2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

The 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the fourth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series, and second held as a standalone series. The season began at the Hungaroring in April and ended at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in October.

As part of a deal with the series' promoters, at five of the seven events, the 2019 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship series is held which is its fourth edition. Also a third competition will be held with the establishment of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy which will be held on two of the seven events of the calendar, as well as having four standalone events.

Mikel Azcona is the defending drivers' champion, while Hell Energy Racing with KCMG are the defending teams' champions. In TCR BeNeLux Jean-Karl Vernay is the defending drivers' champion while Leopard Lukoil Team WRT are the defending teams' champions.

Calendar The calendar was announced on 5 December 2018 with 7 rounds scheduled. The second round, which was scheduled to be held at unknown venue in the Netherlands, was replaced on 28 January 2019 with Hockenheimring. Five of the seven events from the calendar are also valid for the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship. Circuit/Location Date Supporting 1 1 Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary 28 AprilWorld Touring Car CupTCR Eastern Europe Trophy 2 2 3 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany 25–26 MayInternational GT Open 4 3 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 8–9 JuneInternational GT OpenTouring Car Trophy 6 4 7 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 13–14 July 8 5 9 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany 3–4 August 10 6 11 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 21–22 SeptemberInternational GT OpenTCR Ibérico Touring Car Series 12 7 13 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 12–13 OctoberInternational GT OpenTCR Eastern Europe Trophy 14

Teams and drivers

TeamCarDriversClassRounds Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 2 Stéphane Lémeret BNL 1 50 Tom Coronel BNL 2–7 PCR Sport With Georgia CUPRA León TCR 3 Davit Kajaia 1–5 PCR Sport 27 John Filippi 6–7 QMMF Racing by PCR Sport 96 Wolf-Power Racing Renault Mégane R.S TCR 5 Alex Morgan 1–2 CUPRA León TCR 4–6 DG Sport CompétitionPeugeot 308 TCR7 Aurélien ComteBNL All M1RAHyundai i30 N TCR 8 Luca Engstler All 67 Zsolt Szabó 5–6 99 Dániel Nagy 1–4 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 9 Josh Files BNL All 19 Andreas Bäckman All 26 Jessica BäckmanAll 58 Dominik Baumann 5–7 62 Dušan Borković BNL 1–4 70 Maťo HomolaBNL All PSS Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 10 Viktor Davidovski All M Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 12 Nelson Panciatici All 25 Natan Bihel All VRC-Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 14 Klim Gavrilov 3, 7 Comtoyou RacingAudi RS 3 LMS TCR 15 Sami Taoufik BNL 7 16 Gilles Magnus BNL All Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Martin Ryba All 18 Paul Ip 7 22 Josh Burdon 7 123 Daniel Lloyd 2–7 JSB Compétition CUPRA León TCR 21 Marie Baus-CoppensBNL 1–3, 6–7 Peugeot 308 TCR 24 Julien BrichéBNL All 44 Lilou WadouxBNL 1–3 Zengő Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 23 Tamás Tenke 2–7 Vuković MotorsportRenault Mégane R.S TCR 27 John Filippi 1–5 85 Guilherme Salas 7 100 Jack Young6 BRC Racing TeamHyundai i30 N TCR 30 Luca Filippi All Stian Paulsen Racing CUPRA León TCR 34 Stian Paulsen 2–4, 7 Essex & Kent Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 38 Lewis Kent 3 WestCoast Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 45 Gianni Morbidelli All 46 Olli Parhankangas All Team WRT Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 55 Santiago UrrutiaBNL AllVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 88 Maxime PottyBNL All 116 Ashley SuttonBNL 3 Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 66 Gilles Colombani 4, 6 77 Sylvain Poussier5 81 Stéphane Ventaja 1–3 111 Teddy Clairet All 112 Jimmy Clairet All Carville Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 91 Grigoriy Burlutskiy 7 Legutko Racing – ADAC Berlin Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 117 Albert Legutko 7 ALM Honda Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 204 Robin Vaks 6 223 Mattias Vahtel 6 Tecnicars Racing Team CUPRA León TCR 216 Evgeny Leonov 6 Team Novadriver Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 224 Gustavo Moura 6 Veloso Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 226 Francisco Mora 6 RTM Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 307 Maciej Łaszkiewicz 1 Fullín Race AcademyCUPRA León TCR 322 Carol Wittke 1 376 Petr Čížek 1 GT2 MotorsportVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 324 Jáchym Galáš 1 ASK Vesnić CUPRA León TCR 331 Milovan Vesnić 1 377 Jakub Wyszomirski 1 GM Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 332 Rudolf Pešović 1 K2 Engineering Hyundai i30 N TCR 359 Dušan Kouřil 1 Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing CUPRA León TCR 374 Žarko Knego 1IconClassBNL Eligible for TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

Mid-season changes

Following a post-race altercation with Natan Bihel after the second race at the Red Bull Ring, Dušan Borković was banned from participating in all remaining rounds of the season.

Results and standings

Season summary Circuit/Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team TCR BeNeLux Winner 1 1 Hungaroring 28 April Maťo Homola Nelson Panciatici Maťo Homola Autodis Racing by Target Competition Maťo Homola 2 Josh Files Julien Briché JSB Compétition Julien Briché 2 3 Hockenheimring 25–26 May Josh Files Josh Files Josh Files Autodis Racing by Target Competition Josh Files 4 Andreas Bäckman Julien Briché JSB Compétition Julien Briché 3 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8–9 June Gilles Magnus Santiago Urrutia Gilles Magnus Comtoyou Racing Gilles Magnus 6 Dušan Borković Julien Briché JSB Compétition Julien Briché 4 7 Red Bull Ring 13–14 July Luca Filippi Josh Files Josh Files Autodis Racing by Target CompetitionNot Held 8 Maxime Potty Luca Engstler M1RA 5 9 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 3–4 August Andreas Bäckman Nelson Panciatici Daniel Lloyd Brutal Fish Racing Team 10 Luca Engstler Alex Morgan Wolf-Power Racing 6 11 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 21–22 September Andreas Bäckman Julien Briché Andreas Bäckman Target Competition Julien Briché 12 Gilles Magnus Daniel Lloyd Brutal Fish Racing Team Gilles Magnus 7 13 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 12–13 October Julien Briché Josh Files Julien Briché JSB Compétition Julien Briché 14 Julien Briché Josh Files Autodis Racing by Target Competition Josh Files

TCR Europe standings Drivers' standings Scoring system Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Qualifying 5 4 3 2 1colspan=10 Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 DriverHUNHOCSPARBROSCBARMNZ   1 Josh Files 24 811 8 Ret 14 12 2 3 3 212 5 3 1 352 2 Julien Briché DSQ 1 4 1 Ret 1 Ret 12 11 14 23 311 2 314 3 Santiago Urrutia Ret6 6 522 24 Ret 7 153 5 34 1743 6 234 4 Andreas Bäckman 102 14 55 4 13 3 12 9 DSQ1 9 11 10 7 15 218 5 Nelson Panciatici33 5 12 Ret 16 Ret 43 4 104 8 5 6 10 Ret 205 6 Gilles Magnus 65 2 82 911 26† 17 Ret Ret5 10 Ret2 6 20 202 7 Aurélien Comte 7 Ret 7 2 45 5 Ret 10 Ret 13 19 15 22 7 197 8 Maťo Homola11 11 Ret Ret 7 2 9 6 6 Ret 13 16 5 14 194 9 Luca Engstler 18 12 23 7 9 7 5 1 Ret7 Ret 11 Ret 12 192 10 Daniel Lloyd Ret 13 11 11 35 16 12 Ret 8 1 Ret 3 183 11 Maxime Potty Ret 9 34 6 33 23 88 9 20 14 14 20 9 161 12 Tom Coronel 11 10 10 25 19 18 2 2 6 8WDWD 137 13 Gianni Morbidelli 8 Ret Ret 11 14 10 11 5 5 Ret 10 13 Ret 5 135 14 Teddy Clairet 12 13 9 14 DNS 6 Ret 15 12 17 20 7 95 4 116 15 Dominik Baumann 4 4 7 9 8 10 111 16 Luca Filippi 11 Ret Ret 12 15 821 21† 7 1128† 25 Ret 11 99 17 Alex Morgan 15 Ret 20 DNS 10 3 Ret 1 26 12 89 18 Dušan Borković 4 4 14 Ret 12Ret 6 DSQ 85 19 Jessica Bäckman 9 15 13 3 23 16 Ret 23† Ret 6 1627†2618 70 20 Jimmy Clairet 14 27† 10 16 5 22 14 13 Ret 15 24529† 17 8 63 21 Dániel Nagy 5 3 23 15 17 Ret 13 Ret 60 22 Jack Young 4 4 54 23 Davit Kajaia 17 10 17 24 6 Ret 74 Ret DSQ 22† 52 24 Ashley Sutton 194 4 29 25 Natan Bihel Ret 26† 16 26† 18 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 12 18 18 19 23 26 Stian Paulsen Ret Ret 8 27† Ret 22† 1227 22 27 Stéphane Lémeret 27 7 18 28 Olli Kangas 22 16 21 17 DNS 9 16 17 13 Ret Ret 21 22 Ret 18 29 Tamás Tenke 25 25† 21 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 20 27 Ret 17 30 Zsolt Szabó 8 16 1526† 16 31 John Filippi 13 Ret 15 18 22 17 Ret Ret WD WD 27† Ret 11 17 15 32 Francisco Mora 9 19 13 33 Viktor Davidovski 24 24 19 22 24 18 Ret 14 17 18 22 Ret 15 13 9 34 Martin Ryba 16 29† 22 Ret 26 13 Ret 19 14 19 18 22 21 Ret 8 35 Klim Gavrilov 20 15 134 29 836 Sami Taoufik 14 222 37 Josh Burdon 16 160 38 Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi 23 19 18 19 29† Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 24 21 0 39 Milovan Vesnić 20 17 0 40 Robin Vaks 17 23 0 41 Stéphane Ventaja 26 18 Ret 20 27 20 0 42 Gilles Colombani 18 20 Ret Ret 0 43 Sylvain Poussier 18 21 0 44 Lilou Wadoux 19 28† Ret 21 28† DNS 0 45 Marie Baus-Coppens Ret 25 24 23 Ret 19 Ret 28† 26 25 046 Guilherme Salas 19 280 47 Jakub Wyszomirski 25 20 0 48 Lewis Kent 25 21 0 49 Petr Čížek 28 21 0 50 Jáchym Galáš 21 Ret 0 51 Žarko Knego 31† 22 0 52 Grigoriy Burlutskiy 23 230 53 Carol Wittke 29 23 0 54 Mattias Vahtel 23 Ret 0 55 Albert Legutko 28 240 56 Evgeny Leonov Ret 24 0 57 Gustavo Moura 25 Ret 0 58 Paul Ip 29 260 59 Maciej Łaszkiewicz 30 Ret 0 60 Rudolf Pešović Ret Ret 0 − Dušan Kouřil WD WD DriverHUNHOCSPARBROSCBARMNZ  Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams' standings

Team HUN HOC SPA RBR OSC BAR MNZ    1 Target Competition 11 4 11 3 7 2 12 2 31 3 11 5 3 1 792 22 8 55 4 12 3 6 6 4 4 72 9 5 10 2 Team WRT Ret 6 34 5 22 4 8 7 9 5 34 14 43 6 431 Ret 9 6 6 33 23 Ret 8 153 20 14 17 20 9 3 JSB Compétition 19 1 4 1 28† 1 Ret 12 11 14 23 3 11 2 324 Ret 25 24 21 Ret5 19 Ret 28† 26 25 4 M1RA 5 3 23 7 9 7 5 1 8 7 15 11 Ret 12 293 18 12 23 15 17 Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 26† 5 M Racing 33 5 12 26 16 Ret 43 4 104 8 5 6 10 Ret 247 Ret 26 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 12 18 18 19 6 Comtoyou Racing 64 2 82 9 11 26 17 Ret Ret5 10 Ret 2 6 20220 14 22 7 Team Clairet Sport 12 13 9 14 55 6 14 13 12 15 20 7 95 4 218 14 18 10 16 27 20 18 15 Ret 17 245 29† 17 8 8 DG Sport Compétition 7 Ret 7 2 4 5 Ret 10 Ret 13 19 15 22 7 209 9 Brutal Fish Racing Team 16 29 22 13 11 11 35 16 12 19 8 1 16 3 207 Ret Ret 26 13 Ret 19 14 Ret 18 22 21 16 10 WestCoast Racing 8 16 21 11 14 9 11 5 5 Ret 10 13 22 5 175 22 Ret Ret 17 Ret 10 16 17 13 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 11 Boutsen Ginion Racing 27 7 11 10 10 25 19 18 2 2 6 8WDWD 157 12 BRC Racing Team 11 Ret Ret 12 15 8 21 21† 7 11 28† 25 Ret 11 125 13 Wolf-Power Racing 15 Ret 20 DNS 10 3 Ret 1 26 12 99 14 Vuković Motorsport 13 Ret 15 18 22 17 Ret Ret WD WD 4 4 19 28 71 15 PCR Sport 17 10 17 24 6 Ret 74 Ret DSQ 22† 27† Ret 11 17 70 16 Stian Paulsen Racing Ret Ret 8 27 Ret 22 12 27 26 17 Zengő Motorsport 25 25† 21 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 20 27 Ret 21 18 PSS Racing Team 24 24 19 22 24 18 Ret 14 17 18 22 Ret 15 13 15 19 VRC-Team 20 15 134 29 14 20 Veloso Motorsport 9 19 13 21 ASK Vesnić 20 17 5 25 20 22 QMMF Racing by PCR Sport 23 19 18 19 29 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 24 21 2 23 ALM Honda Racing 17 23 1 23 Ret 24 Fullín Race Academy 28 21 0 29 23 25 Essex & Kent Motorsport 30 21 0 26 GT2 Motorsport 21 Ret 0 27 Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing 31† 22 0 28 Carville Racing 23 230 29 Legutko Racing - ADAC Berlin 28 240 30 Team Novadriver 25 Ret 0 31 RTM Motorsport 30 Ret 0 32 GM Racing Ret Ret - 33 Tecnicars Racing Team Ret 24 - - K2 Engineering WD WD - Driver HUN HOC SPA RBR OSC BAR MNZ   Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings