2019 Baltic Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2019 Baltic Touring Car Championship was the twenty-first Baltic Touring Car Championship season. It began at Biķernieki Complex Sports Base on 10 May and ended at Auto24ring on 22 September.

Calendar

		Circuit	Date
1	1	Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, Riga	10–12 May
	2
2	3	Botniaring Racing Circuit, Jurva	14–16 June
	4
3	5	Auto24ring, Pärnu	28–30 June
	6
4	7	Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, Riga	16–18 August
	8
5	9	Auto24ring, Pärnu	20–22 September
	10

Teams and drivers

Baltic GT PRO

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Maciej Kepka	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II	2	Maciej Kepka	4
Jarkko Tähtinen	Ford Mustang	7	Jarkko Tähtinen	1
Mika Makinen	Mercedes C63 AMG	16	Mika Makinen	1
Raimo Kesseli	Chevrolet Corvette	22	Raimo Kesseli	3
Mika Niemelä	BMW M3 E36	41	Mika Niemelä	2
EST 1 Racing	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II	45	Raivo Tamm	1, 3, 5
		46	Oliver Tiirmaa	3, 5
Fast Fox Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo	50	Marko Rantanen	1
Antti Punkari	Chevrolet Camaro	55	Antti Punkari	1
Egidijus Gutaravicius	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	60	Egidijus Gutaravicius	1−3, 5
Flash Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	69	Artūrs Batraks	1, 4−5
Jyrki Peltola	Chevrolet Corvette C6	73	Jyrki Peltola	1
Rain Pilve	Renault Mégane Trophy I	78	Rain Pilve	3
Mika Virtanen	Renault Mégane Trophy II	100	Mika Virtanen	1
Frederik Holm	Renault Mégane Trophy II	160	Frederik Holm	3, 5
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Baltic GT AM

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Porsche Baltic	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	4	Robertas Kupčikas	1
Jānis Hāns	Subaru Impreza	21	Jānis Hāns	1, 4−5
Marius Bartkus	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II	32	Marius Bartkus	4
Edgars Bundzis	Audi A4	96	Edgars Bundzis	4
Roberts Rode	Nissan 200SX	212	Roberts Rode	1, 3−5
Urvinis Racing	BMW 316	316	Marius Dijokas	1−3, 5
Source:^[3]

TCR Sprint

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Emil Westman	CUPRA León TCR	4	Emil Westman	2
GSR Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	5	Ernesta Globytė	1
			Julius Adomavičius	2−3, 5
Neste Dream 2 Drive PRO	CUPRA León TCR			1, 4
DHL Racing Team	CUPRA León TCR	12	Jurgis Adomavicius	3
		15	Ramūnas Čapkauskas	1−2, 4−5
	Hyundai i30 N TCR			3
ALM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	23	Mattias Vahtel	1−2
		44	Robin Vaks	1−2
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	34	Peeter Peek	1, 3−5
Mv Sport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	33	Egidijus Valeisa	1
Andrey Yushin	CUPRA León TCR	38	Andrey Yushin	All
Carville Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	91	Grigoriy Burlutskiy	5
Energizer Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	95	Rokas Kvedaras	1
Noker Racing Team	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	911	Kestutis Stasionis	1−3, 5
SKUBA Racing Team	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	912	Dziugas Tovilavicius	All
Source:^[4]

BTC1

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Andrius Keblys	Honda Civic Type R	11	Andrius Keblys	1–2, 4
Jānis Vanks	Opel Astra	15	Jānis Vanks	1
Gediminas Vilkas	BMW 123d	17	Gediminas Vilkas	5
Julius Skirmantas	Honda Civic Type R	24	Julius Skirmantas	2, 5
Paul August	Scion FR-S	25	Paul August	4
Marius Miskunas	Honda Civic Type R	88	Marius Miskunas	1–2, 4
Tautvydas Andziulevicius	Honda Integra	104	Tautvydas Andziulevicius	5
Tadas Petukauskas	Honda Civic Type R	690	Tadas Petukauskas	4
Source:^[5]

BTC2

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Vitalijus Parchomenko	SEAT Ibiza	3	Vitalijus Parchomenko	1, 3–4
Casper Racing	SEAT León Supercopa	10	Vitalii Chudakov	1
		35	Denis Perlov	1–4
		51	Andrei Ermolov	4–5
		52	Juriy Vikhrov	2, 4–5
DHL Racing Team	BMW M3	12	Jurgis Adomavicius	1–2, 4–5
	SEAT Cupra			3
Malgorzata Rdest	SEAT León	31	Malgorzata Rdest	4
Jyrki Jönkkäri	BMW M3	47	Jyrki Jönkkäri	All
Aivaras Remeika	Audi S3	61	Aivaras Remeika	1, 3
Anna Bigos	BMW 330	150	Anna Bigos	4
Source:^[6]

Calendar and results

		Circuit	Date	BGT PRO Winner	BGT AM Winner	TCR Winner	BTC1 Winner	BTC2 Winner
1	1	Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, Riga	10–12 May	Raivo Tamm	Robertas Kupčikas	Ramūnas Čapkauskas	Marius Miskunas	Jyrki Jonkkari
	2			Artūrs Batraks	Roberts Rode	Ramūnas Čapkauskas	Marius Miskunas	Denis Perlov
2	3	Botniaring Racing Circuit, Jurva	14–16 June	Egidijus Gutaravicius	Marius Dijokas	Dziugas Tovilavicius	Julius Skirmantas	Juriy Vikhrov
	4			Egidijus Gutaravicius	Marius Dijokas	Julius Adomavicius	Julius Skirmantas	Jyrki Jonkkari
3	5	Auto24ring, Pärnu	28–30 June	Raivo Tamm	Roberts Rode	Julius Adomavicius	Not entered	Jyrki Jonkkari
	6			Raivo Tamm	Roberts Rode	Dziugas Tovilavicius		Jyrki Jonkkari
4	7	Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, Riga	16–18 August	Artūrs Batraks	Roberts Rode	Dziugas Tovilavicius	Marius Miskunas	Malgorzata Rdest
	8			Artūrs Batraks	Roberts Rode	Dziugas Tovilavicius	Marius Miskunas	Malgorzata Rdest
5	9	Auto24ring, Pärnu	20–22 September	Artūrs Batraks	Roberts Rode	Dziugas Tovilavicius	Gediminas Vilkas	Juriy Vikhrov
	10			Raivo Tamm	Roberts Rode	Dziugas Tovilavicius	Julius Skirmantas	Jyrki Jonkkari

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Championship standings

Baltic GT PRO

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" valign=middle valign=middle Driver BIK BOT PÄR BIK PÄR valign=middle    1 Raivo Tamm 1 2 1 1 3 1 133 2 Artūrs Batraks 2 1 1 1 1 4 130 3 Egidijus Gutaravicus 5 3 1 1 3 6 4 3 125 4 Oliver Tiirmaa 2 2 2 2 72 5 Frederik Holm 4 4 5 5 44 6 Raimo Kesseli 6 3 23 7 Rain Pilve 5 5 20 8 Maciej Kepka 2 Ret 18 9 Jyrki Peltola 3 Ret 15 10 Marko Rantanen 4 Ret 12 11 Mika Virtanen Ret 4 12 12 Mika Makinen 6 Ret 8 13 Antti Punkari Ret Ret 0 14 Mika Niemelä Ret Ret 0 15 Jarkko Tähtinen Ret DNS 0 valign=middle valign=middle Driver BIK BOT PÄR BIK PÄR valign=middle

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Baltic GT AM

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valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		PÄR		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle
1	Roberts Rode	2	1			1	1	1	1	1	Ret	168
2	Marius Dijokas	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	2			2	1	111
3	Jānis Hāns	Ret	Ret					2	2	3	2	69
4	Robertas Kupčikas	1	2									43
5	Marius Bartkus							3	3			30
6	Marius Bartkus							Ret	4			12
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		PÄR		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle

TCR Sprint

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valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		PÄR		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle
1	Dziugas Tovilavicius	4	5	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	188
2	Julius Adomavičius	3	2	8	1	1	7	2	3	1	1	176
3	Ramunas Capkauskas	1	1	6	6	3	2	4	2	Ret	Ret	129
4	Andrey Yushin	7	Ret	7	7	5	4	3	4	5	5	87
5	Kestutis Stasionis	Ret	7	5	5	7	3			4	4	71
6	Mattias Vahtel	2	3	4	4							57
7	Peeter Peek	6	6			4	5	5	5	6	Ret	56
8	Grigoriy Burlutskiy									2	2	36
9	Robin Vaks	Ret	DNS	2	3							33
10	Egidijus Valeisa	5	4									22
11	Jurgis Adomavicius					6	6					16
12	Emil Westman			3	8							15
13	Rokas Kvedaras	Ret	8									4
14	Ernesta Globyte	Ret	DNS									0
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		PÄR		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle

BTC1

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valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle
1	Marius Miskunas	1	1	2	2	1	1			136
2	Andrius Keblys	2	2	3	Ret	2	3			84
3	Julius Skirmantas			1	1			Ret	1	75
4	Gediminas Vilkas							1	2	43
5	Tadas Petukauskas					3	2			33
6	Jānis Vanks	3	3							30
7	Paul August					4	4			24
8	Tautvydas Andziulevicius							Ret	Ret	0
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle

BTC2

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valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		PÄR		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle
1	Jyrki Jonkkari	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	215
2	Denis Perlov	2	1	3	2	2	3	4	3			136
3	Jurgis Adomavicius	4	Ret	4	4	Ret	2	5	5	4	4	98
4	Juriy Vikhrov			1	3			Ret	Ret	1	3	80
5	Andrei Ermolov							3	4	3	2	60
6	Malgorzata Rdest							1	1			50
7	Aivaras Remeika	5	Ret			4	4					34
8	Vitalijus Parchomenko	3	Ret			3	Ret	Ret	Ret			30
9	Anna Bigos							6	6			16
10	Vitalii Chudakov	Ret	Ret									0
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BIK		BOT		PÄR		BIK		PÄR		valign=middle

External links

• Official Webpage
• Facebook page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Drivers And Teams. Baltic Touring Car Championship.
2. Web site: Drivers And Teams. Baltic Touring Car Championship.
3. Web site: Drivers And Teams. Baltic Touring Car Championship.
4. Web site: Drivers And Teams. Baltic Touring Car Championship.
5. Web site: Drivers And Teams. Baltic Touring Car Championship.
6. Web site: Drivers And Teams. Baltic Touring Car Championship.