The 2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship. The championship featured production-based touring cars built to TCR specifications and was held over fifteen races across seven meetings throughout England. The championship was operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group.
A new calendar was announced commencing on 16 April 2022 with 15 rounds scheduled. [1] [2]
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | |
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1 | 1 | Oulton Park (International), Cheshire | 16–18 April |
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2 | 3 | Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire | 28–29 May |
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3 | 5 | Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent | 18–19 June |
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4 | 8 | Oulton Park, Cheshire | 16 July |
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5 | 10 | Castle Combe Circuit, Wiltshire | 6 August |
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6 | 12 | Donington Park (National), Leicestershire | 29 August |
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7 | 14 | Snetterton Circuit (200 Circuit), Norfolk) | 23 October |
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Entering/Re-Entering TCR UK
Changed Teams
Leaving TCR UK
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Diamond Trophy Winner |
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1 | Oulton Park International | Chris Smiley | Chris Smiley | Chris Smiley | Restart Racing | Russell Joyce |
Max Hart | Jessica Hawkins | Area Motorsport with FastR | Russell Joyce | |||
2 | Donington Park Grand Prix | Chris Smiley | Max Hart | Max Hart | JamSport Racing | Russell Joyce |
Max Hart | Max Hart | JamSport Racing | Andy Wilmot | |||
3 | Brands Hatch | Bradley Kent | Callum Newsham | Lewis Kent | Essex & Kent Motorsport | Russell Joyce |
Bradley Kent | Jac Constable | Power Maxed Racing | Russell Joyce | |||
Alex Ley [lower-alpha 1] | Alex Ley | Alex Ley | Daniel James Motorsport | Andy Wilmot | ||
4 | Oulton Park Island | Alex Ley [lower-alpha 2] | Alex Ley | Alex Ley | Daniel James Motorsport | Andy Wilmot |
Max Hart | Jamie Tonks | Area Motorsport with FastR | Andy Wilmot | |||
5 | Castle Combe Circuit | Chris Smiley | Chris Smiley | Bruce Winfield | Area Motorsport | Neil Trotter [lower-alpha 3] |
Chris Smiley | Alex Ley [lower-alpha 4] | Daniel James Motorsport | Andy Wilmot | |||
6 | Donington Park National | Adam Shepherd | Adam Shepherd | Adam Shepherd | Area Motorsport with Shepherd Motors | Andy Wilmot |
Jac Constable | Jac Constable [lower-alpha 5] | Power Maxed Racing | Darron Lewis [lower-alpha 6] | |||
7 | Snetterton Circuit | Chris Smiley | Isaac Smith | Chris Smiley | Restart Racing | Andy Wilmot [lower-alpha 7] |
Chris Smiley | Lewis Kent | Essex & Kent Motorsport | Andy Wilmot | |||
Points system | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Fastest lap | ||||||
Qualifying | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||
Race | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Pos | Driver | OUL1 | DON1 | BRH | OUL2 | CAS | DON2 | SNE | Total | Drop | Points | ||||||||
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1 | Chris Smiley | 1 1 FL | 5 | 14 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 4 5 | 4 | 5 1 FL | 4 FL | 3 2 | Ret | 1 1 | 3 FL | 392 | 0 | 392 |
2 | Isaac Smith | 3 2 | 4 | 3 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 5 FL | 7 | 407 | 36 | 371 |
3 | Bruce Winfield | 4 3 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 11 6 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 3 | 2 | 2 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 321 | 0 | 321 |
4 | Lewis Kent | 5 5 | 6 | 4 6 | 8 | 1 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 313 | 0 | 313 |
5 | Jac Constable | 6 | Ret | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | Ret | Ret 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 5 | 1 FL | 5 | 2 | 296 | 0 | 296 |
6 | Alex Ley | 6 | DSQ | 6 2 | 19 | 1 P FL | 1 1 FL | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 4 | 10 | 8 2 | 4 | 294 | 0 | 294 | ||
7 | Adam Shepherd | 12 6 | 8 | Ret 3 | 16 | 12 5 | Ret | 2 | 2 2 | 5 | 2 2 | 8 | 1 1 FL | 2 | Ret | DNS | 289 | 0 | 289 |
8 | Max Hart | 2 4 | 2 FL | 1 4 FL | 1 FL | 8 | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret FL | Ret | Ret | Ret 3 | Ret | 226 | 0 | 226 | ||
9 | Bradley Hutchinson | Ret | 9 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 3 5 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 3 3 | 6 | 206 | 0 | 206 |
10 | Callum Newsham | 7 | 3 | 3 4 FL | 6 | 11 | 12 6 | 12 | 7 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 6 | Ret | 184 | 0 | 184 | ||
11 | Jamie Tonks | 10 | 13 P | 5 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 183 | 0 | 183 | ||
12 | Matthew Wilson | 11 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 P | 10 | 9 P | 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 P | 132 | 0 | 132 |
13 | Andy Wilmot | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | DSQ | 11 | 10 | DSQP | 12 | 9 | 131 | 0 | 131 |
14 | Jessica Hawkins | 9 | 1 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 5 | DNS | DNS | 129 | 0 | 129 | ||
15 | Bradley Kent | Ret | Ret | 2 | DNS | 10 1 | 20 P FL | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret 4 | DNS | 11 | 3 | Ret 4 | 5 | 125 | 0 | 125 |
16 | Russell Joyce | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | DNS | 75 | 0 | 75 | ||||
17 | Neil Trotter | 16 | 12 | 16 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 9 | WD | WD | 54 | 0 | 54 | ||
18 | Darelle Wilson | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 15 | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 9 | Ret | 48 | 0 | 48 |
19 | Jack Depper | 8 | 7 | 19 | DSQ | 14 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||
20 | Ant Whorton-Eales | Ret | 14 | 8 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 40 | 0 | 40 | ||
21 | Scott Sumpton | 14 | 12 | 10 | 17 P | 18 | 16 | 12 | Ret | Ret | DSQ 6 | 12 | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | 36 | 0 | 36 |
22 | Steve Gales | 16 | 18 | Ret | 13 | DNS | 18 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 17 | 15 | WD | WD | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||
23 | Chris Wallis | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | WD | WD | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||
24 | Mark Smith | 17 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
25 | Hugo Cook | WD | WD | Ret 2 | DNS | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
26 | Simon Tomlinson | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
27 | Kieran Griffin | 18 | Ret | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
– | Rob Butler | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
– | Lewis Brown | WD | WD | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||||||
George Heler | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Darron Lewis | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jonathon Beeson | 11 | Ret | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
George Jaxon | Ret | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Havers | Ret | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | OUL1 | DON1 | BRH | OUL2 | CAS | DON2 | SNE | Total | Drop | Points | ||||||||
Pos | Driver | OUL1 | DON1 | BRH | OUL2 | CAS | DON2 | SNE | Points | |||||||||
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1 | Andy Wilmot | Ret 1 FL | Ret | 13 1 | 9 FL | 13 2 | 10 | 9 FL | 6 1 FL | 6 FL | DSQ 1 | 11 FL | 10 | DSQ | 12 1 | 9 FL | 466 | |
2 | Russell Joyce | 15 2 | 11 FL | 11 2 FL | 11 | 12 1 FL | 9 FL | Ret | 12 1 FL | 11 FL | 13 2 FL | DNS | 375 | |||||
3 | Neil Trotter | 16 5 | 12 | 16 3 | 13 | Ret | Ret 2 | 10 | 11 3 FL | 13 | 15 6 | 10 | WD | WD | 315 | |||
4 | Steve Gales | 16 4 | 18 | Ret 3 | 13 | DNS 5 | 18 | Ret | 12 2 | 14 | 17 4 | 15 | WD | WD | 220 | |||
5 | Chris Wallis | 19 6 | 17 | 15 4 | 14 | Ret 4 | 15 | 16 | 16 3 | 12 | WD | WD | 177 | |||||
6 | Mark Smith | 17 6 | 15 | 18 5 | 13 | 97 | ||||||||||||
7 | Simon Tomlinson | 17 5 | 16 | 67 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Kieran Griffin | 18 3 | Ret | 31 | ||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Darron Lewis | 13 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Mark Havers | Ret | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | OUL1 | DON1 | BRH | OUL2 | CAS | DON2 | SNE | Points | |||||||||
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