2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship

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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[edit]

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
2
3
2 4 Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit), Norfolk) 18–19 May
5
6
3 7 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 8 June
8
4 9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 13–14 July
10
11
5 12 Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire 17–18 August
13
14
6 15 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 21–22 September
16
17
7 18 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 12–13 October
19
20

Teams and drivers[edit]

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

Driver Changes[edit]

Entering/Re-Entering TCR UK

Changed Teams

Team Changes[edit]

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' Standings[edit]

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 United Kingdom Callum Newsham 41 2 1F 109 -62 47
2 Sweden Viktor Andersson 12 4 2 107 -62 45
3 United Kingdom Adam Shepherd 3F 1 4 98 -57 41
4 United Kingdom Carl Boardley 23 5 3 93 -54 39
5 United Kingdom Joe Marshall 54 3F 6 78 -47 31
6 United Kingdom Bradley Hutchison 135 6 5 52 -28 24
7 United Kingdom Will Powell 6 8 9 49 -28 21
8 United Kingdom Darron Lewis 7 9 7 49 -31 18
9 United Kingdom Luke Sargeant 86 7 8 49 -31 18
10 United Kingdom Will Beech 9 10 10 35 -22 13
11 United Kingdom Rick Kerry 10 11 11 29 -18 11
12 United Kingdom Mark Smith 11 13 12 21 -12 9
13 United Kingdom Jeffrey Alden 12 12 Ret 14 -7 7
United Kingdom Bradley Thurston Ret Ret Ret 0 0 0
United Kingdom Darelle Wilson DNS DNS DNS 0 0 0
United Kingdom Alex Toth-Jones WD WD WD 0 0 0
United Kingdom Ryan Bensley WD WD WD 0 0 0
United Kingdom Gary Townsend WD WD WD 0 0 0
United Kingdom Cedric Bloch WD WD WD 0 0 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[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "Capture Motorsport to run Gen 1 Volkswagen entry". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  18. ^ a b TouringCarTimes (2024-04-11). "19 cars entered for 2024 TCR UK opener at Brands Hatch". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  19. ^ "Mark Smith confirms Gen 1 Cup programme". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

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