The 2021 World Touring Car Cup was the fourth season of the
World Touring Car Cup and 17th overall of the series, which dates back to the
2005 World Touring Car Championship . The season began on 5 June at the
Nürburgring and ended on 28 November in
Sochi .
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Teams and drivers
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Class
J
Eligible for FIA WTCR Junior Driver Title
T
Eligible for WTCR Trophy
Summary
JAS Motorsport and
Honda Racing retained their 2020 drivers –
Attila Tassi ,
Tiago Monteiro ,
Néstor Girolami and
Esteban Guerrieri – for the 2021 season. On 15 January it was announced that all four drivers would continue to compete for
Münnich Motorsport and announced that
Attila Tassi and
Tiago Monteiro would join the ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport with
Néstor Girolami and
Esteban Guerrieri remaining at the ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport.
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Comtoyou Racing switched from the running
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR to the all-new facelifted
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) .
Nathanaël Berthon ,
Gilles Magnus and
Tom Coronel remained with
Comtoyou Racing and
Frédéric Vervisch returned to the series and the team after having last raced in
2019 .
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Cyan Racing committed to run four
Lynk & Co 03 TCR cars for the season,
Yann Ehrlacher and
Yvan Muller were confirmed as drivers for
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co and announced that
Thed Björk and
Santiago Urrutia were confirmed as drivers for
Cyan Performance Lynk & Co .
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Hyundai switched from the running
Hyundai i30 N TCR to the all-new
Hyundai Elantra N TCR .
BRC Racing Team entered under the BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse banner with two former champions in
Norbert Michelisz and
Gabriele Tarquini , while
Engstler Motorsport entered the remaining two Hyundai cars under the Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team name for
Luca Engstler and
Jean-Karl Vernay , the latter having switched from
Team Mulsanne to replace
Nicky Catsburg .
Target Competition joined full-time from the
TCR Europe with Swedish siblings Andreas and
Jessica Bäckman , who became the first woman to race in the championship.
2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship winner Nicola Baldan is also set to participate at selected rounds as a guest driver.
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The
Zengő Motorsport structure continued at the WTCR and expanded to four
Cupra León Competición TCR cars, running under two distinct banners. Bence Boldizs and
Mikel Azcona remained with the team, with series returnees
Jordi Gené , who had last taken part in the series in
2010 , when it was called the
World Touring Car Championship , and
2012 World Touring Car Championship &
2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship winner
Robert Huff , who came back after a year's absence, joining them at Zengő Motorsport Drivers’ Academy and Zengő Motorsport Services KFT respectively.
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Calendar
The preliminary race calendar was published by the championship management on 13 November 2020.
[16] A change from previous years is that in 2021, for cost-cutting reasons, two races will be held on a weekend instead of three, and the series will return to the Asian continent after a year of omission.
[17] On 22 January 2021, the calendar was updated, postponing the
Race of Hungary to 21–22 August and replacing the
Race of Slovakia with the
Race of Italy .
[18] On 10 May 2021, it was announced that the
Race of Portugal would be held at the
Circuito do Estoril instead of the
Circuito Internacional de Vila Real .
[19] On 19 August 2021, three new rounds were announced as replacements for the races in the Far East.
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Results
Championship standings
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
Qualifying 1 & 3
5
4
3
2
1
—
Race
25
20
16
13
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Scoring system for WTCR Trophy
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
FL
Qualifying
1
—
Race
10
8
5
3
1
1
Drivers' championship
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Teams' championship
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Juniors' championship
WTCR Trophy
Eligible for drivers racing without manufacturer support.
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Notes
^ The Portugal round was originally due to take place at the
Circuito Internacional de Vila Real , but the venue was changed to
Circuito do Estoril in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
^ The Hungaroring round was originally due to take place on 14–16 May 2021. It was postponed to 21–22 August in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
^ The Adria round was not originally on the 2021 WTCR calendar, but was added in January 2021. It was then postponed to 6–7 November.
^ Baldan was ineligible to score points at the Race of Hungary as he was a wildcard entry.
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