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An entire chassis of a TCR car would sag after many hours of use, causing it to drag along the track and lose performance. Dust and lint would gather inside the chassis around the moving parts, causing a great drop in performance.
The philosophy was simple: a production hatchback/saloon, front-wheel drive, a turbocharged four-cylinder up to 2-litres in capacity producing ‘circa 320hp’, and Balance of Performance regs akin to GT3 racing.
Apr 1, 2022 · WSC, the global TCR rights holder, has published the latest Balance of Performance [BoP] measures for the 2022 season, whilst also raising the cost cap for all cars. The cost cap has been raised from €137,500 to €139,000 for a complete, ready-to-use TCR car, including all mandatory sensors for the Scrutineering Data Logging System.
But the loss of the WTCR does leave a gaping hole on the international scene, which is only partly filled by the short-format eTouring Car World Cup, also promoted by Discovery. So what’s next?
- Technical
- Engines
- Drivetrain
- Weights
- Wheels
- Suspension
- Aerodynamics
- Lap Times
- Short Circuit: Knutstorp
- Medium Circuit: Salzburgring
Before we delve into lap times, let’s start with the technical bits. At a quick glance, all three sets of rules look rather similar. Mid-size cars with two-litre(ish) engines producing around 300hp, and weighing in at around 1000kg. But looking closer, there are several key differences, especially in terms of the levels of technical freedom, which ...
Super Touring allowed two-litre naturally aspirated four, five and six cylinder engines. The most powerful ones produced around 330hp at the end of the era, which were impressive numbers at the time, especially without the assistance of turbo charging. S2000 also allowed for two-litre four, five and six cylinder engines, but with less development f...
Super Touring allowed three different types of drivetrains with front, rear and four-wheel drive, although the latter was banned at the end of 1997 (with some exceptions such as the STCC) following the Audi Quattro dominance. S2000, which was an evolvement from Super Production, allow for front-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive. BMW was the only off...
Weight is always a complex part of touring car racing as there is a vast range of penalty weight systems and balance of performance, as well as exceptions for national homologations. That is why we only list the base regulation minimum weights in the figures below. The Super Touring cars were lightest of the three, with FWD cars at 975kg, RWD cars ...
The Super Touring cars had 9″ tyres and 19″ rims while S2000 moved down two inches on the rims to 9″/17″. TCR has the widest tyres with 10″ on 18″ rims. But the key difference is in the tyres. While the majority of S2000 and TCR championships have used a control tyre from manufacturers such as Michelin or Yokohama, there was a full-scale tyre war d...
The freedom regarding suspension was one of the key things in the spiralling costs of Super Touring, with a vast number of parts being free to develop and without homologation. S2000 had suspension that was really close to its road car equivalent, too close even. Changes had to be made to the regulations, enabling the teams to strengthen the suspen...
There are major differences in the aerodynamics for the three regulations, while it might not look like it when quickly looking at the exteriors of the cars. Super Touring had, again, a lot more freedom, especially regarding the front end. The manufacturers could for example design the front splitter freely until the front axel and utilise exit duc...
Now moving on to the really interesting, but at the same time challenging, part of looking at lap times. It should be clearly noted that there are several factors that mean that the exact differences only should be taken as a pointer and that the average time difference is the more interesting indication. Tyres obviously play a big part part, as we...
Let’s start with the smallest circuit first, Knutstorp, located in the south of Sweden and measuring just 2079 meters. The STCC has raced at the circuit since 1996, with Super Touring until 2002, S2000 until 2012 and TCR for the past three seasons. Lap records Time per kilometre Less than three tenths separate the lap times of the different regulat...
Salzburgring has been used by competitive championship running under all three regulations. The German STW Cup raced there until 1999, WTCC until 2012 and TCR International until 2017. Lap records Time per kilometre We have a switch at the top, with the Super Touring specification Audi A4 of Christian Abt at the top of the fast and flowing Salzburg...
A TCR Touring Car is a touring car specification, first introduced in 2014 and is now employed by a multitude of series worldwide. All TCR Touring Cars are front-wheel drive cars based on 4 or 5 door production vehicles, and are powered by 1.75 to 2.0 litre turbocharged engines. [1]
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Aug 3, 2024 · TCR race winner turned Super2 front-runner Aaron Cameron has explained how tough it is to transition between the two touring car platforms.
