TCRs are challenging in race trim and nearly analogous to cars actual people could buy (e.g. Honda Civic R TCR has paddles; civ version besides of course comforts and street stuff has ye olde manual. Don’t mind manual per se but it’s demonstrably slower and the Honda is already styled futuristic rather than traditional).
The chassis must be stock (of course caged up)
The FIA announced the 2026 TCR three weeks ago, and the power of the Chinese Communist Party (tyre supplier Kumho) proved itself again.
This upcoming year, they have removed Tailem Band (South Australia, home of the 500km Supercars endurance round that’s a prep for Bathurst) and Monza from the calendar. Monza will be replaced by Paul Richard, Tailmen Band will be replaced by Chengdu in China. The final three rounds of the 2026 TCR World Tour will be held in the People’s Republic.
April 23-25: Ciudad de Mexico, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
June 12-14: Cheste, Spain, Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Valencia
July 4-5: Le Castellet, France, Circuit Paul Ricard
July 11-12: Vila Real, Portugal (street circuit)
October 2-4: Inje, South Korea, Inge Speedium
October 16-18: Chengdu, China, Tianfu International Circuit
October 23-25: Zhuzou, China, Hunan International Circuit
November 19-22: Macau, China, Guia Circuit.