2019 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
The 2019 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship was the first season of the TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship. The season began on 19 January at the Sepang International Circuit and ended on 24 February at the same circuit.
Teams and drivers
[edit]Yokohama is the official tire supplier.
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Prince Racing[1]
|
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[1] | 2 | Kenneth Lau[1]
|
All |
| 7 | Michael Choi[1]
|
All | ||
 Liqui Moly Team Engstler[2][3]
|
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] | 3 | Kai Jordan[3]
|
All |
| 4 |  Adam Khalid[4]
|
1 | ||
| 5 | Ahmad Azlee[5]
|
2 | ||
| 9 | Henry Kwong[3]
|
1 | ||
| 11 | Mark Darwin[6]
|
3 | ||
| 22 | Brendan Anthony[5]
|
2 | ||
| 29 | Mitchell Cheah[6]
|
3 | ||
| Hyundai i30 N TCR[2] | 8 | Luca Engstler[2]
|
All | |
| 26 | Michael Soong
|
2–3 | ||
| 27 |  Théo Coicaud[3]
|
1 | ||
| Teamwork Motorsport[1]
|
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] | 10 | Cherry Cheung[6]
|
3 |
| 12 |  Robert Huff[4]
|
1 | ||
 Brutal Fish Racing Team[4]
|
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] | 17 | Martin Ryba[4]
|
All |
| Maximum Racing[4]
|
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[4] | 23 | Garry Cheung[4]
|
1 |
| David Lau[4]
| ||||
| KCMG[4]
|
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[4] | 51 | Paul Ip[4]
|
All |
| Viper Niza Racing[4]
|
CUPRA León TCR[4] | 65 | Douglas Khoo[4]
|
All |
| 80 |  Andrei Abaluev[6]
|
3 | ||
 Indigo Racing[4]
|
Hyundai i30 N TCR[4] | 97 | Charlie Kang[4]
|
1 |
Calendar and results
[edit]The calendar was released on 10 October 2018, with all rounds being held within Malaysia.[7][8]
| Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning Team | Supporting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur | 20 January | Robert Huff
|
Luca Engstler
|
Luca Engstler
|
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
|
F3 Asian Championship Winter Series |
| 2 | Luca Engstler
|
Luca Engstler
|
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
| |||||
| 2 | 3 | 26 January | Luca Engstler
|
Luca Engstler
|
Luca Engstler
|
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
|
||
| 4 | Luca Engstler
|
Luca Engstler
|
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
| |||||
| 3 | 5 | 23–24 February | Mitchell Cheah
|
Luca Engstler
|
Mitchell Cheah
|
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
|
Asian Le Mans Series F3 Asian Championship Winter Series | |
| 6 | Luca Engstler
|
Luca Engstler
|
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
| |||||
Championship standings
[edit]Drivers' championship
[edit]| Pos | Driver | SEP1 | SEP2† | SEP3 | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Engstler
|
12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 142.5 |
| 2 | Kai Jordan
|
5 | 3 | 23 | 2 | Ret5 | 4 | 68 |
| 3 | Martin Ryba
|
3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 53 |
| 4 | Mitchell Cheah
|
11 | 2 | 48 | ||||
| 5 | Paul Ip
|
Ret4 | 6 | 32 | Ret | 34 | 7 | 44.5 |
| 6 | Douglas Khoo
|
4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 102 | 10 | 38 |
| 7 | Michael Choi
|
8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Robert Huff
|
21 | 5 | 33 | ||||
| 9 | Kenneth Lau
|
9 | 11 | 64 | 7 | 5 | DSQ | 24 |
| 10 | Brendan Anthony
|
5 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Adam Khalid
|
6 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Mark Darwin
|
4 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | Charlie Kang
|
Ret5 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Michael Soong
|
Ret5 | DNS | 8 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 15 | Henry Kwong
|
7 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | Cherry Cheung
|
9 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 17 | Ahmad Azlee
|
7 | Ret | 3 | ||||
| 18 | Théo Coicaud
|
Ret3 | DNS | 3 | ||||
| 19 | Garry Cheung
|
10 | 1 | |||||
| 20 | Andrei Abaluev
|
Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||
| 21 | David Lau
|
DNS | 0 | |||||
| Pos | Driver | SEP1 | SEP2† | SEP3 | Points | |||
† — In the first race of the second round, half points after a stopped race.
Team's Standings
[edit]| Pos. | Team | SEP1 | SEP2† | SEP3 | Pts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler
|
12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 248,5 |
| 53 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Prince Racing
|
8 | 10 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 83 |
| 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | DSQ | |||
| 3 | Brutal Fish Racing Team
|
3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 61 |
| 4 | Viper Niza Racing
|
4 | 7 | 85 | 4 | 102 | 10 | 55 |
| Ret5 | Ret | |||||||
| 5 | KCMG
|
Ret4 | 6 | 32 | Ret | 34 | 7 | 50,5 |
| 6 | Teamwork Motorsport
|
21 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 49 | ||
| 7 | Indigo Racing
|
Ret5 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | Maximum Racing
|
10 | DNS | 4 | ||||
| Pos | Driver | SEP1 | SEP2† | SEP3 | Points | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Hudson, Neil (4 January 2019). "First entries confirmed for the 2019 TCR Malaysia championship". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (7 January 2019). "Luca Engstler confirmed for 2019 TCR Malaysia season". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Team Engstler enter five cars for TCR Malaysia". TouringCarTimes. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "The new TCR Malaysia championship kicks off at Sepang". tcr-series.com. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ a b "TCR Malaysia resumes at Sepang for rounds 3 & 4". tcr-series.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Engstler targets TCR Malaysia's inaugural title". tcr-series.com. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "TCR Malaysia to launch in early 2019". asia.tcr-series.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "TCR Malaysia set for introduction in 2019". TouringCarTimes.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.