TCR Touring Car

The project to develop the TCR specification was spearheaded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti.

[2] Initially, the specification and accompanying international series was known as TC3, to indicate its intended position at the entry-level end of the touring car pyramid.

[1] 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 the driver) Minimum overall length: 4.2 metres Maximum overall width: 1.95 metres Engine: Turbo-charged petrol or diesel up to 2 litre Torque: 420 N⋅m (310 lb⋅ft) Power: 355 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: The FIA licensed the TCR regulations under the name of WTCR for usage in the World Touring Car Cup.

The specification is identical, however it is frozen until the end of 2019, and cars are required to obtain an FIA passport after going through TCR homologation.

He has previously run the Asian Touring Car Series and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.

Initially the two series had their separate calendars and TCR entires were eligible to enter and score points in both championships until 2017.

[69] On 31 January 2015, Automobile Club d'Italia announced the TCR category as the third division of the Campionato Italiano Turismo Endurance, also competing for the general classification of the championship.

[71] In December 2014 the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) and Kronos Events announced the formation of the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship.

[72] The inaugural season is set for 2016 with one-off event planned for 15 October 2015 at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet.

[75] For the 2017 season the fan voting was dropped and the starting grid for the endurance race was determined by a qualifying session instead.

The series will be officially launched on 2 December 2016 at the Bahrain International Circuit, where a media and test day will be held.

[89] On 23 July 2016, the organizers of the 1000 kilometrų lenktynės held on the Lithuanian Palanga circuit confirmed that they would add a TCR class to the event.

[92] As for December 2015, a TCR class is confirmed as a category of the Chinese Touring Car Championship in 2016.

[93] The series was officially launched in December 2016, ahead of a five-round 2017 championship season, with the slight name change from Chinese to China.

[100] The TCR South America Series debuted in 2021, with races held in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

[102] On 23 April 2019 it was announced by Auto Sport Switzerland that the TCR Swiss Trophy will be postponed until 2020 due to lack of entries.

On 23 September 2015 ADAC Nordrhein and WSC Ltd. announced that the 2016 Nürburgring 24h Race will feature a class for TCR vehicles.

TCR cars are eligible to compete in the Super Taikyu Series starting from the 2017 season.

[107] In June 2017, Officials from IMSA and World Sporting Consulting (WSC) as the rights holder for TCR confirmed plans for the TCR class to begin competing in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge beginning in 2018.

The sporting format will provide two 20-minute Qualifying sessions and two 30-minute races at each of the seven events that form the calendar; the first of them will be held at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit and the others in Dubai.

[111] WSC Ltd and Race Event Management signed an agreement, to create the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy.

[62] On 20 December 2014 it has been announced there will be a US-based series launched in 2015 as part of the California-based United States Touring Car Championship as a promotional category, with a view to moving to a full season in 2016.

[120] 1 June 2017 confirmed that GT Sport postpones the TC Open for a certain period due to low number of entries.

[121] However, the championship never materialized and instead for 2018 TCR Europe Series became part of GT Open's support bill for 5 rounds.

The series would begin in Mexico in October supporting the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix and then go on to visit the United States in November, the Dominican Republic in December, Guatemala in January 2017, Costa Rica in February, with both Colombia and the season finale in Venezuela being visited in March.

The promoter is Racing Spirit Co. Ltd., organiser of the Thailand Super Series, and the championship is planned to start in 2016.

From 2016 the series was relaunched as Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos with the TCR regulations as its main class.

WSC Ltd and Creventic announced a 500 lap endurance race in early October set to be held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.