2018 World Touring Car Cup

The 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup (known as the FIA WTCR presented by Oscaro for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR). It took over from the World Touring Car Championship and adopted the TCR technical regulations. It was also the 14th overall season of the series that dates from the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The change of name and new rules follow the declining interest in the TC1 regulations used by the World Touring Car Championship between 2014 and 2017 and the growing interest among manufacturers in the TCR touring car category.[2]

2018 World Touring Car Cup
Drivers' Champion:
Gabriele Tarquini
Teams' Champion:
M Racing–YMR
Previous: 2017 (WTCC)
2017 (TCR)		 Next: 2019

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Season entries
BRC Racing Team[3] Hyundai i30 N TCR[3] 5 Norbert Michelisz[3] All
30 Gabriele Tarquini[3] All
DG Sport Compétition[4] Peugeot 308 GTi TCR[4] 7 Aurélien Comte[4] All
70 Maťo Homola[5] All
Zengő Motorsport[6] CUPRA León TCR[6] 8 Norbert Nagy[6] All
66 Zsolt Szabó[7] All
Boutsen Ginion Racing[8][9] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[8] 9 Tom Coronel[10] All
18 Tiago Monteiro[11] 9
55 Ma Qing Hua[12] 7–8, 10
63 Benjamin Lessennes[13] 1–6
Team Mulsanne[14][15] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[14] 10 Gianni Morbidelli[16] 1–5
16 Luigi Ferrara[17] 9–10
31 Kevin Ceccon[18] 6–10
88 Fabrizio Giovanardi[19] 1–8
M Racing-YMR[20][15] Hyundai i30 N TCR[20] 11 Thed Björk[20] All
48 Yvan Muller[20] All
Sébastien Loeb Racing[21] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[21] 12 Robert Huff[22] All
25 Mehdi Bennani[23] All
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[11] 15 James Thompson[24] 1–5
42 Timo Scheider[25][N 1] 7–10
68 Yann Ehrlacher[26] All
86 Esteban Guerrieri[11] All
Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[15] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[27] 20 Denis Dupont[27] All
22 Frédéric Vervisch[28] All
Comtoyou Racing[27][29] 21 Aurélien Panis[30] All
23 Nathanaël Berthon[28] All
Team Oscaro by Campos Racing[31][15] CUPRA León TCR[31][32] 27 John Filippi[31] All
74 Pepe Oriola[33] All
Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT[34] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[34] 52 Gordon Shedden[35] All
69 Jean-Karl Vernay[35] All
Wildcard entries
Bas Koeten Racing[36] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[36] 2 Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau[36] 4
3 Michael Verhagen[37] 4
PCT-IXO Models Racing Team[38] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[38] 6 Rui Valente[38] 10
Veloso Motorsport[39] CUPRA León TCR[39] 13 Edgar Florindo[39] 5
Brutal Fish Racing Team[40] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[40] 17 Andrej Studenič[40] 6
KCMG[41] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[41] 19 Attila Tassi[41] 2
94 Kris Richard[42] 3
Target Competition[43] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[43] 26 José Rodrigues[43] 5
Teamwork Motorsport[38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[38] 28 Kevin Tse[38] 10
Audi Sport Team WRT[44] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[44] 33 René Rast[44] 3
TSRT Zuver Team[38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[38] 36 Lo Kai Fung[38] 10
Fullin Race Academy[40] CUPRA León TCR[40] 44 Petr Fulín[40] 6
Champ Motorsport[38] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[38] 60 Filipe de Souza[38] 10
77 Lam Kam San[38] 10
MacPro Racing Team[38] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[38] 89 André Couto[38] 10
M1RA[45] Hyundai i30 N TCR[45] 99 Dániel Nagy[45] 2

Team and driver changes

Calendar

The 2018 championship was contested over thirty rounds in Europe, Africa and East Asia.

A provisional calendar was released in December 2017.[51] In March 2018 an additional round in China was added at the Wuhan Street Circuit.

Rnd. Race Race Name Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 7 April stand-alone event
2 8 April
3
2 4 Race of Hungary Hungaroring 28 April stand-alone event
5 29 April
6
3 7 Race of Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 10 May Nürburgring 24 Hours
8 12 May
9
4 10 Race of the Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort 20 May TCR Europe Series
TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
TCR Swiss Trophy
11 21 May
12
5 13 Race of Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 23 June Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos
14 24 June
15
6 16 Race of Slovakia[52] Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 14 July 2018 European Truck Racing Championship
17
18 15 July
7 19 Race of China – Ningbo Ningbo International Circuit 29 September China Touring Car Championship
TCR China Touring Car Championship
20 30 September
21
8 22 Race of China – Wuhan[53] Wuhan Street Circuit 6 October China Touring Car Championship
China Endurance Championship
China Racing Truck Championship
23 7 October
24
9 25 JVCKENWOOD Race of Japan Suzuka Circuit 27 October Super Formula Championship
26 28 October
27
10 28 Guia Race of Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 17 November FIA F3 World Cup
FIA GT World Cup
Macau Touring Car Cup
29 18 November
30

Rule changes

Sporting regulations
  • With titles for drivers and teams only the new series will receive "World Cup" rather than "World Championship" status. Manufacturers will be able to develop cars for competition that are then sold to privateer entrants and will also be allowed to provide ongoing support and development to those teams.[2]
  • The WTCR series will be capped at 26 entries with up to two wildcards nominated by the organizers at each race weekend. The entry cap will be in place for all races except for Macau where six wildcards were nominated.[38] All Teams will have to enter a minimum two cars with an entry fee of 150,000 Euro.[54]
  • The weekend format was also changed. Now there are three races per weekend instead of two with the first race being held on Saturdays with its own 30-minute qualifying session right after the two Free Practice sessions. On Sundays there is going to be another qualifying session to determine the grid for Race 3, while Race 2's starting grid will have the Top 10 drivers from the session in reverse order.[55]
  • The tires will be supplied by Yokohama and the fuel by Panta.[56]

Results
Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Race of Morocco Thed Björk Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini BRC Racing Team Report
2 Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
3 Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini BRC Racing Team
4 Race of Hungary Norbert Michelisz Esteban Guerrieri Yann Ehrlacher ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Report
5 Dániel Nagy Robert Huff Sébastien Loeb Racing
6 Norbert Michelisz Yann Ehrlacher Gabriele Tarquini BRC Racing Team
7 Race of Germany Thed Björk Norbert Michelisz Yvan Muller M Racing-YMR Report
8 Norbert Michelisz Esteban Guerrieri ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
9 Thed Björk Frédéric Vervisch Thed Björk M Racing-YMR
10 Race of the Netherlands Robert Huff Yann Ehrlacher Yann Ehrlacher ALL-INKL.COM Munnich Motorsport Report
11 Jean-Karl Vernay Aurélien Comte DG Sport Compétition
12 Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
13 Race of Portugal Robert Huff Gabriele Tarquini Yvan Muller M Racing-YMR Report
14 Thed Björk Maťo Homola DG Sport Compétition
15 Thed Björk Thed Björk Thed Björk M Racing-YMR
16 Race of Slovakia Gabriele Tarquini Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola Team Oscaro by Campos Racing Report
17 Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini BRC Racing Team
18 Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz Norbert Michelisz BRC Racing Team
19 Race of China – Ningbo Thed Björk Thed Björk Thed Björk M Racing-YMR Report
20 Yvan Muller Yvan Muller M Racing-YMR
21 Thed Björk Thed Björk Thed Björk M Racing-YMR
22 Race of China – Wuhan Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT Report
23 Mehdi Bennani Mehdi Bennani Sébastien Loeb Racing
24 Gordon Shedden Frédéric Vervisch Gordon Shedden Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT
25 Race of Japan Aurélien Comte Kevin Ceccon Kevin Ceccon Team Mulsanne Report
26 Pepe Oriola Robert Huff Sébastien Loeb Racing
27 Kevin Ceccon Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini BRC Racing Team
28 Guia Race of Macau Robert Huff Robert Huff Jean-Karl Vernay Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT Report
29 Robert Huff Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
30 Robert Huff Yann Ehrlacher Esteban Guerrieri ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position[57]  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Race 1[57] 27 20 17 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Second Qualifying[57] 5 4 3 2 1
Race 2[57] 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Race 3[57] 30 23 19 16 13 10 7 4 2 1

(key)

Pos. Driver MAR
 HUN
 GER
 NLD
 PRT
 SVK
 NIN
 WUH
 JPN
 MAC
  Pts. 
1 Gabriele Tarquini 1 19† 11 6 4 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 19 18 4 9 23 3 1 Ret 4 Ret 24 17 NC 13 8 5 12 4 Ret 10 306
2 Yvan Muller 11 9 22 4 3 3 1 4 34 Ret 24† Ret 1 2 11 12 3 Ret4 7 1 Ret 15 9 Ret 3 10 21† 2 3 4 303
3 Esteban Guerrieri 6 8 14 2 5 223 Ret 1 8 6 7 45 2 Ret 13 Ret 8 Ret3 2 3 Ret3 7 13 45 4 Ret 18 6 5 12 267
4 Norbert Michelisz Ret 7 53 3 6 21 4 5 Ret3 Ret 23 22† Ret 5 32 23† 6 11 Ret 11 52 Ret 14 14 11 3 9 5 Ret 33 246
5 Jean-Karl Vernay 4 1 9 8 10 10 5 7 7 5 Ret 11 5 4 10 2 NC Ret Ret Ret 12 1 5 154 6 14 10 1 Ret 22†4 245
6 Pepe Oriola 18† 3 10 16 Ret 19 8 2 6 23† 4 10 3 3 44 1 4 8 13 9 7 2 4 6 10 2 19 7 Ret 6 245
7 Thed Björk 2 5 34 9 12 9 2 Ret 11 14 16 15 Ret 10 11 13 10 4 1 7 11 12 Ret 10 Ret 12 8 11 Ret 8 242
8 Robert Huff 3 18 7 5 1 8 3 Ret Ret 3 8 22 Ret DNS DNS 19 Ret 13 6 5 65 14 10 Ret 23 1 6 3 24 21 242
9 Frédéric Vervisch Ret Ret Ret 13 17 18 Ret 3 22 Ret 9 34 10 17 6 Ret 7 3 3 6 4 4 6 22 9 11 7 12 1 13 228
10 Yann Ehrlacher 7 4 45 1 Ret 44 19 6 Ret5 1 2 6 Ret 7 75 6 9 14 8 18† 19 18 15 12 Ret 9 Ret4 14 6 55 204
11 Aurélien Comte 8 Ret DNS 17 16 13 18 13 15 2 1 7 6 Ret DNS 4 13 22 16 Ret 16 5 2 Ret 2 7 23 20 12 16 191
12 Mehdi Bennani 9 2 6 10 7 17 13 10 9 8 5 8 Ret DNS DNS 21 Ret Ret 5 2 10 13 1 9 5 8 45 15 10 Ret 155
13 Gordon Shedden 5 11 18† 18 15 12 7 18 13 4 6 53 9 6 17† 17 15 Ret 14 14 13 3 Ret 11 18 18 16 Ret 14 Ret 122
14 Kevin Ceccon 16 11 6 12 12 14 6 11 8 1 6 31 Ret 4 7 102
15 Nathanaël Berthon 12 15 Ret 11 14 16 20 8 5 9 15 11 8 Ret Ret 10 12 Ret Ret 8 8 8 3 5 12 17 20† 18 7 9 79
16 Denis Dupont 13 DNS DNS 22 21 21 12 11 12 11 11 12 Ret Ret 14 8 17 15† 9 4 3 10 8 33 16 13 Ret 22 15 15 69
17 Aurélien Panis Ret 14 16 15 20 Ret 11 12 11 10 Ret 13 16† 8 9 9 Ret 10 10 10 9 9 7 11 13 4 5 16 9 Ret 55
18 Mat'o Homola Ret 12 13 20 NC 20 14 14 16 18 18 16 12 1 5 14 16 11 17 16 18 Ret Ret Ret 7 20 15 10 17 12 48
19 Benjamin Lessennes 15 Ret 17 14 8 55 10 Ret 4 19 12 Ret 7 Ret 8 20 DSQ DSQ 48
20 Dániel Nagy 7 2 6 36
21 James Thompson 14 6 8 12 NC 7 22 DSQ 19 12 3 9 Ret DNS DNS 36
22 Timo Scheider 11 19 11 19 Ret Ret 19 16 13 8 2 Ret 24
23 Tom Coronel 21† 10 12 Ret 19 Ret 9 9 10 7 14 Ret Ret 15 Ret 7 DSQ DSQ 15 15 17 Ret Ret 17† 17 19 14 13 16 14 24
24 Fabrizio Giovanardi 19 13 19† 23† 23 Ret 15 Ret 14 22† Ret DNS 11 11 Ret 5 14 7 18 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 19
25 Norbert Nagy 16 16 15 Ret 11 11 21 17 17 17 20 17 14 13 Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 20† 15 NC Ret 16 22 21 17 23 23 20 18
26 John Filippi 10 17 11 NC 13 Ret 16 Ret 20 15 10 14 Ret 12 16† 18 5 Ret5 Ret Ret 20† 16 Ret DNS 20 22† 12 Ret 11 23† 14
27 Petr Fulín 15 20 5 13
28 René Rast 6 Ret DNS 10
29 Luigi Ferrara 14 23† NC 9 8 Ret 8
30 Ma Qing Hua 19 17 DNS 11 12 7 Ret 13 11 7
31 Zsolt Szabó 17 Ret Ret 21 9 Ret Ret Ret DNS 16 17 Ret 15 Ret DNS 24† 19 9 Ret Ret 21† 20 17 Ret 21 Ret DNS DNQ 22 24† 4
32 Tiago Monteiro 15 15 11 0
33 Edgar Florindo 13 14 12 0
34 Andrej Studenič 22 18 12 0
35 Gianni Morbidelli 20† Ret Ret Ret 22 14 Ret 15 Ret 13 13 21 Ret DNS DNS 0
36 Attila Tassi 19 18 15 0
37 José Rodrigues Ret 16 15† 0
38 Kris Richard 17 16 18 0
39 Kevin Tse Ret 18 17 0
40 Filipe de Souza 17 19 19 0
41 André Couto 21 20 18 0
42 Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau 21 21 19 0
43 Lo Kai Fung 19 21 21 0
44 Michael Verhagen 20 22 20 0
Lam Kam San DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Rui Valente DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Driver MAR
 HUN
 GER
 NLD
 PRT
 SVK
 NIN
 WUH
 JPN
 MAC
  Pts. 

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams' championship

(key)

Pos. Team MAR
 HUN
 GER
 NLD
 PRT
 SVK
 NIN
 WUH
 JPN
 MAC
  Pts. 
1 M Racing-YMR 11 9 22 4 3 3 1 4 34 Ret 24† Ret 1 2 11 12 3 Ret4 7 1 Ret 15 9 Ret 3 10 21 2 3 4 562
2 5 34 9 12 9 2 Ret 11 14 16 15 Ret 10 11 13 10 4 1 7 11 12 Ret 10 Ret 12 8 11 Ret 8
2 BRC Racing Team 1 19† 11 6 4 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 19 18 4 9 23 3 1 Ret 4 Ret 24 17 Ret 13 8 5 12 4 Ret 10 559
Ret 7 53 3 6 21 4 5 Ret3 Ret 23 22† Ret 5 32 23† 6 11 Ret 11 52 Ret 14 14 11 3 9 5 Ret 33
3 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 7 4 45 1 Ret 44 19 6 Ret5 1 2 6 Ret 7 75 6 9 14 8 18† 19 18 15 12 Ret 9 Ret4 14 6 55 481
6 8 14 2 5 223 Ret 1 8 6 7 45 2 Ret 13 Ret 8 Ret3 2 3 Ret3 7 13 45 4 DNS 18 6 5 12
4 Sébastien Loeb Racing 3 18 7 5 1 8 3 Ret Ret 3 8 22 Ret DNS DNS 19 Ret 13 6 5 65 14 10 Ret 23† 1 6 3 24 21 412
9 2 6 10 7 17 13 10 9 8 5 8 Ret DNS DNS 21 Ret Ret 5 2 10 13 1 9 5 8 45 15 10 Ret
5 Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team WRT 4 1 9 8 10 10 5 7 7 5 Ret 11 5 4 10 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 1 5 154 6 14 10 1 Ret 22†4 381
5 11 18† 18 15 12 7 18 13 4 6 53 9 6 17 17 15 Ret 14 14 13 3 Ret 11 18 18 16 Ret 14 Ret
6 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Ret Ret Ret 13 17 18 Ret 3 22 Ret 9 34 10 17 6 Ret 7 3 3 6 4 4 6 22 9 11 7 12 1 13 300
13 DNS DNS 22 21 21 12 11 12 11 11 12 Ret Ret 14 8 17 15† 9 4 3 10 8 33 16 13 Ret 22 15 15
7 Team Oscaro by Campos Racing 18† 3 10 16 Ret 19 8 2 6 23† 4 10 3 3 44 1 4 8 13 9 7 2 4 6 10 2 19 7 Ret 6 272
10 17 11 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret 20 15 10 14 Ret 12 16 18 5 Ret5 Ret Ret 20 16 Ret DNS 20 22 12 Ret 11 23†
8 DG Sport Compétition 8 Ret DNS 17 16 13 18 13 15 2 1 7 6 Ret DNS 4 13 22 16 Ret 16 5 2 Ret 2 7 23 20 12 16 242
Ret 12 13 20 NC 20 14 14 16 18 18 16 12 1 5 14 16 11 17 16 18 Ret Ret Ret 7 20 15 10 17 12
9 Comtoyou Racing 12 15 Ret 11 14 16 20 8 5 9 15 11 8 Ret Ret 10 12 Ret Ret 8 8 8 3 5 12 17 20† 18 7 9 144
Ret 14 16 15 20 Ret 11 12 11 10 Ret 13 16† 8 9 9 Ret 10 10 10 9 9 7 11 13 4 5 16 9 Ret
10 Team Mulsanne 19 13 19† 23† 23 Ret 15 Ret 14 22† Ret DNS 11 11 Ret 5 14 7 18 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 14 23† NC 9 8 Ret 142
20† Ret Ret Ret 22 14 Ret 15 Ret 13 13 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 11 6 12 12 14 6 11 8 1 6 31 Ret 4 7
11 Boutsen Ginion Racing 15 Ret 17 14 8 55 10 Ret 4 19 12 Ret 7 Ret 8 20 DSQ DSQ 19 17 DNS 11 12 7 15 15 11 Ret 13 11 86
21† 10 12 Ret 19 Ret 9 9 10 7 14 Ret Ret 15 Ret 7 DSQ DSQ 15 15 17 Ret Ret 17 17 19 14 13 16 14
12 Zengo Motorsport 17 Ret Ret 21 9 Ret Ret Ret DNS 16 17 Ret Ret 21 DNS Ret 19 9 Ret Ret 21 20 17 Ret 21 Ret DNS DNQ 22 24† 29
16 16 15 Ret 11 11 21 17 17 17 20 17 14 13 Ret 11 2 Ret Ret 20 15 Ret Ret 16 22 21 17 23 23 20
Wildcard teams entries ineligible to score points
M1RA 7 2 6 36
Fullin Race Academy 15 20 5 13
Audi Sport Team WRT 6 Ret DNS 10
Veloso Motorsport 13 14 12 0
Brutal Fish Racing Team 22 18 12 0
KCMG 19 18 15 0
17 16 18
Target Competition Ret 16 15 0
Teamwork Motorsport Ret 18 17 0
Champ Motorsport 17 19 19 0
DNQ DNQ DNQ
MacPro Racing Team 21 20 18 0
Bas Koeten Racing 21 21 19 0
20 22 20
TSRT Zuver Team 19 21 21 0
PCT–IXO Models Racing Team DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Team MAR
 HUN
 GER
 NLD
 PRT
 SVK
 NIN
 WUH
 JPN
 MAC
  Pts. 

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

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Notes
  1. Scheider is a German driver who raced under Austrian racing license.
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