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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] | |||
Drivers were split into two classes; GTC for silhouette racing cars and GTC Supacup for one-make Volkswagen Polos.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| No. | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | March 5 | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC:Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Perfect Circle Racing |
| GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC:Auto Zone South Africa GTC SC: Universal Motorsport | ||||
| 2 | | April 23 | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC:Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Perfect Circle Racing |
| GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC:Auto Zone South Africa GTC SC:Express Hire Pty Ltd | ||||
| 3 | | May 28 | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC:Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Universal Motorsport |
| GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC:Express Hire Pty Ltd | ||||
| 4 | | July 2 | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: Universal Motorsport GTC SC:Express Hire Pty Ltd |
| GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: Universal Motorsport GTC SC: Universal Motorsport | ||||
| 5 | | August 6 | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC:Chemical Logistics GTC SC:Express Hire Pty Ltd |
| GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Universal Motorsport | ||||
| 6 | | September 17 | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC:Chemical Logistics GTC SC: Campos Motorsport |
| unknown | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC:Express Hire Pty Ltd | ||||
| 7 | | October 15 | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC:Express Hire Pty Ltd |
| GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: GTC SC: | GTC: Universal Motorsport GTC SC: Campos Motorsport |
| Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | KIL1 | ZWA1 | ASC | RSR | PGC | KIL2 | ZWA2 | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD1 | RD2 | RD1 | RD2 | RD1 | RD2 | RD1 | RD2 | RD1 | RD2 | RD1 | RD2 | RD1 | RD2 | |||
| GTC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 239 |
| 2 | | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 208 |
| 3 | | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | DNF | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 161 |
| 4 | | 3 | DNS | DNF | DNS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | DNS | 6 | DNF | 1 | 138 |
| 5 | | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | DNF | DNF | 3 | 129 |
| 6 | | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 114 |
| 7 | | 5 | DNS | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 104 | ||
| 8 | | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 70 | ||||||||
| 9 | | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 52 | ||||||||
| 10 | | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| GTC Supacup | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 231 |
| 2 | | 2 | 1 | DNF | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 209 |
| 3 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 141 |
| 4 | | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | DNS | DNS | 2 | 5 | 125 | ||
| 5 | | 1 | 3 | 1 | DNF | 4 | 6 | DNF | 6 | 3 | DNF | 98 | ||||
| 6 | | 6 | 5 | DNF | 4 | 2 | 4 | DNF | DNF | 5 | 1 | 90 | ||||
| 7 | | 7 | DNF | 4 | 3 | 2 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 80 | ||||||
| 8 | | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 77 |
| 9 | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | DNF | 13 | 11 | 76 |
| 10 | | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 58 | ||||||||
| 11 | | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 41 | ||||||
| 12 | | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | | DNS | DNS | 9 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 16 | | 5 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | | 13 | 14 | DNF | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 18 | | 11 | DNF | 10 | DNF | DNF | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7 | ||||||
| 19 | | 11 | DNF | 13 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 20 | | DNS | DNF | 10 | 9 | 13 | DNF | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | 9 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||
| 22 | | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | | 10 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| NC | | DNS | DNS | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| = | | 12 | DNS | 14 | 12 | DNF | DNF | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| = | | DNS | DNF | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Source: [6] | ||||||||||||||||