2018 TCR Asia Series explained

The 2018 TCR Asia Series season is the fourth season of the TCR Asia Series. For the first time at the first three events of TCR Asia, the South-East Asia Cup will be held.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
R Engineering^[1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	2	Akash Nandy		1
		23	Abdul Kaathir		1
Elegant Racing Team	SEAT León TCR	3	Alex Liu	Cup	1–3
	CUPRA León TCR			4–5
		30	Kelvin Wong	Cup	4–5
	SEAT León TCR				1–3
Liqui Moly Team Engstler^[2]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	8	Luca Engstler^[3]		1–4
		108			5
		29	Mitchell Cheah		All
		32	Diego Moran		All
Maximum Racing	Honda Civic TCR (FK2)	5	Clement Tong^[4]	Cup	2, 4
		22	Ivan Szeto	Cup	1, 3, 5
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	28	Lo Sze Ho		1–4
Viper Niza Racing	SEAT León TCR	65	Douglas Khoo	Cup	1–3
	CUPRA León TCR				4–5
Entries ineligible to score points
Viper Niza Racing	CUPRA León TCR	1	Kantadhee Kusiri		4
Son Veng Racing Team^[5]	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	6	Leong Ian Veng		5
			Eric Lam
MacPro Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	8	Miguel Kong		5
			Kevin Lam
		88	Eurico de Jesus		5
			Henry Ho
Teamwork Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	11	Alex Hui		5
			Sunny Wong
BrandNew Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	11	Alex Hui		4
		20	Andrew Kim		4
Billionaire Boy Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	15	Chariya Nuya	AM	1–4
E-Rain Motorsport^[6]	Hyundai i30 N TCR	16	Lee Do Hyeon		4
T.A Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	26	Filipe de Souza		5
			Ryan Wong
Alphafactory Racing Team by Pulzar	SEAT León TCR	33	Jakraphan Davee	AM	1–3
Vattana Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	59	Pattarapol Vongprai	AM	1–3
Hexin Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	60	Chang Shuai		5
			Chen Zhen
TBN MK Ihere Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	66	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	AM	1–4
Liqui Moly HE Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	68	Li Xue Feng		5
			Tian Li Ying
Indigo Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	87	Charlie Kang		4
		97	Cho Hoon Hyun		4
Morin Racing Team by Sunoco	SEAT León TCR	96	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	AM	1–3
DreamRacer Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	101	Kim Byoung Hyun		4
KMSA Motorsport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	103	Kang Dong Woo		4

Calendar and results

The provisional 2018 schedule was announced on 17 January 2018, with five events scheduled.^{[7] [8]}

		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	31 March	Luca Engstler	Diego Moran	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	South-East Asia Cup TCR Thailand Series
	2		1 April		Mitchell Cheah	Mitchell Cheah	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2	3	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	2 June	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Mitchell Cheah	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	4		3 June		Luca Engstler	Diego Moran	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
3	5	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Chonburi	14 July	Luca Engstler	Lo Sze Ho	Alex Liu	Elegant Racing Team
	6		15 July		Lo Sze Ho	Lo Sze Ho	Maximum Racing
4	7	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	26 August	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	TCR Korea Series
	8				Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
5	9	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	4 October	Mitchell Cheah	Mitchell Cheah	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	TCR China Series
	10		5 October		Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
INV			7 October	Alex Liu Kenneth Look	Luca Engstler Diego Moran Théo Coicaud	Luca Engstler Diego Moran Théo Coicaud	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	SIC888 Endurance

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	SEP		BUR		BNS		YEO		SHA		valign=middle	Points
1	Luca Engstler	1^1	3	Ret^1	2	6^1	Ret	2^1	1	1^2	1	197
2	Mitchell Cheah	2^2	1	1^3	11	Ret	3	14†^2	3	2^1	2	173
3	Diego Moran	9^3	Ret	2^2	1	DNS^5	2	NC	4	3^3	3	127
4	Wong Kiang Kuan	10	5	7	7	5	5	5^3	Ret	Ret^5	5	106
5	Lo Sze Ho	3^4	2	4	12	8^2	1	Ret^5	DNS			98
6	Douglas Khoo	13	11	10	8	Ret	8	13	13	9	8	82
7	Alex Liu	11	6	6^4	Ret	4	Ret	6^4	Ret	Ret	Ret	69
8	Ivan Szeto	Ret	7			DNS	DNS			7	11	26
9	Abdul Kaathir	5	4									22
10	Clement Tong			11	10			DNS	DNS			16
11	Akash Nandy	4^5	Ret									13
Drivers ineligible to score points
	Kantadhee Kusiri							1	2			-
	Pattarapol Vongprai	6	10	3	4	1	Ret					-
	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	8	Ret	12	6	2	7					-
	Jakraphan Davee	12	8	8	5	3	4					-
	Chariya Nuya	7	9	5	3	Ret	9	12	6			-
	Andrew Kim							3	10			-
	Alex Hui							4	14	Ret	4	-
	Sunny Wong									Ret	4	-
	Henry Ho Eurico de Jesus									4	EX	-
	Filipe de Souza Ryan Wong									5	6	-
	Kang Byung Hui							10	5			-
	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	14	Ret	9	9	7	6	8	7			-
	Tian Yi Ling Xue Li									6	10	-
	Kim Byoung Hyun							7	9			-
	Ka Lam Kin Kong									10	7	-
	Leong Ian Weng Wai Lam									8	12	-
	Kang Dong Woo							Ret	8			-
	Cho Hoon Hyun							9	11			-
	Shuai Chang Zen Chen									Ret	9	-
	Lee Do Hyeon							11	12			-

Teams' championship

Pos	Driver	SEP		BUR		BNS		YEO		SHA		valign=middle	Points
1	align=left rowspan=2	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1^1	1	1^3	1	6^1	2	2^1	1	1^2	1	425
	2^2	3	2^2	2	Ret	3	14†^2	3	2^1	2
2	align=left rowspan=2	Elegant Racing Team	10	5	6^4	7	4	5	5^3	Ret	Ret^5	5	185
	11	6	7	Ret	5	Ret	6^4	Ret	Ret	Ret
3	align=left rowspan=2	Maximum Racing	3^3	2	4	10	8^2	1			7	11	149
	Ret	7	11	12	DNS	DNS
4	Viper Niza Racing	13	11	10	8	Ret	8	13	13	9	8	93
5	align=left rowspan=2	R Engineering	4^4	4									37
	5^5	Ret
Teams ineligible to score points
	Vattana Motorsport	6	10	3	4	1	Ret					-
	Billionaire Boy Racing	7	9	5	3	Ret	9	12	6			-
	Alphafactory Racing Team by Pulzar	12	8	8	5	3	4					-
	Morin Racing Team by Sunoco	8	Ret	12	6	2	7					-
	TBN MK Ihere Racing Team	14	Ret	9	9	7	6	8	7			-
	Viper Niza Racing							1	2			-
	E-Rain Motorsport							3	10			-
	Teamwork Brand New Racing							4	14			-
	DreamRacer Racing Team							7	9			-
	align=left rowspan=2	Indigo Racing							9	11			-
							EX	EX
	KMSA Motorsport							Ret	8			-

Notes and References

1. News: 2018 TCR Asia entry list published with 15 cars » TouringCars.Net. 2018-03-29. TouringCars.Net. 2018-03-30. en-US.
2. News: Diego Moran to return to TCR Asia alongside two new team-mates. TouringCars.Net. 14 March 2018. 14 March 2018.
3. News: Luca Engstler adds TCR Asia to campaign for 2018. TouringCars.Net. 16 March 2018. 16 March 2018.
4. News: Luca Engstler takes second straight TCR Asia pole. 1 June 2018. 1 June 2018. TouringCarTimes.Com.
5. News: TCR Asia Shanghai title showdown and weekend of endurance. asia.tcr-series.com. 4 October 2018. 11 October 2018.
6. News: TCR Asia Series makes Korean return. asia.tcr-series.com. 24 August 2018. 24 August 2018.
7. News: China, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand on 2018 TCR Asia Series calendar. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 January 2018. 6 February 2018.
8. News: 2018 TCR Asia Series' calendar unveiled. tcr-series.com. 17 January 2018. 6 February 2018.