2022 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2022 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will be the eighth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 36th season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.

Calendar edit

Round Circuit Location Date
1   Monza Circuit Monza, Lombardy 22–24 April
2   Imola Circuit Imola, Emilia-Romagna 6–8 May
3   Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Adriatico, Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna 3–5 June
4   Mugello Circuit Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany 15–17 July
5   Imola Circuit Imola, Emilia-Romagna 2–4 September
6   Vallelunga Circuit Campagnano di Roma, Lazio 16–18 September
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Teams and Drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
  Scuderia del Girasole CUPRA Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR 3   Raffaele Gurrieri All [2]
4   Salvatore Tavano All
10   Federico Paolino 1, 3–4, 6
21   Nicola Guida All
  MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 5   Manuel Bissa 2–5
14   Marco Iannotta All [3]
25   Paolo Rocca 6
33   Carlo Tamburini All [4]
62   Jack Young 1 [3]
  Tecnodom Sport Fiat Tipo TCR 6   Jonathan Giacon 1–3 [5]
  Luca Rangoni 4–5
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 96   Steven Giacon DSG 1–5
  Bolza Corse Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 8   Denis Babuin All [4]
  BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 9   Matteo Poloni 1
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 3–5 [4]
CUPRA León TCR 98   Matteo Bergonzini 5
  Trico WRT Hyundai i30 N TCR 11   Damiano Reduzzi 1–2, 5 [6]
Hyundai Elantra N TCR 3–4
  RC2 Junior Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12   Rubén Fernández 1–2, 4–6 [7]
19   Felipe Fernández 5–6
41   Victor Fernández 3
CUPRA León Competición TCR 19   Felipe Fernández 1–4
37   Sergio Lopez Bolotin All
41   Victor Fernández 5–6
  Next Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 13   Emanuele Romani 2 [8]
46   Marco Butti 2
  Élite Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 15   Nicola Baldan 5–6
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 85   Rodolfo Massaro DSG All [9]
90   Mauro Trentin DSG All [9]
  Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 16   Jimmy Clairet 5–6
CUPRA León Competición TCR 18   Stéphane Ventaja 5–6
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 67 1–2
CUPRA León TCR 66   Gilles Colombani 1–3, 6
  Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 20   Francesca Raffaele 1–5
56   Cesare Brusa All
Hyundai Elantra N TCR 22   Niels Langeveld All
  ALM Honda Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 23   Mattias Vahtel All
27   Ruben Volt All
39   Antti Rammo All
  Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR 24   Luca Lorenzini 2
31   Kevin Ceccon 1, 3–4
34   Mirko Zanardini 5–6
64   Levente Losonczy 5–6
75   Mauro Guastamacchia 3
Hyundai i30 N TCR 74   Edoardo Cappello 1–3, 5–6
  PMA Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 32   Felice Jelmini 5
  CRM Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 44   Michele Imberti 1–5
47   Ettore Carminati 1–5
  K2 Engine Hyundai i30 N TCR 59   Dushan Kouril Jr. 4
  Scuderia Ghermandi by Lema Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR 61   Giacomo Ghermandi 2, 5–6
  Greta Racing Lucania Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 69   Francesco Savoia 3–4
  SP Competition CUPRA León Competición TCR 77   Sylvain Pussier All
  DMP Motors / Scuderia Vesuvio CUPRA León TCR 81   Sabatino Di Mare DSG All
  Ten Job CUPRA León TCR 97   Mauro Guidetti DSG 6
  6ix Engineers CUPRA León TCR 99   Giorgio Fantilli DSG 1, 3–5 [4]
  Pro Race 6
Icon Class
DSG DSG Challenge

Results edit

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team DSG Winner
1 1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 22–24 April   Denis Babuin   Denis Babuin   Niels Langeveld   Target Competition   Mauro Trentin
2   Salvatore Tavano   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole CUPRA Racing   Sabatino Di Mare
2 3 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 6–8 May   Ruben Volt   Carlo Tamburini   Carlo Tamburini   MM Motorsport   Rodolfo Massaro
4   Mattias Vahtel   Rubén Fernández   RC2 Junior Team   Rodolfo Massaro
3 5 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 3–5 June   Salvatore Tavano   Salvatore Tavano   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole CUPRA Racing   Sabatino Di Mare
6   Michele Imberti   Michele Imberti   CRM Motorsport   Sabatino Di Mare
4 7 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 15–17 July   Niels Langeveld   Niels Langeveld   Salvatore Tavano   Scuderia del Girasole CUPRA Racing   Steven Giacon
8   Denis Babuin   Niels Langeveld   Target Competition   Steven Giacon
5 9 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 2–4 September   Marco Iannotta   Mattias Vahtel   Niels Langeveld   Target Competition   Steven Giacon
10   Carlo Tamburini   Denis Babuin   Bolza Corse   Rodolfo Massaro
6 11 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 16–18 September   Niels Langeveld   Niels Langeveld   Niels Langeveld   Target Competition   Sabatino Di Mare
12   Felipe Fernández   Felipe Fernández   RC2 Junior Team   Sabatino Di Mare

Drivers' Championship edit

Scoring systems
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Qualifying 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 MNZ
 
IMO1
 
MIS
 
MUG
 
IMO2
 
VAL
 
 Pts. 
1   Niels Langeveld 1 Ret 7 6 7 2 381 (390)
2   Salvatore Tavano 4 1 2 8 1 25 344 (347)
3   Denis Babuin 25 5 16 24† 8 4 271
4   Ruben Volt 5 7 3 4 11 26† 241
5   Carlo Tamburini 11 11 1 5 Ret Ret 216
6   Cesare Brusa 10 20 13 22 5 7 205
7   Felipe Fernández Ret 8 Ret 7 9 5 186
8   Marco Iannotta 7 6 26 15 2 6 182
9   Michele Imberti 14 14 17 2 6 1 172
10   Mattias Vathel 16 13 6 Ret 12 9 168
11   Rubén Fernández 12 9 5 1 151
12   Antti Rammo 8 12 4 23† 24 10 109
13   Sylvain Pussier 17 4 9 10 Ret 27† 105
14   Sergio Lopez Bolotin 13 19 Ret 11 Ret 12 78
15   Ettore Carminati 23 22 10 Ret 10 Ret 56
16   Raffaele Guerrieri 18 17 11 17 17 11 44
17   Stephane Ventaja 28† Ret 15 16 42
18   Francesca Raffaele 20 23 12 13 Ret Ret 41
19   Edoardo Cappello 27† 18 8 18 14 28† 29
  Sabatino di Mare Ret 26 EX 25† 16 21 0
  Rodolfo Massaro Ret 27 18 19 20 23 0
  Mauro Trentin 21 28 22 20 18 22 0
  Steven Giacon 22 30† 19 Ret Ret 24 0
  Giorgio Fantilli 24 29 21 Ret 0
Ineligible for championship
-   Kevin Ceccon 3 3 3 3 (212)
-   Matteo Poloni Ret 15 4 8 (102)
- (98)
- (83)
-   Jack Young 2 2 (80)
-   Manuel Bissa 24 3 15 15 (54)
-   Domiano Reduzzi 6 25 Ret DNS 25† 13 (50)
-   Jonatan Giacon 9 10 Ret DNS Ret 19 (36)
-   Federico Paolino 26 21 13 14 (30)
-   Gilles Colombani 19 16 Ret 12 Ret 16 (14)
-   Giacomo Ghermandi 23 9 (14)
- (7)
-   Luca Lorenzini 14 14 (6)
-   Francesco Savoia 23 20 (3)
- (2)
-   Nicola Guida 15 24 20 Ret 19 17 (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
-   Mauro Guastamacchia Ret 18
-   Emanuele Romani 21 21
-   Víctor Fernández 22 Ret
-   Marco Butti 25 Ret
Pos. Driver MNZ
 
IMO1
 
MIS
 
MUG
 
IMO2
 
VAL
 
 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

References edit

  1. ^ "TCR Italy issues 2022 calendar featuring six rounds". TouringCarTimes. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Triple TCR Italy champion Salvatore Tavano confirms 2022 programme". TouringCarTimes. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Teenager Carlo Tamburini secures TCR Italy slot". TouringCarTimes. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Bumper field set for TCR Italy opener". TouringCarTimes. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Tecnodom Sport confirms Fiat entry with Jonathan Giacon". TouringCarTimes. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. ^ "MONZA 2022 - Informazioni e risultati". ACI Sport.
  7. ^ "RC2 Junior Team announces expanded Audi and Cupra programme". TouringCarTimes. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Emanuele Romani nel TCR Italy con la Hyundai i30 N TCR". ACI Sport.
  9. ^ a b "Rodolfo Massaro announced for Elite Motorsport in DSG Audi". TouringCarTimes. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

External links edit