FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO has declared 2019 WTCR Schedule for its season 2. The First season was in 2018 when it was changed from World Touring Car Championship to World Touring Car Cup. The World Cup title will be awarded at the End of the tournament. This is an international motorsports event which is promoted by Eurosport Events and authorized by FIA (Federation International de l'Automobile). The French E-commerce automotive company OSCARO is sponsoring the season.
The New Year and 2019 WTCR Schedule will bring new changes to the event of WTCC which recently changed to WTCR. All new drivers, cars and rules were introduced and gained from the TCR. The Japanese tire supplier company Yokohama is the official tyres supplier for the WTCR. Currently, the constructors of vehicles in the tournament are:
Alfa Romeo
Audi
Honda
Hyundai
Peugeot
SEAT
Volkswagen
In Future new constructors will come or old can be replaced with these:
Lada
Lynk & Co
Opel
The favourite and notable drivers who already won and can win this tournament as well are:
Mehdi Bennani (MAR)
Thed Bjork (SWE)
Nicky Catsburg (NED)
Yann Ehrlacher (FRA)
Augusto Farfus (BRA)
Rob Huff (GBR)
Johan Kristoffersson (SWE)
Norbert Michelisz (HUN)
Yvan Muller (FRA)
Andy Priaulx (GBR)
Gabriele Tarquini (ITA)
The event will be contested for over 30 races in 10 weekends, 3 continents will be covered for the season. 2019 WTCR Schedule has Morocco as its first stop in April 2019 and will go along till December in Malaysia. Every race is consists of 3-days with 2 free practice session, 2 qualifying meeting and 3 races.
Here is the 2019 WTCR Schedule with all countries with track location and dates of the rounds:
Rounds |
Country |
Track/Place |
Dates |
---|---|---|---|
1-3 |
Morocco |
Circuit Moulay El Hassan, Marrakech |
5-7 April |
4-6 |
Hungary |
Hungaroring |
26-28 April |
7-9 |
Slovakia |
Slovakia Ring |
10-12 May |
10-12 |
Netherlands |
Zandvoort |
17-19 May |
13-15 |
Germany |
Nurburgring Nordschleife |
20-22 June |
16-18 |
Portugal |
Vila Real |
5-7 July |
19-21 |
China |
Ningbo |
13-15 September |
22-24 |
Japan |
Suzuka |
25-27 October |
25-27 |
Macau |
Circuito da Guia |
14-17 November |
28-30 |
Malaysia |
Sepang |
TBA |