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.[1]

Calendar edit

The calendar was announced with 7 rounds scheduled.[1]

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 edit

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[2] R 1
111   Marco Butti[3] R 3–7
  Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[4] 22   Frédéric Vervisch[4] 7
  Audi Sport Team Comtoyou DHL[5] 33   Tom Coronel[5] 1–3, 5–7
39   Stian Paulsen[6] 4
  Audi Sport Team Comtoyou PSS[7] 72   Franco Girolami[7][8] All
110   Viktor Davidovski[7][8] Y All
  Scuderia Ghermandi by Lema Racing[9] Cupra León Competición TCR 3   Giacomo Ghermandi[9] Y All
  Hyundai N Janík Motorsport[10] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4   Samuel Sládečka 7
24   Jáchym Galáš[10] All
70   Maťo Homola[10] 1–5
73   Václav Janík[11] 6
  Profi-Car Team Halder[12] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7   Mike Halder[12] 1–4, 6–7
53   Michelle Halder[12] All
62   Jack Young[13] All
  Hyundai N Team Target[14][15] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 8   Nicola Baldan[16] All
44   Felice Jelmini[16] 1–6
99   Josh Files[16] All
  BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9   Matteo Poloni[11] Y 6
  Hyundai N Teo Martín Motorsport[17] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 10   Alejandro Geppert[17] R 7
  MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 11   Paolo Rocca[18] R 6
  RC2 Junior Team[19] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12   Rubén Fernández[19][11] Y 3–4, 6–7
Cupra León Competición TCR 19   Felipe Fernández[19][11] Y 3, 6–7
37   Sergio López Bolotin[19][11] 3–4, 6–7
  Volcano Motorsport[20] Cupra León Competición TCR 14   Klim Gavrilov[20][a] All
16   Evgeni Leonov[20][a] Y All
26   Isidro Callejas[21] All
124   Gustavo Moura[2] R 1
  NORDPASS Juta Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 15   Jonas Karklys[22] 5
  Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17   Martin Ryba[23] Y 1–3
74   Pepe Oriola[23] 1–3
  Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia[24] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4–7
64   Levente Losonczy[11] R 6
  Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardhal Team Cupra León Competición TCR 27   John Filippi[25] All
  RaceSing[26] Hyundai i30 N TCR 34   Patrick Sing[26] 4–5
  Team Clairet Sport[27] Cupra León TCR 66   Gilles Colombani[27] Y 2
Cupra León Competición TCR 81   Stéphane Ventaja[27] Y 2
  CRM Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 144   Michele Imberti[11] 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 edit

Season summary edit

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 edit

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 edit

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) edit

Pos. Driver  Pts. 
1   Franco Girolami ?
2   ?
3   ?
Source:[28]

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ a b "Norisring joins seven-round 2022 TCR Europe calendar". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "TCR Europe set for journey into the unknown for 2022 opener". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Marco Butti joins Élite Motorsport for TCR Europe campaign". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  4. ^ a b "Frédéric Vervisch joins Barcelona finale with Comtoyou Racing". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Tom Coronel returns to TCR Europe with Comtoyou Racing". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Paulsen steps up to replace Coronel at the Norisring". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  7. ^ a b c "Two new Audis for Franco Girolami and Viktor Davidovski in TCR Europe". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Comtoyou Racing confirms Girolami, Coronel and Davidovski for TCR Europe". TouringCarTimes. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Giacomo Ghermandi commits to full season entry". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Janík Motorsport confirms Hyundai Elantra switch for Mat'o Homola". TouringCarTimes. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Four more new drivers announced for Monza". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  12. ^ a b c "Halder Motorsport confirms three-car programme with Mike and Michelle Halder". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Jack Young inks Halder Motorsport deal". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Target Competition plans three-car return to TCR Europe". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Target Competition unveils 2022 livery ahead of its TCR Europe return". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  16. ^ a b c "Target Competition confirms Files, Baldan and Jelmini for 2022". TouringCarTimes. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Alejandro Geppert joins TCR Europe finale". TouringCarTimes. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  18. ^ "MM Motorsport joins Monza grid". TouringCarTimes. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  19. ^ a b c d "RC2 Junior Team announces three-car entry for Spa". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  20. ^ a b c "Klim Gavrilov and Evgenii Leonov completes Volcano Motorsport line-up". TouringCarTimes. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Isidro Callejas joins Volcano Motorsport for 2022 TCR Europe season". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Karklys and Fugel confirm Nürburgring entries". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  23. ^ a b "Pepe Oriola returns to TCR Europe with Brutal Fish". TouringCarTimes. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Pepe Oriola joins Aggressive Team Italia after Brutal Fish split". TouringCarTimes. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Sébastien Loeb Racing makes Cupra switch with John Filippi". TouringCarTimes. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  26. ^ a b "TCR Germany driver Patrick Sing joins for his home events". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  27. ^ a b c "Entry List Paul Ricard" (PDF). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  28. ^ "A four-event TCR Benelux championship with TCR Europe". europe.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

External links edit