2019 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2019 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will be the fifth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 33rd season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. The series will begin at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in April and conclude at the same track in October.

2019 Italian Touring Car Championship
Previous:	2018	Next:	2020

Teams and drivers

Team Car № Drivers Class Rounds South Italy Racing Team[1] Opel Astra TCR[1] 2 Andrea Argenti[1] 1−2, 6 PRS Motorsport[2] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[2] 3 Massimiliano Mugelli[3] All Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing[4] CUPRA León TCR[4] 4 Salvatore Tavano[4] All 19 Eric Scalvini[4] DSG U25 All 34 Matteo Greco[4] U25 All Race Republic Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 5 Luca Segù 5 Stefano Comini 5 7 Denis Grigoriev 4 CUPRA León TCR 47 Lev Tolkachev 7 Scuderia del Girasole Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Sandro Pelatti DSG 7 20 Nicola Guida DSG 7 MM Motorsport[5] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[5] 8 Lev Tolkachev[5] 1 9 Davide Nardilli[5] U25 1−4 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 10 Kevin Giacon 4 Lein Racing CUPRA León TCR 11 Nikola Miljković 7 LTA Rally[4] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[4] 14 Klim Gavrilov[4] U25 1 VRC-Team 4 LPR Stefanovski Racing Team[6] CUPRA León TCR[6] 14 Igor Stefanovski[6] 2−3, 5 N Motors[1] Opel Astra TCR[1] 18 Nello Nataloni[1] 1 Wimmer Werk Motorsport[7] CUPRA León TCR[7] 24 Felix Wimmer[7] 1−5 55 Peter Gross[7] DSG AM 1−6 56 Günter Benninger[7] DSG AM 1−6 99 Christian Voithofer[7] DSG 1−6 B.D. Racing CUPRA León TCR 28 Simone Vullo Jody DSG 7 Pit Lane Competizioni[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[9] 39 Claudio Formenti DSG 6−7 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[8] 69 Enrico Bettera[8] All CUPRA León TCR 77 Raffaele Lissignoli 5 Proteam Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 64 Massimiliano Milli DSG 2−4 Massimiliano Chini 2−3 Giovanni Altoe 4 Target Competition[10] Hyundai i30 N TCR[10] 67 Marco Pellegrini[10] All BF Motorsports[11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[11] 71 Jacopo Guidetti[11] U25 All CUPRA León TCR[12] 72 Matteo Bergonzini[12] DSG 1−5 Trico WRT Hyundai i30 N TCR 81 Damiano Reduzzi 3−4, 7 PMA Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 95 Felice Jelmini 7

Icon Class DSG DSG Challenge AM Amateur U25 Under 25

Calendar and results

The 2019 calendar was announced on 4 December 2018, with all rounds held in Italy.[13]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	DSG Winner	Supporting
1	1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	6 April	Enrico Bettera	Jacopo Guidetti	Klim Gavrilov	LTA Rally	Matteo Bergonzini	Italian GT Championship TCR DSG Endurance
	2		7 April		Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Pit Lane Competizioni	Matteo Bergonzini
2	3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	18 May	Enrico Bettera	Igor Stefanovski	Marco Pellegrini	Target Competition	Eric Scalvini
	4		19 May		Eric Scalvini	Matteo Greco	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
3	5	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	21–23 June	Matteo Greco	Enrico Bettera	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
	6				Marco Pellegrini	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Matteo Bergonzini
4	7	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	19–21 July	Klim Gavrilov	Enrico Bettera	Marco Pellegrini	Target Competition	Eric Scalvini
	8				Marco Pellegrini	Felix Wimmer	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	Eric Scalvini
5	9	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	31 August– 1 September	Enrico Bettera	Matteo Greco	Enrico Bettera	Pit Lane Competizioni	Eric Scalvini
	10				Jacopo Guidetti	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
6	11	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	13–15 September	Marco Pellegrini	Enrico Bettera	Massimiliano Mugelli	PRS Motorsport	Eric Scalvini
	12				Marco Pellegrini	Salvatore Tavano	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini
7	13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	4–6 October	Marco Pellegrini	Marco Pellegrini	Marco Pellegrini	Target Competition	Nicola Guida
	24				Jacopo Guidetti	Matteo Greco	Scuderia del Girasole Cupra Racing	Eric Scalvini

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver MNZ MIS IMO MUG IMO VAL MNZ  Pts.  1 Salvatore Tavano 2 2 13† DNS 1 1 2 3 2 1 5 1 10 14 160 2 Matteo Greco 3 Ret 9 1 2 3 3 4 5 10 2 5 4 1 141 3 Enrico Bettera Ret 1 2 6 14† 2 7 16† 1 6 4 3 2 4 135 4 Marco Pellegrini 9 4 1 5 3 5 1 2 11† 8 11† Ret 1 8 127 5 Eric Scalvini DNS DNS 3 2 4 14 6 5 6 5 6 2 7 3 96 6 Jacopo Guidetti 4 3 Ret Ret 5 9 4 12 Ret 3 3 4 3 2 86 7 Felix Wimmer 5 11 6 4 9 15† 5 1 4 Ret 57 8 Massimiliano Mugelli 13† 10 14† 3 Ret 6 9 Ret Ret 4 1 Ret Ret DNS 49 9 Matteo Bergonzini 7 5 5 10 6 7 Ret 8 7 9 38 10 Igor Stefanovski 4 Ret 10 12 3 2 36 11 Davide Nardilli 6 7 8 8 7 4 Ret Ret 28 12 Klim Gavrilov 1 Ret 13 14† 21 13 Peter Gross DNS DNS 7 9 Ret 8 14† 10 10 13† 8 6 18 14 Andrea Argenti 8 6 Ret 7 7 NP 16 15 Damiano Reduzzi 8 11 Ret 7 Ret 5 14 16 Günter Benninger 10 8 11 11 12 Ret 15† 11 8 11 10 8 11 17 Nikola Miljković 6 7 9 18 Denis Grigoriev 8 6 8 19 Claudio Formenti 9 7 9 11 8 20 Nicola Guida 5 13 7 21 Felice Jelmini Ret 6 5 22 Jody Vullo 8 9 5 23 Raffaele Lissignoli Ret 7 4 24 Massimiliano Milli 10 13† 11 10 11 9 4 25 Christian Voithöfer 12 9 12 12 13 13 12 13 9 12 12† Ret 2 26 Giovanni Altoè 9 11 2 27 Massimiliano Chini 10 13† 11 10 2 28 Lev Tolkačev 11 12 11 10 1 29 Kevin Giacon 10 15† 1 30 Sandro Pelatti Ret 12 0 Stefano Comini Ret DNS 0 Luca Segù Ret DNS 0 Nello Nataloni DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver MNZ MIS IMO MUG IMO VAL MNZ  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "Two Opels entered for Nello Nataloni and Andrea Argenti". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
2. "PRS Motorsport reveal TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
3. "Max Mugelli signs for PRS Motorsport to drive an Alfa Romeo". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
4. "Elenco Iscritti - Entry List" (PDF). 2019-04-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
5. "Davide Nardilli and Lev Tolkachev to race MM Motorsport Hondas". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
6. "Igor Stefanovski enters remaining TCR Italy season". 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
7. "Wimmer Werk expand from two to four Cupras for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
8. "Enrico Bettera returns with Pit Lane Competizioni in title hunt". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
9. "Daniele Cappellari, il #Follow76 è pronto a scendere in pista nel TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
10. "Marco Pellegrini, è con Hyundai l'attacco al TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
11. "Jacopo Guidetti, è debutto da record nel TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
12. "Matteo Bergonzini, prenotato il n. 72 per la lotta al Trofeo Nazionale DSG di TCR Italy". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
13. "TCR Italy championship calendar revealed". TouringCarTimes. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2019-01-31.

External links

• TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Official website