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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

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

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

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  • 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

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Hankook is the official tire supplier.

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

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  • SMC Junior Motorsport will enter a Peugeot 308 TCR for Fernando Navarrete, who will be competing in a partial campaign during the season
  • Brutal Fish Racing will enter three Honda Civic Type R TCR, as last year. Martin Ryba, Isidro Callejas and Jack Young are confirmed. Dan Lloyd left the series to return the British Touring Car Championship and join Power Maxed Racing, but will remain within the team as a driver coach.[24][25]
  • Tom Coronel will move from Boutsen Ginion Racing to Comtoyou Racing to replace Mehdi Bennani and he will be joined by 2020 TCR Eastern Europe winner Dušan Borković who returns to the series after having last raced in 2019 for Autodis Racing by Target Competition to replace Sami Taoufik.
  • After running a partial campaign during the 2020 season, Volcano Motorsport will enter the series full-time, but will enter two all new Cupra León Competición TCR cars for Evgeni Leonov and Mikel Azcona.
  • Sébastien Loeb Racing will enter four Hyundai Elantra N TCR cars during the season. Niels Langeveld, Felice Jelmini and Sami Taoufik have been confirmed to be three of the team's entries, Mehdi Bennani returns to the team.
  • Team Clairet Sport will enter two Peugeot 308 TCR and two Cupra Leon TCR. Teddy Clairet, Jimmy Clairet and Gilles Colombani were remained at the team but Gilles Colombani will switch from Peugeot 308 TCR to Cupra León TCR and Sylvain Pussier returned to the series and Team Clairet Sport to replace Stéphane Ventaja.
  • Dániel Nagy will move from Hyundai i30 N TCR to Cupra León Competición TCR and return to Zengő Motorsport.

Results and standings

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Season summary

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

Drivers' standings

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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 —
Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Pos. Driver SVK
Slovakia  		LEC
France  		ZAN
Netherlands  		SPA
Belgium  		NUR
Germany  		MNZ
Italy  		BAR
Spain  		 Pts. 
1 Spain  Mikel Azcona 12 2 68 2 14 1 15 1 27 4 11 WD 432
2 Argentina  Franco Girolami 126 3 79 5 57 1 57 7 22 2 11 19 17 5 353
3 Netherlands  Niels Langeveld 4 21† 45 Ret 49 2 8 5 33 4 10 14 66 4 295
4 Netherlands  Tom Coronel 51 6 9 8 12 Ret 10 10 56 Ret 34 2 14 WD 258
5 Morocco  Mehdi Bennani 610 1 182 6 125 6 22 9 11 14 21† 12 107 2 252
6 France  Jimmy Clairet Ret 9 37 1 78 5 13 11 15 11 48 6 9 16 247
7 Belgium  Nicolas Baert 23 8 15 13 64 8 66 8 14 8 810 8 44 8 242
8 France  Teddy Clairet Ret 14 11 Ret 16 13 78 3 44 7 Ret 9 23 3 220
9 Morocco  Sami Taoufik 17 Ret Ret4 3 1010 7 45 6 9 12 5 10 32 15 216
10 United Kingdom  Jack Young 11 11 56 Ret 21 9 18† 13 1710 3 Ret2 3 88 12 205
11 Spain  Isidro Callejas 188 7 Ret 10 86 3 99 4 71 10 Ret5 11 59 DSQ 204
12 Serbia  Dušan Borković 74 10 14 11 33 4 12 14 8 9 76 7 DNS WD 192
13 Slovakia  Maťo Homola DNS 12 11 9 13 11 143 2 10 Ret 69 1 13 7 186
14 Italy  Felice Jelmini 89 13 23 7 17 Ret 31 Ret 13 Ret Ret3 5 Ret 9 173
15 Russia  Klim Gavrilov Ret7 4 13 15 9 Ret 1110 12 67 6 15 16 1110 1 164
16 North Macedonia  Viktor Davidovski 13 18 810 4 11 10 189 13 9 26 12 19 95
17 Czech Republic  Jáchym Galáš 16 16 12 Ret DSQ 17 Ret 16 128 5 Ret 17 15 6 63
18 Hungary  Dániel Nagy 35 5 60
19 Slovakia  Martin Ryba 10 15 16 16 14 12 15 15 16 15 Ret Ret 75 Ret 49
20 Russia  Evgeni Leonov 9 17 10 12 15 Ret 17 Ret 13 15 16 17 38
21 France  Sylvain Pussier 14 19 19 14 19 15 Ret DNS Ret 16 20 18 18 11 16
22 France  Gilles Colombani 15 20 17 17 18 14 16 17 19 17 16 22 DNS 10 15
23 Poland  Bartosz Groszek 11 13 WD WD 14
24 Spain  Rubén Fernández 12 Ret 7
25 Venezuela  Sergio López Bolotin Ret 20 20 13 5
26 Italy  Damiano Reduzzi 14 21 3
= Spain  Felipe Fernández Ret 14 3
NC Denmark  Gustav Birch 20 16 17 23 0
NC Poland  Łukasz Stolarczyk 20 18 18 25 0
NC Italy  Giacomo Ghermandi 19 18 0
NC Czech Republic  Petr Čížek 19 24 WD WD 0
Pos. Driver SVK
Slovakia  		LEC
France  		ZAN
Netherlands  		SPA
Belgium  		NUR
Germany  		MNZ
Italy  		BAR
Spain  		 Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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Pos. Team Pts.
1 France  Sébastien Loeb Racing 759
2 Belgium  Comtoyou Racing 605
3 Spain  Volcano Motorsport 562
4 France  Team Clairet Sport 542
5 North Macedonia  PSS Racing Team 484
6 Slovakia  Brutal Fish Racing Team 481
7 Czech Republic  Janík Motorsport 295
8 Russia  VRC Team 137
9 Hungary  Zengő Motorsport 61
10 Spain  RC2 Junior Team 26
11 Slovakia  Horňák-Aditis 20
12 Denmark  Brianmadsen Sport 10
13 Italy  Trico WRT 5
14 Slovenia  Lema Racing 4
= Poland  BTC Maszyny Racing 4

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings (top 3)

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Pos. Driver  Pts. 
1 Netherlands  Niels Langeveld ?
2   ?
3   ?
Pos. Driver  Pts. 

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nürburgring and Slovakiaring added to finalised 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 23 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Giacomo Ghermandi to debut in season finale". TouringCarTimes. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "RC2 Junior Team enters two Cupras for Monza". TouringCarTimes. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  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.
  8. ^ a b c d "Niels Langeveld to race SLR Hyundai Elantra in new European programme". TouringCarTimes. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Sébastien Loeb Racing completes line-up with Bennani, Taoufik". touringcartimes.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Gustav Birch joins TCR Europe round at Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Klim Gavrilov set for full TCR Europe season". TouringCarTimes. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  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.
  14. ^ a b c "Brutal Fish confirm three-car programme". Touring Car Times. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Teenage racer Isidro Callejas secures Brutal Fish seat". Touring Car Times. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  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.
  25. ^ "Brutal Fish confirm three-car programme". TouringCarTimes. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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