# 2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the third 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.
Josh Files will be the defending Drivers' champion, while Target Competition will the defending Teams' champions.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Team Engstler Germany | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 3 | Kai Jordan | All |
| Team Engstler Germany | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 77 | Justin Häußermann | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Team Engstler Europe | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 39 | Florian Thoma | 1–3 |
| Team Engstler Europe | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 47 | Niko Kankkunen | All |
| Wolf-Power Racing | Renault Mégane TCR | 5 | Alex Morgan | 1 |
| Wolf-Power Racing | CUPRA León TCR | 6 | Oliver Holdener | 1–4, 7 |
| Honda ADAC Sachsen | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 7 | Mike Halder | All |
| Honda ADAC Sachsen | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 88 | Dominik Fugel | All |
| Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 8 | Luca Engstler | 1–3 |
| Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 8 | Luca Engstler | 4–7 |
| Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 27 | Théo Coicaud | 4–7 |
| Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 27 | Théo Coicaud | 1–3 |
| Max Kruse Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 10 | Benjamin Leuchter | All |
| Max Kruse Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 39 | Florian Thoma | 4–7 |
| HP Racing International | Opel Astra TCR | 11 | Luke Wankmüller | All |
| HP Racing International | Opel Astra TCR | 22 | Harald Proczyk | All |
| RacingOne | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 14 | Niels Langeveld | All |
| RacingOne | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 99 | Maurits Sandberg | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Besagroup Team Renault | Renault Mégane TCR | 15 | Franjo Kovač | 4 |
| Besagroup Team Renault | Renault Mégane TCR | 41 | Steve Kirsch | 1, 4, 6 |
| Steibel Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 17 | Jasmin Preisig | All |
| Steibel Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 23 | Sebastian Steibel | All |
| PROsport Performance | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 19 | Max Hesse | All |
| PROsport Performance | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 44 | Sandro Kaibach | 1–3 |
| PROsport Performance | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 45 | Peter Terting | 4 |
| Positione Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 29 | Jussi Kuusiniemi | All |
| LMS Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 30 | Antti Buri | All |
| TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 33 | J.C. Reynolds | All |
| TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 60 | Loris Prattes | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Niedertscheider Motorsport Team | Peugeot 308 TCR | 42 | Lukas Niedertscheider | All |
| Profi-Car Team Halder | CUPRA León TCR | 53 | Michelle Halder | All |
| Profi-Car Team Halder | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | 55 | Marcel Fugel | 1–3, 6–7 |
| YACO Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 54 | Simon Reicher | All |
| Entries ineligible to score points |||||
| Fullín Race Academy | CUPRA León TCR | 2 | Petr Fulín | 1–2 |
| Lubner Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 4 | Jan Seyffert | 3–4, 6 |
| Besagroup Team Renault | Renault Mégane TCR | 5 | Alex Morgan | 6 |
| HP Racing International | Opel Astra TCR | 9 | Daniel Davidovac | 3–4, 7 |
| Tessitore Racing | Opel Astra TCR | 13 | "Tessitore" | 3 |
| Steibel Motorsport | CUPRA León TCR | 28 | Pascal Eberle | 6–7 |
| Young Driver Challenge | CUPRA León TCR | 31 | Leonardo Tinland | 4 |
| Young Driver Challenge | CUPRA León TCR | 32 | Francesco Ruga | 6 |
| Young Driver Challenge | CUPRA León TCR | 34 | Julien Apothéloz | 7 |
| BC Motorsport | Opel Astra TCR | 36 | Dino Calcum | 3 |
| Vuković Motorsport | Renault Mégane TCR | 36 | Dino Calcum | 4 |
| LMS Racing | CUPRA León TCR | 40 | Olli Parhankangas | 4 |
| Wolf-Power Racing | Renault Mégane TCR | 50 | Milenko Vuković | 3 |

### Team and driver changes

Former ADAC Procar champions YACO Racing will enter the series with a single Audi RS3 LMS TCR for Simon Reicher, who moves from Certainty Racing Team.
Wolf-Power Racing will switch from SEAT León TCR to Renault Mégane TCR for the 2018 season.
Engstler Motorsport will retain Luca Engstler and Floran Thoma. In addition the team will increase to five cars during the entire season signing Théo Coicaud, Justin Häußermann and Niko Kankkunen.
German footballer Max Kruse will set up his own team Max Kruse Racing, fielding a single Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Benjamin Leuchter, who returns to the series after missing out the 2017 season.
Reigning double teams' champion Target Competition withdrew from the series to join the TCR Europe Series. The team had originally signed Reece Barr to drive in the series.

## Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 30 November 2017, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.
| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Supporting |
| 1 | 1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben | 14 April | Mike Halder | Mike Halder | Harald Proczyk | HP Racing International | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
| 1 | 2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben | 15 April | | Benjamin Leuchter | Mike Halder | Honda ADAC Sachsen | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
| 2 | 3 | Autodrom Most, Most | 28 April | Mike Halder | Antti Buri | Antti Buri | LMS Racing | ADAC GT Masters |
| 2 | 4 | Autodrom Most, Most | 29 April | | Niels Langeveld | Michelle Halder | Profi-Car Team Halder | ADAC GT Masters |
| 3 | 5 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 10 June | Niels Langeveld | Niels Langeveld | Niels Langeveld | RacingOne | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
| 3 | 6 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 10 June | | Antti Buri | Harald Proczyk | HP Racing International | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
| 4 | 7 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 5 August | Mike Halder | Mike Halder | Mike Halder | Honda ADAC Sachsen | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
| 4 | 8 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 5 August | | Mike Halder | Dominik Fugel | Honda ADAC Sachsen | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
| 5 | 9 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 19 August | Niels Langeveld | Niels Langeveld | Niels Langeveld | RacingOne | ADAC GT Masters |
| 5 | 10 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 19 August | | Niels Langeveld | Luca Engstler | Hyundai Team Engstler | ADAC GT Masters |
| 6 | 11 | Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 9 September | Luca Engstler | Luca Engstler | Luca Engstler | Hyundai Team Engstler | ADAC GT Masters |
| 6 | 12 | Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 9 September | | Michelle Halder | Luca Engstler | Hyundai Team Engstler | ADAC GT Masters |
| 7 | 13 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 23 September | Harald Proczyk | Harald Proczyk | Harald Proczyk | HP Racing International | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
| 7 | 14 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 23 September | | Mike Halder | Mike Halder | Honda ADAC Sachsen | ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship |

### Footnotes

* 1 2 Actual victory in race scored by Petr Fulín for Fullín Race Academy, but as he is considered guest entry, he was ineligible to score points.

### Calendar changes

The series would make its first visit to the Czech Republic on 29 April at the Autodrom Most becoming the second round of the season.
The second round held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, which supported the TCR International Series since the series' inception, was discontinued.

### 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 | NÜR | NÜR | ZAN | ZAN | SAC | SAC | HOC | HOC | Pts. |
| 1 | Harald Proczyk | 1$^3$ | 6 | 3$^5$ | 5 | 5$^5$ | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3$^3$ | 6 | 3$^3$ | 4 | 1$^1$ | 3 | 421 |
| 2 | Luca Engstler | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1$^1$ | 1 | 3$^2$ | 4 | 414 |
| 3 | Niels Langeveld | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1$^1$ | 8 | 3$^4$ | 11 | 1$^1$ | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 403 |
| 4 | Mike Halder | 24$^1$ | 1 | 2$^1$ | 10 | 4$^4$ | Ret | 1$^1$ | 3 | 4$^4$ | 5 | 2$^2$ | Ret | 2$^3$ | 1 | 366 |
| 5 | Antti Buri | 22 | 16 | 1$^2$ | 25 | 2$^2$ | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2$^2$ | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24† | 17† | 259 |
| 6 | Max Hesse | 25† | 12 | 7$^3$ | 6 | 8$^3$ | 7 | 4$^2$ | 7 | 8$^5$ | 21 | 8 | 8 | 9$^4$ | 8 | 247 |
| 7 | Luke Wankmüller | 6$^5$ | 9 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 228 |
| 8 | Benjamin Leuchter | 9 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 5$^5$ | Ret | 224.5 |
| 9 | Michelle Halder | 13 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5$^5$ | 10 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 208.5 |
| 10 | Simon Reicher | 4 | Ret | 4$^4$ | 17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 182 |
| 11 | Dominik Fugel | Ret$^4$ | DNS | Ret | 7 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 18† | 172 |
| 12 | Theo Coicaud | 11 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 23† | 6 | 7 | Ret | 172 |
| 13 | Niko Kankkunen | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 6 | 148 |
| 14 | Florian Thoma | Ret$^2$ | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 27† | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 115.5 |
| 15 | Oliver Holdener | 15 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 9 | | | | | 14 | 7 | 110 |
| 16 | Justin Häußermann | 12 | Ret | 12 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 16 | | | 17$^5$ | 7 | 12 | 16† | 107 |
| 17 | Lukas Niedertscheider | 16 | 10 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 10 | 16$^3$ | 15 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 98 |
| 18 | Kai Jordan | 10 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 11 | 18 | 19 | 21 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | 82 |
| 29 | Loris Prattes | 18 | Ret | 9 | 12 | Ret | 15 | | | Ret | 18 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 11 | 75 |
| 20 | Sandro Kaibach | 5 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 63 |
| 21 | Jussi Kuusiniemi | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 20 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 16 | Ret | 63 |
| 22 | Jasmin Preisig | 17 | Ret | 21 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 18 | Ret | 17 | 21 | 18 | Ret | DNS | 37 |
| 23 | Marcel Fugel | 26† | Ret | 24 | 23 | 19 | 19 | | | | | 15 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 31 |
| 24 | Sebastian Steibel | 21 | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | 24 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 23 | Ret | 14 | 25 |
| 25 | J.C. Reynolds | 20 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 22 | Ret | 22 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | Ret | 21.5 |
| 26 | Maurits Sandberg | 19 | Ret | 23 | 22 | | | 24 | 27 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 21 | 21 | Ret | 12 |
| 27 | Peter Terting | | | | | | | Ret | 13 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 28 | Alex Morgan | 23 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 16 | Ret | | | 1.5 |
| | Steve Kirsch | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | Ret | DNS | | | - |
| | Franjo Kovač | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | - |
| | Milenko Vuković | | | | | DNS | WD | | | | | | | | | - |
| Drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||||
| | Petr Fulín | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pascal Eberle | | | | | | | | | | | 24† | 3 | 6 | Ret | 0 |
| | Julien Apothéloz | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| | Dino Calcum | | | | | 12 | Ret | 23 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Olli Kangas | | | | | | | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jan Seyffert | | | | | 20 | 21 | Ret | 22 | | | 18 | 20 | | | 0 |
| | Francesco Ruga | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 19 | | | 0 |
| | "Tessitore" | | | | | 21 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Daniel Davidovac | | | | | Ret | 22 | 25 | 28† | | | | | 22 | Ret | 0 |
| | Leonardo Tinland | | | | | | | 26 | 26 | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | OSC‡ | OSC‡ | MST | MST | RBR | RBR | NÜR | NÜR | ZAN | ZAN | SAC | SAC | HOC | HOC | 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. ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 2 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

### Teams' Championship

| Pos. | Team | OSC‡ | OSC‡ | MST | MST | Pts. |
| 1 | HP Racing International | | | | | 161 |
| 2 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | | | | | 134 |
| 3 | RacingOne | | | | | 103 |
| 4 | Honda ADAC Sachsen | | | | | 97 |
| 5 | PROsport Performance | | | | | 92 |
| 6 | Team Engstler Europe | | | | | 86.5 |
| 7 | YACO Racing | | | | | 63 |
| 8 | Profi-Car Team Halder | | | | | 60.5 |
| 9 | Team Engstler Germany | | | | | 60 |
| 10 | LMS Racing | | | | | 48 |
| 11 | Wolf-Power Racing | | | | | 46.5 |
| 12 | Max Kruse Racing | | | | | 44.5 |
| 13 | TOPCAR Sport | | | | | 40.5 |
| 14 | Positione Motorsport | | | | | 30 |
| 15 | Niedertscheider MSP | | | | | 21 |
| 16 | Steibel Motorsport | | | | | 10 |
| 17 | Besagroup Team Renault | DNQ | DNQ | | | 0 |
| Teams ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||||
| - | Fullín Race Academy | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |