2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the fourth season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominantly in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

On 20 December 2018 it was announced a partnership between the series' promoter and Auto Sport Switzerland, the Swiss National Sporting Authority, which was going see all 7 rounds of the calendar as part of the 2019 TCR Swiss Trophy which was set to be in its second edition. The TCR Swiss Trophy was set be open to Swiss drivers as well as any driver with valid racing license, issued by Auto Sport Switzerland.[1] On 23 April 2019 it was announced by Auto Sport Switzerland that the TCR Swiss Trophy will be postponed until 2020 due to lack of entries.

Harald Proczyk will be the defending Drivers' champion, while HP Racing International will the defending Teams' champions.[2]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Yokohama is set to become the official tire supplier, taking over from Hankook.[3]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Austria HP Racing International[4] Hyundai i30 N TCR[4] 1 Austria Harald Proczyk[4] All
42 Austria Lukas Niedertscheider[4] 1–6
United Kingdom Pyro Motorsport[5] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[5] 6 United Kingdom Bradley Burns[5] J 1–6
Germany Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen[6] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[6] 7 Germany Mike Halder[6] All
88 Germany Dominik Fugel[6] All
Germany RacingOne[7] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[7] 8 Germany René Kircher[7] J All
Finland LMS Racing[8] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[8] 13 Finland Antti Buri[8] All
Germany Hyundai Team Engstler[9] Hyundai i30 N TCR[9] 19 Germany Max Hesse[9] All
27 France Théo Coicaud[9] All
Switzerland TOPCAR Sport[8] CUPRA León TCR[8] 22 Switzerland Julien Apothéloz[8] J All
33 United States Joshua Corren Reynolds[8] 1–3
Germany Steibel Motorsport[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 23 Germany Sebastian Steibel[8] 1, 3–7
Germany Volkswagen Team Oettinger[10][11] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[10][11] 29 Malaysia Mitchell Cheah[10] J All
50 Germany Kai Jordan 5–6
99 Netherlands Maurits Sandberg[11] 1–4, 7
Germany RaceSing[8] Hyundai i30 N TCR[8] 34 Germany Patrick Sing[8] 2
Germany IMC Motorsport[12] Opel Astra TCR[12] 41 Germany Steve Kirsch[12] 1–2
Germany Profi-Car Team Halder[13] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[13] 53 Germany Michelle Halder[13] J All
Germany Lubner Motorsport[8] Opel Astra TCR[8] 98 Germany Jan Seyffert[8] J 1–3
LADA Vesta TCR[14] 4–7
Entries ineligible to score points
Italy Target Competition[15] Hyundai i30 N TCR[15] 9 Sweden Andreas Bäckman[15] 6
101 Sweden Jessica Bäckman[15] 6
Germany Lubner Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 20 Germany Philipp Regensperger 7
61 Switzerland Jörg Schori 5
Belgium Comtoyou Racing[16] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[16] 25 Morocco Sami Taoufik[16] 7
Germany Steibel Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 28 Switzerland Pascal Eberle 5–7
Switzerland Young Driver Challenge CUPRA León TCR 30 Switzerland Karen Gaillard 5
31 Switzerland Mario Anderegg 6
32 Switzerland James Bischof[16] 7
Switzerland TOPCAR Sport CUPRA León TCR 48 Germany Sophie Hofmann[16] 7
Germany Profi-Car Team Halder Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 55 Germany Marcel Fugel 2, 6–7
Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[16] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[16] 77 Germany René Münnich[16] 7
Germany Hyundai Team Engstler[17] Hyundai i30 N TCR[17] 100 Germany Guido Naumann[17] 1
101 Sweden Jessica Bäckman[17] 2
102 Italy Gabriele Tarquini[18] 3
103 Germany Lance David Arnold 4
104 Belgium Thierry Neuville[19] 5
105 Germany Franz Simon 6

Calendar and results[edit]

The 2018 schedule was announced on 23 September 2018, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends as well as ADAC GT4 Germany and ADAC Formula 4 (with the exception at Autodrom Most).[3]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Junior winner
1 1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 27 April Germany Max Hesse[N 1] Germany Mike Halder Germany Mike Halder Germany Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen United Kingdom Bradley Burns
2 28 April Austria Harald Proczyk Finland Antti Buri Finland LMS Racing United Kingdom Bradley Burns
2 3 Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 18 May Austria Harald Proczyk Germany Mike Halder Germany Mike Halder Germany Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Malaysia Mitchell Cheah
4 19 May United Kingdom Bradley Burns Finland Antti Buri Finland LMS Racing United Kingdom Bradley Burns
3 5 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 8 June Germany Sebastian Steibel Finland Antti Buri Austria Harald Proczyk Austria HP Racing International Malaysia Mitchell Cheah
6 9 June Finland Antti Buri Finland Antti Buri Finland LMS Racing Germany René Kircher
4 7 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 10 August Germany Dominik Fugel Germany Max Hesse Germany Max Hesse Germany Hyundai Team Engstler United Kingdom Bradley Burns
8 11 August Austria Harald Proczyk Germany Michelle Halder Germany Profi-Car Team Halder Germany Michelle Halder
5 9 Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 17 August Germany Max Hesse[N 2] Germany Max Hesse[N 3] Germany Max Hesse[N 4] Germany Hyundai Team Engstler[N 4] Switzerland Julien Apothéloz
10 18 August Finland Antti Buri[N 5] Germany Max Hesse Germany Hyundai Team Engstler Switzerland Julien Apothéloz
6 11 Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 14 September Austria Harald Proczyk France Theo Coicaud Austria Harald Proczyk Austria HP Racing International Malaysia Mitchell Cheah
12 15 September Austria Harald Proczyk Germany Max Hesse Germany Hyundai Team Engstler Germany Michelle Halder
7 13 Germany Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 28 September Germany Dominik Fugel Germany Dominik Fugel Germany Dominik Fugel Germany Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Germany Michelle Halder
14 29 September Germany Dominik Fugel Germany Max Hesse Germany Hyundai Team Engstler Switzerland Julien Apothéloz

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th PP FL
Points 40 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 5 1


Pos. Driver OSC
Germany 		MST
Czech Republic 		RBR
Austria 		ZAN
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		SAC
Germany 		 Pts. 
1 Germany Max Hesse 21 3 23 5 11 5 1 9 21 1 23 1 85 1 438
2 Austria Harald Proczyk 34 6 31 8 13 2 33 5 104 14 11 3 43 2 431
3 Finland Antti Buri 4 1 5 1 3 1 55 2 4 3 10 12 24 3 426
4 Germany Mike Halder 12 2 12 4 15 8 24 3 162 4 44 5 32 4 399
5 Germany Dominik Fugel 123 17 45 3 14 Ret 41 13 Ret 10 5 4 11 5 271
6 France Theo Coicaud 65 5 6 7 55 7 8 Ret 63 Ret 32 Ret 9 6 266
7 Germany Michelle Halder 17 9 9 11 8 4 12 1 12 15 13 6 5 12 249
8 Switzerland Julien Apothéloz 14 16 Ret4 9 42 9 11 8 3 5 18 17 7 7 226.5
9 Germany René Kircher 10 8 11 Ret 9 3 10 11 9 13 12 7 14 14 214
10 Austria Lukas Niedertscheider 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 7 55 16 Ret5 DNS 202
11 Malaysia Mitchell Cheah Ret 10 8 Ret 24 10 Ret Ret 8 12 11 9 Ret 9 171
12 United Kingdom Bradley Burns 5 4 15 2 Ret Ret 62 6 Ret 11 WD WD 159
13 Germany Sebastian Steibel 13 13 61 13 13 Ret 13 7 9 10 11 16 158
14 Germany Jan Seyffert 8 15 DNS Ret 13 11 15 12 14 8 15 15 Ret 17 115.5
15 Netherlands Maurits Sandberg 15 Ret 10 14 10 15 14 10 12 15 102
16 Germany Steve Kirsch 9 12 12 10 52
17 Germany Kai Jordan 10 17 14 14 47.5
18 United States J. C. Reynolds 16 14 13 WD 12 12 42
19 Germany Patrick Sing 14 Ret 7
Drivers ineligible to score points
Belgium Thierry Neuville 1 6
Switzerland Pascal Eberle 7 2 6 Ret 6 8
Sweden Jessica Bäckman Ret 13 7 2
Germany Lance David Arnold 7 4
Germany Marcel Fugel Ret 12 Ret 8 13 10
Sweden Andreas Bäckman 8 11
Switzerland Karen Gaillard 17 9
Morocco Sami Taoufik 10 11
Germany Guido Naumann 11 11
Germany Franz Simon 16 13
Germany René Münnich 18† 13
Italy Gabriele Tarquini Ret 14
Switzerland Jörg Schori 15 18
Switzerland James Bischof 15 18
Switzerland Mario Anderegg 17 16
Germany Philipp Regensperger 16 Ret
Germany Sophie Hofmann 17 19
Pos. Driver OSC
Germany 		MST
Czech Republic 		RBR
Austria 		ZAN
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		SAC
Germany 		 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

Teams' Championship[edit]

Pos. Driver OSC
Germany 		MST
Czech Republic 		RBR
Austria 		ZAN
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		SAC
Germany 		 Pts. 
1 Germany Hyundai Team Engstler 2 3 2 5 5 5 1 9 2 1 2 1 8 1 680
6 5 6 7 11 7 8 Ret 6 Ret 3 Ret 9 6
2 Germany Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen 1 2 1 3 14 8 2 3 16 4 4 4 1 4 640
12 17 4 4 15 Ret 4 13 Ret 10 5 5 3 5
3 Austria HP Racing International 3 6 3 6 1 2 3 5 5 14 1 3 4 2 608
7 7 7 8 7 6 9 7 10 16 Ret DNS
4 Finland LMS Racing 4 1 5 1 3 1 5 2 4 3 10 12 2 3 421
5 Germany Volkswagen Team Oettinger 15 10 8 14 2 10 14 10 8 12 11 9 12 9 314,5
Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 15 Ret Ret 10 17 14 14 Ret 15
6 Germany Profi-Car Team Halder 17 9 9 11 8 4 12 1 12 15 13 6 5 12 269
7 Switzerland TOPCAR Sport 14 14 13 9 4 9 11 8 3 5 18 17 7 7 260,5
16 16 Ret DNS 12 12
8 Germany RacingOne 10 8 11 Ret 9 3 10 11 9 13 12 7 14 14 214
9 United Kingdom Team Pyro Motorsport 5 4 15 2 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 11 DNS DNS 155
10 Germany Steibel Motorsport 13 13 6 13 13 Ret 13 7 9 10 11 16 152
11 Germany Lubner Motorsport 8 15 DNS Ret 13 11 15 12 14 8 15 15 Ret 17 113,5
12 Germany IMC Motorsport 9 12 12 10 52
13 Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 18† 13 10
14 Germany RaceSing 14 Ret 7
Teams ineligible to score points
Germany Hyundai Team Engstler 11 11 Ret 13 Ret 14 7 4 1 6 16 13
Germany Steibel Motorsport 7 2 6 Ret 6 8
Italy Target Competition 7 2
8 11
Germany Profi-Car Team Halder Ret 12 Ret 8 13 10
Switzerland Young Driver Challenge 17 9 15 18
Belgium Comtoyou Racing 10 11
Germany Lubner Motorsport 15 18 16 Ret
Switzerland TOPCAR Sport 17 16 17 19
Pos. Driver OSC
Germany 		MST
Czech Republic 		RBR
Austria 		ZAN
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		SAC
Germany 		 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

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Qualification won by Harald Proczyk, but he received a three-place grid penalty for speeding during red flag period.
  2. ^ Actual pole position taken by guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
  3. ^ Actual fastest lap of the race set by guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
  4. ^ a b Actual race winner was guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
  5. ^ Actual fastest lap of the race set by guest driver Pascal Eberle from Steibel Motorsport.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ravaioli, Fabio (2018-12-20). "The TCR Swiss Trophy joins TCR Germany in 2019". TCR. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  2. ^ "Mike Halder takes final victory of the season while Harald Procyzk is crowned champion with third". TouringCarTimes. 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. ^ a b "Yokohama replaces Hankook as TCR Germany tyre supplier - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  4. ^ a b c d "HP Racing switch to Hyundai for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  5. ^ a b c "Pyro Motorsport confirm TCR Germany entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "Team Honda ADAC Sachsen unchanged for 2019". TouringCarTimes.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Racing One signs youngster René Kircher". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "TCR Germany entry list revealed". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  9. ^ a b c d "Max Hesse joins Théo Coicaud at Team Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  10. ^ a b c "Mitchell Cheah confirms TCR Germany move". TouringCarTimes. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  11. ^ a b c "Oettinger confirm TCR Germany entry alongside Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  12. ^ a b c "Steve Kirsch to lead new Opel squad". TouringCarTimes.com. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. ^ a b c "Michelle Halder switches from Cupra to Honda for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes.com. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Switch from Opel to Lada for Jan Seyffert at Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  15. ^ a b c d "Andreas and Jessica Bäckman join TCR Germany races at Hockenheim". TouringCarTimes. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h "Münnich Motorsport and Comtoyou Racing among new entries for Sachsenring". TouringCarTimes.com. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d "Thierry Neuville, Gabriele Tarquini to drive guest car". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  18. ^ "Gabriele Tarquini joins Red Bull grid". TouringCarTimes.com. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  19. ^ "WRC star Thierry Neuville confirmed for Nürburgring". TouringCarTimes.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

External links[edit]

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