Josh Buchan
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| Josh Buchan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 22 January 1995 |
| TCR Australia career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | HMO Customer Racing |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 18 |
| Starts | 81 |
| Championships | 3 |
| Wins | 12 |
| Podiums | 35 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 14 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2023, 2024 & 2025 |
| Finished last season | 1st |
| Previous series | |
| 2018-19 2019 2021-25 2023,25 2024-25 2025-26 2026 2026 | NSW Formula Ford Australian Formula 3 TCR Australia TCR World Tour GT4 Australia GT World Chall. Aus. British GT3 IMSA Michelin Pilot Chall. |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023,24,25 2018 | TCR Australia NSW Formula Ford |
Joshua Buchan (born 22 January 1995) is an Australian racing driver who currently competes in various TCR Touring Car series worldwide as a factory Hyundai driver and also the GT World Challenge Australia. Buchan won the 2023, 2024 and 2025 TCR Australia Touring Car Series championships.[1]
Buchan had a late start to racing, beginning karting in 2011 just before his 16th birthday. He participated in karting until 2017, when he moved up to competition in Formula Fords. Buchan won the 2018 New South Wales Formula Ford championship, winning 17 out of 19 races during the season. In 2019, he took victory in the Formula Ford 50th Anniversary event at Mount Panorama, earning him a scholarship to move up to the Australian Formula 3 championship, where he finished second in points. Plans were made for Buchan to move the S5000 championship for 2020, but the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
Buchan signed to race in the TCR Australia Touring Car Series in 2021, driving for HMO Customer Racing.[3] Buchan finished seventh in the championship in his first season. In 2022, he finished third in the championship standings, and in 2023, he won the championship over his teammate Bailey Sweeney.[4]
In 2024, Buchan signed a two-year deal to continue driving for HMO Customer Racing.[5]
Personal life
Buchan was born and raised in Lithgow, New South Wales.[2] He currently resides in Sydney, New South Wales.[1]