2021 TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship explained

The 2021 TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship (known for commercial reasons as the Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand Championship) will be the inaugural season of the TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams are based and registered in New Zealand.

TeamCarNoDriversRef
Racer Products[1] Hyundai i30 N TCR5 Gene Rollinson
Paddon Rallysport20 Hayden Paddon[2]
Jaden Ransley Racing53 Jaden Ransley[3]
TrackTec Racing[4] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR7 Chris van der Drift[5]
26 Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes[6]
51 Greg Murphy[7]
Evolution MotorsportHonda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)23 Jordan Michels[8]
M-DevelopmentsVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR79 Paul Radisich[9]

Race calendar

The 2020 calendar was announced on April 30, 2019. It was also announced that the summer scheduled (labelled the Sprint Championship) was scheduled to be followed by an endurance series later on in the year.[10] The series was later rescheduled for the second half of 2020,[11] then for March 2021 with three rounds.[12]

Results

Summary

RaceCircuitPole positionWinning DriverWinning Team
11Highlands Motorsport Park Hayden Paddon Chris van der DriftTrackTec Racing
2 Chris van der DriftTrackTec Racing
3 Hayden PaddonPaddon Rallysport

Standings

DriverHIG
Points
1 Chris van der Drift7align=center style=background:#ffffbf1align=center style=background:#ffffbf1align=center style=background:#dfffdf5199
2 Jordan Michels23align=center style=background:#dfffdf5align=center style=background:#dfffdf7align=center style=background:#ffdf9f3147
3 Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes26align=center style=background:#dfffdf4align=center style=background:#dfffdf8align=center style=background:#dfffdf4147
4 Gene Rollinson5align=center style=background:#dfdfdf2align=center style=background:#dfdfdf2align=center style=background:#efcfffRet134
5 Hayden Paddon20align=center style=background:#efcfffRetalign=center style=background:#dfffdf4align=center style=background:#ffffbf1129
6 Greg Murphy51align=center style=background:#ffdf9f3align=center style=background:#ffdf9f3align=center style=background:#efcfffRet120
7 Jaden Ransley53align=center style=background:#efcfffRetalign=center style=background:#dfffdf5align=center style=background:#dfdfdf2115
8 Paul Radisich79align=center style=background:#dfffdf6align=center style=background:#dfffdf6align=center style=background:#efcfffRet94
DriverHIG
Points

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Hyundai I30 N TCR Arrives In New Zealand. 30 April 2019. 3 August 2019.
  2. Web site: WRC winner Hayden Paddon confirms TCR New Zealand tilt. 20 November 2019. 20 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Ransley joins TCRNZ. Motorsport NZ. 5 March 2021. 5 March 2021.
  4. Web site: First Audi RS 3 LMS Confirmed For TCR New Zealand Series. 29 April 2019. 3 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Van der Drift set for TCRNZ. Motorsport NZ. 11 March 2021. 11 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Track Tec Racing completes three-car TCR New Zealand line-up. TouringCarTimes. 15 March 2021. 15 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Murphy set for TCRNZ. Speedcafe. 12 March 2021. 12 March 2021.
  8. Web site: Jordan Michels Commits To TCR New Zealand Campaign. 9 August 2019. 9 August 2019. 9 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190809090152/https://www.velocitynews.co.nz/news/jordan-michels-commits-to-tcr-new-zealand-campaign. dead.
  9. Web site: Radisich set for TCRNZ. Speedcafe. 10 March 2021. 10 March 2021.
  10. Web site: TCR NEW ZEALAND REVEAL AMBITIOUS DUAL SPRINT AND ENDURANCE CALENDARS. 19 July 2019. 2 August 2019.
  11. Web site: TCR New Zealand announce revised and extended calendar. 6 December 2019. TouringCarTimes.com. 27 January 2019.
  12. Web site: Amended TCR New Zealand calendar down to three events.. 17 December 2020. TouringCarTimes.com. 20 December 2020.

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