2023 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

The 2023 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship is the eighth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 37th season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.

TCR Italian Festival, part of TCR World Tour

Rnd.	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Imola Circuit	Imola, Emilia-Romagna	21–23 April
2	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna	5–7 May
NC	Vallelunga Circuit	Campagnano di Roma, Lazio	9–11 June
3	Autodromo del Mugello	Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany	7–9 July
4	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Lombardy	15–17 September
5	Vallelunga Circuit	Campagnano di Roma, Lazio	13–15 October
6	Imola Circuit	Imola, Emilia-Romagna	27–29 October

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
MM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	1	Niels Langeveld		All	^[1]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	25	Paolo Rocca	U25	All	^[2]
		33	Horia-Traian Chirigut	M	1–2	^[3]
		71	Fabio Casagrande		4	^[4]
Target Competition	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	2	Rodolfo Massaro		All
		18	Marco Butti	U25	All
		56	Cesare Brusa		3–4, 6
Lema Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	3	Giacomo Ghermandi		2, 6
Raffaele Gurrieri	Cupra León Competición TCR	4	Raffaele Gurrieri	M	All
GearWorks	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	5	Matteo Poloni		1–2, 4, 6
Bitci Racing Team AMS	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	6	Ozen Zekai		4
Aikoa Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	7	Sandro Pelatti		3–4	^[5]
		15	Filippo Barberi		5
		69	Francesca Raffaele	U25	1–3
		72	Franco Girolami		All
Bolza Corse	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	8	Denis Babuin	M	All
Solite Indigo Racing	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	9	Park Jun-ui	U25	All
Solite Indigo Racing	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	70	Park June-sung		2–6
Scuderia del Girasole	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	10	Federico Paolino		All
Scuderia del Girasole	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	21	Nicola Guida	M	All
Trico WRT	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	11	Damiano Reduzzi	M	1–4
Trico WRT	Hyundai i30 N TCR	16	Giuseppe Cartia	U25	1
Auto Club RC2 Valles	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	12	Rubén Fernández	M	All
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	19	Felipe Fernández		1–4, 6
	Cupra León Competición TCR	24	Ernesto Olhagaray		4, 6
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	37	Sergio López Bolotin		1–3
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	41	Victor Fernández	M	All
Next Motorsport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	13	Adriano Visdomini	M	1–2
PMA Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	14	Felice Jelmini		All
BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	18	Marco Butti	U25	NC	^[6]
		105	Norbert Michelisz	W	NC	^[7]^[8]
		196	Mikel Azcona	W	NC	^[7]^[8]
Tecniengines	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	22	Piero Necchi		2–3, 5
Audi Sport Team Comtoyou	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	22	Kobe Pauwels		NC
		27	John Filippi		NC
		122	Frédéric Vervisch	W	NC	^[9]
		176	Robert Huff	W	NC	^[9]
ALM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	27	Ruben Volt	U25	1–2, 6	^[10]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	27	Ruben Volt	U25	3–5
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	40	Antti Rammo		1–2
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	23	Mattias Vahtel	U25	1–2
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	123	Mattias Vahtel	W	NC
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	129	Néstor Girolami	W	NC	^[11]
NOS Racing	Cupra León Competición TCR	30	Cosimo Barberini		All
Team Aggressive Italia	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	31	Kevin Ceccon		NC	^[12]
		34	Giovanni Scamardi		1–5	^[13]
		64	Levente Losonczy	U25	All	^[14]
		68	Eric Brigliadori		6
Volcano Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	33	Horia-Traian Chirigut	M	3, 5
CRM Motorsport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	44	Michele Imberti		All	^[15]
N Motors	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	48	Nello Nataloni		All
K2 Engine	Hyundai i30 N TCR	59	Dousan Kouril Jr.	U25	4
Pinetti Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	67	Marco Pellegrini	M	All
AutoGManolio	Hyundai i30 N TCR	73	Gennaro Manolio		1–2
SP Competition	Cupra León Competición TCR	76	Aurélien Comte		All, NC
SP Competition	Cupra León Competición TCR	77	Sylvain Pussier	M	All, NC
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR	111	Thed Björk	W	NC	^[16]^[17]^[18]
		112	Santiago Urrutia	W	NC	^[16]^[17]^[19]
		155	Ma Qing Hua	W	NC	^[16]^[17]^[18]
		168	Yann Ehrlacher	W	NC	^[16]^[17]^[19]

Icon	Class
U25	Eligible for TCR Italy Under 25 Trophy
M	Eligible for TCR Italy Master Trophy
W	TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

DSG Challenge

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
Aikoa Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	80	Filippo Barberi	All	^[5]
		82	Francesco Cardone	3–5
		88	Luigi Gallo	4–5
		96	Paolo Palanti	1–5
		99	Stefano De Vecchi	1–2
Bitci Racing Team AMS	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	81	Vedat Ali Dalokay	1–5
Bitci Racing Team AMS	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	83	Seda Kaçan	6
Pro Race	Cupra León TCR	86	Giorgio Fantilli	1–3, 5
RC Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	88	Luigi Gallo	1–3
		92	Carlotta Fedeli	1–3
		98	Eric Brigliadori	5
NOS Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	89	Niccolò Loia	1, 3–5
NOS Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	93	Giorgio Massaini	5
Auto Club RC2 Valles	Cupra León TCR	90	Mauro Trentin	1–2, 4–6
Abate Cars Technology	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	91	Alberto Cioffi	1–2
Abate Cars Technology	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	91	Luigi Cioffi	1
PMA Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	95	Pietro Alessi	5
Greta Racing Lucania	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	97	Vito Tagliente	6

Results and standings

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning U25 driver	Winning Master driver	DSG Winning Driver	DSG Winning Team
1	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	21–23 April	Marco Butti	Franco Girolami	Marco Butti	Target Competition	Marco Butti	Denis Babuin	Carlotta Fedeli	RC Motorsport
1	2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	21–23 April		Franco Girolami	Franco Girolami	Aikoa Racing	Marco Butti	Rubén Fernández	Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
2	3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	5–7 May	Marco Butti	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	MM Motorsport	Ruben Volt	Denis Babuin	Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
2	4	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	5–7 May		Michele Imberti	Michele Imberti	CRM Motorsport	Marco Butti	Rubén Fernández	Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
NC	1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	9–11 June	Norbert Michelisz	Mikel Azcona	Norbert Michelisz	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	not held	not held	not held	not held
NC	2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	9–11 June		Mikel Azcona	Robert Huff	Audi Sport Team Comtoyou	not held	not held	not held	not held
3	5	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	7–9 July	Marco Butti	Niels Langeveld	Aurélien Comte	SP Competition	Ruben Volt	Rubén Fernández	Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
3	6	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	7–9 July		Niels Langeveld	Felice Jelmini	PMA Motorsport	Ruben Volt	Rubén Fernández	Luigi Gallo	RC Motorsport
4	7	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	15–17 September	Franco Girolami	Niels Langeveld	Franco Girolami	Aikoa Racing	Marco Butti	Denis Babuin	Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
4	8	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	15–17 September		Michele Imberti	Niels Langeveld	MM Motorsport	Paolo Rocca	Denis Babuin	Vedat Ali Dalokay	Bitci Racing Team AMS
5	9	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	13–15 October	Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	Aurélien Comte	SP Competition	Levente Losonczy	Denis Babuin	Eric Brigliadori	RC Motorsport
5	10	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	13–15 October		Niels Langeveld	Franco Girolami	Aikoa Racing	Ruben Volt	Rubén Fernández	Eric Brigliadori	RC Motorsport
6	11	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	27–29 October	Ruben Volt	Niels Langeveld	Marco Butti	Target Competition	Marco Butti	Denis Babuin	Filippo Barberi	Aikoa Racing
6	12	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	27–29 October		Felice Jelmini	Marco Butti	Target Competition	Marco Butti	Marco Pellegrini	Filippo Barberi	Aikoa Racing

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Races	40	35	30	27	24	21	18	15	13	11	9	7	5	3	1

Drivers' championship

For each category, drivers retain points from best 10 race results. For overall championship only, all qualifying results are also added towards drivers points. Drivers must also participate in at least 5 rounds to be classified.^[20]

TCR Italian Festival round at Vallelunga did not count for championship.^[21]

Overall

Pos.	Driver	IMO1		MIS		MUG		MON		VAL		IMO2		Pts.
1	Franco Girolami	2⁴	1	2²	5	3⁹	30†	1¹	2	2⁵	1	2³	3	427 (451)
2	Niels Langeveld	3³	Ret	1³	3	2²	25	2⁴	1	20¹	2	3⁴	2	389
3	Aurélien Comte	7¹²	7	5⁷	2	1³	3	6⁵	3	1⁴	5	6⁸	5	346 (382)
4	Marco Butti	1¹	2	Ret¹	4	18¹	10	4⁶	12	Ret³	4	1⁶	1	332
5	Felice Jelmini	4⁵	4	6⁶	7	4⁵	1	3³	Ret	23†⁶	7	4⁷	4	326
6	Michele Imberti	29†¹⁴	10	4⁸	1	Ret	Ret	5¹⁴	6	5	6	Ret	9	202
7	Ruben Volt	Ret¹⁰	DNS	7⁴	Ret	5¹⁰	4	10²	5	25†²	3	Ret¹	DNS	201
8	Denis Babuin	6¹⁵	9	3⁵	21	10¹³	6	9	10	4¹¹	11	7¹⁵	Ret	195
9	Rubén Fernández	8¹¹	5	16	10	7⁷	2	34†	14	3⁷	8	21	Ret	174
10	Park Jun-ui	Ret⁹	Ret	21	17	6⁸	32†	8⁸	7	24†⁹	9	5⁵	7	150
11	Paolo Rocca	9⁸	6	15¹³	13	11	31†	17⁷	4	9	20	Ret	DNS	124
12	Felipe Fernández	26	22	8¹¹	6	32¹¹	5	7¹³	Ret			20¹⁴	6	114
13	Levente Losonczy	11⁷	3	10¹⁵	Ret	13	11	35†¹⁵	16	6¹⁴	16	Ret	21	98
14	Rodolfo Massaro	12	12	25⁹	9	27¹⁵	Ret	23	18	12	13	8¹⁰	8	83
15	Park June-sung			11	12	29	7	Ret¹⁰	8	7¹⁵	22†	Ret¹²	Ret	78
16	Marco Pellegrini	20	15	27¹⁰	11	8¹²	8	21¹²	22	21	15	10	10	77
17	Matteo Poloni	5⁶	18	13	Ret	DNP	DNP	11⁹	Ret			12²	22†	76
18	Cosimo Barberini	19	13	12	8	12	Ret	28†	13	8¹⁰	10	Ret	DNS	71
19	Nicola Guida	21	23	20	16	33	15	12	17	11¹³	14	14	13	31
20	Giovanni Scamardi	16	21	17	Ret	Ret	9	13	11	15	19			28
21	Sylvain Pussier	Ret	16	18	14	9	16	26	21	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	27
22	Federico Paolino	14	Ret	19	Ret	19	18	22	15	17	17	22†	12	11
23	Victor Fernández	Ret	Ret	28	20	34	19	15	19	19	Ret	13	24†	6
24	Nello Nataloni	27	Ret	24	23	22	21	16	25	14	Ret	Ret	16	3
25	Raffaele Gurrieri	15	17	22	22	17	Ret	33†	24	16	18	DNS	15	2
Ineligible for championship
-	Mattias Vahtel	17²	8	9¹²	Ret									(46)
-	Francesca Raffaele	10	11	Ret	15	14¹⁴	12							(33)
-	Cesare Brusa					Ret⁶	17	Ret¹¹	9			Ret	23†	(28)
-	Eric Brigliadori											9¹³	11	(25)
-	Sergio López Bolotin	28¹³	Ret	14¹⁴	Ret	Ret⁴	Ret							(20)
-	Filippo Barberi					28	23	20	Ret	12	12	16	17	(14)
-	Giacomo Ghermandi			Ret	DNS							11	Ret	(11)
-	Antti Rammo	13	14	26	24									(8)
-	Horia-Traian Chirigut	24	20	30	Ret	16	13			21	Ret			(5)
-	Ernesto Olhagaray							18	23			15	14	(4)
-	Vedat Ali Dalokay					21	22	14	27					(3)
-	Sandro Pelatti					Ret	14	29†	DNS					(3)
-	Damiano Reduzzi	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret					(1)
	Mauro Trentin							27	29			17	18	0
	Piero Necchi			DNS	DNS	20	DNS			17	21†			0
	Adriano Visdomini	18	24	23	18									0
	Seda Kaçan											18	19	0
	Ozen Zekai							19	20					0
	Gennaro Manolio	25	19	29	19									0
	Luigi Gallo					23	20	31†	DNS					0
	Giuseppe Cartia	23	Ret											0
	Paolo Palanti					26	24	24	28					0
	Carlotta Fedeli					24	29							0
	Niccolò Loia					25	26	25	DNS					0
	Fabio Casagrande							30†	26					0
	Francesco Cardone					31	27	32†	30					0
	Giorgio Fantilli					30	28							0
	Dousan Kouril Jr.							Ret	DNS					0
Pos.	Driver	IMO1		MIS		MUG		MON		VAL		IMO2		Pts.

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)

^1-15 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

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

Master

Pos.	Driver	IMO1		MIS		MUG		MON		VAL		IMO2		Pts.
1	Denis Babuin	6	9	3	21	10	6	8	10	4	11	7	Ret	372 (390)
2	Rubén Fernández	8	5	16	10	7	2	34†	14	3	8	21	Ret	341
3	Marco Pellegrini	20	15	27	11	8	8	21	22	21	15	10	10	304 (343)
4	Nicola Guida	21	23	20	16	33	15	12	17	11	14	14	13	286 (319)
5	Raffaele Gurrieri	15	17	22	22	17	Ret	33†	24	16	18	DNS	15	225
6	Sylvain Pussier	Ret	16	18	14	9	16	26	21	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	221
7	Victor Fernández	Ret	Ret	28	20	34	19	15	19	19	Ret	13	24†	202
Ineligible for championship
-	Horia-Traian Chirigut	24	20	30	Ret	16	13			22	Ret			(115)
-	Adriano Visdomini	18	24	23	18									(87)
-	Ernesto Olhagaray											15	14	(54)
-	Damiano Reduzzi	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret					(42)
-	Fabio Casagrande							30†	26					(36)
Pos.	Driver	IMO1		MIS		MUG		MON		VAL		IMO2		Pts.

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)

Under 25

Pos.	Driver	IMO1		MIS		MUG		MON		VAL		IMO2		Pts.
1	Marco Butti	1	2	Ret	4	18	10	3	12	Ret	4	1	1	366
2	Paolo Rocca	9	6	15	13	11	31	17	4	9	20	Ret	DNS	301
3	Levente Losonczy	11	3	10	Ret	13	11	35†	16	6	16	Ret	21	291
4	Park Jun-ui	Ret	Ret	21	17	6	32†	7	7	24†	9	5	7	290
5	Ruben Volt	Ret	DNS	7	Ret	5	4	10	5	25†	3	Ret	DNS	244
Ineligible for championship
-	Francesca Raffaele	10	11	Ret	15	14	12							(135)
-	Mattias Vahtel	17	8	9	Ret									(86)
-	Eric Brigliadori											9	11	(60)
-	Filippo Barberi									13	12			(57)
-	Giuseppe Cartia	23	Ret											(21)
	Dousan Kouril Jr.							Ret	DNS					0
Pos.	Driver	IMO1		MIS		MUG		MON		VAL		IMO2		Pts.

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)

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

DSG Challenge

Pos.	Driver	IMO1^x		MIS^x		MUG^o		MON^o		VAL^x		IMO2^o		Pts.
1	Vedat Ali Dalokay	2	1	1	1	21	22	14	27	5	2			372
2	Filippo Barberi	6	3	5	3	28	23	20	Ret	4	3	16	17	310 (331)
3	Mauro Trentin	4	4	4	6			27	29	7	4	17	18	274
4	Paolo Palanti	3	5	6	4	26	24	24	28	9	6			254
5	Luigi Gallo	5	7	2	5	23	20	31†	DNS	6	5			245
Ineligible for championship
-	Carlotta Fedeli	1	2	3	2	24	29							(185)
-	Niccolò Loia	9†	Ret			25	26	25	DNS	8	7			(127)
-	Francesco Cardone					31	27	32†	30	11	DNS			(92)
-	Giorgio Fantilli	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	7	30	28			10	9			(82)
-	Eric Brigliadori									1	1			(80)
-	Seda Kaçan											18	19	(60)
-	Alberto Cioffi	7	6	7	Ret									(57)
-	Vito Tagliente											19	20	(54)
-	Pietro Alessi									2	9†			(48)
-	Luigi Cioffi	7	6											(39)
-	Stefano De Vecchi	8	DNS	8	Ret									(30)
Pos.	Driver	IMO1^x		MIS^x		MUG^o		MON^o		VAL^x		IMO2^o		Pts.

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)

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified.

^x – DSG entries raced separately from the main grid in these rounds.

^o – DSG entries raced alongside the main grid in these rounds.

2023 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers

DSG Challenge

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

References

External links

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