The 2023 TCR UK Touring Car Championship is the sixth season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship. The championship features production-based touring cars built to TCR specifications and will be held over fifteen races across seven meetings throughout England and Scotland. The championship is operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group in partnership with the British Racing and Sports Car Club.
The schedule for 2023 was announced on 10 October 2022 containing 15 races across 7 rounds. [1] [2] Snetterton would host the season opener and move onto the 300 circuit. Both Knockhill and Croft would return for the first time since 2018 and 2019 respectively. The championship would makes its first appearance on the traditional clockwise layout at Knockhill. The series would also return to Silverstone's National layout for the first time since the 2020 season. Both Donington Park and Oulton Park would slim down to a single meeting in 2023 while Castle Combe was left off the schedule altogether. It was also announced through social media that a media day would take place at Donington Park on the 29th March.
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1 | 1 | Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit), Norfolk) | 8–9 April |
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2 | 3 | Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire | 6–7 May |
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3 | 5 | Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire | 10 June |
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4 | 7 | Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife | 22–23 July |
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5 | 10 | Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire | 19–20 August |
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6 | 12 | Donington Park (National), Leicestershire | 9–10 September |
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7 | 14 | Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent | 21–22 October |
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Entering/Re-Entering TCR UK
Changed Teams
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3 | Oulton Park Island | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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4 | Knockhill Racing Circuit | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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5 | Silverstone Circuit National | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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6 | Donington Park National | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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7 | Brands Hatch Indy | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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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 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 – Qualifying position F – Fastest lap |
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