2021 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

The 2021 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the sixth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season began at the Slovakiaring in May and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.

Mikel Azcona won the drivers' championship for the second time and Sébastien Loeb Racing won the teams' championship for the first time.

Calendar The calendar was announced on 23 December 2020 with 7 rounds scheduled. Circuit/LocationDateSupporting 11 Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia 7–9 May TCR Eastern Europe Trophy2 23 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 28–30 May GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup435 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 18–20 June GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup647 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 29–31 July Spa 24 Hours859 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 3–5 September GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup10 611 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 24–26 September International GT Open F4 French Championship12 713 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 8–10 October GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup14

Calendar Changes

The Circuito del Jarama and Circuit of Zolder rounds were dropped out of the calendar Nurburgring and Slovakiaring were included in the calendar.

Teams and drivers Hankook was the official tyre supplier. Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Lema Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR 3 Giacomo Ghermandi 7 RC2 Junior Team CUPRA León Competición TCR 5 Rubén FernándezY 6 19 Felipe Fernández R 7 101 Sergio Lopez BolotinR 6–7 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 8 Nicolas Baert J All 32 Tom Coronel All 162 Dušan Borković All Sébastien Loeb Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 10 Niels Langeveld All 25 Sami Taoufik J All 44 Felice Jelmini All 250 Mehdi Bennani All Brianmadsen Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 11 Gustav Birch R 3, 6 VRC Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 14 Klim Gavrilov J 1–6 Volcano Motorsport CUPRA León Competición TCR 7 16 Evgeni Leonov 1–4, 6–7 96 Mikel Azcona 1–2, 4–7 Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Martin Ryba Y All26 Isidro CallejasRAll 62 Jack Young J All Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 20 Teddy Clairet All 21 Jimmy Clairet All CUPRA León TCR 66 Gilles Colombani Y All 77 Sylvain Pussier Y All Janík Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 24 Jáchym Galáš R All 70 Maťo Homola All Horňák-AditisAudi RS 3 LMS TCR38 Petr ČížekY697 Bartosz GroszekR6 BTC Maszyny Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 53 Łukasz Stolarczyk R 5–6 PSS Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 72 Franco Girolami All 110 Viktor Davidovski Y 1–3, 5–7 Trico WRT Hyundai i30 N TCR 81 Damiano ReduzziY 6 Zengő Motorsport CUPRA León Competición TCR 99 Dániel Nagy 1 Icon ClassR Eligible for TCR Europe Rookie TrophyJEligible for TCR Europe Junior TrophyY G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Summary SMC Junior Motorsport will enter a Peugeot 308 TCR for Fernando Navarrete, who will be competing in a partial campaign during the season Brutal Fish Racing will enter three Honda Civic Type R TCR, as last year. Martin Ryba, Isidro Callejas and Jack Young are confirmed. Dan Lloyd left the series to return the British Touring Car Championship and join Power Maxed Racing, but will remain within the team as a driver coach. Tom Coronel will move from Boutsen Ginion Racing to Comtoyou Racing to replace Mehdi Bennani and he will be joined by 2020 TCR Eastern Europe winner Dušan Borković who returns to the series after having last raced in 2019 for Autodis Racing by Target Competition to replace Sami Taoufik. After running a partial campaign during the 2020 season, Volcano Motorsport will enter the series full-time, but will enter two all new Cupra León Competición TCR cars for Evgeni Leonov and Mikel Azcona. Sébastien Loeb Racing will enter four Hyundai Elantra N TCR cars during the season. Niels Langeveld, Felice Jelmini and Sami Taoufik have been confirmed to be three of the team's entries, Mehdi Bennani returns to the team. Team Clairet Sport will enter two Peugeot 308 TCR and two Cupra Leon TCR. Teddy Clairet, Jimmy Clairet and Gilles Colombani were remained at the team but Gilles Colombani will switch from Peugeot 308 TCR to Cupra León TCR and Sylvain Pussier returned to the series and Team Clairet Sport to replace Stéphane Ventaja. Dániel Nagy will move from Hyundai i30 N TCR to Cupra León Competición TCR and return to Zengő Motorsport.

Results and standings

Season summary Circuit/LocationPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning Rookie driverWinning Junior driverWinning Diamond driver 11 Tom Coronel Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Martin Ryba2 Mikel Azcona Martin Ryba 23 Circuit Paul Ricard Teddy Clairet Felice Jelmini Teddy Clairet Team Clairet Sport Jáchym Galáš Jack Young4 Jack Young Jimmy Clairet Team Clairet Sport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Viktor Davidovski35 Circuit Zandvoort Jack Young Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Comtoyou Racing Isidro Callejas Jack Young Viktor Davidovski6 PSS Racing Team Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Viktor Davidovski47 Felice Jelmini Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Martin Ryba8 Klim Gavrilov Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Martin Ryba59 Nürburgring Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Klim Gavrilov Martin Ryba10 Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Jáchym Galáš Jack Young Viktor Davidovski 611 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Franco Girolami Mikel Azcona Franco Girolami PSS Racing Team Bartosz Groszek Sami Taoufik Viktor Davidovski12 Jack Young Maťo Homola Janík Motorsport Isidro Callejas Jack Young Sylvain Pussier 713 Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Martin Ryba14 Sami Taoufik Klim Gavrilov Volcano Motorsport Jáchym Galáš Klim Gavrilov Gilles Colombani

Drivers' standings Scoring system 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 1colspan=5 Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 Driver SVK LEC ZAN SPA NUR MNZ BAR   1 Mikel Azcona 12 2 68 2 14 1 15 1 27 4 11 WD432 2 Franco Girolami 126 3 79 5 57 1 57 7 22 2 11 19 17 5 353 3 Niels Langeveld 4 21† 45 Ret 49 2 8 5 33 4 10 14 66 4295 4 Tom Coronel 51 6 9 8 12 Ret 10 10 56 Ret 34 2 14 WD 258 5 Mehdi Bennani 610 1 182 6 125 6 22 9 11 14 21† 12 107 2 252 6 Jimmy Clairet Ret 9 37 1 78 5 13 11 15 11 48 6 9 16247 7 Nicolas Baert 23 8 15 13 64 8 66 8 14 8 810 8 44 8 242 8 Teddy Clairet Ret 14 11 Ret 16 13 78 3 44 7 Ret 9 23 3 220 9 Sami Taoufik 17 Ret Ret4 3 1010 7 45 6 9 12 5 10 32 15 216 10 Jack Young 11 11 56 Ret 21 9 18† 13 1710 3 Ret2 3 88 12 205 11 Isidro Callejas 188 7 Ret 10 86 3 99 4 71 10 Ret5 11 59 DSQ 204 12 Dušan Borković 74 10 14 11 33 4 12 14 8 9 76 7 DNS WD192 13 Maťo Homola DNS 12 11 9 13 11 143 2 10 Ret 69 1 13 7 186 14 Felice Jelmini 89 13 23 7 17 Ret 31 Ret 13 Ret Ret3 5 Ret 9173 15 Klim Gavrilov Ret7 4 13 15 9 Ret 1110 12 67 6 15 16 1110 1164 16 Viktor Davidovski 13 18 810 4 11 10 189 13 9 26 12 1995 17 Jáchym Galáš 16 16 12 Ret DSQ 17 Ret 16 128 5 Ret 17 15 663 18 Dániel Nagy 35 560 19 Martin Ryba 10 15 16 16 14 12 15 15 16 15 Ret Ret 75 Ret 49 20 Evgeni Leonov 9 17 10 12 15 Ret 17 Ret 13 15 16 17 38 21 Sylvain Pussier 14 19 19 14 19 15 Ret DNS Ret 16 20 18 18 1116 22 Gilles Colombani 15 20 17 17 18 14 16 17 19 17 16 22 DNS 10 1523 Bartosz Groszek 11 13 WD WD1424 Rubén Fernández 12 Ret725 Sergio López Bolotin Ret 20 20 13526 Damiano Reduzzi 14 21327 Felipe Fernández Ret 143 28 Gustav Birch 20 16 17 23 029 Łukasz Stolarczyk 20 18 18 25030 Giacomo Ghermandi 19 18031 Petr Čížek 19 24 WD WD0 Driver SVK LEC ZAN SPA NUR MNZ BAR  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 Pos. Team Pts.1 Sébastien Loeb Racing7592 Comtoyou Racing6053 Volcano Motorsport5624 Team Clairet Sport5425 PSS Racing Team4846 Brutal Fish Racing Team4817 Janík Motorsport2958 VRC Team1379 Zengő Motorsport6110 RC2 Junior Team2611 Horňák-Aditis2012 Brianmadsen Sport1013 Trico WRT514 Lema Racing4= BTC Maszyny Racing4

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings Driver SVK LEC ZAN SPA NUR MNZ BAR   RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD21 Nicolas Baert1324334331324423231125712 Niels Langeveld244†11Ret3212211114442215613 Tom Coronel31122111Ret31322Ret11133WD5044 Dušan Borković423342242444333232DNS4WD463 Driver SVK LEC ZAN SPA NUR MNZ BAR  

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