The 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the third holding of TCR Europe, and first held as a standalone series. The series began at the Circuit Paul Ricard in May and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.[1][2]
As part of an deal with the series' promoters, at five of the seven events, the 2018 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship series was held which was its third edition.[3]
TCR Europe Series also saw the introduction of the DSG Challenge for cars equipped with Direct-shift gearbox.[4]
Calendar
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | 1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 5 May | International GT Open Euroformula Open |
2 | 6 May | |||
2 | 3 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | 20 May | World Touring Car Cup TCR Swiss Trophy |
4 | 21 May | |||
3 | 5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 9 June | International GT Open Euroformula Open |
6 | 10 June | |||
4 | 7 | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | 7 July | |
8 | 8 July | |||
5 | 9 | TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands | 18 August | TCR Swiss Trophy |
10 | 19 August | |||
6 | 11 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 22 September | International GT Open Euroformula Open TCR Swiss Trophy |
12 | 23 September | |||
7 | 13 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 20 October | International GT Open Euroformula Open |
14 | 21 October |
Teams and drivers
Yokohama is the official tire supplier.[5]
Results and standings
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | TCR BeNeLux winner | DSG Challenge winner | |
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1 | 1 | Circuit Paul Ricard | 5 May | Dušan Borković | Kris Richard | Dušan Borković | Target Competition | Not Held | Giovanni Altoè |
2 | 6 May | Attila Tassi | Dušan Borković | Target Competition | Giovanni Altoè | ||||
2 | 3 | Circuit Zandvoort | 20 May | Jaap van Lagen | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | PCR Sport | Jaap van Lagen | No entries finished |
4 | 21 May | Jaap van Lagen | Josh Files | Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Jaap van Lagen | Marie Baus-Coppens | |||
3 | 5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 9 June | Jean-Karl Vernay | Jean-Karl Vernay | Jean-Karl Vernay | Leopard Lukoil Team WRT | Jean-Karl Vernay | Giovanni Altoè |
6 | 10 June | Julien Briché | Julien Briché | JSB Compétition | Julien Briché | Giovanni Altoè | |||
4 | 7 | Hungaroring | 7 July | Mikel Azcona | Julien Briché | Dušan Borković | Target Competition | Jean-Karl Vernay | Marie Baus-Coppens |
8 | 8 July | Francisco Abreu | Francisco Mora | M1RA | Stefano Comini | Ferenc Ficza | |||
5 | 9 | TT Circuit Assen | 18 August | Josh Files[N 1] | Dániel Nagy | Dániel Nagy | M1RA | Jean-Karl Vernay | Giovanni Altoè |
10 | 19 August | Attila Tassi | Attila Tassi | Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Stefano Comini | Giovanni Altoè | |||
6 | 11 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 22 September | Jean-Karl Vernay | Jean-Karl Vernay | Jean-Karl Vernay | Leopard Lukoil Team WRT | Not Held | Giovanni Altoè |
12 | 23 September | Jean-Karl Vernay | Jean-Karl Vernay | Leopard Lukoil Team WRT | Giovanni Altoè | ||||
7 | 13 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 20 October | Attila Tassi | Jean-Karl Vernay | Attila Tassi | Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Jean-Karl Vernay | Marie Baus-Coppens |
14 | 21 October | Ashley Sutton | Mike Halder | Hell Energy Racing with KCMG | Jean-Karl Vernay | Marie Baus-Coppens |
TCR Europe standings
Drivers' standings
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' standings
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
DSG Challenge
TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Footnotes
- Josh Files qualified fastest but was handed a 3 place grid penalty for an infraction from the previous round. Files was credited with pole position and awarded the 5 championship points for it despite starting the race in 4th position. Jean-Karl Vernay, who was the next fastest qualifier, thus started from the first grid slot.
References
External links
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