The 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the third holding of TCR Europe , and first held as a standalone series. The series began at the Circuit Paul Ricard in May and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.[ 1] [ 2]
As part of an deal with the series' promoters, at five of the seven events, the 2018 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship series was held which was its third edition.[ 3]
TCR Europe Series also saw the introduction of the DSG Challenge for cars equipped with Direct-shift gearbox .[ 4]
Circuit/Location
Date
Supporting
1
1
Circuit Paul Ricard , Le Castellet , France
5 May
International GT Open Euroformula Open
2
6 May
2
3
Circuit Zandvoort , Zandvoort , Netherlands
20 May
World Touring Car Cup TCR Swiss Trophy
4
21 May
3
5
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Stavelot , Belgium
9 June
International GT Open Euroformula Open
6
10 June
4
7
Hungaroring , Budapest , Hungary
7 July
8
8 July
5
9
TT Circuit Assen , Assen , Netherlands
18 August
TCR Swiss Trophy
10
19 August
6
11
Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza , Italy
22 September
International GT Open Euroformula Open TCR Swiss Trophy
12
23 September
7
13
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló , Spain
20 October
International GT Open Euroformula Open
14
21 October
Race also part of the 2018 TCR BeNeLux season
The Leopard Lukoil Team WRT Audi RS3 LMS TCR , driven by Jean-Karl Vernay .
The Autodis Racing by THX Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) , driven by Stefano Comini .
The M1RA Hyundai i30 N TCR , driven by Dániel Nagy .
The JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR , driven by Julien Briché.
The Stian Paulsen Racing Cupra León TCR , driven by Stian Paulsen .
The Comtoyou Racing , 2017 spec Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR , driven by Maxime Potty .
Yokohama is the official tire supplier.[ 5]
Team
Car
Drivers
Class
Rounds
Race Republic - NOS Racing[ 6]
Subaru WRX STI TCR [ 7] [ 6]
3
Cosimo Barberini[ 6]
6
Race Republic [ 7]
42
Stefano Comini [ 7]
1
Race Republic - Top Run [ 8]
77
Roberto Russo[ 8]
6
JSB Compétition [ 9] [ 10]
Peugeot 308 TCR [ 9]
4
Julien Briché[ 9]
BNL
2–5, 7
CUPRA León TCR [ 11]
21
Marie Baus-Coppens[ 11]
BNL DSG
2–5, 7
LTA Rally Team[ 12]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [ 12]
5
Klim Gavrilov [ 12]
7
LPR Stefanovski Racing Team [ 13]
Hyundai i30 N TCR [ 13]
7
Igor Stefanovski [ 13]
1–2, 4–6
Target Competition [ 14]
Hyundai i30 N TCR [ 14]
8
Reece Barr[ 14]
All
15
Peter Terting [ 15]
7
62
Dušan Borković [ 16]
All
94
Kris Richard [ 17]
All
Hell Energy Racing with KCMG [ 18]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [ 18]
9
Attila Tassi [ 18]
All
99
Josh Files [ 18]
All
909
Mike Halder[ 19]
7
PSS Racing Team[ 20]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [ 21]
10
Viktor Davidovski[ 20]
All
Reno Racing [ 22]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [ 22]
11
Jens Reno Møller [ 22]
All
Autodis Racing by Piro Sports [ 23] [ 10]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [ 24]
13
Cedric Piro[ 24]
BNL
1–3
Hyundai i30 N TCR [ 23]
4
15
Peter Terting [ 25]
BNL
5–6
14
Loris Cencetti[ 23]
BNL
1–3
Autodis Racing by THX[ 26]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [ 24]
4–5
42
Stefano Comini [ 26]
BNL
3–7
630
Benjamin Lessennes [ 27]
BNL
6
Pit Lane Competizioni [ 28]
Hyundai i30 N TCR [ 29]
16
Nicola Baldan[ 29]
1
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [ 28]
63
Giovanni Altoè[ 28]
DSG
1, 3, 5–6
71
Enrico Bettera [ 29]
1
CUPRA León TCR [ 29]
66
Andrea Larini [ 29]
1
M1RA [ 30]
Hyundai i30 N TCR [ 30]
16
Nicola Baldan[ 31]
6
26
Francisco Mora [ 32]
1–4
555
Norbert Michelisz [ 33]
7
999
Dániel Nagy [ 30]
All
Brutal Fish Racing Team[ 34]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [ 34]
17
Martin Ryba[ 34]
2–4, 6–7
Team Mulsanne [ 35]
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR [ 35]
18
Fabrizio Giovanardi [ 35]
6
WestCoast Racing [ 36]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [ 36]
19
Andreas Bäckman[ 36]
7
116
Ashley Sutton [ 36]
7
126
Jessica Bäckman [ 36]
7
JLG Motorsport with Zengő [ 37]
CUPRA León TCR [ 37]
20
Márk Jedlóczky [ 37]
1–2, 4
Zengő Motorsport
55
Ferenc Ficza
DSG
4
Fullín Race Academy [ 38]
CUPRA León TCR [ 38]
22
Petr Fulín [ 38]
7
Sports&You[ 39]
Peugeot 308 TCR [ 39]
23
Francisco Abreu[ 39]
All
27
Enrique Hernando[ 40]
7
Speedy Motorsport[ 41]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [ 42]
24
Gustavo Moura[ 42]
1
PCR Sport[ 43]
CUPRA León TCR [ 43]
25
Mikel Azcona [ 43]
All
38
Danny Kroes [ 44]
BNL
All
MN Développement[ 15]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [ 15]
28
Jean-Laurent Navarro[ 15]
7
Pyro Motorsport [ 45]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) [ 45]
32
Oliver Taylor[ 45]
6–7
Stian Paulsen Racing [ 46]
CUPRA León TCR [ 46]
34
Stian Paulsen [ 46]
All
Monlau Competición[ 47]
CUPRA León TCR [ 47]
35
Munkong Sathienthirakul [ 47]
3, 5, 7
Scuderia del Girasole [ 48]
CUPRA León TCR [ 48]
44
Salvatore Tavano [ 48]
6
Leopard Lukoil Team WRT [ 49]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [ 49]
46
Jaap van Lagen [ 50]
BNL
2
69
Jean-Karl Vernay [ 49]
BNL
1, 3–7
CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse [ 8]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [ 8]
76
Daniele Cappellari [ 8]
6
Baporo Motorsport [ 51]
CUPRA León TCR [ 51]
79
José Manuel Sapag [ 51]
6
Comtoyou Racing [ 52]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [ 52]
88
Maxime Potty [ 52]
BNL
All
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR [ 53]
223
Nathanaël Berthon [ 53]
BNL
7
LEIN Racing[ 54]
CUPRA León TCR [ 54]
111
Nikola Miljković[ 54]
7
Icon
Class
BNL
TCR BeNeLux Series
DSG
DSG Challenge
Results and standings [ edit ]
TCR Europe standings [ edit ]
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings[ edit ]
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
^ Josh Files qualified fastest but was handed a 3 place grid penalty for an infraction from the previous round. Files was credited with pole position and awarded the 5 championship points for it despite starting the race in 4th position. Jean-Karl Vernay , who was the next fastest qualifier, thus started from the first grid slot.
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