2022 TCR Asia Series explained

The 2022 TCR Asia Series season was the seventh season of the TCR Asia Series.

Race Calendar

The provisional 2022 schedule was announced on 18 December 2018, with seven events scheduled.^[1] However, After multiple postponements due to the current COVID restrictions in China. The final revised calendar was announced on 4 July 2022, with six events scheduled.^[2] Before November, the calendar was revised:^[3]

		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Beijing	28–29 July	China Touring Car Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
	2
2	3		30–31 July
	4
3	5	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	5 November	China Touring Car Championship
	6
4	7		6 November
	8
5	9	Guia Circuit, Macau	18–20 November	China GT Championship China Touring Car Championship F4 Chinese Championship Macau Challenge Cup Macau GT Cup Macau Guia Race
	10
6	11	Shanghai Tianma Circuit, Shanghai	8 December	China Touring Car Championship
	12
Source:^[4]

Teams and Drivers

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Ref. Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 1 Jason Zhang All ^[5] 9 David Zhu All 12 Sunny Wong All Xian Tianshihui Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2 Wu Pei Zhi 1 ^[6] 6 Zeng Xiaoxiao G 2 Team MG XPower MG 5 X-Power TCR 5 Juan Zhu 1–4, 6 ^[7] 7 Martin Cao All 18 Zhendong Zhang All 20 Rodolfo Ávila All 79 Robert Huff G 5 ^[8] Elegant Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Mai Yi Bo 1–2 Audi Sport 326 MMK Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 11 Liu Zi Chen All 51 Wu Yifan All 999 Chen Xiao Ke 1–4 326 Auto Group Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 56 Jiang Wei 2 Hyundai N Team Z.Speed Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 Yang Xiao Wei 3–6 44 Samuel Qiu 1–5 188 Li Xuanyu 3–4, 6 Kang Shi Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Liao Yang G 5 Fancy Team Lynk & Co 03 TCR 27 Yan Chuang 1–5 CPointer Racing with FRD Ford Focus CTCC 28 Yang Shuo G 1 33 Bai Ya Xin G 1 Trackfun Lynk & Co 03 TCR 30 Cai Hong Yu 1–2 Bas x Z.Speed Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 37 Zhou Hao Wen 3–5 610 Osborg Z.Speed Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 55 Sun Ang Ning 1–2 77 Yang Xiao Wei 1–2 Hyundai i30 N TCR 66 Li Weng Ji 1–4 Motve & Z.Speed Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 6 SAIC Volkswagen 333 Team Volkswagen Lamando L CTCC 58 Gao Hua Yang G All 63 Nathan Lu G All 71 Jiang Tengyi G All 555 Martin Xie G All QMA Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 65 Lin Cheng Hua 3–6 69 Kai Tian 1–5 ZZRT Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 89 Ruan Cun Fan 1–4, 6 Kingstone Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 91 Yao Li 3–4 MG 6 X-Power TCR 1–2 92 Yuan Jie Zhu 1–2 Dongfeng Kia Racing KIA Forte K3 2.0T 95 Hu Heng G 2 Pu Shu KIA Forte K3 2.0T 96 Pu Shu G 1 MotorSport Crew Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 98 Tim Zeng 1–2 Non TCR entries Wuhan 7 Speed Volkswagen Scirocco 110 Tian Hongyu G 2 Mazda Axela 908 Hong Kiang G 2

Results and standings

Season summary

		Circuit/Location	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team
1	1	Zhuzhou International Circuit	Jason Zhang	Jason Zhang	Jason Zhang
	2		Jason Zhang	Jason Zhang	Sunny Wong	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
2	3		David Zhu	David Zhu	David Zhu	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
	4		Rodolfo Ávila	Rodolfo Ávila	Rodolfo Ávila	Team MG XPower
3	5	Zhejiang International Circuit	Martin Xie	David Zhu	David Zhu	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
	6		Rodolfo Ávila	Jason Zhang	Rodolfo Ávila	Team MG XPower
4	7		Jason Zhang	Jason Zhang	Jason Zhang
	8		Sunny Wong	Jason Zhang	Gao Hua Yang	SAIC Volkswagen 333 Team
5	9	Guia Circuit	Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Team MG XPower
	10		Gao Hua Yang	Robert Huff	Jason Zhang
6	11	Shanghai Tianma Circuit	Jason Zhang	Jason Zhang	Jason Zhang	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
	12		Jason Zhang	Sunny Wong	Sunny Wong	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing

Drivers' standings

Scoring system

	Driver	ZHZ1		ZHZ2		ZHE1		ZHE2		MAC		TIA
1	David Zhu	4	16	1	3	1	7	4	6	2	5			136
2	Sunny Wong	3	1	Ret	2	3	14	5	2	3	Ret			115
3	Jason Zhang	1	2	6	6	Ret	6	1	17	4	1			112
4	Yan Chuang	6	3	7	9	4	2	11	4	14	10			94
5	Rodolfo Ávila	Ret	Ret	5	1	Ret	1	Ret	7	7	4			75
6	Juan Carlos Zhu	16	10	11	10	2	4	Ret	8					56
7	Wu Yifan	9	Ret	8	7	6	9	8	10	10	8			51
8	Ruan Cun Fan	17	4	9	20	Ret	11	7	9					38
9	Martin Cao	2	5	Ret	13	8	DNS	Ret	DNS	6	6			35
10	Liu Zi Chen	12	Ret	3	14	Ret	12	10	11	13	Ret			35
11	Yang Xiao Wei	8	Ret	14	12	5	8	DNS	DNS	11	7			31
12	Zhang Zhen Dong	11	DNS	12	8	Ret	10	6	Ret	5	11			27
13	Chen Xiao Ke	Ret	DNS	4	Ret	Ret	13	9	12					26
14	Cai Hong Yu	7	Ret	Ret	Ret									11
15	Samuel Qiu	15	9	15	17	13	15	13	DNS	18	15			8
16	Zhu Yuan Jie	13	11	13	18									6
17	Li Weng Ji	21	15	Ret	21	9	21	17	DNS					4
18	Li Xuanyu					10	19	12	DNS					3
19	Kai Tian	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	12	17	16	14	16	13			2
20	Zhou Hao Wen					11	20	18	16	17	14			1
21	Sun Ang Ning	14	13	17	15									1
22	Lin Cheng Hua					Ret	16	14	13	Ret	DNS			1
23	Yao Li	Ret	14	18	19	DNS	DNS	15	15					0
24	Mai Yi Bo	20	18	16	16									0
25	Wu Pei Zhi	22	17											0
26	Tim Zeng	19	DNS	19	Ret									0
27	Jiang Wei			Ret	DNS									0
CTCC/Guest drivers ineligible to score points
—	Robert Huff									1	2			0
—	Gao Hua Yang	Ret	6	10	11	7	18	3	1	8	3			0
—	Martin Xie	10	7	2	4	Ret	3	2	3	9	Ret			0
—	Jiang Tengyi	5	8	Ret	5	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret			0
—	Nathan Lu	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	14	5	Ret	5	12	9			0
—	Liao Yang									15	12			0
—	Pu Shu	18	DNS											0
—	Zeng Xiaoxiao			20	22									0
—	Tian Hongyu			Ret	Ret									0
—	Bai Ya Xin	Ret	DNS											0
—	Yang Shuo	Ret	DNS											0
—	Hong Kiang			Ret	DNS									0
—	Hu Heng			Ret	DNS									0
	Driver	ZHZ1		ZHZ2		ZHE1		ZHE2		MAC		TIA

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. News: Calendar for 2022 TCR Asia and TCR China unveiled. 6 December 2021. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. TouringCarTimes.com. 6 December 2021.
2. News: TCR Asia postpones season opener once more. 4 July 2022. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. TouringCarTimes.com. 4 July 2022.
3. News: TCR Asia International Series. en.tcr-asia.com. 29 October 2022.
4. Web site: 29 October 2022 . 2022 TCR Asia Series . RacingCalendar.net.
5. Web site: Teamwork Motorsport confirms Zhang, Wong and Zhu for TCR Asia. 15 June 2022. TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 June 2022.
6. Web site: 24 cars entered for TCR Asia double opener. 28 July 2022. TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 28 July 2022.
7. Web site: MG5 XPower TCR unveiled at Chongqing Auto Show. 11 July 2022. TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 11 July 2022.
8. Web site: Rob Huff joins Macau race as TCR Asia and Guia grids are split. 10 November 2022. TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 10 November 2022.