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2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series

The 2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series is the first season of the TCR Korea Touring Car Series. The series supported the TCR Asia Series for their inaugural round held at Korea International Circuit in August.

Teams and drivers edit

All teams were Korean registered. All drivers, excepting German driver Peter Terting, raced under South Korean racing license.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
DreamRacer Racing Team[1] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[1] 1   Kim Byoung Hyun[1] 1
KMSA Motorsport[1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 3   Kang Dong Woo[1] 1, 3
E-Rain Motorsport[1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 16   Lee Do Hyeon[1] 1
19   Noh Dong Gi 2–3
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] 20   Andrew Kim[1] 2–3
Brand New Racing 1
85   Jung Nam Su 2–3
Indigo Racing[1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 87   Charlie Kang[1] All
97   Cho Hoon Hyun[1] 1–2
99   Kim Jin Soo 3
Entries ineligible to score points
Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i30 N TCR 30   Peter Terting 3

Calendar and results edit

The provisional calendar was released on 5 February 2018, with all rounds being held within South Korea.[2][3]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1 Korea International Circuit, Yeongam 25–26 August   Kang Byung Hui   Andrew Kim   Andrew Kim BrandNew Racing TCR Asia Series
2   Charlie Kang   Charlie Kang Indigo Racing
2 3 Inje Speedium, Inje 29–30 September   Noh Dong Gi   Andrew Kim   Charlie Kang Indigo Racing
4   Andrew Kim   Jung Nam Su Brand New Racing
3 5 Korea International Circuit, Yeongam 3–4 November   Kim Jin Soo[N 1]   Charlie Kang[N 2]   Noh Dong Gi E-Rain Motorsport
6   Charlie Kang[N 3]   Kim Jin Soo Indigo Racing

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver KIC1 INJ KIC2  Pts. 
1   Charlie Kang 4 1 1 3 4 3 108
2   Andrew Kim 1 4 2 2 2 Ret 102
3   Jung Nam Su 3 1 6 2 75
4   Noh Dong Gi 4 5 1 5 65
5   Cho Hoon Hyun 3 5 5 4 52
6   Kim Jin Soo 5 1 45
7   Kim Byoung Hyun 2 3 34
8   Kang Dong Woo Ret 2 Ret Ret 23
9   Lee Do Hyeon 5 6 18
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Peter Terting 3 4 -
Pos. Driver KIC1 INJ KIC2  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

Notes edit

  1. ^ Actual pole position was taken by guest driver Peter Terting.
  2. ^ Actual fastest lap of the race was recorded by guest driver Peter Terting.
  3. ^ Actual fastest lap of the race was recorded by guest driver Peter Terting.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "TCR Asia Series makes Korean return". asia.tcr-series.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ "TCR Korea unveils 2018 provisional calendar". tcr-series.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ "TCR Korea unveils provisional calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

External links edit

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