2024 TCR World Ranking Final
The 2024 TCR World Ranking Final is an automobile racing event that is planned to take place in 2024 at the Algarve Circuit in Portimao, Portugal. The entries will consist of the top 15 drivers in the 2023 TCR World Tour and the top 45 drivers as listed by the TCR World Ranking (not including those already in the top 15 of the TCR World Tour).[1] In total, 60 drivers are planned to compete over the course of the event.
The Algarve circuit was announced as the host for the final on 16 October 2023.[2] On 26 January 2024, it was announced that the inaugural TCR World Ranking Final was placed on hold.[3]
Entry list
Top 15 drivers in the 2023 TCR World Tour and next best 45 drivers in TCR World Ranking list of 4 October 2023 qualifies for the event, with further 20 drivers in the Ranking and up to 30 Wild Card drivers included in reserves list.[1]
WT | Rank | Driver | Team | Car | Series |
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TCR World Tour qualifiers | |||||
1 | 3 | Norbert Michelisz | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR World Tour |
2 | 2 | Yann Ehrlacher | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | TCR World Tour |
3 | 1 | Robert Huff | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR World Tour 24H TCE Series - TCR 24H Middle East Trophy - TCE |
4 | 4 | Frédéric Vervisch | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR World Tour |
5 | 5 | Mikel Azcona | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR World Tour 24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR |
6 | 7 | Néstor Girolami | ALM Motorsport Squadra Martino Racing Honda Wall Racing MacPro Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR World Tour |
7 | 8 | Thed Björk | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | TCR World Tour |
8 | 9 | Santiago Urrutia | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | TCR World Tour |
9 | 6 | Ma Qing Hua | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR Lynk & Co 03 TCR | TCR World Tour TCR China |
10 | 25 | Will Brown | MPC – Team Liqui Moly | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Australia |
11 | 18 | John Filippi | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Europe |
12 | 44 | Tony D'Alberto | Honda Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR Australia |
13 | 11 | Tom Coronel | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Europe |
14 | 31 | Kobe Pauwels | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Europe |
15 | 43 | Aaron Cameron | GRM Team Valvoline | Peugeot 308 TCR | TCR Australia |
TCR World Ranking qualifiers | |||||
23 | 10 | Kevin Ceccon | Team Aggressive Italia | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR Europe |
- | 11 | Niels Langeveld | MM Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR Italy |
- | 12 | Maťo Homola | Janik Motorsport | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR Eastern Europe |
- | 13 | Franco Girolami | Aikoa Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) | TCR Italy 24H TCE Series - TCR |
26 | 16 | Ignacio Montenegro | Squadra Martino | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | TCR South America |
- | 17 | Kasper H. Jensen | GMB Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | TCR Denmark |
- | 18 | Nicolai Sylvest | GMB Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | TCR Denmark |
- | 19 | Bruce Winfield | Area Motorsport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | TCR UK |
38 | 21 | Isaac Smith | Volcano Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Europe |
- | 22 | Jan Magnussen | Team Auto Lounge Racing | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR Denmark |
- | 23 | Jack Young | Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR China |
- | 24 | Mike Halder | TPR Motorsport Halder Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | TCR Denmark Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - TCR |
33 | 25 | Juan Manuel Casella | Squadra Martino | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR South America |
- | 26 | Martin Andersen | Outzen Motorsport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | TCR Denmark |
- | 27 | Jac Constable | Rob Boston Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR UK |
- | 28 | René Kircher | Mertel Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | TCR Eastern Europe |
29 | 29 | Raphael Reis | W2 ProGP | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR South America |
- | 31 | Adam Shepherd | Area Motorsport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | TCR UK |
- | 33 | Alex Ley | Area Motorsport with Daniel James | Hyundai i30 N TCR | TCR UK |
- | 34 | Bartosz Groszek | Aditis Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Eastern Europe |
53 | 35 | Nicola Baldan | Team Aggressive Italia Aikoa Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) | TCR Europe 24H TCE Series - TCR |
- | 36 | Fabricio Pezzini | Paladini Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) | TCR South America |
- | 37 | Kevin Engman | Team Auto Lounge Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Denmark |
- | 38 | Michael Markussen | Markussen Racing | CUPRA León Competición TCR | TCR Denmark |
- | 39 | Salvatore Tavano | Scuderia del Girasole CUPRA Racing | CUPRA León Competición TCR | TCR Italy (2022) |
- | 41 | Gustav Birch | GMB Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | TCR Denmark |
17 | 42 | Bailey Sweeny | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | TCR Australia |
10* | 43 | Will Brown | MPC – Team Liqui Moly | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Australia |
- | 44 | Nathanaël Berthon | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | World Touring Car Cup (2022) |
- | 45 | Carl Boardley | CBM with Hart GT | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR UK |
25 | 46 | Marco Butti | Target Competition | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR Italy TCR Europe |
- | 47 | Robert Dahlgren | CUPRA Dealer Team – PWR Racing | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR Scandinavia (2022) |
- | 48 | Petr Čížek | Express Auto Racing | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR Eastern Europe |
40 | 49 | Ruben Volt | ALM Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR Europe TCR Italy TCR World Tour |
- | 50 | Josh Files | Area Motorsport | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR UK |
- | 51 | Michele Imberti | CRM Motorsport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | TCR Italy |
- | 52 | Sebastian Steibel | Aditis Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Eastern Europe |
- | 53 | Gilles Magnus | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | World Touring Car Cup (2022) |
- | 54 | Silas Rytter | Insight Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | TCR Denmark |
- | 55 | Chris Smiley | Restart Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR UK |
- | 56 | Denis Babuin | Bolza Corse | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Italy |
- | 57 | Felice Jelmini | PMA Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Italy TCR Europe |
35 | 58 | Lewis Brown | Chameleon Motorsport Comtoyou Racing | Cupra León Competición TCR Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Europe TCR UK TCR Spain |
- | 59 | "Hirobon" | Birth Racing Project | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR Japan |
- | 60 | Lewis Kent | Essex & Kent Motorsport | Hyundai Veloster N TCR | TCR UK (2022) |
TCR World Ranking reserves | |||||
- | 61 | Tobias Brink | Brink Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Scandinavia (2022) |
16 | 62 | Josh Buchan | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR Australia |
- | 63 | Adam Kout | Janik Motorsport | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR Eastern Europe |
- | 64 | Jáchym Galáš | Janik Motorsport | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR Europe (2022) TCR Eastern Europe (2022) |
- | 65 | Jonas Karklys | Nordpass | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 24H Middle East Trophy - TCE |
48 | 66 | Aurélien Comte | SP Compétition | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR Italy TCR Europe |
31 | 67 | Viktor Davidovski | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Europe |
45 | 68 | José Manuel Sapag | Toyota Team Argentina | Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR | TCR South America |
- | 69 | Jenson Brickley | Jenson Brickley Racing | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR UK |
- | 70 | Bradley Hutchison | bond-It with MPHR | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR UK British Endurance Championship - TCR |
- | 71 | Dmitry Bragin[N 1] | TAIF Motorsport / AG Team[N 1] | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR Russia |
- | 72 | Andreas Bäckman | Lestrup Racing Team | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Scandinavia (2022) |
- | 73 | Philip Lindberg | PL Racing ALM Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR Denmark TCR World Tour |
- | 74 | Davit Kajaia | Mertel Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | TCR Eastern Europe |
15* | 75 | Aaron Cameron | GRM Team Valvoline | Peugeot 308 TCR | TCR Australia |
41 | 76 | Rubén Fernández | RC2 Racing Team | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Europe TCR Italy TCR Spain |
36 | 77 | Jordan Cox | GRM – Schaeffler | Peugeot 308 TCR | TCR Australia |
- | 78 | Harry Gottsacker | Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR 24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR |
- | 79 | Jay Hanson | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Australia (2022) |
30 | 80 | Galid Osman | W2 ProGP | Cupra León Competición TCR | TCR South America |
Wild Card drivers | |||||
19 | 13 | Bernardo Llaver | Toyota Team Argentina | Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR | TCR South America |
21 | 27 | Juan Ángel Rosso | Paladini Racing Comtoyou Racing | Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR South America TCR Spain |
20 | 49 | Esteban Guerrieri | Bratton Tito Bessone Team | Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR | TCR South America |
39 | 85 | Pedro Cardoso | Hyundai N Team Scuderia Chiarelli | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | TCR South America |
47 | 149 | Viktor Andersson | MA:GP | Lynk & Co 03 TCR | TCR Europe |
- | 161 | Scott Sumpton | Restart Racing ALM Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | TCR UK TCR Spain British Endurance Championship - TCR |
- | 306 | Christian Skaar | Team Auto Lounge Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | TCR Denmark |
- World Ranking position shown are from list of 4 October 2023 for TCR World Ranking qualifiers and reserves, and from list of 13 November 2023 for TCR World Tour qualifiers and Wild Card drivers.
Format
The TCR World Ranking Final will be run in two phases: Play-Off Races and Final Races.[4]
Play-Off Races
- The 45 drivers entering by TCR World Ranking will be split by a draw into 3 groups of 15 drivers (A, B, and C).
- Each group will have their own free practice and qualifying session.
- There will be three races, each race consisting of combination of two groups (A v B, B v C, C v A). Races will be 20 minutes + 1 lap. Grid for each race will be set based on qualifying, with the group having the fastest qualifier taking odd-numbered places, and the other group taking the even-numbered places.
- Top 15 in classification after three races will advance to the Qualifying Race of Final Races. The rest will go to the Repechage Race.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||||
Races | 25 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Final Races
- Top 15 drivers of the TCR World Tour directly enter this phase. They will have their own free practice and qualifying sessions.
- Qualifying Race: 15 TCR World Tour drivers are joined by the top 15 of Play-Off Races for one race of 20 minutes + 1 lap. Grid will be set with odd-numbered places taken by TCR World Tour drivers according to the result of their qualifying session, and the even-numbered places taken by Play-Off Races drivers according to their Play-Off classification. Result of this race determine the grid for the Final Race.
- Repechage Race: Bottom 30 drivers of the Play-Off Races will race for 15 minutes + 1 lap. Grid will be based on Play-Off classification. Top 4 of this race will join the Final Race, starting from position 31 to 34.
- Final Race: One race of 30 minutes + 1 lap.
Notes
- ^ a b Dmitry Bragin and TAIF Motorsport / AG Team are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the following FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
- ^ a b "TCR WORLD RANKING FINAL - TCR World Ranking". tcr-worldranking.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ fabior (2023-10-16). "Portimão to host the first TCR World Ranking Final". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "TCR World Ranking Final postponed, set for FIA recognition". touringcars.net. 26 January 2024.
- ^ "TCR WORLD RANKING FINAL - Event Format" (PDF). tcr-worldranking.com. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
External links
- Official website
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