2024 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship explained

The 2024 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the ninth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 38th season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.

Calendar

The schedule for 2024 was announced on 8 November 2023 containing 12 races across 6 rounds.^{[1] [2]}

	Circuit	Location	Date	Supporting
	Vallelunga Circuit		19–21 April	TCR World Tour TCR Europe Series
1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna	3–5 May	2024 TCR Italy DSG
2	Autodromo di Pergusa	Enna, Isle of Sicily	7–9 June
3	Autodromo del Mugello	Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany	12–14 July
4	Imola Circuit	Imola, Emilia-Romagna	6–8 September
5	Vallelunga Circuit		20–22 September
6	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Lombardy	25–27 October

Teams and drivers

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Ref. PMA Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1 Franco Girolami TBA Sandro Pelatti NC ^[3] 72 M 1–3 ^[4] 17 Nicolas Taylor U25 1–3 ^[5] Scuderia del Girasole CUPRA Racing Cupra León VZ TCR 3 Raffaele Gurrieri M 1–3 ^[6] 4 Salvatore Tavano 1–3 GRT Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 4 Giulio Valentini NC Aikoa Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 5 Demir Eröge NC 8 Nicola Baldan M 1–3 ^[7] 15 Filippo Barberi NC ^[8] 38 U25 1–3 NOS Racing Cupra León VZ TCR 5 Cosimo Barberini 1–3 ^[9] Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR 7 Kim Hwarang U25 1–3 ^[10] align=center 76 Alex Ley U25 1–3 ^[11] Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 10 Federico Paolino 2–3 Gearworks Racelab Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Matteo Poloni 1–3 ^[12] ALM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 11 Paolo Rocca U25 1–3 ^[13] 27 Ruben Volt U25 1–3 ^[14] 64 Levente Losonczy U25 1–3 ^[15] BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 12 Gabriele Covini U25 1–3 ^[16] Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Norbert Michelisz W NC ^[17] ^[18] 129 Néstor Girolami W NC 196 Mikel Azcona W NC RTM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 24 Antonio Citera M 1, 3 ^[19] BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 34 Ramazan Kaya NC 95 Pietro Alessi U25 3 Fox Racing with BF Motorsport 69 Tommaso Fossati U25 1–3 ^[20] MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 39 Tony Verhulst NC 53 Edoardo Cappello 2 77 Federico Danova U25 1 ^[21] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 82 Jacopo Giuseppe Cimenes U25 NC, 1–3 ^[22] Auto Club RC2 Valles Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 41 Victor Fernández NC CRM Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 44 Michele Imberti 1–3 ^[23] Pinetti Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 67 Marco Pellegrini M 1–3 ^[24] 91 Luciano Martínez U25 1–3 ^[25] Duller Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 77 Philipp Mattersdorfer NC Trico WRT Hyundai Elantra N TCR 81 Damiano Reduzzi M 1–3 ^[26] Solite Indigo Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 87 Park Jun-ui U25 1–3 ^[27] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 97 Park June-sung 1–3 Planet Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 90 Denis Babuin M 1–3 ^[28] Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk W NC ^[29] 112 Santiago Urrutia W NC 155 Ma Qing Hua W NC 168 Yann Ehrlacher W NC Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 127 John Filippi W NC ^[30] 212 Sami Taoufik W NC GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 186 Esteban Guerrieri W NC ^[31] ^[32] 199 Marco Butti W NC ^[33] Sources: ^[34] ^[35]

Icon Class U25 Eligible for TCR Italy Under 25 Trophy M W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

TCR Italy DSG

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
Pro Race	Cupra León TCR	102	Giorgio Fantilli	1–3	^[36]
		129	Emilio Damante	1–3	^[37]
		178	Alessandro Berton	1–3	^[38]
		184	Mattia Lancellotti	1–3	^[39]
		185	Alessandro Lisi	1–3	^[40]
NOS Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	105	Fabio Bagnoli	1	^[41]
		108	Ezio Muccio	2
Progetto E20 Motorsport		107	Angelo Marino	1–3	^[42]
		131	Paolo Maria Silvestrini	1–3	^[43]
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	161	Federico Desiderio	3
RPM Performance Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	111	Matteo Roccadelli	1–3	^[44]
Gabriele Foglia	Cupra León TCR	115	Gabriele Foglia	3
Aikoa Racing		119	Paolo Palanti	1–3	^[45]
		155	Temel Camlidag	3
		191	Luca Franca	1–3	^[46]
RC Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	123	Fabio Antonello	1–3	^[47]
		127	Andrea Palazzo	3
		195	Pietro Alessi	1	^[48]
Planet Motorsport		139	Luca Verdi	1–3	^[49]
Event e Service	Cupra León TCR	144	Federico Scionti	3
Brothers in Arms	Cupra León TCR	167	Andrea Fazioli	1–3	^[50]
		168	Andrea Argenti	1–2	^[51]
Tuder Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	174	Alessandro Alcidi	1–3	^[52]
		TBA	Alessio Alcidi	TBA
Sources:

Results and standings

		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning U25 driver	Winning Master driver		DSG Winning Driver	DSG Winning Team
	1	,	19–21 April	Norbert Michelisz	Esteban Guerrieri	Norbert Michelisz		not held	not held		not held	not held
	2				Néstor Girolami	Néstor Girolami	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
1	3	,	5–7 May	Alex Ley	Alex Ley	Alex Ley	Target Competition	Park Jun-ui	Denis Babuin		Matteo Roccadelli	RPM Performance Motorsport
	4				Park Jun-ui	Park Jun-ui	Solite Indigo Racing	Park Jun-ui	Marco Pellegrini		Alessandro Alcidi	Tuder Motorsport
2	5	, Enna	7–9 June	Salvatore Tavano	Park June-sung	Nicola Baldan	Aikoa Racing	Nicolas Taylor	Nicola Baldan		Luca Verdi	Planet Motorsport
	6				Park Jun-ui	Ruben Volt	ALM Motorsport	Ruben Volt	Damiano Reduzzi		Paolo Maria Silvestrini	Progetto E20 Motorsport
3	7	, Scarperia	12–14 July	Kim Hwarang	Paolo Rocca	Paolo Rocca	ALM Motorsport	Paolo Rocca	Nicola Baldan		Federico Scionti	Event e Service
	8				Park June-sung	Park June-sung	Solite Indigo Racing	Nicolas Taylor	Nicola Baldan		Federico Scionti	Event e Service
4	9	, Imola	6–8 September
	10
5	11	,	20–22 September
	12
6	13	, Monza	25–27 October
	14

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Races	40	35	30	27	24	21	18	15	13	11	9	7	5	3	1

Drivers' championship

The joint round with TCR World Tour at Vallelunga did not count for the championship.

Overall

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valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON    1 Nicola Baldan 20†^4 2 1^7 Ret 2^7 2 175 2 Salvatore Tavano 2^6 5 2^1 4 9 9 172 3 Nicolas Taylor 6^2 13 2^2 4 Ret^5 3 157 4 Ruben Volt 18^5 7 3^8 1 3^3 Ret 150 5 Michele Imberti 13^10 3 5^4 3 Ret^15 7 126 6 Park Jun-ui 3^7 1 8^10 12 17^12 11 120 7 Alex Ley 1^1 4 23†^5 13 15^10 Ret 105 8 Park June-sung 16^11 22 7^6 Ret 5^8 1 105 9 Paolo Rocca Ret^9 Ret 22†^11 5 1^2 8 105 10 Kim Hwarang 4^3 23† 9^9 Ret 4^1 17 102 11 Levente Losonczy 14^13 8 10 8 Ret^6 4 84 12 Matteo Poloni 5 15 6^3 Ret 19† 5 83 13 Jacopo Cimenes 15^8 6 12^12 DNS 6^4 13 79 14 Filippo Barberi 12^14 11 11^15 6 7 14 70 15 Denis Babuin 7^12 12 15 DNS 18^13 10 44 16 Sandro Pelatti 8^15 17 20 11 8 18 40 17 Federico Paolino 16 7 11 12 34 18 Damiano Reduzzi Ret 14 13^14 9 Ret^11 Ret 28 19 Pietro Alessi 21†^14 6 23 20 Gabriele Covini Ret 16 14 Ret 10^9 Ret 21 21 Marco Pellegrini Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 20† 20 22 Raffaele Gurrieri 11 21 18 10 16 16 20 23 Cosimo Barberini 19† 10 Ret Ret 13 Ret 16 24 Federico Danova 9 19 13 25 Luciano Martínez 10 Ret 21† DNS Ret DNS 11 26 Tommaso Fossati Ret 18 19^13 DNS 20† 15 4 27 Antonio Citera 17 20 14 19 3 NC Edoardo Cappello 17 Ret 0 valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON

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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified.

Under 25 Trophy

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valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON    1 Park Jun-ui 3 1 8 12 17 11 165 2 Nicolas Taylor 6 13 2 4 Ret 3 160 3 Ruben Volt 18 7 3 1 3 Ret 148 4 Filippo Barberi 12 11 11 6 7 14 129 5 Levente Losonczy 14 8 10 8 Ret 4 122 6 Alex Ley 1 4 23† 13 15 Ret 118 7 Kim Hwarang 4 23† 9 Ret 4 17 109 8 Jacopo Cimenes 15 6 12 DNS 6 13 109 9 Paolo Rocca Ret Ret 22† 5 1 8 106 10 Tommaso Fossati Ret 18 19 DNS 20† 15 54 11 Gabriele Covini Ret 16 14 Ret 10 Ret 51 12 Pietro Alessi 21† 6 41 13 Federico Danova 9 19 35 14 Luciano Martínez 10 Ret 21† DNS Ret DNS 32 valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON

Masters Trophy

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valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON    1 Nicola Baldan 20† 2 1 Ret 2 2 184 2 Sandro Pelatti 8 17 20 11 8 18 172 3 Raffaele Gurrieri 11 21 18 10 16 16 161 4 Denis Babuin 7 12 15 DNS 18 10 156 5 Damiano Reduzzi Ret 14 13 9 Ret Ret 102 6 Antonio Citera 17 20 14 19 99 7 Marco Pellegrini Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 20† 86 8 Edoardo Cappello 17 Ret 27 valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON

TCR Italy DSG

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valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON    1 Luca Franca 2^2 2 11^2 2 2^1 3 222 2 Alessandro Alcidi 3^6 1 2^3 5 Ret^5 7 181 3 Luca Verdi Ret^1 8 1^1 4 3^4 6 175 4 Paolo Maria Silvestrini 8^8 5 3^7 1 7^9 9 164 5 Mattia Roccadelli 1^3 11 Ret^5 14 3^2 2 155 6 Mattia Lancellotti 15^4 3 4^4 Ret 4^7 4 145 7 Fabio Antonello 10^9 9 5^9 7 5^13 14 110 8 Alessandro Berton 6^11 Ret 6^10 8 8 8 98 9 Federico Scionti 1^3 1 93 10 Paolo Palanti 9^7 6 7^13 11 12^14 Ret 82 11 Pietro Alessi 4^5 4 65 12 Giorgio Fantilli 11^15 13 8^14 10 10^12 13 63 13 Andrea Fazioli Ret^10 Ret 10^11 9 11^11 11 58 14 Alessandro Lisi 5^13 7 DNS^1 DNS Ret^15 Ret 47 15 Angelo Marino 12 Ret Ret^6 Ret 9^6 17 40 16 Emilio Damante 14^14 Ret 9^12 Ret Ret^10 10 39 17 Andrea Argenti 7^12 10 33 18 Federico Desiderio 13 5 29 19 Andrea Palazzo 6^8 16 29 20 Ezio Muccio Ret^8 6 29 21 Fabio Bagnoli 13 12 12 22 Gabriele Foglia 15 12 8 23 Temel Camlidag Ret 15 1 valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS PER MUG IMO VAL MON

Notes and References

1. Web site: TCR Italy unveils 2024 calendar. 8 November 2023. TouringCarTimes. 8 November 2023.
2. Web site: Rolling start and longer races in the TCR Italy championship. 12 March 2024. TCR Series. 12 March 2024.
3. Web site: 20 cars on joint TCR World Tour and Coppa Italia grid at Valleunga opener. 12 April 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 12 April 2024.
4. Web site: Pelatti al via del TCR Italy con la seconda Audi di PMA . 29 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 29 April 2024.
5. Web site: Canadian teenager inks PMA Motorsport deal. 14 December 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 14 December 2023.
6. Web site: Tornano Tavano e la Scuderia del Girasole con la nuovissima Leon VZ. 30 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 30 April 2024.
7. Web site: Nicola Baldan adds TCR Italy programme with Aikoa Racing. 12 April 2024. TCR Series. 12 April 2024.
8. Web site: Filippo Barberi faces full season in TCR Italy with Aikoa Racing. 21 March 2024. TCR Series. 21 March 2024.
9. Web site: Il team NOS conferma Barberini per il tricolore 2024. 6 February 2024. ACI Sport. it. 6 February 2024.
10. Web site: Kim Hwarang dalla Formula 4 al TCR Italy con la Hyundai di Target. 23 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 23 April 2024.
11. Web site: Ley conferma la presenza al TCR Italy con la Elantra di Target. 29 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 29 April 2024.
12. Web site: Matteo Poloni returns to TCR Italy with his own team. 18 March 2024. TCR Series. 18 March 2024.
13. Web site: Paolo Rocca completes ALM Motorsport line-up. 5 April 2024. TouringCarTimes. 5 April 2024.
14. Web site: Ravaioli. Fabio. 2024-02-16. Ruben Volt and ALM Motorsport are back to TCR Italy. 2024-02-18. TCR World Ranking. en-gb.
15. Web site: Ignacio Montenegro, Levente Losonczy join JAS Development Programme. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 20 December 2023. 20 December 2023.
16. Web site: BRC Racing Team joins TCR Italy grid with Gabriele Covini. 1 May 2024. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 1 May 2024.
17. Web site: Girolami joins Azcona and Michelisz in expanded Hyundai programme. 11 March 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 11 March 2024.
18. Web site: Hyundai updates bodywork and livery of Elantra N TCR for 2024 FIA TCR World Tour. 12 April 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 12 April 2024.
19. Web site: Citera pronto a sbarcare nel TCR Italy 2024. 5 March 2024. ACI Sport. it. 5 March 2024.
20. Web site: Tommaso Fossati steps up to TCR Italy with Fox Racing. 26 March 2024. TCR Series. 26 March 2024.
21. Web site: Federico Danova pronto al salto nel TCR Italy con MM Motorsport. 30 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 30 April 2024.
22. Web site: Jacopo Cimenes joins FIA TCR World Tour opener and TCR Italy season. 6 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. 6 April 2023.
23. Web site: Michele Imberti makes Elantra move. 23 January 2024. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 23 January 2024.
24. Web site: Marco Pellegrini continues with Pinetti Motorsport. 31 January 2024. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 31 January 2024.
25. Web site: Luciano Martínez joins TCR Italy with Pinetti Motorsport. 29 April 2024. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 1 May 2024.
26. Web site: Trico WRT announces participation in TCR Italy for the fifth consecutive time with driver Damiano Reduzzi. 21 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 21 April 2024.
27. Web site: Solite Indigo Racing conferma i due Park nel Campionato Italiano. 26 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 26 April 2024.
28. Web site: Denis Babuin commits to TCR Italy for the new season. 21 February 2024. TCR Series. 21 February 2024.
29. Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing confirms four-car TCR World Tour line-up. 12 April 2024. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 12 April 2024.
30. Web site: Volcano Motorsport confirms FIA TCR World Tour switch. 15 April 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 15 April 2024.
31. Web site: New Honda team confirms World Tour programme. 26 February 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 26 February 2024.
32. Web site: Esteban Guerrieri completes GOAT Racing line-up. 15 March 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 15 March 2024.
33. Web site: Marco Butti takes GOAT Racing seat. 8 March 2024. TouringCarTimes.com. 8 March 2024.
34. Web site: https://www.acisport.it/public/2024/pdf/TCRITALY/2024_7644System.String[//Prove_Libere_1_05_01_02_99_l1a_all_0_join.pdf Round 1 Entry list]. 3 May 2024. www.acisport.it. 3 May 2024.
35. Web site: https://www.acisport.it/public/2024/pdf/TCRITALY/2024_7645System.String[//Elenco_iscritti_iscritti_tcr.pdf Round 2 Entry list]. 6 June 2024. www.acisport.it. 6 June 2024.
36. Web site: Fantilli, la passione per le corse non ha età: sarà ancora al via del TCR Italy DSG. 29 February 2024. ACI Sport. it. 29 February 2024.
37. Web site: Damante e il TCR DSG: "Amore a prima vista". 22 February 2024. ACI Sport. it. 22 February 2024.
38. Web site: Berton correrà il TCR Italy DSG 2024 con una Cupra. 14 February 2024. ACI Sport. it. 14 February 2024.
39. Web site: Lancellotti debutterà nel TCR Italy DSG: "Punto subito al podio". 27 February 2024. ACI Sport. it. 27 February 2024.
40. Web site: Lisi, le amicizie nel paddock dietro la scelta di correre nel TCR DSG. 26 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 26 April 2024.
41. Web site: Bagnoli in gara a Misano con la Golf del team Nos. 27 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 27 April 2024.
42. Web site: Marino, già re delle cronoscalate, debutta nel TCR DSG con l'Audi dei fratelli Abate. 22 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 22 April 2024.
43. Web site: Il team Progetto E20 Motorsport sbarca nel TCR Italy con Paolo Maria Silverstrini. 11 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 11 April 2024.
44. Web site: Roccadelli dal Prototipi al TCR con la Cupra DSG del team RPM Performance Motorsport. 24 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 24 April 2024.
45. Web site: Aikoa conferma Palanti nel TCR Italy DSG. 15 March 2024. ACI Sport. it. 15 March 2024.
46. Web site: Franca nel TCR DSG con Aikoa Racing: "Un banco di prova della mia maturità". 3 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 3 April 2024.
47. Web site: Antonello si mette in gioco con la Cupra della RC Motorsport. 8 March 2024. ACI Sport. it. 8 March 2024.
48. Web site: TCR DSG Italy: RC Motorsport ingaggia Alessi, 19 anni a maggio. 31 January 2024. ACI Sport. it. 31 January 2024.
49. Web site: Verdi, volto nuovo del TCR Italy DSG. 2 February 2024. ACI Sport. it. 2 February 2024.
50. Web site: Fazioli al debutto nel TCR DSG con la Cupra di Brothers in Arms. "Ho sempre avuto un debole per le ruote coperte". 25 March 2024. ACI Sport. it. 25 March 2024.
51. Web site: Andrea Argenti si schiera al via di Misano con la seconda Cupra DSG di Gentili. 24 April 2024. ACI Sport. it. 24 April 2024.
52. Web site: Debutta nel TCR Italy il team Tuder con una Golf e il direttore tecnico al volante. 19 January 2024. ACI Sport. it. 19 January 2024.