2019 TCR Spa 500 explained

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) 7.004km (04.352miles)
Distance	Main Race 500 laps / 3502km (2,176miles) OR 23 hours
Qualifying
Pole
Drivers		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		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 7004m (22,979feet) circuit, for a total of 3502km (2,176miles), 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 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 Neric Wei Andy Yan 852 Alex Hui PA Samuel Hsieh Paul Poon Sunny Wong Wimmer Werk Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 33 Günter Benninger PA Peter Gross Hans Peter Eder Christian Voithofer Constantin Schöll 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 Am Lance Bergstein Ramana Lagemann Jon Miller 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 P Rik Breukers Tom Coronel Pepe Oriola 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 TOPCAR sport with Bas Koeten Racing NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing 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 nowrap Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 175 Gijs Bessem PA Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen DG Sport Compétition[8] Peugeot 308 TCR 308 Julien Briché P Teddy Clairet Aurélien Comte 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.

	Class		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.

	Class		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]

2020 TCR Spa 500

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 and References

1. News: Spa to host end-of-year TCR endurance event. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 January 2019. 16 January 2019. TouringCarTimes.
2. News: New touring car endurance race TCR Spa 500 launched for 2019. Autosport. 16 January 2019. 16 January 2019. Autosport.
3. News: Teamwork Huff Motorsport confirm TCR Spa 500 entry. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 August 2019. 22 August 2019. TouringCarTimes.
4. News: Pierre-Yves Corthals confirmed for TCR Spa 500 with Burton Racing. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 September 2019. 8 September 2019. TouringCarTimes.
5. News: FERDA AutoSport by QSR Racing Enters Spa500 with All-American Driver Lineup . tcrspa500.com. 26 September 2019. 26 September 2019. TCRSpa500.
6. News: Pepe Oriola confirmed for TCR Spa 500 grid. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 September 2019. 17 September 2019. TouringCarTimes.
7. News: Mikel Azcona joins TCR Spa 500 grid. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 September 2019. 15 September 2019. TouringCarTimes.
8. News: Peugeot confirm TCR Spa 500 entry with DG Sport Compétition. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 September 2019. 23 September 2019. TouringCarTimes.
9. Web site: 24H SERIES TCR SPA 500. 24H SERIES. 2019-03-30.
10. Web site: Entry list. tcrspa500.com. 2019-05-02. 2019-05-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502070623/https://tcrspa500.com/index.php/entrylist. dead.
11. Web site: NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing on pole for first ever TCR SPA 500. tcrspa500.com. 5 October 2019. 5 October 2019.
12. Web site: Red Camel-Jordans.nl leads the TCR SPA 500 after four hours. tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. 6 October 2019.
13. Web site: EIGHT talking points from the 2019 TCR SPA 500, so far. tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. 6 October 2019.
14. Web site: Red Camel-Jordans.nl becomes first ever winner of the TCR SPA 500. tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. 6 October 2019. 7 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191007193717/https://tcrspa500.com/index.php/news/item/red-camel-jordans-nl-becomes-first-ever-winner-of-the-tcr-spa-500. dead.
15. Web site: 2019 TCR SPA 500. What happened? . tcrspa500.com. 8 October 2019. 8 October 2019.
16. Web site: TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020 . 2023-10-26 . us3.campaign-archive.com.
17. Web site: 2020-02-18 . TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020 with #WSC and #CREVENTIC back at the helm www.speed-live.it . 2023-10-26 . it-IT.
18. Web site: Cybernet.lu . Les 12 Heures de Spa et les TCR Spa 500 à la trappe ? . 2023-10-26 . www.speedactiontv.be . be-fr.