2023 TCR Europe Touring Car Series explained
The 2023 TCR Europe Touring Car Series will be the seventh season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season is planned to began at the Algarve International Circuit in April and to end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.[1] It will also feature three rounds of the TCR World Tour.[2]
Calendar
The calendar was announced with 7 rounds scheduled.
| Circuit/Location | Date | Supporting |
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1 | 1 | Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal | 28–30 April | TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship |
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2 | 3 | Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau | 13–14 May | Pau Grand Prix French F4 Championship |
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3 | 5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 26–28 May | TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Italian F4 Championship |
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4 | 7 | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | 16–18 June | TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Formula Regional European Championship |
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5 | 9 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 21–23 July | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Formula Regional European Championship Italian F4 Championship |
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6 | 11 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 22–24 September | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship |
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7 | 13 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 20–22 October | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship |
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Teams and drivers
Team | Car | | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
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Lema Racing[3] | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 3 | Giacomo Ghermandi | D | 6 | Volcano Motorsport[4] | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 7 | Daniel Tkachenko[5] | R | 4–7 | 23 | Isaac Smith | R | 1–3 | 29 | Ivan Peklin | R | 6 | 33 | Horia-Traian Chirigut | D | 7 | 39 | Lewis Brown[6] | | 1–5 | Aggressive Team Italia[7] | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 8 | Nicola Baldan[8] | D | 1 | 31 | Kevin Ceccon | | 4 | 48 | Mikael Karlsson[9] | D | 1, 3–4 | 84 | Giovanni Scamardi | | 6 | 264 | Levente Losonczy | | 3–7 | 293 | nowrap | Mauro Guastamacchia[10] | D | 7 | Comtoyou Racing[11] [12] | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 8 | Nicola Baldan[13] | D | 5–7 | 11 | Viktor Davidovski | D | All | 22 | Kobe Pauwels[14] | R | All | 27 | John Filippi[15] | | All | 34 | Tom Coronel | D | All | 39 | Lewis Brown | | 6–7 | 64 | Éric Cayrolle[16] | D | 2 | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | 122 | Frédéric Vervisch[17] | W | 1, 3–4 | 179 | Robert Huff | W | 1, 3–4 | MA:GP[18] | Lynk & Co 03 TCR | 10 | Viktor Andersson | R | All | RC2 Racing Team[19] | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 12 | nowrap | Rubén Fernández | D | 1, 3, 7 | 19 | Felipe Fernández | D | 1, 3 | 74 | Pepe Oriola[20] | | 7 | Espace Racing with CDRS | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) | 17 | Christian Philippon | D | 2 | Target Competition[21] | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 18 | Marco Butti | R | 5 | 62 | Dušan Borković | D | 1–5, 7 | Cap Racing by CDRS | Cupra León TCR | 40 | Julien Nougaret | G | 2 | 41 | Dorian Duthil | G | 2 | CDRS | 66 | Olivier López | D | 2 | PMA Motorsport[22] | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 44 | Felice Jelmini | | 6 | nowrap | Team Clairet Sport - Burson Auto Parts Racing[23] | Peugeot 308 TCR | 71 | Ben Bargwanna | R | 1, 3 | SP Compétition | Cupra Leon Competición TCR | 76 | Aurélien Comte | | 5 | 78 | Sacha Bottemanne | | 5 | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse[24] | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 105 | Norbert Michelisz[25] | W | 1, 3–4 | 196 | Mikel Azcona | W | 1, 3–4 | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co[26] [27] [28] | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 111 | Thed Björk[29] | W | 1, 3–4 | 112 | Santiago Urrutia[30] | W | 1, 3–4 | 155 | Ma Qing Hua | W | 1, 3–4 | 168 | Yann Ehrlacher | W | 1, 3–4 | ALM Motorsport[31] | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | 127 | Ruben Volt | W | 4 | R | 5–7 | 128 | Philip Lindberg[32] | W | 3 | 129 | Néstor Girolami | W | 1, 3–4 | Source:[33] [34] [35] | |
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R | Eligible for TCR Europe Rookie Trophy | D | | W | Eligible for TCR World Tour | G | Guest drivers ineligible to score points | |
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Results and standings
Season summary
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | colspan=8 |
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Races | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
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Drivers' championship
- Overall
valign=top | | valign=top | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, not including World Tour entries | |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
- Rookie Trophy
valign=top | valign=middle | | valign=middle | Driver | POR
| PAU
| SPA
| HUN
| LEC
| MON
| BAR
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1 | Kobe Pauwels | 101 | Ret | 22 | 4 | 41 | Ret | 102 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | DNS | 491 |
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2 | Viktor Andersson | 212† | 14 | Ret1 | 5 | 174 | 22 | 201 | 13 | 103 | 11 | 83 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 448 |
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3 | Levente Losonczy | | | | | 195 | 21 | 183 | Ret | 94 | 12 | 106 | 10 | 93 | 8 | 273 |
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4 | Ruben Volt | | | | | | | | | 62 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 135 | 1 | 229 |
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5 | Isaac Smith | 143 | 13 | 33 | Ret | 153 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 195 |
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6 | Daniel Tkachenko | | | | | | | 194 | 17 | Ret5 | 10 | Ret4 | 12 | 74 | 11 | 186 |
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7 | Ben Bargwanna | 174 | 12 | | | Ret2 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 116 |
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8 | Ivan Peklin | | | | | | | | | | | 95 | 14 | | | 51 |
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| Marco Butti | | | | | | | | | WD | WD | | | | | — |
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valign=middle | | valign=middle | Driver | POR
| PAU
| SPA
| HUN
| LEC
| MON
| BAR
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| valign=top | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, only counting Rookie drivers. | |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
- Diamond Trophy
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
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Qualifying | colspan=7 |
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Races | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
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valign=top | valign=middle | | valign=middle | Driver | POR
| PAU
| SPA
| HUN
| LEC
| MON
| BAR
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1 | Tom Coronel | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 306 |
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2 | Viktor Davidovski | 13 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 192 |
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3 | Nicola Baldan | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 161 |
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4 | Dušan Borković | 12 | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 12 | WD | WD | | | WD | WD | 109 |
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5 | Rubén Fernández | 18 | 11 | | | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 75 |
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6 | Mikael Karlsson | 20† | 17 | | | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | 63 |
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7 | Felipe Fernández | 15 | 18 | | | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 55 |
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8 | Christian Philippon | | | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
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9 | Mauro Guastamacchia | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 10 | 22 |
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10 | Éric Cayrolle | | | 5 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
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11 | Giacomo Ghermandi | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 13 | | | 12 |
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12 | Olivier López | | | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
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valign=middle | | valign=middle | Driver | POR
| PAU
| SPA
| HUN
| LEC
| MON
| BAR
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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' standings
Pos. | Team | Pts. |
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1 | Comtoyou Racing | 931 |
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2 | Comtoyou | 758 |
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3 | Volcano Motorsport | 426 |
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4 | Aggressive Team Italia | 308 |
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5 | MA:GP | 271 |
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6 | RC2 Racing Team | 232 |
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7 | Target Competition | 196 |
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8 | ALM Motorsport | 185 |
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9 | SP Compétition | 73 |
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10 | Team Clairet Sport - Burson Auto Parts Racing | 55 |
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11 | Espace Racing with CDRS | 30 |
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12 | PMA Motorsport | 21 |
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13 | Team CDRS | 13 |
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14 | Lema Racing | 9 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: TCR Europe reveals calendar for 2023 . 2022-09-25 . europe.tcr-series.com.
- News: First three TCR Europe events to kick off new TCR World Tour. TouringCarTimes. 29 November 2022. 29 November 2022.
- Web site: TouringCarTimes . 2023-09-20 . Felice Jelmini heads additions to Monza grid . 2023-10-20 . TouringCarTimes . en-US.
- News: 7 April 2023 . Isaac Smith makes TCR Europe switch with Volcano Motorsport . en-US . TouringCarTimes . 7 April 2023.
- Web site: TouringCarTimes . 2023-06-14 . Kevin Ceccon added to Hungaroring entry . 2023-10-20 . TouringCarTimes . en-US.
- News: 17 April 2023 . Lewis Brown makes TCR Europe switch . en-US . TouringCarTimes . 17 April 2023.
- Web site: Levente Losonczy to run dual programme. 28 December 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 28 December 2022.
- Web site: Nicola Baldan steps in for Levente Losonczy in first two TCR Europe races. 25 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 25 April 2023.
- Web site: Mikael Karlsson and Giovanni Scamardi joins Aggressive Team Italia. 24 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 24 March 2023.
- Web site: Wood . Ida . 2023-10-19 . TCR Europe set to end season with most points-scoring entries of 2023 . 2023-10-20 . TouringCarTimes . en-US.
- Web site: Comtoyou officially confirms TCR World Tour plans. 2 November 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2 November 2022.
- Web site: Tom Coronel unveils 2023 TCR Europe livery. 21 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 21 April 2023.
- Web site: TouringCarTimes . 2023-07-19 . Nicola Baldan, Aurélien Comte amongst additions to Paul Ricard entry . 2023-10-20 . TouringCarTimes . en-US.
- Web site: Kobe Pauwels confirms TCR Europe debut with Comtoyou Racing. 2 February 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2 February 2023.
- Web site: Comtoyou Racing announces roster for TCR Europe title defence. 13 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 13 April 2023.
- Web site: Local racers boost Pau entry. 10 May 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 10 May 2023.
- Web site: Comtoyou firms up World Tour entry with Huff, Vervisch. 13 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 13 April 2023.
- Web site: 18 April 2023 . Viktor Andersson to make TCR Europe début with MA:GP . 18 April 2023 . TouringCars.Net.
- Web site: RC2 Racing Team confirms Portimao entry. 24 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 24 April 2023.
- Web site: Brunsdon . Stephen . 2023-10-18 . Pepe Oriola to make TCR Europe comeback in Barcelona finale . 2023-10-20 . TouringCarTimes . en-US.
- Web site: 25 April 2023 . Dusan Borković to make TCR Europe return . 25 April 2023 . TouringCarTimes . en-US.
- Web site: Felice Jelmini makes Audi switch for 2023 TCR Europe season. 26 January 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 26 January 2023.
- Web site: Ben Bargwanna confirms TCR Australia and TCR World Tour campaign. TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2023. 9 February 2023.
- Web site: Hyundai confirms TCR World Tour presence. 27 February 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023.
- Web site: Hyundai confirms two-car World Tour entry. 11 April 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 11 April 2023.
- Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing to return to action in TCR World Tour. 6 January 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 6 January 2023.
- Web site: New Lynk & Co 03 TCR to hit the track in 2023. 3 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 3 March 2023.
- Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing reveals 2023 colours and numbers. 29 March 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 29 March 2023.
- Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing names first two World Tour drivers. 27 February 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023.
- Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing completes TCR World Tour line-up. 6 March 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 6 March 2023.
- Web site: Honda driver Néstor Girolami joins TCR World Tour grid with ALM Motorsport. 19 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 19 April 2023.
- Web site: Philip Lindberg to make World Tour debut at Spa. 14 May 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 14 May 2023.
- Web site: 2023 - Entry list 01 - TCR Europe + TCR World Tour - Portimao V5. tcr-worldranking.com. 2023-04-25.
- Web site: TCR Europe - Pau Entry List V3. europe.tcr-series.com. 2023-05-10.
- Web site: 2023 - Entry list 03 - TCR Europe + TCR World Tour - Spa V2. tcr-worldranking.com. 2023-06-14.