2016 TCR national series: Benelux / Germany / Italy / Portugal / Russia

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TCR Benelux - http://www.tcrbenelux.eu

21-22 May – Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (B)
16-17 July – Circuit Park Zandvoort (NL)
19-20 August – Circuit Zolder (B)
24-25 September – Colmarberg (L)
22-23 October – TT Circuit Assen (NL)
29-30 October – Circuit Jules Tacheny de Mettet (B)


TCR Germany - http://www.tcr-germany.de

Apr 17 – Oschersleben, Germany (w/ GT Masters)
Apr 30 – Sachsenring, Germany (w/ GT Masters)
Jun 19 – Oschersleben, Germany (w/ TCR International Series)
Jul 24 – Spielberg, Austria (w / GT Masters)
Aug 7 – Nürburgring, Germany (w/ GT Masters)
Aug 21 – Zandvoort, Netherlands (w/ GT Masters)
Oct 2 – Hockenheim (w/ GT Masters)


TCR Russia

May 14-15 Smolensk Ring (with TCR European Trophy and the junior championship RSKG)
May 28-29, Nizhny Novgorod ring (with junior championship RSKG)
June 18-19 Sochi Circuit
July 2-3 Grozny (together with junior championship RSKG)
August 27-28 ADM Moscow (Myachkovo) * (with junior championship RSKG)
September 17-18 Kazan Ring (together with the junior championship RSKG)

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Sam Dejonghe and Denis Dupont will drive the RACB National Team car in TCR Benelux.

[Mark0994]

First round of next year TCR Russia will be on 15 May on Smolensk Ring along TCR European Trophy
http://www.raf-rcrs.ru/news/760/

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[Speed-King]

Calender for the Benelux Series is out:

21-22 May – Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (B)

16-17 July – Circuit Park Zandvoort (NL)

19-20 August – Circuit Zolder (B)

24-25 September – Colmarberg (L)

22-23 October – TT Circuit Assen (NL)

29-30 October – Circuit Jules Tacheny de Mettet (B)

Late start in May to make sure that enough cars are available... the Zolder race is in support of the 24hrs, Spa with GT-Open.

[Bramzel]

The races in Colmarberg and Mettet will be interesting, they're club circuits at best. I've never seen races there before, but Scandinavian series show that you can have awesome races at such circuits so I'm definitely not ruling them out!

[Metzo]

german superbikes raced at Colmarberg in the 90s, it's too narrow even for bikes. don't think it should host car races.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVwo5VWMb5E

[Speed-King]

Well, they've held Fun Cup races there, so it should be okay for cars. Might be a bit processional, though.

As for Mettet - they actually hosted BGDC races in the past, so that shouldn't be as much of a problem.

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Originally Posted by Metzo

german superbikes raced at Colmarberg in the 90s, it's too narrow even for bikes. don't think it should host car races.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVwo5VWMb5E

Here car racing:
https://youtu.be/IxU7xejFvSY?t=3m31s

It's narrow, but at least there's more room for errors compared to Macau or Marrakech.

[Metzo]

STT raced there a few times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gi-RaYC-c8

do you think TCR will use the chicane? would cause trouble

[Bramzel]

3 Golfs for TCR Benelux with support from the Belgian VW Club, 2 for Delahaye and 1 for DVB.

http://autosport.nl/klasse/nieuws/26...in-tcr-benelux

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Originally Posted by Bramzel

3 Golfs for TCR Benelux with support from the Belgian VW Club, 2 for Delahaye and 1 for DVB.

http://autosport.nl/klasse/nieuws/26...in-tcr-benelux

Not a surprise from VW Club.

Can we expect something from Pon (Dutch VAG importer)?

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Belgian Fabio Marchiafava is trying to drive a Alfa Romeo in TCR Benelux.
Source: http://autosport.nl/klasse/nieuws/26...in-tcr-benelux

[Racing Harz]

Fugel Sport with 2 Civic in the ADAC TCR - Steve Kirsch and Dominik Fugel are the Drivers.
https://www.facebook.com/fugelsport/...type=3&theater

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Originally Posted by Racing Harz

Fugel Sport with 2 Civic in the ADAC TCR - Steve Kirsch and Dominik Fugel are the Drivers.
https://www.facebook.com/fugelsport/...type=3&theater

So Kirsch moves from Procar/DTC to TCR.

[EuropaBambaataa]

Portugal will have a TCR class running as main category inside the Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade. The championship starts late in order to allow all interested parties to get everything in running order. The calendar will have six races, including one in Spain, but there's no tie-up with V-Line's championship.

14/15 May: Braga
11/12 June: Vila Real (WTCC support race)
9/10 July: Portimão
17/18 September: Estoril
5/6 November: Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)
26/27 November: Estoril

[PorscheFanNo1]

A TCR serie as support for WTCC, interesting.

[Alexander Matveev]

What about the International TCR round in Estoril on April 24? Will it not feature TCR Portugal as a support?

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Originally Posted by PorscheFanNo1

A TCR serie as support for WTCC, interesting.

TCR is just a class in the Portugese series. Maybe it would be different if it was a standalone TCR championship.

And don't forget ETCC allows also TCR cars.

[GM10]

TCR Italy? Not interesting?

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Originally Posted by GM10

TCR Italy? Not interesting?

Post news about the Italian series!

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by GM10

TCR Italy? Not interesting?

Hah, I am actually a bit more interested in the TCS undercard class.... So there will be four divisions in TCS, will those be scored together or separately?

[GM10]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Post news about the Italian series!

Calendar was already announced, the round in Monza will run alongside International series (on Saturday)

17 aprile | Vallelunga
21 maggio | Monza
12 giugno | Misano
3 luglio | Magione
17 luglio | Mugello
25 settembre | Imola
9 ottobre | Adria

BRC Racing Team will run three Leóns. BRC developed the GPL-model León in CITE this year, alongside a Kia Venga (with GPL engine too) italian trophy.

Obviously, TCR regulations don't allow GPL engine cars, but BRC will develop their self-made brake pads on the Leóns.

[GM10]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

Hah, I am actually a bit more interested in the TCS undercard class.... So there will be four divisions in TCS, will those be scored together or separately?

You know, CITE has always had too much categories inside, so another class running with TCR leaves some doubts at the moment. But in Italy there is always the necessity to be different from the others if you add this to the shortage of cars driving in every single italian national category (apart from the GT class), here we are with the TCS class, with the intention to have a nice entry list (talking about the number of cars).

TCS is not an innovation, because a similar category runs here since some years, with another organization (Peroni Group). ACI finally developed a clear technical regulations (unfortunately, there isn't the english version), dividing TCS class into four categories based on the engine displacement (2.0, 1.8, 1.6, 1.4). At the moment, it's known it will run two Honda Civics by Vaccari Motori (an institution in Italian motorsport) and one Volkswagen Polo GTI. There will also be a balance of performance system, to level the group.

Honestly, I'm a bit perplexed about TCS, but at the same time I want to relive the Supertouring era and TCR, even if using a completely different car concept, seems to be on the right way.

[GM10]

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/...ctcc-campaign/

There will be also a Chinese series (and Shanghai will be run alongside International series).