2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series
# 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

The 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series season is the first season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series is run as part of the Shannons Nationals series.

## Race calendar

The calendar was announced in November 2018 with seven confirmed dates. All rounds will be held in Australia.

| Round | Circuit | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sydney Motorsport Park | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 17–19 May |
| 2 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 6–9 June |
| 3 | The Bend Motorsport Park | Tailem Bend, South Australia | 12–14 July |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 2–4 August |
| 5 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 31 August–1 September |
| 6 | Sandown Raceway | Springvale, Victoria | 20–22 September |
| 7 | The Bend Motorsport Park | Tailem Bend, South Australia | 15–17 November |

## Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2019 championship:

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 2 | Aaron Cameron | All |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 8 | Jason Bright | 6-7 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 35 | Alexandra Whitley | 6-7 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 3 | Leanne Tander | 2–5 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 3 | Garth Tander | 6 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 3 | Iain McDougall | 7 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 4 | Garth Tander | 2–3 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 4 | Jean-Karl Vernay | 4 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 4 | Aaron Seton | 4 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 22 | Rik Breukers | 1 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 22 | Hamish Ribarits | 2 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 97 | Liam McAdam | 5–7 |
| Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 100 | Russell Ingall | 3–7 |
| Kelly Racing | Subaru WRX STI TCR | 6 | Molly Taylor | 1–4 |
| Kelly Racing | Subaru WRX STI TCR | 37 | Bryce Fullwood | 5 |
| Kelly Racing | Subaru WRX STI TCR | 777 | Andre Heimgartner | 1–3 |
| Kelly Racing | Holden Astra TCR | 37 | Chelsea Angelo | 1–3 |
| Kelly Racing | Holden Astra TCR | 62 | Alex Rullo | 1–4 |
| Kelly Racing | Holden Astra TCR | 62 | Hamish Ribarits | 5 |
| Kelly Racing | Holden Astra TCR | 62 | Bryce Fullwood | 6 |
| Kelly Racing | Holden Astra TCR | 62 | Chelsea Angelo | 7 |
| Kelly Racing | Holden Astra TCR | 777 | Andre Heimgartner | 4–7 |
| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 7 | Jimmy Vernon | 1–3 |
| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 7 | Jordan Cox | 4–7 |
| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Renault Mégane R.S TCR | 33 | Chris Pither | All |
| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Renault Mégane R.S TCR | 34 | James Moffat | All |
| Matt Stone Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 8 | Jason Bright | 1–5 |
| Matt Stone Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 35 | Alexandra Whitley | 1–5 |
| Ashley Seward Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 9 | Dylan O'Keeffe | All |
| Ashley Seward Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 10 | James Allen | 7 |
| HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 11 | Nathan Morcom | All |
| HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 30 | Will Brown | All |
| Milldun Motorsport | Subaru WRX STI TCR | 19 | Mat Simmons | 7 |
| Milldun Motorsport | Subaru WRX STI TCR | 27 | Barton Mawer | 7 |
| Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 24 | John Martin | All |
| Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 38 | Jordan Cox | 3 |
| Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 38 | Jordan Michels | 4 |
| Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 38 | Tim Brook | 5 |
| Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 38 | Néstor Girolami | 6 |
| Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 50 | Tony D'Alberto | All |
| Garth Walden Racing Australia | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 29 | Michael Almond | 1 |
| Team Garage1 | CUPRA León TCR | 64 | Tim Brook | 7 |
| DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 308 | Aurélien Comte | 7 |

## Results and standings

### Race results

| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Sydney Motorsport Park | 18 May | Tony D'Alberto | Jason Bright | Jason Bright | Matt Stone Racing |
| 1 | R2 | Sydney Motorsport Park | 19 May | | Will Brown | Will Brown | HMO Customer Racing |
| 1 | R3 | Sydney Motorsport Park | 19 May | | Nathan Morcom | Will Brown | HMO Customer Racing |
| 2 | R1 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 8 June | Dylan O'Keeffe | Will Brown | Dylan O'Keeffe | Ashley Seward Motorsport |
| 2 | R2 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 9 June | | Dylan O'Keeffe | Dylan O'Keeffe | Ashley Seward Motorsport |
| 2 | R3 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 9 June | | Will Brown | Will Brown | HMO Customer Racing |
| 3 | R1 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 13 July | James Moffat | Dylan O'Keeffe | Garth Tander | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 3 | R2 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 14 July | | Will Brown | Will Brown | HMO Customer Racing |
| 3 | R3 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 14 July | | Tony D'Alberto | John Martin | Wall Racing |
| 4 | R1 | Queensland Raceway | 3 August | Jean-Karl Vernay | Jean-Karl Vernay | Jean-Karl Vernay | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 4 | R2 | Queensland Raceway | 4 August | | Russell Ingall | Dylan O'Keeffe | Ashley Seward Motorsport |
| 4 | R3 | Queensland Raceway | 4 August | | Will Brown | Dylan O'Keeffe | Ashley Seward Motorsport |
| 5 | R1 | Winton Motor Raceway | 31 August | Will Brown | Will Brown | Jason Bright | Matt Stone Racing |
| 5 | R2 | Winton Motor Raceway | 1 September | | Will Brown | Will Brown | HMO Customer Racing |
| 5 | R3 | Winton Motor Raceway | 1 September | | Will Brown | Will Brown | HMO Customer Racing |
| 6 | R1 | Sandown Raceway | 21 September | Néstor Girolami | Liam McAdam | Néstor Girolami | Wall Racing |
| 6 | R2 | Sandown Raceway | 22 September | | Néstor Girolami | Néstor Girolami | Wall Racing |
| 6 | R3 | Sandown Raceway | 22 September | | Jordan Cox | Néstor Girolami | Wall Racing |
| 7 | R1 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 16 November | Dylan O'Keeffe | Will Brown | Will Brown | HMO Customer Racing |
| 7 | R2 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 17 November | | Aaron Cameron | Aaron Cameron | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 7 | R3 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 17 November | | Nathan Morcom | Nathan Morcom | HMO Customer Racing |

**Points system**

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | DNF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Race 1 & 2 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Race 3 | 50 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 |

* Two (2) points will be awarded for obtaining Pole Position in qualifying.

### Drivers' standings

| Pos. | Driver | SYD | SYD | SYD | PHI | PHI | PHI | BEN | BEN | BEN | QLD | QLD | QLD | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAN | SAN | SAN | BEN | BEN | BEN | Pen. | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Will Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 743 |
| 2 | Tony D'Alberto | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | | 567 |
| 3 | Aaron Cameron | 7 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | | 553 |
| 4 | Nathan Morcom | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 1 | | 510 |
| 5 | Dylan O'Keeffe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | DNS | Ret | DNS | | 483 |
| 6 | James Moffat | Ret | 12 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | Ret | | 440 |
| 7 | Jason Bright | 1 | 4 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 419 |
| 8 | John Martin | 6 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 14 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 11 | 6 | | 397 |
| 9 | Russell Ingall | | | | | | | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 9 | Ret | | 326 |
| 10 | Garth Tander | | | | 10 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 286 |
| 11 | Jordan Cox | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 3 | 13 | Ret | 5 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 281 |
| 12 | Chris Pither | 8 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 16 | DNS | Ret | Ret | DNS | 11 | 11 | DNS | 4 | 8 | 2 | | 280 |
| 13 | Andre Heimgartner | 10 | 5 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 6 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 7 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 4 | | 272 |
| 14 | Leanne Tander | | | | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | 220 |
| 15 | Alexandra Whitley | 13 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 13 | 11 | | 220 |
| 16 | Alex Rullo | 11 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 209 |
| 17 | Néstor Girolami | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 132 |
| 18 | Hamish Ribarits | | | | 5 | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | Ret | 13 | 10 | | | | | | | | 118 |
| 19 | Molly Taylor | 14 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 14 | 15 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | 116 |
| 20 | Liam McAdam | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 12 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | 105 |
| 21 | Tim Brook | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 16 | 11 | | | | Ret | 16 | 9 | | 80 |
| 22 | Jimmy Vernon | 16 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 11 | 14 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 77 |
| 23 | Bryce Fullwood | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | 5 | | | | | 76 |
| 24 | Michael Almond | 15 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 74 |
| 25 | Chelsea Angelo | 12 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 14 | Ret | 12 | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | 10 | 56 |
| 26 | Jordan Michels | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 46 |
| 27 | Iain McDougall | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 15 | 12 | | 44 |
| 28 | Jean-Karl Vernay | | | | | | | | | | 1 | WD | WD | | | | | | | | | | | 42 |
| 29 | Rik Breukers | 5 | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 30 | Aurélien Comte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | 14 | 8 | | 38 |
| 31 | Matthew Simmons | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 17 | 13 | | 38 |
| 32 | James Allen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | 14 | | 29 |
| 33 | Barton Mawer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 18 | 15 | | 22 |
| 34 | Aaron Seton | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | SYD | SYD | SYD | PHI | PHI | PHI | BEN | BEN | BEN | QLD | QLD | QLD | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAN | SAN | SAN | BEN | BEN | BEN | Pen. | Points |

Key :

| Colour | Result |
| - | - |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Blank | Did not enter (cell empty) |
| Text formatting | Meaning |
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Fastest lap |
