2019 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2019 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will be the fifth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 33rd season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. The series will begin at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in April and conclude at the same track in October.

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds
  South Italy Racing Team[1] Opel Astra TCR[1] 2   Andrea Argenti[1] 1−2, 6
  PRS Motorsport[2] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[2] 3   Massimiliano Mugelli[3] All
  Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing[4] CUPRA León TCR[4] 4   Salvatore Tavano[4] All
19   Eric Scalvini[4] DSG
U25
All
34   Matteo Greco[4] U25 All
  Race Republic Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 5   Luca Segù 5
  Stefano Comini 5
7   Denis Grigoriev 4
CUPRA León TCR 47   Lev Tolkachev 7
  Scuderia del Girasole Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7   Sandro Pelatti DSG 7
21   Nicola Guida DSG 7
  MM Motorsport[5] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[5] 8   Lev Tolkachev[5] 1
9   Davide Nardilli[5] U25 1−4
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 10   Kevin Giacon 4
  Lein Racing CUPRA León TCR 11   Nikola Miljković 7
  LTA Rally[4] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[4] 14   Klim Gavrilov[4] U25 1
  VRC-Team 4
  LPR Stefanovski Racing Team[6] CUPRA León TCR[6] 14   Igor Stefanovski[6] 2−3, 5
  N Motors[1] Opel Astra TCR[1] 18   Nello Nataloni[1] 1
  Wimmer Werk Motorsport[7] CUPRA León TCR[7] 24   Felix Wimmer[7] 1−5
55   Peter Gross[7] DSG
AM
1−6
56   Günter Benninger[7] DSG
AM
1−6
99   Christian Voithofer[7] DSG 1−6
  B.D. Racing CUPRA León TCR 28   Simone Vullo Jody DSG 7
  Pit Lane Competizioni[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[9] 39   Claudio Formenti DSG 6−7
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[8] 69   Enrico Bettera[8] All
CUPRA León TCR 77   Raffaele Lissignoli 5
  Proteam Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 64   Massimiliano Milli DSG 2−4
  Massimiliano Chini 2−3
  Giovanni Altoe 4
  Target Competition[10] Hyundai i30 N TCR[10] 67   Marco Pellegrini[10] All
  BF Motorsports[11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[11] 71   Jacopo Guidetti[11] U25 All
CUPRA León TCR[12] 72   Matteo Bergonzini[12] DSG 1−5
  Trico WRT Hyundai i30 N TCR 81   Damiano Reduzzi 3−4, 7
  PMA Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 95   Felice Jelmini 7
Icon Class
DSG DSG Challenge
AM Amateur
U25 Under 25

Calendar and results edit

The 2019 calendar was announced on 4 December 2018, with all rounds held in Italy.[13]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team DSG Winner Supporting
1 1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 6 April   Enrico Bettera   Jacopo Guidetti   Klim Gavrilov   LTA Rally   Matteo Bergonzini Italian GT Championship
TCR DSG Endurance
2 7 April   Enrico Bettera   Enrico Bettera   Pit Lane Competizioni   Matteo Bergonzini
2 3 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 18 May   Enrico Bettera   Igor Stefanovski   Marco Pellegrini   Target Competition   Eric Scalvini
4 19 May   Eric Scalvini   Matteo Greco   Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing   Eric Scalvini
3 5 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 21–23 June   Matteo Greco   Enrico Bettera   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing   Eric Scalvini
6   Marco Pellegrini   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing   Matteo Bergonzini
4 7 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 19–21 July   Klim Gavrilov   Enrico Bettera   Marco Pellegrini   Target Competition   Eric Scalvini
8   Marco Pellegrini   Felix Wimmer   Wimmer Werk Motorsport   Eric Scalvini
5 9 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 31 August–
1 September
  Enrico Bettera   Matteo Greco   Enrico Bettera   Pit Lane Competizioni   Eric Scalvini
10   Jacopo Guidetti   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing   Eric Scalvini
6 11 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 13–15 September   Marco Pellegrini   Enrico Bettera   Massimiliano Mugelli   PRS Motorsport   Eric Scalvini
12   Marco Pellegrini   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing   Eric Scalvini
7 13 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 4–6 October   Marco Pellegrini   Marco Pellegrini   Marco Pellegrini   Target Competition   Nicola Guida
24   Jacopo Guidetti   Matteo Greco   Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing   Eric Scalvini

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos. Driver MNZ
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
IMO
 
VAL
 
MNZ
 
 Pts. 
1   Salvatore Tavano 2 2 13† NC 1 1 2 3 2 1 5 1 10 14 160
2   Matteo Greco 3 Ret 9 1 2 3 3 4 5 10 2 5 4 1 141
3   Enrico Bettera Ret 1 2 6 14† 2 7 16† 1 6 4 3 2 4 135
4   Marco Pellegrini 9 4 1 5 3 5 1 2 11† 8 11† Ret 1 8 127
5   Eric Scalvini DNS DNS 3 2 4 14 6 5 6 5 6 2 7 3 96
6   Jacopo Guidetti 4 3 Ret Ret 5 9 4 12 Ret 3 3 4 3 2 86
7   Felix Wimmer 5 11 6 4 9 15† 5 1 4 Ret 57
8   Massimiliano Mugelli 13† 10 14† 3 Ret 6 9 Ret Ret 4 1 Ret Ret DNS 49
9   Matteo Bergonzini 7 5 5 10 6 7 Ret 8 7 9 38
10   Igor Stefanovski 4 Ret 10 12 3 2 36
11   Davide Nardilli 6 7 8 8 7 4 Ret Ret 28
12   Klim Gavrilov 1 Ret 13 14† 21
13   Peter Gross DNS DNS 7 9 Ret 8 14† 10 10 13† 8 6 18
14   Andrea Argenti 8 6 Ret 7 7 NP 16
15   Damiano Reduzzi 8 11 Ret 7 Ret 5 14
16   Günter Benninger 10 8 11 11 12 Ret 15† 11 8 11 10 8 11
17   Nikola Miljković 6 7 9
18   Denis Grigoriev 8 6 8
19   Claudio Formenti 9 7 9 11 8
20   Nicola Guida 5 13 7
21   Felice Jelmini Ret 6 5
22   Jody Vullo 8 9 5
23   Raffaele Lissignoli Ret 7 4
24   Massimiliano Milli 10 13† 11 10 11 9 4
25   Christian Voithöfer 12 9 12 12 13 13 12 13 9 12 12† Ret 2
26   Giovanni Altoè 9 11 2
27   Massimiliano Chini 10 13† 11 10 2
28   Lev Tolkačev 11 12 11 10 1
29   Kevin Giacon 10 15† 1
30   Sandro Pelatti Ret 12 0
  Stefano Comini Ret DNS 0
  Luca Segù Ret DNS 0
  Nello Nataloni DNS DNS DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver MNZ
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
IMO
 
VAL
 
MNZ
 
 Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Two Opels entered for Nello Nataloni and Andrea Argenti". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  2. ^ a b "PRS Motorsport reveal TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  3. ^ "Max Mugelli signs for PRS Motorsport to drive an Alfa Romeo". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Elenco Iscritti - Entry List" (PDF). 2019-04-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  5. ^ a b c d "Davide Nardilli and Lev Tolkachev to race MM Motorsport Hondas". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  6. ^ a b c "Igor Stefanovski enters remaining TCR Italy season". 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Wimmer Werk expand from two to four Cupras for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  8. ^ a b c "Enrico Bettera returns with Pit Lane Competizioni in title hunt". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  9. ^ "Daniele Cappellari, il #Follow76 è pronto a scendere in pista nel TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  10. ^ a b c "Marco Pellegrini, è con Hyundai l'attacco al TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ a b c "Jacopo Guidetti, è debutto da record nel TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  12. ^ a b "Matteo Bergonzini, prenotato il n. 72 per la lotta al Trofeo Nazionale DSG di TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  13. ^ "TCR Italy championship calendar revealed". TouringCarTimes. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2019-01-31.

External links edit