2021 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

The 2021 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the sixth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season began at the Slovakiaring in May and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.[1]

Mikel Azcona won the drivers' championship for the second time and Sébastien Loeb Racing won the teams' championship for the first time.

Calendar

The calendar was announced on 23 December 2020 with 7 rounds scheduled.[1]

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Supporting
1 1 Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia 7–9 May TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
2
2 3 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 28–30 May GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
4
3 5 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 18–20 June GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6
4 7 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 29–31 July Spa 24 Hours
8
5 9 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 3–5 September GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
10
6 11 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 24–26 September International GT Open
F4 French Championship
12
7 13 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 8–10 October GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
14

Calendar Changes

  • The Circuito del Jarama and Circuit of Zolder rounds were dropped out of the calendar
  • Nurburgring and Slovakiaring were included in the calendar.

Teams and drivers

Hankook was the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Lema Racing CUPRA León Competición TCR 3 Giacomo Ghermandi 7 [2]
RC2 Junior Team CUPRA León Competición TCR 5 Rubén Fernández Y 6 [3]
19 Felipe Fernández R 7 [4]
101 Sergio Lopez Bolotin R 6–7 [3]
Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 8 Nicolas Baert J All [5]
32 Tom Coronel All [6]
162 Dušan Borković All [7]
Sébastien Loeb Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 10 Niels Langeveld All [8]
25 Sami Taoufik J All [8][9]
44 Felice Jelmini All [8][9]
250 Mehdi Bennani All [8]
Brianmadsen Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 11 Gustav Birch R 3, 6 [10]
VRC Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 14 Klim Gavrilov J 1–6 [11]
Volcano Motorsport CUPRA León Competición TCR 7 [12]
16 Evgeni Leonov 1–4, 6–7 [13]
96 Mikel Azcona 1–2, 4–7 [13]
Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Martin Ryba Y All [14]
26 Isidro Callejas R All [14][15]
62 Jack Young J All [14][16]
Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 20 Teddy Clairet All [17]
21 Jimmy Clairet All [17]
CUPRA León TCR 66 Gilles Colombani Y All [17]
77 Sylvain Pussier Y All [17]
Janík Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 24 Jáchym Galáš R All [18]
70 Maťo Homola All [18]
Horňák-Aditis Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 38 Petr Čížek Y 6 [19]
97 Bartosz Groszek R 6 [19]
BTC Maszyny Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 53 Łukasz Stolarczyk R 5–6 [20]
PSS Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 72 Franco Girolami All [21]
110 Viktor Davidovski Y 1–3, 5–7 [21]
Trico WRT Hyundai i30 N TCR 81 Damiano Reduzzi Y 6 [22]
Zengő Motorsport CUPRA León Competición TCR 99 Dániel Nagy 1 [23]
Icon Class
R Eligible for TCR Europe Rookie Trophy
J Eligible for TCR Europe Junior Trophy
Y Eligible for TCR Europe Diamond Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Summary

Results and standings

Season summary

Rnd. Circuit/Location Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning Rookie driver Winning Junior driver Winning Diamond driver
1 1 Automotodróm Slovakia Ring Tom Coronel Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Jáchym Galáš Nicolas Baert Martin Ryba
2 Mikel Azcona Mehdi Bennani Sébastien Loeb Racing Isidro Callejas Klim Gavrilov Martin Ryba
2 3 Circuit Paul Ricard Teddy Clairet Felice Jelmini Teddy Clairet Team Clairet Sport Jáchym Galáš Jack Young Viktor Davidovski
4 Jack Young Jimmy Clairet Team Clairet Sport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Viktor Davidovski
3 5 Circuit Zandvoort Jack Young Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Comtoyou Racing Isidro Callejas Jack Young Viktor Davidovski
6 Franco Girolami Franco Girolami PSS Racing Team Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Viktor Davidovski
4 7 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Felice Jelmini Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Martin Ryba
8 Klim Gavrilov Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Martin Ryba
5 9 Nürburgring Isidro Callejas Niels Langeveld Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Klim Gavrilov Martin Ryba
10 Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Jáchym Galáš Jack Young Viktor Davidovski
6 11 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Franco Girolami Mikel Azcona Franco Girolami PSS Racing Team Bartosz Groszek Sami Taoufik Viktor Davidovski
12 Jack Young Maťo Homola Janík Motorsport Isidro Callejas Jack Young Sylvain Pussier
7 13 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Volcano Motorsport Isidro Callejas Sami Taoufik Martin Ryba
14 Sami Taoufik Klim Gavrilov Volcano Motorsport Jáchym Galáš Klim Gavrilov Gilles Colombani

Drivers' standings

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Qualifying 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 N/a
Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Pos. Driver SVK
 LEC
 ZAN
 SPA
 NUR
 MNZ
 BAR
  Pts. 
1 Mikel Azcona 12 2 68 2 14 1 15 1 27 4 11 WD 432
2 Franco Girolami 126 3 79 5 57 1 57 7 22 2 11 19 17 5 353
3 Niels Langeveld 4 21† 45 Ret 49 2 8 5 33 4 10 14 66 4 295
4 Tom Coronel 51 6 9 8 12 Ret 10 10 56 Ret 34 2 14 WD 258
5 Mehdi Bennani 610 1 182 6 125 6 22 9 11 14 21† 12 107 2 252
6 Jimmy Clairet Ret 9 37 1 78 5 13 11 15 11 48 6 9 16 247
7 Nicolas Baert 23 8 15 13 64 8 66 8 14 8 810 8 44 8 242
8 Teddy Clairet Ret 14 11 Ret 16 13 78 3 44 7 Ret 9 23 3 220
9 Sami Taoufik 17 Ret Ret4 3 1010 7 45 6 9 12 5 10 32 15 216
10 Jack Young 11 11 56 Ret 21 9 18† 13 1710 3 Ret2 3 88 12 205
11 Isidro Callejas 188 7 Ret 10 86 3 99 4 71 10 Ret5 11 59 DSQ 204
12 Dušan Borković 74 10 14 11 33 4 12 14 8 9 76 7 DNS WD 192
13 Maťo Homola DNS 12 11 9 13 11 143 2 10 Ret 69 1 13 7 186
14 Felice Jelmini 89 13 23 7 17 Ret 31 Ret 13 Ret Ret3 5 Ret 9 173
15 Klim Gavrilov Ret7 4 13 15 9 Ret 1110 12 67 6 15 16 1110 1 164
16 Viktor Davidovski 13 18 810 4 11 10 189 13 9 26 12 19 95
17 Jáchym Galáš 16 16 12 Ret DSQ 17 Ret 16 128 5 Ret 17 15 6 63
18 Dániel Nagy 35 5 60
19 Martin Ryba 10 15 16 16 14 12 15 15 16 15 Ret Ret 75 Ret 49
20 Evgeni Leonov 9 17 10 12 15 Ret 17 Ret 13 15 16 17 38
21 Sylvain Pussier 14 19 19 14 19 15 Ret DNS Ret 16 20 18 18 11 16
22 Gilles Colombani 15 20 17 17 18 14 16 17 19 17 16 22 DNS 10 15
23 Bartosz Groszek 11 13 WD WD 14
24 Rubén Fernández 12 Ret 7
25 Sergio López Bolotin Ret 20 20 13 5
26 Damiano Reduzzi 14 21 3
27 Felipe Fernández Ret 14 3
28 Gustav Birch 20 16 17 23 0
29 Łukasz Stolarczyk 20 18 18 25 0
30 Giacomo Ghermandi 19 18 0
31 Petr Čížek 19 24 WD WD 0
Pos. Driver SVK
 LEC
 ZAN
 SPA
 NUR
 MNZ
 BAR
  Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

Pos. Team Pts.
1 Sébastien Loeb Racing 759
2 Comtoyou Racing 605
3 Volcano Motorsport 562
4 Team Clairet Sport 542
5 PSS Racing Team 484
6 Brutal Fish Racing Team 481
7 Janík Motorsport 295
8 VRC Team 137
9 Zengő Motorsport 61
10 RC2 Junior Team 26
11 Horňák-Aditis 20
12 Brianmadsen Sport 10
13 Trico WRT 5
14 Lema Racing 4
= BTC Maszyny Racing 4

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings

Pos. Driver[26] SVK
 LEC
 ZAN
 SPA
 NUR
 MNZ
 BAR
  Pts. 
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Nicolas Baert 13 2 43 3 43 3 13 2 44 2 32 3 11 2 571
2 Niels Langeveld 24 4† 11 Ret 32 1 22 1 11 1 44 4 22 1 561
3 Tom Coronel 31 1 22 1 11 Ret 31 3 22 Ret 11 1 33 WD 504
4 Dušan Borković 42 3 34 2 24 2 44 4 33 3 23 2 DNS4 WD 463
Pos. Driver SVK
 LEC
 ZAN
 SPA
 NUR
 MNZ
 BAR
  Pts. 

References

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  2. ^ "Giacomo Ghermandi to debut in season finale". TouringCarTimes. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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  4. ^ "Felipe Fernández joins grid for Barcelona finale". TouringCarTimes. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  5. ^ "Nicolas Baert joins Coronel and Borković at Comtoyou Racing". TouringCarTimes. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Tom Coronel to run double duty with TCR Europe programme". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Dušan Borković to make TCR Europe return". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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  12. ^ "Klim Gavrilov makes Cupra switch for season finale". TouringCarTimes. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Mikel Azcona to lead Volcano Motorsport entry". TouringCarTimes. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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  16. ^ "Brutal Fish Racing confirms Jack Young for TCR Europe". Touring Car Times. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  17. ^ a b c d "Team Clairet confirms four-car TCR Europe programme". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Mat'o Homola joins expanded Janík Motorsport programme". TouringCarTimes. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Horňák-Aditis Racing Team enters two Audis for Monza". TouringCarTimes. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Łukasz Stolarczyk joins Nürburgring grid". TouringCarTimes. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  21. ^ a b "PSS Racing Team confirms Franco Girolami and Viktor Davidovski". TouringCarTimes. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Damiano Reduzzi to make Eurppean debut on home soil". TouringCarTimes. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Zengő Motorsport enters Dániel Nagy for Slovakiaring opener". TouringCarTimes. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Dan Lloyd to make BTCC return with Power Maxed". TouringCarTimes. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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  26. ^ "2021 TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings" (PDF).
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