2023 TCR World Tour

The 2023 Kumho TCR World Tour is the inaugural season of the TCR World Tour, a new international touring car racing competition for TCR cars. Effectively succeeding the WTCR series, it is also the ninth season of international TCR competition dating back to the 2015 TCR International Series.

The season will consist of nine events selected from a number of TCR series worldwide, and will determine 15 of the drivers to qualify for the end-of-year TCR World Final, where the overall TCR world champion will be determined.[1][2][3] The highest-ranked driver and team in the World Tour will be awarded the TCR World Tour Cup.[4] It started on 28 April at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal and is planned to end on 19 November at Guia Circuit, Macau.[5][4]

The top 15 drivers from the World Tour will join the top 45 drivers that qualified with TCR World Ranking points into a 2023 TCR World Final, which is scheduled to take place in March 2024 at the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal.

Calendar

The championship will be contested over nine rounds in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.

Round Race Circuit Date Championship
1 1 Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal 28–30 April TCR Europe Touring Car Series
2
2 3 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 26–28 May
4
3 5 Italy Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Italy 9–11 June TCR Italian Festival
6
4 7 Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary 16–18 June TCR Europe Touring Car Series
8
5 9 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar, Uruguay 18–20 August TCR South America Touring Car Championship
10
6 11 Argentina Autódromo José Carlos Bassi, Villa Mercedes, Argentina 25–27 August
12
7 13 Australia Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, Australia 3–4 November TCR Australia Touring Car Series
14
15
8 16 Australia Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 10–12 November
17
18
9 19 Macau Guia Circuit, Macau Peninsula, Macau[lower-alpha 1] 16–19 November Macau Guia Race
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Map of circuit locations

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Status Rounds Ref.
Argentina Paladini Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 1 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 5 [7]
Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 2 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 5–6 [7]
5 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni 5–6 [7]
Australia Honda Racing Team Wall Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 1 Australia Tony D'Alberto TBA [8][9]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) TBA Australia Will Harris TBA [8]
Australia Exclusive Switchboards 74 Australia Brad Harris TBA [8]
Spain Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 7 Ukraine Daniel Tkachenko 4
23 United Kingdom Isaac Smith 1–2 [10]
39 United Kingdom Lewis Brown 1–2, 4 [11]
Italy Aggressive Team Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR 8 Italy Nicola Baldan 1 [12]
31 Italy Kevin Ceccon 3–4 [13]
48 Sweden Mikael Karlsson 1–2, 4 [14]
264 Hungary Levente Losonczy 2, 4 [15]
Argentina PMO Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 8 Brazil Rafael Suzuki 5 [7]
22 Argentina Matías Milla 6 [16]
24 Uruguay Frederick Balbi 5–6 [7]
Sweden MA:GP Lynk & Co 03 TCR 10 Sweden Viktor Andersson 1–2, 4 [17]
Brazil Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 10 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 5–6 [7]
70 Brazil Diego Nunes 5–6 [7]
Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 11 North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski 1–2, 4 [18]
22 Belgium Kobe Pauwels 1–4 [19]
27 France John Filippi 1–4 [18]
34 Netherlands Tom Coronel 1–2, 4 [18][20]
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch W 1–6 [21]
179 United Kingdom Robert Huff W 1–6
Spain RC2 Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12 Spain Rubén Fernández 1–2 [22]
19 Spain Felipe Fernández 1–2
Italy Alfa Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 13 Uruguay Carlos Silva 5 [7]
90 Uruguay Michell Bonnin 5 [7]
Argentina Squadra Martino[N 1]
Squadra Martino Racing[N 1]
 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Uruguay Enrique Maglione 5–6 [7]
23 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro 5–6 [7]
34 Brazil Fabio Casagrande 5–6 [7]
60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 5–6 [7]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami W 5–6 [7]
Argentina Toyota Team Argentina Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Argentina Bernardo Llaver 5–6 [7]
33 Argentina José Manuel Sapag 5–6 [7]
Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 18 Italy Marco Butti 3 [23]
105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz W 1–6 [24][25]
196 Spain Mikel Azcona W 1–6
France GRM - Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 20 France Teddy Clairet TBA [26]
21 France Jimmy Clairet TBA
France Team Clairet Sport - Burson Auto Parts Racing 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna 1–2 [27]
Brazil W2 ProGP CUPRA León Competición TCR 28 Brazil Galid Osman 5–6 [7]
77 Brazil Raphael Reis 5–6 [7]
Argentina PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 35 Uruguay Gonzalo Reilly 5 [7]
36 Argentina Damián Fineschi 5 [7]
Brazil Scuderia Chiarelli Hyundai Elantra N TCR 43 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 5–6 [7]
Italy Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR 62 Serbia Dušan Borković 1–2, 4 [28]
France SP Competition CUPRA León Competición TCR 76 France Aurélien Comte 3 [29]
77 France Sylvain Pussier 3
Argentina Bratton Tito Bessone Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 86 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 5–6 [30]
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Sweden Thed Björk W 1–6 [31][32][33]
112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia W 1–6 [31][32][34]
155 China Ma Qing Hua W 1–6 [31][32][33]
168 France Yann Ehrlacher W 1–6 [31][32][34]
Estonia ALM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 123 Estonia Mattias Vahtel W 3 [35]
127 Estonia Ruben Volt W 4 [35]
128 Denmark Philip Lindberg W 2 [36]
129 Argentina Néstor Girolami W 1–4 [37]
TBA TBA TBA Netherlands Niels Langeveld TBC [38]
TBA Spain Pepe Oriola TBC [38]
Source:[39][40][41][42][43][44]
Icon Status
W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Results
Rnd. Circuit/Location Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team Report
1 1 Portugal Algarve International Circuit Hungary Norbert Michelisz Spain Mikel Azcona Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
2 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
2 3 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps France Yann Ehrlacher France Yann Ehrlacher France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
4 France Yann Ehrlacher France John Filippi Belgium Comtoyou Racing
3 5 Italy Vallelunga Circuit Hungary Norbert Michelisz Spain Mikel Azcona Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
6 Spain Mikel Azcona United Kingdom Robert Huff Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
4 7 Hungary Hungaroring France Yann Ehrlacher Argentina Néstor Girolami France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
8 Spain Mikel Azcona Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
5 9 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Report
10 Spain Mikel Azcona China Ma Qing Hua Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
6 11 Argentina Autódromo José Carlos Bassi France Yann Ehrlacher Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Report
12 France Yann Ehrlacher Argentina Néstor Girolami Argentina Squadra Martino Racing
7 13 Australia Sydney Motorsport Park Report
14
15
8 16 Australia Mount Panorama Circuit Report
17
18
9 19 Macau Guia Circuit
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Points standings
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
Pos. Driver POR
Portugal		 SPA
Belgium		 VAL
Italy		 HUN
Hungary		 ELP
Uruguay		 VIL
Argentina		 SYD
Australia		 BAT
Australia		 MAC
Macau		  Pts. 
1 Hungary Norbert Michelisz 11 8 8 2 11 4 65 19 64 7 22 4 270
2 France Yann Ehrlacher 7 7 11 5 5 2 11 6 5 3 61 16 266
3 United Kingdom Robert Huff 33 6 56 10 46 1 9 2 76 4 34 3 247
4 Spain Mikel Azcona 22 4 16 8 22 5 34 4 8 2 13 Ret 243
5 Argentina Néstor Girolami 55 Ret 23 7 6 8 22 5 43 8 Ret 1 220
6 Sweden Thed Björk 8 2 9 9 33 6 8 1 22 9 Ret 6 205
7 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch 44 3 6 14 154 3 5 3 35 5 19 5 197
8 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Ret 1 35 4 75 15 7 18 11 6 Ret5 11 182
9 China Ma Qing Hua 66 10 142 13 9 13 43 8 9 1 46 2 181
10 Netherlands Tom Coronel 11 5 7 3 11 9 76
11 Belgium Kobe Pauwels 10 Ret 44 Ret 8 11 10 7 74
12 France John Filippi 9 9 10 1 10 Ret 14 14 70
13 Argentina Bernardo Llaver 14 16 8 7 28
14 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 12 10 11 10 26
15 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 13 11 7 Ret 23
Automatic TCR World Final qualification cut-off
16 Italy Kevin Ceccon 13 9 12 11 23
17 Spain Felipe Fernández 15 18 13 6 20
18 Italy Marco Butti 11 7 20
19 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro 10 Ret 9 14 20
20 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni Ret 20 5 Ret 18
21 Brazil Raphael Reis Ret 15 Ret 8 13
22 Brazil Galid Osman 16 17 13 9 13
23 North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski 13 19 11 16 13 Ret 12
24 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 11 13 16 13 12
25 France Sylvain Pussier 14 10 10
26 United Kingdom Lewis Brown 19 16 12 11 17 16 10
27 Serbia Dušan Borković 12 Ret Ret 15 15 12 10
28 United Kingdom Isaac Smith 14 13 15 12 10
29 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 18 22 10 Ret 8
30 Estonia Ruben Volt 21† 10 8
31 Spain Rubén Fernández 18 11 18 18 6
32 Uruguay Frederick Balbi 17 14 12 Ret 6
33 Estonia Mattias Vahtel 12 14 6
34 Argentina José Manuel Sapag 19 21 15 12 5
35 Brazil Rafael Suzuki 15 12 5
36 Sweden Viktor Andersson 21† 14 17 22 20 13 5
37 France Aurélien Comte 16 12 4
38 Australia Ben Bargwanna 17 12 Ret 17 4
39 Brazil Diego Nunes 20 18 14 Ret 2
40 Sweden Mikael Karlsson 20† 17 20 19 16 15 1
41 Italy Nicola Baldan 16 15 1
42 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 23 23 17 15 1
Ukraine Daniel Tkachenko 19 17 0
Hungary Levente Losonczy 19 21 18 Ret 0
Brazil Fabio Casagrande 24 24 18 Ret 0
Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 21 19 0
Denmark Philip Lindberg 21 20 0
Uruguay Gonzalo Reilly 22 Ret 0
Uruguay Carlos Silva Ret 25 0
Uruguay Enrique Maglione Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
Argentina Matias Milla Ret Ret 0
Argentina Damián Fineschi DNS DNS 0
Uruguay Michell Bonnin DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver POR
Portugal		 SPA
Belgium		 VAL
Italy		 HUN
Hungary		 ELP
Uruguay		 VIL
Argentina		 SYD
Australia		 BAT
Australia		 MAC
Macau		  Pts. 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

Points are given only to the two highest-classified cars of each team in every race and qualifying.[45]

Pos. Team Points
1 Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 546
2 Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse 430
3 Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou 401
4 Estonia ALM Motorsport 182
5 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 148
6 Belgium Comtoyou 91
7 Italy Aggressive Team Italia 47
8 Argentina Squadra Martino Racing 42
9 Spain Volcano Motorsport 36
10 Spain RC2 Racing Team 32
11 Argentina Squadra Martino 28
12 France SP Competition 24
13 Argentina Bratton Tito Bessone Team 18
14 Italy Target Competition 18
15 Argentina PMO Motorsport 16
16 Argentina Paladini Racing 16
17 Sweden MA:GP 11
18 France Team Clairet Sport - Burson Auto Parts Racing 9
19 Argentina Toyota Team Argentina 6
20 Brazil W2 ProGP 6
21 Brazil Cobra Racing Team 0
22 Brazil Scuderia Chiarelli 0
23 Argentina PMO Racing 0
24 Italy Alfa Racing 0

Notes
  1. Subject to agreement with promoters.[6]
  1. Car No. 15, 23, 34 and 60 all entered as Squadra Martino. Car No. 129 entered as Squadra Martino Racing.

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