2018 TCR China Touring Car Championship explained

The 2018 TCR China season was the second season of the TCR's Chinese Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Freely Racing^[1]	SEAT León TCR	2	Dai Ling Yi	2
		3	Du Jia Ping	2
	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR^[2]	16	Yiu Loong	3
		98	Ma Qing Hua	5
			Xia Yi Li^[3]
D Garage^[4]	Kia Cee'd TCR	5	Edmand Chan^[5]	1
			Lo Sze Ho
Son Veng Racing Team	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	6	Jerónimo Badaraco	1
			Leong Ian Veng	1, 4
			Eric Lam	3–4
			Anson Wong^[6]	3
MacPro Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	8	Miguel Kong	1, 3–4
			Kevin Lam^[7]	1, 4
			Kevin Tse	3
			Kang Jian Zhong^[8]	2
			Tang You Xi^[9]
		88	Eurico de Jesus	1, 3–4
			Henry Ho
			André Couto	2
Teamwork Motorsport^[10]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	9	Shi Nai Jie	5
		66	Paul Poon	3
	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	11	Alex Hui	All
			Sunny Wong
TRC	Honda Civic TCR (FK2)	17	Terence Tse	1
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	18	Rolly Sham^[11]	1
			James Tang
		26	Pat Wong	1
CUS Team	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	19	Zhou Bi Huang	2–3
			Zhu Zhen Yu
Lufang Racing Team	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	20	Li Ke Ling	5
			Mai Yi Bo
NewFaster Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	21	Wang Hao	1
		81	Carson Tang	1
T.A Motorsport^[12]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	26	Filipe de Souza	3–4
			Ryan Wong^[13]	4
Champ X T.A Motorsport		33	Falco Lau	5
			Gary Lo^[14]
Hexin Racing^[15]	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	60	Chang Shuai	4
			Chen Zhen
Liqui Moly HE Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	68	Li Xue Feng	All
			Tian Li Ying
LEO Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	77	Li Lin	1–3, 5
			Li Shi Cheng	5
DRT Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	99	Lai Wee Sing	1
			Lv Xin Min

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 18 December 2017, with six events scheduled.^[16]

		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Zhuhai International Circuit	19 May	Lo Sze Ho	Lo Sze Ho	Henry Ho	MacPro Racing
	2			Wang Hao	Wang Hao	Eurico de Jesus	MacPro Racing
	3		20 May	Lai Wee Sing Lv Xin Min	Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Teamwork Motorsport
2	4	Ningbo International Circuit	1 September	André Couto	André Couto	André Couto	MacPro Racing
	5			André Couto	André Couto	André Couto	MacPro Racing
	6		2 September	Li Xue Feng Tian Li Ying	André Couto	Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Teamwork Motorsport
3	7	Ningbo International Circuit	29 September	Alex Hui	Alex Hui	Henry Ho	MacPro Racing	World Touring Car CupChina Touring Car Championship
	8			Sunny Wong	Sunny Wong	Eurico de Jesus	MacPro Racing
	9			Filipe de Souza	Eurico de Jesus Henry Ho	Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Teamwork Motorsport
4	10	Shanghai International Circuit	5 October	Henry Ho	Henry Ho	Henry Ho	MacPro Racing	TCR Asia Series
	11			Alex Hui	Alex Hui	Alex Hui	Teamwork Motorsport
	12			Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Teamwork Motorsport
5	13		30 December	Sunny Wong	Ma Qing Hua	Ma Qing Hua	Freely Racing
	14			Alex Hui	Alex Hui	Alex Hui	Teamwork Motorsport
	15			Li Ke Ling Mai Yi Bo	Ma Qing Hua Xia Yi Li	Alex Hui Sunny Wong	Teamwork Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center" Driver ZHU NIN1 NIN2 SHA GUA    1 Alex Hui 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 157 Sunny Wong 2 1 Ret 1 7 1 Ret 1 Ret 1 2 Henry Ho 1 Ret 1 6 1 3 127 Eurico de Jesus 1 Ret 1 6 DSQ 3 André Couto 1 1 4 3 Li Xue Feng 10 4 4 5 8 4 5 4 3 Ret 92.5 Tian Li Ying Ret 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 Ret 4 Li Lin Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 6 7 2 5 2 2 82.5 Li Shi Cheng 2 2 5 Miguel Kong 4 3 4 Ret 3 5 76 Kevin Lam 12 3 5 5 Kang Jian Zhong 3 2 Tang You Xi Ret 2 Kevin Tse 4 Ret 6 Filipe de Souza Ret 3 2 2 2 60 Ryan Wong 2 2 7 Zhou Bi Huang 2 3 Ret 3 55 Zhu Zhen Yu 2 3 2 3 8 Ma Qing Hua 1 Ret 29 Xia Yi Li 4 Ret 9 Jerónimo Badaraco 8 DNS 21 Leong Ian Veng Ret DNS 4 7 Eric Lam 6 7 10 Li Ke Ling 4 5 21 Mai Yi Bo 5 5 11 Shi Nai Jie 5 6 4 21 12 Lai Wee Sing 4 5 19 Lv Xin Min 7 5 13 Carson Tang Ret 6 2 17 14 Chang Shuai 6 6 14 Chen Zhen 4 6 16 Eric Lam 5 Ret 12 Anson Wong 6 Ret 17 Terence Tse 6 5 DNS 11 18 Wang Hao 3 Ret DNS 10 19 Du Jia Ping 7 5 Ret 10 20 Dai Ling Yi 6 6 Ret 10 21 Pat Wong 7 8 DNS 7 22 Paul Poon 6 Ret Ret 7 23 Edmand Chan Ret DNS 6 Lo Sze Ho 5 DNS 24 Yiu Loong 9 Ret DNS 5 25 Rolly Sham Ret DNS 2 James Tang 9 DNS Driver ZHU NIN1 NIN2 SHA GUA

Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

External links

• TCR China Series Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ma Qing Hua wins the first race at Guangdong. TouringCarTimes. 30 December 2018. 30 December 2018. Neil. Hudson.
2. Web site: Henry Ho wins the first sprint race at Ningbo. TouringCarTimes. 29 September 2018. 10 October 2018. Neil. Hudson.
3. Web site: Alex Hui takes the race and secures the title with Guangdong Race 2 win. TouringCarTimes. 30 December 2018. 30 December 2018. Neil. Hudson.
4. Web site: Lo Sze Ho puts Kia on pole for TCR China Race 1 at Zhuhai. TouringCarTimes. 19 May 2018. 20 May 2018. Neil. Hudson.
5. Web site: Wang Hao tops qualifying in NewFaster Audi for TCR China Zhuhai Race 2. TouringCarTimes. 19 May 2018. 20 May 2018. Neil. Hudson.
6. Web site: Alex Hui and Sunny Wong continue enduro race success at Ningbo. TouringCarTimes. 29 September 2018. 10 October 2018. Neil. Hudson.
7. Web site: Henry Ho wins TCR China Race 1 at Zhuhai. TouringCarTimes. 19 May 2018. 20 May 2018. Neil. Hudson.
8. Web site: André Couto storms to pole for TCR China Race 1 at Ningbo. TouringCarTimes. 31 August 2018. 31 August 2018. Neil. Hudson.
9. Web site: Double pole for André Couto on racing return at Ningbo. TouringCarTimes. 31 August 2018. 31 August 2018. Neil. Hudson.
10. Web site: Teamwork Motorsport confirm Alex Hui and Sunny Wong for 2018 TCR China. TouringCarTimes. 13 March 2018. 20 May 2018. Neil. Hudson.
11. Web site: Eurico de Jesus wins Race 2 at Zhuhai for MacPro Racing. TouringCarTimes. 20 May 2018. 20 May 2018. Neil. Hudson.
12. Web site: Eurico de Jesus takes sixth-straight sprint race win for the #88 MacPro Honda. TouringCarTimes. 29 September 2018. 10 October 2018. Neil. Hudson.
13. Web site: Alex Hui and Sunny Wong maintain TCR China endurance run. TouringCarTimes. 5 October 2018. 30 December 2018.
14. Web site: Sunny Wong and Alex Hui win the final race of the 2018 season at Guangdong. TouringCarTimes. 30 December 2018. 30 December 2018. Neil. Hudson.
15. News: TCR Asia Shanghai title showdown and weekend of endurance. asia.tcr-series.com. 4 October 2018. 10 October 2018.
16. News: 2018 Rules and Technical Rules. tcrchina.com. 12 April 2018.