2023 TCR World Tour

The 2023 Kumho TCR World Tour is set to be the inaugural season of the TCR World Tour, a new international touring car racing tour for TCR cars.

The season will consist of nine events selected from a number of TCR series worldwide, and will determine 15 of the drivers to qualify for the end-of-year TCR World Ranking Final.[1][2] It is planned to start on 28 April at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal and end on 19 November at Guia Circuit, Macau.[3][4]

Calendar
Round Race Circuit Date Championship
1 1 Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal 28–30 April TCR Europe Touring Car Series
2
2 3 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 26–28 May
4
3 5 Italy Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Italy 9–11 June TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
6
4 7 Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary 16–18 June TCR Europe Touring Car Series
8
5 9 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar, Uruguay 18–20 August TCR South America Touring Car Championship
10
6 11 Argentina Autódromo José Carlos Bassi, Villa Mercedes, Argentina 25–27 August
12
7 13 TBA 3–5 November TCR Australia Touring Car Series
14
8 15 Australia Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, NSW, Australia 10–12 November
16
9 17 Macau Guia Circuit, Macau Peninsula, Macau[lower-alpha 1] 17–19 November China Touring Car Championship
18

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Italy PMA Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 44 Italy Felice Jelmini TBA [6]
Italy Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR 64 Hungary Levente Losonczy TBA [7]
TBA Sweden Mikael Karlsson TBA [8]
TBA Belgium Giovanni Scamardi TBA
Australia Burson Auto Parts Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna TBA [9]
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co[10][11] Lynk & Co 03 TCR (2023) 111 Sweden Thed Björk TBA [12]
112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia TBA [13]
155 China Ma Qing Hua TBA [12]
168 France Yann Ehrlacher TBA [13]
Spain Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 123 United Kingdom Isaac Smith TBA [14]
Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR TBA TBA TBA [15]
TBA TBA TBA
Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) TBA Belgium Kobe Pauwels TBA [16]
TBA TBA TBA [17]
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA

Notes
  1. Subject to agreement with promoters.[5]

References
  1. "WSC Group launches TCR World Tour as new global platform". TouringCarTimes. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. "WSC Group unveils new TCR World Tour concept". TouringCars.net. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. "TCR World Tour". racingcalendar.net. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. "TCR World Tour". tcr-worldranking.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  5. "TCR World Tour announces plans for season finale in Macau". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  6. "Felice Jelmini makes Audi switch for 2023 TCR Europe season". TouringCarTimes. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. "Levente Losonczy to run dual programme". TouringCarTimes. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. "Mikael Karlsson and Giovanni Scamardi joins Aggressive Team Italia". TouringCarTimes. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. "Ben Bargwanna confirms TCR Australia and TCR World Tour campaign". TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  10. "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing to return to action in TCR World Tour". TouringCarTimes. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  11. "New Lynk & Co 03 TCR to hit the track in 2023". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  12. "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing names first two World Tour drivers". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing completes TCR World Tour line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  14. "Isaac Smith makes TCR Europe switch with Volcano Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  15. "Hyundai confirms TCR World Tour presence". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  16. "Kobe Pauwels confirms TCR Europe debut with Comtoyou Racing". TouringCarTimes. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  17. "Comtoyou officially confirms TCR World Tour plans". TouringCarTimes. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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