2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series explained

The 2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the first season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2019 Super Formula Championship.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.^[2]

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Team GOH Models Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[3] 5 Yu Kanamaru All Nilzz Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Jun Makino G All Adenau Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Jun Sato G All 30 Philippe Devesa G 5 KCMG^[4] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 18 Matthew Howson All 22 Paul Ip G 3–5 72 Yukinori Taniguchi G All Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[5] 19 'Hirobon' G All Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 190 Masayuki Ueda G All Hitotsuyama Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 21 Takuro Shinohara 1–4 101 Hideki Nakahara G 3 PURPLE RACING Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 23 'Yoshiki' G All 24 'Kenji' G All Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 25 Takeshi Matsumoto All GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 33 Shuji Maejima G All Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 52 Shogo Mitsuyama All 55 MOTO RACING Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 55 'Mototino' G All TEAM G/MOTION Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 62 Resshu Shioya G All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 27 October 2018 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.^[6]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Gentleman winner
1	1	Autopolis	18 May	Matt Howson	Matt Howson	Matt Howson	KCMG	Yukinori Taniguchi
	2		19 May	Takuro Shinohara	'Hirobon'	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Resshu Shioya
2	3	Sportsland Sugo	22 June	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Shogo Mitsuyama	Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	Yukinori Taniguchi
	4		23 June	Takuro Shinohara	Shuji Maejima	Shuji Maejima	GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse	Shuji Maejima
3	5	Fuji Speedway	12 July	Takuro Shinohara	Takeshi Matsumoto	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
	6		13 July	Yu Kanamaru	Yu Kanamaru	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
4	7	Okayama International Circuit	28 September	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Hitotsuyama Racing	'Hirobon'
	8		29 September	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Hitotsuyama Racing	Shuji Maejima
5	9	Suzuka Circuit	26 October	Yu Kanamaru	'Hirobon'	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
	10		27 October	Takeshi Matsumoto	Shuji Maejima	Matt Howson	KCMG	'Hirobon'

Championship standings

Scoring systems

TCR Japan Series

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" TCR Japan Saturday Series Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 1 Matt Howson 1^1 3^5 6^4 6^4 2^2 88 2 Takuro Shinohara 2^2 2^1 9^1 1^1 82 3 Yu Kanamaru 3^3 14 1^5 DSQ^5 1^1 75 4 Takeshi Matsumoto 5^5 4^4 2 2 13^3 64 5 Shogo Mitsuyama 4^4 1^3 5^3 12^3 14 58 6 Shuji Maejima DNS 7^2 3^2 7^2 3^4 56 7 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 4 51 8 Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 6 44 9 Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 5 25 10 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 18 11 Paul Ip 8 13 10^5 6 12 Philippe Devesa 8 4 13 Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 15 4 14 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 2 15 Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 2 16 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 1 17 Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 0 18 Hideki Nakahara 16 0 Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" TCR Japan Sunday Series Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 1 Takeshi Matsumoto 3 2^5 3^2 4^5 2^1 89 2 Yu Kanamaru 1^3 Ret^4 1^1 5^4 9^3 77 3 Shuji Maejima 8 1^2 2^5 2^2 11 75 4 Matt Howson 2^2 9^3 Ret^3 6 1 67 5 Shogo Mitsuyama 4 3 4^4 3^3 6 67 6 'Hirobon' 6^5 4 5 13 3^4 48 7 Takuro Shinohara Ret^1 Ret^1 7 1^1 46 8 Resshu Shioya 5^4 11 15 11 4 24 9 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 20 10 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 13 11 Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 12 12 Philippe Devesa 5 1 13 Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 10 14 Paul Ip 6 14 13 8 15 Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 8 16 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 6 17 Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 0 18 Hideki Nakahra 16 0 Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Gentleman championship

TCR Japan Saturday Series Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 1 Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 6^3 111 2 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 4^4 104 3 Shuji Maejima DNS 7^2 3^2 7^2 3^1 98 4 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 65 5 Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 5^5 61 6 Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 1 32 7 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 30 8 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 24 9 Paul Ip 8 13 10^2 22 10 Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 17 11 Philippe Devesa 8 8 12 Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 7 13 Hideki Nakahara 16 0 Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ

TCR Japan Sunday Series Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 1 Shuji Maejima 8 1^2 2^5 2^2 11 114 2 'Hirobon' 6^5 4 5 13 3^4 102 3 Resshu Shioya 5^4 11 15 11 4 63 4 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 58 5 Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 53 6 Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 48 7 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 43 8 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 29 9 Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 26 10 Paul Ip 6 14 13 20 11 Philippe Devesa 5 15 12 Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 9 13 Hideki Nakahra 16 0 Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Entrants championship

Entrant No. ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ 1 KCMG 18 1^1 2^2 3^5 9^3 6^4 Ret^3 6^4 6 2^4 1 155 4 Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama 25 5^5 3 4^4 2^5 2 3^2 2 4^5 13^3 2^1 153 3 Team GOH Models 5 3^3 1^3 14 Ret^4 1^5 1^1 DSQ^5 5^4 1^1 9^3 152 6 GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse 33 DNS 8 7^2 1^2 3^2 2^5 7^2 2^2 3^4 11 131 2 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 2^2 Ret^1 2^1 Ret^1 9^1 7 1^1 1^1 128 5 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 52 4^4 4 1^3 3 5^3 4^4 12^3 3^3 14 6 125 7 Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE 19 8 6^5 6 4 4 5 3 13 4 3^4 99 8 KCMG 72 6 7 5 13† 7 12 4 7 6 Ret 56 9 TEAM G/MOTION 62 10 5^4 8 11 Ret 15 5 11 5 4 49 10 PURPLE RACING 23 7 9 9 5 11 8 8 8 7 Ret 38 12 Adenau 30 8 5 14 16 PURPLE RACING 24 13 10 11 6 10 11 11 12 16 8 14 11 KCMG 22 8 6 13 14 10^5 13 14 13 Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie 190 9 11 10 10 12 10 10 9 15 7 14 15 Adenau 10 12 12 15 7 13 9 15 15 9 Ret 10 14 55 MOTO RACING 55 11 13 12 8 14 14 9 10 11 10 8 17 Nilzz Racing 7 14 14 13 12 15 13 14 16 12 12 0 18 Hitotsuyama Racing 101 16 16 0 Driver No. ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. News: TCR Japan set for launch in 2019 - TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-17. TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. en-US.
2. Web site: TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series. tcr-japan.jp. ja. 2018-11-25.
3. Web site: TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series. tcr-japan.jp. ja. 2018-03-20.
4. Web site: KCMG announces double Japanese programme. 2019-03-19. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2019-03-19.
5. Web site: TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series. tcr-japan.jp. ja. 2018-11-25.
6. News: TCR Japan 2019 calendar unveiled at Suzuka - TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. en-US.