2024 TCR World Tour

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El Pinar starting grid

The 2024 Kumho FIA TCR World Tour is the second season of the TCR World Tour, an international touring car racing series for TCR cars. Effectively succeeding the WTCR series, it is the tenth season of international TCR competition dating back to the 2015 TCR International Series.[1] The season marks the return of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) status for the competition after a single-year hiatus.[2]

The season will consist of seven events selected from a number of TCR series worldwide, while a separate TCR World Ranking Final for privateer drivers will be held at the end of the year.

Calendar

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The championship was initially scheduled be contested over nine rounds in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America and Africa.[1][3] On February 16, the two rounds scheduled in Australia were removed from the schedule due to logistics issues for teams transporting cars in to the country, thereby reducing the championship to seven rounds.[4] On February 28, the calendar was approved in FIA World Motorsports council in which it was announced that the Brazilian round would be held in Interlagos Circuit and the Chinese round would be shifted one month forward.[5]

Round Race Circuit Date Partner championship
1 1 Italy Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Italy 19–21 April TCR Italian Series
2
2 3 Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakech, Morocco 2–4 May None
4
3 5 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio 7–8 June 4 Hours of Mid-Ohio
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
6
4 7 Brazil Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 19–21 July TCR South America Touring Car Championship
8
5 9 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar, Uruguay 2–4 August
10
6 11 China Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan, China 18–20 October TCR China Touring Car Championship
12
7 13 Macau Guia Circuit, Macau Peninsula, Macau 14–17 November Macau Guia Race
TCR China Touring Car Championship
TCR Asia Series
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Map of circuit locations

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Status Rounds Ref.
Brazil Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 07 Brazil Thiago Vivacqua 4–5 [6]
47 Argentina Norberto Fontana 4
South Korea Hyundai N Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 1 China Martin Cao 6–7 [7]
2 China Rainey He 6–7
3 Hong Kong Andy Yan 6–7
China Hyundai N Team Z.Speed 14 South Korea Hwang Do-yun 7 [8]
69 Republic of Ireland Max Hart 7
Italy PMA Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1 Italy Sandro Pelatti 1 [9]
Argentina Squadra Martino Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 3 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista 5 [10]
9 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 4 [11]
15 Uruguay Enrique Maglione 4–5 [6][10]
34 Brazil Fabio Casagrande 4–5
47 Argentina Norberto Fontana 5 [10]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 4–5 [6][10]
Italy GRT Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 4 Italy Giulio Valentini 1 [9]
China Lynk & Co Teamwork Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 5 China Carlos Zhu 7 [8]
9 China David Zhu 6–7 [7]
12 Hong Kong Sunny Wong 6–7
36 China Jason Zhang 6–7
Italy Aikoa Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 5 Turkey Demir Eröge 1 [9]
15 Italy Filippo Barberi 1
Argentina Paladini Racing Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 5 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni [es] 4 [6][10]
16 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso [es] 4–5
18 Uruguay Carlos Silva 5 [10]
73 Argentina Diego Gutiérrez 4 [6][10]
Macau Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 7 China Deng Bao Wei 6 [7]
55 China Martin Xie 6–7
66 Canada Gary Kwok 7 [8]
Argentina PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Brazil Rafael Suzuki 4–5 [6][10]
27 Brazil Marcos Regadas 4
44 Argentina Leonel Pernía 4
Brazil BRB Banco de Brasília by PMO Racing 43 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 4–5
China Audi Sport 326 Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 11 China Liu Zichen 7 [8]
51 China Wu Yifan 6–7 [7]
52 China Lai Jingwen 6–7
Argentina Toyota Team Argentina Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Argentina Matías Rossi 4–5 [6][10]
China Norris Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 26 Hong Kong Tony Chan 6 [7]
27 Hong Kong Chan Chunleung 6
Brazil W2 Shell V-Power[N 1]
W2 ProGP[N 1]
Cupra León VZ TCR 28 Brazil Galid Osman 4–5 [6][10]
77 Brazil Raphael Reis 4–5
Cupra León Competición TCR 37 Brazil Guilherme Reischl 4–5
Hong Kong Team Evolve Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 28 Hong Kong Lo Sze Ho 6–7 [7]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 87 Hong Kong Man Siu Ming 6–7
Germany Liqui Moly Racing Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR 29 Malaysia Mitchell Cheah 7 [8]
France Team Clairet Sport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 30 France Julien Piguet 2 [12]
Cupra León VZ TCR 125 Morocco Mehdi Bennani W 2
Italy BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 34 Turkey Ramazan Kaya 1 [9]
China Spark Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 37 China Zhou Yunjie 6 [7]
United States Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 38 United States Harry Gottsacker 3 [13]
98 Canada Mark Wilkins 3
Italy MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 39 Belgium Tony Verhulst 1 [9]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 82 Italy Jacopo Giuseppe Cimenes 1 [14]
Spain Auto Club RC2 Valles Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 41 Spain Víctor Fernández 1 [9]
Spain GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2 [12]
62 Serbia Dušan Borković W 2–7 [15][16]
186 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri W All [17][18]
199 Italy Marco Butti W All [17][19]
United States Pegram Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 72 United States Riley Pegram 3 [13]
Austria Duller Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 77 Austria Philipp Mattersdorfer 1 [9]
Indonesia Delta Garage Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 82 Indonesia Dypo Fitramadhan 7 [8]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 86 Indonesia Umar Abdullah 7
Spain Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 92 Canada Megan Tomlinson 3 [20][21]
127 France John Filippi W All [20]
179 United Kingdom Robert Huff W 6–7 [22]
212 Morocco Sami Taoufik W 1–2 [20]
China Jinyutu GYT Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 95 China Hu Heng 6–7 [7]
Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz W All [23][24]
129 Argentina Néstor Girolami W All
196 Spain Mikel Azcona W All
Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Sweden Thed Björk W All [25]
112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia W All
155 China Ma Qing Hua W All
168 France Yann Ehrlacher W All
Source:[26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]
Icon Status
W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Results

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Rnd. Circuit/Location Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team
1 1 Italy Vallelunga Circuit Hungary Norbert Michelisz Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
2 Argentina Néstor Girolami Argentina Néstor Girolami Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
2 3 Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan France Yann Ehrlacher Italy Marco Butti France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing
4 China Ma Qing Hua China Ma Qing Hua Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing
3 5 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing
6 Hungary Norbert Michelisz France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing
4 7 Brazil Interlagos Circuit Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Spain GOAT Racing
8 France Yann Ehrlacher Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
5 9 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini France Yann Ehrlacher France Yann Ehrlacher France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing
10 France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing
6 11 China Zhuzhou International Circuit Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Thed Björk Spain Mikel Azcona Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
12 China Ma Qing Hua Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing
7 13 Macau Guia Circuit
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Points standings

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Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Qualifying 15 10 8 6 4 2
Races 30 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers

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Pos. Driver ITA
Italy
MAR
Morocco
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
URU
Uruguay
CHN
China
MAC
Macau
 Pts. 
1 Hungary Norbert Michelisz 11 6 33 11 22 5 6 1 43 4 75 8 274
2 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 33 8 9 2 55 3 12 4 6 3 26 5 264
3 Sweden Thed Björk 65 5 8 9 13 6 56 2 35 1 32 10 255
4 France Yann Ehrlacher 22 14 11 Ret 6 1 43 20 11 21 43 3 251
5 Spain Mikel Azcona 44 4 56 13 31 4 8 9 22 5 14 9 247
6 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 7 2 22 8 DSQ DSQ 21 5 76 DSQ 51 4 213
7 Argentina Néstor Girolami 10 1 44 5 46 8 135 11 54 8 8 2 202
8 China Ma Qing Hua 8 9 7 1 74 2 7 3 16 7 13 1 194
9 Italy Marco Butti 56 3 Ret 7 12 10 35 6 Ret 10 6 6 152
10 France John Filippi 9 7 65 4 8 9 Ret 7 DNS 9 24 Ret 110
11 Serbia Dušan Borković Ret 3 9 7 9 Ret 11 6 11 11 90
12 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 15 18 8 2 38
13 Morocco Sami Taoufik Ret Ret 10 6 24
14 United Kingdom Robert Huff 9 7 24
15 Brazil Rafael Suzuki 10 8 14 14 24
16 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 12 17 9 11 20
17 Morocco Mehdi Bennani 11 10 14
18 Italy Sandro Pelatti 12 10 12
19 Brazil Raphael Reis 17 10 15 15 10
20 Canada Megan Tomlinson 13 11 9
21 China Jason Zhang 10 16 8
22 Argentina Matías Rossi 23 Ret 10 22 8
23 Canada Mark Wilkins 10 Ret 8
24 Spain Víctor Fernández 19† Ret 12 12 8
25 China Martin Cao 12 13 7
26 Turkey Demir Eröge 17 11 6
27 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 11 19 6
28 Italy Filippo Barberi 11 Ret 6
29 United States Harry Gottsacker 11 Ret 6
30 Austria Philipp Mattersdorfer 14 12 6
31 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni 14 12 6
32 China David Zhu 14 12 6
33 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 16 Ret 13 13 6
34 Argentina Norberto Fontana 19 16 Ret 12 4
35 United States Riley Pegram Ret 12 4
36 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista 12 Ret 4
37 Turkey Ramazan Kaya 18 13 3
38 Uruguay Enrique Maglione Ret 13 20 19 3
39 Italy Jacopo Giuseppe Cimenes 13 Ret 3
40 Hong Kong Andy Yan 15 14 3
41 Argentina Diego Gutiérrez 21 14 2
42 Belgium Tony Verhulst 15 16† 1
43 Italy Giulio Valentini 16 15 1
44 Brazil Fabio Casagrande Ret 15 17 17 1
45 China Wu Yifan 19 15 1
46 Hong Kong Chan Chunleung 16 21 0
47 Brazil Galid Osman Ret Ret Ret 16 0
48 Hong Kong Sunny Wong 18 17 0
49 China Deng Baowei 17 20 0
50 Brazil Thiago Vivacqua 18 Ret Ret 18 0
51 Uruguay Carlos Silva 18 20 0
52 China Rainey He 20 18 0
53 Brazil Guilherme Reischl 20 Ret 19 Ret 0
54 Hong Kong Lo Sze Ho Ret 19
55 China Zhou Yunjie 21 24 0
56 Hong Kong Tony Chan 22 25 0
57 Argentina Leonel Pernia 22 Ret 0
58 China Lai Jing Wen Ret 22
59 Hong Kong Man Siu Ming 25 23 0
60 China Hu Heng 23 Ret 0
France Julien Piguet Ret Ret
Brazil Marcos Regadas Ret Ret
China Martin Xie Ret Ret
Pos. Driver ITA
Italy
MAR
Morocco
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
URU
Uruguay
CHN
China
MAC
Macau
 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 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

Teams

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Points are given only to the two highest-classified cars of each team in every race and qualifying.[33][34]

Pos. Team Points
1 Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse 311
2 Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 291
3 Spain GOAT Racing 211
4 Spain Volcano Motorsport 119
5 United States Bryan Herta Autosport 14
6 France Team Clairet Sport 14
7 Italy PMA Motorsport 13
8 Italy Aikoa Racing 12
9 Austria Duller Motorsport 6
10 United States Pegram Racing 4
11 Italy MM Motorsport 3
12 Italy GRT Motorsport 1
- Italy BF Motorsport 0
- Spain Auto Club RC2 Valles 0

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Car No. 28 entered as "W2 Shell V-Power". Car No. 37 and No. 77 entered as "W2 ProGP".

References

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