Motorsport contest
The 2019 World Touring Car Cup was the second season of the World Touring Car Cup and 15th overall of World Touring Cars promoted by Discovery Sports Events, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship .
The drivers' championship was won by Norbert Michelisz . The teams' championship was won by Cyan Racing Lynk & Co .
Teams and drivers
Team and driver changes
Cyan Racing made a return to the series with the all-new Lynk & Co 03 TCR after missing the 2018 season. Thed Björk was the first driver announced by the team.[ 11] Yvan Muller was confirmed on 18 November 2018.[ 12] World Touring Car Champion winner Andy Priaulx will be making his return to the series with the team after 9-year absence.[ 14] Yann Ehrlacher was the final driver to be announced by the team on 19 December 2018.[ 13] TCR Europe Touring Car Series .[ 32]
Nick Catsburg and Augusto Farfus drove for BRC Racing Team alongside series champion Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz .[ 1] [ 2] [ 33] 2010 while Catsburg last raced in the series in 2017 .
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship and 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship winner Johan Kristoffersson is set to make series debut driving Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR , prepared by Sébastien Loeb Racing joining Robert Huff and Mehdi Bennani .[ 15] Benjamin Leuchter was announced as the fourth driver for the team on 30 January 2018.[ 16]
Néstor Girolami made his series comeback joining ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport alongside Esteban Guerrieri , replacing Yann Ehrlacher.[ 17] Timo Scheider , who drove for the team during the second half of the 2018 season, left the series, but will keep his association with the team in the FIA World Rallycross Championship .
After making one-off appearances for Boutsen Ginion Racing in 2018, Ma Qing Hua made his full season return with Team Mulsanne , joining Kevin Ceccon , who drove for the team during the second half of the 2018 season.[ 19] [ 20]
2018 ADAC TCR Germany third-place finisher Niels Langeveld joined Audi Sport Team Comtoyou joining Frédéric Vervisch , while Gordon Shedden and Jean-Karl Vernay remained with Audi Sport Leopard Team WRT .[ 8] Comtoyou Racing – switched from Audi RS 3 LMS TCR to CUPRA León TCR as the series do not allow more than four cars per manufacturer. Aurélien Panis will remain the team[ 9] Tom Coronel , who moved from Boutsen Ginion Racing while keeping his association with the team in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series .[ 34] [ 35] Denis Dupont , who raced for Audi Sport Team Comtoyou last season, was to remain with the Comtoyou team in the 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series , but he confirmed he withdrew from the TCR Europe Touring Car Series on the 17 April.[ 36] [ 37]
2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series teams' winners KCMG entered the series, replacing Boutsen Ginion Racing , who later switched to the TCR Europe Touring Car Series , as the second Honda team. Tiago Monteiro will join the team alongside Attila Tassi , the 2017 TCR International Series runner-up and 4th placed in the 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series .[ 7] Josh Files , who drove for the team in the 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, left the team to join Target Competition in the same series.[ 38]
2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship teams' winners PWR Racing entered the series with support from Comtoyou Racing , replacing Campos Racing as the second CUPRA team.[ 4] 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series winner Mikel Azcona and 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship third-place finisher and team co-owner Daniel Haglöf will drive for the team.[ 6] Pepe Oriola and John Filippi – left the series with Oriola joining Indigo Racing in the TCR Asia Series , while Filippi would race for Vuković Motorsport in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series .[ 39] [ 40] Zengő Motorsport , which also ran CUPRA cars last season, also switched to TCR Europe Touring Car Series .[ 6] [ 29] DG Sport Compétition will also switch to TCR Europe Touring Car Series with Aurélien Comte after Peugeot Sport reduced its support for the 308 TCR .[ 6] [ 41] Maťo Homola left the team to join Target Competition in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series.[ 42]
Mid-season changes
Augusto Farfus skipped the Guia Race of Macau due to clashing commitments with FIA GT World Cup held on the same weekend. As the series do not allow drivers race in different event held at the same weekend, he was replaced at BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team by Luca Engstler , who had previously raced as wildcard entry at the Slovakiaring for Hyundai Team Engstler .[ 3]
Calendar
The 2019 championship was contested in thirty rounds in Europe , Africa and East Asia .
A provisional calendar was released on 5 December 2018.[ 43] [ 44]
Calendar changes
Rule changes
Sporting changes
The grid capacity was increased from 26 to 32 entries. Teams are allowed to enter only two cars, while manufacturers are allowed to be represented by no more than 4 cars. Wildcard entries will not be eligible to score championship points.[ 46] [ 47]
The point-scoring system will be overhauled for this season. Now both qualifying sessions will award points for the top 5 drivers and all three races will award an equal number of points for the top 15: 25, 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.[ 46] [ 47]
Results
Championship standings
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
Qualifying
5
4
3
2
1
—
Race
25
20
16
13
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
(key )
Driver
MAR HUN SVK NLD GER PRT CHN JPN MAC MAL
1
Norbert Michelisz
11
12
8
10
Ret
2 1
32
6
22
Ret
7
33
12
7
Ret4
1 1
Ret
10
44
1
Ret
13
1
8
22
10
12
1 1
8
4 1
372
2
Esteban Guerrieri
1 1
4
4
33
5
Ret2
15
2
65
11
1
8
2 1
6
33
24
3
Ret
19
Ret
Ret
1 2
10
24
24†
4
10
4
1
22 2
349
3
Yvan Muller
182
7
Ret2
22
6
Ret
11
11
14
22
9
55
Ret
15
10
9
6
24
1 1
3
1 1
11
14
13
1 1
1
6
6
6
11
331
4
Thed Björk
23
6
13
7
Ret
5
23
22
11
1 1
12
12
115
12
Ret
8
13
8
12
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
7
27
23
7
297
5
Johan Kristoffersson Ret
17
17
8
Ret
22
20
15
18
4
3
7
10
1
Ret
7
14
11
85
12
10
5
7
1 1
11
5
45
8
3
1
243
6
Mikel Azcona
15
5
35
22
4
4
9
7
5
35
5
6
18
13
13
13
1
4
33
Ret
Ret
17
8
183
19
15
20
174
2
143
226
7
Néstor Girolami
34
10
6
1 1
1
65
Ret
1
24
14
10
14
3 3
24
18
11
9
7
15
Ret
8
183
11
12
14
19
17
223
4
5
225
8
Gabriele Tarquini
4
1
5
13
17
14
6
19
9
20
13
9
Ret
23
55
Ret
Ret
15
Ret
2
3
7
3
4
9
11
Ret
3
26
185
222
9
Yann Ehrlacher
8
3
Ret
Ret5
Ret
33
22
17
20
74
8
2 1
6
Ret
Ret
2 3
8
33
13
14
22
12
15
19
85
6
8
14
7
16
222
10
Jean-Karl Vernay 7
2
Ret
4
2
10
4
12
Ret
22
15
25
12
9
4
10
4
5
16
10
Ret
6
9
9
21
9
33
10
14
10
211
11
Robert Huff
12
22
15
14
7
7
13
5
13
Ret
11
10
4
Ret
DNS2
44
7
65
10
7
Ret
10
2
7
4
14
2 1
23
9
9
211
12
Frédéric Vervisch
17
9
2 1
6
15
12
1
Ret
21
9
21
16
54
2
2
20
12
Ret
11
Ret
7
Ret5
13
11
7
8
15
Ret5
25
3
194
13
Nick Catsburg
10
Ret
DNS
23
10
9
7 1
4
12 1
10
4
11
9
DSQ
8
5
5
Ret
5
15
Ret4
23
18
14
10
12
54
9
Ret
DSQ4
166
14
Kevin Ceccon
9
19
16
19
16
Ret
Ret
3
3
18
20
18
19
19
11
19
Ret
13
17
9
9
8
4
6
34
3
9
19
5
2
164
15
Augusto Farfus
13
11
Ret
9
9
8
5
21
7
Ret
6
44
8
3
Ret
32
Ret
Ret
7
Ret
4
15
21
22
28
19
Ret
142
16
Ma Qing Hua
Ret
Ret
9
25
11
19
23
9
1 3
21
25
21
21
22
15
145
2
9
22
Ret
16†
9
23
Ret
Ret
17
22
18
17
23
133
17
Aurélien Panis
Ret
21
19
54
13
11
Ret
Ret
8
13
14
12
17
8
7
6
16
12
6
Ret
63
14
19
17
12
Ret
23
22
11
Ret
127
18
Andy Priaulx
55
13
13
12
Ret
20
21
18
22
53
18
15
22
18
19
12
15
19
14
16†
11
25†
16
55
63
7
1 2
11
21
12
122
19
Benjamin Leuchter
16
23
20
20
12
17
14
Ret
16
8
2
Ret
7
5
1 1
16
17
18
18
Ret
DNS
Ret
12
10
22
21
21
16
10
8
111
20
Tiago Monteiro
6
8
Ret4
18
Ret
16
17
16
17
19
23
19
16
14
17
23
10
12
21
Ret
Ret
3 1
6
152
15
18
19
Ret
12
6
109
21
Ret
18
18
24
Ret
18
16
8
4
15
17
17
14
20
12
15
18
16
9
DNS
Ret
24
Ret
25†
Ret
16
13
21
15
20
63
22
Tom Coronel
Ret
14
14
17
14
13
85
10
23
16
24
20
13
10
6
18
DSQ
17
24
8
12
16
22
Ret
20
13
11
24
20
Ret
63
23
Daniel Haglöf
20
16
10
11
3
24
194
20
Ret4
12
19
23
Ret
17
Ret
25
21
Ret
Ret
5
Ret
20
26
24†
7
Ret
13
59
24
Attila Tassi
19
20
11
15
8
14
18
Ret
25
DSQ
Ret
22
20
4
Ret
21
11
Ret 1
23
6
13
21
24
16
18
22†
16
13
Ret
DNS
56
25
Mehdi Bennani
Ret
Ret
12
16
Ret
15
Ret
14
19
6
16
13
15
16
16
22
19
14
20
11
14
24
27
Ret
17
Ret
18
12
13
17
40
26
Gordon Shedden
14
15
7
Ret
Ret
21
12
13
15
17
22
24
Ret
21
9
17
20
Ret
22
13
15
Ret
20
20
WD
WD
WD
15
27†
Ret
35
27
Robert Dahlgren
13
20
24
3
28
Luca Engstler
16
Ret
14
2
Wildcard entries ineligible for points
João Paulo de Oliveira
5
18
Ret
-
Luca Engstler
10
Ret
10
-
Antti Buri
23
11
14
-
Hafizh Syahrin
25
22
15
-
19
16
19
-
19
17
23†
-
21
18
23
-
Jim Ka To
22
28
21
WD
WD
WD
-
Douglas Khoo
26
24
21
-
23
Ret
25
-
Ritomo Miyata
Ret
25
Ret
-
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
-
Terence Tse
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
-
James Tang
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
-
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
-
Driver
MAR HUN SVK NLD GER PRT CHN JPN MAC MAL
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
(key )
Team
MAR HUN SVK NLD GER PRT CHN JPN MAC MAL
1
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
11
23
6
13
7
Ret
5
23
22
11
1 1
12
12
115
12
Ret
8
13
8
12
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
7
27
23
7
628
100
182
7
Ret2
22
6
Ret
11
11
14
22
9
55
Ret
15
10
9
6
24
1 1
3
1 1
11
14
13
1 1
1
6
6
6
11
2
BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
1
4
1
5
13
17
14
6
19
9
20
13
9
Ret
23
55
Ret
Ret
15
Ret
2
3
7
3
4
9
11
Ret
3
26
185
594
5
11
12
8
10
Ret
2 1
32
6
22
Ret
7
33
12
7
Ret4
1 1
Ret
10
44
1
Ret
13
1
8
22
10
12
1 1
8
4 1
3
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
29
34
10
6
1 1
1
65
Ret
1
24
14
10
14
3 3
24
18
11
9
7
15
Ret
8
183
11
12
14
19
17
223
4
5
574
86
1 1
4
4
33
5
Ret2
15
2
65
11
1
8
2 1
6
33
24
3
Ret
19
Ret
Ret
1 2
10
24
24†
4
10
4
1
22 2
4
SLR Volkswagen
14
Ret
17
17
8
Ret
22
20
15
18
4
3
7
10
1
Ret
7
14
11
85
12
10
5
7
1 1
11
5
45
8
3
1
354
33
16
23
20
20
12
17
14
Ret
16
8
2
Ret
7
5
1 1
16
17
18
18
Ret
DNS
Ret
12
10
22
21
21
16
10
8
5
Cyan Performance Lynk & Co
68
8
3
Ret
Ret5
Ret
33
22
17
20
74
8
2 1
6
Ret
Ret
2 3
8
33
13
14
22
12
15
19
85
6
8
14
7
16
344
111
55
13
13
12
Ret
20
21
18
22
53
18
15
22
18
19
12
15
19
14
16†
11
25†
16
55
63
7
1 2
11
21
12
6
BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team
6
16
Ret
14
310
8
13
11
Ret
9
9
8
5
21
7
Ret
6
44
8
3
Ret
32
Ret
Ret
7
Ret
4
15
21
22
28
19
Ret
88
10
Ret
DNS
23
10
9
7 1
4
12 1
10
4
11
9
DSQ
8
5
5
Ret
5
15
Ret4
23
18
14
10
12
54
9
Ret
DSQ4
7
Team Mulsanne
31
9
19
16
19
16
Ret
Ret
3
3
18
20
18
19
19
11
19
Ret
13
17
9
9
8
4
6
34
3
9
19
5
2
297
55
Ret
Ret
9
25
11
19
23
9
1 3
21
25
21
21
22
15
145
2
9
22
Ret
16†
9
23
Ret
Ret
17
22
18
17
23
8
PWR Racing
2
13
20
24
288
37
20
16
10
11
3
24
194
20
Ret4
12
19
23
Ret
17
Ret
25
21
Ret
Ret
5
Ret
20
26
24†
7
Ret
13
96
15
5
35
22
4
4
9
7
5
35
5
6
18
13
13
13
1
4
33
Ret
Ret
17
8
183
19
15
20
174
2
143
9
Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
10
Ret
18
18
24
Ret
18
16
8
4
15
17
17
14
20
12
15
18
16
9
DNS
Ret
24
Ret
25†
Ret
16
13
21
15
20
257
22
17
9
2 1
6
15
12
1
Ret
21
9
21
16
54
2
2
20
12
Ret
11
Ret
7
Ret5
13
11
7
8
15
Ret5
25
3
10
SLR VW Motorsport
12
12
22
15
14
7
7
13
5
13
Ret
11
10
4
Ret
DNS2
44
7
65
10
7
Ret
10
2
7
4
14
2 1
23
9
9
251
25
Ret
Ret
12
16
Ret
15
Ret
14
19
6
16
13
15
16
16
22
19
14
20
11
14
24
27
Ret
17
Ret
18
12
13
17
11
Audi Sport Team Leopard Racing
52
14
15
7
Ret
Ret
21
12
13
15
17
22
24
Ret
21
9
17
20
Ret
22
13
15
Ret
20
20
WD
WD
WD
15
27†
Ret
246
69
7
2
Ret
4
2
10
4
12
Ret
22
15
25
12
9
4
10
4
5
16
10
Ret
6
9
9
21
9
33
10
14
10
12
Comtoyou Team DHL CUPRA Racing
21
Ret
21
19
54
13
11
Ret
Ret
8
13
14
12
17
8
7
6
16
12
6
Ret
63
14
19
17
12
Ret
23
22
11
Ret
190
50
Ret
14
14
17
14
13
85
10
23
16
24
20
13
10
6
18
DSQ
17
24
8
12
16
22
Ret
20
13
11
24
20
Ret
13
KCMG
9
19
20
11
15
8
14
18
Ret
25
DSQ
Ret
22
20
4
Ret
21
11
Ret 1
23
6
13
21
24
16
18
22†
16
13
Ret
DNS
165
18
6
8
Ret4
18
Ret
16
17
16
17
19
23
19
16
14
17
23
10
12
21
Ret
Ret
3 1
6
152
15
18
19
Ret
12
6
Wildcard entries ineligible to score points
KCMG
19
22
28
21
WD
WD
WD
-
38
5
18
Ret
Hyundai Team Engstler
6
10
Ret
10
-
15
25
22
15
27
19
16
19
13
23
11
15
-
Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama
7
19
17
23†
-
77
Ret
25
Ret
Zengõ Motorsport
23
21
18
23
-
Viper Niza Racing
65
26
24
21
-
Tian Shi Zuver Team
36
23
Ret
25
-
Son Veng Racing Team
59
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
-
Team TRC
97
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
-
98
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
99
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Team
MAR HUN SVK NLD GER PRT CHN JPN MAC MAL
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Notes
^ Tiago Monteiro claimed pole position, but received a three place grid penalty for slow driving during the qualifying session, but was entitled to keep his five championship points for pole position. Esteban Guerrieri , the second fastest driver in qualifying, started from pole position.
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