2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

The 2022 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series) is the third season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series ran as part of the Motorsport Australia Championships series.

Chaz Mostert won last year's TCR Australia championship

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

Teams and Drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 2 Luke King TBA [3]
22 Iain McDougall 2 [4]
9 Jay Hanson 3 [5]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1–2 [6][7]
Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 3 Tim Slade 3 [8]
24 Fabian Coulthard 1–2 [9]
50 Tony D'Alberto 1–2 [10]
Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Dylan O'Keeffe 1–2 [11]
33 Jordan Cox 1–2 [12]
Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline 18 Aaron Cameron 1–2 [13]
Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 10 Michael Caruso 1–2 [14]
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 11 Nathan Morcom 1–2 [15]
30 Josh Buchan 1–2
130 Bailey Sweeney 1–2
MPC - Purple Sector Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 14 Lachlan Mineeff 1–2 [16]
44 Eddie Maguire 1 [17]
Carl Cox Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Michael Clemente 2 [18]
Renault Sport GRM Renault Mégane R.S TCR 34 James Moffat 1–2 [19]
Renault Sport GRM Team Valvoline 41 Kody Garland 1–2
Burson Auto Parts Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Ben Bargwanna 1–2 [20]
Willmington Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 89 Braydan Willmington 1–2 [21]
Forza Brakes Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 97 Liam McAdam 1–2 [22]
Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 110 Zac Soutar 1–2 [23]
DashSport Hyundai i30 N TCR 111 Michael King TBA [24]
Tilton Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 333 Brad Shiels 1–2 [25]
MPC - Audi Liqui Moly Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 999 Will Brown 1–2 [26]

Summary
Round Race Event Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Nathan Morcom Jay Hanson Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing [27]
2 Josh Buchan Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport [28]
3 Josh Buchan Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport [29]
2 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Jay Hanson Jay Hanson Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing [30]
2 Will Brown Fabian Coulthard Wall Racing [31]
3 Will Brown Fabian Coulthard Wall Racing [32]
3 1 Mount Panorama Circuit Aaron Cameron Aaron Cameron Aaron Cameron Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline [33]
2 Bailey Sweeny Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing [34]
3 Bailey Sweeny Aaron Cameron Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline [35]
4 1 Queensland Raceway
2
3
5 1 Sandown Raceway
2
3
6 1 Mount Panorama Circuit
2
3


Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   DNF 
Race 1 & 2 40 36 32 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 0
Race 3 50 46 42 38 36 31 29 27 25 23 19 18 17 16 15 12 11 10 9 8 0
  • Two (2) points will be awarded for obtaining Pole Position in qualifying.

Drivers' standings
Pos. Driver No. SYM
 PHI
 BAT
 SMP
 QLD
 SAN
 BAT
 Pen. Points
1 Jordan Cox 33 16 1 3 2 4 6 Ret 11 10 0 127
2 Zac Soutar 110 6 6 1 5 17 8 13 13 0 124
3 Tony D'Alberto 50 8 3 2 7 3 5 7 6 9 0 120
4 Jay Hanson 9 1 Ret 7 1 6 18 14 15 0 109
5 Josh Buchan 30 2 5 4 Ret 19 14 8 3 4 0 100
6 Nathan Morcom 11 3 13 6 19 9 11 12 20 0 83
7 Brad Shiels 333 10 8 5 14 10 12 11 8 8 0 83
8 Aaron Cameron 18 5 Ret 9 6 Ret 10 1 9 1 0 75
9 Will Brown 999 7 4 13 18 7 2 4 10 7 0 74
10 Dylan O'Keeffe 8 9 7 Ret 3 5 4 3 5 3 0 72
11 Fabian Coulthard 24 11 14 14 4 1 1 0 69
12 Michael Caruso 10 12 9 8 17 8 7 10 4 0 66
13 Bailey Sweeny 130 15 2 Ret 11 16 9 9 1 2 0 60
14 Braydan Willmington 87 18 11 11 15 13 19 19 18 0 50
15 Lachlan Mineeff 14 17 Ret 12 8 12 15 18 17 0 46
16 Ben Bargwanna 71 13 10 Ret 10 2 3 2 7 6 0 44
17 Liam McAdam 97 14 15 10 Ret 15 17 0 44
18 James Moffat 34 4 Ret DNS 12 18 13 5 2 5 0 41
19 Eddie Maguire 44 19 12 15 0 34
20 Michael Clemente 15 9 Ret DNS 15 14 0 18
21 Iain McDougall 3 13 11 16 20 19 0 12
22 Kody Garland 41 DNS DNS DNS 16 14 Ret 17 16 0 9
23 Luke King 2 16 12 0 0
24 Tim Slade 24 6 Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. SYM
 PHI
 BAT
 SMP
 QLD
 SAN
 BAT
 Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (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


References
  1. "TCR Australia announces 2022 calendar". Speedcafe. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. "Sydney added to S5000, TCR Australia schedules". Motorsport. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-09). "King to join MPC for 2022". Speedcafe.com.
  4. Herrero, Daniel (2022-01-27). "McDougall to join TCR for Phillip Island". Speedcafe.com.
  5. O'Brien, Connor (2022-04-15). "Hanson playing catch-up after early Bathurst hiccup". Speedcafe.com.
  6. "Jay Hanson switches to Melbourne Performance Centre". TouringCarTimes. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. "Jay Hanson Confirms TCR Australia Future in Brand-New Audi". TCR Australia. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. "Tim Slade replaces Fabian Coulthard who has tested positive for COVID". TouringCarTimes. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  9. "Fabian Coulthard joins grid for Symmons Plains opener". TouringCarTimes. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. "Tony D'Alberto to continue in Wall Racing Honda". TouringCarTimes. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  11. Herrero, Daniel (2022-02-10). "O'Keeffe switches to Peugeot". Speedcafe.com.
  12. "Jordan Cox retains GRM seat for 2022". TouringCarTimes. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  13. Connor, O'Brien (23 December 2021). "Cameron confirmed for 2022 TCR". Speedcafe.com.
  14. "Michael Caruso and ASM Reveal Polished Autoglym Livery". TCR Australia. 9 February 2022.
  15. Connor, O'Brien (2022-01-17). "HMO Customer Racing confirms TCR Driver Line-up". Speedcafe.com.
  16. "Mineeff confirmed 2022 campaign with Purple Sector". TCR Australia. 2022-01-18.
  17. "Local Tasmanian Eddie Maguire joins TCR Australia opener". TouringCars.Net. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  18. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-15). "Carl Cox Motorsport confirms TCR Australia Entry". Speedcafe.com.
  19. Herrero, Daniel (2022-02-02). "GRM confirms Renault Driver Lineup". Speedcafe.com.
  20. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-04). "Bargwanna confirms 2022 TCR Plans". Speedcafe.com.
  21. Chapman, Simon (2021-12-30). "Wilmington confirms TCR Entry". Speedcafe.com.
  22. "Liam McAdam confirms full-season Supercheap Auto TCR Australia campaign". TCR Australia. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  23. "Soutar confirms 2022 TCR Entry". TCR Australia. 2022-01-05.
  24. "Luke King returns to TCR Australia at Bathurst". TouringCarTimes. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  25. Herrero, Daniel (2022-02-10). "AWS Race Tasmania Entries". Speedcafe.com.
  26. Herrero, Daniel (2022-02-06). "Brown joins MPC for 2022 TCR Australia". Speedcafe.com.
  27. "Jay Hanson claims his and new Audi's maiden TCR Australia win". TouringCars.Net. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  28. "Jordan Cox wins eventful safety car-interrupted race two at Symmons Plains". TouringCars.Net. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  29. "Zac Soutar claims interrupted race three win after Josh Buchan hit with penalty". TouringCars.Net. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  30. "Jay Hanson secures second win of season in opening Phillip Island race". TouringCars.Net. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  31. "Fabian Coulthard charges to Phillip Island race two win". TouringCars.Net. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  32. "Fabian Coulthard doubles up to claim TCR Australia points lead". TouringCars.Net. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  33. "Aaron Cameron heads Peugeot 1-2-3 in opening Bathurst race". TouringCars.Net. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  34. "Bailey Sweeny romps to maiden win in Bathurst race two". TouringCars.Net. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  35. "Aaron Cameron doubles up in final Bathurst race". TouringCars.Net. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.


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