2024 TCR Asia Series

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Car racing event

The 2024 TCR Asia Series season was the eighth season of the TCR Asia Series.

The driver's championship was won by Zhang Zhendong in a Hyundai Elantra N TCR.^[1] The inaugural TCR Cup was won by Benny Santoso also in a Hyundai Elantra N TCR.

Calendar

The provisional 2024 schedule was announced on 27 January 2024, with five events scheduled.^[2] It was updated in April to with the start of the series moving from 20 April to 3 May.

Late in the season, it was announced that the fifth round at the Zhuzhou International Circuit was replaced by the Guia Circuit.

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	3–5 May	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Malaysia Championship Series
	2
2	3		7–9 June	Malaysia Championship Series
	4
3	5	Buriram International Circuit, Buriram	23–25 August	Thailand Super Series
	6
4	7		13–15 September	RAAT Thailand Endurance Championship
	8
5	9	Guia Circuit, Macau Peninsula, Macau	14–17 November	Macau Guia Race TCR China Touring Car Championship TCR World Tour
	10
Cancelled
Circuit			Original Date
Zhuzhou International Circuit, Zhuzhou			18–20 October
Source:[3]

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref. JVS Group Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 11 Budiyanto T 1–2 Hyundai N Team Z.Speed Hyundai Elantra N TCR 14 Hwang Do-yun All 18 Zhang Zhendong All 56 Benny Santoso T All 69 Max Hart All Z.Speed Motorsport Hyundai Elantra N TCR 21 Jiang Nan T 1–4 52 Jonathan Xie Boyu G 1 83 Liu Qiren T 1–4 97 Yang Haojie T 1–3 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 28 Ananthorn Tangniannatchai G 3 Viper Niza Racing Cupra León TCR 65 Douglas Khoo G 2 Delta Garage Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 82 Dypo Fitramadhan T 1, 3–5 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 86 Umar Abdullah 1–4

Icon Status T Eligible for TCR Cup G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Results

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	1	Sepang International Circuit	Max Hart	Zhang Zhendong	Zhang Zhendong	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[4]
	2			Zhang Zhendong	Max Hart	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[5]
2	3		Zhang Zhendong	Zhang Zhendong	Zhang Zhendong	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[6]
	4			Hwang Do-yun	Zhang Zhendong	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[7]
3	5	Buriram International Circuit	Zhang Zhendong	Zhang Zhendong	Hwang Do-yun	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[8]
	6			Zhang Zhendong	Zhang Zhendong	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[9]
4	7		Max Hart	Zhang Zhendong	Max Hart	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[10]
	8			Zhang Zhendong	Umar Abdullah	Delta Garage Racing Team	[11]
5	9	Guia Circuit	Zhang Zhendong	Zhang Zhendong	Zhang Zhendong	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	[12]
	10			Max Hart	Dypo Fitramadhan	Delta Garage Racing Team	[13]

Points standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Qualifying	10	7	5	4	3	2	1	—
Races	40	35	30	27	24	21	18	15	13	11

Drivers' Championship

Overall

Pos. Driver SEP1 SEP2 BUR1 BUR2 MAC  Pts. 1 Zhang Zhendong 12 2 11 1 41 1 22 2 11 Ret 376 2 Hwang Do-yun 37 4 52 3 12 2 33 5 23 3 340 3 Max Hart 21 1 23 2 23 3 11 3 Ret2 Ret 317 4 Umar Abdullah 44 3 Ret4 5 36 6 Ret5 1 185 5 Benny Santosa 86 5 35 4 84 4 56 Ret 44 2 173 6 Dypo Fitramadhan 53 7 5 5 47 4 35 1 150 7 Liu Qiren 7 9 46 7 7 10 7 6 148 8 Jiang Nan 9 8 77 8 65 7 64 Ret 129 9 Yang Haojie Ret 6 6 9 97 9 84 10 Budiyanto 65 Ret Ret 6 45 Ineligible for driver points Ananthorn Tangniannatchai 10 8 Douglas Khoo 8 10 Jonathan Xie Boyu Ret DNS Pos. Driver SEP1 SEP2 BUR1 BUR2 MAC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) Italics – Fastest Lap

TCR Cup

Pos. Driver SEP1 SEP2 BUR1 BUR2 MAC  Pts. 1 Benny Santosa 83 5 31 4 81 4 52 Ret 41 2 361 2 Dypo Fitramadhan 51 7 54 5 43 4 32 1 331 3 Liu Qiren 75 9 42 7 75 10 74 6 252 4 Jiang Nan 94 8 73 8 62 7 61 Ret 226 4 Yang Haojie Ret6 6 65 9 93 9 150 6 Budiyanto 62 Ret Ret4 6 81 Pos. Driver SEP1 SEP2 BUR1 BUR2 MAC  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

References

1. ^ "Cao and Zhang Z.D. are champions in TCR China and TCR Asia". tcr-worldranking.com. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
2. ^ "TCR Asia Series roars back in sprint and endurance formats". tcr-series.com. World Sporting Consulting. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
3. ^ "2024 TCR Asia Series". RacingCalendar.net. 9 April 2024.
4. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Sepang International Circuit Round 1 Results". touringcars.net. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
5. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Sepang International Circuit Round 2 Results". touringcars.net. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
6. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Sepang International Circuit Round 3 Results". touringcars.net. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
7. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Sepang International Circuit Round 4 Results". touringcars.net. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
8. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Buriram International Circuit Round 5 Results". touringcars.net. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
9. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Buriram International Circuit Round 6 Results". touringcars.net. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
10. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Buriram International Circuit Round 7 Results". touringcars.net. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
11. ^ "TCR Asia 2024 » Buriram International Circuit Round 8 Results". touringcars.net. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
12. ^ "TCR World Tour 2024 » Circuito da Guia Round 13 Results". touringcars.net. 16 November 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
13. ^ "TCR World Tour 2024 » Circuito da Guia Round 14 Results". touringcars.net. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

External links

• TCR Asia Series Official website