2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the fourth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 32nd season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. The series will begin at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in April and conclude at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in October.

2018 Italian Touring Car Championship
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Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds South Italy Racing Team[1] Opel Astra TCR[1] 2 Andrea Argenti[1] 1, 3–7 18 Nello Nataloni 4–6 MM Motorsport[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[3] 3 Massimiliano Mugelli[3] 1–6 24 Lorenzo Nicoli[3] 7 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 1–4 46 Davide Nardilli[3] 1, 3 77 Denis Grigoriev 4 93 Mauro Guastamacchia 5, 7 SEAT Motorsport Italia[4] CUPRA León TCR[3] 4 Salvatore Tavano[3] All Matteo Greco[3] U25 1–3 34 4–7 7 Massimiliano Gagliano[3] DSG All Nannini Racing[5] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[5] 5 Walter Margelli[6] 1, 3–4 M1RA Hyundai i30 N TCR[7] 8 Nicola Baldan[7] 6 Pit Lane Competizioni[8] 1–5 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 9 Ermanno Dionisio[3] DSG AM 1–3, 7 63 Giovanni Altoè[9] DSG U25 1–4, 6 69 Enrico Bettera[8] All CUPRA León TCR[3] 99 Andrea Larini[3] All BRC Racing Team[10] Hyundai i30 N TCR[10] 10 Federico Paolino[10] All 19 Eric Scalvini[10] U25 All Target Competition[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[11] 11 Jürgen Schmarl[12] 1–5, 7 27 José Rodrigues[13] 1–5 César Machado 4–6 67 Marco Pellegrini[11] 1–5, 7 Hyundai i30 N TCR 6 Toksport WRT SEAT León TCR 12 Çelik Çağlayan 2 B.D. Racing[14] CUPRA León TCR 14 Franco Nespoli DSG 3 SEAT León TCR[3] 64 Gabriele Volpato[3] DSG U25 1 Cosimo Papi[3] 1, 3 CUPRA León TCR[15] Cosimo Papi 4 Massimiliano Danetti 4 Race Republic CUPRA León TCR 15 Jörg Schori 7 BF Motorsport[16] SEAT León TCR[3] 16 Giuseppe Montalbano DSG 3 22 Daniele Verrocchio 5 Romy Dall'Antonia 5 23 Alessandro Thellung[3] DSG U25 1–4 CUPRA León TCR 6–7 61 Daniele Verrocchio 6 Andrea Mosca 6 SEAT León TCR 72 Matteo Bergonzini[3] DSG AM 1, 3 Sport & Comunicazione Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 25 Raimondo Ricci AM 1, 3 Adriano Bernazzani 1, 3 Otto Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 5, 7 53 Edoardo Cappello 3–5, 7 GretaRacing Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 26 Piergiorgio Capra 6 Francesco Savoia DSG AM 6–7 SEAT León TCR[3] 1, 3–5 Vito Tagliente 3 Daniele Verrocchio 4 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 31 Kevin Ceccon 6 LPR Stefanovski Racing Team CUPRA León TCR 32 Igor Stefanovski 7 42 Racing SA[17][3] V-Action Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[17] 42 Luigi Ferrara[17] All Kraf Racing[18] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[18] 44 Plamen Kralev[18] 1, 3 Top Run Motorsport Subaru WRX STI TCR 50 Luca Rangoni 5 Wimmer Werk Motorsport[19] CUPRA León TCR[19] 54 Felix Wimmer DSG 3, 5 55 Peter Gross[19] DSG AM 1–4, 6 56 Günter Benninger[19] DSG AM 1–6 CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 76 Daniele Cappellari DSG 3, 5

Icon Class DSG DSG Challenge AM Amateur U25 Under 25

Calendar and results

The 2018 calendar was announced on 26 October 2017, with a single round scheduled to be held in France as the only round held outside Italy.[20]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 April	Eric Scalvini	Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship
	2				Nicola Baldan	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing
2	3	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	13 May	Nicola Baldan	Nicola Baldan	Nicola Baldan	Pit Lane Competizioni
	4		14 May		Ermanno Dionisio	Andrea Larini	Pit Lane Competizioni
3	5	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	16 June	Luigi Ferrara	Salvatore Tavano	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing
	6		17 June		Nicola Baldan	Jurgen Schmarl	Target Competition
4	7	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	15 July	Salvatore Tavano	Luigi Ferrara	Salvatore Tavano	SEAT Motorsport Italia	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship
	8				Matteo Greco	Edoardo Cappello	Otto Motorsport
5	9	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 July	Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Pit Lane Competizioni
	10				Enrico Bettera	Salvatore Tavano	SEAT Motorsport Italia
6	11	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	16 September	César Machado	César Machado	César Machado	Target Competition	Italian Formula 4 Championship
	12				Salvatore Tavano	Salvatore Tavano	SEAT Motorsport Italia
7	13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	7 October	Igor Stefanovski	Eric Scalvini	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship
	14				Salvatore Tavano	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing

TCR Italy Drivers' Standings

Pos. Driver IMO LCA† MIS MUG IMO VAL MNZ  Pts.  1 Salvatore Tavano 2 4 3 6 2 19 1 3 3 1 7 1 5 12 150.5 2 Luigi Ferrara 1 1 Ret 16 1 2 22† 13 16 15 2 2 1 1 148 3 Matteo Greco 2 4 3 6 2 19 5 4 6 3 12 5 8 3 108.5 4 Enrico Bettera 3 2 Ret 19 10 DNS 14 6 1 6 5 16† 3 Ret 80 5 Nicola Baldan 15 5 1 8 Ret 9 2 2 DNS DNS 6 15† 69.5 6 Eric Scalvini 20 23† 2 7 4 10 3 9 EX EX 3 12 2 15 69 7 Andrea Larini 5 3 8 1 8 15 Ret 15 7 4 13 6 4 6 65 8 Jürgen Schmarl 7 14 5 4 6 1 10 10 5 7 DNS DNS 9 Ret 55 9 Massimiliano Mugelli 10 8 Ret 18 5 3 21† 16 2 17 8 Ret 41 10 Edoardo Cappello 14 5 7 1 Ret 18 15 5 38 11 Lorenzo Nicoli 6 18 Ret 17 9 4 11 11 6 2 35 12 Federico Paolino 16 11 7 2 Ret 12 8 7 Ret 9 9 3 17 Ret 34.5 13 Marco Pellegrini Ret 10 4 5 7 Ret 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 31.5 14 José Rodrigues 4 6 6 3 15 DNS 6 Ret Ret 13 29 15 Massimiliano Gagliano 11 22 10 10 23 DNS Ret 12 9 5 14 7 10 4 23.5 16 Luca Rangoni 4 2 23 17 Giovanni Altoè 8 7 9 9 20 7 12 14 10 4 23 18 Cesar Machado 6 Ret Ret 13 1 17† 22 19 Plamen Kralev 19 9 3 Ret 14 20 Francesco Savoia 9 12 17 21 16 19 8 8 17 10 16 11 9 21 Kevin Ceccon 4 Ret 8 22 Andrea Argenti 21 24† 28† DNS 9 8 17 Ret 16 Ret Ret 9 7 23 Igor Stefanovski 7 10 6 24 Giuseppe Montalbano 11 6 5 25 Alessandro Thellung Ret Ret Ret 15 13 DNS 15 Ret 11 13 13 7 4 26 Mauro Guastamacchia 12 10 12 8 4 27 Peter Gross Ret 17 12 12 21 17 20† 21 Ret 8 3 28 Matteo Bergonzini 13 15 12 8 3 29 Daniele Verrocchio 16 19 10 11 15 9 3 30 Andrea Mosca 15 9 3 31 Romy Dall'Antonia 10 11 1 32 Pierpaolo Capra 17 10 1 33 Ermanno Dionisio 12 13 11 11 16 DNS 14 13 0 34 Daniele Cappelari 25 14 11 12 0 35 Günter Benninger 15 21 13 13 27 20 19† 22 15 14 19† 11 0 36 Cosimo Papi 18 20 18 11 13 20 0 37 Felix Wimmer Ret 18 13 16 0 38 Walter Margelli Ret DNS 24 13 17 18 0 39 Massimiliano Danetti 13 20 0 40 Adriano Bernazzani 14 19 19 DNS 14 Ret Ret 14 0 41 Çağlayan Çelik 14 14 0 42 Raimondo Ricci 14 19 19 DNS 0 43 Franco Nespoli 22 16 0 44 Davide Nardilli Ret 16 26 DNS 0 45 Denis Grigorev 18 17 0 46 Vito Tagliente 17 21 0 47 Gabriele Volpato 18 20 0 48 Nello Nataloni DNS DNS DNS 18 Ret 0 Jörg Schori Ret Ret 0

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) 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.

References

1. "Andrea Argenti makes Opel switch for 2018 - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
2. "Massimiliano Mugelli and Lorenzo Nicoli completes MM Motorsport line-up - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
3. "Imola Entry List TCR" (PDF). acisport.it. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
4. "Tavano-Gagliano e Greco con le Cupra per SEAT Motorsport Italia nel 2018". it.motorsport.com (in Italian). 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
5. "Nanini rejsing napušta prototipove, ulazi u TCR Italija sa starim "sivikom" - Serbiaring". Serbiaring. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
6. "Walter Margelli debutta nel TCR Italy con la Nannini Racing" (in Italian).
7. "Nicola Baldan to defend title in Hyundai - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
8. "Enrico Bettera returns to TCR Italy with Pit Lane Competizioni - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
9. Casillo, Pietro (19 April 2018). "Giovanni Altoè joins Pit Lane Competizioni for TCR Europe and Italy". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
10. "BRC Racing Team add TCR Italy programme". TouringCarTimes. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
11. "Target Competition confirm Marco Pellegrini for two-car programme - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
12. "Jürgen Schmarl re-signs with Target Competition for 2018 TCR Italy". TouringCarTimes. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
13. "José Rodrigues to race in TCR Italy for Target Competition - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
14. "Volpato e Papi insieme sulla SEAT DSG di BD Racing nel 2018". it.motorsport.com (in Italian). 24 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
15. "Wimmer Werk Motorsport reveals TCR Italy entry - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
16. "Alessandro Thellung e Matteo Bergonzini con BF Motorsport nel 2018". it.motorsport.com (in Italian). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
17. "V-Action confirm single-car effort with Luigi Ferrara". TouringCarTimes. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
18. "Con Plamen Kralev torna a sventolare la bandiera bulgara nel TCR Italy". it.motorsport.com (in Italian). 27 April 2018.
19. "Wimmer Werk Motorsport reveals TCR Italy entry - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
20. "Ecco il calendario 2018 per la prossima stagione del TCR Italy" [Here is the 2018 calendar for the coming season of TCR Italy.] (in Italian). 26 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

External links

• TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Official website