2018 World Touring Car Cup

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The 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup (known as the FIA WTCR presented by Oscaro for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR). It took over from the World Touring Car Championship and adopted the TCR technical regulations. It was also the 14th overall season of the series that dates from the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The change of name and new rules follow the declining interest in the TC1 regulations used by the World Touring Car Championship between 2014 and 2017 and the growing interest among manufacturers in the TCR touring car category.[2]

Teams and drivers[]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Season entries
Italy BRC Racing Team[3] Hyundai i30 N TCR[3] 5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz[3] All
30 Italy Gabriele Tarquini[3] All
Belgium DG Sport Compétition[4] Peugeot 308 GTi TCR[4] 7 France Aurélien Comte[4] All
70 Slovakia Maťo Homola[5] All
Hungary Zengő Motorsport[6] CUPRA León TCR[6] 8 Hungary Norbert Nagy[6] All
66 Hungary Zsolt Szabó[7] All
Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing[8][9] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[8] 9 Netherlands Tom Coronel[10] All
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro[11] 9
55 China Ma Qing Hua[12] 7–8, 10
63 Belgium Benjamin Lessennes[13] 1–6
Italy Team Mulsanne[14][15] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[14] 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli[16] 1–5
16 Italy Luigi Ferrara[17] 9–10
31 Italy Kevin Ceccon[18] 6–10
88 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi[19] 1–8
France M Racing-YMR[20][15] Hyundai i30 N TCR[20] 11 Sweden Thed Björk[20] All
48 France Yvan Muller[20] All
France Sébastien Loeb Racing[21] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[21] 12 United Kingdom Robert Huff[22] All
25 Morocco Mehdi Bennani[23] All
Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[11] 15 United Kingdom James Thompson[24] 1–5
42 Germany Timo Scheider[25][N 1] 7–10
68 France Yann Ehrlacher[26] All
86 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri[11] All
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[15] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[27] 20 Belgium Denis Dupont[27] All
22 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[28] All
Belgium Comtoyou Racing[27][29] 21 France Aurélien Panis[30] All
23 France Nathanaël Berthon[28] All
Spain Team Oscaro by Campos Racing[31][15] CUPRA León TCR[31][32] 27 France John Filippi[31] All
74 Spain Pepe Oriola[33] All
Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT[34] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[34] 52 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden[35] All
69 France Jean-Karl Vernay[35] All
Wildcard entries
Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing[36] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[36] 2 Netherlands Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau[36] 4
3 Netherlands Michael Verhagen[37] 4
Macau PCT-IXO Models Racing Team[38] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[38] 6 Macau Rui Valente[38] 10
Portugal Veloso Motorsport[39] CUPRA León TCR[39] 13 Portugal Edgar Florindo[39] 5
Slovakia Brutal Fish Racing Team[40] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[40] 17 Slovakia Andrej Studenič[40] 6
Hong Kong KCMG[41] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[41] 19 Hungary Attila Tassi[41] 2
94 Switzerland Kris Richard[42] 3
Italy Target Competition[43] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[43] 26 Portugal José Rodrigues[43] 5
Hong Kong Teamwork Motorsport[38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[38] 28 Macau Kevin Tse[38] 10
Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT[44] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[44] 33 Germany René Rast[44] 3
China TSRT Zuver Team[38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[38] 36 Macau Lo Kai Fung[38] 10
Czech Republic Fullin Race Academy[40] CUPRA León TCR[40] 44 Czech Republic Petr Fulín[40] 6
China Champ Motorsport[38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[38] 60 Macau Filipe de Souza[38] 10
77 Macau Lam Kam San[38] 10
Macau MacPro Racing Team[38] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[38] 89 Macau André Couto[38] 10
Hungary M1RA[45] Hyundai i30 N TCR[45] 99 Hungary Dániel Nagy[45] 2

Team and driver changes[]

  • As the new WTCR regulations do not allow factory teams, Polestar Cyan Racing will not take part in the new series. Thus Nick Catsburg and Néstor Girolami left the team with Girolami returning to Super TC 2000 Championship[46] and Catsburg joining BMW to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Development driver Yvan Muller, who competed as one-off entry last season, formed Yvan Muller Racing with 2017 WTCC champion Thed Björk with the team using the Hyundai i30 N TCR for the season.[20]
  • Norbert Michelisz left Honda Racing Team JAS to join BRC Racing Team in the second Hyundai i30 N TCR. He'll be joined by Gabriele Tarquini, who had competed with the team in the 2017 TCR International Series in the final two rounds of the season.
  • Sébastien Loeb Racing will enter two Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR cars for the 2018 season for Robert Huff, who raced the previous season for ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport in WTCC and Leopard Racing Team WRT in partial TCR International Series campaign, and Mehdi Bennani.[21] With the decision to sign Huff and keep Bennani 2017 WTCC Trophy winner Tom Chilton left the team to compete in the British Touring Car Championship with Motorbase Performance. Chilton had participated in both WTCC and BTCC in 2017 before announcing that he would be competing in BTCC only.[47]
  • After competing in the final two races of the 2017 TCR International Series season, TCR BeNeLux regular Denis Dupont would make his full-time début with Comtoyou Racing. He will be partnered by Aurélien Panis, who made appearances in both WTCC with Zengő Motorsport and TCR International Series with Boutsen Ginion Racing. The team later announced that they would expand to 4 cars adding Frédéric Vervisch and Nathanaël Berthon. In accordance with team size regulations, Vervisch and Dupont will enter under the entry Audi Sport Team Comtoyou, scoring separately from Comtoyou Racing. With these announcements double TCR International Series overall winner Stefano Comini left the team.[27][30]
  • Boutsen Ginion Racing will switch to the new Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) for the 2018 season. Former Honda Racing Team JAS driver Tiago Monteiro will drive one of the cars.[8] He will drive alongside Tom Coronel joining from ROAL Motorsport. On 26 March Benjamin Lessennes, the 2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship winner with the team, was announced as replacement for Monteiro for the first rounds of the season as Monteiro was not medically cleared. Lessennes was already signed as the team's test and developmental driver prior to the decision.
  • ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport entered three Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) for Esteban Guerrieri, who comes from Honda Racing Team JAS, Yann Ehrlacher, who moves from RC Motorsport, and at selected races for James Thompson, who last raced for Lada Sport in the 2015 World Touring Car Championship. Guerrieri and Ehrlacher are nominated by the team to score points in the teams' championship.[11][24][26]
  • Craft-Bamboo Racing will move to TCR Europe for 2018 with a two-car entry with the car which will they run is yet to be announced. Pepe Oriola moved to Campos Racing, while James Nash returned to the British Touring Car Championship with BTC Norlin Racing.[48]
  • W Racing Team (competing under the guise of Leopard Racing Team WRT), will switch from Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR to Audi RS 3 LMS TCR competing under the Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Racing banner for sponsorship reasons. 2017 TCR International Series drivers' winner Jean-Karl Vernay and Gordon Shedden, who has competed for the team in Dubai, will drive the two cars. 2017 DTM champion René Rast will make one-off appearance for the team (as Audi Sport Team WRT) at the Nordschleife as wildcard entrant
  • M1RA, the 2017 TCR International Series teams' champions, will move to the TCR Europe Series replacing the Honda Civic Type R TCR for Hyundai i30 TCR. Dániel Nagy will drive one of the cars, moving from Zengő Motorsport. Attila Tassi, who finished as runner-up in the drivers' standings, will leave the team becoming JAS Motorsport's test driver and will drive a Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) in TCR Europe Series for KCMG.[49] Both Nagy and Tassi made one-off appearances as wildcard entrants in Hungary.
  • DG Sport Compétition switched from Opel Astra TCR to Peugeot 308 TCR and retained Maťo Homola and Aurélien Comte.[4]
  • Romeo Ferraris signed Fabrizio Giovanardi, who returns to full-time competition after last competing in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship, and Gianni Morbidelli, who competed for WestCoast Racing in the 2017 TCR International Series season. With these announcements Dušan Borković and Davit Kajaia will leave the team with Borković set to drive in the TCR Europe Series for Target Competition.[50]
  • After competing with Sébastien Loeb Racing in 2017, John Filippi returned to his previous team Campos Racing driving a Cupra León TCR.[31]

Calendar[]

The 2018 championship was contested over thirty rounds in Europe, Africa and East Asia.

A provisional calendar was released in December 2017.[51] In March 2018 an additional round in China was added at the Wuhan Street Circuit.

Rnd. Race Race Name Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 7 April stand-alone event
2 8 April
3
2 4 Race of Hungary Hungary Hungaroring 28 April stand-alone event
5 29 April
6
3 7 Race of Germany Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 10 May Nürburgring 24 Hours
8 12 May
9
4 10 Race of the Netherlands Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort 20 May TCR Europe Series
TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
TCR Swiss Trophy
11 21 May
12
5 13 Race of Portugal Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 23 June Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos
14 24 June
15
6 16 Race of Slovakia[52] Slovakia Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 14 July 2018 European Truck Racing Championship
17
18 15 July
7 19 Race of China – Ningbo China Ningbo International Circuit 29 September
TCR China Touring Car Championship
20 30 September
21
8 22 Race of China – Wuhan[53] China Wuhan Street Circuit 6 October

23 7 October
24
9 25 JVCKENWOOD Race of Japan Japan Suzuka Circuit 27 October Super Formula Championship
26 28 October
27
10 28 Guia Race of Macau Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 17 November FIA F3 World Cup
FIA GT World Cup
29 18 November
30

Rule changes[]

Sporting regulations[]

  • With titles for drivers and teams only the new series will receive "World Cup" rather than "World Championship" status. Manufacturers will be able to develop cars for competition that are then sold to privateer entrants and will also be allowed to provide ongoing support and development to those teams.[2]
  • The WTCR series will be capped at 26 entries with up to two wildcards nominated by the organizers at each race weekend. The entry cap will be in place for all races except for Macau where six wildcards were nominated.[38] All Teams will have to enter a minimum two cars with an entry fee of 150,000 Euro.[54]
  • The weekend format was also changed. Now there are three races per weekend instead of two with the first race being held on Saturdays with its own 30-minute qualifying session right after the two Free Practice sessions. On Sundays there is going to be another qualifying session to determine the grid for Race 3, while Race 2's starting grid will have the Top 10 drivers from the session in reverse order.[55]
  • The tires will be supplied by Yokohama and the fuel by Panta.[56]

Results[]

Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Morocco Race of Morocco Sweden Thed Björk Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy BRC Racing Team Report
2 France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
3 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy BRC Racing Team
4 Hungary Race of Hungary Hungary Norbert Michelisz Argentina Esteban Guerrieri France Yann Ehrlacher Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Report
5 Hungary Dániel Nagy United Kingdom Robert Huff France Sébastien Loeb Racing
6 Hungary Norbert Michelisz France Yann Ehrlacher Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy BRC Racing Team
7 Germany Race of Germany Sweden Thed Björk Hungary Norbert Michelisz France Yvan Muller France M Racing-YMR
8 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
9 Sweden Thed Björk Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Sweden Thed Björk France M Racing-YMR
10 Netherlands Race of the Netherlands United Kingdom Robert Huff France Yann Ehrlacher France Yann Ehrlacher Germany ALL-INKL.COM Munnich Motorsport
11 France Jean-Karl Vernay France Aurélien Comte Belgium DG Sport Compétition
12 France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
13 Portugal Race of Portugal United Kingdom Robert Huff Italy Gabriele Tarquini France Yvan Muller France M Racing-YMR
14 Sweden Thed Björk Slovakia Maťo Homola Belgium DG Sport Compétition
15 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk France M Racing-YMR
16 Slovakia Race of Slovakia Italy Gabriele Tarquini Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Team Oscaro by Campos Racing
17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy BRC Racing Team
18 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Hungary Norbert Michelisz Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Racing Team
19 China Race of China – Ningbo Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk France M Racing-YMR
20 France Yvan Muller France Yvan Muller France M Racing-YMR
21 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk France M Racing-YMR
22 China Race of China – Wuhan France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
23 Morocco Mehdi Bennani Morocco Mehdi Bennani France Sébastien Loeb Racing
24 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden Belgium Frédéric Vervisch United Kingdom Gordon Shedden Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
25 Japan Race of Japan France Aurélien Comte Italy Kevin Ceccon Italy Kevin Ceccon Italy Team Mulsanne
26 Spain Pepe Oriola United Kingdom Robert Huff France Sébastien Loeb Racing
27 Italy Kevin Ceccon Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy BRC Racing Team
28 Macau Guia Race of Macau United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Robert Huff France Jean-Karl Vernay Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
29 United Kingdom Robert Huff Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
30 United Kingdom Robert Huff France Yann Ehrlacher Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport

Championship standings[]

Drivers' championship[]

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position[57]  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Race 1[57] 27 20 17 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Second Qualifying[57] 5 4 3 2 1
Race 2[57] 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Race 3[57] 30 23 19 16 13 10 7 4 2 1

(key)

Pos. Driver MAR
Morocco 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		NLD
Netherlands 		PRT
Portugal 		SVK
Slovakia 		NIN
China 		WUH
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		 Pts. 
1 Italy Gabriele Tarquini 1 19† 11 6 4 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 19 18 4 9 23 3 1 Ret 4 Ret 24 17 NC 13 8 5 12 4 Ret 10 306
2 France Yvan Muller 11 9 22 4 3 3 1 4 34 Ret 24† Ret 1 2 11 12 3 Ret4 7 1 Ret 15 9 Ret 3 10 21† 2 3 4 303
3 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 6 8 14 2 5 223 Ret 1 8 6 7 45 2 Ret 13 Ret 8 Ret3 2 3 Ret3 7 13 45 4 Ret 18 6 5 12 267
4 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Ret 7 53 3 6 21 4 5 Ret3 Ret 23 22† Ret 5 32 23† 6 11 Ret 11 52 Ret 14 14 11 3 9 5 Ret 33 246
5 France Jean-Karl Vernay 4 1 9 8 10 10 5 7 7 5 Ret 11 5 4 10 2 NC Ret Ret Ret 12 1 5 154 6 14 10 1 Ret 22†4 245
6 Spain Pepe Oriola 18† 3 10 16 Ret 19 8 2 6 23† 4 10 3 3 44 1 4 8 13 9 7 2 4 6 10 2 19 7 Ret 6 245
7 Sweden Thed Björk 2 5 34 9 12 9 2 Ret 11 14 16 15 Ret 10 11 13 10 4 1 7 11 12 Ret 10 Ret 12 8 11 Ret 8 242
8 United Kingdom Robert Huff 3 18 7 5 1 8 3 Ret Ret 3 8 22 Ret DNS DNS 19 Ret 13 6 5 65 14 10 Ret 23 1 6 3 24 21 242
9 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Ret Ret Ret 13 17 18 Ret 3 22 Ret 9 34 10 17 6 Ret 7 3 3 6 4 4 6 22 9 11 7 12 1 13 228
10 France Yann Ehrlacher 7 4 45 1 Ret 44 19 6 Ret5 1 2 6 Ret 7 75 6 9 14 8 18† 19 18 15 12 Ret 9 Ret4 14 6 55 204
11 France Aurélien Comte 8 Ret DNS 17 16 13 18 13 15 2 1 7 6 Ret DNS 4 13 22 16 Ret 16 5 2 Ret 2 7 23 20 12 16 191
12 Morocco Mehdi Bennani 9 2 6 10 7 17 13 10 9 8 5 8 Ret DNS DNS 21 Ret Ret 5 2 10 13 1 9 5 8 45 15 10 Ret 155
13 United Kingdom Gordon Shedden 5 11 18† 18 15 12 7 18 13 4 6 53 9 6 17† 17 15 Ret 14 14 13 3 Ret 11 18 18 16 Ret 14 Ret 122
14 Italy Kevin Ceccon 16 11 6 12 12 14 6 11 8 1 6 31 Ret 4 7 102
15 France Nathanaël Berthon 12 15 Ret 11 14 16 20 8 5 9 15 11 8 Ret Ret 10 12 Ret Ret 8 8 8 3 5 12 17 20† 18 7 9 79
16 Belgium Denis Dupont 13 DNS DNS 22 21 21 12 11 12 11 11 12 Ret Ret 14 8 17 15† 9 4 3 10 8 33 16 13 Ret 22 15 15 69
17 France Aurélien Panis Ret 14 16 15 20 Ret 11 12 11 10 Ret 13 16† 8 9 9 Ret 10 10 10 9 9 7 11 13 4 5 16 9 Ret 55
18 Slovakia Mat'o Homola Ret 12 13 20 NC 20 14 14 16 18 18 16 12 1 5 14 16 11 17 16 18 Ret Ret Ret 7 20 15 10 17 12 48
19 Belgium Benjamin Lessennes 15 Ret 17 14 8 55 10 Ret 4 19 12 Ret 7 Ret 8 20 DSQ DSQ 48
20 Hungary Dániel Nagy 7 2 6 36
21 United Kingdom James Thompson 14 6 8 12 NC 7 22 DSQ 19 12 3 9 Ret DNS DNS 36
22 Germany Timo Scheider 11 19 11 19 Ret Ret 19 16 13 8 2 Ret 24
23 Netherlands Tom Coronel 21† 10 12 Ret 19 Ret 9 9 10 7 14 Ret Ret 15 Ret 7 DSQ DSQ 15 15 17 Ret Ret 17† 17 19 14 13 16 14 24
24 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi 19 13 19† 23† 23 Ret 15 Ret 14 22† Ret DNS 11 11 Ret 5 14 7 18 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 19
25 Hungary Norbert Nagy 16 16 15 Ret 11 11 21 17 17 17 20 17 14 13 Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 20† 15 NC Ret 16 22 21 17 23 23 20 18
26 France John Filippi 10 17 11 NC 13 Ret 16 Ret 20 15 10 14 Ret 12 16† 18 5 Ret5 Ret Ret 20† 16 Ret DNS 20 22† 12 Ret 11 23† 14
27 Czech Republic Petr Fulín 15 20 5 13
28 Germany René Rast 6 Ret DNS 10
29 Italy Luigi Ferrara 14 23† NC 9 8 Ret 8
30 China Ma Qing Hua 19 17 DNS 11 12 7 Ret 13 11 7
31 Hungary Zsolt Szabó 17 Ret Ret 21 9 Ret Ret Ret DNS 16 17 Ret 15 Ret DNS 24† 19 9 Ret Ret 21† 20 17 Ret 21 Ret DNS DNQ 22 24† 4
32 Portugal Tiago Monteiro 15 15 11 0
33 Portugal Edgar Florindo 13 14 12 0
34 Slovakia Andrej Studenič 22 18 12 0
35 Italy Gianni Morbidelli 20† Ret Ret Ret 22 14 Ret 15 Ret 13 13 21 Ret DNS DNS 0
36 Hungary Attila Tassi 19 18 15 0
37 Portugal José Rodrigues Ret 16 15† 0
38 Switzerland Kris Richard 17 16 18 0
39 Macau Kevin Tse Ret 18 17 0
40 Macau Filipe de Souza 17 19 19 0
41 Macau André Couto 21 20 18 0
42 Netherlands Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau 21 21 19 0
43 Macau Lo Kai Fung 19 21 21 0
44 Netherlands Michael Verhagen 20 22 20 0
Macau Lam Kam San DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Macau Rui Valente DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Driver MAR
Morocco 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		NLD
Netherlands 		PRT
Portugal 		SVK
Slovakia 		NIN
China 		WUH
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		 Pts. 
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship[]

(key)

Pos. Team MAR
Morocco 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		NLD
Netherlands 		PRT
Portugal 		SVK
Slovakia 		NIN
China 		WUH
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		 Pts. 
1 France M Racing-YMR 11 9 22 4 3 3 1 4 34 Ret 24† Ret 1 2 11 12 3 Ret4 7 1 Ret 15 9 Ret 3 10 21 2 3 4 562
2 5 34 9 12 9 2 Ret 11 14 16 15 Ret 10 11 13 10 4 1 7 11 12 Ret 10 Ret 12 8 11 Ret 8
2 Italy BRC Racing Team 1 19† 11 6 4 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 19 18 4 9 23 3 1 Ret 4 Ret 24 17 Ret 13 8 5 12 4 Ret 10 559
Ret 7 53 3 6 21 4 5 Ret3 Ret 23 22† Ret 5 32 23† 6 11 Ret 11 52 Ret 14 14 11 3 9 5 Ret 33
3 Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 7 4 45 1 Ret 44 19 6 Ret5 1 2 6 Ret 7 75 6 9 14 8 18† 19 18 15 12 Ret 9 Ret4 14 6 55 481
6 8 14 2 5 223 Ret 1 8 6 7 45 2 Ret 13 Ret 8 Ret3 2 3 Ret3 7 13 45 4 DNS 18 6 5 12
4 France Sébastien Loeb Racing 3 18 7 5 1 8 3 Ret Ret 3 8 22 Ret DNS DNS 19 Ret 13 6 5 65 14 10 Ret 23† 1 6 3 24 21 412
9 2 6 10 7 17 13 10 9 8 5 8 Ret DNS DNS 21 Ret Ret 5 2 10 13 1 9 5 8 45 15 10 Ret
5 Luxembourg Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT 4 1 9 8 10 10 5 7 7 5 Ret 11 5 4 10 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 1 5 154 6 14 10 1 Ret 22†4 381
5 11 18† 18 15 12 7 18 13 4 6 53 9 6 17 17 15 Ret 14 14 13 3 Ret 11 18 18 16 Ret 14 Ret
6 Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Ret Ret Ret 13 17 18 Ret 3 22 Ret 9 34 10 17 6 Ret 7 3 3 6 4 4 6 22 9 11 7 12 1 13 300
13 DNS DNS 22 21 21 12 11 12 11 11 12 Ret Ret 14 8 17 15† 9 4 3 10 8 33 16 13 Ret 22 15 15
7 Spain Team Oscaro by Campos Racing 18† 3 10 16 Ret 19 8 2 6 23† 4 10 3 3 44 1 4 8 13 9 7 2 4 6 10 2 19 7 Ret 6 272
10 17 11 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret 20 15 10 14 Ret 12 16 18 5 Ret5 Ret Ret 20 16 Ret DNS 20 22 12 Ret 11 23†
8 Belgium DG Sport Compétition 8 Ret DNS 17 16 13 18 13 15 2 1 7 6 Ret DNS 4 13 22 16 Ret 16 5 2 Ret 2 7 23 20 12 16 242
Ret 12 13 20 NC 20 14 14 16 18 18 16 12 1 5 14 16 11 17 16 18 Ret Ret Ret 7 20 15 10 17 12
9 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 12 15 Ret 11 14 16 20 8 5 9 15 11 8 Ret Ret 10 12 Ret Ret 8 8 8 3 5 12 17 20† 18 7 9 144
Ret 14 16 15 20 Ret 11 12 11 10 Ret 13 16† 8 9 9 Ret 10 10 10 9 9 7 11 13 4 5 16 9 Ret
10 Italy Team Mulsanne 19 13 19† 23† 23 Ret 15 Ret 14 22† Ret DNS 11 11 Ret 5 14 7 18 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 14 23† NC 9 8 Ret 142
20† Ret Ret Ret 22 14 Ret 15 Ret 13 13 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 11 6 12 12 14 6 11 8 1 6 31 Ret 4 7
11 Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing 15 Ret 17 14 8 55 10 Ret 4 19 12 Ret 7 Ret 8 20 DSQ DSQ 19 17 DNS 11 12 7 15 15 11 Ret 13 11 86
21† 10 12 Ret 19 Ret 9 9 10 7 14 Ret Ret 15 Ret 7 DSQ DSQ 15 15 17 Ret Ret 17 17 19 14 13 16 14
12 Hungary Zengo Motorsport 17 Ret Ret 21 9 Ret Ret Ret DNS 16 17 Ret Ret 21 DNS Ret 19 9 Ret Ret 21 20 17 Ret 21 Ret DNS DNQ 22 24† 29
16 16 15 Ret 11 11 21 17 17 17 20 17 14 13 Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 20 15 Ret Ret 16 22 21 17 23 23 20
Wildcard teams entries ineligible to score points
Hungary M1RA 7 2 6 36
Czech Republic Fullin Race Academy 15 20 5 13
Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT 6 Ret DNS 10
Portugal Veloso Motorsport 13 14 12 0
Slovakia Brutal Fish Racing Team 22 18 12 0
Hong Kong KCMG 19 18 15 0
17 16 18
Italy Target Competition Ret 16 15 0
Hong Kong Teamwork Motorsport Ret 18 17 0
China Champ Motorsport 17 19 19 0
DNQ DNQ DNQ
Macau MacPro Racing Team 21 20 18 0
Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing 21 21 19 0
20 22 20
China TSRT Zuver Team 19 21 21 0
Macau PCT–IXO Models Racing Team DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Team MAR
Morocco 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		NLD
Netherlands 		PRT
Portugal 		SVK
Slovakia 		NIN
China 		WUH
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		 Pts. 
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Scheider is a German driver who raced under Austrian racing license.

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