2022 Global Touring Car Championship
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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]
| No. | 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 | All | |
| Ford Focus Mk.4 | 33 | All | ||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa | Toyota Corolla (E210) | 3 | All | |
| 21 | 1-6 | |||
| 32 | 7 | |||
| 95 | All | |||
| Universal Motorsport | Audi S3 Mk.4 | 12 | 1-5, 7 | |
| Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa | Volkswagen Golf Mk.8 | 14 | 1-3 | |
| 43 | 1-3 | |||
| WCT Engineering | Audi S3 Mk.4 | 40 | All |
GTC Supacup
| Team | No. | Driver | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campos Motorsport | 2 | 1-4, 6-7 | |
| 29 | 1-3, 6-7 | ||
| 92 | 1-4, 7 | ||
| Perfect Circle Racing | 4 | 1-5 | |
| 22 | 1-3 | ||
| 41 | 6 | ||
| Van Niekerk Racing[5] | 6 | 1-2, 4-6 | |
| 9 | All | ||
| Carello Auto/Dias Group | 7 | 7 | |
| 100 | 1, 3 | ||
| 2, 4, 6-7 | |||
| 146 | 7 | ||
| Nathan Hammond Racing | 10 | 1-2, 7 | |
| 4-5 | |||
| 11 | 1, 3-5, 7 | ||
| Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa | 14 | 4-7 | |
| 33 | 5-7 | ||
| Rembrandt Racing | 18 | 1 | |
| Universal Motorsport | 20 | All | |
| Platinum Wheels | 27 | All | |
| Pepper Racing | 29 | 4, 6 | |
| Express Hire Pty Ltd | 46 | All | |
| Stradale Motorsport | 54 | 2-5, 7 | |
| Graphix Supply World | 69 | 6 | |
| 96 | 1, 6 | ||
| Telerex | 101 | 1, 4, 6-7 | |
| Stu Davidson and Sons | 522 | All |