2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the third season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominantly in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

Josh Files will be the defending Drivers' champion, while Target Competition will the defending Teams' champions.

Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Rounds Team Engstler GermanyVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 3 Kai Jordan All 77 Justin Häußermann 1–4, 6–7 Team Engstler Europe 39 Florian Thoma 1–3 47 Niko Kankkunen All Wolf-Power Racing Renault Mégane TCR 5 Alex Morgan 1CUPRA León TCR 6 Oliver Holdener1–4, 7 Honda ADAC SachsenHonda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Mike Halder All 88 Dominik Fugel All Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 8 Luca Engstler 1–3 Hyundai i30 N TCR 4–7 27 Théo Coicaud 4–7 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 1–3 Max Kruse Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Benjamin Leuchter All 39 Florian Thoma4–7 HP Racing InternationalOpel Astra TCR 11 Luke Wankmüller All 22 Harald Proczyk All RacingOneAudi RS3 LMS TCR 14 Niels Langeveld All 99 Maurits Sandberg1–2, 4–7 Besagroup Team RenaultRenault Mégane TCR 15 Franjo Kovač 4 41 Steve Kirsch 1, 4, 6 Steibel MotorsportOpel Astra TCR 17 Jasmin Preisig AllVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 23 Sebastian Steibel All PROsport PerformanceAudi RS3 LMS TCR 19 Max Hesse All 44 Sandro Kaibach 1–3 45 Peter Terting 4 Positione Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 29 Jussi Kuusiniemi All LMS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 30 Antti Buri All TOPCAR SportCUPRA León TCR 33 J.C. Reynolds All 60 Loris Prattes 1–3, 5–7 Niedertscheider Motorsport Team Peugeot 308 TCR 42 Lukas Niedertscheider All Profi-Car Team Halder CUPRA León TCR 53 Michelle Halder All Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 55 Marcel Fugel 1–3, 6–7 YACO Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 54 Simon Reicher All Entries ineligible to score points Fullín Race Academy CUPRA León TCR 2 Petr Fulín 1–2 Lubner Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 4 Jan Seyffert 3–4, 6 Besagroup Team Renault Renault Mégane TCR 5 Alex Morgan 6 HP Racing International Opel Astra TCR 9 Daniel Davidovac 3–4, 7 Tessitore Racing Opel Astra TCR 13 "Tessitore" 3 Steibel Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 28 Pascal Eberle 6–7 Young Driver ChallengeCUPRA León TCR 31 Leonardo Tinland 4 32 Francesco Ruga 6 34 Julien Apothéloz 7 BC Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 36 Dino Calcum 3 Vuković Motorsport Renault Mégane TCR 4 LMS Racing CUPRA León TCR 40 Olli Parhankangas 4 Wolf-Power Racing Renault Mégane TCR 50 Milenko Vuković 3

Team and driver changes Former ADAC Procar champions YACO Racing will enter the series with a single Audi RS3 LMS TCR for Simon Reicher, who moves from Certainty Racing Team.

Wolf-Power Racing will switch from SEAT León TCR to Renault Mégane TCR for the 2018 season.

Engstler Motorsport will retain Luca Engstler and Floran Thoma. In addition the team will increase to five cars during the entire season signing Théo Coicaud, Justin Häußermann and Niko Kankkunen.

German footballer Max Kruse will set up his own team Max Kruse Racing, fielding a single Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Benjamin Leuchter, who returns to the series after missing out the 2017 season.

Reigning double teams' champion Target Competition withdrew from the series to join the TCR Europe Series. The team had originally signed Reece Barr to drive in the series.

Calendar and results The 2018 schedule was announced on 30 November 2017, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.

Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 14 April Mike Halder Mike Halder Harald Proczyk HP Racing International ADAC GT MastersADAC Formula 4 Championship 2 15 April Benjamin Leuchter Mike Halder Honda ADAC Sachsen 2 3 Autodrom Most, Most 28 April Mike Halder Antti Buri Antti Buri LMS Racing ADAC GT Masters 4 29 April Niels Langeveld Michelle Halder Profi-Car Team Halder 3 5 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 June Niels Langeveld Niels Langeveld Niels Langeveld RacingOne ADAC GT MastersADAC Formula 4 Championship 6 Antti Buri Harald Proczyk HP Racing International 4 7 Nürburgring, Nürburg 5 August Mike Halder Mike Halder Mike Halder Honda ADAC Sachsen 8 Mike Halder Dominik Fugel Honda ADAC Sachsen 5 9 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 19 August Niels Langeveld Niels Langeveld Niels Langeveld RacingOne ADAC GT Masters 10 Niels Langeveld Luca Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler 6 11 Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 9 September Luca Engstler Luca Engstler Luca Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler 12 Michelle Halder Luca Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler 7 13 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 23 September Harald Proczyk Harald Proczyk Harald Proczyk HP Racing International ADAC GT MastersADAC Formula 4 Championship 14 Mike Halder Mike Halder Honda ADAC Sachsen

Footnotes

Calendar changes The series would make its first visit to the Czech Republic on 29 April at the Autodrom Most becoming the second round of the season.

The second round held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, which supported the TCR International Series since the series' inception, was discontinued.

Drivers' Championship

Scoring systems Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 40 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 5 1

Driver OSC‡ MST RBR NÜR ZAN SAC HOC    1 Harald Proczyk 13 6 35 5 55 1 13 5 33 6 33 4 11 3 421 2 Luca Engstler 3 4 6 3 7 4 9 6 5 1 11 1 32 4 414 3 Niels Langeveld 2 3 11 4 11 8 34 11 11 3 6 5 4 2 403 4 Mike Halder 241 1 21 10 44 Ret11 3 44 5 22 Ret 23 1 366 5 Antti Buri 22 16 12 25 22 2 8 12 22 8 4 10 24† 17† 259 6 Max Hesse 25† 12 73 6 83 7 42 7 85 21 8 8 94 8 247 7 Luke Wankmüller 65 9 17 13 6 6 12 4 9 4 7 24 19 5 228 8 Benjamin Leuchter 9 7 15 14 3 3 6 2 Ret 9 10 Ret 55 Ret 224.5 9 Michelle Halder 13 15 18 2 15 13 55 10 Ret 12 5 2 15 10 208.5 10 Simon Reicher 4 Ret 44 17 10 11 10 19 6 7 12 11 Ret 15 182 11 Dominik Fugel Ret4DNS Ret 7 17 12 2 1 11 10 9 Ret 13 18† 172 12 Theo Coicaud 11 8 Ret Ret 18 Ret 7 8 7 2 23† 6 7 Ret 172 13 Niko Kankkunen 8 11 10 8 16 20 20 23 10 16 Ret 9 10 6 148 14 Florian Thoma Ret2 5 16 19 9 5 27† 14 12 14 14 13 18 Ret 115.5 15 Oliver Holdener 15 14 8 11 14 14 15 9 14 7 110 16 Justin Häußermann 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 16 14 16 175 7 12 16† 107 17 Lukas Niedertscheider 16 10 20 16 Ret 10 163 15 Ret 11 13 14 8 Ret 98 18 Kai Jordan 10 Ret 19 Ret 11 18 19 21 Ret 13 Ret 12 11 13 82 29 Loris Prattes 18 Ret 9 12 Ret 15 Ret 18 11 16 Ret 11 75 20 Sandro Kaibach 5 18 14 21 13 9 63 21 Jussi Kuusiniemi 14 13 13 15 Ret Ret 17 20 13 15 Ret 15 16 Ret 63 22 Jasmin Preisig 17 Ret 21 24 23 17 11 18 Ret 17 21 18 RetDNS 37 23 Marcel Fugel 26† Ret 24 23 19 19 15 17 20 12 31 24 Sebastian Steibel 21 Ret Ret 18 Ret 24 21 24 14 19 22 23 Ret 14 25 25 J.C. Reynolds 20 17 22 20 22 Ret 22 25 15 20 20 22 23 Ret 21.5 26 Maurits Sandberg 19 Ret 23 22 24 27 Ret Ret 19 21 21 Ret 12 27 Peter Terting Ret 13 8 28 Alex Morgan 23 19 16 Ret 1.5 Steve Kirsch DNQ DNQDNSDNS RetDNS - Franjo KovačDNSDNS - Milenko VukovićDNSWD - Drivers ineligible to score points Petr Fulín 7 2 5 1 0 Pascal Eberle 24† 3 6 Ret 0 Julien Apothéloz 17 9 0 Dino Calcum 12 Ret 23 Ret 0 Olli Kangas 18 17 0 Jan Seyffert 20 21 Ret 22 18 20 0 Francesco Ruga Ret 19 0 "Tessitore" 21 23 0 Daniel Davidovac Ret 22 25 28† 22 Ret 0 Leonardo Tinland 26 26 0 Driver OSC‡ MST RBR NÜR ZAN SAC HOC   Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 2 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' Championship Team OSC‡ MST RBR NÜR ZAN SAC HOC   1 HP Racing International136355551135336334113161659171366124947241952 Liqui Moly Team Engstler3463749651111324134118RetRet18Ret787223†67Ret3 RacingOne231141183411113654210319Ret23222427RetRet192121Ret4 Honda ADAC Sachsen2411211044Ret11344522Ret23197Ret4DNSRet717122111109Ret1318†5 PROsport Performance25†12736837427852188948925181421139Ret136 Team Engstler Europe811108162020231016Ret910686.5Ret251619957 YACO Racing4Ret441710111019671211Ret15638 Profi-Car Team Halder131518215135510Ret1252151060.526†Ret24231919151720129 Team Engstler Germany10Ret19Ret11181921Ret13Ret1211136012Ret129Ret16141617571216†10 LMS Racing2216122522281222841024†17†4811 Wolf-Power Racing1514811141415914746.52319DNSWD16Ret12 Max Kruse Racing9715143362Ret910Ret55Ret44.527†141214141318Ret13 TOPCAR Sport2017222022Ret22251520202223Ret40.518Ret912Ret15Ret181116Ret1114 Positione Motorsport14131315RetRet17201315Ret1516Ret3015 Niedertscheider MSP16102016Ret1016315Ret1113148Ret2116 Steibel Motorsport17Ret212423171118Ret172118RetDNS1021RetRet18Ret24212414192223Ret1417 Besagroup Team Renault DNQ DNQDNSDNSRetDNS0DNSDNS Teams ineligible to score points - Fullín Race Academy 7 2 5 1 0- Steibel Motorsport24†36Ret0- Young Driver Challenge2626Ret191790- BC Motorsport12Ret0- Vuković Motorsport23Ret0- LMS Racing18170- Lubner Motorsport2021Ret2218200- Tessitore Racing21230- HP Racing InternationalRet222528†22Ret 0 Driver OSC‡ MST RBR NÜR ZAN SAC HOC   

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