2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series explained

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	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

The following teams and drivers contested the series:

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
DashSport	Hyundai i30 N TCR	2	Luke King	3–5	^[3]
Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	22	Iain McDougall	2, 4	^[4]
		9	Jay Hanson	3	^[5]
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	1–5		^[6] ^[7]
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Peugeot 308 TCR	8	Dylan O'Keeffe	All	^[8]
		33	Jordan Cox	All	^[9]
Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline		18	Aaron Cameron	All	^[10]
GRM - Team Clairet Sport		20	Teddy Clairet	7	^[11]
Ashley Seward Motorsport	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	10	Michael Caruso	All	^[12]
HMO Customer Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	11	Nathan Morcom	All	^[13]
		30	Josh Buchan	1–6
	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	7		^[14]
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	130	Bailey Sweeney	All
MPC - Purple Sector	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	14	Lachlan Mineeff	5–7	^[15]
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	1–4
		44	Eddie Maguire	1	^[16]
Carl Cox Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	15	Michael Clemente	2–6	^[17]
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)			7	^[18]
Wall Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	24	Fabian Coulthard	1–2, 4	^[19]
			Tim Slade	3	^[20]
		50	Tony D'Alberto	All	^[21]
Renault Sport GRM	Renault Mégane R.S TCR	34	James Moffat	All	^[22]
Renault Sport GRM Team Valvoline		41	Kody Garland	All
Burson Auto Parts Racing	Peugeot 308 TCR	71	Ben Bargwanna	All	^[23]
Willmington Motorsport	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	89	Braydan Willmington	1–4	^[24]
Forza Brakes Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	97	Liam McAdam	1–3	^[25]
Team Soutar Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	110	Zac Soutar	All	^[26]
Tilton Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	333	Brad Shiels	1–4	^[27]
MPC - Audi Liqui Moly Racing Team	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	999	Will Brown	All	^[28]

Summary

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

^[42] Driver SYM PHI BAT SMP QLD SAN BAT Points 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Michael Clemente 15 9 Ret DNS 15 14 12 12 12 10 7 8 9 15 6 14 13 C 10 0 384 16 Iain McDougall 3 13 11 16 20 19 18 12 Ret 15 12 15 13 14 9 13 15 C 12 0 344 17 Luke King 2 16 12 19 7 2 4 5 3 7 Ret 12 Ret 17 C 8 0 343 18 Brad Shiels 333 10 8 5 14 10 12 11 8 8 9 6 19 0 317 19 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 Fabian Coulthard 24 11 14 14 4 1 1 17 17 13 0 255 21 89 18 11 11 15 13 19 19 18 16 15 16 16 0 234 22 Liam McAdam 97 14 15 10 Ret 15 17 0 103 23 Teddy Clairet 20 8 C 7 0 84 24 Tim Slade 24 6 Ret 17 0 59 25 Eddie Maguire 44 19 12 15 0 58

External links

• Official website
• 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Sporting Regulations, www.motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: 13 December 2021. TCR Australia announces 2022 calendar. 19 January 2022. Speedcafe. en-US.
2. Web site: 17 January 2022. Sydney added to S5000, TCR Australia schedules. 19 January 2022. Motorsport. en-US.
3. Web site: 2022-04-14 . LUKE KING AIMS TO GO ‘ZIP SPEED’ WITH NEW LIVERY . TCR Australia.
4. Web site: McDougall to join TCR for Phillip Island. 2022-01-27. Speedcafe.com. Herrero. Daniel.
5. Web site: Hanson playing catch-up after early Bathurst hiccup. 2022-04-15. Speedcafe.com. O'Brien. Connor.
6. Web site: Jay Hanson switches to Melbourne Performance Centre. TouringCarTimes. 12 January 2022. 2 August 2021.
7. Web site: Jay Hanson Confirms TCR Australia Future in Brand-New Audi. TCR Australia. 22 September 2021. en. 22 September 2021.
8. Web site: O'Keeffe switches to Peugeot. 2022-02-10. Speedcafe.com. Herrero. Daniel.
9. Web site: Jordan Cox retains GRM seat for 2022. TouringCarTimes. 1 February 2022. 1 February 2022.
10. Web site: Cameron confirmed for 2022 TCR. 23 December 2021. Speedcafe.com. Connor. O'Brien.
11. Web site: Teddy Clairet joins Bathurst grid in fifth GRM Peugeot. TouringCarTimes. 29 September 2022. 29 September 2022.
12. Web site: Michael Caruso and ASM Reveal Polished Autoglym Livery. 9 February 2022. TCR Australia.
13. Web site: HMO Customer Racing confirms TCR Driver Line-up. 2022-01-17. Speedcafe.com. Connor. O'Brien.
14. Web site: Hyundai Elantra to make TCR Australia debut. TouringCarTimes. 30 September 2022. 30 September 2022.
15. Web site: Mineeff confirmed 2022 campaign with Purple Sector. 2022-01-18. TCR Australia.
16. Web site: Local Tasmanian Eddie Maguire joins TCR Australia opener. TouringCars.Net. 7 February 2022. 7 February 2022.
17. Web site: Carl Cox Motorsport confirms TCR Australia Entry. 2022-02-15. Speedcafe.com. O'Brien. Connor.
18. Web site: 6 November 2022 . A NEW DIRECTION - CLEMENTE JOINS MPC IN AUDI .
19. Web site: Fabian Coulthard joins grid for Symmons Plains opener. TouringCarTimes. 2 February 2022. 2 February 2022.
20. Web site: Tim Slade replaces Fabian Coulthard who has tested positive for COVID. TouringCarTimes. 14 April 2022. 14 April 2022.
21. Web site: Tony D’Alberto to continue in Wall Racing Honda. TouringCarTimes. 25 January 2022. 25 January 2022.
22. Web site: GRM confirms Renault Driver Lineup. 2022-02-02. Speedcafe.com. Herrero. Daniel.
23. Web site: Bargwanna confirms 2022 TCR Plans. 2022-02-04. Speedcafe.com. O'Brien. Connor.
24. Web site: Wilmington confirms TCR Entry.. 2021-12-30. Speedcafe.com. Chapman. Simon.
25. Web site: Liam McAdam confirms full-season Supercheap Auto TCR Australia campaign. TCR Australia. 12 January 2022. en. 12 January 2022.
26. Web site: Soutar confirms 2022 TCR Entry. 2022-01-05. TCR Australia.
27. Web site: AWS Race Tasmania Entries. 2022-02-10. Speedcafe.com. Herrero. Daniel.
28. Web site: Brown joins MPC for 2022 TCR Australia. 2022-02-06. Speedcafe.com. Herrero. Daniel.
29. Web site: Jay Hanson claims his and new Audi’s maiden TCR Australia win. TouringCars.Net. 12 February 2022. 12 February 2022.
30. Web site: Jordan Cox wins eventful safety car-interrupted race two at Symmons Plains. TouringCars.Net. 13 February 2022. 13 February 2022.
31. Web site: Zac Soutar claims interrupted race three win after Josh Buchan hit with penalty. TouringCars.Net. 13 February 2022. 13 February 2022.
32. Web site: Jay Hanson secures second win of season in opening Phillip Island race. TouringCars.Net. 19 March 2022. 19 March 2022.
33. Web site: Fabian Coulthard charges to Phillip Island race two win. TouringCars.Net. 20 March 2022. 17 April 2022.
34. Web site: Fabian Coulthard doubles up to claim TCR Australia points lead. TouringCars.Net. 20 March 2022. 17 April 2022.
35. Web site: Aaron Cameron heads Peugeot 1-2-3 in opening Bathurst race. TouringCars.Net. 16 April 2022. 17 April 2022.
36. Web site: Bailey Sweeny romps to maiden win in Bathurst race two. TouringCars.Net. 16 April 2022. 17 April 2022.
37. Web site: Aaron Cameron doubles up in final Bathurst race. TouringCars.Net. 17 April 2022. 17 April 2022.
38. Web site: Josh Buchan converts pole to win in Sydney night race. TouringCars.Net. 28 May 2022. 17 June 2022.
39. Web site: Jay Hanson claims lights-to-flag race two win. TouringCars.Net. 29 May 2022. 17 June 2022.
40. Web site: Nathan Morcom heads Hyundai 1-2 in final Sydney race. TouringCars.Net. 29 May 2022. 17 June 2022.
41. https://web.archive.org/web/20220324231552/https://www.motorsport.org.au/docs/default-source/sporting-technical/national/2022/2022-supercheap-auto-tcr-australia-series-sporting-regulations.pdf?sfvrsn=d8e8e208_8 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Sporting Regulations, www.motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
42. http://web.archive.org/web/20221224030528/https://tcraustralia.com/standings/ Standings 2022, tcraustralia.com, as archived at web.archive.org