# 2021 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

The 2021 TCR Europe Touring Car Series was the sixth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season began at the Slovakiaring in May and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.
Mikel Azcona won the drivers' championship for the second time and Sébastien Loeb Racing won the teams' championship for the first time.

## Calendar

The calendar was announced on 23 December 2020 with 7 rounds scheduled.
| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Supporting |
| 1 | 1 | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia | 7–9 May | TCR Eastern Europe Trophy |
| 1 | 2 | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia | 7–9 May | TCR Eastern Europe Trophy |
| 2 | 3 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 28–30 May | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| 2 | 4 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 28–30 May | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| 3 | 5 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | 18–20 June | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |
| 3 | 6 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | 18–20 June | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |
| 4 | 7 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 29–31 July | Spa 24 Hours |
| 4 | 8 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 29–31 July | Spa 24 Hours |
| 5 | 9 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 3–5 September | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| 5 | 10 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 3–5 September | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| 6 | 11 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 24–26 September | International GT Open F4 French Championship |
| 6 | 12 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 24–26 September | International GT Open F4 French Championship |
| 7 | 13 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 8–10 October | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| 7 | 14 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 8–10 October | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |

### Calendar Changes

* The Circuito del Jarama and Circuit of Zolder rounds were dropped out of the calendar
* Nurburgring and Slovakiaring were included in the calendar.

## Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tire supplier.
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| Lema Racing | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 3 | Giacomo Ghermandi | | 7 |
| RC2 Junior Team | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 5 | Rubén Fernández | Y | 6 |
| RC2 Junior Team | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 19 | Felipe Fernández | R | 7 |
| RC2 Junior Team | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 101 | Sergio Lopez Bolotin | R | 6–7 |
| Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 8 | Nicolas Baert | J | All |
| Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 32 | Tom Coronel | | All |
| Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 162 | Dušan Borković | | All |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 10 | Niels Langeveld | | All |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 25 | Sami Taoufik | J | All |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 44 | Felice Jelmini | | All |
| Sébastien Loeb Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 250 | Mehdi Bennani | | All |
| Brianmadsen Sport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 11 | Gustav Birch | R | 3, 6 |
| VRC Team | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 14 | Klim Gavrilov | J | 1–6 |
| Volcano Motorsport | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 14 | Klim Gavrilov | J | 7 |
| Volcano Motorsport | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 16 | Evgeni Leonov | | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Volcano Motorsport | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 96 | Mikel Azcona | | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Brutal Fish Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 17 | Martin Ryba | Y | All |
| Brutal Fish Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 26 | Isidro Callejas | R | All |
| Brutal Fish Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 62 | Jack Young | J | All |
| Team Clairet Sport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 20 | Teddy Clairet | | All |
| Team Clairet Sport | Peugeot 308 TCR | 21 | Jimmy Clairet | | All |
| Team Clairet Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 66 | Gilles Colombani | Y | All |
| Team Clairet Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 77 | Sylvain Pussier | Y | All |
| Janík Motorsport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 24 | Jáchym Galáš | R | All |
| Janík Motorsport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 70 | Maťo Homola | | All |
| Horňák-Aditis | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 38 | Petr Čížek | Y | 6 |
| Horňák-Aditis | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 97 | Bartosz Groszek | R | 6 |
| BTC Maszyny Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 53 | Łukasz Stolarczyk | R | 5–6 |
| PSS Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 72 | Franco Girolami | | All |
| PSS Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 110 | Viktor Davidovski | Y | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Trico WRT | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 81 | Damiano Reduzzi | Y | 6 |
| Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA León Competición TCR | 99 | Dániel Nagy | | 1 |
| Icon | Class |
| R | Eligible for TCR Europe Rookie Trophy |
| J | Eligible for TCR Europe Junior Trophy |
| Y | Eligible for TCR Europe Diamond Trophy |
| G | Guest drivers ineligible to score points |

### Summary

* SMC Junior Motorsport will enter a Peugeot 308 TCR for Fernando Navarrete, who will be competing in a partial campaign during the season
* Brutal Fish Racing will enter three Honda Civic Type R TCR, as last year. Martin Ryba, Isidro Callejas and Jack Young are confirmed. Dan Lloyd left the series to return the British Touring Car Championship and join Power Maxed Racing, but will remain within the team as a driver coach.
* Tom Coronel will move from Boutsen Ginion Racing to Comtoyou Racing to replace Mehdi Bennani and he will be joined by 2020 TCR Eastern Europe winner Dušan Borković who returns to the series after having last raced in 2019 for Autodis Racing by Target Competition to replace Sami Taoufik.
* After running a partial campaign during the 2020 season, Volcano Motorsport will enter the series full-time, but will enter two all new Cupra León Competición TCR cars for Evgeni Leonov and Mikel Azcona.
* Sébastien Loeb Racing will enter four Hyundai Elantra N TCR cars during the season. Niels Langeveld, Felice Jelmini and Sami Taoufik have been confirmed to be three of the team's entries, Mehdi Bennani returns to the team.
* Team Clairet Sport will enter two Peugeot 308 TCR and two Cupra Leon TCR. Teddy Clairet, Jimmy Clairet and Gilles Colombani were remained at the team but Gilles Colombani will switch from Peugeot 308 TCR to Cupra León TCR and Sylvain Pussier returned to the series and Team Clairet Sport to replace Stéphane Ventaja.
* Dániel Nagy will move from Hyundai i30 N TCR to Cupra León Competición TCR and return to Zengő Motorsport.

## Results and standings
### Season summary

| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning Team | Winning Rookie driver | Winning Junior driver | Winning Diamond driver |
| 1 | 1 | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring | Tom Coronel | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Jáchym Galáš | Nicolas Baert | Martin Ryba |
| 1 | 2 | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring | | Mikel Azcona | Mehdi Bennani | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Isidro Callejas | Klim Gavrilov | Martin Ryba |
| 2 | 3 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Teddy Clairet | Felice Jelmini | Teddy Clairet | Team Clairet Sport | Jáchym Galáš | Jack Young | Viktor Davidovski |
| 2 | 4 | Circuit Paul Ricard | | Jack Young | Jimmy Clairet | Team Clairet Sport | Isidro Callejas | Sami Taoufik | Viktor Davidovski |
| 3 | 5 | Circuit Zandvoort | Jack Young | Tom Coronel | Tom Coronel | Comtoyou Racing | Isidro Callejas | Jack Young | Viktor Davidovski |
| 3 | 6 | Circuit Zandvoort | | Franco Girolami | Franco Girolami | PSS Racing Team | Isidro Callejas | Sami Taoufik | Viktor Davidovski |
| 4 | 7 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Felice Jelmini | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Isidro Callejas | Sami Taoufik | Martin Ryba |
| 4 | 8 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | | Klim Gavrilov | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Isidro Callejas | Sami Taoufik | Martin Ryba |
| 5 | 9 | Nürburgring | Isidro Callejas | Niels Langeveld | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Isidro Callejas | Klim Gavrilov | Martin Ryba |
| 5 | 10 | Nürburgring | | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Jáchym Galáš | Jack Young | Viktor Davidovski |
| 6 | 11 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Franco Girolami | Mikel Azcona | Franco Girolami | PSS Racing Team | Bartosz Groszek | Sami Taoufik | Viktor Davidovski |
| 6 | 12 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | | Jack Young | Maťo Homola | Janík Motorsport | Isidro Callejas | Jack Young | Sylvain Pussier |
| 7 | 13 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Isidro Callejas | Sami Taoufik | Martin Ryba |
| 7 | 14 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | | Sami Taoufik | Klim Gavrilov | Volcano Motorsport | Jáchym Galáš | Klim Gavrilov | Gilles Colombani |

#### Drivers' standings
##### Scoring system

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Qualifying | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Race | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | SVK | SVK | LEC | LEC | ZAN | ZAN | SPA | SPA | NUR | NUR | MNZ | MNZ | BAR | BAR | Pts. |
| 1 | Mikel Azcona | 1$^2$ | 2 | 6$^8$ | 2 | | | 1$^4$ | 1 | 1$^5$ | 1 | 2$^7$ | 4 | 1$^1$ | WD | 432 |
| 2 | Franco Girolami | 12$^6$ | 3 | 7$^9$ | 5 | 5$^7$ | 1 | 5$^7$ | 7 | 2$^2$ | 2 | 1$^1$ | 19 | 17 | 5 | 353 |
| 3 | Niels Langeveld | 4 | 21† | 4$^5$ | Ret | 4$^9$ | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3$^3$ | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6$^6$ | 4 | 295 |
| 4 | Tom Coronel | 5$^1$ | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1$^2$ | Ret | 10 | 10 | 5$^6$ | Ret | 3$^4$ | 2 | 14 | WD | 258 |
| 5 | Mehdi Bennani | 6$^{10}$ | 1 | 18$^2$ | 6 | 12$^5$ | 6 | 2$^2$ | 9 | 11 | 14 | 21† | 12 | 10$^7$ | 2 | 252 |
| 6 | Jimmy Clairet | Ret | 9 | 3$^7$ | 1 | 7$^8$ | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4$^8$ | 6 | 9 | 16 | 247 |
| 7 | Nicolas Baert | 2$^3$ | 8 | 15 | 13 | 6$^4$ | 8 | 6$^6$ | 8 | 14 | 8 | 8$^{10}$ | 8 | 4$^4$ | 8 | 242 |
| 8 | Teddy Clairet | Ret | 14 | 1$^1$ | Ret | 16 | 13 | 7$^8$ | 3 | 4$^4$ | 7 | Ret | 9 | 2$^3$ | 3 | 220 |
| 9 | Sami Taoufik | 17 | Ret | Ret$^4$ | 3 | 10$^{10}$ | 7 | 4$^5$ | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3$^2$ | 15 | 216 |
| 10 | Jack Young | 11 | 11 | 5$^6$ | Ret | 2$^1$ | 9 | 18† | 13 | 17$^{10}$ | 3 | Ret$^2$ | 3 | 8$^8$ | 12 | 205 |
| 11 | Isidro Callejas | 18$^8$ | 7 | Ret | 10 | 8$^6$ | 3 | 9$^9$ | 4 | 7$^1$ | 10 | Ret$^5$ | 11 | 5$^9$ | DSQ | 204 |
| 12 | Dušan Borković | 7$^4$ | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3$^3$ | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7$^6$ | 7 | DNS | WD | 192 |
| 13 | Maťo Homola | DNS | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 14$^3$ | 2 | 10 | Ret | 6$^9$ | 1 | 13 | 7 | 186 |
| 14 | Felice Jelmini | 8$^9$ | 13 | 2$^3$ | 7 | 17 | Ret | 3$^1$ | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret$^3$ | 5 | Ret | 9 | 173 |
| 15 | Klim Gavrilov | Ret$^7$ | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 11$^{10}$ | 12 | 6$^7$ | 6 | 15 | 16 | 11$^{10}$ | 1 | 164 |
| 16 | Viktor Davidovski | 13 | 18 | 8$^{10}$ | 4 | 11 | 10 | | | 18$^9$ | 13 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 19 | 95 |
| 17 | Jáchym Galáš | 16 | 16 | 12 | Ret | DSQ | 17 | Ret | 16 | 12$^8$ | 5 | Ret | 17 | 15 | 6 | 63 |
| 18 | Dániel Nagy | 3$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 19 | Martin Ryba | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 7$^5$ | Ret | 49 |
| 20 | Evgeni Leonov | 9 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 17 | Ret | | | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 38 |
| 21 | Sylvain Pussier | 14 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 15 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 16 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 16 |
| 22 | Gilles Colombani | 15 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 22 | DNS | 10 | 15 |
| 23 | Bartosz Groszek | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 13 | WD | WD | 14 |
| 24 | Rubén Fernández | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Ret | | | 7 |
| 25 | Sergio López Bolotin | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 20 | 20 | 13 | 5 |
| 26 | Damiano Reduzzi | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 21 | | | 3 |
| = | Felipe Fernández | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 14 | 3 |
| NC | Gustav Birch | | | | | 20 | 16 | | | | | 17 | 23 | | | 0 |
| NC | Łukasz Stolarczyk | | | | | | | | | 20 | 18 | 18 | 25 | | | 0 |
| NC | Giacomo Ghermandi | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 18 | 0 |
| NC | Petr Čížek | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 24 | WD | WD | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | SVK | SVK | LEC | LEC | ZAN | ZAN | SPA | SPA | NUR | NUR | MNZ | MNZ | BAR | BAR | 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) |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

#### Teams' standings

| Pos. | Team | Pts. |
| 1 | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 759 |
| 2 | Comtoyou Racing | 605 |
| 3 | Volcano Motorsport | 562 |
| 4 | Team Clairet Sport | 542 |
| 5 | PSS Racing Team | 484 |
| 6 | Brutal Fish Racing Team | 481 |
| 7 | Janík Motorsport | 295 |
| 8 | VRC Team | 137 |
| 9 | Zengő Motorsport | 61 |
| 10 | RC2 Junior Team | 26 |
| 11 | Horňák-Aditis | 20 |
| 12 | Brianmadsen Sport | 10 |
| 13 | Trico WRT | 5 |
| 14 | Lema Racing | 4 |
| = | BTC Maszyny Racing | 4 |

#### TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings (top 3)

| Pos. | Driver | Pts. |
| 1 | Niels Langeveld | ? |
| 2 | | ? |
| 3 | | ? |
| Pos. | Driver | Pts. |