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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
2nd
3rd
	Spa 500
Fastest lap
Time	2:34.616
Podium

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 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	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^[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]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "FERDA AutoSport by QSR Racing Enters Spa500 with All-American Driver Lineup". TCRSpa500. tcrspa500.com. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. 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. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
^ "2019 TCR SPA 500. What happened?". tcrspa500.com. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020". us3.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020 with #WSC and #CREVENTIC back at the helm | www.speed-live.it" (in Italian). 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ Cybernet.lu. "Les 12 Heures de Spa et les TCR Spa 500 à la trappe ?". www.speedactiontv.be (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.

External links

[BasKoeten-7] 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.

[TCRSpa-1] "Spa to host end-of-year TCR endurance event". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[Spa50019-2] "New touring car endurance race TCR Spa 500 launched for 2019". Autosport. Autosport. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[TeamworkSpa500-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Teamwork Huff Motorsport confirm TCR Spa 500 entry". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[YvesCorthalsSpa500-4] "Pierre-Yves Corthals confirmed for TCR Spa 500 with Burton Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[FerdaSpa500-5] "FERDA AutoSport by QSR Racing Enters Spa500 with All-American Driver Lineup". TCRSpa500. tcrspa500.com. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

[RedCamelJordansSpa500-6] "Pepe Oriola confirmed for TCR Spa 500 grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[AzconaSpa500-8] "Mikel Azcona joins TCR Spa 500 grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

[DGSportSpa500-9] "Peugeot confirm TCR Spa 500 entry with DG Sport Compétition". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[10] "24H SERIES TCR SPA 500". 24H SERIES. Retrieved 2019-03-30.

[11] "Entry list". tcrspa500.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

[12] "NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing on pole for first ever TCR SPA 500". tcrspa500.com. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[13] "Red Camel-Jordans.nl leads the TCR SPA 500 after four hours". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[14] "EIGHT talking points from the 2019 TCR SPA 500, so far". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[15] "Red Camel-Jordans.nl becomes first ever winner of the TCR SPA 500". tcrspa500.com. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[16] "2019 TCR SPA 500. What happened?". tcrspa500.com. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[17] "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020". us3.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

[18] "TCR SPA 500 returns for 2020 with #WSC and #CREVENTIC back at the helm | www.speed-live.it" (in Italian). 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

[19] Cybernet.lu. "Les 12 Heures de Spa et les TCR Spa 500 à la trappe ?". www.speedactiontv.be (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.

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