2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the fourth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 32nd season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo. The series will begin at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in April and conclude at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in October.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
South Italy Racing Team^[1]	Opel Astra TCR^[1]	2	Andrea Argenti^[1]		1, 3–7
South Italy Racing Team^[1]	Opel Astra TCR^[1]	18	Nello Nataloni		4–6
MM Motorsport^[2]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[3]	3	Massimiliano Mugelli^[3]		1–6
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[3]	24	Lorenzo Nicoli^[3]		7
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	24	Lorenzo Nicoli^[3]		1–4
		46	Davide Nardilli^[3]		1, 3
		77	Denis Grigoriev		4
		93	Mauro Guastamacchia		5, 7
SEAT Motorsport Italia^[4]	CUPRA León TCR^[3]	4	Salvatore Tavano^[3]		All
		4	Matteo Greco^[3]	U25	1–3
		34	Matteo Greco^[3]		4–7
		7	Massimiliano Gagliano^[3]	DSG	All
Nannini Racing^[5]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)^[5]	5	Walter Margelli^[6]		1, 3–4
M1RA	Hyundai i30 N TCR^[7]	8	Nicola Baldan^[7]		6
Pit Lane Competizioni^[8]	Hyundai i30 N TCR^[7]	8	Nicola Baldan^[7]		1–5
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR^[3]	9	Ermanno Dionisio^[3]	DSG AM	1–3, 7
		63	Giovanni Altoè^[9]	DSG U25	1–4, 6
		69	Enrico Bettera^[8]		All
	CUPRA León TCR^[3]	99	Andrea Larini^[3]		All
BRC Racing Team^[10]	Hyundai i30 N TCR^[10]	10	Federico Paolino^[10]		All
BRC Racing Team^[10]	Hyundai i30 N TCR^[10]	19	Eric Scalvini^[10]	U25	All
Target Competition^[11]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)^[11]	11	Jürgen Schmarl^[12]		1–5, 7
		27	José Rodrigues^[13]		1–5
		27	César Machado		4–6
		67	Marco Pellegrini^[11]		1–5, 7
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	67	Marco Pellegrini^[11]		6
Toksport WRT	SEAT León TCR	12	Çelik Çağlayan		2
B.D. Racing^[14]	CUPRA León TCR	14	Franco Nespoli	DSG	3
	SEAT León TCR^[3]	14	Franco Nespoli	DSG	3
		64	Gabriele Volpato^[3]	DSG U25	1
			Cosimo Papi^[3]	DSG U25	1, 3
	CUPRA León TCR^[15]		Cosimo Papi		4
	CUPRA León TCR^[15]		Massimiliano Danetti		4
Race Republic	CUPRA León TCR	15	Jörg Schori		7
BF Motorsport^[16]	SEAT León TCR^[3]	16	Giuseppe Montalbano	DSG	3
		22	Daniele Verrocchio		5
		22	Romy Dall'Antonia		5
		23	Alessandro Thellung^[3]	DSG U25	1–4
	CUPRA León TCR	23	Alessandro Thellung^[3]	DSG U25	6–7
		61	Daniele Verrocchio		6
		61	Andrea Mosca		6
	SEAT León TCR	72	Matteo Bergonzini^[3]	DSG AM	1, 3
Sport & Comunicazione	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	25	Raimondo Ricci	AM	1, 3
Sport & Comunicazione	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup		Adriano Bernazzani		1, 3
Otto Motorsport	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR		Adriano Bernazzani		5, 7
Otto Motorsport	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	53	Edoardo Cappello		3–5, 7
GretaRacing Motorsport	CUPRA León TCR	26	Piergiorgio Capra		6
	CUPRA León TCR		Francesco Savoia	DSG AM	6–7
	SEAT León TCR^[3]		Francesco Savoia	DSG AM	1, 3–5
			Vito Tagliente		3
			Daniele Verrocchio		4
Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	31	Kevin Ceccon		6
LPR Stefanovski Racing Team	CUPRA León TCR	32	Igor Stefanovski		7
42 Racing SA^[17]^[3] V-Action Racing	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR^[17]	42	Luigi Ferrara^[17]		All
Kraf Racing^[18]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR^[18]	44	Plamen Kralev^[18]		1, 3
Top Run Motorsport	Subaru WRX STI TCR	50	Luca Rangoni		5
Wimmer Werk Motorsport^[19]	CUPRA León TCR^[19]	54	Felix Wimmer	DSG	3, 5
		55	Peter Gross^[19]	DSG AM	1–4, 6
		56	Günter Benninger^[19]	DSG AM	1–6
CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	76	Daniele Cappellari	DSG	3, 5

Icon	Class
DSG	DSG Challenge
AM	Amateur
U25	Under 25

Calendar and results

The 2018 calendar was announced on 26 October 2017, with a single round scheduled to be held in France as the only round held outside Italy.^[20]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 April	Eric Scalvini	Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship
1	2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 April		Nicola Baldan	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing
2	3	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	13 May	Nicola Baldan	Nicola Baldan	Nicola Baldan	Pit Lane Competizioni
2	4	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	14 May		Ermanno Dionisio	Andrea Larini	Pit Lane Competizioni
3	5	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	16 June	Luigi Ferrara	Salvatore Tavano	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing
3	6	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	17 June		Nicola Baldan	Jurgen Schmarl	Target Competition
4	7	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	15 July	Salvatore Tavano	Luigi Ferrara	Salvatore Tavano	SEAT Motorsport Italia	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship
4	8	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	15 July		Matteo Greco	Edoardo Cappello	Otto Motorsport
5	9	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 July	Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Enrico Bettera	Pit Lane Competizioni
5	10	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 July		Enrico Bettera	Salvatore Tavano	SEAT Motorsport Italia
6	11	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	16 September	César Machado	César Machado	César Machado	Target Competition	Italian Formula 4 Championship
6	12	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	16 September		Salvatore Tavano	Salvatore Tavano	SEAT Motorsport Italia	Italian Formula 4 Championship
7	13	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	7 October	Igor Stefanovski	Eric Scalvini	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship
7	14	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	7 October		Salvatore Tavano	Luigi Ferrara	42 Racing SA V-Action Racing	Italian GT Championship Italian Formula 4 Championship

TCR Italy Drivers' Standings

Pos.	Driver	IMO		LCA†		MIS		MUG		IMO		VAL		MNZ		Pts.
Pos.	Driver	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	RD1	RD2	Pts.
1	Salvatore Tavano	2		3		2		1	3	3	1	7	1	5	12	150.5
2	Luigi Ferrara	1	1	Ret	16	1	2	22†	13	16	15	2	2	1	1	148
3	Matteo Greco		4		6		19	5	4	6	3	12	5	8	3	108.5
4	Enrico Bettera	3	2	Ret	19	10	DNS	14	6	1	6	5	16†	3	Ret	80
5	Nicola Baldan	15	5	1	8	Ret	9	2	2	DNS	DNS	6	15†			69.5
6	Eric Scalvini	20	23†	2	7	4	10	3	9	EX	EX	3	12	2	15	69
7	Andrea Larini	5	3	8	1	8	15	Ret	15	7	4	13	6	4	6	65
8	Jürgen Schmarl	7	14	5	4	6	1	10	10	5	7	DNS	DNS	9	Ret	55
9	Massimiliano Mugelli	10	8	Ret	18	5	3	21†	16	2	17	8	Ret			41
10	Edoardo Cappello					14	5	7	1	Ret	18			15	5	38
11	Lorenzo Nicoli	6	18	Ret	17	9	4	11	11					6	2	35
12	Federico Paolino	16	11	7	2	Ret	12	8	7	Ret	9	9	3	17	Ret	34.5
13	Marco Pellegrini	Ret	10	4	5	7	Ret	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	11	Ret	31.5
14	José Rodrigues	4	6	6	3	15	DNS	6	Ret	Ret	13					29
15	Massimiliano Gagliano	11	22	10	10	23	DNS	Ret	12	9	5	14	7	10	4	23.5
16	Luca Rangoni									4	2					23
17	Giovanni Altoè	8	7	9	9	20	7	12	14			10	4			23
18	Cesar Machado							6	Ret	Ret	13	1	17†			22
19	Plamen Kralev	19	9			3	Ret									14
20	Francesco Savoia	9	12			17	21	16	19	8	8	17	10	16	11	9
21	Kevin Ceccon											4	Ret			8
22	Andrea Argenti	21	24†			28†	DNS	9	8	17	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	9	7
23	Igor Stefanovski													7	10	6
24	Giuseppe Montalbano					11	6									5
25	Alessandro Thellung	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	13	DNS	15	Ret			11	13	13	7	4
26	Mauro Guastamacchia									12	10			12	8	4
27	Peter Gross	Ret	17	12	12	21	17	20†	21			Ret	8			3
28	Matteo Bergonzini	13	15			12	8									3
29	Daniele Verrocchio							16	19	10	11	15	9			3
30	Andrea Mosca											15	9			3
31	Romy Dall'Antonia									10	11					1
32	Pierpaolo Capra											17	10			1
33	Ermanno Dionisio	12	13	11	11	16	DNS							14	13	0
34	Daniele Cappelari					25	14			11	12					0
35	Günter Benninger	15	21	13	13	27	20	19†	22	15	14	19†	11			0
36	Cosimo Papi	18	20			18	11	13	20							0
37	Felix Wimmer							Ret	18	13	16					0
38	Walter Margelli	Ret	DNS			24	13	17	18							0
39	Massimiliano Danetti							13	20							0
40	Adriano Bernazzani	14	19			19	DNS			14	Ret			Ret	14	0
41	Çağlayan Çelik			14	14											0
42	Raimondo Ricci		19			19										0
43	Franco Nespoli					22	16									0
44	Davide Nardilli	Ret	16			26	DNS									0
45	Denis Grigorev							18	17							0
46	Vito Tagliente					17	21									0
47	Gabriele Volpato	18	20													0
48	Nello Nataloni							DNS	DNS	DNS		18	Ret			0
	Jörg Schori													Ret	Ret	0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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.

2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

Calendar and results

TCR Italy Drivers' Standings

References

External links

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