The 2023 Kumho TCR World Tour was the inaugural season of the TCR World Tour, a new international touring car racing competition for TCR cars. Effectively succeeding the WTCR series, it was also the ninth season of international TCR competition dating back to the 2015 TCR International Series.
The season consisted of nine events selected from a number of TCR series worldwide, and would determine 15 of the drivers to qualify for the end-of-year TCR World Ranking Final. The highest-ranked driver and team in the World Tour was awarded the TCR World Tour Cup. It started on 28 April at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal and ended on 19 November at Guia Circuit, Macau.
The top 15 drivers from the World Tour were set to join the top 45 drivers that qualified with TCR World Ranking points into a 2023 TCR World Final, which was due to take place in March 2024 at the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal. These plans were later cancelled, with the event rescheduled and the qualification system revised.
Calendar The championship will be contested over nine rounds in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. Round Race Circuit Date Partner championship 1 1 Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal 28–30 April TCR Europe Touring Car Series 2 2 3 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 26–28 May 4 3 5 Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Italy 9–11 June TCR Italian Festival 6 4 7 Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary 16–18 June TCR Europe Touring Car Series 8 5 9 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar, Uruguay 18–20 August TCR South America Touring Car Championship 10 6 11 Autódromo José Carlos Bassi, Villa Mercedes, Argentina 25–27 August 12 7 13 Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, Australia 3–5 November TCR Australia Touring Car Series 1415 8 16 Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 10–12 November 1718 9 19 Guia Circuit, Macau, China 16–19 November Macau Guia Race 20 Map of circuit locations
Teams and drivers Team Car No. Drivers Status Rounds Ref. Paladini Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 1 Fabricio Pezzini 5 Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 2 5–6 5 5–6 Honda Wall Racing Exclusive Switchboards with Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 1 Tony D'Alberto 7–8 129 Néstor Girolami W 7–8 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) 74 Brad Harris 7–8 76 Will Harris 7–8 Evolve Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 1 Lo Sze Ho 9 GRM – Hangcha Forklifts Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Jimmy Clairet 7 Teddy Clairet 8 GRM Team Valvoline 18 Aaron Cameron 7–8 41 Kody Garland 7–8 GRM – Schaeffler 33 Jordan Cox 7–8 Team Clairet Sport – Burson Auto Parts Racing GRM – Burson Auto Parts Racing Team Clairet Sport – Hangcha Racing 71 Ben Bargwanna 1–2, 7–9 Z.Speed Hyundai i30 N TCR 6 Li Wengji 9 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 7 Daniel Tkachenko 4 23 Isaac Smith 1–2 39 Lewis Brown 1–2, 4 Aggressive Team Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR 8 Nicola Baldan 1 31 Kevin Ceccon 3–4 48 Mikael Karlsson 1–2, 4 264 Levente Losonczy 2, 4 PMO Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 8 Rafael Suzuki 5 22 6 24 Frederick Balbi 5–6 PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 35 Gonzalo Reilly 5 36 Damián Fineschi 5 MPC – Team Liqui Moly Purple Sector Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Will Brown 7–8 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 14 Lachlan Mineeff 7–8 MA:GP 10 1–2, 4 Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 10 Adalberto Baptista 5–6 70 Diego Nunes 5–6 Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 11 Viktor Davidovski 1–2, 4 27 John Filippi 1–4 Comtoyou Racing 22 Kobe Pauwels 1–4 34 Tom Coronel 1–2, 4 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou 27 John Filippi 9 122 Frédéric Vervisch W All 179 Robert Huff W All RC2 Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12 Rubén Fernández 1–2 19 Felipe Fernández 1–2 Alfa Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 13 Carlos Silva 5 90 Michell Bonnin 5 Squadra Martino Squadra Martino Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) 15 Enrique Maglione 5–6 23 Ignacio Montenegro 5–6 34 Fabio Casagrande 5–6 60 Juan Manuel Casella 5–6 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 129 Néstor Girolami W 5–6 Carl Cox Motorsport Cupra León Competición TCR 15 Michael Clemente 7–8 QMA Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 Tian Kai 9 Toyota Team Argentina Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Bernardo Llaver 5–6 33 José Manuel Sapag 5–6 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 18 Marco Butti 3, 9 105 Norbert Michelisz W All 196 Mikel Azcona W All Teamwork Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 21 Paul Poon 9 Challenge Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Iain McDougall 7–8 Fancy Teamwork Lynk & Co 03 TCR 22 Yan Chuang 9 W2 Shell V-Power W2 ProGP Cupra León Competición TCR 28 Galid Osman 5–6 77 Raphael Reis 5–6 HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 30 Josh Buchan 7–8 Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Bailey Sweeny 7–8 109 Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) 33 Deng Baowei 9 Scuderia Chiarelli Hyundai Elantra N TCR 43 Pedro Cardoso 5–6 Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR 62 Dušan Borković 1–2, 4 SP Competition Cupra León Competición TCR 76 Aurélien Comte 3 77 Sylvain Pussier 3 Bratton Tito Bessone Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 86 Esteban Guerrieri 5–6 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 110 Zac Soutar 7–8 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk W All 112 Santiago Urrutia W All 155 Ma Qing Hua W All 168 Yann Ehrlacher W All Autoglym Team Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 115 Tom Oliphant 7–8 ALM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 123 Mattias Vahtel W 3 127 Ruben Volt W 4 128 Philip Lindberg W 2 129 Néstor Girolami W 1–4 MacPro Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 9 Source: Icon Status W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series
Results
Circuit/LocationPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamReport 1 1 Algarve International Circuit Norbert Michelisz Mikel Azcona Norbert Michelisz BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse 2 Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 2 3 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Yann Ehrlacher Yann Ehrlacher Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 4 Yann Ehrlacher John Filippi Comtoyou Racing 3 5 Vallelunga Circuit Norbert Michelisz Mikel Azcona Norbert Michelisz BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse 6 Mikel Azcona Robert Huff Audi Sport Team Comtoyou 4 7 Hungaroring Yann Ehrlacher Néstor Girolami Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 8 Mikel Azcona Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 5 9 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Report 10 Mikel Azcona Ma Qing Hua Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 6 11 Autódromo José Carlos Bassi Yann Ehrlacher Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Report 12 Yann Ehrlacher Néstor Girolami Squadra Martino Racing 7 13 Sydney Motorsport Park Ben Bargwanna Ma Qing Hua Will Brown MPC – Team Liqui Moly Report 14 Josh Buchan Will Brown MPC – Team Liqui Moly 15 Mikel Azcona Robert Huff Audi Sport Team Comtoyou 8 16 Mount Panorama Circuit Tony D'Alberto Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Report 17 Frédéric Vervisch Norbert Michelisz BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse 18 Néstor Girolami Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 9 19 Guia Circuit Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Report 20 Frédéric Vervisch Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
Points standings Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Qualifying 15 10 8 6 4 2colspan=9 Races 30 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Drivers DriverPORSPAVALHUNELPVILSYDBATMAC 1 Norbert Michelisz 11 8 8 2 11 4 65 19 64 7 22 4 8 4 2 10 1 5 11 8 440 2 Yann Ehrlacher 7 7 11 5 5 2 11 6 5 3 61 16 6 9 7 42 5 1 63 3 430 3 Robert Huff 33 6 56 10 46 1 9 2 76 4 34 3 45 2 1 6 4 3 35 12 414 4 Frédéric Vervisch 44 3 6 14 154 3 5 3 35 5 19 5 5 3 4 7 7 7 5 1 347 5 Mikel Azcona 22 4 16 8 22 5 34 4 8 2 13 Ret 33 19 6 Ret5 10 Ret 42 9 341 6 Néstor Girolami 55 Ret 23 7 6 8 22 5 43 8 Ret 1 10 Ret 8 26 9 6 24 6 340 7 Thed Björk 8 2 9 9 33 6 8 1 22 9 Ret 6 9 Ret 15 54 3 2 8 4 320 8 Santiago Urrutia Ret 1 35 4 75 15 7 18 11 6 Ret5 11 NC 10 12 13 6 Ret 9 2 283 9 Ma Qing Hua 66 10 142 13 9 13 43 8 9 1 46 2 26 Ret 9 16 13 9 76 5 265 10 Will Brown 12 1 3 13 Ret DNS 95 11 John Filippi 9 9 10 1 10 Ret 14 14 10 7 92 12 Tony D'Alberto 15 12 10 31 8 4 82 13 Tom Coronel 11 5 7 3 11 9 76 14 Kobe Pauwels 10 Ret 44 Ret 8 11 10 7 74 15 Aaron Cameron 7 8 18 9 2 Ret 61 16 Josh Buchan 16 5 5 8 11 11 60 17 Ben Bargwanna 17 12 Ret 17 181 NC NC Ret 12 10 12 Ret 35 18 Bailey Sweeny 144 6 11 12 Ret DSQ 34 19 Marco Butti 11 7 11 10 34 20 Bernardo Llaver 14 16 8 7 28 21 Esteban Guerrieri 12 10 11 10 26 22 Juan Ángel Rosso 13 11 7 Ret 23 23 Tom Oliphant 12 7 13 17 16 14 23 24 Kevin Ceccon 13 9 12 11 23 25 Felipe Fernández 15 18 13 6 20 26 Ignacio Montenegro 10 Ret 9 14 20 27 Fabián Yannantuoni Ret 20 5 Ret 18 28 Zac Soutar Ret 18 17 11 19 8 18 29 Raphael Reis Ret 15 Ret 8 13 30 Galid Osman 16 17 13 9 13 31 Lachlan Mineeff 13 11 14 20 15 15 13 32 Viktor Davidovski 13 19 11 16 13 Ret 12 33 Juan Manuel Casella 11 13 16 13 12 34 Sylvain Pussier 14 10 10 35 Lewis Brown 19 16 12 11 17 16 10 36 Jordan Cox 11 14 16 14 18 Ret 10 37 Dušan Borković 12 Ret Ret 15 15 12 10 38 Isaac Smith 14 13 15 12 10 39 Pedro Cardoso 18 22 10 Ret 8 40 Ruben Volt 21† 10 8 41 Deng Baowei 14 11 8 42 Rubén Fernández 18 11 18 18 6 43 Frederick Balbi 17 14 12 Ret 6 44 Michael Clemente WD WD WD Ret 14 12 6 45 Mattias Vahtel 12 14 6 46 José Manuel Sapag 19 21 15 12 5 47 Rafael Suzuki 15 12 5 48 Viktor Andersson 21† 14 17 22 20 13 5 49 Aurélien Comte 16 12 4 50 Iain McDougall 20 17 21 19 17 13 3 51 Brad Harris 17 13 19 18 Ret DNS 3 52 Lo Sze Ho 13 Ret 3 53 Ken Tian Kai Ret 13 3 54 Yan Chuang 15 14 3 55 Diego Nunes 20 18 14 Ret 2 56 Mikael Karlsson 20† 17 20 19 16 15 1 57 Nicola Baldan 16 15 1 58 Adalberto Baptista 23 23 17 15 1 59 Will Harris 21 15 22 WD WD WD 1 60 Teddy Clairet 15 DSQ Ret 1 61 Jimmy Clairet 19 16 20 0 62 Paul Poon 16 Ret0 63 Daniel Tkachenko 19 17 0 64 Levente Losonczy 19 21 18 Ret 0 65 Fabio Casagrande 24 24 18 Ret 0 66 Fabricio Pezzini 21 19 0 67 Philip Lindberg 21 20 0 68 Gonzalo Reilly 22 Ret 0 69 Carlos Silva Ret 25 0 – Enrique Maglione Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 – Matias Milla Ret Ret 0 – Kody Garland DNS DNS DNS WD WD WD 0 – Damián Fineschi DNS DNS 0 – Michell Bonnin DNS DNS 0 – Li Wengji DNQ DNQ0 DriverPORSPAVALHUNELPVILSYDBATMAC Source:1 2 3 4 5 6 – Points-scoring position in qualifying † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams Points are given only to the two highest-classified cars of each team in every race and qualifying.