2019 TCR Spa 500
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| Date | 3–6 October 2019 | |
| Official name | TCR Spa 500 | |
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | |
| Course | Modern circuit with new pit lane and Bus Stop Chicane (2007–present) 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | |
| Distance | Main Race 500 laps / 3,502.00 km (2,176.04 mi) OR 23 hours | |
| Qualifying | ||
| Pole | ||
| Drivers |  Gjis Bessem Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen | NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing |
| 2nd | ||
| Drivers |  Pepe Oriola Tom Coronel Rik Breukers Ivo Breukers | Red Camel-Jordans.nl |
| 3rd | ||
| Drivers |  Darryl Clarke Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen | GDL Racing Team Australia |
| Spa 500 | ||
| Fastest lap | ||
| Drivers |  Aurélien Comte Teddy Clairet Julien Briché | DG Sport Compétition |
| Time | 2:34.616 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Pepe Oriola Tom Coronel Rik Breukers Ivo Breukers | Red Camel-Jordans.nl |
| Second | Aurélien Comte Teddy Clairet Julien Briché | DG Sport Compétition |
| Third | Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen | TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing |
The 2019 TCR Spa 500 was the first and only edition of the TCR Spa 500 endurance touring car race. It was promoted by the WSC, the group behind the TCR concept, and Creventic, who promotes the 24H Series.[1][2]
The race was scheduled for 500 laps of the 7,004 metres (4.352 mi) circuit, for a total of 3,502 kilometres (2,176 mi), with a time-certain finish of 23 hours from the green flag of the race.
The race was won by Red Camel-Jordans.nl with Pepe Oriola, Tom Coronel, Rik Breukers and Ivo Breukers, which completed 454 laps. In second place came DG Sport Compétition with Aurélien Comte, Julien Briché and Teddy Clairet, with third place going to the TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing team of Mikel Azcona, Julien Apotheloz, Fabian Danz, Antti Buri and Kari-Pekka Laaksonen.
Teams and drivers
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Results
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Class pole positions in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time | Laps |
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| 1 | PA | 175 | NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Gijs Bessem Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen | CUPRA León TCR | 2:37.916 | 10 |
| 2 | P | 101 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Rik Breukers Tom Coronel Pepe Oriola | CUPRA León TCR | 2:39.038 | 7 |
| 3 | Am | 9 | GDL Racing Team Australia | Darryl Clarke Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:39.664 | 10 |
| 4 | PA | 85 |  Vmax Engineering |  Steven Cho Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Ward Sluys | Opel Astra TCR | 2:39.761 | 9 |
| 5 | PA | 8 | AC Motorsport | Mathieu Detry Vincent Radermecker Stewart Lines Stéphane Perrin | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:40.271 | 9 |
| 6 | PA | 33 |  Wimmer Werk Motorsport | Günter Benninger Peter Gross Hans Peter Eder Christian Voithofer Günther Wiesmeier | CUPRA León TCR | 2:40.308 | 11 |
| 7 | P | 131 | TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing | Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen | CUPRA León TCR | 2:40.737 | 9 |
| 8 | P | 308 | DG Sport Compétition | Julien Briché Teddy Clairet Aurélien Comte | Peugeot 308 TCR | 2:40.812 | 8 |
| 9 | Am | 110 |  Lestrup Racing Team | Peter Fahlström Marcus Fluch Stefan Nilsson Mats Olsson | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 2:40.822 | 11 |
| 10 | Am | 46 | Burton Racing | Caren Burton Pierre-Yves Corthals Armand Fumal Oliver Meurens Philippe Steveny | Peugeot 308 TCR | 2:41.110 | 9 |
| 11 | Am | 2 |  Holmgaard Motorsport | Jérimy Daniel Roy Edland Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Rowan Shepherd | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 2:41.444 | 8 |
| 12 | Am | 853 |  Macau PS Racing | Filipe de Souza Louis Ng Kelvin Wong Ryan Wong Lam Kam San | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:43.547 | 9 |
| 13 | Am | 54 | Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing | Chris Allen Lance Bergstein Ramana Lagemann Jon Miller | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:43.973 | 9 |
| 14 | PA | 22 |  Teamwork Huff Motorsport |  Yan Chuang Rainey He Neric Wei Andy Yan | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:45.727 | 9 |
| 15 | PA | 852 | Teamwork Huff Motorsport | Alex Hui Samuel Hsieh Paul Poon Sunny Wong | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:50.668 | 5 |
| 16 | PA | 65 |  Viper Niza Racing | Dominic Ang Fariqe Hairuman Douglas Khoo Melvin Moh | CUPRA León TCR | 2:50.753 | 9 |
| 17 | Am | 125 | Bas Koeten Racing | Alex Au Eric Kwong Eric Lo Kevin Tse | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:52.932 | 9 |
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Race
[edit]The minimum number of laps for classification (60% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 273 laps. Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time/Reason | Laps |
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| 1 | P | 101 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Rik Breukers Tom Coronel Pepe Oriola | CUPRA León TCR | 23:02:11.018 | 454 |
| 2 | P | 308 | DG Sport Compétition | Julien Briché Teddy Clairet Aurélien Comte | Peugeot 308 TCR | +5 Laps | 449 |
| 3 | P | 131 | TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing | Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen | CUPRA León TCR | +10 Laps | 444 |
| 4 | PA | 65 | Viper Niza Racing | Dominic Ang Fariqe Hairuman Douglas Khoo Melvin Moh | CUPRA León TCR | +13 Laps | 441 |
| 5 | PA | 8 | AC Motorsport | Mathieu Detry Vincent Radermecker Stewart Lines Stéphane Perrin | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +15 Laps | 439 |
| 6 | Am | 46 | Burton Racing | Caren Burton Pierre-Yves Corthals Armand Fumal Oliver Meurens Philippe Steveny | Peugeot 308 TCR | +18 Laps | 436 |
| 7 | PA | 852 | Teamwork Huff Motorsport | Alex Hui Samuel Hsieh Paul Poon Sunny Wong | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +26 Laps | 428 |
| 8 DNF | Am | 110 | Lestrup Racing Team | Peter Fahlström Marcus Fluch Stefan Nilsson Mats Olsson | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | Accident/Gravel Trap | 424 |
| 9 DNF | PA | 22 | Teamwork Huff Motorsport | Yan Chuang Rainey He Neric Wei Andy Yan | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Retired | 409 |
| 10 DNF | Am | 125 | Bas Koeten Racing | Alex Au Eric Kwong Eric Lo Kevin Tse | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Crash | 361 |
| 11 | Am | 9 | GDL Racing Team Australia | Darryl Clarke Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +98 Laps | 356 |
| 12 DNF | Am | 2 | Holmgaard Motorsport | Jérimy Daniel Roy Edland Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Rowan Shepherd | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | Engine oil and cooling | 319 |
| DNF | PA | 33 | Wimmer Werk Motorsport | Günter Benninger Peter Gross Hans Peter Eder Christian Voithofer Günther Wiesmeier | CUPRA León TCR | Crash | 225 |
| DNF | PA | 85 | Vmax Engineering | Steven Cho Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Ward Sluys | Opel Astra TCR | Fire | 187 |
| DNF | Am | 54 | Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing | Chris Allen Lance Bergstein Ramana Lagemann Jon Miller | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Crash | 127 |
| DNF | Am | 853 | Macau PS Racing | Filipe de Souza Louis Ng Kelvin Wong Ryan Wong Lam Kam San | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Crash damage | 85 |
| DNF | PA | 175 | NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Gijs Bessem Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen | CUPRA León TCR | Crash | 27 |
| Source:[12] | |||||||
2020 TCR Spa 500
[edit]A 2020 edition of the TCR Spa 500, supposed to take part on May 2 and 3, was announced in February 2020.[16][17] It was later cancelled.[18]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Spa to host end-of-year TCR endurance event". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "New touring car endurance race TCR Spa 500 launched for 2019". Autosport. Autosport. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Teamwork Huff Motorsport confirm TCR Spa 500 entry". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Pierre-Yves Corthals confirmed for TCR Spa 500 with Burton Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "FERDA AutoSport by QSR Racing Enters Spa500 with All-American Driver Lineup". TCRSpa500. tcrspa500.com. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Pepe Oriola confirmed for TCR Spa 500 grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Mikel Azcona joins TCR Spa 500 grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Peugeot confirm TCR Spa 500 entry with DG Sport Compétition". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "24H SERIES TCR SPA 500". 24H SERIES. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "Entry list". tcrspa500.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing on pole for first ever TCR SPA 500". tcrspa500.com. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Red Camel-Jordans.nl leads the TCR SPA 500 after four hours". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "EIGHT talking points from the 2019 TCR SPA 500, so far". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Red Camel-Jordans.nl becomes first ever winner of the TCR SPA 500". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 TCR SPA 500. What happened?". tcrspa500.com. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020". us3.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020 with #WSC and #CREVENTIC back at the helm | www.speed-live.it" (in Italian). 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ Cybernet.lu. "Les 12 Heures de Spa et les TCR Spa 500 à la trappe ?". www.speedactiontv.be (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.