2019 Celtic Touring Car Championship

2019 Celtic Touring Car Championship.
2019 Celtic Touring Car Championship Season.
Previous, 2018.              Next, 2020.
The 2019 Celtic Touring Car Championship Will Be The Seventh Season Of The Celtic Touring Car Championship, For 2019, Most Races Are Held In Europe And The Rest Of The World, This Is The 2nd Season For Cars Confirming To Both GT3 And GT4 Regulations As Well As Older Cars From Other Regulations Used By Privateer Teams.
This Will Be The 2nd Year Of Qualifying For The 2021 World Olympics In Buenos Aires In Argentina.
== Calendar ==
Round           Circuit                  Location   Date 
1       Anglesey Circuit    Ty Croes, Anglesey, Wales          March 10
2              Croft        Yorkshire, England         March 17
3        Hungaroring              Mogyoród, Hungary               March 31
4              Imola              Imola, Italy   April 6
5        Mondello Park               Kildare, Ireland      April 14
6        Moscow Raceway         Moscow, Russia       April 27
7        Lake Torrent Circuit      Tyrone, Northern Ireland  May 12
8        Davidstow Circuit          Davidstow, Cornwall  May 18
9        Highlands Circuit          Scottish Highlands, Scotland June 1
10  Snaefell Mountain Course Douglas, Isle of Man      June 8
11  Circuit De Nevers Magny Cours Magny-Cours, France June 23
12            Snetterton              Norfolk, England  June 29
13   Circuit Park Zandvoort         Zandvoort, Netherlands July 7
14   Scandinavian Raceway       Anderstorp, Sweden July 10
15            Tor Poznan            Poznan, Poland   July 20
16             Kymi Ring           Tillola, Iitti, Finland       July 24
17             Nurburgring           Nurburg, Germany August 2
18            Bikernieki Circuit         Bikernieki, Latvia   August 6
19            Autodrom Most         Most, Czech Republic August 17
20            Audru Ring            Papsaare, Estonia August 20
21  Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal         August 30
22          Circuit De Catalunya    Barcelona, Spain  September 13
23          Circuit Zolder            Heusden-Zolder, Belgium September 21
24           Knockhill                  Fife, Scotland October 5
25        Circuit Of Wales             Blaenau Gwent, Wales October 18
Calendar Changes.
There Was Going To Be A Race Held In Montenegro, However, The Race Was Abandoned, And So Cyprus Replaced Montenegro On The Calendar, However, The Cyprus Race Was Also Dropped Off From The Calendar. There Were Also Going To Be Races In Nigeria And Slovenia, But Sadly They Were Dropped From The Calendar Until 2020. Kazakhstan And Georgia Have Also Been Dropped From The 2019 Calendar.
There Were Also Going To Be Races In Iraq, And Miami, However, They Were Dropped Off The Calendar, So The Only Race In The USA Will Be Held In Texas, And Iraq Was Dropped Off For Safety Reasons.
Qatar, Macau And Egypt, Have All Been Dropped From The CTCC Calendar For The 2019 Season.
The Swedish Race Will Move From Mantorp Park To Anderstorp.
The Finnish Race Will Move From Karjarla Raceway To Kymi Ring.
The Belgian Race Will Move From Spa Francorchamps To Zolder.
The Czech Race Will Move From Brno To Most.
The CTCC Will Have 2 Race Meetings In Britain In Both Croft And Snetterton, While The Silverstone Race Was Added For The 2020 Season.
The CTCC Will Also Visit The Isle Of Man For The First Time Ever When The Race Is Held At Snaefell Mountain Course In Douglas.
The CTCC Will Also Visit Cornwall For The First Time When When The Race Is Held At Davidstow Circuit In Davidstow.
From 2019, The CTCC Will Visit A New Circuit Which Will Be Lake Torrent Located In County Tyrone In Northern Ireland To Replace The Bishopscourt Race Meeting.
The CTCC Will Have A 2nd Race Meeting In Scotland With A Race Held At Highlands Circuit.
The Race At The Dublin Street Circuit Was Due To Be Planned For The 2019 Season, However It Was Dropped From The Calendar For Season Reason.
The Race Held In Germany Will Be Held At The Nurburgring GP Circuit After It Was Confirmed That The Nurburgring-Nordschleife Race That Ran In 2018 As Part Of The Nurburgring 24 Hour Race Will Not Be Returning For The Future Seasons Due To The Budget.
The Race In France Held At The Circuit De La Sarthe As Part Of The Le Mans 24 Hour Race Has Been Also Dropped From The Calendar Also Due To Low Budget And Has Been Moved To The Circuit De Nevers Magny Cours.
The Races In Denmark, Norway, Slovakia, Monza, Brands Hatch, Oschersleben, Switzerland, Lithuania And Ukraine Have Also Been Dropped From The Calendar.
General Changes.
From 2019, The CTCC Will Split Into 3 Classes, CTCC 1 For GT3, GTC, GT2, GTE, GTLM, GT300 And GR.3, CTCC 2 For GT4 And GR.4 Cars, And CTCC 3 For Touring Cars, It Will Be Inspired By The ESET V4 Cup That Ran These Regulations, The Grid Was Due To Feature Over 60 Cars In The Race From The 3 Seperated Classes, The Season Will Also Include The New GT2 Regulations, The Cars Will Be Allowed To Race In The CTCC 1 Class.
Teams And Drivers.
Team.  
(CTCC 1 Entries)
Ford Team Ecoboost.       Ford GTE LMS. 1. Eoin Murray.
2. Emmet O Brien.
Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT                  66. Stefan Mücke
67. Andy Priaulx
M Sport                            Ford Mustang GR.3 11. Tom Onslow Cole. 
12. Enrique Bernoldi. 
Ford Team Europe           Ford Fiesta GT3. 13. Alexander Wurz.
14. Toomas Heikkinen.
Ford Team Celtic Nations Ford Mondeo GT3.      15. Hywel Lloyd.
16. Michael Doyle.
Toyota Team Ireland.      Toyota GR Supra Concept. 3.  Adam Carroll.
4. Richard Lyons. 
Toyota Team Europe       Toyota FT-1 GR.3.       86. Mike Conway .
87. Sébastien Buemi.
Steller Performance        Toyota GT86 GT3.   88. Tom Canning. 
89. Sennan Fielding.
Team Mach.                     Toyota 86 MC                     90. Natsu Sakaguchi.
91. Tetsuji Yamanaka.
Renault Sport Ireland.    Renault R.S.0.1 GT3.    5. Damien Faulkner.
6. Gavin Smith.
Volkswagen Team Ireland. Volkswagen Beetle GR.3. 7. Aron Taylor Smith.  
8. Dermot Gallaghan. 
Volkswagen Team Europe. Volkswagen Arteon GT3. 20. Ralf Schumacher.
21. Jolyon Palmer.
Team Expert.                       Volkswagen EOS GT3. 22. Robert Barrable.
23. Kelvin Van Der Linde.
Nissan Nismo Ireland. Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.      9. Ollie O Donovan.
10. Sir Chris Hoy.
RJN Motorsport.          Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.      24. Struan Moore
25. Chris Buncombe.
AMG Mercedes Ireland.       Mercedes AMG GT3. 11. Eddie Irvine.
12. Lawrence Gibson.
Strakka Racing.                   Mercedes AMG GT3. 26. David Fumanelli.
27. Adrien Tambay.
HWA Racing.                         Mercedes AMG GT3. 28. Gary Paffett.
Audi Sport Ireland.               Audi R8 GT3. 11. Charlie Donnelly.
12 John Havey.
Audi Sport Team WRT.       Audi R8 GT3.               29. Jake Dennis.
30. Sheldon van der Linde.
LMS Racing.                       Audi R8 GT3.    31. Antti Buri.
32. Olli Parhankangas.
Team PWR.             Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO. 13. Robert Dahlgren.
14. Daniel Haglöf.
Barwell Motorsport.  Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO. 33. Patrick Kujala.
34. Leo Machitski.
Bentley Team M-Sport.       Bentley Continental GT3.   15.  Steven Kane.  
16. Yuji Ide.
Team Parker Racing.         Bentley Continental GT3.    35. Rick Parfitt, Jr.
36. Callum MacLeod
McHale Motorsport.           Mazda MX-5 GT3. 17. Gareth Mchale.
18. Aaron Mchale.
Manthey Racing.               Porsche 911 GT3 R.             37. Romain Dumas
38. Dirk Werner.
Flash Engineering.            Porsche 911 GT3 R. 19. Jan Flash Nilsson.
39. Richard Goransson.
Porsche GT Team.            Porsche 911 RSR.               40. Gianmaria Bruni.
41. Michael Christensen.
BMW Team Ireland.      BMW M6 GT3.             42. Alan Morrison.
43. George Tracey.
BMW Team MTEK.        BMW M8 GTE.                       44. Tom Blomqvist.
45. Alexander Sims.
Rowe Racing.                BMW M8 GT3.       46. Nick Catsburg.
47. Maxime Martin.
AF Corsa Ireland.         Ferrari 488 GT3.           48. Matt Griffin 
49. Davide Rigon.
AF Corse.                      Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.               50. Sam Bird.
51. Miguel Molina.
Garage 59.                    McLaren 720s GT3.              52. Chris Goodwin
53. Alexander West.
Corvette Ireland.           Corvette C7 GR.3.         54. Norman Beggs.
55. Christopher Evans
Corvette Racing.          Chevrolet Corvette C7.R         56. Oliver Gavin.
57. Antonio García.
Callaway Competition  Corvette C7 GT3-R                58. Daniel Keilwitz
59. Marvin Kirchhöfer
Aston Martin.                Aston Martin Vantage AMR. 60. Darren Turner .
61. Jonathan Adam.
Aston Martin Vantage GTE. 62. Pedro Lamy.
63. Mathias Lauda
TF Sport.               Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3. 64 . Charlie Eastwood.  
65. Euan Hankey.
Honda Team Ireland.   Honda NSX GT3.            66. Derek Tohill.
67. Noel Greene.
Castrol Racing.            Honda NSX GT3.       68. Loic Depailler.
69. Bertrand Baguette.
Schubert Motorsport.   Honda NSX GT3.          70. Christopher Dreyspring.
71. Giorgio Maggi.
Subaru Team Ireland.  Subaru BRZ GT300.         72. Austin McHale.            
73. John McCluskey.
Subaru Team Europe.  Subaru Impreza GR.3.         74. Luca Rangoni                              
75. Ash Sutton.
Citroen Team Total Europe. Citroen GT GR.3.          76. Jean Christophe Boullion.
77. Bérénice Demoustier.
Peugeot Team Ireland.        Peugeot RCZ GR.3. 78. Ralph Firman.
79. Owen Kelly. 
Peugeot Team Total.            Peugeot Vision GT GR.3. 80. Neel Jani.
81. Mika Salo.
Mazda Team Ireland.             Mazda 6 GR.3. 82. Gavin Pyper.
83. Stuart Oliver.
Lexus Team Ireland.              Lexus RC F GT3. 84. Robert Cregan. 
85. Peter Dempsey.
Emil Frey Lexus Racing.        Lexus RC F GT3.              92. Albert Costa .
93. Markus Palttala. 
Jaguar Dealer Team.             Jaguar F Type GR.3. 94. Christian Klien.
95. Doru Sechelariu. 
Alfa Romeo Dealer Team.     Alfa Romeo 4C GR.3. 96. Michael Coyne.
97.Beniamino Caccia.
Hyundai Team Ireland.        Hyundai Genesis Coupe GR.3. 98. Helmut Holfeld.
99. Hamish Irvine. 
(CTCC 2 Entries).
Cyan Racing.                      Lotus Evora GT4.       100. Carl Philip Bernadotte.
101. Fredrik Ekblom.
Fiat.                                     Fiat 124 Abarth GT4. 102. Giancarlo Fisichella.
103. Luca Badoer.
AMG Mercedes Ireland.       Mercedes AMG GT4.     104. Owen Murphy. 
105. Gary Thompson. 
Ginetta Cars Ireland.            Ginetta G55 GT4.       106. Gavin Smith.
107. Mark Jones.
Steller Performance.            Toyota GT86 GT4.                       108. Dean MacDonald.
109. Alex Quinn. 
Tolman Motorsport.              McLaren 570S GT4.                    110. Charlie Fagg.
111. Michael O'Brien.
Saintéloc Racing.                 Audi R8 LMS GT4.                      112. Christophe Hamon.                                                                                  
113. Anthony Beltoise.
M Racing - YMR.                  Mercedes AMG GT4.                114. Yann Ehrlacher.
115. Franck Leherpeur.
Team HARD Racing.            Ginetta G55 GT4.                        116. Callum Hawkins-Row.
117. Jordan Stilp 
Century Motorsport.             BMW M4 GT4.                              118. Ben Green.
119. Aleksander Schjerpen.
Team RJN.                           Nissan 370Z GT4.                         120. Kelvin Fletcher.
121. Jesse Antilla.
MDM Motorsport.                 BMW M4 GT4.                             122. Simon Knap.
123. Mark van der Aa.
Leipert Motorsport.                     Mercedes-AMG GT4.                124. Iván Pareras.
125. Marcus Påverud.
Phoenix Racing.                 Audi R8 LMS GT4.                        126. Cédric Freiburghaus.
127. Georg Bernsteiner.
V8 Racing.                         Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R.             128. Duncan Huisman.
129. Finlay Hutchison.
eSky WP Racing Team.        Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4. 130. Łukasz Kręski.
131. Maciej Marcinkiewicz.
Primus Racing.                  Ginetta G55 GT4.                             132. Peter Larsen.
133. Johan Rosén.
Academy Motorsport.         Aston Martin Vantage GT4.           134. Matt Nicoll-Jones.
135. Dennis Strandberg.
Ricknäs Motorsport.      Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR. 136. Håkan Ricknäs.
137. Fredrik Ros.
CMR.                                  Alpine A110 GT4.                                138. David Loger.
139. Pierre-Alexandre Jean.
(CTCC 3 Entries).
BRC Racing Team.                  Hyundai i30 N TCR.   200. Federico Paolino.
201. Eric Scalvin.
Bas Koeten Racing.                Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. 202. Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau.
203. Michael Verhagen.
Audi Sport Team WRT.           Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. 204. René Rast.
205. Reinis Nitiss.
SEAT Dealer Team.                CUPRA León TCR.   206. Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky.
207. Philip Morin.
WestCoast Racing.            Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR. 208. Daniel Lloyd.
209. Andreas Bäckman.
210. Jessica Bäckman.
LMS Racing.                           Audi RS3 LMS TCR.    211. Niko Kankkunen.
212. Kari-Pekka Laaksonen.
DPE Motorsport.                    Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR. 213. Derek Palmer Jr.
214. Robert Gilmour.
Verizon Connect Racing.  Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8). 215. Finlay Crocker.
Target Competition.                Hyundai i30 N TCR.                 216. Reece Barr.
217. Kris Richard.
Hell Energy Racing.      Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8).     218. Attila Tassi.
219. Josh Files.
Laser Tools Racing.      Mercedes Benz A45 AMG TCR.    220. Aiden Moffat.
Wolf-Power Racing.      Renault Mégane TCR.                     221. Alex Morgan.
HP Racing International. Opel Astra TCR.                            222. Luke Wankmüller.
223. Harald Proczyk.
Team Ford Ecoboost.      Ford Focus TCR.               224. Sebastian Priaulx.
225. Lucca Allen.
Toyota Gazoo Customer Racing Toyota Corolla TCR.      226. Gareth Howell.
227. Mark Thomas.
Dacia Dealer Team                      Dacia Logan TCR. 228. Joan Vinyes.
229. Zakhar Makushin.
Team Changes.
Ford Team Ecoboost Confirmed That They’ll Be Switching To A Escort GT3 With Four Wheel Drive And A 4 Cylinder Turbo Engine From The GTE LMS. The Driver Line Up Is Unchanged, However, The Team Want To Stick With The GTE LMS, Allowing Ford Team Celtic Nations To Race The Escort GT3, However It Was Confirmed That The Team Will Switch The GT3 Spec Mondeo, Ford Team Europe Will Be Featured On The Grid Debuting The New Generation Of The GT3 Spec Fiesta With A 3.5 L Twin Turbo V6 Engine.
McHale Motorsport Will Switch From A Porsche 911 GT3 To The Mazda MX-5 GT3, They Were Previously Going To Switch To The All New GT3 Spec Volkswagen Arteon GT3, Volkswagen Team Europe Will Enter The Arteon Instead.
Toyota Will Switch From A GT86 GT3 To The All New Supra GR Concept, While Toyota Team Europe Will Switch From The Prius GT300 To The FT-1 GR.3.
Opel, Vauxhall, Dacia, Lada And Volvo All Withdrew From The CTCC.
Eddie Irvine And Lawrence Gibson Will Race For Mercedes AMG Ireland At The Wheel Of Their AMG GT3 For 2019.
John Havey Will Return To The Series Partnering Charlie Donnelly At Audi Sport Ireland At The Wheel Of The R8 GT3.
Austin McHale Will Leave Toyota And Join Subaru For 2019.
Mazda Team Ireland Have Switched From The MX-5 GT3 To The GR.3 Spec 6 Which Was Featured In The Playstation 4 Video Game, Gran Turismo Sport.
Hamish Irvine Will Race For Hyundai And Partnering Helmut Holfeld, Irvine Will Leave Mercedes At The End Of The Season.
Robert Barrable Will Join Team Expert From The Departed Vauxhall At The Wheel Of The Volkswagen EOS GT3.
Cyan Racing Will Enter In The CTCC 2 Class Running A Lotus Evora GT4.
Norman Beggs And Christopher Evans Will Race For Corvette In 2019.
Loads Of More Team Changes For Other Teams Also Followed For The 2019 Season.
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