2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

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The 2023 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series) was the fourth season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series ran as part of SpeedSeries and featured two rounds as part of TCR World Tour.

The series was won by Josh Buchan in a Hyundai Elantra N TCR.

  Race is part of TCR World Tour
Round Circuit Location Date
1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 24–26 February
2 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 May
3 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria 9–11 June
4 Queensland Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 11–13 August
5 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 8–10 September
6 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 3–5 November
7 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10–12 November
[1][2][3]

Entry list

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2023 championship. Kumho is the new official tire supplier.[4]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Australia Wall Racing[a] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 1 Australia Tony D'Alberto 1–5 [5][6]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 6–7 [7][8][9]
129 Argentina Néstor Girolami W 6–7 [10]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Australia Brad Harris 2–4, 6–7 [8]
76 Australia Will Harris 6–7 [8]
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre[b] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 4 Australia Clay Richards 3
14 Australia Lachlan Mineeff All [11][12]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Australia Will Brown 1–2, 4–7 [13]
Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport[c] Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Australia Clay Richards 5 [14]
France Jimmy Clairet 6 [15]
France Teddy Clairet 7
18 Australia Aaron Cameron All [16]
33 Australia Jordan Cox All [17]
41 Australia Kody Garland All [18]
71 Australia Ben Bargwanna All [19]
Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 11 Australia Tim Slade 4 [20]
115 United Kingdom Tom Oliphant 2, 5–7 [21]
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 1, 3 [22]
United Kingdom Carl Cox Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 Australia Michael Clemente 1 [23]
Cupra León Competición TCR 2–5, 7 [24]
Australia Challenge Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Australia Iain McDougall 1, 3, 5–7 [25]
Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 30 Australia Josh Buchan All [26]
Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Australia Bailey Sweeny All [27]
Italy BRC Racing Team[d] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz W 6–7 [28][29]
196 Spain Mikel Azcona W 6–7
Australia Team Soutar Motorsport[e] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 110 Australia Zac Soutar All [30][31]
Sweden Cyan Racing[f] Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Sweden Thed Björk W 6–7 [32][33][34]
112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia W 6–7 [32][33][35]
155 China Ma Qing Hua W 6–7 [32][33][34]
168 France Yann Ehrlacher W 6–7 [32][33][35]
Belgium Comtoyou Racing[g] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch W 6–7 [36]
179 United Kingdom Robert Huff W 6–7
Icon Status
W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Driver Changes

Mid Season Changes

  • Tom Oliphant missed the Queensland event due to him getting married. He was replaced by Tim Slade for the event.
  • Michael Clemente missed the Race Sydney event due to lack of funding. He returned for Bathurst International.
  • Kody Garland missed the Bathurst International event due to crash damage from the Race Sydney round.

Summary

Driver's standings

Points system

The points system for 2023 was restructured. Races 1 and 3 award maximum points, while race 2, which features a starting grid based on reversed results from race 1, is worth slightly reduced points. Additionally, the top five drivers in qualifying now receive points instead of only the pole winner, and the driver who sets the fastest lap in a race receives points.[37][38]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   DNF 
Qualifying 10 7 5 3 2 0 0
Races 1 & 3 50 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 0
Race 2 40 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 0
  • The driver who sets the fastest lap in a race receives one additional point.

Championship standings

Pos. Driver SYM
Tasmania
PHI
Victoria (state)
WIN
Victoria (state)
QLD
Queensland
SAN
Victoria (state)
SMP
New South Wales
BAT
New South Wales
Points
1 Australia Josh Buchan 6 9 9 11 10 1 43 3 2 5 6 6 8 5 7 164 5 5 82 11 11 809
2 Australia Tony D'Alberto 23 7 2 Ret3 13 11 64 6 6 23 7 10 14 9 3 15 12 10 31 8 4 759
3 Australia Bailey Sweeny 12 6 1 44 5 5 22 5 1 DSQ2 9 5 51 1 1 143 6 11 12 Ret DSQ 748
4 Australia Aaron Cameron 84 1 4 3 6 6 14 8 10 7 2 2 25 2 2 7 8 18 95 2 Ret 743
5 Australia Lachlan Mineeff 9 2 7 2 12 10 8 4 5 12 10 7 62 3 Ret 13 11 14 20 15 15 659
6 Australia Jordan Cox 5 3 3 8 2 4 5 13 4 45 5 Ret 9 4 5 12 14 16 14 18 Ret 656
7 Australia Ben Bargwanna 45 Ret 8 55 3 3 7 9 9 6 8 9 7 6 6 181 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 602
8 United Kingdom Tom Oliphant 7 4 5 Ret 8 9 10 1 8 10 8 8 12 7 13 17 16 14 564
9 Australia Michael Clemente 10 5 10 6 1 2 11 DNS Ret 9 4 8 Ret 10 4 Ret 14 12 504
10 Australia Zac Soutar DNS Ret DNS Ret2 7 7 35 7 3 3 11 Ret 43 7 Ret Ret5 18 17 113 19 8 364
11 Australia Will Brown DNS1 Ret DNS Ret 11 8 11 3 1 3 Ret DNS 12 1 3 134 Ret DNS 442
12 Australia Brad Harris 9 4 13 13 11 12 10 1 3 17 13 19 18 Ret DNS 389
13 Australia Kody Garland 3 10 6 7 9 12 12 12 7 8 13 Ret 12 11 9 DNS DNS DNS WD WD WD 389
14 Australia Iain McDougall 11 8 11 11 10 11 11 12 Ret 20 17 21 19 17 13 364
15 Australia Clay Richards 9 2 Ret Ret 13 10 98
16 Australia Tim Slade 114 12 4 89
17 Australia Will Harris 21 15 22 WD WD WD 72
World Tour full-time entries ineligible for points
United Kingdom Robert Huff 4 2 1 6 4 3
Hungary Norbert Michelisz 8 4 2 10 1 5
France Yann Ehrlacher 6 9 7 4 5 1
Uruguay Santiago Urrutia NC 10 12 1 6 Ret
Sweden Thed Björk 9 Ret 15 5 3 2
Argentina Néstor Girolami 10 Ret 8 2 9 6
China Ma Qing Hua 2 Ret 9 16 13 9
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch 5 3 4 7 7 7
Spain Mikel Azcona 3 19 6 Ret 10 Ret
France Teddy Clairet 15 DSQ Ret
France Jimmy Clairet 19 16 20
Key
Colour Result
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Qualifying positions

Notes

References

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