2018 International Touring Cup season

2018 International Touring Cup season

Competition	International Touring Cup
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	8
Mod Used	NGTC Custom
Vehicle(s)	Honda, Mercedes, MG, Subaru, Vauxhall
Tyre Supplier(s)	Dunlop D
Drivers
Teams	31
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
International Touring Cup Seasons
2013/14 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

GPVWC series in 2018
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Academy
Independent Series
International Touring Cup World GT

The 2018 International Touring Cup will be the sixth running of the GPVWC International Touring Cup. Rudy van Buren is the reigning Drivers' Champion and Vod:Bul Racing the reigning Teams' Champions.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:15 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race One Start
20:20 GMT ~ Warmup
20:30 GMT ~ Race Two Start
20:50 GMT ~ Warmup
21:00 GMT ~ Race Three Start

Second and Third race start times dependent on the finishing time of the preceding race, with roughly a 10 minute warmup/break period in-between.

Teams and drivers

DIVISION 1
International Touring Cup Team	Base	Team	Car	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
ACR Zakspeed	Liverpool, England	ACR	Honda Civic	G	0	Chris Butcher
					2	Jack Keithley
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	Honda Civic	G	3	Chris Shepherd
					4	David Fidock
Aurora Motorsports	Salisbury, England	Aurora	Honda Civic	G	5	Lewis McGlade
					6	Kyle Benton
Fanatec Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	Draig	MG 6	G	7	Ben Willis
					8	Matt Richards
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, The Netherlands	RTS	Subaru Levorg	G	9	Philip Morby
					10	Pedro Delgado
Idos Motorsport	Sussex, England	Idos	Mercedes A45 AMG	G	11	Matthew Clipp
					12	Jack Mayor
YTF1	Bath, England	YTF1	Honda Civic	G	14	Johan Lindberg
					15	Adrian Campfield
Rowen GP	Gorinchem, The Netherlands	Rowen	Vauxhall Astra	G	16	Tristen Potters
					17	Fabian Rudde
CM-Tech Racing	Schoonhoven, The Netherlands	CM-Tech	Subaru Levorg	G	18	Daniele Brambilla
					19	Wopke Hoekstra
Edge Esports	Zolder, Belgium	Edge	Subaru Levorg	G	20	Kevin Siggy
					21	Muhammed Patel
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	Honda Civic	G	22	Erhan Jajovski
					23	Arne Schoonvliet
Enterprise Pulsars	Bromley, England	Enterprise	Vauxhall Astra	G	24	Gergo Baldi
					25	Neils Brugman
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile Power	Vauxhall Astra	G	26	Mike Bell
					27	Adam Pinczes
Red Bull Streetfighter Racing Systems	Sydney, Australia	Streetfighter	Honda Civic	G	28	Eric Stranne
					29	Tobias Olsson
TTF Racing	London, England	TTF	Vauxhall Astra	G	30	Tyrone Frith
					31	Rauno Muru
DIVISION 2
International Touring Cup Team	Base	Team	Car	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BirelArtUK Series Racing	England	BirelArt	Mercedes A45 AMG	G	32	Harry Graham
					33	Kevin Peters
						Tom Davison
Downforce Racing	Norwich, England	Downforce	Mercedes A45 AMG	G	34	TBC
					35	Jake Sanson
Flag-to-Flag Simracing	Guildford, England	FTF	Honda Civic	G	36	Cameron Rodger
					37	Tom Lombaerts
Frami Autosport	The Netherlands	Frami	Honda Civic	G	38	TBC
					39	TBC
Fusion Racing	England	Fusion	Honda Civic	G	40	George Sutton
					41	Ruben van den Hudding
GOTeam Racing	Göteborg, Sweden	GOTeam	Honda Civic	G	42	Georgi Nedev
					43	Oliver Silva
						Alexander Hederby
MadCape Racing Team	Cape Town, South Africa	MadCape	Honda Civic	G	44	TBC
					45	TBC
PD Motorsport	Brazil	PD	Subaru Levorg	G	46	TBC
					47	TBC
Powered By RSR	England	RSR	Vauxhall Astra	G	48	Ryan Elliott
					49	Nathan Hammond
Schubert Motorsport eRacing	Germany	Schubert	Vauxhall Astra	G	50	TBC
					51	TBC
Shift Gear Racing	England	Shift Gear	Honda Civic	G	52	TBC
					53	TBC
TCS Off Racing	Canada	TCS Off	Vauxhall Astra	G	54	Adrian Faber
					55	Nathanael Lupson
						Christopher Larson
Team GTHub	England	GTHub	Honda Civic	G	56	Dylan Canton
					57	James Egan
						Joshua Penny
Team Rookie Monsters	England	TRM	Vauxhall Astra	G	58	Richard Dempsey
					59	Hugh North
						Peter Jones
THUnderdog	The Netherlands	THU	Mercedes A45 AMG	G	60	Marcel Boer
					61	Rienk Hoekstra
W2TE Racing	Estonia	W2TE	Vauxhall Astra	G	62	Armin Mangel
					63	Timo Loodis

New and returning entries

• Such was the demand from new and returning teams that the ITC was split into two divisions for 2018.

2018 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Platform	Date	Time
							Laps†	GMT/BST
1	Polish Touring Cup	2018 Polish Touring Cup	Tor Poznań, Poznań	TBC	rFactor 2	23rd August	12	19:00
2	French Touring Cup	2018 French Touring Cup	Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (Bugatti Circuit)	TBC	rFactor 2	6th September	11	19:00
3	Italian Touring Cup	2018 Italian Touring Cup	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Emilia-Romagna	TBC	rFactor 2	20th September	11	19:00
4	British Touring Cup	2018 British Touring Cup	Brands Hatch, West Kingsdown (GP Circuit)	TBC	rFactor 2	4th October	12	19:00
5	Chinese Touring Cup	2018 Chinese Touring Cup	Zhuhai International Circuit, Guangdong	TBC	rFactor 2	18th October	10	19:00
6	Japanese Touring Cup	2018 Japanese Touring Cup	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	TBC	rFactor 2	1st November	12	19:00
7	Brazilian Touring Cup	2018 Brazilian Touring Cup	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais	TBC	rFactor 2	15th November	12	19:00
8	United States Touring Cup	2018 United States Touring Cup	Virginia International Raceway, Alton (North Course)	TBC	rFactor 2	15th November	12	19:00

^† each round consists of three races of equal length.

Calendar changes

• The British, Brazilian and United States Touring Cups took place in different venues in 2018: the British event moved from Donnington Park to Brands Hatch, the Brazilian event from Interlagos to Curitiba and the US event from Portland to Virginia.
• The Belgian, Dutch and Australian Touring Cups were removed from the calander.
• The Chinese Touring Cup would be held for the first time in 2018.
• The Italian and Japanese Touring Cups returned to the calendar after a 2-year absence.