The Kumho FIA TCR World Tour will start in May in Europe
Despite some changes, the FIA TCR World Tour maintains a strong sense of continuity as the 2026 season approaches. The calendar will consist of eight rounds, spread out between April and November, for a total of 20 races that will take the World Touring Car Championship across two continents.
The format that pairs the TCR World Tour with national series—which are called upon from time to time to support the drivers competing in the full championship—also remains unchanged.
2026 Kumho FIA TCR World Tour – calendar
12/14 June – Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia *
4/5 July – Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
11/12 July – Circuito Internacional de Vila Real °
2/4 October – Inje Speedium *
16/18 October – Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit *
23/25 October – Hunan International Circuit, Zhuzhou *
19/22 November – Guia Circuit, Macau
* Three-race events
Located along Italy’s Adriatic coast, Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli spans 4.20km and is a regular venue for national and regional touring car competitions.
Featuring a mix of flowing sections, long straights and technical braking zones, the circuit provides a balanced test for drivers and engineers alike.
The 2026 event marks the first time the TCR World Tour visits the Italian venue, and as the season opener, will set an early benchmark for performance across the field.
The Ricardo Tormo circuit is a motor racing circuit located in Cheste, near Valencia, Spain, dedicated to the Spanish rider who died in 1998.
It was inaugurated in 1999 with the Valencian Community Grand Prix of MotoGP, won by Régis Laconi in the 500 class, Tōru Ukawa in the 250 class and Gianluigi Scalvini in the 125 class; the track has continued to host this event in subsequent years.
The circuit measures 4.005 km, with the longest straight measuring 876 metres. Thanks to its geographic location, which allows for a mild winter climate, it has hosted Formula 1 tests, while during the regular season it is the venue for Motorcycle World Championship and Superbike World Championship competitions as far as two-wheelers are concerned, as well as for touring cars and, since 2010, the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) as far as motor racing is concerned.
From 5 to 7 May 2023 the track hosted three F1 Academy mini-season races, which saw drivers Hamda Al Qubaisa, Bianca Bustamante and Marta García win respectively.
Il terzo round segna la prima novità del calendario 2026, con il Circuito Paul Ricard che ospiterà per la prima volta il TCR World Tour.
Riconoscibile per le sue vie di fuga blu e rosse ispirate alla bandiera francese e per la sua leggendaria storia automobilistica, il tracciato ha subito numerose modifiche, in particolare nel 2018 per migliorarne la versatilità sia per le gare automobilistiche che per quelle motociclistiche.
Una combinazione di curve intense e rettilinei veloci – tra cui il Mistral Straight, uno dei più lunghi su qualsiasi circuito permanente in Europa – crea le condizioni ideali per sorpassi audaci e manovre decisive.
The Circuit Internacional de Vila Real is a 4,600-metre-long street circuit located in Vila Real, Portugal.
It has 24 corners and has hosted the WTCC World Championship since 2015 and the ETCC European Championship since 2016. The original circuit, dating back to 1931, was 7150 metres long.
The Inje Speedium is a 3.9 km long circuit located in Inje County in South Korea.
The circuit is part of a larger complex called Inje Auto Theme Park. In addition to the standard track, the circuit has two shorter tracks of 2,577 kilometres and 1,375 kilometres.
The track was inaugurated with a Japanese Super Taikyu Championship race on 25 May 2013; on 4 August 2013, it hosted the opening race of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season.
The circuit will host the eighth race of the World Touring Car Cup championship on 18 October 2020.
Nuova tappa del calendario del TCR World Tour, il Circuito Internazionale di Chengdu Tianfu è la prima delle due gare in programma in Cina.
Il tracciato, lungo 3,26 km, presenta 19 curve e zone di forte frenata, privilegiando il ritmo e la precisione rispetto alla velocità in rettilineo.
Inaugurato nel 2023, riflette il costante impegno della Cina nel settore delle competizioni automobilistiche di alto livello e promette di mettere a dura prova la concentrazione dei pil
Zhuzhou International Circuit is a 3.774 km (2.345 mi) FIA Grade 2 motor racing circuit in Zhuzhou, China. The circuit was built between March 2018 and October 2019 and was designed by Yaq Qiming.
The Circuit da Guia (original in Portuguese, in Chinese 東望洋跑道 Dōng wàng yáng pǎodào, in Italian circuit of Mount Guia, although this translation is very rarely used) is the street circuit of the city of Macau (China) where various car races (since 1954) and motorbike races (since 1967) are held.
Unlike most modern circuits, the track has remained unchanged since 1958 (the fifth edition of the event), except for the moving of the pits and the finish line to its current location in 1993, whereas previously it was located midway between the Reservoir and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel corners.
On the map of the track shown opposite it is at the bottom, while the hilly area of Mount Guia is at the top.
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Mikel AzconaAfter just three seasons in the series, 25-year-old Spaniard Mikel has established himself as one of the undisputed stars of WTCR.
He began his racing career in the Renault Clio Cup Spain before moving up to the Renault Clio Eurocup, finishing second in the championship aged 18.
Mikel was a runner-up again in the 2016 SEAT Leon Eurocup and the 2017 Audi Sport TT Cup. However in 2018 he claimed his first ever title, winning the TCR Europe Touring Car Series. This impressive performance saw him achieve a drive at the pinnacle of touring car racing for the 2019 season.
Over his three years in WTCR, the Spaniard has taken three victories – one in each season – and 12 podiums. In 2021, he competed once again in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series alongside his WTCR commitments and emphatically secured his second drivers’ title. Mikel also competed in the inaugural season of PURE ETCR, and was the only driver to win the King of the Weekend crown twice (Vallelunga and Hungaroring).
Mikel will join Norbert to complete our 2022 Customer Racing line-up in WTCR.
In 2022 Mikel triumphs becoming WTCR World Champion with the Hyundai Elantra TCR managed by BRC Racing Team.
Norbert MicheliszMichelisz’s online racing exploits earned him a test in a Zengő Motorsport Renault Clio at the Hungaroring in 2005. Despite being a total rookie, he ended up 0.2s slower than established racer Gábor Wéber.
One-make maestro: That testing performance earned him a season in the Suzuki Swift Cup in his homeland in 2006. He promptly took the title before adding the Renault Clio equivalent the following season.
The SEAT León Eurocup was next and after securing the crown in 2009, he stepped up to the FIA World Touring Car Championship with Zengő Motorsport a guiding light.
After winning the WTCC Trophy for independent racers twice, Michelisz landed a factory Honda ride for 2016, which culminated in an outright title challenge one year later. He finished second with three wins and three fastest laps.
Michelisz, the King of WTCR following his 2019 title triumph, established his own racing team, M1RA, with Hungarian engineer Dávid Bári.
Michelisz won the drivers’ title in the 2019 WTCR, the TCR WT 2023 and 2024.
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