2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

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Parent series:
Motorsport Australia Championships
Support series:
TCR World Tour
GT World Challenge Australia
Australian S5000 Championship
Australian National Trans Am Series

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.

Calendar

  Race is part of TCR World Tour

Round	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	24–26 February
2	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12–14 May
3	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton, Victoria	9–11 June
4	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	11–13 August
5	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	8–10 September
6	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3–5 November
7	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	10–12 November
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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. Wall Racing [a] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 1 Tony D'Alberto 1–5 [5] [6] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 6–7 [7] [8] [9] 129 Néstor Girolami W 6–7 [10] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Brad Harris 2–4, 6–7 [8] 76 Will Harris 6–7 [8] Melbourne Performance Centre [b] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 4 Clay Richards 3 14 Lachlan Mineeff All [11] [12] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Will Brown 1–2, 4–7 [13] Garry Rogers Motorsport [c] Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Clay Richards 5 [14] Jimmy Clairet 6 [15] Teddy Clairet 7 18 Aaron Cameron All [16] 33 Jordan Cox All [17] 41 Kody Garland All [18] 71 Ben Bargwanna All [19] Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 11 Tim Slade 4 [20] 115 Tom Oliphant 2, 5–7 [21] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 1, 3 [22] Carl Cox Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 Michael Clemente 1 [23] Cupra León Competición TCR 2–5, 7 [24] Challenge Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Iain McDougall 1, 3, 5–7 [25] HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 30 Josh Buchan All [26] Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Bailey Sweeny All [27] BRC Racing Team [d] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Norbert Michelisz W 6–7 [28] [29] 196 Mikel Azcona W 6–7 Team Soutar Motorsport [e] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 110 Zac Soutar All [30] [31] Cyan Racing [f] Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk W 6–7 [32] [33] [34] 112 Santiago Urrutia W 6–7 [32] [33] [35] 155 Ma Qing Hua W 6–7 [32] [33] [34] 168 Yann Ehrlacher W 6–7 [32] [33] [35] Comtoyou Racing [g] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Frédéric Vervisch W 6–7 [36] 179 Robert Huff W 6–7

Icon Status W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Driver Changes

• Kody Garland will switch from driving Renault Mégane R.S TCR to Peugeot 308 TCR. ^[18]
• Zac Soutar will switch from driving Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) to Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021). ^[30]

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

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Will Brown	Bailey Sweeny	Bailey Sweeny	HMO Customer Racing
	2			Will Brown	Aaron Cameron	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	3			Bailey Sweeny	Bailey Sweeny	HMO Customer Racing
2	1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	HMO Customer Racing
	2			Brad Harris	Michael Clemente	Carl Cox Motorsport
	3			Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	HMO Customer Racing
3	1	Winton Motor Raceway	Michael Clemente	Bailey Sweeny	Michael Clemente	Carl Cox Motorsport
	2			Jordan Cox	Tom Oliphant	Ashley Seward Motorsport
	3			Bailey Sweeny	Bailey Sweeny	HMO Customer Racing
4	1	Queensland Raceway	Will Brown	Will Brown	Will Brown	Melbourne Performance Centre
	2			Will Brown	Brad Harris	Wall Racing
	3			Will Brown	Will Brown	Melbourne Performance Centre
5	1	Sandown Raceway	Bailey Sweeny	Will Brown	Tony D'Alberto	Wall Racing
	2			Will Brown	Bailey Sweeny	HMO Customer Racing
	3			Bailey Sweeny	Bailey Sweeny	HMO Customer Racing
6	1	Sydney Motorsport Park	Ben Bargwanna	Ma Qing Hua	Will Brown	Melbourne Performance Centre	Report
	2			Josh Buchan	Will Brown	Melbourne Performance Centre
	3			Mikel Azcona	Rob Huff	Comtoyou Racing
7	1	Mount Panorama Circuit	Tony D'Alberto	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Cyan Racing	Report
	2			Tony D'Alberto	Norbert Michelisz	BRC Racing Team
	3			Néstor Girolami	Yann Ehrlacher	Cyan Racing

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 PHI WIN QLD SAN SMP BAT Points 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Tom Oliphant 7 4 5 Ret 8 9 10 1 8 10 8 8 12 7 13 17 16 14 564 9 Michael Clemente 10 5 10 6 1 2 11 DNS Ret 9 4 8 Ret 10 4 Ret 14 12 504 10 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 Will Brown DNS1 Ret DNS Ret 11 8 11 3 1 3 Ret DNS 12 1 3 134 Ret DNS 442 12 Brad Harris 9 4 13 13 11 12 10 1 3 17 13 19 18 Ret DNS 389 13 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 Iain McDougall 11 8 11 11 10 11 11 12 Ret 20 17 21 19 17 13 364 15 Clay Richards 9 2 Ret Ret 13 10 98 16 Tim Slade 114 12 4 89 17 Will Harris 21 15 22 WD WD WD 72 World Tour full-time entries ineligible for points — Robert Huff 4 2 1 6 4 3 — — Norbert Michelisz 8 4 2 10 1 5 — — Yann Ehrlacher 6 9 7 4 5 1 — — Santiago Urrutia NC 10 12 1 6 Ret — — Thed Björk 9 Ret 15 5 3 2 — — Néstor Girolami 10 Ret 8 2 9 6 — — Ma Qing Hua 2 Ret 9 16 13 9 — — Frédéric Vervisch 5 3 4 7 7 7 — — Mikel Azcona 3 19 6 Ret 10 Ret — — Teddy Clairet 15 DSQ Ret — — Jimmy Clairet 19 16 20 —

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (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

1. Cars #1 and #129 entered under the commercial title "Honda Racing Team Wall", Cars #74 and #76 entered under the commercial title "Exclusive Switchboards".
2. Car #9 entered under the commercial title "MPC – Audi Liqui Moly Racing Team".
3. Cars #4 and #6 entered under the commercial title "GRM – Team Clairet Sport", Cars #18 and #41 entered under the commercial title "GRM Team Valvoline", Car #33 entered under the commercial title "GRM Team Schaeffler", Car #71 entered under the commercial title "Burson Auto Parts Racing".
4. Cars #105 and #196 entered under the commercial title "BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse".
5. Car #110 entered under the commercial title "Tufflift Racing".
6. Cars #111, #112, #155 and #168 entered under the commercial title "Cyan Racing Lynk & Co".
7. Cars #122 and #179 entered under the commercial title "Audi Sport Team Comtoyou".

References

1. "WINTON ADDED TO 2023 SUPERCHEAP AUTO TCR AUSTRALIA CALENDAR". TCR Australia. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
2. O'Brian, Connor (27 January 2023). "TCR, Trans Am calendars released". V8Sleuth .
3. "Kumho TCR World Tour To Join Supercheap Auto TCR Australia In Sydney". TCR Australia. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
4. "TCR Australia switches to Kumho tyres for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
5. "Wall Racing retains champion Tony D'Alberto for 2023 TCR Australia". TouringCarTimes. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
6. "Wall Racing unveils 2023 livery for TCR Australia champion Tony D'Alberto". TouringCarTimes. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
7. "Reigning TCR Champ Tony D'Alberto to Debut New Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR". TCR Australia . 26 July 2023.
8. "Wall Racing expands to three Hondas with Will Harris". TouringCarTimes. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
9. "Wall Racing unveils new Honda for Tony D'Alberto". TouringCarTimes. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
10. "Néstor Girolami confirmed for final three TCR World Tour rounds". TouringCarTimes. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
11. "Lachlan Mineeff will join 2023 TCR Australia season from second round". TouringCarTimes. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
12. "Lachlan Mineeff secures season opener start". TouringCarTimes. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
13. "Will Brown upgrades to Gen2 Audi for 2023 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
14. Smy, Damien (25 August 2023). "Richards joins GRM". Speedcafe . Retrieved 25 August 2023.
15. "Clairet brothers confirmed for Sydney and Bathurst while Bargwanna joins Macau". TouringCarTimes. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
16. "Aaron Cameron retains Garry Rogers Motorsport seat". TouringCarTimes. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
17. "Jordan Cox remains with Garry Rogers Motorsport for 2023 TCR Australia season". TouringCarTimes. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
18. "Kody Garland Makes Peugeot Switch for 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series". TCR Australia . 25 January 2023.
19. "Ben Bargwanna confirms TCR Australia and TCR World Tour campaign". TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
20. "Slade replaces Oliphant in TCR Australia at Queensland". TouringCarTimes. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
21. "Ash Seward Motorsport to give Lynk & Co Australian debut". TouringCarTimes. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
22. "Tom Oliphant signs two-year TCR Australia contract with Ashley Seward Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
23. "Michael Clemente confirms 2023 campaign with Carl Cox Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
24. Smy, Damien (7 May 2023). "Cupra TCR arrives in Australia". Speedcafe .
25. "Fresh Livery Just the Start for Challenge Motorsport". TCR Australia . 21 February 2023.
26. "HMO Customer Racing confirms Hyundai Elantra entry for Josh Buchan". TouringCarTimes. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
27. "Rookie of The Year Bailey Sweeney Returns for 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series". TCR Australia . 26 January 2023.
28. "Hyundai confirms TCR World Tour presence". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
29. "Hyundai confirms two-car World Tour entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
30. "Privateer Zac Soutar Makes Audi Switch for 2023". TCR Australia . 20 January 2023.
31. "Tufflift Racing Reveals Livery for New Audi". TCR Australia . 22 February 2023.
32. "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing to return to action in TCR World Tour". TouringCarTimes. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
33. "New Lynk & Co 03 TCR to hit the track in 2023". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
34. "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing names first two World Tour drivers". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
35. "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing completes TCR World Tour line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
36. "Comtoyou firms up World Tour entry with Huff, Vervisch". TouringCarTimes. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
37. O'Brien, Connor (January 11, 2023). "How the revamped TCR points system works". v8sluth.com.au. AN1 Media. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
38. 2023 TCR Australia Series sporting regulations

External links

• Official website