2022 Global Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2022 Global Touring Car Championship (commercially known as the 2022 Sasol GTC Championship) was the seventh season of the South African Global Touring Car Championship.^[1] The season was contested over seven rounds, starting at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex on March 4 and ending at the Zwartkops Raceway on October 15.

Robert Wolk claimed his second successive GTC championship and Leyton Fourie took the honours in the GTC Supacup class for the first time.^[2]

Calendar

	Circuit	Dates	Map
1	Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town	March 5
2	Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria	April 23
3	Aldo Scribante Circuit, Gqeberha	May 28
4	Red Star Raceway, Delmas	July 2
5	Prince George Circuit, East London	August 6
6	Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town	September 17
7	Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria	October 15
Sources:^[3] ^[4]

Entry list

Drivers were split into two classes; GTC for silhouette racing cars and GTC Supacup for one-make Volkswagen Polos.

GTC

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Events
Chemical Logistics Racing	Toyota Corolla (E210)	1	Robert Wolk	All
	Ford Focus Mk.4	33	Julian van der Watt	All
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa	Toyota Corolla (E210)	3	Saood Variawa	All
		21	Mandla Mdakane	1-6
		32	Ashley Oldfield	7
		95	Michael van Rooyen	All
Universal Motorsport	Audi S3 Mk.4	12	Bradley Liebenberg	1-5, 7
	Volkswagen Golf Mk.8	14	Jonathan Mogotsi	1-3
		43	Daniel Rowe	1-3
WCT Engineering	Audi S3 Mk.4	40	Andrew Rackstraw	All

GTC Supacup

Team	No.	Driver	Events
Campos Motorsport	2	Keegan Campos	1-4, 6-7
	29	Rui Campos	1-3, 6-7
	92	Jason Campos	1-4, 7
Perfect Circle Racing	4	Keagan Masters	1-5
	22	André Bezuidenhout	1-3
	41	Reghard Roets	6
Van Niekerk Racing^[5]	6	Paul Luti	1-2, 4-6
	9	Danie van Niekerk	All
Carello Auto/Dias Group	7	Calvin Dias	7
	align=center rowspan=2		100	1, 3
	Tato Carello	2, 4, 6-7
	146	Dominic Dias	7
Nathan Hammond Racing	align=center rowspan=2	10	Sam Hammond	1-2, 7
	Damian Hammond	4-5
	11	Nathan Hammond	1, 3-5, 7
	14	Jonathan Mogotsi	4-7
	33	Daniel Rowe	5-7
Rembrandt Racing	18	Dawie Joubert	1
Universal Motorsport	20	Jeffrey Kruger	All
Platinum Wheels	27	Jean-Pierre van der Walt	All
Pepper Racing	29	Iain Pepper	4, 6
Express Hire Pty Ltd	46	Leyton Fourie	All
Stradale Motorsport	54	Arnold Neveling	2-5, 7
Graphix Supply World	69	Roberto Franco	6
	96	David Franco	1, 6
Telerex	101	Stefan Snyders	1, 4, 6-7
Stu Davidson and Sons	522	Nick Davidson	All

Results and standings

Race results

	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1		March 5	GTC: Robert Wolk	GTC: Robert Wolk	GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Keagan Masters	GTC: Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Perfect Circle Racing
				GTC: Robert Wolk	GTC: Julian van der Watt GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Auto Zone South Africa GTC SC: Universal Motorsport
2	Zwartkops Raceway	April 23	GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Robert Wolk	GTC: Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Perfect Circle Racing
				GTC SC: Arnold Neveling	GTC: Julian van der Watt GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Auto Zone South Africa GTC SC: Express Hire Pty Ltd
3	Aldo Scribante Circuit	May 28	GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Universal Motorsport
				GTC: Daniel Rowe GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: GTC SC: Express Hire Pty Ltd
4	Red Star Raceway	July 2	GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Bradley Liebenberg GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Bradley Liebenberg GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Universal Motorsport GTC SC: Express Hire Pty Ltd
				GTC: Bradley Liebenberg GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Bradley Liebenberg GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Universal Motorsport GTC SC: Universal Motorsport
5	Prince George Circuit	August 6	GTC: Bradley Liebenberg GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Express Hire Pty Ltd
				GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Universal Motorsport
6	Killarney Motor Racing Complex		GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jeffrey Kruger	GTC: Robert Wolk	GTC: Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Campos Motorsport
				unknown	GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Express Hire Pty Ltd
7	Zwartkops Raceway	October 15	GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC SC: Leyton Fourie	GTC SC: Express Hire Pty Ltd
				GTC: Bradley Liebenberg GTC SC: Jason Campos	GTC: Bradley Liebenberg GTC SC: Jason Campos	GTC: Universal Motorsport GTC SC: Campos Motorsport

Championship standings

Points system

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	17	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

Drivers

	Driver	KIL1		ZWA1		ASC		RSR		PGC		KIL2		ZWA2		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
GTC
1	Robert Wolk	1	2	1	7	1	4	2	3	1	2	1	2	3	4	239
2	Saood Variawa	8	5	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	7	2	1	2	2	208
3	Michael van Rooyen	4	7	4	3	6	1	DNF	7	4	1	3	5	1	7	161
4	Bradley Liebenberg	3	DNS	DNF	DNS	4	3	1	1	3	5	DNS	6	DNF	1	138
5	Julian van der Watt	6	1	8	1	9	8	3	5	6	4	4	DNF	DNF	3	129
6	Andrew Rackstraw	9	4	5	8	5	9	6	6	7	6	5	4	4	5	114
7	Mandla Mdakane	5	DNS	6	6	7	7	5	4	5	3	6	3			104
8	Daniel Rowe	2	3	7	5	3	5									70
9	Jonathan Mogotsi	7	6	3	4	8	6									52
10	Ashley Oldfield													5	6	10
align=center colspan=17	GTC Supacup
1	Leyton Fourie	3	2	6	1	6	1	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	7	231
2	Jeffrey Kruger	2	1	DNF	3	1	5	2	1	2	1	6	3	4	3	209
3	Keegan Campos	4	4	4	10	3	3	5	3	DNS	DNS	1	2	7	6	141
4	Arnold Neveling			2	2	5	2	3	4	5	11	DNS	DNS	2	5	125
5	Keagan Masters	1	3	1	DNF	4	6	DNF	6	3	DNF					98
6	Jason Campos	6	5	DNF	4	2	4	DNF	DNF					5	1	90
7	Jonathan Mogotsi							7	DNF	4	3	2	DNF	3	2	80
8		7	7	5	5	7	7	4	8	8	6	10	13	8	13	77
9	Danie van Niekerk	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	5	7	5	4	DNF	13	11	76
10	Daniel Rowe									6	4	7	4	6	4	58
11	Tato Carello			3	6			6	7			9	13	9	10	41
12	Paul Luti	8	9	8	12			11	11	9	10	8	5			27
13	Nathan Hammond	DNS	DNS			9	8	12	9	12	7			12	8	18
14	Nick Davidson	10	8	9	8	12	11	10	13	11	9	12	10	17	15	15
15	Damian Hammond							8	10	10	8					11
16	Reghard Roets											5	11			10
17	Iain Pepper							13	14			DNF	6			8
18	Rui Campos			11	DNF	10	DNF					DNF	8	14	9	7
19	David Franco	11	DNF									13	7			6
20	André Bezuidenhout	DNS	DNF	10	9	13	DNF									3
=	Calvin Dias	9	10			15	12							11	12	3
22	Roberto Franco											11	9			2
23	Dominic Dias													10	17	1
NC	Sam Hammond	DNS	DNS	12	11									15	14	0
=	Stefan Snyders	12	DNS					14	12			DNF	DNF	16	16	0
=	Dawie Joubert	DNS	DNF													0
Source:^[6]

External links

• Series website

Notes and References

1. Web site: WHAT IS THE SASOL GTC CHAMPIONSHIP? – The Race Torque.
2. Web site: WOLK TAKES SECOND GTC TITLE ON THE TROT. www.motorsportmedia.co.za.
3. Web site: Global Touring Cars. www.motorsportmedia.co.za.
4. Web site: Gqeberha bound! VW Motorsport heads home to light up third round of 2022 GTC Championship. Compiled by Charlen. Raymond. Sport.
5. News: Paul Luti brings international flavour to GTC SupaCup. Global Touring Car Championship. 23 February 2022.
6. Web site: 2022 Championship Points - Global Touring Cars. March 10, 2022. www.gtcafrica.co.za.