World Touring Car Cup

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For the predecessor series run between 2005 and 2017, see World Touring Car Championship.
World Touring Car Cup
FIA WTCR presented by Oscaro logo.png
CategoryTouring cars
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2018
Tyre suppliersGoodyear
Drivers' championFrance Yann Ehrlacher
Teams' championSweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
Official websitefiawtcr.com
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The FIA World Touring Car Cup (abbreviated to WTCR, referring to the use of TCR regulations) is an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had different incarnation of a World Touring Car Cup held between 1993 and 1995. Following the 2017 season, an agreement was reached for the World Touring Car Championship to become WTCR and use the TCR technical regulations. With titles for drivers and teams only, the WTCR series changed to 'World Cup' rather than 'World Championship' status in 2018.[1]

History[]

Touring Car World Cup (1993–1995)[]

See also: 1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge, 1994 FIA Touring Car World Cup, and 1995 FIA Touring Car World Cup

In 1993, with the high popularity of the Super Touring category, the FIA hosted the FIA Touring Car World Cup — an annual event for touring car drivers hailing from national championships all over the world. The 1993 race at Monza was won by New Zealand's Paul Radisich, at the wheel of a Ford Mondeo ahead of Nicola Larini's Alfa Romeo 155, with no manufacturer title awarded. The race was run for two more years, (won by Paul Radisich again in 1994 at Donington Park in a Ford Mondeo, manufacturer title went to BMW, and Frank Biela in 1995 at Paul Ricard in an Audi A4 Quattro, and manufacturer title went to Audi). A similar event was planned for 1996 at the A1 Ring, Austria, but was cancelled due to a low number of provisional entries (10 cars). It was never brought back thereafter.

World Touring Car Championship (2005–2017)[]

See also: World Touring Car Championship

World Touring Car Cup (2018–present)[]

On 6 December 2017, during the FIA's World Motorsport Council in Paris, it was approved the formation of the new World Touring Car Cup starting from 2018. The new series would utilize the TCR rules, which have been in use in numerous national and international touring car racing series, including the TCR International Series. As a result of the formation of the WTCR, both the WTCC in its current format and the TCR International Series would be discontinued immediately.[2]

A new format was introduced, with one qualifying session and one race on the first day and a three-phase qualifying session on the second day and two races, with the first one having the top 10 of the grid reversed.[3][4]

Rules[]

Car homologation[]

Cars have to be production models, with a minimum production of 5000 samples in a year. The engine is limited to a displacement of up to 2 liters, turbo charged, and with the aid of restrictors, to a maximum yield of 350 Hp. Each car is assigned a minimum racing weight which is used to balance the performances.

Scoring system[]

For the 2019 season, FIA WTCR races are awarded the following points, similar to MotoGP scoring system.:[5][6]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Race 1 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Both Qualifying 5 4 3 2 1
Race 2 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 3 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Broadcasters[]

In 2021, broadcasters of the FIA WTCR included:

  • Europe: Eurosport (pan-Europe), Sport1 (Eastern Europe)
  • China: Tencent
  • Japan: J Sports
  • South Africa: SuperSport
  • United States and Canada: Motor Trend, Motorsport.tv
  • Latin America: Motorsport.tv

Championship Statistics[]

Touring Car World Cup
Drivers' Champions Entrants' Champions Nations Champions
Year Driver Team Car Manufacturer Car Nation
1993 New Zealand Paul Radisich United Kingdom Ford Team Mondeo Ford Ford Mondeo Not Held  Italy
1994 New Zealand Paul Radisich United Kingdom Ford Team Mondeo Ford Ford Mondeo Germany BMW BMW BMW 318i  Germany
1995 Germany Frank Biela France Racing Organisation Course Audi Audi A4 Quattro Germany Audi Audi Audi A4 Quattro Not Held


World Touring Car Cup
Year Champion (Car) 2nd (Car) 3rd (Car) Team Champions (Car)
2018 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai Hyundai i30 N France Yvan Muller Hyundai Hyundai i30 N Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Honda Honda Civic Type R France M Racing-YMR Hyundai Hyundai i30 N
2019 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Hyundai Hyundai i30 N Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Honda Honda Civic Type R France Yvan Muller Lynk & Co 03 TCR Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR
2020 France Yann Ehrlacher Lynk & Co 03 TCR France Yvan Muller Lynk & Co 03 TCR France Jean-Karl Vernay Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR
2021 France Yann Ehrlacher Lynk & Co 03 TCR Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Audi Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) France Jean-Karl Vernay Hyundai Hyundai Elantra N TCR Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR

Event winners[]

World Touring Car Cup (2018–present)[]

See also[]

  • World Touring Car Championship
  • TCR International Series
  • List of World Touring Car Cup drivers

References[]

  1. ^ "WTCR announces 2018 calendar keeping most WTCC venues".
  2. ^ "World Touring Car Cup made official as WTCC, TCR combine in two-year deal - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  3. ^ "WTCR race format confirmed by the World Motor Sport Council". TouringCarTimes. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ^ "WTCR 2018: all you need to know". FIA WTCR. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ "32 car limit and new points system confirmed for 2019 WTCR". TouringCarTimes. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  6. ^ "Two-car teams to be introduced and points system overhauled in 2019". TouringCarTimes. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  • Autosport, January 14, 1988

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