The Kumho FIA TCR World Tour will be run under three different formats during the upcoming season.
Three events – Misano, Paul Ricard and Vila Real – will feature a pair 60km races; in four events – Valencia, Inje and the two in China – there will be three races of 30 minutes plus one lap, while in the season finale at Macau two races will be held but over the distance of ten laps.
Qualifying will always be split in Q1 and Q2, however, while the two legs will last 20 and 10 minutes on permanent racetracks, they will be extended to 30 and 15 minutes on the street circuits of Vila Real and Macau.
The twelve fastest drivers in Q1 will always advance to Q2.
Format 1 – Italy and France
Qualifying: Q1 (20 min.) + Q2 (10 min.); Races: 2 x 60 km
Format 1b – Portugal
Qualifying: Q1 (30 min.) + Q2 (15 min.); Races: 2 x 60 km
Format 2 – Macau
Qualifying: Q1 (30 min.) + Q2 (15 min.); Races: 2 x 10 laps
Format 3 – Spain, Korea, China/Chengdu and China/Zhuzhou
Qualifying: Q1 (20 min.) + Q2 (10 min.); Races: 3 x 30 minutes + 1 lap
The grids will be formed in the following way:
Race 1: as per Qualifying final results
Race 2: as per Qualifying final results with the top ten reversed, but the driver who sets the fastest lap time in Race 1 will be moved up one place
Race 3: as per the sum of points scored in Qualifying, Race 1 and Race 2
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