2022 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

The 2022 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the sixth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season began at the Algarve International Circuit in May and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.

Calendar

The calendar was announced with 7 rounds scheduled.

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Supporting
1 1 Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal 29 April–1 May Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
F4 Spanish Championship
2
2 3 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 21–22 May International GT Open
Euroformula Open
4
3 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 17–19 June International GT Open
Euroformula Open
Italian F4 Championship
6
4 7 Norisring, Nuremberg, Germany 1–3 July Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
DTM Trophy
8
5 9 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 26–28 August
10
6 11 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 23–25 September International GT Open
Euroformula Open
12
7 13 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 14–16 October
14

Teams and drivers

Kumho is the new official tire supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Élite Motorsport by Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2 Luís Cidade R 1
111 Marco Butti R 3–7
Audi Sport Team Comtoyou 22 Frédéric Vervisch 7
Audi Sport Team Comtoyou DHL 33 Tom Coronel 1–3, 5–7
39 Stian Paulsen 4
Audi Sport Team Comtoyou PSS 72 Franco Girolami All
110 Viktor Davidovski Y All
Scuderia Ghermandi by Lema Racing Cupra León Competición TCR 3 Giacomo Ghermandi Y All
Hyundai N Janík Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4 Samuel Sládečka 7
24 Jáchym Galáš All
70 Maťo Homola 1–5
73 Václav Janík 6
Profi-Car Team Halder Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Mike Halder 1–4, 6–7
53 Michelle Halder All
62 Jack Young All
Hyundai N Team Target Hyundai Elantra N TCR 8 Nicola Baldan All
44 Felice Jelmini 1–6
99 Josh Files All
BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Matteo Poloni Y 6
Hyundai N Teo Martín Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 10 Alejandro Geppert R 7
MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 11 Paolo Rocca R 6
RC2 Junior Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12 Rubén Fernández Y 3–4, 6–7
Cupra León Competición TCR 19 Felipe Fernández Y 3, 6–7
37 Sergio López Bolotin 3–4, 6–7
Volcano Motorsport Cupra León Competición TCR 14  Klim Gavrilov All
16  Evgeni Leonov Y All
26 Isidro Callejas All
124 Gustavo Moura R 1
NORDPASS Juta Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 15 Jonas Karklys 5
Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Martin Ryba Y 1–3
74 Pepe Oriola 1–3
Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4–7
64 Levente Losonczy R 6
Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardhal Team Cupra León Competición TCR 27 John Filippi All
RaceSing Hyundai i30 N TCR 34 Patrick Sing 4–5
Team Clairet Sport Cupra León TCR 66 Gilles Colombani Y 2
Cupra León Competición TCR 81 Stéphane Ventaja Y 2
CRM Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 144 Michele Imberti 6
Icon Class
R Eligible for TCR Europe Rookie Trophy
Y Eligible for TCR Europe Diamond Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Results and standings

Season summary

Rnd. Circuit/Location Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team Winning Rookie driver Winning Diamond driver
1 1 Algarve International Circuit Mike Halder Isidro Callejas Jack Young Profi-Car Team Halder Luís Cidade Viktor Davidovski
2 Franco Girolami Franco Girolami Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Luís Cidade Viktor Davidovski
2 3 Circuit Paul Ricard Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Jáchym Galáš Viktor Davidovski
4 Viktor Davidovski Viktor Davidovski Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Jáchym Galáš Viktor Davidovski
3 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Franco Girolami Franco Girolami Isidro Callejas Volcano Motorsport Jáchym Galáš  Evgeni Leonov
6 Isidro Callejas Jáchym Galáš Hyundai N Janík Motorsport Jáchym Galáš  Evgeni Leonov
4 7 Norisring Mike Halder Franco Girolami Mike Halder Profi-Car Team Halder Marco Butti Viktor Davidovski
8 Marco Butti Franco Girolami Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Marco Butti Viktor Davidovski
5 9 Nürburgring Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Marco Butti  Evgeni Leonov
10 Race cancelled
6 11 Autodromo Nazionale Monza John Filippi Jack Young John Filippi Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardhal Team Marco Butti Felipe Fernández
12 Jack Young Franco Girolami Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Marco Butti Felipe Fernández
7 13 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Jack Young Jack Young Jack Young Profi-Car Team Halder Marco Butti Viktor Davidovski
14 Franco Girolami Franco Girolami Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Marco Butti Viktor Davidovski

Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Q1 6 5 4 3 2 1
Q2 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Pos. Driver POR
 LEC
 SPA
 NOR
 NÜR
 MNZ
 BAR
 Points
1 Franco Girolami 5 1 2 4 2 4 3 1 3 C 12 1 3 1 431
2 Tom Coronel 8 3 1 5 5 3 1 C 13 8 2 2 316
3 Josh Files 6 5 8 17 3 5 2 3 6 C 5 9 9 19 285
4 Isidro Callejas 4 8 11 7 1 7 5 5 10 C 8 NC 5 6 275
5  Klim Gavrilov 7 6 5 2 6 8 12 2 Ret C 9 2 12 16 256
6 Jack Young 1 11 19 13 8 6 10 6 Ret C 11 7 1 5 246
7 Nicola Baldan 3 15 9 10 4 12 13 11 2 C 4 4 7 8 245
8 Mike Halder 2 9 10 Ret 13 13 1 7 3 12 10 4 228
9 Jáchym Galáš 11 7 12 9 9 1 11 8 7 C 2 13 6 10 224
10 John Filippi 10 4 4 6 12 15 7 10 9 C 1 22 11 Ret 202
11 Pepe Oriola 9 2 7 3 Ret 10 Ret 12 4 C 7 10 8 Ret 185
12 Viktor Davidovski 13 10 6 1 11 Ret 4 4 14 C 16 14 15 9 169
13 Felice Jelmini 15 16 3 8 7 9 9 Ret 5 C 10 23 156
14 Maťo Homola 12 18 18 18 Ret 2 6 9 Ret C 79
15 Marco Butti 15 18 Ret 18 8 C 6 11 13 7 78
16 Frédéric Vervisch 4 3 57
17  Evgeni Leonov 17 Ret 17 12 10 11 Ret 16 13 C 18 20 18 12 39
18 Sergio López 17 17 15 19 22 3 17 13 37
19 Felipe Fernández 14 Ret 14 6 Ret 18 27
20 Michele Imberti 21 5 24
21 Michelle Halder 14 14 16 15 16 14 16 13 Ret C Ret 18 16 Ret 19
22 Stian Paulsen 8 14 18
23 Stéphane Ventaja 13 11 14
24 Alejandro Geppert 14 11 12
25 Martin Ryba 19 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 10
26 Patrick Sing 18 15 11 C 10
27 Jonas Karklys 12 C 7
28 Luís Cidade 16 13 5
29 Rubén Fernández DNS 16 14 17 Ret 17 19 15 4
30 Gilles Colombani 20 14 3
31 Samuel Sládečka 20 14 3
32 Giacomo Ghermandi 20 17 15 16 18 Ret 17 Ret Ret C 15 16 21 17 2
33 Matteo Poloni 17 15 1
34 Gustavo Moura Jr 18 Ret 0
35 Václav Janík 20 19 0
36 Paolo Rocca 19 21 0
37 Levente Losonczy Ret DNS 0
Pos. Driver POR
 LEC
 SPA
 NOR
 NÜR
 MNZ
 BAR
  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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams' standings

Pos. Team Pts.
1 Comtoyou Racing 797
2 Target Competition 581
3 Volcano Motorsport 579
4 Halder Motorsport 522
5 Janík Motorsport 354
6 Sébastien Loeb Racing 236
7 Brutal Fish Racing Team 139
8 RC2 Junior Team 118
9 Aggressive Team Italia 83
10 Lema Racing 33
11 Team Clairet Sport 31
12 CRM Motorsport 28
13 Élite Motorsport 25
14 RaceSing 19
15 Teo Martín Motorsport 18
16 Juta Racing 11
17 BF Motorsport 8
18 MM Motorsport 1

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings (top 3)

Pos. Driver  Pts. 
1 Franco Girolami ?
2 ?
3 ?
Source:

Notes

  1. ^ a b Evgeni Leonov and Klim Gavrilov are Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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