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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.

Teams and drivers※

Yokohama was the "official tyre supplier."

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Japan Team GOH Models Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 5 Japan Yu Kanamaru All
Japan Nilzz Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Japan Jun Makino G All
Japan Adenau Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Japan Jun Sato G All
30 France Philippe Devesa G 5
Hong Kong KCMG Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 18 United Kingdom Matthew Howson All
22 Hong Kong Paul Ip G 3–5
72 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi G All
Japan Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE
Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 19 Japan 'Hirobon' G All
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 190 Japan Masayuki Ueda G All
Japan Hitotsuyama Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 21 Japan Takuro Shinohara 1–4
101 Japan Hideki Nakahara G 3
Japan PURPLE RACING Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 23 Japan 'Yoshiki' G All
24 Japan 'Kenji' G All
Japan Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 25 Japan Takeshi Matsumoto All
Japan GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 33 Japan Shuji Maejima G All
Japan Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 52 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama All
Japan 55 MOTO RACING Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 55 Japan 'Mototino' G All
Japan TEAM G/MOTION Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 62 Japan Resshu Shioya G All
Icon Class
G Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results※

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

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

Championship standings※

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※

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 United Kingdom Matt Howson 1 3 6 6 2 88
2 Japan Takuro Shinohara 2 2 9 1 82
3 Japan Yu Kanamaru 3 14 1 DSQ 1 75
4 Japan Takeshi Matsumoto 5 4 2 2 13 64
5 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 4 1 5 12 14 58
6 Japan Shuji Maejima DNS 7 3 7 3 56
7 Japan 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 4 51
8 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 6 44
9 Japan Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 5 25
10 Japan 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 18
11 Hong Kong Paul Ip 8 13 10 6
12 France Philippe Devesa 8 4
13 Japan Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 15 4
14 Japan 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 2
15 Japan Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 2
16 Japan 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 1
17 Japan Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 0
18 Japan 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 Japan Takeshi Matsumoto 3 2 3 4 2 89
2 Japan Yu Kanamaru 1 Ret 1 5 9 77
3 Japan Shuji Maejima 8 1 2 2 11 75
4 United Kingdom Matt Howson 2 9 Ret 6 1 67
5 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 4 3 4 3 6 67
6 Japan 'Hirobon' 6 4 5 13 3 48
7 Japan Takuro Shinohara Ret Ret 7 1 46
8 Japan Resshu Shioya 5 11 15 11 4 24
9 Japan 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 20
10 Japan 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 13
11 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 12
12 France Philippe Devesa 5 1
13 Japan Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 10
14 Hong Kong Paul Ip 6 14 13 8
15 Japan Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 8
16 Japan 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 6
17 Japan Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 0
18 Japan 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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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※

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 6 5 7 4 6 111
2 Japan 'Hirobon' 8 6 4 3 4 104
3 Japan Shuji Maejima DNS 7 3 7 3 98
4 Japan 'Yoshiki' 7 9 11 8 7 65
5 Japan Resshu Shioya 10 8 Ret 5 5 61
6 Japan Masayuki Ueda 9 10 12 10 1 32
7 Japan 'Kenji' 13 11 10 11 16 30
8 Japan 'Mototino' 11 12 14 9 11 24
9 Hong Kong Paul Ip 8 13 10 22
10 Japan Jun Sato 12 15 13 15 9 17
11 France Philippe Devesa 8 8
12 Japan Jun Makino 14 13 15 14 12 7
13 Japan 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 Japan Shuji Maejima 8 1 2 2 11 114
2 Japan 'Hirobon' 6 4 5 13 3 102
3 Japan Resshu Shioya 5 11 15 11 4 63
4 Japan 'Yoshiki' 9 5 8 8 Ret 58
5 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 7 13† 12 7 Ret 53
6 Japan Masayuki Ueda 11 10 10 9 7 48
7 Japan 'Kenji' 10 6 11 12 8 43
8 Japan 'Mototino' 13 8 14 10 10 29
9 Japan Jun Sato 12 7 9 15 Ret 26
10 Hong Kong Paul Ip 6 14 13 20
11 France Philippe Devesa 5 15
12 Japan Jun Makino 14 12 13 16 12 9
13 Japan 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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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※

Pos. Entrant No. ATP SUG FUJ OKA SUZ Pts.
1 Hong Kong KCMG 18 1 2 3 9 6 Ret 6 6 2 1 155
4 Japan Volkswagen Wakayama Chuo RT with TEAM Wakayama 25 5 3 4 2 2 3 2 4 13 2 153
3 Japan Team GOH Models 5 3 1 14 Ret 1 1 DSQ 5 1 9 152
6 Japan GO＆FUN-SquadraCorse 33 DNS 8 7 1 3 2 7 2 3 11 131
2 Japan Hitotsuyama Racing 21 2 Ret 2 Ret 9 7 1 1 128
5 Japan Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 52 4 4 1 3 5 4 12 3 14 6 125
7 Japan Birth Racing Project HITMAN ANDARE 19 8 6 6 4 4 5 3 13 4 3 99
8 Hong Kong KCMG 72 6 7 5 13† 7 12 4 7 6 Ret 56
9 Japan TEAM G/MOTION 62 10 5 8 11 Ret 15 5 11 5 4 49
10 Japan PURPLE RACING 23 7 9 9 5 11 8 8 8 7 Ret 38
12 Japan Adenau 30 8 5 14
16 Japan PURPLE RACING 24 13 10 11 6 10 11 11 12 16 8 14
11 Hong Kong KCMG 22 8 6 13 14 10 13 14
13 Japan Birth Racing Project RN Sport Audi Mie 190 9 11 10 10 12 10 10 9 15 7 14
15 Japan Adenau 10 12 12 15 7 13 9 15 15 9 Ret 10
14 Japan 55 MOTO RACING 55 11 13 12 8 14 14 9 10 11 10 8
17 Japan Nilzz Racing 7 14 14 13 12 15 13 14 16 12 12 0
18 Japan 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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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※

  1. ^ 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※

  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.
  3. ^ "TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. ^ "KCMG announces double Japanese programme". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  5. ^ "TCR ジャパン シリーズ / TCR Japan series". tcr-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. ^ "TCR Japan 2019 calendar unveiled at Suzuka - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-27.

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