2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series

The 2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series is the first season of the TCR Korea Touring Car Series. The series supported the TCR Asia Series for their inaugural round held at Korea International Circuit in August.

2018 TCR Korea Touring Car Series
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Teams and drivers

All teams were Korean registered. All drivers, excepting German driver Peter Terting, raced under South Korean racing license.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
DreamRacer Racing Team[1] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[1] 1 Kim Byoung Hyun[1] 1
KMSA Motorsport[1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 3 Kang Dong Woo[1] 1, 3
E-Rain Motorsport[1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 16 Lee Do Hyeon[1] 1
19 Noh Dong Gi 2–3
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[1] 20 Andrew Kim[1] 2–3
Brand New Racing 1
85 Jung Nam Su 2–3
Indigo Racing[1] Hyundai i30 N TCR[1] 87 Charlie Kang[1] All
97 Cho Hoon Hyun[1] 1–2
99 Kim Jin Soo 3
Entries ineligible to score points
Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i30 N TCR 30 Peter Terting 3

Calendar and results

The provisional calendar was released on 5 February 2018, with all rounds being held within South Korea.[2][3]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1 Korea International Circuit, Yeongam 25–26 August Kang Byung Hui Andrew Kim Andrew Kim BrandNew Racing TCR Asia Series
2 Charlie Kang Charlie Kang Indigo Racing
2 3 Inje Speedium, Inje 29–30 September Noh Dong Gi Andrew Kim Charlie Kang Indigo Racing
4 Andrew Kim Jung Nam Su Brand New Racing
3 5 Korea International Circuit, Yeongam 3–4 November Kim Jin Soo[N 1] Charlie Kang[N 2] Noh Dong Gi E-Rain Motorsport
6 Charlie Kang[N 3] Kim Jin Soo Indigo Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship
Pos. Driver KIC1 INJ KIC2  Pts. 
1 Charlie Kang 4 1 1 3 4 3 108
2 Andrew Kim 1 4 2 2 2 Ret 102
3 Jung Nam Su 3 1 6 2 75
4 Noh Dong Gi 4 5 1 5 65
5 Cho Hoon Hyun 3 5 5 4 52
6 Kim Jin Soo 5 1 45
7 Kim Byoung Hyun 2 3 34
8 Kang Dong Woo Ret 2 Ret Ret 23
9 Lee Do Hyeon 5 6 18
Drivers ineligible to score points
Peter Terting 3 4 -
Pos. Driver KIC1 INJ KIC2  Pts. 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes
  1. Actual pole position was taken by guest driver Peter Terting.
  2. Actual fastest lap of the race was recorded by guest driver Peter Terting.
  3. Actual fastest lap of the race was recorded by guest driver Peter Terting.

References
  1. "TCR Asia Series makes Korean return". asia.tcr-series.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. "TCR Korea unveils 2018 provisional calendar". tcr-series.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. "TCR Korea unveils provisional calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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