2019 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship

The 2019 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship was the first season of the TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship. The season began on 19 January at the Sepang International Circuit and ended on 24 February at the same circuit.

2019 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
Previous:	none	Next:	2020

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is the official tire supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Prince Racing[1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[1]	2	Kenneth Lau[1]	All
		7	Michael Choi[1]	All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[2][3]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3]	3	Kai Jordan[3]	All
		4	Adam Khalid[4]	1
		5	Ahmad Azlee[5]	2
		9	Henry Kwong[3]	1
		11	Mark Darwin[6]	3
		22	Brendan Anthony[5]	2
		29	Mitchell Cheah[6]	3
	Hyundai i30 N TCR[2]	8	Luca Engstler[2]	All
		26	Michael Soong	2–3
		27	Théo Coicaud[3]	1
Teamwork Motorsport[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1]	10	Cherry Cheung[6]	3
		12	Robert Huff[4]	1
Brutal Fish Racing Team[4]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4]	17	Martin Ryba[4]	All
Maximum Racing[4]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[4]	23	Garry Cheung[4]	1
			David Lau[4]
KCMG[4]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[4]	51	Paul Ip[4]	All
Viper Niza Racing[4]	CUPRA León TCR[4]	65	Douglas Khoo[4]	All
		80	Andrei Abaluev[6]	3
Indigo Racing[4]	Hyundai i30 N TCR[4]	97	Charlie Kang[4]	1

Calendar and results

The calendar was released on 10 October 2018, with all rounds being held within Malaysia.[7][8]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	20 January	Robert Huff	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	F3 Asian Championship Winter Series
	2				Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2	3		26 January	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	4				Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
3	5		23–24 February	Mitchell Cheah	Luca Engstler	Mitchell Cheah	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Asian Le Mans Series F3 Asian Championship Winter Series
	6				Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Points
1	Luca Engstler	1^2	1	1^1	1	2^3	1	142.5
2	Kai Jordan	5	3	2^3	2	Ret^5	4	68
3	Martin Ryba	3	8	4	5	6	5	53
4	Mitchell Cheah					1^1	2	48
5	Paul Ip	Ret^4	6	3^2	Ret	3^4	7	44.5
6	Douglas Khoo	4	7	8	4	10^2	10	38
7	Michael Choi	8	10	9	6	7	3	35
8	Robert Huff	2^1	5					33
9	Kenneth Lau	9	11	6^4	7	5	DSQ	24
10	Brendan Anthony			5	3			20
11	Adam Khalid	6	4					20
12	Mark Darwin					4	6	20
13	Charlie Kang	Ret^5	2					19
14	Michael Soong			Ret^5	DNS	8	8	9
15	Henry Kwong	7	9					8
16	Cherry Cheung					9	9	4
17	Ahmad Azlee			7	Ret			3
18	Théo Coicaud	Ret^3	DNS					3
19	Garry Cheung	10						1
20	Andrei Abaluev					Ret	Ret	0
21	David Lau		DNS					0
Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Points

† — In the first race of the second round, half points after a stopped race.

Team's Standings

Pos.	Team	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Pts.
1	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1^2	1	1^1	1	1^1	1	248,5
		5^3	3	2^3	2	2^3	2
2	Prince Racing	8	10	6^4	6	5	3	83
		9	11	9	7	7	DSQ
3	Brutal Fish Racing Team	3	8	4	5	6	5	61
4	Viper Niza Racing	4	7	8^5	4	10^2	10	55
						Ret^5	Ret
5	KCMG	Ret^4	6	3^2	Ret	3^4	7	50,5
6	Teamwork Motorsport	2^1	5			9	9	49
7	Indigo Racing	Ret^5	2					19
8	Maximum Racing	10	DNS					4
Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Points

References

1. Hudson, Neil (4 January 2019). "First entries confirmed for the 2019 TCR Malaysia championship". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
2. Hudson, Neil (7 January 2019). "Luca Engstler confirmed for 2019 TCR Malaysia season". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
3. "Team Engstler enter five cars for TCR Malaysia". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
4. "The new TCR Malaysia championship kicks off at Sepang". tcr-series.com. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
5. "TCR Malaysia resumes at Sepang for rounds 3 & 4". tcr-series.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
6. "Engstler targets TCR Malaysia's inaugural title". tcr-series.com. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
7. "TCR Malaysia to launch in early 2019". asia.tcr-series.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
8. "TCR Malaysia set for introduction in 2019". TouringCarTimes.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.