World Touring Car Cup


The FIA World Touring Car Cup is an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. It has had different incarnation of a World Touring Car Cup held between 1993 and 1995. Following the 2017 season, an agreement was reached for the World Touring Car Championship to become WTCR and use the TCR technical regulations. With titles for drivers and teams only, the WTCR series changed to 'World Cup' rather than 'World Championship' status in 2018.

History

Touring Car World Cup (1993–1995)

In 1993, with the high popularity of the Super Touring category, the FIA hosted the FIA Touring Car World Cup — an annual event for touring car drivers hailing from national championships all over the world. The 1993 race at Monza was won by New Zealand's Paul Radisich, at the wheel of a Ford Mondeo ahead of Nicola Larini's Alfa Romeo 155, with no manufacturer title awarded. The race was run for two more years,. A similar event was planned for 1996 at the A1 Ring, Austria, but was cancelled due to a low number of provisional entries. It was never brought back thereafter.

World Touring Car Championship (2005–2017)

World Touring Car Cup (2018–present)

On 6 December 2017, during the FIA's World Motorsport Council in Paris, it was approved the formation of the new World Touring Car Cup starting from 2018. The new series would utilize the TCR rules, which have been in use in numerous national and international touring car racing series, including the TCR International Series. As a result of the formation of the WTCR, both the WTCC in its current format and the TCR International Series would be discontinued immediately.
A new format was introduced, with one qualifying session and one race on the first day and a three-phase qualifying session on the second day and two races, with the first one having the top 10 of the grid reversed.

Rules

Car homologation

Cars have to be production models, with a minimum production of 5000 samples in a year.
The engine is limited to a displacement of up to 2 liters, turbo charged, and with the aid of restrictors, to a maximum yield of 350 Hp.
Each car is assigned a minimum racing weight which is used to balance the performances.

Scoring system

For the 2019 season, FIA WTCR races are awarded the following points, similar to MotoGP scoring system.:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
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Champions

Event winners

World Touring Car Cup (2018–present)

DriverTotal
1 Thed Björk7
1 Gabriele Tarquini7
1 Yvan Muller7
2 Esteban Guerrieri6
2 Norbert Michelisz6
3--
3 Jean-Karl Vernay4
4 Néstor Girolami3
4 Johan Kristoffersson3
5 Yann Ehrlacher2
5 Robert Huff2
5 Frédéric Vervisch2
6 Mikel Azcona1
6 Mehdi Bennani1
6 Kevin Ceccon1
6 Aurélien Comte1
6 Mat'o Homola1
6 Benjamin Leuchter1
6 Pepe Oriola1
6 Ma Qing Hua1
6 Tiago Monteiro1
6 Gordon Shedden1
6 Andy Priaulx1
6--

ConstructorTotal
1 Hyundai17
2 Honda12
3 Lynk & Co8
4 Audi7
4 Volkswagen7
5 Alfa Romeo2
5 CUPRA2
5 Peugeot2

CarTotal
1 Hyundai i30 N17
2 Honda Civic Type R 12
3 Lynk & Co 038
4 Audi RS 3 LMS7
4 Volkswagen Golf GTI7
5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta2
5 CUPRA León2
5 Peugeot 3082