The 2023 Global Touring Car Championship (commercially titled 2023 Sasol GTC Championship) was the eighth season of the South African Global Touring Car Championship. [1] The season was contested over seven rounds, starting at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on 24 February and ending at the Zwartkops Raceway on October 14.
| No. | Circuit | Dates | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand | February 23–25 | |
| 2 | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | March 17–18 | |
| 3 | Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria | May 19–20 | |
| 4 | Aldo Scribante Circuit, Gqeberha | June 16–17 | |
| 5 | Prince George Circuit, East London | July 21–22 | |
| 6 | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | September 8–9 | |
| 7 | Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria | October 13–15 | |
| Sources: [2] [3] | |||
| Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Driver | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTC | |||||
| Audi | S3 Mk.4 | WCT Engineering [4] | 89 | Joshua Le Roux | 1–5 |
| Ford | Focus Mk.4 | Chemical Logistics Racing | 42 | Julian van der Watt | 4–5 |
| Toyota | Corolla E210 | 1 | Robert Wolk | 1–5 | |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa | 3 | Saood Variawa | 1–5 | ||
| 28 | Nathi Msimanga | 1–3, 5 | |||
| 95 | Michael van Rooyen | 1–5 | |||
| Volkswagen | Golf Mk.8 | Chemical Logistics Racing [5] | 40 | Andrew Rackstraw | 1–3, 5 |
| GTC Supacup | |||||
| Volkswagen | Polo Mk.6 | Van Niekerk Racing | 6 |  Paul Luti | 3–5 |
| 9 | Danie van Niekerk | 3–5 | |||
| Dias Group | 7 | Calvin Dias | 1–3 | ||
| 46 | Dominic Dias | 1–3 | |||
| Nathan Hammond Racing | 10 | Keagan Masters | 1 | ||
| 11 | Nathan Hammond | 1 | |||
| Hype Energy Drinks | 12 | Bradley Liebenberg | 1–5 | ||
| Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa | 14 | Jonathan Mogotsi | 1–5 | ||
| Platinum Wheels | 30 | Jean-Pierre van der Walt | 1–4 | ||
| Kalex | 41 | Karah Hill | 3–5 | ||
| Carello Auto | 53 | Keegan Campos | 1–5 | ||
| 100 | Tato Carello | 1–3 | |||
| Stradale Motorsport | 54 | Arnold Neveling | 2–5 | ||
| Angri Racing | 94 | Tate Bishop | 1–5 | ||
| Telerex | 101 | Stefan Snyders | 1 | ||
| Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Kyalami | February 24 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsi | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto | [11] |
| R2 | February 25 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto | [12] | |||
| 2 | R1 | Cape Town | March 18 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks | [13] |
| R2 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Andrew Rackstraw GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks | [14] | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Pretoria | May 20 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks | [15] |
| R2 | GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks | [16] | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Gqeberha | June 17 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto | [17] |
| R2 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Keegan Campos | GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Carello Auto | [18] | ||||
| 5 | R1 | East London | July 22 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsi | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg | GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks | [19] |
| R2 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsti | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsti | GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa | [20] | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Cape Town | September 8–9 | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| 7 | R1 | Pretoria | October 14–15 | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| 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 | KYA | KIL1 | ZWA1 | ASC | PGC | KIL2 | ZWA2 | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| GTC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Saood Variawa | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 137 | ||||
| 2 | Robert Wolk | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 | ||||
| 3 | Nathi Msimanga | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | DNF | 82 | ||||
| 4 | Michael van Rooyen | 6 | 1 | DNF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 80 | ||||
| 5 | Andrew Rackstraw | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | DNS | WD | 5 | DNF | 4 | 3 | 70 | ||||
| 6 | Joshua Le Roux | 5 | 2 | DNF | 6 | DNF | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | DNF | 55 | ||||
| 7 | Julian van der Watt | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| GTC Supacup | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Keegan Campos | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 168 | ||||
| 2 | Bradley Liebenberg | 3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 167 | ||||
| 3 | Jonathan Mogotsi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 159 | ||||
| 4 | Arnold Neveling | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 105 | ||||||
| 5 | Tate Bishop | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 92 | ||||
| 6 | Tato Carello | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | DNF | 48 | ||||||||
| 7 | Danie van Niekerk | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 44 | ||||||||
| 8 | Dominic Dias | 4 | DNF | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||
| 9 | Calvin Dias | 7 | DNF | 8 | 9 | 6 | DNF | 20 | ||||||||
| 10 | Jean-Pierre van der Walt | 11 | 7 | DNF | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
| 11 | Keagan Masters | 8 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Paul Luti | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | DNF | DNF | 16 | ||||||||
| 13 | Karah Hill | 10 | 10 | 9 | DNS | 7 | DSQ | 10 | ||||||||
| 14 | Stefan Snyders | 10 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Nathan Hammond | 9 | DNF | 2 | ||||||||||||
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