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Revision as of 05:42, 6 March 2019

The FIA World Touring Car Cup is an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for touring cars. This will be the second season under the "World Cup" banner and 15th overall of the series which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Season entries
Italy BRC Racing Team[1][N 1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 1 Italy Gabriele Tarquini[1] TBA
5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz[1] TBA
8 Brazil Augusto Farfus[1] TBA
88 Netherlands Nick Catsburg[1] TBA
France Sébastien Loeb Racing[2][N 1] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[2] 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[2] TBA
10 Germany Benjamin Leuchter[3] TBA
12 United Kingdom Robert Huff[2] TBA
25 Morocco Mehdi Bennani[2] TBA
Hong Kong Hell Energy Racing with KCMG[4] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[4] 9 Hungary Attila Tassi[4] TBA
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro[4] TBA
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[5] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[5] 14 Netherlands Niels Langeveld[5] TBA
22 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[5] TBA
Belgium Comtoyou Racing[6] CUPRA León TCR[6] 21 France Aurélien Panis[6] TBA
50 Netherlands Tom Coronel[7] TBA
Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[8] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[8] 29 Argentina Néstor Girolami[8] TBA
86 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri[8] TBA
Italy Team Mulsanne[9] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[9] 31 Italy Kevin Ceccon[10] TBA
55 China Ma Qing Hua[11] TBA
Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Team WRT[5] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[5] 52 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden[5] TBA
69 France Jean-Karl Vernay[5] TBA
Sweden Cyan Racing[12][N 1] Lynk & Co 03 TCR[12] 62 Sweden Thed Björk[12] TBA
68 France Yann Ehrlacher[13] TBA
TBA France Yvan Muller[14] TBA
TBA United Kingdom Andy Priaulx[15] TBA
Sweden PWR Racing[16] CUPRA León TCR[16] TBA TBA[16] TBA
TBA TBA[16] TBA
Wildcard entries
TBA[17] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[17] TBA Malaysia Mitchell Cheah[17] 10

Team and driver changes

Cyan Racing are set to make a return to the series with the all-new Lynk & Co 03 TCR after missing the 2018 season. Thed Björk was the first driver announced by the team.[12] 2018 runner-up Yvan Muller was confirmed on 18 November 2018.[14] Three time World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx will be making his return to the series with the team after 9 year absence.[15] Yann Ehrlacher was the final driver to be announced on 19 December 2018.[13]

Nick Catsburg and Augusto Farfus are set to drive for Hyundai supported teams alongside series champion Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz, though it's unknown for which teams they will drive.[1] Farfus last raced in the series in 2010 while Catsburg last raced in the series in 2017.

2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship and 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship winner Johan Kristoffersson is set to make series debut driving Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, prepared by Sébastien Loeb Racing joining Robert Huff and Mehdi Bennani.[2] Benjamin Leuchter was announced as the fourth driver for the team on 30 January 2018.[3]

Néstor Girolami will make his series return joining ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport alongside Esteban Guerrieri, replacing Yann Ehrlacher.[8]

After making one–off appearances for Boutsen Ginion Racing in 2018, Ma Qing Hua is set to make his full season return with Team Mulsanne, joining Kevin Ceccon, who drove for the team during the second half of the 2018 season.[10][11]

2018 ADAC TCR Germany second runner-up Niels Langeveld is set to join Audi Sport Team Comtoyou joining Frédéric Vervisch, while Gordon Shedden and Jean-Karl Vernay will remain with Audi Sport Leopard Team WRT.[5] The second team – Comtoyou Racing – will switch from Audi RS 3 LMS TCR to CUPRA León TCR as the series do not allow more than four cars per manufacturer. Aurélien Panis will remain the team[6] and will be joined by Tom Coronel, who moves from Boutsen Ginion Racing.[18] Denis Dupont, who raced for Audi Sport Team Comtoyou last season, will remain with the Comtoyou team in the 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series.[19]

Hell Energy Racing with KCMG will join the series, replacing Boutsen Ginion Racing as the second Honda team. Tiago Monteiro will join the team alongside Attila Tassi, the 2017 TCR International Series runner-up and 4th placed in the 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series.[4]

PWR Racing will join the series, replacing Campos Racing as the second CUPRA team.[16]

Calendar

A provisional calendar was released on 5 December 2018. The second race in China at Wuhan was discontinued while the series will make first appearance in Malaysia at the Sepang International Circuit.[20][21]

Rnd. Race Race Name Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 Race of Morocco Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 6 April TBA
2 7 April
3
2 4 Race of Hungary Hungary Hungaroring 27 April TCR Europe Touring Car Series

TCR Eastern Europe Trophy

5 28 April
6
3 7 Race of Slovakia Slovakia Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 10 May FIM Endurance World Championship
8 12 May
9
4 10 Race of the Netherlands Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort 18 May TBA
11 19 May
12
5 13 Race of Germany Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 21 June 24 Hours Nürburgring
14 22 June
15
6 16 Race of Portugal Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 6 July TBA
17
18 7 July
7 19 Race of China China Ningbo International Circuit 14 September TBA
20 15 September
21
8 22 Race of Japan Japan Suzuka Circuit 26 October Super Formula Championship
TCR Japan Touring Car Series
23 27 October
24
9 25 Guia Race of Macau Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 16 November Macau Grand Prix
FIA GT World Cup
26 17 November
27
10 28 Race of Malaysia Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 15 December FIM Endurance World Championship
29
30

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Under the series' rules teams are only allowed to run two cars. The current driver allocation is not known.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Hyundai confirm Tarquini, Michelisz, Catsburg and Far for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Johan Kristoffersson confirmed alongside Rob Huff and Mehdi Bennani at SLR". TouringCarTimes. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Benjamin Leuchter confirmed in the fourth Volkswagen". TouringCarTimes. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "KCMG chosen as second Honda squad, with Attila Tassi joining WTCR". TouringCarTimes. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Niels Langeveld completes Audi Sport line-up in WTCR". TouringCarTimes. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "Comtoyou Racing adds Cupra programme, retains Aurélien Panis". TouringCarTimes. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Tom Coronel completes Comtoyou Racing line-up for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Münnich Motorsport confirm all-Argentinian line-up for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Team Mulsanne confirm continued WTCR programme". TouringCarTimes. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Kevin Ceccon re-signs for Team Mulsanne". TouringCarTimes. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Ma Qing Hua completes Team Mulsanne line-up". TouringCarTimes. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  12. ^ a b c d "Cyan Racing confirm WTCR entry with Lynk & Co". TouringCarTimes. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Yann Ehrlacher completes Lynk & Co Cyan Racing line-up". TouringCarTimes. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Yvan Muller confirms 2019 WTCR return with Lynk & Co". TouringCarTimes. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Andy Priaulx joins Lynk & Co Cyan Racing programme". TouringCarTimes. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  16. ^ a b c d e "PWR Racing to join WTCR grid as second Cupra team". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  17. ^ a b c "Mitchell Cheah gets wild card chance in Malaysia finale". TouringCarTimes. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Tom Coronel completes Comtoyou Racing line-up for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  19. ^ "Denis Dupont and Gilles Magnus confirmed for RACB TCR Europe campaign". TouringCars.net. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Malaysia the new addition as 2019 WTCR calendar confirmed". TouringCarTimes. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  21. ^ Rodgers, Richard (2018-12-07). "EWC and WTCR join forces twice in 2019". FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
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