2023 TCR China Touring Car Championship

Last updated January 15, 2024

The 2023 TCR China Touring Car Championship season was the sixth season of the TCR China Touring Car Championship.

Race Calendar

The 2023 schedule was announced on 10 May 2023, with six events scheduled.^[1]^[2]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	12–14 May	GT Super Sprint Challenge
1	2	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	12–14 May	GT Super Sprint Challenge
2	3	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	23–25 June	Stand-alone event
2	4	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	23–25 June
3	5	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan	14–16 July
3	6	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan	14–16 July
4	7	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	8–10 September	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia GT Super Sprint Challenge
4	8	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	8–10 September	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia GT Super Sprint Challenge
5	9	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan	27–29 October	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
5	10	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan	27–29 October	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
6	11	Guia Circuit, Macau	16–19 November	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup TCR World Tour
6	12	Guia Circuit, Macau	16–19 November	Macau Grand Prix FIA GT World Cup TCR World Tour

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	1	Zhu Daiwei		All	^[3]^[4]
		12	Sunny Wong		All
		36	Zhang Zhiqiang		All
		92	Zhu Yuanjie	Am	1, 6
		155	Ma Qinghua		5	^[5]
		492	Geng Rui	Am	2, 4	^[3]
		887	Aaron Kwok	Am	5–6
Hyundai N Team	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	3	Andy Yan		All	^[6]
		7	Cao Hongwei		All
		22	He Xiaole		All
TianShi Racing Team	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	6	Wu Wenfa	Am	1–5	^[7]
		26	Filipe de Souza		4
		666	Lü Zhenming	Am	1–5
Audi Sport 326 Racing Team	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	11	Liu Zichen	Am	All	^[7]
		51	Wu Yifan		All
		82	Lai Jingwen	Am	1, 4–6
		96	Xiao Kunpeng	Am	5
		98	Zhao Di	Am	2
		118	Huang Kuisheng	Am	4
		555	Zhu Yan	Am	5
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	24	Sheng Jiacheng	Am	1
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	56	Zhu Shengdong	Am	3
Jiangmen Xingrui Racing Team 3 Starcars Racing 1	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	14	Huang Xizhan	Am	3–4
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	33	Hu Jiaxin	Am	1	^[7]
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	33	Hu Jiaxin	Am	2–4	^[7]
Jinyutu GYT Racing	MG 6 X-Power TCR	15	Wei Pengda	Am	1	^[7]
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	95	Hu Heng	Am	3
		96	Xiao Kunpeng	Am	2
		777	Zheng Wancheng		1
		171	Zhang Hongyu	Am	4–5
Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	17	Yang Xiaowei		All	^[7]
		18	Zhang Zhendong		All	^[7]
		101	Max Hart		All	^[8]
Hyundai N Team Z.Speed Community		97	Yang Haojie	Am	All	^[7]
		521	Jiang Nan	Am	All
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	111	Li Wengji	Am	1–5
Fancy JK Team	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	21	Paul Poon	Am	1–5	^[7]
	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	27	Yan Chuang		1, 3, 5
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	65	Lin Chenghua	Am	All
	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	92	Zhu Yuanjie	Am	2–5
BAS Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	25	Ren Chao	Am	All	^[7]
BAS Racing	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	72	Zhou Haowen	Am	All	^[7]
Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	26	Filipe de Souza		6
Evolve Racing	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	28	Lo Sze Ho		4
SparkSpark Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 3 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 4	37	Zhou Yunjie	Am	All	^[7]
Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 1 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 5	55	Xie Xinzhe		All	^[9]
		77	Jack Young		All	^[9]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	66	André Couto		2–3, 5–6	^[10]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	99	Daniel Wu	Am	4
109 Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	88	Deng Baowei		2–3
Norris Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	126	Chan Chi-wai	Am	All	^[7]
Norris Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)	127	Chan Chun-leung	Am	All	^[7]

Key
Am	Am Cup

Results

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Am Cup winner
1	1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	12–14 May	Zhang Zhiqiang	Cao Hongwei	Cao Hongwei	Hyundai N Team	Liu Zichen
1	2	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	12–14 May		Zhang Zhiqiang	Zhu Daiwei	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Lin Chenghua
2	1	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	23–25 June	Zhang Zhiqiang	Jack Young	Zhang Zhiqiang	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Zhu Yuanjie
2	2	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	23–25 June		Jack Young	Cao Hongwei	Hyundai N Team	Zhu Yuanjie
3	1	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Beijing	14–16 July	Xie Xinzhe	Jack Young	Cao Hongwei	Hyundai N Team	Hu Heng
3	2	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Beijing	14–16 July		Xie Xinzhe	Jack Young	Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team	Liu Zichen
4	1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	8–10 September	Xie Xinzhe	Jack Young	Jack Young	Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team	Liu Zichen
4	2	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	8–10 September		Xie Xinzhe	Andy Yan	Hyundai N Team	Liu Zichen
5	1	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan	27–29 October	Jack Young	Jack Young	Jack Young	Dongfeng Honda MacPro Racing Team	Liu Zichen
5	2	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan	27–29 October		Ma Qinghua	Ma Qinghua	Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing	Paul Poon
6	1	Guia Circuit, Macau	17–19 November	Andy Yan ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Andy Yan	Cao Hongwei	Hyundai N Team	Lin Chenghua
6	2	Guia Circuit, Macau	17–19 November		Jack Young	Max Hart	Hyundai N Team Z.Speed	Lin Chenghua

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Qualifying	5	4	3	2	1	—
Races	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos.	Driver	SHA1		ZHE		ZHZ1		SHA2		ZHZ2		MAC		Pts.
1	Cao Hongwei	1⁴	Ret	5	1	1²	3	6	3	4⁴	5	1²	Ret	178
2	Jack Young	2³	Ret	7¹	2	6³	1	1²	9	1¹	4	Ret⁵	Ret	159
3	Zhang Zhiqiang	4¹	4	1²	7	14⁴	4	5	4	2³	7	5	6	145
4	Xie Xinzhe	14	7	10³	10	2¹	2	2¹	21	Ret	27	2	2	111
5	Zhu Daiwei	3²	1	4	3	Ret	Ret	3	7	19⁵	Ret	6	12	101
6	Max Hart	Ret	Ret	9	6	4	7	Ret	2	6	15	4	1	91
7	Andy Yan	13	2	8	4	11	6	Ret	1	13	16	8¹	5	81
8	Zhang Zhendong	8	23	3⁵	8	3⁵	Ret	7⁵	5	Ret	6	10⁴	4	78
9	André Couto			2⁴	9	27	24			5²	2	7³	Ret	60
10	He Xiaole	7	11	6	5	Ret	8	9	11	7	3	9	7	59
11	Sunny Wong	6	3	13	12	5	5	13	Ret	9	Ret	11	9	47
12	Yang Xiaowei	10	5	12	14	Ret	11	8	Ret	11	11	3	3	45
13	Ma Qinghua									3	1			40
14	Wu Yifan	16	6	11	11	7	10	4⁴	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	8	34
15	Liu Zichen	11	12	Ret	17	9	9	11	6	8	Ret	Ret	11	16
16	Zheng Wancheng	5⁵	24											11
17	Zhu Yuanjie	18	8	14	13	10	16	14	10	10	9	Ret	13	9
18	Paul Poon	12	10	17	Ret	13	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8			5
19	Hu Heng					8	12							4
20	Huang Xizhan					22	DNS	Ret	8					4
21	Lin Chenghua	DNS	9	24	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	16	16	24	13	10	3
22	Zhang Hongyu							15³	12	Ret	Ret			3
23	Yan Chuang	9	21			12	18			12	Ret			2
24	Lo Sze Ho							10	14					1
25	Filipe de Souza							24	13			12	14	0
26	Yang Haojie	21	17	22	21	17	17	27	19	18	12	16	18	0
27	Ren Chao	19	13	27	20	24	14	17	Ret	24	13	21	20	0
28	Jiang Nan	27	16	20	27	18	13	20	Ret	25	25	18	21	0
29	Wu Wenfa	15	22	15	16	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	14	20			0
30	Lai Jingwen	22	18					28	17	WD	WD	14	17	0
31	Xiao Kunpeng			18	19					20	14			0
32	Li Wengji	Ret	14	26	24	20	20	23	24	23	18			0
33	Chan Chi-wai	20	15	21	22	26	22	22	15	Ret	17	19	15	0
34	Zhou Yunjie	24	25	30	23	23	15	30	27	15	21	Ret	16	0
35	Deng Baowei			16	15	16	21							0
36	Hu Jiaxin	Ret	Ret	19	28	15	Ret	25	18					0
37	Chan Chun-leung	23	19	Ret	26	19	23	26	26	21	23	15	Ret	0
38	Zhou Haowen	25	Ret	25	Ret	25	Ret	16	25	22	Ret	20	19	0
39	Zhu Yan									17	19			0
40	Aaron Kwok									Ret	26	17	Ret	0
41	Wei Pengda	17	Ret											0
42	Geng Rui			29	18			Ret	Ret					0
43	Zhu Shengdong					21	19							0
44	Lü Zhenming	26	20	28	25	Ret	Ret	31	20	Ret	22			0
45	Huang Kuisheng							21	22					0
46	Daniel Wu							29	23					0
47	Zhao Di			23	Ret									0
48	Sheng Jiacheng	28	26											0
Pos.	Driver	SHA1		ZHE		ZHZ1		SHA2		ZHZ2		MAC		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

Notes

↑ Andy Yan claimed the pole position, however no bonus points were awarded and combined FP1 and FP2 times were used to determine the grid due to a cancelled qualifying session.

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References

↑ "Lisheng Sports to promote TCR China, TCR Asia in multi-year deal". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
↑ "WSC Group and Lisheng Sports renew deal for TCR Asia/TCR China". www.tcr-series.com. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
1 2 "Teamwork confirms four-car line-up for 2023". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
↑ "Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing confirms 2023 TCR China programme". 9 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
↑ "Ma Qing Hua makes TCR China return at Zhuzhou". TouringCarTimes. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
↑ "Hyundai N Team announces three-car TCR China entry". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "32 cars entered for TCR China season opener in Shanghai". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
↑ "Max Hart makes surprise Chinese move". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
↑ "Jack Young makes Chinese move". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
↑ "André Couto to join TCR China field". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

External links

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[a-11] Andy Yan claimed the pole position, however no bonus points were awarded and combined FP1 and FP2 times were used to determine the grid due to a cancelled qualifying session.

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[2] "WSC Group and Lisheng Sports renew deal for TCR Asia/TCR China". www.tcr-series.com. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[ShellLynk&Co-3] 1 2 "Teamwork confirms four-car line-up for 2023". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[4] "Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing confirms 2023 TCR China programme". 9 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[ShellLynk&CoMa-5] "Ma Qing Hua makes TCR China return at Zhuzhou". TouringCarTimes. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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[32EntriesSHA-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "32 cars entered for TCR China season opener in Shanghai". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[HyundaiZSpeedHart-8] "Max Hart makes surprise Chinese move". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[DongfengHonda-9] "Jack Young makes Chinese move". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[DongfengCouto-10] "André Couto to join TCR China field". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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