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The 2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the third season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominantly in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

Josh Files will be the defending Drivers' champion, while Target Competition will the defending Teams' champions.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Team Engstler Germany[1][2] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] 3 Germany Kai Jordan[2] All
77 Germany Justin Häußermann[1] 1–4, 6–7
Germany Team Engstler Europe[1][2] 39 Switzerland Florian Thoma[1] 1–3
47 Finland Niko Kankkunen[3] All
Switzerland Wolf-Power Racing[4] Renault Mégane TCR[4] 5 United Kingdom Alex Morgan[4] 1
CUPRA León TCR[4] 6 Switzerland Oliver Holdener 1–4, 7
Germany Honda ADAC Sachsen[5] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[5] 7 Germany Mike Halder[5] All
88 Germany Dominik Fugel[6] All
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler[1][2]
Germany Hyundai Team Engstler[7] 		Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] 8 Germany Luca Engstler[1] 1–3
Hyundai i30 N TCR[7] 4–7
27 France Théo Coicaud[3] 4–7
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] 1–3
Germany Max Kruse Racing[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 10 Germany Benjamin Leuchter[8] All
39 Switzerland Florian Thoma 4–7
Austria HP Racing International[9] Opel Astra TCR[9] 11 Germany Luke Wankmüller[9] All
22 Austria Harald Proczyk[9] All
Germany RacingOne[10][11] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[10][11] 14 Netherlands Niels Langeveld[10] All
99 Netherlands Maurits Sandberg[11] 1–2, 4–7
Switzerland Besagroup Team Renault[2] Renault Mégane TCR[2] 15 Croatia Franjo Kovač[2] 4
41 Germany Steve Kirsch[12] 1, 4, 6
Czech Republic Steibel Motorsport[2] Opel Astra TCR[2] 17 Switzerland Jasmin Preisig[2] All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[2] 23 Germany Sebastian Steibel[2] All
Germany PROsport Performance[13] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[13] 19 Germany Max Hesse[13] All
44 Germany Sandro Kaibach[13] 1–3
45 Germany Peter Terting 4
Finland Positione Motorsport[14] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[14] 29 Finland Jussi Kuusiniemi[14] All
Finland LMS Racing[12] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[12] 30 Finland Antti Buri[12] All
Switzerland TOPCAR Sport[2] CUPRA León TCR[2] 33 Switzerland J.C. Reynolds[2] All
60 Germany Loris Prattes[2] 1–3, 5–7
Austria Niedertscheider Motorsport Team[15] Peugeot 308 TCR[15] 42 Austria Lukas Niedertscheider[15] All
Germany Profi-Car Team Halder[6] CUPRA León TCR[6] 53 Germany Michelle Halder[6] All
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[6] 55 Germany Marcel Fugel[6] 1–3, 6–7
Germany YACO Racing[16] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[16] 54 Austria Simon Reicher[16] All
Entries ineligible to score points
Czech Republic Fullín Race Academy[17] CUPRA León TCR[17] 2 Czech Republic Petr Fulín[17] 1–2
Germany Lubner Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 4 Germany Jan Seyffert 3–4, 6
Switzerland Besagroup Team Renault Renault Mégane TCR 5 United Kingdom Alex Morgan 6
Austria HP Racing International Opel Astra TCR 9 Germany Daniel Davidovac 3–4, 7
Austria Tessitore Racing Opel Astra TCR 13 Austria "Tessitore" 3
Czech Republic Steibel Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 28 Switzerland Pascal Eberle 6–7
Switzerland Young Driver Challenge CUPRA León TCR 31 Switzerland Leonardo Tinland 4
32 Switzerland Francesco Ruga 6
34 Switzerland Julien Apothéloz 7
Germany BC Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 36 Germany Dino Calcum 3
Switzerland Vuković Motorsport Renault Mégane TCR 4
Finland LMS Racing CUPRA León TCR 40 Finland Olli Parhankangas 4
Switzerland Wolf-Power Racing Renault Mégane TCR 50 Switzerland Milenko Vuković 3

Team and driver changes

Former ADAC Procar champions YACO Racing will enter the series with a single Audi RS3 LMS TCR for Simon Reicher, who moves from Certainty Racing Team.[16]

Wolf-Power Racing will switch from SEAT León TCR to Renault Mégane TCR for the 2018 season.[4]

Engstler Motorsport will retain Luca Engstler and Floran Thoma. In addition the team will increase to five cars during the entire season signing Théo Coicaud, Justin Häußermann and Niko Kankkunen.[1][3]

German footballer Max Kruse will set up his own team Max Kruse Racing, fielding a single Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Benjamin Leuchter, who returns to the series after missing out the 2017 season.[18]

Reigning double teams' champion Target Competition withdrew from the series to join the TCR Europe Series. The team had originally signed Reece Barr to drive in the series.[19]

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 30 November 2017, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.[20]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 14 April Germany Mike Halder Germany Mike Halder Austria Harald Proczyk Austria HP Racing International ADAC GT Masters
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
2 15 April Germany Benjamin Leuchter Germany Mike Halder Germany Honda ADAC Sachsen
2 3 Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 28 April Germany Mike Halder Finland Antti Buri Finland Antti Buri Finland LMS Racing ADAC GT Masters
4 29 April Netherlands Niels Langeveld Germany Michelle Halder[N 1] Germany Profi-Car Team Halder[N 1]
3 5 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 June Netherlands Niels Langeveld Netherlands Niels Langeveld Netherlands Niels Langeveld Germany RacingOne ADAC GT Masters
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
6 Finland Antti Buri Austria Harald Proczyk Austria HP Racing International
4 7 Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 5 August Germany Mike Halder Germany Mike Halder Germany Mike Halder Germany Honda ADAC Sachsen
8 Germany Mike Halder Germany Dominik Fugel Germany Honda ADAC Sachsen
5 9 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 19 August Netherlands Niels Langeveld Netherlands Niels Langeveld Netherlands Niels Langeveld Germany RacingOne ADAC GT Masters
10 Netherlands Niels Langeveld Germany Luca Engstler Germany Hyundai Team Engstler
6 11 Germany Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 9 September Germany Luca Engstler Germany Luca Engstler Germany Luca Engstler Germany Hyundai Team Engstler
12 Germany Michelle Halder Germany Luca Engstler Germany Hyundai Team Engstler
7 13 Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 23 September Austria Harald Proczyk Austria Harald Proczyk Austria Harald Proczyk Austria HP Racing International ADAC GT Masters
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
14 Germany Mike Halder Germany Mike Halder Germany Honda ADAC Sachsen

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Actual victory in race scored by Petr Fulín for Fullín Race Academy, but as he is considered guest entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Calendar changes

The series would make its first visit to the Czech Republic on 29 April at the Autodrom Most becoming the second round of the season.

The second round held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, which supported the TCR International Series since the series' inception, was discontinued.

Drivers' Championship

Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th PP FL
Points 40 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 5 1
Pos. Driver OSC‡
Germany 		MST
Czech Republic 		RBR
Austria 		NÜR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		SAC
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		 Pts. 
1 Austria Harald Proczyk 13 6 35 5 55 1 13 5 33 6 33 4 11 3 421
2 Germany Luca Engstler 3 4 6 3 7 4 9 6 5 1 11 1 32 4 414
3 Netherlands Niels Langeveld 2 3 11 4 11 8 34 11 11 3 6 5 4 2 403
4 Germany Mike Halder 241 1 21 10 44 Ret 11 3 44 5 22 Ret 23 1 366
5 Finland Antti Buri 22 16 12 25 22 2 8 12 22 8 4 10 24† 17† 259
6 Germany Max Hesse 25† 12 73 6 83 7 42 7 85 21 8 8 94 8 247
7 Germany Luke Wankmüller 65 9 17 13 6 6 12 4 9 4 7 24 19 5 228
8 Germany Benjamin Leuchter 9 7 15 14 3 3 6 2 Ret 9 10 Ret 55 Ret 224.5
9 Germany Michelle Halder 13 15 18 2 15 13 55 10 Ret 12 5 2 15 10 208.5
10 Austria Simon Reicher 4 Ret 44 17 10 11 10 19 6 7 12 11 Ret 15 182
11 Germany Dominik Fugel Ret4 DNS Ret 7 17 12 2 1 11 10 9 Ret 13 18† 172
12 France Theo Coicaud 11 8 Ret Ret 18 Ret 7 8 7 2 23† 6 7 Ret 172
13 Finland Niko Kankkunen 8 11 10 8 16 20 20 23 10 16 Ret 9 10 6 148
14 Switzerland Florian Thoma Ret2 5 16 19 9 5 27† 14 12 14 14 13 18 Ret 115.5
15 Switzerland Oliver Holdener 15 14 8 11 14 14 15 9 14 7 110
16 Germany Justin Häußermann 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 16 14 16 175 7 12 16† 107
17 Austria Lukas Niedertscheider 16 10 20 16 Ret 10 163 15 Ret 11 13 14 8 Ret 98
18 Germany Kai Jordan 10 Ret 19 Ret 11 18 19 21 Ret 13 Ret 12 11 13 82
29 Germany Loris Prattes 18 Ret 9 12 Ret 15 Ret 18 11 16 Ret 11 75
20 Germany Sandro Kaibach 5 18 14 21 13 9 63
21 Finland Jussi Kuusiniemi 14 13 13 15 Ret Ret 17 20 13 15 Ret 15 16 Ret 63
22 Switzerland Jasmin Preisig 17 Ret 21 24 23 17 11 18 Ret 17 21 18 Ret DNS 37
23 Germany Marcel Fugel 26† Ret 24 23 19 19 15 17 20 12 31
24 Germany Sebastian Steibel 21 Ret Ret 18 Ret 24 21 24 14 19 22 23 Ret 14 25
25 United States J.C. Reynolds 20 17 22 20 22 Ret 22 25 15 20 20 22 23 Ret 21.5
26 Netherlands Maurits Sandberg 19 Ret 23 22 24 27 Ret Ret 19 21 21 Ret 12
27 Germany Peter Terting Ret 13 8
28 United Kingdom Alex Morgan 23 19 16 Ret 1.5
Germany Steve Kirsch DNQ DNQ DNS DNS Ret DNS -
Croatia Franjo Kovač DNS DNS -
Switzerland Milenko Vuković DNS WD -
Drivers ineligible to score points
Czech Republic Petr Fulín 7 2 5 1 0
Switzerland Pascal Eberle 24† 3 6 Ret 0
Switzerland Julien Apothéloz 17 9 0
Germany Dino Calcum 12 Ret 23 Ret 0
Finland Olli Kangas 18 17 0
Germany Jan Seyffert 20 21 Ret 22 18 20 0
Switzerland Francesco Ruga Ret 19 0
Austria "Tessitore" 21 23 0
Germany Daniel Davidovac Ret 22 25 28† 22 Ret 0
Switzerland Leonardo Tinland 26 26 0
Pos. Driver OSC‡
Germany 		MST
Czech Republic 		RBR
Austria 		NÜR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		SAC
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		 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.
‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 2 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team OSC‡
Germany 		MST
Czech Republic 		RBR
Austria 		NÜR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		SAC
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		 Pts. 
1 Austria HP Racing International 161
2 Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 134
3 Germany RacingOne 103
4 Germany Honda ADAC Sachsen 97
5 Germany PROsport Performance 92
6 Germany Team Engstler Europe 86.5
7 Germany YACO Racing 63
8 Germany Profi-Car Team Halder 60.5
9 Germany Team Engstler Germany 60
10 Finland LMS Racing 48
11 Switzerland Wolf-Power Racing 46.5
12 Germany Max Kruse Racing 44.5
13 Switzerland TOPCAR Sport 40.5
14 Finland Positione Motorsport 30
15 Austria Niedertscheider MSP 21
16 Czech Republic Steibel Motorsport 10
17 Switzerland Besagroup Team Renault DNQ DNQ 0
Teams ineligible to score points
- Czech Republic Fullín Race Academy 7 2 5 1 0

References

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  7. ^ a b "Hyundai joins TCR Germany with Team Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Bundesliga footballer Max Kruse founds team to compete in TCR » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_ADAC_TCR_Germany_Touring_Car_Championship