2021 TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship

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The 2021 TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship (known for commercial reasons as the Allied Petroleum TCR New Zealand Championship) will be the inaugural season of the TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship.

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2021 New Zealand Touring Car Championship Logo TCR NZ Logo.png
2021 New Zealand Touring Car Championship Logo

Teams and drivers

All teams are based and registered in New Zealand.

TeamCarNoDriversRef
Flag of New Zealand.svg Racer Products [1] Hyundai i30 N TCR 5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gene Rollinson
Flag of New Zealand.svg Paddon Rallysport 20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon [2]
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaden Ransley Racing53 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaden Ransley [3]
Flag of New Zealand.svg TrackTec Racing [4] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift [5]
26 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes [6]
51 Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy [7]
Flag of New Zealand.svg Evolution Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jordan Michels [8]
Flag of New Zealand.svg M-Developments Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 79 Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich [9]

Race calendar

The 2020 calendar was announced on April 30, 2019. It was also announced that the summer scheduled (labelled the Sprint Championship) was scheduled to be followed by an endurance series later on in the year. [10] The series was later rescheduled for the second half of 2020, [11] then for March 2021 with three rounds. [12]

RoundCircuitDate
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Highlands Motorsport Park 23-24 April

Results

Summary

RoundRaceCircuit Pole position Winning DriverWinning Team
11 Highlands Motorsport Park Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift TrackTec Racing
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift TrackTec Racing
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon Paddon Rallysport

Standings

Pos.DriverNo. HIG
Flag of New Zealand.svg
Points
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 7115199
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jordan Michels23573147
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes26484147
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gene Rollinson522Ret134
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon 20Ret41129
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy 5133Ret120
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaden Ransley53Ret52115
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich 7966Ret94
Pos.DriverNo. HIG
Flag of New Zealand.svg
Points

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