2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the first season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2019 Super Formula Championship.[1]

2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series
Previous: none Next: 2020
Parent series:
Super Formula

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is set to be the official tyre supplier.[2]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Team GOH Models Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[3] 5 Yu Kanamaru All
Nilzz Racing[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 7 Jun Makino G All
Adenau[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 10 Jun Sato G All
30 Philippe Devesa G 5
KCMG[4] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[4] 18 Matthew Howson[4] All
22 Paul Ip G 3–5
72 Yukinori Taniguchi G All
Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE [N 1]
Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie [N 1]
 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[5] 19 'Hirobon' G All
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 190 Masayuki Ueda G All
Hitotsuyama Racing[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 21 Takuro Shinohara 1–4
101 Hideki Nakahara G 3
PURPLE RACING[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[3] 23 'Yoshiki' G All
24 'Kenji' G All
Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 25 Takeshi Matsumoto All
GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse[3] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[3] 33 Shuji Maejima G All
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 52 Shogo Mitsuyama All
55 MOTO RACING[3] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[3] 55 'Mototino' G All
TEAM G/MOTION[3] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[3] 62 Resshu Shioya G All
Icon Class
G Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 27 October 2018 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.[6]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Gentleman winner
1 1 Autopolis 18 May Matt Howson Matt Howson Matt Howson KCMG Yukinori Taniguchi
2 19 May Takuro Shinohara 'Hirobon' Yu Kanamaru Team GOH Models Resshu Shioya
2 3 Sportsland Sugo 22 June Takuro Shinohara Takuro Shinohara Shogo Mitsuyama Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Yukinori Taniguchi
4 23 June Takuro Shinohara Shuji Maejima Shuji Maejima GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse Shuji Maejima
3 5 Fuji Speedway 12 July Takuro Shinohara Takeshi Matsumoto Yu Kanamaru Team GOH Models Shuji Maejima
6 13 July Yu Kanamaru Yu Kanamaru Yu Kanamaru Team GOH Models Shuji Maejima
4 7 Okayama International Circuit 28 September Takuro Shinohara Takuro Shinohara Takuro Shinohara Hitotsuyama Racing 'Hirobon'
8 29 September Takuro Shinohara Takuro Shinohara Takuro Shinohara Hitotsuyama Racing Shuji Maejima
5 9 Suzuka Circuit 26 October Yu Kanamaru 'Hirobon' Yu Kanamaru Team GOH Models Shuji Maejima
10 27 October Takeshi Matsumoto Shuji Maejima Matt Howson KCMG 'Hirobon'

Championship standings
Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series
TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 Matt Howson 11 35 64 64 22 88
2 Takuro Shinohara 22 21 91 11 82
3 Yu Kanamaru 33 14 15 DSQ5 11 75
4 Takeshi Matsumoto 55 44 2 2 133 64
5 Shogo Mitsuyama 44 13 53 123 14 58
6 Shuji Maejima DNS 72 32 72 34 56
7 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 4 51
8 Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 6 44
9 Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 5 25
10 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 18
11 Paul Ip 8 13 105 6
12 Philippe Devesa 8 4
13 Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 15 4
14 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 2
15 Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 2
16 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 1
17 Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 0
18 Hideki Nakahara 16 0
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 Takeshi Matsumoto 3 25 32 45 21 89
2 Yu Kanamaru 13 Ret4 11 54 93 77
3 Shuji Maejima 8 12 25 22 11 75
4 Matt Howson 22 93 Ret3 6 1 67
5 Shogo Mitsuyama 4 3 44 33 6 67
6 'Hirobon' 65 4 5 13 34 48
7 Takuro Shinohara Ret1 Ret1 7 11 46
8 Resshu Shioya 54 11 15 11 4 24
9 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 20
10 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 13
11 Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 12
12 Philippe Devesa 5 1
13 Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 10
14 Paul Ip 6 14 13 8
15 Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 8
16 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 6
17 Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 0
18 Hideki Nakahra 16 0
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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.

Gentleman championship
TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 63 111
2 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 44 104
3 Shuji Maejima DNS 72 32 72 31 98
4 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 65
5 Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 55 61
6 Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 1 32
7 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 30
8 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 24
9 Paul Ip 8 13 102 22
10 Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 17
11 Philippe Devesa 8 8
12 Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 7
13 Hideki Nakahara 16 0
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 Shuji Maejima 8 12 25 22 11 114
2 'Hirobon' 65 4 5 13 34 102
3 Resshu Shioya 54 11 15 11 4 63
4 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 58
5 Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 53
6 Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 48
7 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 43
8 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 29
9 Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 26
10 Paul Ip 6 14 13 20
11 Philippe Devesa 5 15
12 Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 9
13 Hideki Nakahra 16 0
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Entrants championship
Pos. Entrant No. ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 KCMG 18 11 22 35 93 64 Ret3 64 6 24 1 155
4 Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama 25 55 3 44 25 2 32 2 45 133 21 153
3 Team GOH Models 5 33 13 14 Ret4 15 11 DSQ5 54 11 93 152
6 GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse 33 DNS 8 72 12 32 25 72 22 34 11 131
2 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 22 Ret1 21 Ret1 91 7 11 11 128
5 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 52 44 4 13 3 53 44 123 33 14 6 125
7 Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE 19 8 65 6 4 4 5 3 13 4 34 99
8 KCMG 72 6 7 5 13† 7 12 4 7 6 Ret 56
9 TEAM G/MOTION 62 10 54 8 11 Ret 15 5 11 5 4 49
10 PURPLE RACING 23 7 9 9 5 11 8 8 8 7 Ret 38
12 Adenau 30 8 5 14
16 PURPLE RACING 24 13 10 11 6 10 11 11 12 16 8 14
11 KCMG 22 8 6 13 14 105 13 14
13 Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie 190 9 11 10 10 12 10 10 9 15 7 14
15 Adenau 10 12 12 15 7 13 9 15 15 9 Ret 10
14 55 MOTO RACING 55 11 13 12 8 14 14 9 10 11 10 8
17 Nilzz Racing 7 14 14 13 12 15 13 14 16 12 12 0
18 Hitotsuyama Racing 101 16 16 0
Pos. Driver No. ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes
  1. Car No. 19 entered as Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE while car No. 190 is entered as Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie.

References
  1. "TCR Japan set for launch in 2019 - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. "TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  3. "TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. "KCMG announces double Japanese programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  5. "TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. "TCR Japan 2019 calendar unveiled at Suzuka - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
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