2018 TCR Series seasons explained

This article describes some of the 2018 seasons of TCR Series across the world.

VLN TCR Class

The 2018 Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring TCR Class was the second season for the TCR Class in the championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Bonk Motorsport^[1]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup TCR	308	Jürgen Nett	1
			Joachim Nett
			Bradley Philpot
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	810	Hermann Bock	1-3
			Michael Bonk	1
			Max Partl	2
Møller Bil Motorsport^[2]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	801	Håkon Schjærin	2-3, 5-7-9
			Atle Gulbrandsen
			Kenneth Østvold
			Anders Lindstad	5
LMS Racing	CUPRA León TCR	802	Antti Buri	2
LMS Racing	CUPRA León TCR	802	Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	2
Mathilda Racing^[3]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	804	Moritz Oestreich	5
			Andreas Gülden	5
			Michael Paatz	8
			Christian Schmitz	9
			Frederic Yerly	9
			Matthias Wasel	9
	CUPRA León TCR	806	Andreas Gülden	2-7-8-9
			Moritz Oestreich	3-6
			Heiko Hammel	6-8-9
S.Pace-Racing^[4]	Opel Astra TCR	808	Heiko Hammel	5
			Matthias Wasel	1-4
			Ben Bünnagel	1-4
			Markus Diederich	1-3
Hyundai Motorsport N Target Competition	Hyundai i30 N TCR	813	Manuel Lauck	9
		813	Marc Basseng	9
		830	Kang Byung Hui	1
			Kim Jae Kyun
			Moritz Oestreich
			Guide Naumann
		831	Gabriele Tarquini	1
			Nicola Larini
			Manuel Lauck
Garage Rothenberger GmbH	CUPRA León TCR	818	Sandro Rothenberger	1-2, 4, 6-7
Garage Rothenberger GmbH	CUPRA León TCR	818	Edy Kamm	4
FEV Racing	CUPRA León TCR	820	Benedikt Gentgen	1-9
			Arndt Hallmanns	1-2
			"Rennsemmel"	3
			Marcell Willert	4
			Martin Pischinger	5-6, 8-9
			Lukas Thiele	6-7, 9
			Bernd Hömberg	7
Lubner Motorsport	LADA Vesta TCR^[5]	821	Jens Wulf	3-4
			Lukas Thiele	3-4, 8
			Andrei Sidorenko	3, 8
	Opel Astra TCR	822	Rudolf Rhyn	1-6
			Thomas Jäger	1-8
			Thorsten Wolter	1-8
			Michael Brüggenkamp	5
			Hannu Luostarinen	7
			Jasmin Preisig	8
		823	Jens Wulf	1-2, 5
			Lukas Thiele	1-2, 5
			Andrei Sidorenko	1
			Ilkka Kariste	2
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	825	Roland Schmid	3-4, 6
			Roger Vögeli
			Frederic Yerly
Rennworks Racing	CUPRA León TCR	824	Armin Eckl	2-3, 5
			Frank Eickholt	2-3
			Peter Terting	2
			Dennis Eckl	3, 5
			Ulrich Andree	5
Milltek Sport	CUPRA León TCR	835	Moritz Gusenbauer	4-6
Milltek Sport	CUPRA León TCR	835	Werner Gusenbauer	4-6

Calendar and results

	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning drivers	Winning team
1	Nürburgring Nordschleife	24 March	Benedikt Gentgen Arndt Hallmanns	Rudolf Rhyn Thomas Jäger Thorsten Wolter	Benedikt Gentgen Arndt Hallmanns	FEV Racing
2		7 April	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Andreas Gülden	Andreas Gülden	Mathilda Racing
3		23 June	Andreas Gülden Moritz Oestreich	Andreas Gülden Moritz Oestreich	Andreas Gülden Moritz Oestreich	Mathilda Racing
4		7 July	Rudolf Rhyn Thomas Jäger Thorsten Wolter	Benedikt Gentgen Marcell Willert	Andreas Gülden Moritz Oestreich	Mathilda Racing
5		18 August	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold Anders Lindstad	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold Anders Lindstad	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold Anders Lindstad	Møller Bil Motorsport
6		1 September	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Møller Bil Motorsport
7		22 September	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Møller Bil Motorsport
8		6 October	Benedikt Gentgen Martin Pischinger	Andreas Gülden Heiko Hammel	Andreas Gülden Heiko Hammel	Mathilda Racing
9		20 October	Andreas Gülden Heiko Hammel	Håkon Schjærin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Østvold	Andreas Gülden Heiko Hammel	Mathilda Racing

TCR Baltic Trophy

The 2018 TCR Baltic Trophy was the second season of the TCR Baltic Trophy. TCR Baltic Trophy was contested within the Baltic Touring Car Championship events.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
GSR Motorsport^[6]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	5	Ernesta Globytė	1, 3, 4
Energizer Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	95	Rokas Kvedaras^[7]	1

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 15 March 2018.^[8] The calendar includes three rounds in Latvia and two in Estonia all supporting the Baltic Touring Car Championship.

		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	12–13 April	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport
1	2	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	12–13 April		Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport
2	1	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	9–10 June	No drivers entered
2	2	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	9–10 June
3	1	Auto24ring, Pärnu	30 June–1 July	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport
3	2	Auto24ring, Pärnu	30 June–1 July		Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport
4	1	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	18–19 August	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport
4	2	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	18–19 August		Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport
5	1	Auto24ring, Pärnu	22–23 September	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport
5	2	Auto24ring, Pärnu	22–23 September		Ernesta Globytė	Ernesta Globytė	GSR Motorsport

Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIĶ	BIĶ		PÄR		BIĶ		PÄR	valign=middle
1	Ernesta Globytė	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	200
–	Rokas Kvedaras	DNS	DNS								-
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIĶ	BIĶ		PÄR		BIĶ		PÄR	valign=middle

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

TCR Swiss Trophy

TCR Swiss Trophy was an event, organized by Auto Sport Switzerland and was the inaugural season. The calendar consisted of 5 events from TCR Europe, TCR BeNeLux, ADAC TCR Germany and TCR Italy.^[9]

Calendar and results

		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 April	Eric Scalvini	Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA	TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship
1	2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 April		Nicola Baldan	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA
2	3	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	21 May	Jaap van Lagen	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	PCR Sport	World Touring Car Cup TCR Europe Series TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
2	4	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	21 May		Jaap van Lagen	Josh Files	Hell Energy Racing with KCMG
3	5	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	10 June	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	RacingOne	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
3	6	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	10 June		Antti Buri	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing International
4	7	TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands	19 August	Josh Files	Dániel Nagy	Dániel Nagy	M1RA	TCR Europe Series TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
4	8	TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands	19 August		Attila Tassi	Attila Tassi	Hell Energy Racing with KCMG	TCR Europe Series TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
5	9	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	23 September	Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Lukoil Team WRT	TCR Europe Series International GT Open Euroformula Open
5	10	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	23 September		Jean-Karl Vernay	Jean-Karl Vernay	Leopard Lukoil Team WRT

Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	IMO		ZAN		RBR		ASS		MNZ	valign=middle
1	Attila Tassi			2	3			5	1	5	3	93
2	Mikel Azcona			1	6			9	2	2	5	81
3	Jean-Karl Vernay							2	7	1	1	74
4	Josh Files			5	1			10	Ret	3	2	71
5	Luigi Ferrara	1	1									50
6	Kris Richard			14	5			3	6	12	7	39
7	Antti Buri					2	2					36
8	Maxime Potty			Ret	10			7	8	4	4	35
8	Harald Proczyk					5	1					35
9	Enrico Bettera	3	2									33
9	Dušan Borković			5	18			6	3	DSQ	DSQ	33
9	Jaap van Lagen			3	2							33
13	Stefano Comini							4	4	6	Ret	32
14	Dániel Nagy			7	11			1	Ret	Ret	12	31
15	Benjamin Leuchter					3	3					30
16	Niels Langeveld					1	8					29
17	Andrea Larini	5	3									25
18	Stian Paulsen			6	Ret			8	5	9	Ret	24
19	José Rodrigues	4	6									20
20	Luca Engstler					7	4					18
20	Salvatore Tavano	2								Ret	13	18
22	Danny Kroes			8	4			12	Ret	Ret	20	16
22	Luke Wankmüller					6	6					16
24	Matteo Greco		4									12
24	Mike Halder					4	Ret					12
24	Peter Terting							21†	12	8	6	12
24	Florian Thoma					9	5					12
28	Giovanni Altoè	8	7					18	16	18	18	10
28	Nicola Baldan	15	5							11	17	10
28	Fabrizio Giovanardi									7	8	10
28	Max Hesse					8	7					10
32	Jens Reno Møller			10	7			13	9	17	Ret	9
33	Lorenzo Nicoli	6	18									8
34	Francisco Mora			9	8							6
34	Jürgen Schmarl	7	14									6
36	Massimiliano Mugelli	10	8									5
37	Reece Barr			Ret	DNS			11	10	16	9	3
38	Francisco Abreu			11	9			15	DSQ	13	21	2
38	Sandro Kaibach					13	9					2
38	Plamen Kralev	19	9									2
38	Francesco Savoia	9	12									2
38	Oliver Taylor									10	10	2
43	Lukas Niedertscheider					Ret	10					1
43	Marco Pellegrini	Ret	10									1
43	Simon Reicher					10	11					1
–	Federico Paolino	16	11									-
–	Kai Jordan					11	18					-
–	Massimiliano Gagliano	11	22									-
–	Julien Briché			Ret	Ret			14	11			-
–	José Manuel Sapag									Ret	11	-
–	Ermanno Dionisio	12	13									-
–	Márk Jedlóczky			12	13							-
–	Loris Cencetti			13	12			Ret	13			-
–	Dominik Fugel					17	12					-
–	Dino Calcum					12	Ret					-
–	Matteo Bergonzini	13	15									-
–	Michelle Halder					15	13					-
–	Oliver Holdener					14	14					-
–	Adriano Bernazzani	14										-
–	Cedric Piro			17	14							-
–	Viktor Davidovski			15	15			17	14	19	16	-
–	Igor Stefanovski			Ret	16			16	Ret	14	15	-
–	Martin Ryba			16	19					15	14	-
–	Günter Benninger	15	21									-
–	Loris Prattes					Ret	15					-
–	Munkong Sathienthirakul							20†	15			-
–	Niko Kankkunen					16	20					-
–	Davide Nardilli	Ret	16									-
–	Justin Häußermann					Ret	16					-
–	Jasmin Preisig					23	17					-
–	Peter Gross	Ret	17									-
–	Marie Baus-Coppens			Ret	17			19	17			-
–	Cosimo Papi	18										-
–	Théo Coicaud					18	Ret					-
–	Marcel Fugel					19	19					-
–	Raimondo Ricci		19									-
–	Daniele Cappellari									21	19	-
–	Jan Seyffert					20	21					-
–	Eric Scalvini	20	23†									-
–	Gabriele Volpato		20									-
–	Roberto Russo									20	Ret	-
–	"Tessitore"					21	23					-
–	Andrea Argenti	21	24†									-
–	J.C. Reynolds					22	Ret					-
–	Daniel Davidovac					Ret	22					-
–	Sebastian Steibel					Ret	23					-
–	Alessandro Thellung	Ret	Ret									-
–	Jussi Kuusiniemi					Ret	Ret					-
–	Benjamin Lessennes									Ret	Ret	-
–	Cosimo Barberini									Ret	Ret	-
–	Walter Margelli	Ret	DNS									-
–	Milenko Vuković					DNS	DNS					-
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	IMO		ZAN		RBR		ASS		MNZ	valign=middle

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series

The 2018 TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series season was the second season of the TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series. The championship started at Circuito Internacional de Vila Real in Portugal on 23 June and ended at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain on 21 October.^[10]

Calendar and results

		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal	23 June	Pedro Salvador	Pedro Salvador	Pedro Salvador	Speedy Motorsport	World Touring Car Cup Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos
1	2	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal	24 June		Pedro Salvador	Pedro Salvador	Speedy Motorsport
2	3	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	20 October	Attila Tassi	Jean-Karl Vernay	Attila Tassi	Hell Energy Racing with KCMG	TCR Europe Series TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
2	4	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	21 October		Ashley Sutton	Mike Halder	Hell Energy Racing with KCMG	TCR Europe Series TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship

Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	VIL		BAR	valign=middle
1	Pedro Salvador	1	1			27
2	Attila Tassi			1	Ret	26
3	Mike Halder			Ret	1	25
4	Rafael Lobato	2				20
5	Francisco Carvalho	4	2			20
6	Dániel Nagy			7	2	20
7	Dušan Borković			2	Ret	20
8	Ashley Sutton			4	3	18
9	Armando Parente	3				17
9	Francisco Abreu		3	Ret	12	17
11	Norbert Michelisz			3	4	17
12	Manuel Gião	5	4			14
13	Gustavo Moura		5			12
14	Mikel Azcona			5	8	12
15	Peter Terting			10	5	12
16	Jean-Karl Vernay			6	7	11
17	Josh Files			24	6	10
18	Julien Briché			8	22	6
19	Reece Barr			9	10	4
20	Stian Paulsen			11	9	4
21	Stefano Comini			Ret	11	0
22	Andreas Bäckman			12	13	0
23	Oliver Taylor			13	17	0
24	Jessica Bäckman			15	14	0
25	Maxime Potty			14	16	0
26	Viktor Davidovski			16	15	0
27	Martin Ryba			17	19	0
28	Enrique Hernando			19	18	0
29	Munkong Sathienthirakul			18	Ret	0
30	Marie Baus-Coppens			21	20	0
31	Petr Fulín			20	23	0
32	Nikola Miljković			DNS	21	0
33	Jean-Laurent Navarro			22	Ret	0
34	Klim Gavrilov			23	Ret	0
35	Jens Reno Møller			25	Ret	–
–	Nathanaël Berthon			Ret	Ret	–
–	Danny Kroes			Ret	Ret	–
–	Kris Richard			DSQ	EX	–
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	VIL		BAR	valign=middle

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Notes and References

Web site: The Best of Best Driver in South Korea. KANG. Byung Hui. 24 March 2018. www. motorgraph.com. 24 March 2018.
Web site: Tredjeplass i sesongåpningen. Norwegian. Third place in the season opening. 7 April 2018. 9 April 2018.
Web site: Ergebnis Training - 43. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen. 7 April 2018. 9 April 2018.
Web site: S.Pace-Racing relies on an Opel race car. 14 February 2018. 25 March 2018.
News: Lada Vesta TCR to compete on German soil. touringcartimes.com. 19 June 2018. 19 June 2018.
Web site: BaTCC » GSR MOTORSPORT READY FOR THE NEW SEASON WITH A BRAND NEW VW GOLF GTI TCR. 27 February 2018. 31 May 2018.
Web site: DeWALT Grand Prix 2018 BTC Qualifying results. 13 April 2018. 31 May 2018.
News: TCR Magazine #01 - 2018. tcr-series.com. 15 March 2018. 31 May 2018.
Web site: Auto Sport Switzerland launches the TCR Swiss Trophy. fabio. tcr-series.com. en-gb. 2018-03-24.
Web site: TCR World & Life Magazine #11. tcr-series.com. en-gb. 20 December 2018.