TouringCarTimes’ Top 30 Drivers of 2025: 20-11

Welcome along to 2026 as we continue our 19th annual TouringCarTimes’ rundown of the Top 30 touring car drivers in the world from the past season.

Our team of writers have ranked their top performers from the various championships we cover, and here we present the second part of our rundown of the best performers on track.

Check out part one, from positions 30 through 21, here.

20 – Eric Gené, 4th in TCR Europe with Monlau Motorsport:

Eric Gené was one of the surprise packages in TCR Europe in 2025, particularly in qualifying where he was the standout performer on the grid – picking up a whopping 16 points that helped Monlau Motorsport to the Teams’ title.

A post-race penalty after the Red Bull Ring round was costly to his title charge, as was contact in race one in Spain with Felipe Fernández Gil, but Gené played the team game superbly in the finale as he helped team-mate Jenson Brickley to secure the result he needed to be crowned champion.

19 – Nicolas Taylor, TCR Italy Champion with PMA Motorsport:

Having taken the TCR Italy title in his rookie season in 2024, Nicolas Taylor returned to defend his title in 2025 and hit his goal after another strong season in his PMA Motorsport-run Audi.

Victory in the opening round of the season at Misano was the perfect start to the campaign and kicked off a year-long battle with Nicola Baldan, which was decided in Taylor’s favour in the season finale at the same circuit where a dominant victory wrapped things up. Having also taken the Under 25 championship, it means Taylor has now lifted four titles in two seasons.

A campaign in TCR Europe saw the Canadian driver take twelfth in the standings, with a podium finish at the Red Bull Ring being the highlight.

18 – Kai Allen, 4th in Supercars with Grove Racing:

After winning the Super2 title in 2023, Kai Allen was given his chance in Supercars by Dick Johnson Racing as part of its Enduro line-up and was widely expected to graduate to the main game in 2025.

Allen did indeed step up but not with DJR after it elected against a deal, with the youngster instead being snapped up by Grove Racing as part of its youthful line-up. Although he would endure a tough start to the season and picked up just three top tens from the opening five meetings, Allen bagged a double podium in Darwin as he raced his way into a spot in the Finals Series.

Six top six results across those final races kept him in title contention until the Adelaide finale as he ended the season fourth in the points, and it’s a sign of how highly rated he is by the team that Grove Racing has moved to lock down his services until the end of 2030 at least.

17 – Dan Cammish, Third in the BTCC with NAPA Racing UK:

Although not his highest scoring campaign in the BTCC, Dan Cammish matched his best championship finish of third in 2025, with the NAPA Racing UK driver being ‘best of the rest’ behind the runaway top two in the standings.

Cammish bagged three wins during the season and was part of the leading group of drivers throughout the year, although he was vocal at times in his criticism of of the tyre regulations having suffered more than once in the second race of a weekend after a strong performance in race one – most notably at Snetterton.

Aside from switching his car off behind the safety car at Brands Hatch, Cammish didn’t do a great deal wrong during the season but will hope to be closer to the title fight in 2026.

16 – Jimmy Clairet, 3rd in TCR Europe with Team Clairet Sport:

Jimmy Clairet was one of ten mathematical championship contenders heading into the final round in Spain after one of the most competitive seasons in TCR Europe history, and is ranked ahead of brother Teddy in our top 30 despite finishing behind him in the points.

Clairet showed remarkable consistency throughout the season, bagging six podiums – including an opening round victory in Portugal. Although his qualifying performances in the final rounds dipped, his race craft continued to shine as he took third in the standings.

Had it not been for a double DNF at Misano, the Frenchman could well have ended the season with a title to his name.

15 – Cameron Waters, 6th in Supercars with Tickford Racing:

Three wins from three in the opening meeting of the season in Sydney was the perfect start to the year for Cameron Waters as the Tickford Racing man looked to finally secure the championship title.

What he didn’t expect however was for that to be it in terms of wins, with the Ford man not able to make it onto the top step for the remainder of the campaign – although there were a further six podium finishes.

That included second at The Bend alongside Mark Winterbottom after a hard-fought battle with Brodie Kostecki late on, although he was knocked out of contention in the Finals Series after a disastrous weekend for the team at Sandown.

14 – Aurélien Comte, 7th in TCR World Tour with SP Compétition:

Having gone close to the TCR Europe crown in 2024, Aurélien Comte stepped up to the TCR World Tour on a full-time basis in 2025 as the SP Compétition team also joined the grid for the first time.

Despite the team lacking the experience of its rivals at this level, Comte showed strong pace throughout the season at the wheel of the Cupra Leon VZ and picked up three victories – two of which came on a particularly impressive weekend at Zhuzhou.

That meant Comte just missed out on the top six in the standings, although he would end the campaign ahead of defending champion Norbert Michelisz.

13 – Josh Buchan, 11th in TCR World Tour with HMO Customer Racing:

Josh Buchan went into the 2026 season chasing a third successive TCR Australia title but saw his racing programme shortened by issues within the series that saw just two meetings take place.

With only three drivers competing in both events that made up the ‘season’, it was little surprise that he ended up on top of the standings but it was his performances against the regulars in the TCR World Tour that impressed with the HMO Customer Racing squad.

A brace of top five finishes earned him the TCR Australia Cup as the best performing local driver at The Bend before a stunning performance in South Korea saw him beat the regulars to victory. Another win followed in the Macau Guia Race to leave him eleventh in the standings, with Buchan more than a match for the ‘factory’ Hyundai drivers.

12 – Will Brown, 2nd in Supercars with Triple Eight Race Engineering:

As defending champion, Will Brown was looking to try and defend his crown in Supercars during the 2025 season although the Triple Eight driver was unable to hit the same heights as he had done a year earlier.

Although he eventually ended the season as runner-up in the standings thanks to the new scoring system in place, Brown was outperformed for much of the campaign by team-mate Broc Feeney – winning just twice whilst Feeney made it onto the top step 14 times.

More than once, Brown left himself with work to do after qualifying and will hope for an upturn in fortunes in 2026 as Triple Eight switch to Ford.

11 – Néstor Girolami, 6th in TCR World Tour with BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse:

In his second season with the BRC Racing squad, Néstor Girolami was hopeful of following in the footsteps of Norbert Michelisz and fighting for the title, although it would prove to be a tough campaign for the Argentine racer.

The Hyundai was off the pace in the Mexico season opener to put Girolami immediately on the back foot, with the Elantra ultimately unable to take the challenge to either the Lynk & Co 03 or the Honda Civic Type R over the course of the season.

Despite the difficulties faced by the team however, Girolami would be the best-performing of the three BRC drivers as he fought his way to victories in Spain, Australia and at Macau.

Positions 10-1 to follow soon…

TouringCarTimes Driver of the Year – Hall of fame

2007 – Mattias Ekström
2008 – Yvan Muller
2009 – Colin Turkington
2010 – Jason Plato
2011 – Rob Huff
2012 – Gordon Shedden
2013 – Jamie Whincup
2014 – José María López
2015 – José María López/Mark Winterbottom
2016 – Shane van Gisbergen
2017 – Norbert Michelisz
2018 – Scott McLaughlin
2019 – Colin Turkington
2020 – René Rast
2021 – Shane van Gisbergen
2022 – Shane van Gisbergen
2023 – Ash Sutton
2024 – Will Brown