With one event of the 2022 championship remaining, the TCR Europe calendar for the 2023 season has been unveiled. The seven-event calendar will see the series continue to follow the successful format it introduced in 2018, which has delivered five seasons of thrilling Touring Car racing and seen drivers including Josh Files, Mehdi Bennani and Mikel Azcona crowned as TCR Europe Champions.

Just as in 2022, the season will begin at the Autodromo do Algarve in Portugal in late April before heading to one of the cornerstones of the TCR Europe series, the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, at the end of May. In the middle of June, the championship returns to the Hungaroring on the outskirts of Budapest, which last hosted TCR Europe in 2019, followed by a late July weekend in the sunshine of the South of France at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Following the traditional summer break, September sees a return to the Red Bull Ring in Austria* which, like Hungary, last hosted the series in 2019. The final events of the season will then be held at two circuits which, like Spa, have been regular fixtures on TCR Europe calendars over the past five years – the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy and the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya. Each event will feature two races together with Free Practice and Qualifying sessions in the familiar three-day format.

Paulo Ferreira, the TCR Europe Promoter, commented: “We are all looking forward to another great year in TCR Europe in 2023 and releasing the calendar now means our existing teams and those thinking of joining us can start to make firm plans. We have become known for offering a great calendar that visits some of Europe’s most iconic racing circuits.

“There will also be some more news to come about the technology we plan to introduce for next year – we think of it as a new era in TCR competition – so I would advise teams and drivers considering a TCR Europe entry in 2023 to keep an eye open for more details.”  

2023 TCR Europe calendar

28/29/30 April – Autodromo do Algarve, Portugal

26/27/28 May – Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

16/17/18 June – Hungaroring, Hungary

21/22/23 July – Circuit Paul Ricard, France

8/9/10 September – Red Bull Ring, Austria*

22/23/24 September – Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy

20/21/22 October – Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, Spain

(* - to be confirmed)