| Race details | ||
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| Date | 3–6 October 2019 | |
| Official name | TCR Spa 500 | |
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | |
| Course | Modern circuit with new pit lane and Bus Stop Chicane (2007–present) 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | |
| Distance | Main Race 500 laps / 3,502.00 km (2,176.04 mi) OR 23 hours | |
| Qualifying | ||
| Pole | ||
| Drivers | 👁 Netherlands Gjis Bessem 👁 Netherlands Christiaan Frankenhout 👁 Netherlands Harry Hilders 👁 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen |
NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing |
| 2nd | ||
| Drivers | 👁 Spain Pepe Oriola 👁 Netherlands Tom Coronel 👁 Netherlands Rik Breukers 👁 Netherlands Ivo Breukers |
Red Camel-Jordans.nl |
| 3rd | ||
| Drivers | 👁 Australia Darryl Clarke 👁 Australia Clint Harvey 👁 Australia Brett Niall 👁 Australia Malcolm Niall 👁 Finland Rory Penttinen |
GDL Racing Team Australia |
| Spa 500 | ||
| Fastest lap | ||
| Drivers | 👁 France Aurélien Comte 👁 France Teddy Clairet 👁 France Julien Briché |
DG Sport Compétition |
| Time | 2:34.616 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | 👁 Spain Pepe Oriola 👁 Netherlands Tom Coronel 👁 Netherlands Rik Breukers 👁 Netherlands Ivo Breukers |
Red Camel-Jordans.nl |
| Second | 👁 France Aurélien Comte 👁 France Teddy Clairet 👁 France Julien Briché |
DG Sport Compétition |
| Third | 👁 Spain Mikel Azcona 👁 Switzerland Julien Apotheloz 👁 Switzerland Fabian Danz 👁 Finland Antti Buri 👁 Finland Kari-Pekka Laaksonen |
TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing |
The 2019 TCR Spa 500 was the first and only edition of the TCR Spa 500 endurance touring car race. It was promoted by the WSC, the group behind the TCR concept, and Creventic, who promotes the 24H Series.[1][2]
The race was scheduled for 500 laps of the 7,004 metres (4.352 mi) circuit, for a total of 3,502 kilometres (2,176 mi), with a time-certain finish of 23 hours from the green flag of the race.
The race was won by Red Camel-Jordans.nl with Pepe Oriola, Tom Coronel, Rik Breukers and Ivo Breukers, which completed 454 laps. In second place came DG Sport Compétition with Aurélien Comte, Julien Briché and Teddy Clairet, with third place going to the TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing team of Mikel Azcona, Julien Apotheloz, Fabian Danz, Antti Buri and Kari-Pekka Laaksonen.
Teams and drivers
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Results
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Class pole positions in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PA | 175 | 👁 Netherlands NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing |
👁 Netherlands Gijs Bessem 👁 Netherlands Christiaan Frankenhout 👁 Netherlands Harry Hilders 👁 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen |
CUPRA León TCR | 2:37.916 | 10 |
| 2 | P | 101 | 👁 Netherlands Red Camel-Jordans.nl |
👁 Netherlands Ivo Breukers 👁 Netherlands Rik Breukers 👁 Netherlands Tom Coronel 👁 Spain Pepe Oriola |
CUPRA León TCR | 2:39.038 | 7 |
| 3 | Am | 9 | 👁 Australia GDL Racing Team Australia |
👁 Australia Darryl Clarke 👁 Australia Clint Harvey 👁 Australia Brett Niall 👁 Australia Malcolm Niall 👁 Finland Rory Penttinen |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:39.664 | 10 |
| 4 | PA | 85 | 👁 Germany Vmax Engineering |
👁 Canada Steven Cho 👁 United States Charles Espenlaub 👁 United States Charles Putman 👁 Belgium Ward Sluys |
Opel Astra TCR | 2:39.761 | 9 |
| 5 | PA | 8 | 👁 Belgium AC Motorsport |
👁 Belgium Mathieu Detry 👁 Belgium Vincent Radermecker 👁 United Kingdom Stewart Lines 👁 France Stéphane Perrin |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:40.271 | 9 |
| 6 | PA | 33 | 👁 Austria Wimmer Werk Motorsport |
👁 Austria Günter Benninger 👁 Austria Peter Gross 👁 Austria Hans Peter Eder 👁 Austria Christian Voithofer 👁 Austria Günther Wiesmeier |
CUPRA León TCR | 2:40.308 | 11 |
| 7 | P | 131 | 👁 Switzerland TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing |
👁 Spain Mikel Azcona 👁 Switzerland Julien Apotheloz 👁 Switzerland Fabian Danz 👁 Finland Antti Buri 👁 Finland Kari-Pekka Laaksonen |
CUPRA León TCR | 2:40.737 | 9 |
| 8 | P | 308 | 👁 Belgium DG Sport Compétition |
👁 France Julien Briché 👁 France Teddy Clairet 👁 France Aurélien Comte |
Peugeot 308 TCR | 2:40.812 | 8 |
| 9 | Am | 110 | 👁 Sweden Lestrup Racing Team |
👁 Sweden Peter Fahlström 👁 Sweden Marcus Fluch 👁 Sweden Stefan Nilsson 👁 Sweden Mats Olsson |
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 2:40.822 | 11 |
| 10 | Am | 46 | 👁 Belgium Burton Racing |
👁 Belgium Caren Burton 👁 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals 👁 Belgium Armand Fumal 👁 Belgium Oliver Meurens 👁 Belgium Philippe Steveny |
Peugeot 308 TCR | 2:41.110 | 9 |
| 11 | Am | 2 | 👁 Denmark Holmgaard Motorsport |
👁 Canada Jérimy Daniel 👁 Norway Roy Edland 👁 Denmark Jonas Holmgaard 👁 Denmark Magnus Holmgaard 👁 New Zealand Rowan Shepherd |
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 2:41.444 | 8 |
| 12 | Am | 853 | 👁 Macau Macau PS Racing |
👁 Macau Filipe de Souza 👁 Macau Louis Ng 👁 Macau Kelvin Wong 👁 Macau Ryan Wong 👁 Macau Lam Kam San |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:43.547 | 9 |
| 13 | Am | 54 | 👁 Belgium Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing |
👁 United States Chris Allen 👁 United States Lance Bergstein 👁 United States Ramana Lagemann 👁 United States Jon Miller |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:43.973 | 9 |
| 14 | PA | 22 | 👁 Hong Kong Teamwork Huff Motorsport |
👁 China Yan Chuang 👁 China Rainey He 👁 China Neric Wei 👁 Hong Kong Andy Yan |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:45.727 | 9 |
| 15 | PA | 852 | 👁 Hong Kong Teamwork Huff Motorsport |
👁 Hong Kong Alex Hui 👁 Hong Kong Samuel Hsieh 👁 Hong Kong Paul Poon 👁 Hong Kong Sunny Wong |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:50.668 | 5 |
| 16 | PA | 65 | 👁 Malaysia Viper Niza Racing |
👁 Malaysia Dominic Ang 👁 Malaysia Fariqe Hairuman 👁 Malaysia Douglas Khoo 👁 Malaysia Melvin Moh |
CUPRA León TCR | 2:50.753 | 9 |
| 17 | Am | 125 | 👁 Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing |
👁 Hong Kong Alex Au 👁 Hong Kong Eric Kwong 👁 Hong Kong Eric Lo 👁 Macau Kevin Tse |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2:52.932 | 9 |
| Source:[11] | |||||||
Race
[edit]The minimum number of laps for classification (60% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 273 laps. Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time/Reason | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 101 | 👁 Netherlands Red Camel-Jordans.nl |
👁 Netherlands Ivo Breukers 👁 Netherlands Rik Breukers 👁 Netherlands Tom Coronel 👁 Spain Pepe Oriola |
CUPRA León TCR | 23:02:11.018 | 454 |
| 2 | P | 308 | 👁 Belgium DG Sport Compétition |
👁 France Julien Briché 👁 France Teddy Clairet 👁 France Aurélien Comte |
Peugeot 308 TCR | +5 Laps | 449 |
| 3 | P | 131 | 👁 Switzerland TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing |
👁 Spain Mikel Azcona 👁 Switzerland Julien Apotheloz 👁 Switzerland Fabian Danz 👁 Finland Antti Buri 👁 Finland Kari-Pekka Laaksonen |
CUPRA León TCR | +10 Laps | 444 |
| 4 | PA | 65 | 👁 Malaysia Viper Niza Racing |
👁 Malaysia Dominic Ang 👁 Malaysia Fariqe Hairuman 👁 Malaysia Douglas Khoo 👁 Malaysia Melvin Moh |
CUPRA León TCR | +13 Laps | 441 |
| 5 | PA | 8 | 👁 Belgium AC Motorsport |
👁 Belgium Mathieu Detry 👁 Belgium Vincent Radermecker 👁 United Kingdom Stewart Lines 👁 France Stéphane Perrin |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +15 Laps | 439 |
| 6 | Am | 46 | 👁 Belgium Burton Racing |
👁 Belgium Caren Burton 👁 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals 👁 Belgium Armand Fumal 👁 Belgium Oliver Meurens 👁 Belgium Philippe Steveny |
Peugeot 308 TCR | +18 Laps | 436 |
| 7 | PA | 852 | 👁 Hong Kong Teamwork Huff Motorsport |
👁 Hong Kong Alex Hui 👁 Hong Kong Samuel Hsieh 👁 Hong Kong Paul Poon 👁 Hong Kong Sunny Wong |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +26 Laps | 428 |
| 8 DNF |
Am | 110 | 👁 Sweden Lestrup Racing Team |
👁 Sweden Peter Fahlström 👁 Sweden Marcus Fluch 👁 Sweden Stefan Nilsson 👁 Sweden Mats Olsson |
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | Accident/Gravel Trap | 424 |
| 9 DNF |
PA | 22 | 👁 Hong Kong Teamwork Huff Motorsport |
👁 China Yan Chuang 👁 China Rainey He 👁 China Neric Wei 👁 Hong Kong Andy Yan |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Retired | 409 |
| 10 DNF |
Am | 125 | 👁 Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing |
👁 Hong Kong Alex Au 👁 Hong Kong Eric Kwong 👁 Hong Kong Eric Lo 👁 Macau Kevin Tse |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Crash | 361 |
| 11 | Am | 9 | 👁 Australia GDL Racing Team Australia |
👁 Australia Darryl Clarke 👁 Australia Clint Harvey 👁 Australia Brett Niall 👁 Australia Malcolm Niall 👁 Finland Rory Penttinen |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +98 Laps | 356 |
| 12 DNF |
Am | 2 | 👁 Denmark Holmgaard Motorsport |
👁 Canada Jérimy Daniel 👁 Norway Roy Edland 👁 Denmark Jonas Holmgaard 👁 Denmark Magnus Holmgaard 👁 New Zealand Rowan Shepherd |
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | Engine oil and cooling | 319 |
| DNF | PA | 33 | 👁 Austria Wimmer Werk Motorsport |
👁 Austria Günter Benninger 👁 Austria Peter Gross 👁 Austria Hans Peter Eder 👁 Austria Christian Voithofer 👁 Austria Günther Wiesmeier |
CUPRA León TCR | Crash | 225 |
| DNF | PA | 85 | 👁 Germany Vmax Engineering |
👁 Canada Steven Cho 👁 United States Charles Espenlaub 👁 United States Charles Putman 👁 Belgium Ward Sluys |
Opel Astra TCR | Fire | 187 |
| DNF | Am | 54 | 👁 Belgium Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing |
👁 United States Chris Allen 👁 United States Lance Bergstein 👁 United States Ramana Lagemann 👁 United States Jon Miller |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Crash | 127 |
| DNF | Am | 853 | 👁 Macau Macau PS Racing |
👁 Macau Filipe de Souza 👁 Macau Louis Ng 👁 Macau Kelvin Wong 👁 Macau Ryan Wong 👁 Macau Lam Kam San |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Crash damage | 85 |
| DNF | PA | 175 | 👁 Netherlands NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing |
👁 Netherlands Gijs Bessem 👁 Netherlands Christiaan Frankenhout 👁 Netherlands Harry Hilders 👁 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen |
CUPRA León TCR | Crash | 27 |
| Source:[12] | |||||||
2020 TCR Spa 500
[edit]A 2020 edition of the TCR Spa 500, supposed to take part on May 2 and 3, was announced in February 2020.[16][17] It was later cancelled.[18]
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ "Pierre-Yves Corthals confirmed for TCR Spa 500 with Burton Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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- ^ a b c d e "Pepe Oriola confirmed for TCR Spa 500 grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Mikel Azcona joins TCR Spa 500 grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Peugeot confirm TCR Spa 500 entry with DG Sport Compétition". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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- ^ "Entry list". tcrspa500.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing on pole for first ever TCR SPA 500". tcrspa500.com. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.[dead link]
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- ^ "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020". us3.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020 with #WSC and #CREVENTIC back at the helm | www.speed-live.it" (in Italian). 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ Cybernet.lu. "Les 12 Heures de Spa et les TCR Spa 500 à la trappe ?". www.speedactiontv.be (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.