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 Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal 29 April–1 May Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
F4 Spanish Championship
2
2 3 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 21–22 May International GT Open
Euroformula Open
4
3 5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 17–19 June International GT Open
Euroformula Open
Italian F4 Championship
6
4 7 Germany Norisring, Nuremberg, Germany 1–3 July Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
DTM Trophy
8
5 9 Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 26–28 August
10
6 11 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 23–25 September International GT Open
Euroformula Open
12
7 13 Spain 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
Italy Élite Motorsport by Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2 Portugal Luís Cidade[2] R 1
111 Italy Marco Butti[3] R 3–7
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[4] 22 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[4] 7
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou DHL[5] 33 Netherlands Tom Coronel[5] 1–3, 5–7
39 Norway Stian Paulsen[6] 4
North Macedonia Audi Sport Team Comtoyou PSS[7] 72 Argentina Franco Girolami[7][8] All
110 North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski[7][8] Y All
Slovenia Scuderia Ghermandi by Lema Racing[9] Cupra León Competición TCR 3 Italy Giacomo Ghermandi[9] Y All
Czech Republic Hyundai N Janík Motorsport[10] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4 Slovakia Samuel Sládečka 7
24 Czech Republic Jáchym Galáš[10] All
70 Slovakia Maťo Homola[10] 1–5
73 Czech Republic Václav Janík[11] 6
Germany Profi-Car Team Halder[12] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Germany Mike Halder[12] 1–4, 6–7
53 Germany Michelle Halder[12] All
62 United Kingdom Jack Young[13] All
Italy Hyundai N Team Target[14][15] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 8 Italy Nicola Baldan[16] All
44 Italy Felice Jelmini[16] 1–6
99 United Kingdom Josh Files[16] All
Italy BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Italy Matteo Poloni[11] Y 6
Spain Hyundai N Teo Martín Motorsport[17] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 10 Spain Alejandro Geppert[17] R 7
Italy MM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 11 Italy Paolo Rocca[18] R 6
Spain RC2 Junior Team[19] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 12 Spain Rubén Fernández[19][11] Y 3–4, 6–7
Cupra León Competición TCR 19 Spain Felipe Fernández[19][11] Y 3, 6–7
37 Venezuela Sergio López Bolotin[19][11] 3–4, 6–7
Spain Volcano Motorsport[20] Cupra León Competición TCR 14 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Klim Gavrilov[20][a] All
16 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Evgeni Leonov[20][a] Y All
26 Spain Isidro Callejas[21] All
124 Portugal Gustavo Moura[2] R 1
Lithuania NORDPASS Juta Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 15 Lithuania Jonas Karklys[22] 5
Slovakia Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Slovakia Martin Ryba[23] Y 1–3
74 Spain Pepe Oriola[23] 1–3
Italy Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia[24] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4–7
64 Hungary Levente Losonczy[11] R 6
France Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardhal Team Cupra León Competición TCR 27 France John Filippi[25] All
Germany RaceSing[26] Hyundai i30 N TCR 34 Germany Patrick Sing[26] 4–5
France Team Clairet Sport[27] Cupra León TCR 66 France Gilles Colombani[27] Y 2
Cupra León Competición TCR 81 France Stéphane Ventaja[27] Y 2
Italy CRM Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 144 Italy 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 Portugal Algarve International Circuit Germany Mike Halder Spain Isidro Callejas United Kingdom Jack Young Germany Profi-Car Team Halder Portugal Luís Cidade North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski
2 Argentina Franco Girolami Argentina Franco Girolami North Macedonia Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Portugal Luís Cidade North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski
2 3 France Circuit Paul Ricard Netherlands Tom Coronel Netherlands Tom Coronel Netherlands Tom Coronel Belgium Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Czech Republic Jáchym Galáš North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski
4 North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski North Macedonia Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Czech Republic Jáchym Galáš North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski
3 5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Argentina Franco Girolami Argentina Franco Girolami Spain Isidro Callejas Spain Volcano Motorsport Czech Republic Jáchym Galáš Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Evgeni Leonov
6 Spain Isidro Callejas Czech Republic Jáchym Galáš Czech Republic Hyundai N Janík Motorsport Czech Republic Jáchym Galáš Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Evgeni Leonov
4 7 Germany Norisring Germany Mike Halder Argentina Franco Girolami Germany Mike Halder Germany Profi-Car Team Halder Italy Marco Butti North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski
8 Italy Marco Butti Argentina Franco Girolami North Macedonia Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Italy Marco Butti North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski
5 9 Germany Nürburgring Netherlands Tom Coronel Netherlands Tom Coronel Netherlands Tom Coronel Belgium Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport Italy Marco Butti Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Evgeni Leonov
10 Race cancelled
6 11 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza France John Filippi United Kingdom Jack Young France John Filippi France Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardhal Team Italy Marco Butti Spain Felipe Fernández
12 United Kingdom Jack Young Argentina Franco Girolami North Macedonia Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Italy Marco Butti Spain Felipe Fernández
7 13 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya United Kingdom Jack Young United Kingdom Jack Young United Kingdom Jack Young Germany Profi-Car Team Halder Italy Marco Butti North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski
14 Argentina Franco Girolami Argentina Franco Girolami North Macedonia Comtoyou PSS Team Audi Sport Italy Marco Butti North Macedonia 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
Portugal 		LEC
France 		SPA
Belgium 		NOR
Germany 		NÜR
Germany 		MNZ
Italy 		BAR
Spain 		Points
1 Argentina Franco Girolami 5 1 2 4 2 4 3 1 3 C 12 1 3 1 431
2 Netherlands Tom Coronel 8 3 1 5 5 3 1 C 13 8 2 2 316
3 United Kingdom Josh Files 6 5 8 17 3 5 2 3 6 C 5 9 9 19 285
4 Spain Isidro Callejas 4 8 11 7 1 7 5 5 10 C 8 NC 5 6 275
5 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Klim Gavrilov 7 6 5 2 6 8 12 2 Ret C 9 2 12 16 256
6 United Kingdom Jack Young 1 11 19 13 8 6 10 6 Ret C 11 7 1 5 246
7 Italy Nicola Baldan 3 15 9 10 4 12 13 11 2 C 4 4 7 8 245
8 Germany Mike Halder 2 9 10 Ret 13 13 1 7 3 12 10 4 228
9 Czech Republic Jáchym Galáš 11 7 12 9 9 1 11 8 7 C 2 13 6 10 224
10 France John Filippi 10 4 4 6 12 15 7 10 9 C 1 22 11 Ret 202
11 Spain Pepe Oriola 9 2 7 3 Ret 10 Ret 12 4 C 7 10 8 Ret 185
12 North Macedonia Viktor Davidovski 13 10 6 1 11 Ret 4 4 14 C 16 14 15 9 169
13 Italy Felice Jelmini 15 16 3 8 7 9 9 Ret 5 C 10 23 156
14 Slovakia Maťo Homola 12 18 18 18 Ret 2 6 9 Ret C 79
15 Italy Marco Butti 15 18 Ret 18 8 C 6 11 13 7 78
16 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch 4 3 57
17 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Evgeni Leonov 17 Ret 17 12 10 11 Ret 16 13 C 18 20 18 12 39
18 Venezuela Sergio López 17 17 15 19 22 3 17 13 37
19 Spain Felipe Fernández 14 Ret 14 6 Ret 18 27
20 Italy Michele Imberti 21 5 24
21 Germany Michelle Halder 14 14 16 15 16 14 16 13 Ret C Ret 18 16 Ret 19
22 Norway Stian Paulsen 8 14 18
23 France Stéphane Ventaja 13 11 14
24 Spain Alejandro Geppert 14 11 12
25 Slovakia Martin Ryba 19 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 10
26 Germany Patrick Sing 18 15 11 C 10
27 Lithuania Jonas Karklys 12 C 7
28 Portugal Luís Cidade 16 13 5
29 Spain Rubén Fernández DNS 16 14 17 Ret 17 19 15 4
30 France Gilles Colombani 20 14 3
31 Slovakia Samuel Sládečka 20 14 3
32 Italy Giacomo Ghermandi 20 17 15 16 18 Ret 17 Ret Ret C 15 16 21 17 2
33 Italy Matteo Poloni 17 15 1
34 Portugal Gustavo Moura Jr 18 Ret 0
35 Czech Republic Václav Janík 20 19 0
36 Italy Paolo Rocca 19 21 0
37 Hungary Levente Losonczy Ret DNS 0
Pos. Driver POR
Portugal 		LEC
France 		SPA
Belgium 		NOR
Germany 		NÜR
Germany 		MNZ
Italy 		BAR
Spain 		 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 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 797
2 Italy Target Competition 581
3 Spain Volcano Motorsport 579
4 Germany Halder Motorsport 522
5 Czech Republic Janík Motorsport 354
6 France Sébastien Loeb Racing 236
7 Slovakia Brutal Fish Racing Team 139
8 Spain RC2 Junior Team 118
9 Italy Aggressive Team Italia 83
10 Slovenia Lema Racing 33
11 France Team Clairet Sport 31
12 Italy CRM Motorsport 28
13 Italy Élite Motorsport 25
14 Germany RaceSing 19
15 Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 18
16 Lithuania Juta Racing 11
17 Italy BF Motorsport 8
18 Italy MM Motorsport 1

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings (top 3)[edit]

Pos. Driver  Pts. 
1 Argentina 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]

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