The TCR International Series was an international touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was marketed as a cost-effective spin-off of the WTCC, targeted at C-segment hatchbacks production-based touring cars. The title TCR follows the naming convention now used by the FIA to classify the cars that compete in touring car racing, with TC1 referring to the top tier as used by the FIA WTCC and TC2 referring to the legacy cars which principally compete in the FIA ETCC .
14-599: Salman Al Khalifa (born 24 March 1976) is a Bahraini racing driver currently competing in the Bahrain International Circuit 2000cc Challenge. Having previously competed in the TCR International Series . Al Khalifa began his career in 2007 in the Bahrain International Circuit 2000cc Challenge, he still races there and currently leads the 2016 championship standings. He previously won the championship in 2008, taking 14 wins from 16 possible, finishing on
28-769: A later date their planned car and driver line-up. On 31 October 2014, a provisional calendar for its inaugural season was released. It will consist of twelve weekends, four in Asia , five in Europe , two in South America and one to be announced. On 7 November 2014, the fourth team was announced: the Swedish STCC team WestCoast Racing will join the series with three Honda Civics build by JAS Motorsport . On 20 November Liqui Moly Team Engstler announced they will participate with Volkswagen Golfs and Franz Engstler will be driving one of
42-797: The 2015 season was released on 31 October, it became clear that the first event will take place at the Sepang International Circuit on 29 March. Lotti confirmed the technical principles of the SEAT León Cup Racer , which is also set to be adopted in the Single-Make Trophy category of the European Touring Car Cup in 2015 , will be used by the TCR Series. On 29 July 2014, former WTCC driver Pepe Oriola said in an interview with TouringCarTimes that he hopes to compete in
56-503: The TCR Thailand Series , starting from 2016. On 15 September 2014, technical regulations for the category were announced. On 22 January 2016, minor changes were applied. Eligible cars: 4/5-door vehicles Body shell: Reinforced production body shell; wheel arch modifications allowed to accommodate tyres Minimum weight: 1250 kg for cars with production gearbox, 1285 kg for cars with racing gearbox (both including
70-542: The VWs . On 5 December 2014, the series was approved by the FIA and renamed TCR International Series instead of using the original TC3 International Series name. On 27 January 2015, Marcello Lotti announced three new teams for the inaugural season: Zengő Motorsport , Proteam Racing and Campos Racing . On 13 February Jordi Oriola announced he will be driving a Target Competition SEAT at Valencia and Monza and Mikhail Grachev
84-659: The FIA's points system used in the FIA Formula One Championship. Scandinavian Touring Car Championship The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship ( STCC ) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia . The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship , with its first season in 2011. The Scandinavian Touring Car Cup was awarded in 2010 to
98-641: The driver with best results from selected races in the Danish and Swedish seasons. In 2013, the series merged with the rival TTA – Racing Elite League , which was formed as a result of the split in 2012. From the 2013 season onwards, the series would see a new format based upon the TTA series. After the change to the TCR ruleset 2017, The follow-up series is the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship . For
112-660: The driver) Minimum overall length: 4.20 metres Maximum overall width: 1.95 metres Engine: Turbo-charged petrol or diesel up to 2.0-litre Torque: 420 Nm Power: 350 PS Lubrication: Wet sump Exhaust: Homologated catalytic converter using production parts Traction: On two wheels Gearbox: Production or TCR International Series sequential; production paddle shift accepted Front Suspension: Production lay-out; parts free design Rear Suspension: Original design of production car with reinforced components Brakes: Wheels: Maximum dimensions of rim: 10″ x 18″ Aerodynamics: These points have been based on
126-571: The first team to confirm entry in the series and will run SEAT León Eurocup cars in 2015. Onyx Race Engineering has also confirmed they are developing the Ford Focus for the championship. A week later Paolo Coloni Racing announced plans to enter the championship in 2015. Team principal Paolo Coloni , son of F1-team founder Enzo Coloni , is known for its accomplishments in the GP2 Series in 2005 and in 2009 to 2012 . The team will confirm at
140-484: The new series, because he was set to drive for the Onyx Race Engineering team in the 2014 WTCC season with their new Ford Fiesta TC1 car for the last part of the season, before the project was abandoned with no support for homologation from Ford . On 15 September 2014, the TCR organisation announced the first cars, teams, regulations and events of its inaugural season in 2015 . Target Competition became
154-495: The podium in every race. In March 2016 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series at his home event at the Bahrain International Circuit , driving a SEAT León Cup Racer for Bas Koeten Racing . ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) TCR International Series On 6th December 2017, FIA's World Motorsport Council announced that
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#1732848176219168-401: The series will merge with World Touring Car Championship and European Touring Car Cup starting in 2018 . On 15 July 2014, Lotti revealed further details on the TCR series. On the same day it was announced that the TCR series will award a Drivers' Championship title and a Teams' Championship title. The number of teams will be limited to eight and the number of competitors to twenty-four. It
182-545: Was also announced that the series will run alongside Formula One at selected events. On 21 July 2014, more details about the series became available: the race weekend format will be structured like the WTCC, with two free practice sessions and a two part qualifying session, followed by two races on Sunday. The first event would take place in Italy in March, but when a provisional calendar for
196-585: Was confirmed on 17 February at Engstler Motorsport . In the end of February and in March almost half of all the drivers were confirmed, but just one week from the first round in Sepang Onyx Race Engineering , Paolo Coloni Racing and Proteam Racing have not confirmed a single driver. On 20 March the TCR International Series organisation announced the first TV deals for the inaugural season. On 29 May 2015, David Sonenscher announces
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