2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2019 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the first season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2019 Super Formula Championship.^[1]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.^[2]

Team

Car

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Team GOH Models

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[3]

5

Yu Kanamaru

All

Nilzz Racing^[3]

Audi RS 3 LMS TCR^[3]

7

Jun Makino

G

All

Adenau^[3]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[3]

10

Jun Sato

G

All

30

Philippe Devesa

G

5

KCMG^[4]

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[4]

18

Matthew Howson^[4]

All

22

Paul Ip

G

3–5

72

Yukinori Taniguchi

G

All

	Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE ^{[N 1]}
	Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie ^{[N 1]}

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[5]

19

'Hirobon'

G

All

Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

190

Masayuki Ueda

G

All

Hitotsuyama Racing^[3]

Audi RS 3 LMS TCR^[3]

21

Takuro Shinohara

1–4

101

Hideki Nakahara

G

3

PURPLE RACING^[3]

Audi RS 3 LMS TCR^[3]

23

'Yoshiki'

G

All

24

'Kenji'

G

All

Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama^[3]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[3]

25

Takeshi Matsumoto

All

GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse^[3]

Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR^[3]

33

Shuji Maejima

G

All

Saitama Toyopet Green Brave^[3]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[3]

52

Shogo Mitsuyama

All

55 MOTO RACING^[3]

Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR^[3]

55

'Mototino'

G

All

TEAM G/MOTION^[3]

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[3]

62

Resshu Shioya

G

All

Icon	Class
G	Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results[edit]

The calendar was announced on 27 October 2018 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.^[6]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Gentleman winner
1	1	Autopolis	18 May	Matt Howson	Matt Howson	Matt Howson	KCMG	Yukinori Taniguchi
1	2	Autopolis	19 May	Takuro Shinohara	'Hirobon'	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Resshu Shioya
2	3	Sportsland Sugo	22 June	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Shogo Mitsuyama	Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	Yukinori Taniguchi
2	4	Sportsland Sugo	23 June	Takuro Shinohara	Shuji Maejima	Shuji Maejima	GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse	Shuji Maejima
3	5	Fuji Speedway	12 July	Takuro Shinohara	Takeshi Matsumoto	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
3	6	Fuji Speedway	13 July	Yu Kanamaru	Yu Kanamaru	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
4	7	Okayama International Circuit	28 September	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Hitotsuyama Racing	'Hirobon'
4	8	Okayama International Circuit	29 September	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Takuro Shinohara	Hitotsuyama Racing	Shuji Maejima
5	9	Suzuka Circuit	26 October	Yu Kanamaru	'Hirobon'	Yu Kanamaru	Team GOH Models	Shuji Maejima
5	10	Suzuka Circuit	27 October	Takeshi Matsumoto	Shuji Maejima	Matt Howson	KCMG	'Hirobon'

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

TCR Japan Series[edit]

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.
1	Matt Howson	1¹	3⁵	6⁴	6⁴	2²	88
2	Takuro Shinohara	2²	2¹	9¹	1¹		82
3	Yu Kanamaru	3³	14	1⁵	DSQ⁵	1¹	75
4	Takeshi Matsumoto	5⁵	4⁴	2	2	13³	64
5	Shogo Mitsuyama	4⁴	1³	5³	12³	14	58
6	Shuji Maejima	DNS	7²	3²	7²	3⁴	56
7	'Hirobon'	8	6	4	3	4	51
8	Yukinori Taniguchi	6	5	7	4	6	44
9	Resshu Shioya	10	8	Ret	5	5	25
10	'Yoshiki'	7	9	11	8	7	18
11	Paul Ip			8	13	10⁵	6
12	Philippe Devesa					8	4
13	Masayuki Ueda	9	10	12	10	15	4
14	'Mototino'	11	12	14	9	11	2
15	Jun Sato	12	15	13	15	9	2
16	'Kenji'	13	11	10	11	16	1
17	Jun Makino	14	13	15	14	12	0
18	Hideki Nakahara			16			0
Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.
1	Takeshi Matsumoto	3	2⁵	3²	4⁵	2¹	89
2	Yu Kanamaru	1³	Ret⁴	1¹	5⁴	9³	77
3	Shuji Maejima	8	1²	2⁵	2²	11	75
4	Matt Howson	2²	9³	Ret³	6	1	67
5	Shogo Mitsuyama	4	3	4⁴	3³	6	67
6	'Hirobon'	6⁵	4	5	13	3⁴	48
7	Takuro Shinohara	Ret¹	Ret¹	7	1¹		46
8	Resshu Shioya	5⁴	11	15	11	4	24
9	'Yoshiki'	9	5	8	8	Ret	20
10	'Kenji'	10	6	11	12	8	13
11	Yukinori Taniguchi	7	13†	12	7	Ret	12
12	Philippe Devesa					5	1
13	Masayuki Ueda	11	10	10	9	7	10
14	Paul Ip			6	14	13	8
15	Jun Sato	12	7	9	15	Ret	8
16	'Mototino'	13	8	14	10	10	6
17	Jun Makino	14	12	13	16	12	0
18	Hideki Nakahra			16			0
Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Gentleman championship[edit]

TCR Japan Saturday Series

Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.
1	Yukinori Taniguchi	6	5	7	4	6³	111
2	'Hirobon'	8	6	4	3	4⁴	104
3	Shuji Maejima	DNS	7²	3²	7²	3¹	98
4	'Yoshiki'	7	9	11	8	7	65
5	Resshu Shioya	10	8	Ret	5	5⁵	61
6	Masayuki Ueda	9	10	12	10	1	32
7	'Kenji'	13	11	10	11	16	30
8	'Mototino'	11	12	14	9	11	24
9	Paul Ip			8	13	10²	22
10	Jun Sato	12	15	13	15	9	17
11	Philippe Devesa					8	8
12	Jun Makino	14	13	15	14	12	7
13	Hideki Nakahara			16			0
Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series

Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.
1	Shuji Maejima	8	1²	2⁵	2²	11	114
2	'Hirobon'	6⁵	4	5	13	3⁴	102
3	Resshu Shioya	5⁴	11	15	11	4	63
4	'Yoshiki'	9	5	8	8	Ret	58
5	Yukinori Taniguchi	7	13†	12	7	Ret	53
6	Masayuki Ueda	11	10	10	9	7	48
7	'Kenji'	10	6	11	12	8	43
8	'Mototino'	13	8	14	10	10	29
9	Jun Sato	12	7	9	15	Ret	26
10	Paul Ip			6	14	13	20
11	Philippe Devesa					5	15
12	Jun Makino	14	12	13	16	12	9
13	Hideki Nakahra			16			0
Pos.	Driver	ATP	SUG	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Entrants championship[edit]

Pos.	Entrant	No.	ATP		SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Pts.

1	KCMG	18	1¹	2²	3⁵	9³	6⁴	Ret³	6⁴	6	2⁴	1	155
4	Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama	25	5⁵	3	4⁴	2⁵	2	3²	2	4⁵	13³	2¹	153
3	Team GOH Models	5	3³	1³	14	Ret⁴	1⁵	1¹	DSQ⁵	5⁴	1¹	9³	152
6	GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse	33	DNS	8	7²	1²	3²	2⁵	7²	2²	3⁴	11	131
2	Hitotsuyama Racing	21	2²	Ret¹	2¹	Ret¹	9¹	7	1¹	1¹			128
5	Saitama Toyopet Green Brave	52	4⁴	4	1³	3	5³	4⁴	12³	3³	14	6	125
7	Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE	19	8	6⁵	6	4	4	5	3	13	4	3⁴	99
8	KCMG	72	6	7	5	13†	7	12	4	7	6	Ret	56
9	TEAM G/MOTION	62	10	5⁴	8	11	Ret	15	5	11	5	4	49
10	PURPLE RACING	23	7	9	9	5	11	8	8	8	7	Ret	38
12	Adenau	30									8	5	14
16	PURPLE RACING	24	13	10	11	6	10	11	11	12	16	8	14
11	KCMG	22					8	6	13	14	10⁵	13	14
13	Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie	190	9	11	10	10	12	10	10	9	15	7	14
15	Adenau	10	12	12	15	7	13	9	15	15	9	Ret	10
14	55 MOTO RACING	55	11	13	12	8	14	14	9	10	11	10	8
17	Nilzz Racing	7	14	14	13	12	15	13	14	16	12	12	0
18	Hitotsuyama Racing	101					16	16					0
Pos.	Driver	No.	ATP		SUG		FUJ		OKA		SUZ		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Car No. 19 entered as Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE while car No. 190 is entered as Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie.

References[edit]

^ "TCR Japan set for launch in 2019 - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
^ "TCR ジャパンシリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "TCR ジャパンシリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c "KCMG announces double Japanese programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
^ "TCR ジャパンシリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-25.
^ "TCR Japan 2019 calendar unveiled at Suzuka - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-27.

External links[edit]

TCR Japan Touring Car Series Official website

[BRP-5] Car No. 19 entered as Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE while car No. 190 is entered as Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie.

[1] "TCR Japan set for launch in 2019 - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-27.

[2] "TCR ジャパンシリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-25.

[EntryList-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "TCR ジャパンシリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-20.

[KCMGJapan-4] "KCMG announces double Japanese programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-19.

[BRP-6] "TCR ジャパンシリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-25.

[7] "TCR Japan 2019 calendar unveiled at Suzuka - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-27.

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