2019 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship

The 2019 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship was the first season of the TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship. The season began on 19 January at the Sepang International Circuit and ended on 24 February at the same circuit.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is the official tire supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Prince Racing^[1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[1]	2	Kenneth Lau^[1]	All
Prince Racing^[1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[1]	7	Michael Choi^[1]	All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler^[2]^[3]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[3]	3	Kai Jordan^[3]	All
		4	Adam Khalid^[4]	1
		5	Ahmad Azlee^[5]	2
		9	Henry Kwong^[3]	1
		11	Mark Darwin^[6]	3
		22	Brendan Anthony^[5]	2
		29	Mitchell Cheah^[6]	3
	Hyundai i30 N TCR^[2]	8	Luca Engstler^[2]	All
		26	Michael Soong	2–3
		27	Théo Coicaud^[3]	1
Teamwork Motorsport^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[1]	10	Cherry Cheung^[6]	3
Teamwork Motorsport^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[1]	12	Robert Huff^[4]	1
Brutal Fish Racing Team^[4]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[4]	17	Martin Ryba^[4]	All
Maximum Racing^[4]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)^[4]	23	Garry Cheung^[4]	1
Maximum Racing^[4]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)^[4]	23	David Lau^[4]	1
KCMG^[4]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)^[4]	51	Paul Ip^[4]	All
Viper Niza Racing^[4]	CUPRA León TCR^[4]	65	Douglas Khoo^[4]	All
Viper Niza Racing^[4]	CUPRA León TCR^[4]	80	Andrei Abaluev^[6]	3
Indigo Racing^[4]	Hyundai i30 N TCR^[4]	97	Charlie Kang^[4]	1

The calendar was released on 10 October 2018, with all rounds being held within Malaysia.^[7]^[8]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	20 January	Robert Huff	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	F3 Asian Championship Winter Series
1	2		20 January		Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	F3 Asian Championship Winter Series
2	3		26 January	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2	4		26 January		Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
3	5		23–24 February	Mitchell Cheah	Luca Engstler	Mitchell Cheah	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Asian Le Mans Series F3 Asian Championship Winter Series
3	6		23–24 February		Luca Engstler	Luca Engstler	Liqui Moly Team Engstler

Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Points
1	Luca Engstler	1²	1	1¹	1	2³	1	142.5
2	Kai Jordan	5	3	2³	2	Ret⁵	4	68
3	Martin Ryba	3	8	4	5	6	5	53
4	Mitchell Cheah					1¹	2	48
5	Paul Ip	Ret⁴	6	3²	Ret	3⁴	7	44.5
6	Douglas Khoo	4	7	8	4	10²	10	38
7	Michael Choi	8	10	9	6	7	3	35
8	Robert Huff	2¹	5					33
9	Kenneth Lau	9	11	6⁴	7	5	DSQ	24
10	Brendan Anthony			5	3			20
11	Adam Khalid	6	4					20
12	Mark Darwin					4	6	20
13	Charlie Kang	Ret⁵	2					19
14	Michael Soong			Ret⁵	DNS	8	8	9
15	Henry Kwong	7	9					8
16	Cherry Cheung					9	9	4
17	Ahmad Azlee			7	Ret			3
18	Théo Coicaud	Ret³	DNS					3
19	Garry Cheung	10						1
20	Andrei Abaluev					Ret	Ret	0
21	David Lau		DNS					0
Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Points

† — In the first race of the second round, half points after a stopped race.

Pos.	Team	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Pts.
1	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1²	1	1¹	1	1¹	1	248,5
1	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	5³	3	2³	2	2³	2	248,5
2	Prince Racing	8	10	6⁴	6	5	3	83
2	Prince Racing	9	11	9	7	7	DSQ	83
3	Brutal Fish Racing Team	3	8	4	5	6	5	61
4	Viper Niza Racing	4	7	8⁵	4	10²	10	55
4	Viper Niza Racing					Ret⁵	Ret	55
5	KCMG	Ret⁴	6	3²	Ret	3⁴	7	50,5
6	Teamwork Motorsport	2¹	5			9	9	49
7	Indigo Racing	Ret⁵	2					19
8	Maximum Racing	10	DNS					4
Pos	Driver	SEP1		SEP2†		SEP3		Points

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