2022 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy explained

The 2022 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy (also called 2022 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy powered by ESET for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth season of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy.

Calendar

The TCR Eastern Europe calendar was launched on November 26, 2021 and includes six events in six countries.^[1]

		Circuit/Location	Date
1	1	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	8–10 April
	2
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	4–5 June
	4
3	5	Tor Poznań, Poznań, Poland	24–26 June
	6
4	7	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia	23–24 July
	8
5	9	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	20–21 August
	10
6	11	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic	2–4 September
	12

Teams and drivers

Kumho Tires is the single tire supplier for the TCR Eastern Europe 2022 season.^[2]

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Basenhurt A&T Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	2	Tomasz Rzepecki		All
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	34	Adam Rzepecki		5–6
AK Olimpija	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	3	Robert Pravdič		4–5
Fullín Race Academy	Cupra León Competición TCR	14	Petr Čížek		All
		22	Carol Wittke		1–2
			Petr Fulín		6
Lema Racing	Cupra León TCR	17	Grega Šimunović		4
Steibel Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	23	Sebastian Steibel		All	^[3]
Janik Motorsport	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	24	Jáchym Galáš		1	^[4]
		70	Maťo Homola		1, 5
		68	Petr Semerád		5
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	1–4, 6
		73	Václav Janík		All
Zsille Motorsport	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	27	Levente Losonczy		1–2
Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia^[5]	Hyundai Elantra N TCR				5	^[6]
ASK Vesnic	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	31	Milovan Vesnić		1–2, 4
CS-Motorsport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)	33	Sanel Cehic		1–3
RaceSing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	34	Patrick Sing		2	^[7]
Aditis Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	38	Radim Adámek		4–6
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017)				1–3	^[8]
		97	Bartosz Groszek		All
	Cupra León TCR	82	Vít Smejkal		2, 5–6
Auto Klub Dubrovnik Racing	Cupra León Competición TCR	74	Žarko Knego		All	^[9]
Besagroup Vukovic Motorsport	Renault Mégane R.S TCR	75	Milenko Vukovic		1–3	^[10]
		76	Franjo Kovac		1–2
			Milan Vukovic		3

Results

		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning Junior driver
1	1	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	Bartosz Groszek	Maťo Homola	Bartosz Groszek	Aditis Racing	Petr Semerád
	2			Jáchym Galáš	Jáchym Galáš	Janik Motorsport	Jáchym Galáš
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	Milenko Vukovic	Petr Semerád	Patrick Sing	RaceSing	Patrick Sing
	4			Petr Semerád	Milenko Vukovic	Besagroup Vukovic Motorsport	Petr Semerád
3	5	Tor Poznań, Poznań, Poland	Petr Semerád	Petr Semerád	Petr Semerád	Janik Motorsport	Petr Semerád
	6			Petr Semerád	Bartosz Groszek	Aditis Racing	Petr Semerád
4	7	Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, Croatia	Bartosz Groszek	Bartosz Groszek	Milovan Vesnić	ASK Vesnic	Petr Semerád
	8			Race Cancelled
5	9	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Janík Motorsport	Petr Semerád
	10			Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Janík Motorsport	Petr Semerád
6	11	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Fullín Race Academy	Petr Semerád
	12			Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Fullín Race Academy	Tomasz Rzepecki

Drivers' standings

Scoring system

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

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valign=middle valign=middle Driver HUN RBR POZ GRO SVK MOS valign=middle    1 Bartosz Groszek 1^1 4 4 4 2 1 2^1 C 4 3 4 4 180 2 Petr Semerád 4 2 Ret^2 2 1^1 2 3^3 C 2^2 2 3 Ret 169 3 Petr Čížek 6 7 2^3 8 3^2 4 4 C 3 4 2^3 5 134 4 Václav Janík Ret 12 3 3 5^3 3 6 C 7 5 6 2 106 5 Sebastian Steibel 7 9 5 9 6 6 5 C 5 8 5^2 3 87 6 Maťo Homola 2^3 6 1^1 1 83 7 Milenko Vukovic 3 3 Ret^1 1 4 9† 72 8 Petr Fulín 1^1 1 55 8 Tomasz Rzepecki 8 5 7 6 8 5 10 C 12 7 Ret 10 50 10 Patrick Sing 1 5 35 11 Levente Losonczy 5 NC 6 13† WD WD 6^3 6 35 12 Milovan Vesnić Ret 10 Ret 7 1^2 C 34 13 Jáchym Galáš Ret^2 1 28 14 Žarko Knego 11 13 Ret Ret 10 7 11† C 9 Ret 8 6 21 15 Radim Adámek 10 14 9 Ret 9 8 7 C 13 DNS 10 8 20 16 Adam Rzepecki 8 Ret 7 7 10 17 Vít Smejkal WD WD 8 10 11 10 9 9 10 18 Robert Pravdič 8 C 10 9 7 19 Milan Vukovic 7 Ret 6 20 Carol Wittke Ret 8 11 Ret WD WD WD WD 4 21 Sanel Cehic 9 11 10 12 Ret DNS 3 22 Grega Šimunović 9 C 2 23 Franjo Kovac 12 15 Ret 11 0 valign=middle valign=middle Driver HUN RBR POZ GRO SVK MOS valign=middle

Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.

Notes and References

1. Web site: TCR Eastern Europe announces six race calendar for 2022. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 26 November 2021. 4 June 2022.
2. Web site: TCR Eastern Europe announces Kumho as new tyre supplier. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 30 December 2021. 4 June 2022.
3. Web site: Sebastian Steibel welcomes the addition of Trophy class, also looks for first win. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 13 March 2022. 4 June 2022.
4. Web site: Janík Motorsport will field four cars at Hungaroring. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 8 April 2022. 4 June 2022.
5. Web site: Levente Losonczy makes Aggressive Team Italia switch. 10 August 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 10 August 2022.
6. Web site: Levente Losonczy makes Aggressive Team Italia switch. 10 August 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 10 August 2022.
7. Web site: Patrick Sing is looking forward to trying TCR Eastern Europe. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 22 May 2022. 4 June 2022.
8. Web site: ADITIS Racing team: New name, new ambitions. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 4 March 2022. 4 June 2022.
9. Web site: Žarko Knego changed cars and hopes for better results. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 18 March 2022. 4 June 2022.
10. Web site: Vuković Motorsport will enter TCR Eastern Europe series. asterneurope.tcr-series.com. 17 February 2022. 4 June 2022.