| Zac Soutar | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 7 August 1997 Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
Zachary Soutar (born 7 August 1997) is an Australian racing driver who last competed in the GT4 Australia Series for Love Racing Team Soutar.
Soutar is the son of Shane Soutar, a multi-time Australian sidecar champion, [1] who founded Team Soutar Motorsport alongside Zac in 2017. [2]
Soutar began karting at the age of eleven, competing until 2016. [3] In this time in karts, Soutar most notably finished runner-up in the South Australian Sprint Kart Championship in X30 Light, as wella as the Victorian State Kart Championship in TaG Light. [4] Soutar also finished third in the 2013 Australian State Championship South Australia's Leopard Light and Australian State Championship Queensland's Junior National Heavy points, [5] [6] as well as the 2015 Australian Kart Championship's KF2 standings. [7]
Stepping up to Formula Ford competition in 2017 with his family's team, Soutar scored a best result of seventh in the Australian Formula Ford Series to end the season ninth in points. [8] Returning to the series for the following year, [9] Soutar scored his maiden series win at Sandown and six more podiums to end the year third in points. [10] [11] Continuing in Formula Ford in 2019, Soutar scored five wins and five other podiums to end the year runner-up to Angelo Mouzouris by 18 points at season's end. [12] [13]
The following year, Soutar moved to TCR competition, and was set to race in the TCR Asia Pacific Cup and TCR Australia, [14] but ultimately didn't race as the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled both seasons. [15] Soutar's debut in TCR Australia eventually came in 2021 for his family team, [16] scoring a best result of sixth in race three at Bathurst en route to a 16th-place points finish. [17] During 2021, Soutar also partook in the TCR Baskerville Invitational, scoring three podiums in the four races. [18]
Remaining in TCR Australia for 2022, [19] taking his maiden series win at Symmons Plains, [20] and scored further podiums at Queensland and Sandown to end the year sixth in points. [21] Continuing in the series for the following year, [22] Soutar scored three third-place finishes between the Winton and Queensland rounds as he ended his first year with the Audi RS3 tenth in points. [23] [24] Soutar remained in the series for 2024 for his family team alongside Glenn Nirwan. [25] In his fourth season in the series, Soutar won twice at Tailem Bend and once at Bathurst, [26] [27] [28] and took five more podiums to secure runner-up honors. [29]
In 2025, Soutar transitioned to GT4 Australia with the family team, [30] scoring a best result of seventh and second in class at Tailem Bend en route to a fifth-place points finish in the Silver-Am class. [31] During 2025, Soutar also raced in the season-opening Tailem Bend round of TCR Australia for the same team. [32]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Australian State Championship South Australia — Leopard Light | 3rd | |
| Australian State Championship Queensland — Junior National Heavy | 3rd | ||
| Rotax Pro Tour Australia — Junior Max | 4th | ||
| Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — Junior National Heavy | 10th | ||
| 2014 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — X30 Light | 5th | |
| South Australian Sprint Kart Championship — X30 Light | 2nd | ||
| South Australian Sprint Kart Championship — Rotax Light | 3rd | ||
| Australian State Championship Victorian State — X30 Light | 5th | ||
| Australian State Championship Victorian State — Rotax Light | 4th | ||
| 2015 | Australian Kart Championship — KF2 | 3rd | |
| 2016 | Australian Kart Championship — X30 | 9th | |
| Sources: [33] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Australian Formula Ford Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.5 | 9th |
| Victorian Formula Ford Fiesta Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 5th | ||
| New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2018 | Australian Formula Ford Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 239 | 3rd |
| Victorian Formula Ford Fiesta Championship | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 277 | 3rd | ||
| New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 15th | ||
| 2019 | Australian Formula Ford Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 277 | 2nd |
| Victorian Formula Ford Championship | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 158 | 6th | ||
| Formula Ford Fiesta New South Wales | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 7th | ||
| 2021 | TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 16th |
| TCR Baskerville Invitational | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 121 | 3rd | ||
| 2022 | TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 588 | 6th |
| 2023 | TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 364 | 10th |
| TCR World Tour | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 28th | ||
| 2024 | TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 729 | 2nd |
| 2025 | GT4 Australia Series – Silver-Am | Love Racing Team Soutar | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 5th |
| TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Team Soutar Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 4th | |
| TCR World Tour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34th | ||
| Sources: [33] | |||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Team Soutar Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | POR 1 | POR 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | ELP 1 | ELP 2 | VIL 1 | VIL 2 | SYD 1 Ret | SYD 2 18 | SYD 3 17 | BAT 1 11 | BAT 2 19 | BAT 3 8 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 | 28th | 18 |
| 2025 | Team Soutar Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | MEX 1 | MEX 2 | MEX 3 | ESP 1 | ESP 2 | ESP 3 | ITA 1 | ITA 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | AUS 1 C | AUS 2 13 | AUS 3 13 | KOR 1 | KOR 2 | KOR 3 | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 | 34th | 6 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Love Racing Team Soutar | McLaren Artura GT4 | Silver-Am | PHI R1 15 | PHI R2 Ret | SMP R3 10 | SMP R4 14 | QLD R5 17 | QLD R6 NC | SAN R7 10 | SAN R8 22 | BEN R9 7 | BEN R10 16 | HAM R11 Ret | HAM R12 10 | 5th | 99 |