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2018 TCR Series seasons

This article describes some of the 2018 seasons of TCR Series across the world.

VLN TCR Class edit

The 2018 Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring TCR Class was the second season for the TCR Class in the championship.

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Bonk Motorsport[1] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup TCR[1] 308   Jürgen Nett[1] 1
  Joachim Nett[1]
  Bradley Philpot[1]
Audi RS3 LMS TCR[1] 810   Hermann Bock[1] 1-3
  Michael Bonk[1] 1
  Max Partl[2] 2
  Møller Bil Motorsport[3] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[2] 801   Håkon Schjærin[2] 2-3, 5-7-9
  Atle Gulbrandsen[2]
  Kenneth Østvold[2]
  Anders Lindstad 5
  LMS Racing[2] CUPRA León TCR[2] 802   Antti Buri[2] 2
  Kari-Pekka Laaksonen[2]
  Mathilda Racing[2] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 804   Moritz Oestreich 5
  Andreas Gülden 5
  Michael Paatz 8
  Christian Schmitz 9
  Frederic Yerly 9
  Matthias Wasel 9
CUPRA León TCR[2] 806   Andreas Gülden[2] 2-7-8-9
  Moritz Oestreich 3-6
  Heiko Hammel 6-8-9
  S.Pace-Racing[4] Opel Astra TCR[1] 808 5
  Matthias Wasel[1] 1-4
  Ben Bünnagel[1]
  Markus Diederich[1] 1-3
  Hyundai Motorsport N[1]
  Target Competition 		Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 813   Manuel Lauck 9
  Marc Basseng 9
830   Kang Byung Hui[1] 1
  Kim Jae Kyun
  Moritz Oestreich
  Guide Naumann
831   Gabriele Tarquini[1] 1
  Nicola Larini[1]
  Manuel Lauck[1]
  Garage Rothenberger GmbH[1] CUPRA León TCR[1] 818   Sandro Rothenberger[1] 1-2, 4, 6-7
  Edy Kamm 4
  FEV Racing[1] CUPRA León TCR[1] 820   Benedikt Gentgen[1] 1-9
  Arndt Hallmanns[1] 1-2
  "Rennsemmel" 3
  Marcell Willert 4
  Martin Pischinger 5-6, 8-9
  Lukas Thiele 6-7, 9
  Bernd Hömberg 7
  Lubner Motorsport[1] LADA Vesta TCR[5] 821   Jens Wulf[5] 3-4
  Lukas Thiele[5] 3-4, 8
  Andrei Sidorenko[5] 3, 8
Opel Astra TCR[1] 822   Rudolf Rhyn[1] 1-6
  Thomas Jäger[1] 1-8
  Thorsten Wolter[1]
  Michael Brüggenkamp 5
  Hannu Luostarinen 7
  Jasmin Preisig 8
823   Jens Wulf[1] 1-2, 5
  Lukas Thiele[1]
  Andrei Sidorenko[1] 1
  Ilkka Kariste[2] 2
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 825   Roland Schmid 3-4, 6
  Roger Vögeli
  Frederic Yerly
  Rennworks Racing[2] CUPRA León TCR[2] 824   Armin Eckl[2] 2-3, 5
  Frank Eickholt[2] 2-3
  Peter Terting[2] 2
  Dennis Eckl 3, 5
  Ulrich Andree 5
  Milltek Sport CUPRA León TCR[2] 835   Moritz Gusenbauer 4-6
  Werner Gusenbauer

Calendar and results edit

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning drivers Winning team
1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 24 March   Benedikt Gentgen
  Arndt Hallmanns 		  Rudolf Rhyn
  Thomas Jäger
  Thorsten Wolter 		  Benedikt Gentgen
  Arndt Hallmanns 		  FEV Racing
2 7 April   Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Andreas Gülden   Andreas Gülden   Mathilda Racing
3 23 June   Andreas Gülden
  Moritz Oestreich 		  Andreas Gülden
  Moritz Oestreich 		  Andreas Gülden
  Moritz Oestreich 		  Mathilda Racing
4 7 July   Rudolf Rhyn
  Thomas Jäger
  Thorsten Wolter 		  Benedikt Gentgen
  Marcell Willert 		  Andreas Gülden
  Moritz Oestreich 		  Mathilda Racing
5 18 August   Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold
  Anders Lindstad 		  Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold
  Anders Lindstad 		  Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold
  Anders Lindstad 		  Møller Bil Motorsport
6 1 September   Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Møller Bil Motorsport
7 22 September   Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Møller Bil Motorsport
8 6 October   Benedikt Gentgen
  Martin Pischinger 		  Andreas Gülden
  Heiko Hammel 		  Andreas Gülden
  Heiko Hammel 		  Mathilda Racing
9 20 October   Andreas Gülden
  Heiko Hammel 		  Håkon Schjærin
  Atle Gulbrandsen
  Kenneth Østvold 		  Andreas Gülden
  Heiko Hammel 		  Mathilda Racing

TCR Baltic Trophy edit

The 2018 TCR Baltic Trophy Ws the second season of the TCR Baltic Trophy. TCR Baltic Trophy was contested within the Baltic Touring Car Championship events.

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  GSR Motorsport[6] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[6] 5   Ernesta Globytė[6] 1, 3, 4
  Energizer Racing[6] 95   Rokas Kvedaras[7] 1

Calendar and results edit

The 2018 schedule was announced on 15 March 2018.[8] The calendar includes three rounds in Latvia and two in Estonia all supporting the Baltic Touring Car Championship.

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1   Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga 12–13 April   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport
2   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport
2 1   Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga 9–10 June No drivers entered
2
3 1   Auto24ring, Pärnu 30 June–1 July   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport
2   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport
4 1   Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga 18–19 August   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport
2   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport
5 1   Auto24ring, Pärnu 22–23 September   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport
2   Ernesta Globytė   Ernesta Globytė   GSR Motorsport

Championship standings edit

Pos. Driver  
BIĶ 		 
BIĶ 		 
PÄR 		 
BIĶ 		 
PÄR 		 Pts. 
1   Ernesta Globytė 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 200
–   Rokas Kvedaras DNS DNS -
Pos. Driver  
BIĶ 		 
BIĶ 		 
PÄR 		 
BIĶ 		 
PÄR 		 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

TCR Swiss Trophy edit

TCR Swiss Trophy was an event, organized by Auto Sport Switzerland and was the inaugural season. The calendar consisted of 5 events from TCR Europe, TCR BeNeLux, ADAC TCR Germany and TCR Italy.[9]

Calendar and results edit

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 29 April   Eric Scalvini   Luigi Ferrara   Luigi Ferrara   42 Racing SA TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Italian GT Championship
Italian Formula 4 Championship
2   Nicola Baldan   Luigi Ferrara   42 Racing SA
2 3   Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 21 May   Jaap van Lagen   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona   PCR Sport World Touring Car Cup
TCR Europe Series
TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
4   Jaap van Lagen   Josh Files   Hell Energy Racing with KCMG
3 5   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 June   Niels Langeveld   Niels Langeveld   Niels Langeveld   RacingOne ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
6   Antti Buri   Harald Proczyk   HP Racing International
4 7   TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands 19 August   Josh Files   Dániel Nagy   Dániel Nagy   M1RA TCR Europe Series
TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
8   Attila Tassi   Attila Tassi   Hell Energy Racing with KCMG
5 9   Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 23 September   Jean-Karl Vernay   Jean-Karl Vernay   Jean-Karl Vernay   Leopard Lukoil Team WRT TCR Europe Series
International GT Open
Euroformula Open
10   Jean-Karl Vernay   Jean-Karl Vernay   Leopard Lukoil Team WRT

Championship standings edit

Pos. Driver  
IMO 		 
ZAN 		 
RBR 		 
ASS 		 
MNZ 		 Pts. 
1   Attila Tassi 2 3 5 1 5 3 93
2   Mikel Azcona 1 6 9 2 2 5 81
3   Jean-Karl Vernay 2 7 1 1 74
4   Josh Files 5 1 10 Ret 3 2 71
5   Luigi Ferrara 1 1 50
6   Kris Richard 14 5 3 6 12 7 39
7   Antti Buri 2 2 36
8   Maxime Potty Ret 10 7 8 4 4 35
8   Harald Proczyk 5 1 35
9   Enrico Bettera 3 2 33
9   Dušan Borković 5 18 6 3 DSQ DSQ 33
9   Jaap van Lagen 3 2 33
13   Stefano Comini 4 4 6 Ret 32
14   Dániel Nagy 7 11 1 Ret Ret 12 31
15   Benjamin Leuchter 3 3 30
16   Niels Langeveld 1 8 29
17   Andrea Larini 5 3 25
18   Stian Paulsen 6 Ret 8 5 9 Ret 24
19   José Rodrigues 4 6 20
20   Luca Engstler 7 4 18
20   Salvatore Tavano 2 Ret 13 18
22   Danny Kroes 8 4 12 Ret Ret 20 16
22   Luke Wankmüller 6 6 16
24   Matteo Greco 4 12
24   Mike Halder 4 Ret 12
24   Peter Terting 21† 12 8 6 12
24   Florian Thoma 9 5 12
28   Giovanni Altoè 8 7 18 16 18 18 10
28   Nicola Baldan 15 5 11 17 10
28   Fabrizio Giovanardi 7 8 10
28   Max Hesse 8 7 10
32   Jens Reno Møller 10 7 13 9 17 Ret 9
33   Lorenzo Nicoli 6 18 8
34   Francisco Mora 9 8 6
34   Jürgen Schmarl 7 14 6
36   Massimiliano Mugelli 10 8 5
37   Reece Barr Ret DNS 11 10 16 9 3
38   Francisco Abreu 11 9 15 DSQ 13 21 2
38   Sandro Kaibach 13 9 2
38   Plamen Kralev 19 9 2
38   Francesco Savoia 9 12 2
38   Oliver Taylor 10 10 2
43   Lukas Niedertscheider Ret 10 1
43   Marco Pellegrini Ret 10 1
43   Simon Reicher 10 11 1
–   Federico Paolino 16 11 -
–   Kai Jordan 11 18 -
–   Massimiliano Gagliano 11 22 -
–   Julien Briché Ret Ret 14 11 -
–   José Manuel Sapag Ret 11 -
–   Ermanno Dionisio 12 13 -
–   Márk Jedlóczky 12 13 -
–   Loris Cencetti 13 12 Ret 13 -
–   Dominik Fugel 17 12 -
–   Dino Calcum 12 Ret -
–   Matteo Bergonzini 13 15 -
–   Michelle Halder 15 13 -
–   Oliver Holdener 14 14 -
–   Adriano Bernazzani 14 -
–   Cedric Piro 17 14 -
–   Viktor Davidovski 15 15 17 14 19 16 -
–   Igor Stefanovski Ret 16 16 Ret 14 15 -
–   Martin Ryba 16 19 15 14 -
–   Günter Benninger 15 21 -
–   Loris Prattes Ret 15 -
–   Munkong Sathienthirakul 20† 15 -
–   Niko Kankkunen 16 20 -
–   Davide Nardilli Ret 16 -
–   Justin Häußermann Ret 16 -
–   Jasmin Preisig 23 17 -
–   Peter Gross Ret 17 -
–   Marie Baus-Coppens Ret 17 19 17 -
–   Cosimo Papi 18 -
–   Théo Coicaud 18 Ret -
–   Marcel Fugel 19 19 -
–   Raimondo Ricci 19 -
–   Daniele Cappellari 21 19 -
–   Jan Seyffert 20 21 -
–   Eric Scalvini 20 23† -
–   Gabriele Volpato 20 -
–   Roberto Russo 20 Ret -
–   "Tessitore" 21 23 -
–   Andrea Argenti 21 24† -
–   J.C. Reynolds 22 Ret -
–   Daniel Davidovac Ret 22 -
–   Sebastian Steibel Ret 23 -
–   Alessandro Thellung Ret Ret -
–   Jussi Kuusiniemi Ret Ret -
–   Benjamin Lessennes Ret Ret -
–   Cosimo Barberini Ret Ret -
–   Walter Margelli Ret DNS -
–   Milenko Vuković DNS DNS -
Pos. Driver  
IMO 		 
ZAN 		 
RBR 		 
ASS 		 
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

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

TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series edit

The 2018 TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series season was the second season of the TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series. The championship started at Circuito Internacional de Vila Real in Portugal on 23 June and ended at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain on 21 October.[10]

Calendar and results edit

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1   Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal 23 June   Pedro Salvador   Pedro Salvador   Pedro Salvador   Speedy Motorsport World Touring Car Cup
Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos
2 24 June   Pedro Salvador   Pedro Salvador   Speedy Motorsport
2 3   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 20 October   Attila Tassi   Jean-Karl Vernay   Attila Tassi   Hell Energy Racing with KCMG TCR Europe Series
TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
4 21 October   Ashley Sutton   Mike Halder   Hell Energy Racing with KCMG

Championship standings edit

Pos. Driver  
VIL 		 
BAR 		 Pts. 
1   Pedro Salvador 1 1 27
2   Attila Tassi 1 Ret 26
3   Mike Halder Ret 1 25
4   Rafael Lobato 2 20
5   Francisco Carvalho 4 2 20
6   Dániel Nagy 7 2 20
7   Dušan Borković 2 Ret 20
8   Ashley Sutton 4 3 18
9   Armando Parente 3 17
9   Francisco Abreu 3 Ret 12 17
11   Norbert Michelisz 3 4 17
12   Manuel Gião 5 4 14
13   Gustavo Moura 5 12
14   Mikel Azcona 5 8 12
15   Peter Terting 10 5 12
16   Jean-Karl Vernay 6 7 11
17   Josh Files 24 6 10
18   Julien Briché 8 22 6
19   Reece Barr 9 10 4
20   Stian Paulsen 11 9 4
21   Stefano Comini Ret 11 0
22   Andreas Bäckman 12 13 0
23   Oliver Taylor 13 17 0
24   Jessica Bäckman 15 14 0
25   Maxime Potty 14 16 0
26   Viktor Davidovski 16 15 0
27   Martin Ryba 17 19 0
28   Enrique Hernando 19 18 0
29   Munkong Sathienthirakul 18 Ret 0
30   Marie Baus-Coppens 21 20 0
31   Petr Fulín 20 23 0
32   Nikola Miljković DNS 21 0
33   Jean-Laurent Navarro 22 Ret 0
34   Klim Gavrilov 23 Ret 0
35   Jens Reno Møller 25 Ret –
–   Nathanaël Berthon Ret Ret –
–   Danny Kroes Ret Ret –
–   Kris Richard DSQ EX –
Pos. Driver  
VIL 		 
BAR 		 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

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag KANG, Byung Hui (24 March 2018). "The Best of Best Driver in South Korea". www. motorgraph.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Ergebnis Training - 43. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen". 7 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Tredjeplass i sesongåpningen" [Third place in the season opening] (in Norwegian). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. ^ "S.Pace-Racing relies on an Opel race car". 14 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "Lada Vesta TCR to compete on German soil". touringcartimes.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "BaTCC » GSR MOTORSPORT READY FOR THE NEW SEASON WITH A BRAND NEW VW GOLF GTI TCR". 27 February 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. ^ "DeWALT Grand Prix 2018 BTC Qualifying results". 13 April 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  8. ^ "TCR Magazine #01 - 2018". tcr-series.com. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. ^ fabio. "Auto Sport Switzerland launches the TCR Swiss Trophy". tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  10. ^ "TCR World & Life Magazine #11". tcr-series.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

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