2019 TCR Spa 500

2019 TCR Spa 500

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The 2019 TCR Spa 500 was the first 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]

Race details
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	Gjis Bessem Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen	NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing
2nd
Drivers	Pepe Oriola Tom Coronel Rik Breukers Ivo Breukers	Red Camel-Jordans.nl
3rd
Drivers	Darryl Clarke Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen	GDL Racing Team Australia
Spa 500
Fastest lap
Drivers	Aurélien Comte Teddy Clairet Julien Briché	DG Sport Compétition
Time	2:34.616
Podium
First	Pepe Oriola Tom Coronel Rik Breukers Ivo Breukers	Red Camel-Jordans.nl
Second	Aurélien Comte Teddy Clairet Julien Briché	DG Sport Compétition
Third	Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing

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

Team Car No. Drivers Class   Holmgaard Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2   Jérimy Daniel Am   Roy Edland   Jonas Holmgaard   Magnus Holmgaard   Rowan Shepherd   AC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 8   Mathieu Detry PA   Vincent Radermecker   Stewart Lines   Stéphane Perrin   GDL Racing Team Australia Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 9   Darryl Clarke Am   Clint Harvey   Brett Niall   Malcolm Niall   Rory Penttinen   Teamwork Huff Motorsport[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 22   Yan Chuang PA   Rainey He[3]   Neric Wei[3]   Andy Yan[3] 852   Alex Hui[3] PA   Samuel Hsieh[3]   Paul Poon[3]   Sunny Wong[3]   Wimmer Werk Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 33   Günter Benninger Am   Peter Gross   Hans Peter Eder   Christian Voithofer   Günther Wiesmeier   Burton Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 46   Caren Burton Am   Pierre-Yves Corthals[4]   Armand Fumal   Olivier Meurens   Philippe Steveny   Ferda Autosport By QSR Racing[5] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 54   Chris Allen[5] Am   Lance Bergstein[5]   Ramana Lagemann[5]   Jon Miller[5]   Viper Niza Racing CUPRA León TCR 65   Dominc Ang PA   Fariqe Hairuman   Douglas Khoo   Melvin Moh   Vmax-Engineering Opel Astra TCR 85   Steven Cho PA   Charles Espenlaub   Charles Putman   Ward Sluys   Red Camel-Jordans.nl[6] CUPRA León TCR 101   Ivo Breukers[6] P   Rik Breukers[6]   Tom Coronel[6]   Pepe Oriola[6]   Motorsport developpement Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 102   Pierre-Étienne Chaumat Am   Hervé Maillien   Sebastien Tyhon   Philippe Ulivieri   Lestrup Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 110   Peter Fahlström Am   Marcus Fluch   Stefan Nilsson   Mats Olsson   Bas Koeten Racing[N 1]   TOPCAR sport with Bas Koeten Racing[N 1]   NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing[N 1] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 125   Alex Au Am   Eric Kwong   Eric Lo   Kevin Tse CUPRA León TCR 131   Mikel Azcona[7] P   Julien Apotheloz   Fabian Danz   Antti Buri   Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 175   Gijs Bessem PA   Christiaan Frankenhout   Harry Hilders   Jaap van Lagen   DG Sport Compétition[8] Peugeot 308 TCR 308   Julien Briché[8] P   Teddy Clairet[8]   Aurélien Comte[8]   Macau PS Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 853   Filipe de Souza Am   Louis Ng   Kelvin Wong   Ryan Wong   Lam Kam San Source:[9][10]

Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Results

Qualifying

Class pole positions in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps
1	PA	175	NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing	Gijs Bessem   Christiaan Frankenhout   Harry Hilders   Jaap van Lagen	CUPRA León TCR	2:37.916	10
2	P	101	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers   Rik Breukers   Tom Coronel   Pepe Oriola	CUPRA León TCR	2:39.038	7
3	Am	9	GDL Racing Team Australia	Darryl Clarke   Clint Harvey   Brett Niall   Malcolm Niall   Rory Penttinen	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	2:39.664	10
4	PA	85	Vmax Engineering	Steven Cho   Charles Espenlaub   Charles Putman   Ward Sluys	Opel Astra TCR	2:39.761	9
5	PA	8	AC Motorsport	Mathieu Detry   Vincent Radermecker   Stewart Lines   Stéphane Perrin	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	2:40.271	9
6	PA	33	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	Günter Benninger   Peter Gross   Hans Peter Eder   Christian Voithofer   Günther Wiesmeier	CUPRA León TCR	2:40.308	11
7	P	131	TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing	Mikel Azcona   Julien Apotheloz   Fabian Danz   Antti Buri   Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	CUPRA León TCR	2:40.737	9
8	P	308	DG Sport Compétition	Julien Briché   Teddy Clairet   Aurélien Comte	Peugeot 308 TCR	2:40.812	8
9	Am	110	Lestrup Racing Team	Peter Fahlström   Marcus Fluch   Stefan Nilsson   Mats Olsson	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	2:40.822	11
10	Am	46	Burton Racing	Caren Burton   Pierre-Yves Corthals   Armand Fumal   Oliver Meurens   Philippe Steveny	Peugeot 308 TCR	2:41.110	9
11	Am	2	Holmgaard Motorsport	Jérimy Daniel   Roy Edland   Jonas Holmgaard   Magnus Holmgaard   Rowan Shepherd	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	2:41.444	8
12	Am	853	Macau PS Racing	Filipe de Souza   Louis Ng   Kelvin Wong   Ryan Wong   Lam Kam San	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	2:43.547	9
13	Am	54	Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing	Chris Allen   Lance Bergstein   Ramana Lagemann   Jon Miller	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	2:43.973	9
14	PA	22	Teamwork Huff Motorsport	Yan Chuang   Rainey He   Neric Wei   Andy Yan	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	2:45.727	9
15	PA	852	Teamwork Huff Motorsport	Alex Hui   Samuel Hsieh   Paul Poon   Sunny Wong	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	2:50.668	5
16	PA	65	Viper Niza Racing	Dominic Ang   Fariqe Hairuman   Douglas Khoo   Melvin Moh	CUPRA León TCR	2:50.753	9
17	Am	125	Bas Koeten Racing	Alex Au   Eric Kwong   Eric Lo   Kevin Tse	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	2:52.932	9
Source:[11]

Race

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   Red Camel-Jordans.nl   Ivo Breukers   Rik Breukers   Tom Coronel   Pepe Oriola CUPRA León TCR 23:02:11.018 454 2 P 308   DG Sport Compétition   Julien Briché   Teddy Clairet   Aurélien Comte Peugeot 308 TCR +5 Laps 449 3 P 131   TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing   Mikel Azcona   Julien Apotheloz   Fabian Danz   Antti Buri   Kari-Pekka Laaksonen CUPRA León TCR +10 Laps 444 4 PA 65   Viper Niza Racing   Dominic Ang   Fariqe Hairuman   Douglas Khoo   Melvin Moh CUPRA León TCR +13 Laps 441 5 PA 8   AC Motorsport   Mathieu Detry   Vincent Radermecker   Stewart Lines   Stéphane Perrin Audi RS 3 LMS TCR +15 Laps 439 6 Am 46   Burton Racing   Caren Burton   Pierre-Yves Corthals   Armand Fumal   Oliver Meurens   Philippe Steveny Peugeot 308 TCR +18 Laps 436 7 PA 852   Teamwork Huff Motorsport   Alex Hui   Samuel Hsieh   Paul Poon   Sunny Wong Audi RS 3 LMS TCR +26 Laps 428 8 DNF Am 110   Lestrup Racing Team   Peter Fahlström   Marcus Fluch   Stefan Nilsson   Mats Olsson Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Accident/Gravel Trap 424 9 DNF PA 22   Teamwork Huff Motorsport   Yan Chuang   Rainey He   Neric Wei   Andy Yan Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Retired 409 10 DNF Am 125   Bas Koeten Racing   Alex Au   Eric Kwong   Eric Lo   Kevin Tse Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Crash 361 11 Am 9   GDL Racing Team Australia   Darryl Clarke   Clint Harvey   Brett Niall   Malcolm Niall   Rory Penttinen Audi RS 3 LMS TCR +98 Laps 356 12 DNF Am 2   Holmgaard Motorsport   Jérimy Daniel   Roy Edland   Jonas Holmgaard   Magnus Holmgaard   Rowan Shepherd Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Engine oil and cooling 319 DNF PA 33   Wimmer Werk Motorsport   Günter Benninger   Peter Gross   Hans Peter Eder   Christian Voithofer   Günther Wiesmeier CUPRA León TCR Crash 225 DNF PA 85   Vmax Engineering   Steven Cho   Charles Espenlaub   Charles Putman   Ward Sluys Opel Astra TCR Fire 187 DNF Am 54   Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing   Chris Allen   Lance Bergstein   Ramana Lagemann   Jon Miller Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Crash 127 DNF Am 853   Macau PS Racing   Filipe de Souza   Louis Ng   Kelvin Wong   Ryan Wong   Lam Kam San Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Crash damage 85 DNF PA 175   NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing   Gijs Bessem   Christiaan Frankenhout   Harry Hilders   Jaap van Lagen CUPRA León TCR Crash 27 Source:[12] [13] [14] [15] Notes Car No. 125 entered as Bas Koeten Racing, car No. 131 entered as TOPCAR Sport by Bas Koeten Racing and car No. 175 entered as NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing. References "Spa to host end-of-year TCR endurance event". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019. "New touring car endurance race TCR Spa 500 launched for 2019". Autosport. Autosport. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019. "Teamwork Huff Motorsport confirm TCR Spa 500 entry". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019. "Pierre-Yves Corthals confirmed for TCR Spa 500 with Burton Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019. "FERDA AutoSport by QSR Racing Enters Spa500 with All-American Driver Lineup". TCRSpa500. tcrspa500.com. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019. "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. "Peugeot confirm TCR Spa 500 entry with DG Sport Compétition". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019. "24H SERIES TCR SPA 500". 24H SERIES. Retrieved 2019-03-30. "Entry list". tcrspa500.com. 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. "Red Camel-Jordans.nl leads the TCR SPA 500 after four hours". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019. "EIGHT talking points from the 2019 TCR SPA 500, so far". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019. "Red Camel-Jordans.nl becomes first ever winner of the TCR SPA 500". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019. "2019 TCR SPA 500. What happened?". tcrspa500.com. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019. External links TCR Series Official website TCR Spa 500 Official website