2019-2 Touring Car Championship season

2019-2 TCC
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The 2019-2 IVRC Touring Car Championship season will be the 3rd IVRC TCC season. Marc Stwerka of Repsol Swinegel Racing will defend the drivers' championship, while MPG Competition will defend the teams' championship. CUPRA ist the reigning constructors' champion and as Aurimas Auga is now not eligible to participate as a rookie anymore, we will see a new Rookies' Cup winner by the end of the season.

As it was the case in 2019-1, the calendar will remain as half-year calendar, however all circuits were exchanged or newly introduced, aside Nordschleife and Macau which either returned or re-returned for 2019-2.

Teams and Drivers

Team Car No. Status Driver Rounds Repsol Swinegel Racing CUPRA León TCR 1 Marc Stwerka 1–8, 10 55 Jesús Chirinos 1–6, 9–10 77 Kenneth Ragland 6–10 82 Cristian Alvarez 1–3, 5–10 Team Berni Peugeot 308 TCR 2 Lor Rezo 6–7 18 Bernard Mróz 1–2, 4–10 72 Tobias Kress 6–7 NRWO Esports Audi RS3 LMS 5 Ryan Mazumder 8 SL Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 9 Dovydas Laurinavicius 2–7, 9–10 21 Saulius Laurinavicius All MPG Competition Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV-TCR 13 Phillip Volland 2–7, 10 14 Constantin Grimminger 4, 9 17 Carlos Frau 1–2, 4, 6–10 Tevez Rookie Sim Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 15 Julian Gines 8–10 33 László Téglás All 81 Jon McDonald 8, 10 FRA Simracing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 24 Alfie Bevan 4–5, 7–10 56 Jose Miguel Moronta 3, 7 58 Juanra Carrillo 8 59 Carl-Magnus Borre 1, 3–9 66 Oscar Evers-Jahnsen 1, 4, 6, 9 67 Tookie Gonzales 8–9 74 Sven Geelhoed 4–6, 8–10 YTF1 Sim-racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 27 Matthew Allington 1 CUPRA León TCR Tobias Kress 5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV-TCR Nicolás Soto 6 CUPRA León TCR Fran Rodríguez 8 Audi RS3 LMS 9 Audi RS3 LMS Pablo López 8 CUPRA León TCR 9 CUPRA León TCR Unai Aguado 9 Peugeot 308 TCR Jonathan Holohan 10 Audi RS3 LMS Tanguy Van de Wege 10

Icon Status Rookie

Driver changes

• Bob Sacamano will be no longer racing for Repsol Swinegel Racing in 2019-2. Instead, the team aquired the services of Jesús Chirinos.
• Martin Jatzek will be no longer racing for MPG Competition in 2019-2.
• Dionysis Faraos originally opted to switch to Team Berni, however he abandoned his drive after the first race of the season, reducing Team Bernis effort to two cars as neither 2019-1 race winner Bartosz Nowak nor the reigning rookie champion, Aurimas Auga, returned to TCC.
• Fellow Greek driver Dimitris Giannopoulos originally inteded to race for Repsol Swinegel Racing, but instead left the league for another drive. Also Francisco Vazquez left Repsol Swinegel Racing mid-season without taking part in any races in 2019-2.
• Several other drivers, including race winner Michael Teichmann, left the series, alongside Germán Soto, Bruno Spano and Victor Bier. Otávio de Barros retired from the series, as he decided to solely focus on his GTE campaign.

Team changes

• Race winning squad TR Bluvos Motorsports left the series, alongside KRT/Goiaba Racing.
• C-Force Racing decided to pause it's TCC campaign, as the team started focussing on their WEC programme and team owner Jesús Chirinos switched to Repsol Swinegel Racing.

Mid-season changes

• Jose Miguel Moronta originally joined the TCC roster mid-season with FRA Simracing Team, but left the Swedish team prior to the penultimate round to compete with his own team, Moronta Racing. However, he never took part in any of the remaining races.
• Similar to Moronta, Tobias Kress joined the TCC mid-season as guest driver, before switching to Mróz' struggeling Team Berni outfit. However, after only two events with the team he was forced to sit out another round due to penalties, before switching to Moronta Racing when he was allowed back into the series. Just like his team mate Moronta, he never took part in any of the remaining races.

Race calendar and results

The final calendar was announced on 30 July 2019.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	17 August	Carl-Magnus Borre	Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Carl-Magnus Borre
	R2				Matthew Allington	Bernard Mróz	Team Berni	Saulius Laurinavicius
	R3				Bernard Mróz	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Carl-Magnus Borre
2	R1	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	24 August	Phillip Volland	Phillip Volland	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Dovydas Laurinavicius
	R2				Phillip Volland	Phillip Volland	MPG Competition	Dovydas Laurinavicius
	R3				Phillip Volland	Phillip Volland	MPG Competition	Dovydas Laurinavicius
3	R1	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	07 September	Jose Miguel Moronta	Marc Stwerka	Phillip Volland	MPG Competition	Jose Miguel Moronta
	R2				Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Jose Miguel Moronta
	R3				Carl-Magnus Borre	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Jose Miguel Moronta
4	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	14 September	Sven Geelhoed	Sven Geelhoed	Carl-Magnus Borre	FRA Simracing Team	Carl-Magnus Borre
	R2				Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Sven Geelhoed
	R3				Sven Geelhoed	Carl-Magnus Borre	FRA Simracing Team	Carl-Magnus Borre
5	R1	Pau Circuit, Pau	28 September	Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Saulius Laurinavicius
	R2				Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Sven Geelhoed
	R3				Sven Geelhoed	Sven Geelhoed	FRA Simracing Team	Sven Geelhoed
6		Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg	12 October	Marc Stwerka	Carlos Frau	Phillip Volland	MPG Competition	Saulius Laurinavicius
7	R1	Brno Circuit, Brno	19 October	Phillip Volland	Phillip Volland	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Dovydas Laurinavicius
	R2				Dovydas Laurinavicius	Cristian Alvarez	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Carl-Magnus Borre
	R3				Kenneth Ragland	Phillip Volland	MPG Competition	Jose Miguel Moronta
8	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	02 November	JuanRa Carrillo	Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Sven Geelhoed
	R2				Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Sven Geelhoed
	R3				Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Alfie Bevan
9	R1	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	09 November	Sven Geelhoed	Sven Geelhoed	Pablo López	none	Alfie Bevan
	R2				Sven Geelhoed	Cristian Alvarez	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Sven Geelhoed
	R3				Sven Geelhoed	Unai Aguado	none	Sven Geelhoed
10	R1	Guia Circuit, Macau	23 November	Sven Geelhoed	Sven Geelhoed	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Alfie Bevan
	R2				Marc Stwerka	Marc Stwerka	Repsol Swinegel Racing	Saulius Laurinavicius
	R3				Sven Geelhoed	Sven Geelhoed	FRA Simracing Team	Sven Geelhoed

Championship results

Scoring system

Points will be awarded to the top 15 classified finishers in all three races equally.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Nürburgring	50	40	32	26	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers' championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points
1	1	Marc Stwerka	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	1	3	Ret	1	2	4	1	1	1				1	1	8	516
2	18	Bernard Mróz	4	1	3	6	6	4				9	6	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	5	4	2	12	6	3	8	2	372
3	13	Phillip Volland				3	1	1	1	5	Ret	2	2	5	9	4	7	1	2	12	1							Ret	Ret	15	282
4	21	Saulius Laurinavicius	5	5	9†	8	Ret	7	Ret	4	5	5	8	11	2	5	8	6	9	8	8	10	9	9	4	6	9	DSQ	2	6	256
5	17	Carlos Frau	2	3	6	2	2	5				8	7	13				2	11	9	3	5	6	11	14†	9	7	9	3	13	255
6	33	László Téglás	DNS	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	10	11	7	6	9	5	7	10	11	11	9	10	8	6	8	8	7	6	9	223
7	82	Cristian Alvarez	DNS	WD	WD	9†	5	3	5	2	Ret				5	8	DNS	5	4	1	13†	12	13	10	7	1	5	4	Ret	14	220
8	74	Sven Geelhoed										6	4	8	3	3	1	DSQ				2	2	DSQ	5	2	2	5	Ret	1	215
9	59	Carl-Magnus Borre	3	7	5				6	6	Ret	1	5	1	12†	11	4	8†	8	4	9	4	14	6	DSQ	DNS	DSQ				208
10	55	Jesús Chirinos	Ret	6	4	5	4	9†	7	8†	2	3	3	10	10	7	6	4							9	15	Ret	12	11†	7	206
11	9	Dovydas Laurinavicius				4	7	6	4	Ret	4	7	10	3	8	10	9	DSQ	5	DSQ	10				Ret	13	4	Ret	9	11	155
12	24	Alfie Bevan										12	DNS	9	7	12†	DNS		DNS	10	12	Ret	4	3	3	14	DNS	2	7	5	121
13		Pablo López																				7	3	2	1	3	3				102
14	56	Jose Miguel Moronta							3	3	3								13†	5	5										73
15	77	Kenneth Ragland																Ret	7	7	6	8	7	DNS	13†	DNS	DNS	10	10†	4	73
16	66	Oscar Evers-Jahnsen	7	8	8							13	Ret	12				Ret							10	5	10				55
17	81	Jon McDonald																				11	DSQ	7				8	5	3	49
18	27	Matthew Allington	6	4	2																										43
19		Unai Aguado																							Ret	4	1				38
20		Fran Rodríguez																				14	11	5	12	11	11				32
21	2	Lor Rezo																Ret	6	6	7										29
22	14	Constantin Grimminger										11	9	6											Ret	10	DNS				28
23		Jonathan Holohan																										11	4	10	24
24	67	Tookie Gonzales																				DSQ	15	DSQ	8	7	12†				22
25	15	Julian Gines																				13	12	12	11	16†	Ret	Ret	DNS	12	20
26	72	Tobias Kress													11	6	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DSQ										19
27	58	JuanRa Carrillo																				6	8	Ret							18
28		Tanguy Van de Wege																										6	DNS	WD	10
29		Nicolás Soto																DNS													0
29	5	Ryan Mazumder																				DNS	DNS	Ret							0
Pos.	No.	Driver	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points

Notes:

• † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 50% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points
1	Repsol Swinegel Racing	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	3	4	1	1	4	1	1	1	7	1	5	1	1	4	903
		Ret	6	4	5	4	3	5	2	2	4	3	10	5	7	6	5	4	2	6	8	7	10	9	15	Ret	4	10†	7
2	FRA Simracing Team	3	7	5				3	3	3	1	4	1	3	3	1	8†	8	4	5	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	7	1	622
		6	8	8				6	6	Ret	6	5	8	7	11	4	Ret	13†	5	9	4	4	6	5	5	10	5	Ret	5
3	MPG Competition	2	3	6	2	1	1	1	5	Ret	2	2	5	9	4	7	1	2	9	1	5	6	11	14	9	7	9	3	13	550
					3	2	5				8	7	6				2	11	12	3				Ret	10	DNS	Ret	Ret	15
4	SL Racing	5	5	9†	4	7	6	4	4	4	5	8	3	2	5	8	6	5	8	8	10	9	9	4	6	4	Ret	2	6	411
					8	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	7	10	11	8	10	9	DSQ	9	DSQ	10				Ret	13	9	DSQ	9	11
5	Team Berni	4	1	3	6	6	4				9	6	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	5	4	2	12	6	3	8	2	401
																	Ret	6	6	7
6	Tevez Rookie Sim Team	DNS	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	10	11	7	6	9	5	7	10	11	11	9	10	7	6	8	8	7	5	3	281
																					11	12	8	11	16†	Ret	8	6	9
7	YTF1 Sim-racing Team	6	4	2																										43
Pos.	Driver	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points

Constructors' championship

Pos.	Constructor	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points
1	CUPRA	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	3	4	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	630
2	Volkswagen	3	4	2	4	7	6	3	3	3	1	4	1	2	3	1	6	5	4	5	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	485
3	Alfa Romeo	2	3	6	2	1	1	1	5	Ret	2	2	5	9	4	7	1	2	9	1	5	6	11	14	9	7	9	3	13	404
4	Peugeot	4	1	3	6	6	4				9	6	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	5	4	2	12	6	3	4	2	377
5	Audi																				7	3	2	12	11	11	6	DNS	WD	69
Pos.	Driver	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points

Rookies' cup

Pos.	No.	Driver	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points
1	21	Saulius Laurinavicius	2	1	4†	3	Ret	2	Ret	2	3	2	3	6	1	2	4	1	5	5	4	6	5	5	2	3	4	DSQ	1	5	436
2	33	László Téglás	DNS	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	6	7	7	5	6	4	4	5	3	3	3	6	398
3	59	Carl-Magnus Borre	1	2	1				3	3	Ret	1	2	1	6†	5	2	3†	4	1	5	2	8	2	DSQ	DNS	DSQ				342
4	74	Sven Geelhoed										3	1	4	2	1	1	DSQ				1	1	DSQ	3	1	1	2	Ret	1	285
5	9	Dovydas Laurinavicius				1	1	1	2	Ret	2	4	4	2	5	4	5	DSQ	1	DSQ	6				Ret	6	2	Ret	5	7	281
6	24	Alfie Bevan										6	DNS	5	4	6†	DNS		DNS	6	8	Ret	2	1	1	7	DNS	1	4	4	192
7	56	Jose Miguel Moronta							1	1	1								8†	2	1										128
8	77	Kenneth Ragland																Ret	3	4	2	4	3	DNS	8†	DNS	WD	5	6†	3	123
9	66	Oscar Evers-Jahnsen	3	3	3							7	Ret	7				Ret							6	2	5				107
10	81	Jon McDonald																				7	DSQ	3				4	2	2	78
11	2	Lor Rezo																	2	3	3										52
12	15	Julian Gines																				8	7	6	7	8†	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	52
13	67	Tookie Gonzales																				DSQ	9	DSQ	5	4	6†				41
14	58	JuanRa Carrillo																				3	4	Ret							29
15	72	Tobias Kress																Ret	7	Ret	DSQ										9
16	5	Ryan Mazumder																				DNS	DNS	Ret							0
Pos.	No.	Driver	MEL			DAY			MON			VAR			PAU			NÜR	BRN			ABU			OKA			MAC			Points