TCR International Series

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TCR International Series
Vehicle type Touring car
Country or region International
First season 2015
Last season 2017
Official website tcr-series.com
Start of the first TCR race in Sepang in 2015

The TCR International Series was an automobile racing series for touring cars in the TCR category. It was first held in 2015 and promoted by Marcello Lotti . For the 2018 season, the TCR International Series merged with the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) to form the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR), which is also held with vehicles in accordance with the TCR regulations.

history

After the introduction of the TCR class (originally under the name TC3) in 2014, the FIA announced plans for an international touring car championship. Marcello Lotti , the former promoter of the World Touring Car Championship , has been charged with organizing the series. The TCR International Series was a comparatively inexpensive, worldwide championship. It took place in Asia and Europe and was partly held as part of the Formula 1 World Championship .

Vehicles in the TCR International Series, including the engine, cost between 70,000 and 90,000 euros.

The first champion of the TCR series was Swiss Stefano Comini in a Seat Leon TCR from the Italian team Target Competition , which also won the team championship. In the following year Comini was able to defend its title on a Golf GTI TCR from the Leopard Racing team, and the Craft-Bamboo Lukoil team became team champion . In 2017 Comini changed teams again and drove an Audi RS 3 LMS for Comtoyou Racing . With this, however, he did not achieve his third title win in a row, but was runner-up behind his previous year's teammate Jean-Karl Vernay . For Leopard Racing it was the second drivers title in a row, the team championship this time M1RA won.

The FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) has been held since the 2018 season. This emerged from the merger of the TCR International Series with the World Touring Car Championship . The TCR (TCN2) regulations are adopted for the technical regulations. Since the TCR concept provides for customer racing, no works teams are possible in the WTCR, which is why the FIA ​​was not able to further announce the world championship status.

Racetracks

Racetracks Timeline of the TCR International Series circuits
2010s
5 6th 7th
BahrainBahrain Bahrain International Circuit
BelgiumBelgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai International Circuit
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhejiang International Circuit
GermanyGermany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
GeorgiaGeorgia Rustavi International Motorpark
ItalyItaly Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
ItalyItaly Autodromo Nazionale Monza
MacauMacau Guia Circuit
MalaysiaMalaysia Sepang International Circuit
AustriaAustria Red Bull Ring
AustriaAustria Salzburgring
PortugalPortugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
PortugalPortugal Circuito do Estoril
RussiaRussia Sochi Autodrome
SingaporeSingapore Marina Bay Street Circuit
SpainSpain Circuit Ricardo Tormo
ThailandThailand Chang International Circuit
HungaryHungary Hungaroring
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome
VW Golf GTI TCR

Technical regulations

see: TCR (touring cars) #Technical regulations

Approved vehicles

see: TCR (Touring Cars) # Permitted vehicles

master

year Driver ranking Team evaluation Vehicle of the year
2015 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stefano Comini SEAT SEAT Leon TCR ItalyItaly Target competition
2016 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stefano Comini VW VW Golf GTI TCR United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil SEAT SEAT Leon TCR
2017 FranceFrance Jean-Karl Vernay VW VW Golf GTI TCR HungaryHungary M1RA VW VW Golf GTI TCR

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Markus Lüttgens: FIA gives the green light: TC3 becomes TCR. Motorsport-Total.com, December 7, 2014, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  2. a b Markus Lüttgens & Jack Cozens: Change to TCR regulations: WTCC loses World Championship status. Motorsport-Total.com, December 6, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .
  3. Stefan Ziegler: New category names from 2014: TC1, TC2 and TC3. Motorsport-Total.com, November 21, 2013, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  4. Markus Lüttgens, Stefan Ziegler: The TC3 series is coming - and leaves many questions unanswered. Motorsport-Total.com, July 4, 2013, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  5. Mario Fritzsche: Officially: Lotti is behind the new TC3 series. Motorsport-Total.com, July 15, 2014, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  6. ^ TCR Concept. tcr-series.com, archived from the original on March 16, 2015 ; accessed on March 22, 2015 (English).
  7. Archived copy ( Memento from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )