The 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the fourth season of
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
The TCR Europe Touring Car Series is an annual touring car racing event that is held at various locations across Europe. The series is run in accordance with the TCR Touring Car regulations with production-based cars that are front-wheel drive and ...
, and second held as a standalone series. The season began at the
Hungaroring in April and ended at the
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
The Monza Circuit ( it, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, , National Automobile Racetrack of Monza) is a race track near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. Built in 1922, it was the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit after ...
in October.
As part of an deal with the series' promoters, at five of the seven events, the
2019 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship series is held which is its fourth edition. Also a third competition will be held with the establishment of the
TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
The TCR Eastern Europe Trophy (also called the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy powered by ESET for sponsorship reasons) is an annual touring car racing event that is held at various locations across Eastern Europe.
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which will be held on two of the seven events of the calendar, as well as having four standalone events.
Mikel Azcona is the defending drivers' champion, while
Hell Energy Racing with
KCMG are the defending teams' champions. In TCR BeNeLux
Jean-Karl Vernay
Jean-Karl "J. K." Vernay (born 31 October 1987) is a French professional racing driver. He was 2010 Indy Lights and 2017 TCR International Series champion. He has won races at the World Touring Car Cup, where he finished fifth in 2018 and won the ...
is the defending drivers' champion while
Leopard Lukoil Team WRT are the defending teams' champions.
Calendar
The calendar was announced on 5 December 2018 with 7 rounds scheduled. The second round, which was scheduled to be held at unknown venue in the
Netherlands
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, was replaced on 28 January 2019 with
Hockenheimring
The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg () is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it has hos ...
. Five of the seven events from the calendar are also valid for the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship.
Teams and drivers
Mid-season changes
*Following a post-race altercation with Natan Bihel after the second race at the
Red Bull Ring
The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.
The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from to . It was later sh ...
,
Dušan Borković
Dušan Borković ( sr-cyr, Душан Борковић; born 16 September 1984) is a Serbian auto racing driver, two time European champion 2012 European Hill Climb Championship and 2015 European Touring Car Cup. He is a winner of the two conse ...
was banned from participating in all remaining rounds of the season.
Results and standings
Season summary
TCR Europe standings
Drivers' standings
;Scoring system
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
TCR BeNeLux Teams' standings
Notes
References
External links
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2019 in European sport
Europe Touring Car Series