2026 TCR UK Touring Car Championship

The 2026 TCR UK Touring Car Championship is the eighth season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship. The championship features production-based touring cars built to TCR specifications. The championship is operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group in partnership with the British Automobile Racing Club.

Calendar

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date
1 1 Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit), Kent 4–5 April
2
3
2 4 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 2–3 May
5
3 6 Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit), Norfolk 11–12 July
7
4 8 Donington Park (National Circuit), Leicestershire 8–9 August
9
10
5 11 Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit), Leicestershire 5–6 September
12
6 13 Oulton Park (Island Circuit), Cheshire 3 October
14
7 15 Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit), Kent 31 October–1 November
16
17

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Gen-2 Entries
United Kingdom Vannin Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1 United Kingdom Adam Shepherd 4
5 Republic of Ireland Barry-John McHenry[1] D 1, 3–4
52 Republic of Ireland Alastair Kellett D 2
185 United Kingdom Jenson Mason[2] 1
United Kingdom JH Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 7 United Kingdom Jac Constable[3] 1
72 United Kingdom Russell Joyce[4] D 1–4
Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 16 United Kingdom Callum Newsham[5] 1–4
United Kingdom Power Maxed Racing Cupra León VZ TCR 8 Republic of Ireland Rod McGovern[6] D 1–4
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 272 United Kingdom Jenson O’Neill-Going[7] 1–4
United Kingdom DTR[8] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 11 United Kingdom Harry Bloor[9] 1–4
41 United Kingdom Carl Boardley[10] 1–4
United Kingdom Capture Motorsport with MPH Cupra León VZ TCR 17 United Kingdom Brad Hutchison[11] 1–4
77 United Kingdom Mark Smith[11] D 1–4
United Kingdom Matrix Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 19 United Kingdom Jeff Alden[12] D 1
United Kingdom EDF Motorsports Hyundai i30 N TCR 22 United Kingdom Rick Kerry[13] D 1, 3–4
United Kingdom SVG Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 38 United Kingdom Lewis Kent[14] 1–2
Estonia ALM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 69 Republic of Ireland Max Hart[15] 1–4
United Kingdom Hall's Racing 93 United Kingdom Max Hall[16] 1–4
Gen-1 Entries
United Kingdom Uncle Luke's Sign & Sticker Shop Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 192 United Kingdom Luke Allen[17] 1, 3
Source:
Icon Class
D Eligible for Goodyear Diamond Trophy

Championship standings

Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Fastest lap
Qualifying 6 5 4 3 2 1 N/a
Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver BHI1 CRO SNE DON1 DON2 OUL BHI2 Total Drop Points
1 United Kingdom Jenson O’Neill-Going 33 1 6 6 2 64 1 Ret Ret 11 215 9 206
2 Republic of Ireland Max Hart Ret4 2 5 36 4 12 4 34 3 5 194 194
3 United Kingdom Callum Newsham Ret1 3 1 11 9 31 7 22 8 12 191 191
4 United Kingdom Max Hall Ret2 6 11 104 1 4 3 116 4 2 148 148
5 United Kingdom Brad Hutchison Ret6 4 2 82 Ret 26 5 12 Ret 6 144 144
6 United Kingdom Carl Boardley Ret5 Ret 3 4 3 55 2 55 Ret 4 150 6 144
7 Republic of Ireland Rod McGovern 2 7 Ret 5 7 7 8 6 5 7 128 128
8 United Kingdom Harry Bloor 4 8 7 75 Ret 83 6 43 1 1 120 120
9 United Kingdom Lewis Kent Ret 10 12 23 5 81 81
10 United Kingdom Mark Smith 9 13 14 9 6 10 10 8 7 9 77 77
11 United Kingdom Jac Constable 1 5 10 75 75
12 United Kingdom Rick Kerry 5 11 8 9 Ret 7 Ret DNS 61 61
13 Republic of Ireland Barry-John McHenry 7 Ret 13 11 9 10 6 10 45 45
14 United Kingdom Russell Joyce 6 12 9 Ret DNS WD WD 9 Ret 8 41 41
15 United Kingdom Jenson Mason Ret 9 4 40 40
16 United Kingdom Luke Allen 8 14 DNS 12 11 34 34
17 Republic of Ireland Alastair Kellett Ret 8 15 15
18 United Kingdom Jeff Alden 10 Ret Ret 11 11
United Kingdom Adam Shephard 11 2 3

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "MCHENRY TO MAKE HIS TCR UK DEBUT WITH VANNIN MOTORSPORT". tcr-uk.co.uk. 6 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "JENSON MASON SIGNS FOR VANNIN MOTORSPORT AHEAD OF 2026 TCR UK DEBUT". tcr-uk.co.uk. 31 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Jac Constable announces TCR UK return with JH Racing". tcr-uk.co.uk. 30 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "RUSSELL JOYCE SIGNS UP WITH JH RACING AND AUDI FOR TCR UK RETURN". tcr-uk.co.uk. 2 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "NEWSHAM TARGETS TITLE GLORY AS HE RETURNS TO TCR UK WITH JH RACING FOR 2026". tcr-uk.co.uk. 22 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "ROD MCGOVERN SET FOR TCR UK RETURN WITH POWER MAXED RACING". tcr-uk.co.uk. 7 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "JENSON O'NEILL-GOING SIGNS WITH POWER MAXED RACING AND HONDA FOR 2026". tcr-uk.co.uk. 27 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "DTR CHOSEN TO RUN JAS MOTORSPORT-SUPPORTED HONDA TEAM IN 2026 TCR UK SEASON". tcr-uk.co.uk. 7 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "HARRY BLOOR SET FOR TCR UK RETURN WITH DTR AHEAD OF NEW SEASON". tcr-uk.co.uk. 18 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "TWO-TIME BACK TO BACK CHAMPION BOARDLEY RETURNS TARGETING HISTORIC THIRD TCR UK TITLE". tcr-uk.co.uk. 6 March 2026.
  11. 1 2 "CAPTURE MOTORSPORT AND MPHR UNITE FOR 2026 SEASON WITH SMITH AND HUTCHISON ON BOARD". tcr-uk.co.uk. 23 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "JEFF ALDEN AND MATRIX MOTORSPORT SET SIGHTS ON 2026 TCR UK GEN 1 CHAMPIONSHIP". tcr-uk.co.uk. 16 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "KERRY READY TO CHALLENGE IN TCR UK WITH EDF MOTORSPORTS IN 2026". tcr-uk.co.uk. 27 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "TWO-TIME CHAMPION LEWIS KENT LOCKS IN TCR UK RETURN FOR 2026". tcr-uk.co.uk. 5 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "MACAU RACE WINNER MAX HART COMPLETES HALL'S RACING 2026 TCR UK LINEUP". tcr-uk.co.uk. 12 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "MAXIMUS HALL TARGETS THE 2026 TCR UK TITLE AS PART OF HALL'S RACING HONDA LINEUP". tcr-uk.co.uk. 25 February 2026.
  17. ↑ "LUKE ALLEN ALL SET FOR TCR UK DEBUT AT BRANDS HATCH". tcr-uk.co.uk. 1 April 2026.