2021 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2021 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will be the seventh season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 35th season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
  Next Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 3   Adriano Visdomini 5
  Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing Cupra León Competición TCR 4   Salvatore Tavano All [1]
10   Federico Paolino All [2]
21   Nicola Guida All [2]
Cupra León TCR 6   Raffaele Gurrieri All [2]
90   Denis Babuin DSG All [2]
  BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7   Sandro Pelatti 2
93   Omar Fiorucci DSG 1–2 [2]
96   Alberto Rodio DSG 5
68   Eric Brigliadori 1–4, 6 [3]
Hyundai i30 N TCR 5
  Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 8   Nicola Baldan All [4]
13   Antti Buri All [5]
23   Fabio Antonello 5–6
56   Cesare Brusa 4
  Race Lab Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 9   Matteo Poloni 1–2, 5–6 [6]
  Trico WRT Hyundai i30 N TCR 11   Damiano Reduzzi 1–2 [2]
  RC2 Junior Team Cupra León Competición TCR 12   Felipe Fernández 5
15   Sergio Lopez Bolotin 5
  LPR Stefanovski Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 14   Igor Stefanovski 1–5 [2]
  Volcano Motorsport Cupra León Competición TCR 16   Evgeni Leonov 1–4 [2]
69   Mikel Azcona 4
  Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17   Martin Ryba 4
  MM Motorsport 28   Marco Iannotta 5–6
62   Jack Young 2 [7]
63   Ibragim Akhmadov 4
72   Franco Girolami 2 [7]
  TecniEngines Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 22   Piero Necchi 2, 6
  Tecnodom Sport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 24   Jonathan Giacon 1–3 [2]
  ALM Honda Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 25   Mattias Vahtel All [8]
27   Ruben Volt All [2]
  Aggressive Italia Hyundai i30 N TCR 31   Kevin Ceccon All [9]
  AIR Racing Osttirol Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 32   Sandro Soubek 5
43 6
  Proteam Motorsport Cupra León TCR 33   Riccardo Romagnoli All [2]
  Élite Motorsport Cupra León Competición TCR 44   Michele Imberti 2–6
61 1 [10]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 82   Marco Butti DSG All [2]
92   'Linos' DSG 4
  CRM Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 47   Ettore Carminati 1–2, 4–5 [2]
  ACCR Czech Talent Team / K2 Engine Hyundai i30 N TCR 59   Dušan Kouřil Jr. 1–2, 4–5 [2]
  CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 76   Daniele Cappellari 3
  DMP Motors / Scuderia Vesuvio Cupra León TCR 84   Sabatino di Mare DSG All [2]
  6ix Engineers Cupra León TCR 85   Giorgio Fantilli DSG 1–5 [2]
  Faro Racing SEAT León TCR 86   Alessandro Berton DSG 1 [2]
  Andrea Tronconi [2]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 91   Giuseppe de Virgilio DSG 1 [2]
97   Alberto Tapparo DSG 4
Icon Class
DSG DSG Challenge

Calendar and results edit

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team DSG Winner Supporting
1 1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 30 April-2 May   Eric Brigliadori   Nicola Baldan   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole   Sabatino di Mare
2   Eric Brigliadori   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole   Denis Babuin
2 3 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 4-6 June   Franco Girolami   Jack Young   Franco Girolami   MM Motorsport   Denis Babuin
4   Antti Buri   Antti Buri   Target Competition   Denis Babuin
3 5 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 25-27 June   Eric Brigliadori   Eric Brigliadori   Eric Brigliadori   BF Motorsport   Denis Babuin
6   Mattias Vahtel   Kevin Ceccon   Aggressive Italia   Denis Babuin
4 7 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 23-25 July   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona   Kevin Ceccon   Aggressive Italia   Denis Babuin
8   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona   Volcano Motorsport   Denis Babuin
5 9 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 3-5 September   Salvatore Tavano   Dušan Kouřil Jr.   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole   Sabatino di Mare
10   Kevin Ceccon   Kevin Ceccon   Aggressive Italia   Denis Babuin
6 11 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 8-10 October   Antti Buri   Marco Iannotta   Antti Buri   Target Competition   Sabatino di Mare
12   Antti Buri   Kevin Ceccon   Aggressive Italia   Marco Butti

Drivers' Championship edit

Scoring systems
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Qualifying 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Pos. Driver MNZ
 
MIS
 
VAL
 
IMO1
 
IMO2
 
MUG
 
 Pts. 
1   Antti Buri 55 9 23 1 34 2 58 2 5 Ret 1 2 358
2   Kevin Ceccon 37 3 49 4 46 1 12 Ret Ret 1 4 1 357
3   Salvatore Tavano 13 1 7 16 23 3 69 10 1 4 3 4 343
4   Nicola Baldan 610 6 32 2 52 5 4 5 2 2 5 Ret 316
5   Eric Brigliadori 21 2 5 5 11 4 85 20† 9 5 7 Ret 289
6   Ruben Volt 14 13 610 6 97 13 76 3 6 Ret Ret 6 181
7   Michele Imberti 12 5 11 Ret 135 6 1010 16 3 22 6 3 176
8   Igor Stefanovski 44 23† Ret6 8 610 17† 24 Ret 8 6 155
9   Mattias Vahtel 118 4 10 20† 17†8 12 Ret 6 7 3 DNS DNS 134
10   Riccardo Romagnoli 24† 12 9 7 8 7 Ret 7 14 13 Ret 10 108
11   Federico Paolino 17 10 15 15 Ret 8 12 19 12 8 11 11 73
12   Denis Babuin 19 14 17 10 10 9 11 11 EX 12 15 15 65
13   Raffaele Gurrieri 13 11 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 13 16 17 8 14 46
14   Sabatino di Mare 18 15 18 12 12 Ret 17 15 13 21 9 9 45
15   Marco Butti 20 16 Ret 14 16 10 13 Ret 15 15 13 8 41
16   Nicola Guida 21 22† 16 13 11 11 15 14 Ret 14 14 13 38
17   Giorgio Fantilli Ret 21 20 18 15 14 18 17 18 19 4
Drivers not eligible for points
  Evgeni Leonov 99 Ret 13 Ret 79 Ret 33 4 (105)
  Matteo Poloni 72 8 21 Ret Ret 23 11 5 (87)
  Dušan Kouřil Jr. 15 18 88 Ret 19 12 4 20 (59)
  Jonathan Giacon 86 7 14 9 DNS DNS (54)
  Sandro Soubek Ret Ret 2 7 (54)
  Ettore Carminati 10 20 12 Ret 9 21† 11 10 (51)
  Franco Girolami 11 Ret (50)
  Mikel Azcona Ret1 1 (50)
  Marco Iannotta 10 7 16 12 (41)
  Jack Young Ret4 3 (37)
  Antonello Fabio Ret 9 10 Ret (22)
  Martin Ryba 14 8 (18)
  Ibraghim Akhmadov Ret 9 (13)
  Felipe Fernández 19 11 (9)
  Damiano Reduzzi 16 Ret Ret7 19† (4)
  Daniele Cappellari 14 16 (3)
  'Linos' 16 Ret (0)
  Omar Fiorucci 22 19 19 17 (0)
  Giuseppe de Virgilio 23 17 (0)
  Alberto Tapparo 19 18 (0)
  Cesare Brusa 21 Ret (0)
  Alberto Rodio 17 18 (0)
  Sergio Lopez Bolotin 20 Ret (0)
  Adriano Visdomini Ret 16 (0)
  Piero Necchi Ret DNS Ret DNS (0)
  Alessandro Berton
  Andrea Tronconi
DNS DNS -
  Sandro Pelatti DNS DNS -
Pos. Driver MNZ
 
MIS
 
VAL
 
IMO1
 
IMO2
 
MUG
 
 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

Teams' Championship edit

Pos. Driver MNZ
 
MIS
 
VAL
 
IMO1
 
IMO2
 
MUG
 
 Pts. 
1   Target Competition 5 6 2 1 3 2 4 2 247
2   Aggressive Italia 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 Ret 221
3   Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing 1 1 7 11 2 3 6 10 204
4   BF Motorsport 2 2 5 5 1 4 8? 20 185
5   ALM Honda Racing 11 4 6 6 9 12 7 3 146
6   Volcano Motorsport 9 Ret 13 Ret 7 Ret 3 1 106
7   LPR Stefanovski Racing Team 4 23† Ret 8 6 17† 2 Ret 98
8   Proteam Motorsport 24† 12 9 7 8 7 Ret 7 89
9   MM Motorsport 1 3 14 8 88
10   Élite Motorsport 12 5 11 14 13 6 10 16 80
11   Tecnodom Sport 8 7 14 9 DNS DNS 49
12   ACCR Czech Talent Team
K2 Engine
15 18 8 Ret 20 12 23
13   DMP Motors
Scuderia Vesuvio
18 15 18 12 12 Ret 17 15? 14
14   Trico WRT 16 Ret Ret 19† 0
15   Faro Racing 23 17 0
Pos. Driver MNZ
 
MIS
 
VAL
 
IMO1
 
IMO2
 
MUG
 
 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. ^ "Reigning champion Salvatore Tavano returns with Scuderia del Girasole". touringcartimes.com. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "27 cars entered for Monza season opener". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Eric Brigliadori confirms TCR Italy return". TouringCarTimes. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Nicola Baldan confirmed for WTCR and TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Antti Buri joins Target Competition in TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Race Lab retains Matteo Poloni for 2021". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Jack Young, Franco Girolami join Misano grid". TouringCarTimes. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Mattias Vahtel joins TCR Italy grid in JAS role". TouringCarTimes. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Aggressive Team Italia signs Kevin Ceccon for TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Michele Imberti secures Cupra TCR for 2021". TouringCarTimes. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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