# 2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2019 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the fourth season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominantly in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
On 20 December 2018 it was announced a partnership between the series' promoter and Auto Sport Switzerland, the Swiss National Sporting Authority, which was going see all 7 rounds of the calendar as part of the 2019 TCR Swiss Trophy which was set to be in its second edition. The TCR Swiss Trophy was set be open to Swiss drivers as well as any driver with valid racing license, issued by Auto Sport Switzerland. On 23 April 2019 it was announced by Auto Sport Switzerland that the TCR Swiss Trophy will be postponed until 2020 due to lack of entries.
Harald Proczyk will be the defending Drivers' champion, while HP Racing International will the defending Teams' champions.

## Teams and drivers

Yokohama is set to become the official tire supplier, taking over from Hankook.
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| HP Racing International | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 1 | Harald Proczyk | | All |
| HP Racing International | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 42 | Lukas Niedertscheider | | 1–6 |
| Pyro Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 6 | Bradley Burns | J | 1–6 |
| Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 7 | Mike Halder | | All |
| Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 88 | Dominik Fugel | | All |
| RacingOne | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 8 | René Kircher | J | All |
| LMS Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 13 | Antti Buri | | All |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 19 | Max Hesse | | All |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 27 | Théo Coicaud | | All |
| TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 22 | Julien Apothéloz | J | All |
| TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 33 | Joshua Corren Reynolds | | 1–3 |
| Steibel Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 23 | Sebastian Steibel | | 1, 3–7 |
| Volkswagen Team Oettinger | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 29 | Mitchell Cheah | J | All |
| Volkswagen Team Oettinger | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 50 | Kai Jordan | | 5–6 |
| Volkswagen Team Oettinger | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 99 | Maurits Sandberg | | 1–4, 7 |
| RaceSing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 34 | Patrick Sing | | 2 |
| IMC Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 41 | Steve Kirsch | | 1–2 |
| Profi-Car Team Halder | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 53 | Michelle Halder | J | All |
| Lubner Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 98 | Jan Seyffert | J | 1–3 |
| Lubner Motorsport | LADA Vesta TCR | 98 | Jan Seyffert | J | 4–7 |
| Entries ineligible to score points ||||||
| Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 9 | Andreas Bäckman | | 6 |
| Target Competition | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 101 | Jessica Bäckman | | 6 |
| Lubner Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 20 | Philipp Regensperger | | 7 |
| Lubner Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 61 | Jörg Schori | | 5 |
| Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 25 | Sami Taoufik | | 7 |
| Steibel Motorsport | CUPRA León TCR | 28 | Pascal Eberle | | 5–7 |
| Young Driver Challenge | CUPRA León TCR | 30 | Karen Gaillard | | 5 |
| Young Driver Challenge | CUPRA León TCR | 31 | Mario Anderegg | | 6 |
| Young Driver Challenge | CUPRA León TCR | 32 | James Bischof | | 7 |
| TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 48 | Sophie Hofmann | | 7 |
| Profi-Car Team Halder | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | 55 | Marcel Fugel | | 2, 6–7 |
| ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 77 | René Münnich | | 7 |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 100 | Guido Naumann | | 1 |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 101 | Jessica Bäckman | | 2 |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 102 | Gabriele Tarquini | | 3 |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 103 | Lance David Arnold | | 4 |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 104 | Thierry Neuville | | 5 |
| Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 105 | Franz Simon | | 6 |

## Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 23 September 2018, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends as well as ADAC GT4 Germany and ADAC Formula 4 (with the exception at Autodrom Most).
| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Junior winner |
| 1 | 1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben | 27 April | Max Hesse | Mike Halder | Mike Halder | Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | Bradley Burns |
| 1 | 2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben | 28 April | | Harald Proczyk | Antti Buri | LMS Racing | Bradley Burns |
| 2 | 3 | Autodrom Most, Most | 18 May | Harald Proczyk | Mike Halder | Mike Halder | Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | Mitchell Cheah |
| 2 | 4 | Autodrom Most, Most | 19 May | | Bradley Burns | Antti Buri | LMS Racing | Bradley Burns |
| 3 | 5 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 8 June | Sebastian Steibel | Antti Buri | Harald Proczyk | HP Racing International | Mitchell Cheah |
| 3 | 6 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 9 June | | Antti Buri | Antti Buri | LMS Racing | René Kircher |
| 4 | 7 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 10 August | Dominik Fugel | Max Hesse | Max Hesse | Hyundai Team Engstler | Bradley Burns |
| 4 | 8 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 11 August | | Harald Proczyk | Michelle Halder | Profi-Car Team Halder | Michelle Halder |
| 5 | 9 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 17 August | Max Hesse | Max Hesse | Max Hesse | Hyundai Team Engstler | Julien Apothéloz |
| 5 | 10 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 18 August | | Antti Buri | Max Hesse | Hyundai Team Engstler | Julien Apothéloz |
| 6 | 11 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 14 September | Harald Proczyk | Theo Coicaud | Harald Proczyk | HP Racing International | Mitchell Cheah |
| 6 | 12 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 15 September | | Harald Proczyk | Max Hesse | Hyundai Team Engstler | Michelle Halder |
| 7 | 13 | Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 28 September | Dominik Fugel | Dominik Fugel | Dominik Fugel | Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | Michelle Halder |
| 7 | 14 | Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 29 September | | Dominik Fugel | Max Hesse | Hyundai Team Engstler | Julien Apothéloz |

### Drivers' Championship
#### Scoring systems

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | PP | FL |
| Points | 40 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | OSC | OSC | MST | MST | RBR | RBR | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | SAC | SAC | Pts. |
| 1 | Max Hesse | 2$^1$ | 3 | 2$^3$ | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2$^1$ | 1 | 2$^3$ | 1 | 8$^5$ | 1 | 438 |
| 2 | Harald Proczyk | 3$^4$ | 6 | 3$^1$ | 8 | 1$^3$ | 2 | 3$^3$ | 5 | 10$^4$ | 14 | 1$^1$ | 3 | 4$^3$ | 2 | 431 |
| 3 | Antti Buri | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5$^5$ | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2$^4$ | 3 | 426 |
| 4 | Mike Halder | 1$^2$ | 2 | 1$^2$ | 4 | 15 | 8 | 2$^4$ | 3 | 16$^2$ | 4 | 4$^4$ | 5 | 3$^2$ | 4 | 399 |
| 5 | Dominik Fugel | 12$^3$ | 17 | 4$^5$ | 3 | 14 | Ret | 4$^1$ | 13 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1$^1$ | 5 | 271 |
| 6 | Theo Coicaud | 6$^5$ | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5$^5$ | 7 | 8 | Ret | 6$^3$ | Ret | 3$^2$ | Ret | 9 | 6 | 266 |
| 7 | Michelle Halder | 17 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 249 |
| 8 | Julien Apothéloz | 14 | 16 | Ret$^4$ | 9 | 4$^2$ | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 226.5 |
| 9 | René Kircher | 10 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 214 |
| 10 | Lukas Niedertscheider | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5$^5$ | 16 | Ret$^5$ | DNS | | | 202 |
| 11 | Mitchell Cheah | Ret | 10 | 8 | Ret | 2$^4$ | 10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 171 |
| 12 | Bradley Burns | 5 | 4 | 15 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6$^2$ | 6 | Ret | 11 | WD | WD | | | 159 |
| 13 | Sebastian Steibel | 13 | 13 | | | 6$^1$ | 13 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 158 |
| 14 | Jan Seyffert | 8 | 15 | DNS | Ret | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 115.5 |
| 15 | Maurits Sandberg | 15 | Ret | 10 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 10 | | | | | 12 | 15 | 102 |
| 16 | Steve Kirsch | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 52 |
| 17 | Kai Jordan | | | | | | | | | 10 | 17 | 14 | 14 | | | 47.5 |
| 18 | J. C. Reynolds | 16 | 14 | 13 | WD | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 42 |
| 19 | Patrick Sing | | | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||||
| | Thierry Neuville | | | | | | | | | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Pascal Eberle | | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 8 | |
| | Jessica Bäckman | | | Ret | 13 | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | | | |
| | Lance David Arnold | | | | | | | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | Marcel Fugel | | | Ret | 12 | | | | | | | Ret | 8 | 13 | 10 | |
| | Andreas Bäckman | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 11 | | | |
| | Karen Gaillard | | | | | | | | | 17 | 9 | | | | | |
| | Sami Taoufik | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 11 | |
| | Guido Naumann | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Franz Simon | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 13 | | | |
| | René Münnich | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18† | 13 | |
| | Gabriele Tarquini | | | | | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jörg Schori | | | | | | | | | 15 | 18 | | | | | |
| | James Bischof | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 18 | |
| | Mario Anderegg | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 16 | | | |
| | Philipp Regensperger | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Ret | |
| | Sophie Hofmann | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 19 | |
| Pos. | Driver | OSC | OSC | MST | MST | RBR | RBR | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | SAC | SAC | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Teams' Championship

| Pos. | Driver | OSC | OSC | MST | MST | RBR | RBR | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | SAC | SAC | Pts. |
| 1 | Hyundai Team Engstler | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 680 |
| 1 | Hyundai Team Engstler | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 680 |
| 2 | Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 640 |
| 2 | Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen | 12 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Ret | 4 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 640 |
| 3 | HP Racing International | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 608 |
| 3 | HP Racing International | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 16 | Ret | DNS | | | 608 |
| 4 | LMS Racing | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 421 |
| 5 | Volkswagen Team Oettinger | 15 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 314,5 |
| 5 | Volkswagen Team Oettinger | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 17 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 314,5 |
| 6 | Profi-Car Team Halder | 17 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 269 |
| 7 | TOPCAR Sport | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 260,5 |
| 7 | TOPCAR Sport | 16 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 260,5 |
| 8 | RacingOne | 10 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 214 |
| 9 | Team Pyro Motorsport | 5 | 4 | 15 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret | 11 | DNS | DNS | | | 155 |
| 10 | Steibel Motorsport | 13 | 13 | | | 6 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 152 |
| 11 | Lubner Motorsport | 8 | 15 | DNS | Ret | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 113,5 |
| 12 | IMC Motorsport | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 52 |
| 13 | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18† | 13 | 10 |
| 14 | RaceSing | | | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Teams ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||||
| | Hyundai Team Engstler | 11 | 11 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | | | |
| | Steibel Motorsport | | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 8 | |
| | Target Competition | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | | | |
| | Target Competition | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 11 | | | |
| | Profi-Car Team Halder | | | Ret | 12 | | | | | | | Ret | 8 | 13 | 10 | |
| | Young Driver Challenge | | | | | | | | | 17 | 9 | | | 15 | 18 | |
| | Comtoyou Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 11 | |
| | Lubner Motorsport | | | | | | | | | 15 | 18 | | | 16 | Ret | |
| | TOPCAR Sport | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | |
| Pos. | Driver | OSC | OSC | MST | MST | RBR | RBR | ZAN | ZAN | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | SAC | SAC | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Qualification won by Harald Proczyk, but he received a three-place grid penalty for speeding during red flag period.
* ↑ Actual pole position taken by guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
* ↑ Actual fastest lap of the race set by guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
* 1 2 Actual race winner was guest driver Thierry Neuville from Hyundai Team Engstler.
* ↑ Actual fastest lap of the race set by guest driver Pascal Eberle from Steibel Motorsport.