyou [15] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [27] 20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Denis Dupont [27] All
22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch [28] All
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Comtoyou Racing [27] [29] 21 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Panis [30] All
23 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon [28] All
Flag of Spain.svg Team Oscaro by Campos Racing [31] [15] CUPRA León TCR [31] [32] 27 Flag of France.svg John Filippi [31] All
74 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola [33] All
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT [34] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [34] 52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Shedden [35] All
69 Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay [35] All
Wildcard entries
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bas Koeten Racing [36] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [36] 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau [36] 4
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Verhagen [37] 4
Flag of Macau.svg PCT-IXO Models Racing Team [38] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [38] 6 Flag of Macau.svg Rui Valente [38] 10
Flag of Portugal.svg Veloso Motorsport [39] CUPRA León TCR [39] 13 Flag of Portugal.svg Edgar Florindo [39] 5
Flag of Slovakia.svg Brutal Fish Racing Team [40] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [40] 17 Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Studenič [40] 6
Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG [41] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [41] 19 Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Tassi [41] 2
94 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kris Richard [42] 3
Flag of Italy.svg Target Competition [43] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) [43] 26 Flag of Portugal.svg José Rodrigues [43] 5
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Teamwork Motorsport [38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [38] 28 Flag of Macau.svg Kevin Tse [38] 10
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Audi Sport Team WRT [44] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [44] 33 Flag of Germany.svg René Rast [44] 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg TSRT Zuver Team [38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [38] 36 Flag of Macau.svg Lo Kai Fung [38] 10
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Fullin Race Academy [40] CUPRA León TCR [40] 44 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Fulín [40] 6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Champ Motorsport [38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [38] 60 Flag of Macau.svg Filipe de Souza [38] 10
77 Flag of Macau.svg Lam Kam San [38] 10
Flag of Macau.svg MacPro Racing Team [38] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [38] 89 Flag of Macau.svg André Couto [38] 10
Flag of Hungary.svg M1RA [45] Hyundai i30 N TCR [45] 99 Flag of Hungary.svg Dániel Nagy [45] 2

Team and driver changes

Calendar

The 2018 championship was contested over thirty rounds in Europe, Africa and East Asia.

A provisional calendar was released in December 2017. [51] In March 2018 an additional round in China was added at the Wuhan Street Circuit.

Rnd.RaceRace NameCircuitDateSupporting
11 AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco Flag of Morocco.svg Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 7 Aprilstand-alone event
28 April
3
24 Race of Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring 28 Aprilstand-alone event
529 April
6
37 Race of Germany Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring Nordschleife 10 May Nürburgring 24 Hours
812 May
9
410 Race of the Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg Circuit Zandvoort 20 May TCR Europe Series
TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
TCR Swiss Trophy
1121 May
12
513 Race of Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 23 June Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos
1424 June
15
616 Race of Slovakia [52] Flag of Slovakia.svg Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 14 July 2018 European Truck Racing Championship
17
1815 July
719 Race of China – Ningbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ningbo International Circuit 29 September China Touring Car Championship
TCR China Touring Car Championship
2030 September
21
822 Race of China – Wuhan [53] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuhan Street Circuit 6 October China Touring Car Championship
China Endurance Championship
China Racing Truck Championship
237 October
24
925 JVCKENWOOD Race of Japan Flag of Japan.svg Suzuka Circuit 27 October Super Formula Championship
2628 October
27
1028 Guia Race of Macau Flag of Macau.svg Guia Circuit, Macau 17 November FIA F3 World Cup
FIA GT World Cup
Macau Touring Car Cup
2918 November
30

Rule changes

Sporting regulations

Results

RaceRace NamePole PositionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamReport
1 Flag of Morocco.svg Race of Morocco Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team Report
2 Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
3 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team
4 Flag of Hungary.svg Race of Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Report
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Dániel Nagy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing
6 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team
7 Flag of Germany.svg Race of Germany Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR Report
8 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Race of the Netherlands Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Munnich Motorsport Report
11 Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of France.svg Aurélien Comte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DG Sport Compétition
12 Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
13 Flag of Portugal.svg Race of Portugal Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR Report
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Slovakia.svg Maťo Homola Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DG Sport Compétition
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR
16 Flag of Slovakia.svg Race of Slovakia Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Flag of Spain.svg Team Oscaro by Campos Racing Report
17 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team
18 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team
19 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Race of China – Ningbo Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR Report
20 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR
21 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR
22 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Race of China – Wuhan Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT Report
23 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Shedden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Shedden Flag of Luxembourg.svg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
25 Flag of Japan.svg Race of Japan Flag of France.svg Aurélien Comte Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg Team Mulsanne Report
26 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing
27 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team
28 Flag of Macau.svg Guia Race of Macau Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT Report
29 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position [57]  1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Race 1 [57] 2720171412108642
Second Qualifying [57] 54321
Race 2 [57] 251815121086421
Race 3 [57] 3023191613107421

(key)

Pos.Driver MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
NLD
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
SVK
Flag of Slovakia.svg
NIN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
WUH
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
 Pts. 
1 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini 119†116412RetRetDNSRet1918492331Ret4Ret2417NC1385124Ret10306
2 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller 119224331434Ret24†Ret1211123Ret471Ret159Ret31021†234303
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 681425223Ret1867452Ret13Ret8Ret323Ret3713454Ret186512267
4 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Ret753362145Ret3Ret2322†Ret53223†611Ret1152Ret141411395Ret33246
5 Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay 419810105775Ret1154102NCRetRetRet1215154614101Ret22†4245
6 Flag of Spain.svg Pepe Oriola 18†31016Ret1982623†41033441481397246102197Ret6245
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk 253491292Ret11141615Ret101113104171112Ret10Ret12811Ret8242
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff 31875183RetRet3822RetDNSDNS19Ret1365651410Ret231632421242
9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch RetRetRet131718Ret322Ret93410176Ret733644622911712113228
10 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher 74451Ret44196Ret5126Ret7756914818†19181512Ret9Ret414655204
11 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Comte 8RetDNS1716131813152176RetDNS4132216Ret1652Ret2723201216191
12 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani 9261071713109858RetDNSDNS21RetRet5210131958451510Ret155
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Shedden 51118†1815127181346539617†1715Ret1414133Ret11181816Ret14Ret122
14 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon 1611612121461181631Ret47102
15 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon 1215Ret1114162085915118RetRet1012RetRet88835121720†187979
16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Denis Dupont 13DNSDNS222121121112111112RetRet1481715†943108331613Ret22151569
17 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Panis Ret14161520Ret11121110Ret1316†899Ret101010997111345169Ret55
18 Flag of Slovakia.svg Mat'o Homola Ret121320NC201414161818161215141611171618RetRetRet7201510171248
19 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Benjamin Lessennes 15Ret171485510Ret41912Ret7Ret820DSQDSQ48
20 Flag of Hungary.svg Dániel Nagy 72636
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Thompson 146812NC722DSQ191239RetDNSDNS36
22 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Scheider 11191119RetRet19161382Ret24
23 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel 21†1012Ret19Ret9910714RetRet15Ret7DSQDSQ151517RetRet17†17191413161424
24 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Giovanardi 191319†23†23Ret15Ret1422†RetDNS1111Ret51471813RetRet16Ret19
25 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Nagy 161615Ret11112117171720171413Ret112RetRet20†15NCRet1622211723232018
26 Flag of France.svg John Filippi 101711NC13Ret16Ret20151014Ret1216†185Ret5RetRet20†16RetDNS2022†12Ret1123†14
27 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Fulín 1520513
28 Flag of Germany.svg René Rast 6RetDNS10
29 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Ferrara 1423†NC98Ret8
30 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua 1917DNS11127Ret13117
31 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó 17RetRet219RetRetRetDNS1617Ret15RetDNS24†199RetRet21†2017Ret21RetDNSDNQ2224†4
32 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro 1515110
33 Flag of Portugal.svg Edgar Florindo1314120
34 Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Studenič 2218120
35 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli 20†RetRetRet2214Ret15Ret131321RetDNSDNS0
36 Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Tassi 1918150
37 Flag of Portugal.svg José RodriguesRet1615†0
38 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kris Richard 1716180
39 Flag of Macau.svg Kevin Tse Ret18170
40 Flag of Macau.svg Filipe de Souza 1719190
41 Flag of Macau.svg André Couto 2120180
42 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau 2121190
43 Flag of Macau.svg Lo Kai Fung1921210
44 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Verhagen2022200
Flag of Macau.svg Lam Kam San DNQDNQDNQ0
Flag of Macau.svg Rui ValenteDNQDNQDNQ0
Pos.Driver MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
NLD
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
SVK
Flag of Slovakia.svg
NIN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
WUH
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
 Pts. 
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams' championship

(key)

Pos.Team MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
NLD
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
SVK
Flag of Slovakia.svg
NIN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
WUH
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
 Pts. 
1 Flag of France.svg M Racing-YMR 119224331434Ret24†Ret1211123Ret471Ret159Ret31021234562
253491292Ret11141615Ret101113104171112Ret10Ret12811Ret8
2 Flag of Italy.svg BRC Racing Team 119†116412RetRetDNSRet1918492331Ret4Ret2417Ret1385124Ret10559
Ret753362145Ret3Ret2322†Ret53223†611Ret1152Ret141411395Ret33
3 Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 74451Ret44196Ret5126Ret7756914818†19181512Ret9Ret414655481
681425223Ret1867452Ret13Ret8Ret323Ret3713454DNS186512
4 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing 31875183RetRet3822RetDNSDNS19Ret1365651410Ret23†1632421412
9261071713109858RetDNSDNS21RetRet5210131958451510Ret
5 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT 419810105775Ret1154102RetRetRetRet1215154614101Ret22†4381
51118†18151271813465396171715Ret1414133Ret11181816Ret14Ret
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Audi Sport Team Comtoyou RetRetRet131718Ret322Ret93410176Ret733644622911712113300
13DNSDNS222121121112111112RetRet1481715†943108331613Ret221515
7 Flag of Spain.svg Team Oscaro by Campos Racing 18†31016Ret1982623†41033441481397246102197Ret6272
101711Ret13Ret16Ret20151014Ret1216185Ret5RetRet2016RetDNS202212Ret1123†
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DG Sport Compétition 8RetDNS1716131813152176RetDNS4132216Ret1652Ret2723201216242
Ret121320NC201414161818161215141611171618RetRetRet72015101712
9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Comtoyou Racing 1215Ret1114162085915118RetRet1012RetRet88835121720†1879144
Ret14161520Ret11121110Ret1316†899Ret101010997111345169Ret
10 Flag of Italy.svg Team Mulsanne 191319†23†23Ret15Ret1422†RetDNS1111Ret51471813RetRet16Ret1423†NC98Ret142
20†RetRetRet2214Ret15Ret131321RetDNSDNS1611612121461181631Ret47
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Boutsen Ginion Racing 15Ret171485510Ret41912Ret7Ret820DSQDSQ1917DNS11127151511Ret131186
21†1012Ret19Ret9910714RetRet15Ret7DSQDSQ151517RetRet17171914131614
12 Flag of Hungary.svg Zengo Motorsport 17RetRet219RetRetRetDNS1617RetRet21DNSRet199RetRet212017Ret21RetDNSDNQ2224†29
161615Ret11112117171720171413Ret112RetRet2015RetRet16222117232320
Wildcard teams entries ineligible to score points
Flag of Hungary.svg M1RA 72636
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Fullin Race Academy 1520513
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Audi Sport Team WRT 6RetDNS10
Flag of Portugal.svg Veloso Motorsport 1314120
Flag of Slovakia.svg Brutal Fish Racing Team2218120
Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG 1918150
171618
Flag of Italy.svg Target Competition Ret16150
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Teamwork Motorsport Ret18170
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Champ Motorsport 1719190
DNQDNQDNQ
Flag of Macau.svg MacPro Racing Team 2120180
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bas Koeten Racing 2121190
202220
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg TSRT Zuver Team 1921210
Flag of Macau.svg PCT–IXO Models Racing TeamDNQDNQDNQ0
Pos.Team MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
NLD
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
SVK
Flag of Slovakia.svg
NIN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
WUH
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
 Pts. 
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denis Dupont</span> Belgian racing driver

Denis Dupont is a Belgian racing driver currently competing in the USA in Michelin Pilot Challenge in TCR. He previously raced in WTCR, TCR International Series, GT3 in Blancpain Sprint and Endurance championship, TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, GT4 European Series Northern Cup and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series amongst others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Touring Car Cup</span> International touring car championship

The FIA World Touring Car Cup was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had different incarnation of a World Touring Car Cup held between 1993 and 1995. Following the 2017 season, an agreement was reached for the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) to become WTCR and use the TCR technical regulations. As factory teams were not allowed to compete in WTCR, the series lost the 'World Championship' status of the WTCC, instead becoming a 'Cup'.

The 2019 World Touring Car Cup was the second season of the World Touring Car Cup and 15th overall of World Touring Cars promoted by Discovery Sports Events, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.

The 2020 World Touring Car Cup was the third season of the World Touring Car Cup and 16th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.

The 2021 World Touring Car Cup was the fourth season of the World Touring Car Cup and 17th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The season began on 5 June at the Nürburgring and ended on 28 November in Sochi.

The 2022 World Touring Car Cup was the fifth and final season of the World Touring Car Cup and 18th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The season began on 7 May at the Circuit de Pau-Ville and ended on 27 November in Jeddah Corniche Circuit, however multiple event cancellations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing quarantine restrictions in Asia. On 1 September 2022, the organiser announced the final version of the calendar, adding Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as final venues for the 2022 season.

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Notes

  1. Scheider is a German driver who raced under Austrian racing license.