2023 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

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.^[1]

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Date	Supporting
1	1	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal	28–30 April	TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship
	2
2	3	Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau	13–14 May	Pau Grand Prix French F4 Championship
	4
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	26–28 May	TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Italian F4 Championship
	6
4	7	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary	16–18 June	TCR World Tour International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Formula Regional European Championship
	8
5	9	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	21–23 July	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship Formula Regional European Championship Italian F4 Championship
	10
6	11	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	22–24 September	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship
	12
7	13	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	20–22 October	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship
	14

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Lema Racing[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 3 Giacomo Ghermandi[3] D 6 Volcano Motorsport[4] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 7 Daniel Tkachenko[5] R 4–7 23 Isaac Smith[4] R 1–3 29 Ivan Peklin[3] 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[5] 4 48 Mikael Karlsson[9] D 1, 3–4 84 Giovanni Scamardi[9] 6 264 Levente Losonczy[7] 3–7 293 Mauro Guastamacchia[10] D 7 Comtoyou Racing[11][12][13] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 8 Nicola Baldan[14] D 5–7 11 Viktor Davidovski[12] D All 22 Kobe Pauwels[15] R All 27 John Filippi[12] All 34 Tom Coronel[13] D All 39 Lewis Brown[3] 6–7 64 Éric Cayrolle[16] D 2 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[11] 122 Frédéric Vervisch[17] W 1, 3–4 179 Robert Huff[17] W 1, 3–4 MA:GP[18] Lynk & Co 03 TCR 10 Viktor Andersson[18] R All RC2 Racing Team[19] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12 Rubén Fernández[19] D 1, 3, 7 19 Felipe Fernández[19] D 1, 3 74 Pepe Oriola[20] 7 Espace Racing with CDRS[16] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 Christian Philippon[16] D 2 Target Competition[21] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 18 Marco Butti[14] R 5 62 Dušan Borković[21] D 1–5, 7 Cap Racing by CDRS[16] Cupra León TCR 40 Julien Nougaret[16] G 2 41 Dorian Duthil[16] G 2 CDRS[16] 66 Olivier López[16] D 2 PMA Motorsport[22] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 44 Felice Jelmini[22] 6–7 Team Leal Compétition[16] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 49 Michael Leal[16] D 2 Team Clairet Sport - Burson Auto Parts Racing[23] Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Ben Bargwanna[23] R 1, 3 SP Compétition[14] Cupra Leon Competición TCR 76 Aurélien Comte[14] 5 78 Sacha Bottemanne[14] 5 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse[24] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Norbert Michelisz[25] W 1, 3–4 196 Mikel Azcona[25] 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[29] W 1, 3–4 168 Yann Ehrlacher[30] W 1, 3–4 ALM Motorsport[31] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 127 Ruben Volt[5][14] W 4 R 5–7 128 Philip Lindberg[32] W 3 129 Néstor Girolami[31] W 1, 3–4 Source:[33][34][35]

Icon Class R Eligible for TCR Europe Rookie Trophy D Eligible for TCR Europe Diamond Trophy W Eligible for TCR World Tour G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Results and standings

Season summary

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie driver	Winning Diamond driver
1	1	Algarve International Circuit	Tom Coronel[N 1]	Viktor Andersson[N 2]	John Filippi[N 3]	Comtoyou Racing[N 4]	Kobe Pauwels	Tom Coronel
	2			Tom Coronel[N 5]	Tom Coronel[N 6]	Comtoyou Racing[N 7]	Ben Bargwanna	Tom Coronel
2	3	Circuit de Pau-Ville	Viktor Andersson	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Target Competition	Kobe Pauwels	Dušan Borković
	4			Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Comtoyou Racing	Kobe Pauwels	Tom Coronel
3	5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Kobe Pauwels[N 8]	Tom Coronel[N 9]	Kobe Pauwels[N 10]	Comtoyou Racing[N 11]	Kobe Pauwels	Tom Coronel
	6			Tom Coronel[N 12]	John Filippi	Comtoyou Racing	Isaac Smith	Tom Coronel
4	7	Hungaroring	Viktor Andersson[N 13]	Tom Coronel[N 14]	Kobe Pauwels[N 15]	Comtoyou Racing[N 16]	Kobe Pauwels	Tom Coronel
	8			Dušan Borković[N 17]	Kobe Pauwels[N 18]	Comtoyou Racing[N 19]	Kobe Pauwels	Tom Coronel
5	9	Circuit Paul Ricard	John Filippi	Tom Coronel	John Filippi	Comtoyou Racing	Kobe Pauwels	Nicola Baldan
	10			Kobe Pauwels	Kobe Pauwels	Comtoyou Racing	Kobe Pauwels	Nicola Baldan
6	11	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Ruben Volt	Ruben Volt	Kobe Pauwels	Comtoyou Racing	Kobe Pauwels	Nicola Baldan
	12			Ruben Volt	Ruben Volt	ALM Motorsport	Ruben Volt	Nicola Baldan
7	13	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Tom Coronel	Kobe Pauwels	Kobe Pauwels	Comtoyou Racing	Kobe Pauwels	Tom Coronel
	14			Ruben Volt	Ruben Volt	ALM Motorsport	Ruben Volt	Tom Coronel

Championship standings

Scoring system

Drivers' championship

Overall

Pos. Driver POR PAU SPA HUN LEC MON BAR  Pts.  1 Tom Coronel 111 5 6 1 72 3 113 9 42 3 11 3 21 4 468 2 John Filippi 93 9 7 3 104 1 146 14 11 6 55 5 33 2 441 3 Kobe Pauwels 102 Ret 23 4 41 Ret 104 7 33 1 12 6 12 DNS 433 4 Viktor Davidovski 134 19 47 7 115 16 137 Ret 7 7 34 8 8 12 266 5 Viktor Andersson 216† 14 Ret1 5 17 22 201 13 10 11 87 4 55 3 247 6 Lewis Brown 19 16 85 6 127 11 17 16 86 8 66 9 114 6 247 7 Nicola Baldan 16 15 24 2 23 2 46 5 235 8 Dušan Borković 125 Ret 12 2 Ret6 15 152 12 WD WD WD WD 190 9 Ruben Volt[N 20] 21† 10 67 4 41 1 13 1 171 10 Isaac Smith 14 13 34 Ret 15 12 121 11 Levente Losonczy 19 21 18 Ret 9 12 10 10 97 8 104 12 Rubén Fernández 18 11 18 18 10 9 91 13 Felipe Fernández 157 18 133 6 86 14 Mikael Karlsson 20† 17 20 19 16 15 76 15 Daniel Tkachenko 19 17 Ret 10 Ret 12 7 11 69 16 Kevin Ceccon 125 11 63 17 Ben Bargwanna 17 12 Ret 17 55 18 Aurélien Comte 55 5 51 19 Pepe Oriola 6 7 39 20 Christian Philippon 10 9 28 21 Giovanni Scamardi 7 11 27 22 Éric Cayrolle 5 Ret 26 23 Felice Jelmini Ret 7 18 24 Mauro Guastamacchia 12 10 18 25 Ivan Peklin 9 14 16 26 Sacha Bottemanne Ret 9 13 27 Olivier López 11 Ret 11 28 Giacomo Ghermandi Ret 13 5 — Marco Butti WD WD 0 — Horia-Traian Chirigut WD WD 0 World Tour full-time entries ineligible for points — Yann Ehrlacher 7 7 1 5 1 6 — — Norbert Michelisz 1 8 8 2 6 19 — — Thed Björk 8 2 9 9 8 1 — — Santiago Urrutia Ret 1 3 4 7 18 — — Néstor Girolami 5 Ret 2 7 2 5 — — Mikel Azcona 2 4 16 8 3 4 — — Robert Huff 3 6 5 10 9 2 — — Frédéric Vervisch 4 3 6 14 5 3 — — Ma Qing Hua 6 10 14 13 4 8 — — Philip Lindberg 21 20 — Guest entries ineligible for points — Dorian Duthil 8 — — Julien Nougaret 9 — Pos. Driver POR PAU SPA HUN LEC MON BAR  Pts.

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) 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

Pos. Driver POR PAU SPA HUN LEC MON BAR  Pts.  1 Kobe Pauwels 101 Ret 22 4 41 Ret 102 7 31 1 12 6 11 DNS 491 2 Viktor Andersson 212† 14 Ret1 5 174 22 201 13 103 11 83 4 52 3 448 3 Levente Losonczy 195 21 183 Ret 94 12 106 10 93 8 273 4 Ruben Volt 62 4 41 1 135 1 229 5 Isaac Smith 143 13 33 Ret 153 12 195 6 Daniel Tkachenko 194 17 Ret5 10 Ret4 12 74 11 186 7 Ben Bargwanna 174 12 Ret2 17 116 8 Ivan Peklin 95 14 51 Marco Butti WD WD — Pos. Driver POR PAU SPA HUN LEC MON BAR  Pts.

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) 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

Pos. Driver POR PAU SPA HUN LEC MON BAR  Pts.  1 Tom Coronel 11 5 6 1 7 3 11 9 4 3 11 3 2 4 306 2 Viktor Davidovski 13 19 4 7 11 16 13 Ret 7 7 3 8 8 12 192 3 Nicola Baldan 16 15 2 2 2 2 4 5 161 4 Dušan Borković 12 Ret 1 2 Ret 15 15 12 WD WD WD WD 109 5 Rubén Fernández 18 11 18 18 10 9 75 6 Mikael Karlsson 20† 17 20 19 16 15 63 7 Felipe Fernández 15 18 13 6 55 8 Christian Philippon 10 9 22 9 Mauro Guastamacchia 12 10 22 10 Éric Cayrolle 5 Ret 15 11 Giacomo Ghermandi Ret 13 12 12 Olivier López 11 Ret 8 Pos. Driver POR PAU SPA HUN LEC MON BAR  Pts.

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)

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos.	Team	Pts.
1	Comtoyou Racing	931
2	Comtoyou	758
3	Volcano Motorsport	426
4	Aggressive Team Italia	308
5	MA:GP	271
6	RC2 Racing Team	232
7	Target Competition	196
8	ALM Motorsport	185
9	SP Compétition	73
10	Team Clairet Sport - Burson Auto Parts Racing	55
11	Espace Racing with CDRS	30
12	PMA Motorsport	21
13	Team CDRS	13
14	Lema Racing	9

Notes

References

External links

• TCR Europe Series Official website

This page was last edited on 21 March 2024, at 20:57