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2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship

The 2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship is the sixth season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship. The championship features production-based touring cars built to TCR specifications and will be held over twenty races across seven meetings throughout England. The championship is operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group in partnership with the British Racing and Sports Car Club.

Calendar

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The schedule for 2024 was announced on 24 August 2023 containing 20 races across 7 rounds.[1]

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Map
1 1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 13–14 April
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2 4 Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit), Norfolk) 18–19 May
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3 7 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 8 June
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4 9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 13–14 July
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5 12 Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire 17–18 August
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6 15 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 21–22 September
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7 18 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 12–13 October
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Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Gen-2 Entries
  CBM with Hart GT Cupra León Competición TCR 1   Carl Boardley 1–3 [2]
  Sport77 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7   Will Powell 1, 3 [3]
  Go-Fix Honda by Sport77 11   Alex Toth-Jones TBC [4]
  JH Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 16   Callum Newsham 1–3 [5]
  DLR with JH Racing 285   Darron Lewis D 1–3 [6]
  Bond-It with MPH Racing Cupra León Competición TCR 17   Bradley Hutchison 1–3 [7]
  Pro Alloys Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR 20   Viktor Andersson 1 [8][9]
111   Ryan Bensley TBC [10][8]
  Rob Boston Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 99   Joe Marshall 1–3 [11]
  Capture Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 100   Steve Laidlaw 2–3
  Area Motorsport Cupra León Competición TCR 115   Luke Sargeant 1–3 [12]
117   Adam Shepherd 1–3 [13]
  Townsend Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 223   Gary Townsend D TBC [14]
Gen-1 Entries
  SGM with Sport77 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 12   Cedric Bloch TBC [15]
  Matrix Motorsport with DW Racing Vauxhall Astra TCR 19   Jeffrey Alden D 1–3 [16]
  DW Racing 50   Darelle Wilson 1 [17]
  EDF Motorsports Cupra León TCR 22   Rick Kerry D 1–3
  Capture Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 27   Will Beech 1–3 [18]
Cupra León TCR TBA   TBA TBC
  Sport77 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 28   Bradley Thurston 1, 3 [17]
  Richmond Fire Motorsport Cupra León TCR 77   Mark Smith D 1–3 [19]
  Maximum Motorsport with MPH Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 81   Stewart Lines 3
Icon Class
D Eligible for Goodyear Diamond Trophy

Driver and team changes

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  • Pro Alloys Racing entered the series, fielding a pair of Lynk & Co 03s for the first time in the series history.
  • Area Motorsport scaled down from 4 Hyundais to a pair of Cupra León Competición TCRs. Adam Shepherd and Luke Sargeant remained with the team, while Bruce Winfield and Alex Ley left the team, with Ley switching to Target Competition in TCR Italy and Winfield unable to secure budget for the season.
  • Restart Racing left the series to compete in BTCC, with both drivers Chris Smiley and Scott Sumpton remaining with the team and effectively leaving the series.
  • Darron Lewis joined JH Racing and switched from running an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) to a Hyundai i30 N TCR.
  • Capture Motorsport joined the series, with Will Beech and Steve Laidlaw also making their debuts.
  • Jac Constable left the series, which left Rob Boston Racing scaling down to just one Audi, still driven by Joe Marshall-Birks.
  • Will Powell's team Sport77 entered the series, with Powell driving a Honda Civic Type-R TCR (FK8) and Bradley Thruxton driving an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017).

Team Changes

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Championship standings

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Drivers' Standings

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Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Fastest Lap
Qualifying 6 5 4 3 2 1 —
Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 1
  • Drivers' top 13 results from the 15 races count towards the championship.
Pos Driver BHI SNE OUL CRO SIL NAT THR SIL INT Total Drop Points
1   Adam Shepherd 3F 1 3 11F 2 1 43 1 294
2   Carl Boardley 23 5 2 24 3 4 11 2F 266
3   Callum Newsham 41 2 1F 43 5 5 122 4 227
4   Joe Marshall 54 3F 5 Ret2 4F 2F 24F DNS 181
5   Bradley Hutchison 135 6 4 35 1 3 36 Ret 179
6   Darron Lewis 7 9 6 6 6 7 65 3 165
7   Luke Sargeant 86 7 7 56 7 6 5 5 164
8   Rick Kerry 10 11 10 7 9 9 8 7 108
9   Will Beech 9 10 9 8 11 8 7 DNS 85
10   Viktor Andersson 12 4 DSQ 72
11   Steve Laidlaw 9 8 DSQ 9 6 62
12   Mark Smith 11 13 11 10 12 11 11 Ret 59
13   Will Powell 6 8 8 13 Ret 56
14   Jeffrey Alden 12 12 Ret 11 10 10 Ret DNS 45
15   Stewart Lines 10 8 26
16   Bradley Thurston Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 13
–   Darelle Wilson DNS DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver BHI SNE OUL CRO SIL NAT THR SIL INT Total Drop Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap


1 2 3 4 5 6 – Qualifying position
F – Fastest lap

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Six of the Best for the 2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship Seven Event Calendar". tcr-uk.co.uk. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Carl Boardley confirms TCR UK title defence". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Will Powell rejoins TCR UK for 2024". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Sport77 adds Alex Jones for part programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Callum Newsham sticks with Hyundai for 2024". TouringCarTimes. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Darron Lewis makes Hyundai switch for 2024". TouringCarTimes. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Brad Hutchison returns for third campaign". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Lynk & Co to make TCR UK début with Pro Alloys Racing". TouringCars.net. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  9. ^ fabior (2024-04-05). "Viktor Andersson joins Pro Alloys Racing for TCR UK debut". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  10. ^ "Ryan Bensley secures first Lynk & Co seat". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Joe Marshall retains Rob Boston Racing seat". TouringCarTimes. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Luke Sargeant makes Cupra switch for 2024". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Adam Shepherd makes Cupra switch with Area Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Garry Townsend confirms second TCR UK season". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Cedric Bloch to make TCR UK history in 2024".
  16. ^ "Jeffrey Alden and Rick Kerry confirm full-season TCR UK campaigns". TouringCars.net. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  17. ^ a b TouringCarTimes (2024-04-11). "19 cars entered for 2024 TCR UK opener at Brands Hatch". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  18. ^ "Capture Motorsport to run Gen 1 Volkswagen entry". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Mark Smith confirms Gen 1 Cup programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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