The 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the fourth season of

TCR Europe Touring Car Series The TCR Europe Touring Car Series is an annual touring car racing event that is held at various locations across Europe. The series is run in accordance with the TCR Touring Car regulations with production-based cars that are front-wheel drive and ...

, and second held as a standalone series. The season began at the

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in April and ended at the

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in October. As part of an deal with the series' promoters, at five of the seven events, the 2019 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship series is held which is its fourth edition. Also a third competition will be held with the establishment of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy which will be held on two of the seven events of the calendar, as well as having four standalone events. Mikel Azcona is the defending drivers' champion, while Hell Energy Racing with KCMG are the defending teams' champions. In TCR BeNeLux

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is the defending drivers' champion while Leopard Lukoil Team WRT are the defending teams' champions.

Calendar

The calendar was announced on 5 December 2018 with 7 rounds scheduled. The second round, which was scheduled to be held at unknown venue in the

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, was replaced on 28 January 2019 with

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. Five of the seven events from the calendar are also valid for the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

Mid-season changes

*Following a post-race altercation with Natan Bihel after the second race at the

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Dušan Borković Dušan Borković ( sr-cyr, Душан Борковић; born 16 September 1984) is a Serbian auto racing driver, three time European champion 2012 European Hill Climb Championship, 2015 European Touring Car Cup and 2020 TCR Eastern Europe. He is ...

was banned from participating in all remaining rounds of the season.

Results and standings

Season summary

TCR Europe standings

Drivers' standings

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

Teams' standings

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

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings

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

TCR BeNeLux Teams' standings

Notes

References

External links

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