WSC Group, the global rights holder for TCR, has launched a new TCR World Ranking system, taking into account the results of all drivers competing in various national and international series.
Almost 1,000 drivers have already been awarded points under the system, which considers data since 1 January 2021.
Two key coefficients are used in order to determine how many points to award – the series in which the driver competed and the size of the field they competed against.
Series are weighted according to five categories – international, regional, national, endurance and other sprint races.
For the size of the field coefficient, those races featuring more than 20 cars score higher.
A driver’s past 20 race results are taken into account, and those who have not raced for more than 30 weeks (7.5 months) will start to have their older results removed until they return to racing.
The world ranking system, which considers around 320 race results per year, is only applicable to drivers racing TCR specification cars in TCR-sanctioned events. It will be updated on a weekly basis at midnight Central European Time on a Wednesday.
“With so many championships and so many drivers all racing in TCR, it made absolute sense to launch the TCR World Ranking,” said WSC Group President Marcello Lotti. “This is inspired by other popular sports, but one that hasn’t been used in motorsport until now.
“With over 1,100 cars built to its technical regulations, TCR is one of the most successful motorsport concepts ever, and the scale and level of competition in TCR is immense – so I conceived the TCR World Ranking as a way to highlight the performances of the great talent we see competing in TCR machinery.”
The world ranking can be viewed at www.tcr-worldranking.com.