2019 WTCX season

2019 WTCX
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Season
Races	15
Start date	18th May
End date	16th November
Awards
Drivers' champion	Thed Bjork
Teams' champion	KCMG
Manufacturers' Cup	Hyundai
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
None	Cancelled (COVID-19)

The 2019 WTCX season was the first season of the of WTCX championship, which offered a unique hybrid of touring car racing with a rallycross format of heats and a final, each contested over an approximately ten-mile distance. The season was dominated by Lynk & Co Drivers Champion Thed Bjork, but the collective efforts of Hyundai's driver trio meant that they won the Manufacturer's Championship. The leading Independent entry was Tiago Monteiro in a KCMG-run Cupra.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Car	Driver	Rounds
MANUFACTURER TEAMS
BRC Squadra Corse	Hyundai i30 N	Nicky Catsburg	All
		Norbert Michelisz	All
		Gabriele Tarquini	All
Template:BEL Comtoyou Racing	Subaru WRX STi	Mehdi Bennani	All
		Kevin Ceccon	All
		Andre Heimgartner	All
Cyan Racing	Lynk & Co 03	Thed Bjork	All
		Ma Qinghua	All
		Template:GBR Andy Priaulx	All
Equipo Oscaro by Campos	Cupra Leon	Mikel Azcona	All
		Esteban Guerrieri	All
		Template:FRA Aurelien Panis	All
INDEPENDENT TEAMS
KCMG Racing	Cupra Leon	Tiago Monteiro	All
Kolles Racing	Cupra Leon	Template:USA Scott Speed	1
		Joao Paolo de Oliveira	2-3, 12-13
		Template:GBR Alice Powell	4, 10
Template:USA Kyle Busch Motorsports	Hyundai i30 N	Template:USA Kyle Busch	1
Saudi Racing	Lynk & Co 03	Fahad Algosaibi	All
Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb Racing	Subaru WRX STi	Template:GBR Robbie Huff	All
Zengo Motorsport	Cupra Leon	Csaba Toth	1-5
		Tamas Pal Kiss	6-11
		Zoltan Zengo	12
		Daniel Nagy	13-15
Escuderia Telmex	Lynk & Co 03	Luis Michael Dorrbecker	2, 11
Team Brasil	Subaru WRX STi	Caca Bueno	3
Template:FRA SLR Casablanca	Subaru WRX STi	Michael Benyahia	4
Munnich Motorsports	Subaru WRX STi	Rene Rast	5-8
Team Bleekemolen	Cupra Leon	Michael Bleekemolen	5-9
AS Motorsport	Lynk & Co 03	Heikki Kovalainen	9
SMP Racing	Hyundai i30 N	Template:BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	10
World Luxury Racing	Hyundai i30 N	Heamin Choi	11-12
B-MAX Racing	Subaru WRX STi	Dragon	13
Template:FRA Everspeed-KCMG Racing	Cupra Leon	Adderly Fong	14
PS Racing	Subaru WRX STi	Mahaveer Raghunathan	14-15
Team Asia New Zealand	Lynk & Co 03	Brendon Hartley	15

Calendar and Results

	Venue		Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer
1	Template:USA Portland International Raceway		Esteban Guerrieri	Equipo Oscaro by Campos	Cupra
2	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	Oval with Fero Sol	Thed Bjork	Cyan Racing	Lynk & Co
3	Autodromo Nelson Piquet, Brasilia	Outer Circuit	Thed Bjork	Cyan Racing	Lynk & Co
4	Circuit Moulay El Hassan		Tiago Monteiro	KCMG	Cupra (Independent)
5	Autodromo do Algarve		Thed Bjork	Cyan Racing	Lynk & Co
6	Template:FRA Circuit Dijon-Prenois		Tiago Monteiro	KCMG	Cupra (Independent)
7	Template:GBR Brands Hatch	Indy Circuit	Gabriele Tarquini	BRC Squadra Corse	Hyundai
8	Hockenheimring	Stadium Circuit	Norbert Michelisz	BRC Squadra Corse	Hyundai
9	Ahvenisto Circuit		Thed Bjork	Cyan Racing	Lynk & Co
10	Sochi Autodrom	Permanent Circuit	Nicky Catsburg	BRC Squadra Corse	Hyundai
11	Sakhir International Circuit	Outer Circuit	Thed Bjork	Cyan Racing	Lynk & Co
12	Taebaek Racing Park		Esteban Guerrieri	Equipo Oscaro by Campos	Cupra
13	Tsukuba Circuit		Gabriele Tarquini	BRC Squadra Corse	Hyundai
14	Ningbo International Speedway	Short Circuit	Thed Bjork	Cyan Racing	Lynk & Co
15	Highlands Motorsports Park	'E' Circuit	Tiago Monteiro	KCMG	Cupra (Independent)

Championship Standings

Points System

Position	FINAL						HEATS
	1	2	3	4	5	6	3	4	5	6
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers Championship

	Driver	Template:USA POR	MEX	BRA	MAR	ALG	Template:FRA DIJ	Template:GBR BRH	HOC	AHV	SCH	SAK	TBK	TSU	NIN	OTA	Points
1	Thed Bjork	2	1	1	3	1	5	4	5	1	2	1	2	2	1	3	278
2	Esteban Guerrieri	1	2	4	3	3	4	5	2	4	4	4	1	4	6	3	187
3	Gabriele Tarquini	5	4	3	4	5	3	1	6	3	6	2	3	1	4	2	184
4	Tiago Monteiro	3	3	3	1	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	1	160
5	Norbert Michelisz	4	3	4	2	4	4	2	1	2	5	5	5	6	2	4	153
6	Nicky Catsburg	3	5	2	5	2	4	3	4	3	1	4	3	4	3	5	137
7	Template:GBR Andy Priaulx	3	4	6	6	6	6	3	6	3	5	3	6	3	5	5	109
8	Fahad Algosaibi	6	4	5	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	4	5	6	3	5	102
9	Kevin Ceccon	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	3	5	3	6	5	3	4	5	78
10	Template:FRA Aurelien Panis	5	5	4	6	3	4	3	6	6	6	3	4	4	5	3	75
11	Template:GBR Robbie Huff	4	6	6	5	4	6	6	5	4	3	5	6	5	6	4	73
12	Andre Heimgartner	4	3	6	5	3	5	6	5	6	6	4	5	4	5	4	58
=	Ma Qinghua	6	6	3	4	5	3	5	3	5	3	6	6	3	4	6	58
14	Mehdi Bennani	6	3	3	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	6	5	4	6	4	53
15	Mikel Azcona	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	4	3	6	5	6	5	3	6	49
16	Daniel Nagy													6	3	6	24
17	Joao Paolo de Oliveira		6	5									3	5			19
18	Heamin Choi											3	4				18
19	Tamas Pal Kiss						6	5	5	5	5	4					13
20	Template:BEL Stoffel Vandoorne										5						10
21	Heikki Kovalainen									6							8
=	Template:GBR Alice Powell				4						4						8
=	Rene Rast					6	5	6	4								8
24	Michael Bleekemolen					6	5	5	6	6							7
25	Template:USA Kyle Busch	3															6
=	Brendon Hartley															3	6
=	Csaba Toth	6	6	5	6	6											6
=	Zoltan Zengo												3				6
29	Luis Michael Dorrbecker		5									6					3
30	Adderly Fong														5		2
=	Mahaveer Raghunathan														6	6	2
=	Template:USA Scott Speed	5															2
33	Michael Benyahia				6												1
=	Caca Bueno			6													1
=	Dragon													6			1

Manufacturers Championship

	Manufacturer	Template:USA POR	MEX	BRA	MAR	ALG	Template:FRA DIJ	Template:GBR BRH	HOC	AHV	SCH	SAK	TBK	TSU	NIN	OTA	Points
1	Hyundai	3	5	2	5	2	4	3	4	3	1	4	3	4	3	5	474
		4	3	4	2	4	4	2	1	2	5	5	5	6	2	4
		5	4	3	4	5	3	1	6	3	6	2	3	1	4	2
2	Lynk & Co	2	1	1	3	1	5	4	5	1	2	1	2	2	1	3	445
		6	6	3	4	5	3	5	3	5	3	6	6	3	4	6
		3	4	6	6	6	6	3	6	3	5	3	6	3	5	5
3	Cupra	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	4	3	6	5	6	5	3	6	311
		1	2	4	3	3	4	5	2	4	4	4	1	4	6	3
		5	5	4	6	3	4	3	6	6	6	3	4	4	5	3
4	Subaru	6	3	3	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	6	5	4	6	4	189
		4	5	5	4	5	5	4	3	5	3	6	5	3	4	5
		4	3	6	5	3	5	6	5	6	6	4	5	4	5	4

Independent Teams Championship

	Team	Template:USA POR	MEX	BRA	MAR	ALG	Template:FRA DIJ	Template:GBR BRH	HOC	AHV	SCH	SAK	TBK	TSU	NIN	OTA	Points
1	KCMG	3	3	3	1	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	1	160
2	Saudi Racing	6	4	5	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	4	5	6	3	5	102
3	Template:FRA Sebastien Loeb Racing	4	6	6	5	4	6	6	5	4	3	5	6	5	6	4	73
4	Zengo Motorsport	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	6	3	6	49
5	Kolles Racing	5	6	5	4						4		3	5			29
6	World Luxury Racing											3	4				18
7	AS Motorsport									6							8
=	Munnich Motorsport					6	5	6	4								8
9	Team Bleekemolen					6	5	5	6	6							7
10	Template:USA Kyle Busch Motorsports	3															6
=	Team Asia New Zealand															3	6
12	Escuderia Telmex		5									6					3
13	Template:FRA Evergreen-KCMG Racing														5		2
=	PS Racing														6	6	2
15	B-MAX Racing													6			1
=	Template:FRA SLR Casablanca				6												1
=	Team Brasil			6													1

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