2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

The 2022 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series) was an Australian motor racing competition for TCR cars. It was the third running of the TCR Australia Series. Each round of the series was contested as part of the Motorsport Australia Championships.

The series was won by Tony D'Alberto driving a Honda Civic Type R TCR for Wall Racing.

Calendar

The series was contested over seven rounds.

Round Circuit Location Date
1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 11–13 February
2 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 18–20 March
3 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 15–17 April
4 New South Wales Sydney Motorsports Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 27–29 May
5 Queensland Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 5–7 August
6 Queensland Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 16–18 September
7 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 11–13 November
[1][2]

Teams and Drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the series:

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Australia DashSport Hyundai i30 N TCR 2 Australia Luke King 3–5 [3]
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Australia Iain McDougall 2, 4 [4]
9 Australia Jay Hanson 3[a] [5]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1–5 [6][7]
Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Australia Dylan O'Keeffe All [8]
33 Australia Jordan Cox All [9]
Australia Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline 18 Australia Aaron Cameron All [10]
France GRM - Team Clairet Sport 20 France Teddy Clairet 7 [11]
Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 10 Australia Michael Caruso All [12]
Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 11 Australia Nathan Morcom All [13]
30 Australia Josh Buchan 1–6
Hyundai Elantra N TCR 7 [14]
Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Australia Bailey Sweeney All [13]
Australia MPC - Purple Sector Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 14 Australia Lachlan Mineeff 5–7 [15]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 1–4
44 Australia Eddie Maguire 1 [16]
United Kingdom Carl Cox Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Australia Michael Clemente 2–6 [17]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 7 [18]
Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 24 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 1–2, 4 [19]
Australia Tim Slade 3 [20]
50 Australia Tony D'Alberto All [21]
Australia Renault Sport GRM Renault Mégane R.S TCR 34 Australia James Moffat All [22]
Australia Renault Sport GRM Team Valvoline 41 Australia Kody Garland All
Australia Burson Auto Parts Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna All [23]
Australia Willmington Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 89 Australia Braydan Willmington 1–4 [24]
Australia Forza Brakes Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 97 Australia Liam McAdam 1–3 [25]
Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 110 Australia Zac Soutar All [26]
Australia Tilton Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 333 Australia Brad Shiels 1–4 [27]
Australia MPC - Audi Liqui Moly Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 999 Australia Will Brown All [28]

Summary

Round Race Circuit Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Australia Nathan Morcom Australia Jay Hanson Australia Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing [29]
2 Australia Josh Buchan Australia Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport [30]
3 Australia Josh Buchan Australia Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport [31]
2 1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Australia Jay Hanson Australia Jay Hanson Australia Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing [32]
2 Australia Will Brown New Zealand Fabian Coulthard Wall Racing [33]
3 Australia Will Brown New Zealand Fabian Coulthard Wall Racing [34]
3 1 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Australia Aaron Cameron Australia Aaron Cameron Australia Aaron Cameron Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline [35]
2 Australia Bailey Sweeney Australia Bailey Sweeney HMO Customer Racing [36]
3 Australia Bailey Sweeney Australia Aaron Cameron Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline [37]
4 1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Australia Josh Buchan Australia Will Brown Australia Josh Buchan HMO Customer Racing [38]
2 Australia Jay Hanson Australia Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing [39]
3 Australia Josh Buchan Australia Nathan Morcom HMO Customer Racing [40]
5 1 Queensland Queensland Raceway Australia Tony D'Alberto Australia Jay Hanson Australia Tony D'Alberto Honda Wall Racing
2 Australia Jay Hanson Australia Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing
3 Australia Jay Hanson Australia Tony D'Alberto Honda Wall Racing
6 1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Australia Jay Hanson Australia Jay Hanson Australia Aaron Cameron Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline
2 Australia Jay Hanson Australia Ben Bargwanna Burson Auto Parts Racing
3 Australia Michael Caruso Australia Will Brown MPC - Audi Liqui Moly Racing Team
7 1 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Australia Jay Hanson Australia Jay Hanson Australia Bailey Sweeney HMO Customer Racing
2 Race Cancelled[b]
3 Australia Bailey Sweeney Australia Will Brown Liqui Moly MPC Racing

Points system

  • For Rounds 1 to 6, points were awarded 50, 46, 44, 42 etc for Races 1 & 3 and 40, 36, 34, 32 etc for Race 2.[41]
  • For Round 7, points were awarded 75, 69, 63, 57 etc for Races 1 & 3.[41] Points would have been awarded 60, 54, 48, 42 etc for Race 2 [41] however the race was cancelled.
  • 2 additional points were awarded to the driver that recorded the fastest lap time in the final results of Q2 at each Round.[41]

Series standings

Pos. [42] Driver [42] No. SYM
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SMP
New South Wales 		QLD
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		Pen. Points [42]
1 Australia Tony D'Alberto 50 8 3 2 7 3 5 7 6 9 8 4 14 1 5 1 4 4 10 11 C 11 0 711
2 Australia Will Brown 999 7 4 13 18 7 2 4 10 7 Ret 10 6 8 2 4 2 3 2 6 C 1 0 702
3 Australia Josh Buchan 30 2 5 4 Ret 19 14 8 3 4 1 11 2 14 9 8 5 8 4 9 C 3 0 667
4 Australia Jordan Cox 33 16 1 3 2 4 6 Ret 11 10 3 5 3 6 4 6 7 2 3 14 C 14 0 647
5 Australia Bailey Sweeny 130 15 2 Ret 11 16 9 9 1 2 11 18 18 4 11 5 8 16 6 1 C 2 0 610
6 Australia Zac Soutar 110 6 6 1 5 17 8 13 13 13 5 9 12 2 6 2 3 5 16 Ret C 15 0 588
7 Australia Nathan Morcom 11 3 13 6 19 9 11 12 20 15 6 3 1 Ret 10 10 12 11 11 3 C 6 0 582
8 Australia Aaron Cameron 18 5 Ret 9 6 Ret 10 1 9 1 2 13 11 13 16 15 1 Ret DNS 4 C 4 0 579
9 Australia Dylan O'Keeffe 8 9 7 Ret 3 5 4 3 5 3 4 7 5 11 Ret 11 Ret 7 7 2 C 16 0 577
10 Australia Jay Hanson 9 1 Ret 7 1 6 18 14 15 14 10 1 7 3 1 3 Ret 15 9 Ret C DNS 0 535
11 Australia Ben Bargwanna 71 13 10 Ret 10 2 3 2 7 6 19 19 8 Ret 12 12 10 1 5 5 C Ret 0 535
12 Australia Michael Caruso 10 12 9 8 17 8 7 10 4 11 20 14 20 10 Ret DNS 6 10 1 10 C 9 0 520
13 Australia Lachlan Mineeff 14 17 Ret 12 8 12 15 18 17 20 13 15 17 9 13 Ret 11 13 15 7 C 5 0 442
14 Australia James Moffat 34 4 Ret DNS 12 18 13 5 2 5 14 8 Ret Ret 7 16 9 Ret 9 16 C Ret 0 402
15 Australia Michael Clemente 15 9 Ret DNS 15 14 12 12 12 10 7 8 9 15 6 14 13 C 10 0 384
16 Australia Iain McDougall 3 13 11 16 20 19 18 12 Ret 15 12 15 13 14 9 13 15 C 12 0 344
17 Australia Luke King 2 16 12 19 7 2 4 5 3 7 Ret 12 Ret 17 C 8 0 343
18 Australia Brad Shiels 333 10 8 5 14 10 12 11 8 8 9 6 19 0 317
19 Australia Kody Garland 41 DNS DNS DNS 16 14 Ret 17 16 21 18 Ret 9 Ret 14 14 13 14 12 12 C 13 0 294
20 Australia Fabian Coulthard 24 11 14 14 4 1 1 17 17 13 0 255
21 Australia Braydan Willmington 89 18 11 11 15 13 19 19 18 16 15 16 16 0 234
22 Australia Liam McAdam 97 14 15 10 Ret 15 17 0 103
23 France Teddy Clairet 20 8 C 7 0 84
24 Australia Tim Slade 24 6 Ret 17 0 59
25 Australia Eddie Maguire 44 19 12 15 0 58
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap


Notes

  1. ^ Jay Hanson entered round 3 in an Audi RS3 LMS (2021), but after an accident in the opening practise session saw him switch to an Audi RS3 LMS (2017) for the rest of the weekend
  2. ^ Race 20 was cancelled due to heavy rain, no points was awarded

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