The 2022 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series) was an Australian motor racing competition for TCR cars. It was the third running of the TCR Australia Series. Each round of the series was contested as part of the Motorsport Australia Championships.

The series was won by Tony D'Alberto driving a Honda Civic Type R TCR for Wall Racing.

Calendar The series was contested over seven rounds. RoundCircuitLocationDate 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 11–13 February 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 18–20 March 3 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 15–17 April 4 Sydney Motorsports Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 27–29 May 5 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 5–7 August 6 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 16–18 September 7 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 11–13 November

Teams and Drivers The following teams and drivers contested the series: Team Car Drivers Rounds Ref. DashSport Hyundai i30 N TCR 2 Luke King 3–5 Melbourne Performance CentreAudi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Iain McDougall 2, 4 9 Jay Hanson 3 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 1–5 Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Dylan O'Keeffe All 33 Jordan Cox All Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline 18 Aaron Cameron All GRM - Team Clairet Sport 20 Teddy Clairet 7 Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 10 Michael Caruso All HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 11 Nathan Morcom All 30 Josh Buchan 1–6 Hyundai Elantra N TCR 7 Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Bailey Sweeny All MPC - Purple Sector Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 14 Lachlan Mineeff 5–7 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 1–4 44 Eddie Maguire 1 Carl Cox Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Michael Clemente 2–6Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 7 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 24 Fabian Coulthard 1–2, 4 Tim Slade 3 50 Tony D'Alberto All Renault Sport GRM Renault Mégane R.S TCR 34 James Moffat All Renault Sport GRM Team Valvoline 41 Kody Garland All Burson Auto Parts Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Ben Bargwanna All Willmington Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 89 Braydan Willmington 1–4 Forza Brakes Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 97 Liam McAdam 1–3 Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 110 Zac Soutar All Tilton Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 333 Brad Shiels 1–4 MPC - Audi Liqui Moly Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 999 Will Brown All

Summary RaceCircuit1 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Nathan Morcom Jay Hanson Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing 2 Josh Buchan Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport 3 Josh Buchan Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport2 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Jay Hanson Jay Hanson Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing 2 Will Brown Fabian Coulthard Wall Racing 3 Will Brown Fabian Coulthard Wall Racing3 1 Mount Panorama Circuit Aaron Cameron Aaron Cameron Aaron Cameron Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline 2 Bailey Sweeny Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing 3 Bailey Sweeny Aaron Cameron Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline4 1 Sydney Motorsport Park Josh Buchan Will Brown Josh Buchan HMO Customer Racing 2 Jay Hanson Jay Hanson AWC MPC Racing 3 Josh Buchan Nathan Morcom HMO Customer Racing5 1 Queensland Raceway Tony D'Alberto Jay Hanson Tony D'Alberto Honda Wall Racing 2 Jay Hanson Jay HansonAWC MPC Racing 3 Jay Hanson Tony D'AlbertoHonda Wall Racing6 1 Sandown Raceway Jay Hanson Jay Hanson Aaron CameronPeugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline 2 Jay Hanson Ben BargwannaBurson Auto Parts Racing 3 Michael Caruso Will BrownMPC - Audi Liqui Moly Racing Team7 1 Mount Panorama Circuit Jay Hanson Jay Hanson Bailey SweenyHMO Customer Racing 2Race Cancelled 3 Bailey Sweeny Will BrownLiqui Moly MPC Racing

Points system For Rounds 1 to 6, points were awarded 50, 46, 44, 42 etc for Races 1 & 3 and 40, 36, 34, 32 etc for Race 2.2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Sporting Regulations, www.motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org

For Round 7, points were awarded 75, 69, 63, 57 etc for Races 1 & 3. Points would have been awarded 60, 54, 48, 42 etc for Race 2 however the race was cancelled.

2 additional points were awarded to the driver that recorded the fastest lap time in the final results of Q2 at each Round.

Series standings Standings 2022, tcraustralia.com, as archived at web.archive.org Driver SYM PHI BAT SMP QLD SAN BAT Points 1 Tony D'Alberto 50 8 3 2 7 3 5 7 6 9 8 4 141 5 1 4 4 10 11 C 11 0 711 2 Will Brown 999 7 4 13 18 7 2 4 10 7 Ret 10 6 8 2 4 2 3 2 6 C 1 0 702 3 Josh Buchan 30 2 5 4 Ret 19 14 8 3 4 1 11 2 14 9 8 5 8 4 9 C 3 0 667 4 Jordan Cox 33 16 1 3 2 4 6 Ret 11 10 3 5 3 6 4 6 7 2 3 14 C 14 0 647 5 Bailey Sweeny 130 15 2 Ret 11 16 9 9 1 2 11 18 18 4 11 5 8 16 6 1 C 2 0 610 6 Zac Soutar 110 6 6 1 5 17 8 13 13 13 5 9 12 2 6 2 3 5 16 Ret C 150588 7 Nathan Morcom 11 3 13 6 19 9 11 12 20 15 6 3 1 Ret 10 10 12 11 11 3 C 6 0 582 8 Aaron Cameron 18 5 Ret 9 6 Ret 10 1 9 1 2 13 11 13 16 15 1 Ret DNS 4 C 4 0 579 9 Dylan O'Keeffe 8 9 7 Ret 3 5 4 3 5 3 4 7 5 11 Ret 11 Ret 7 7 2 C 16 0 577 10 Jay Hanson 9 1 Ret 7 1 6 18 14 15 14 10 1 7 3 1 3 Ret 15 9 Ret C DNS 0 535 11 Ben Bargwanna 71 13 10 Ret 10 2 3 2 7 6 19 19 8 Ret 12 12 10 1 5 5 C Ret 0 535 12 Michael Caruso 10 12 9 8 17 8 7 10 4 11 20 14 20 10 Ret DNS 6 10 1 10 C 9 0 520 13 Lachlan Mineeff 14 17 Ret 12 8 12 15 18 17 20 13 15 17 9 13 Ret 11 13 15 7 C 5 0 442 14 James Moffat 34 4 Ret DNS 12 18 13 5 2 5 14 8 Ret Ret 7 16 9 Ret 9 16 C Ret 0 402 15 Michael Clemente 15 9 Ret DNS 15 14 12 12 12 10 7 8 9 15 6 14 13 C 10 0 384 16 Iain McDougall 3 13 11 16 20 19 18 12 Ret 15 12 15 13 14 9 13 15 C 12 0 344 17 Luke King 2 16 12 19 7 2 4 5 3 7 Ret 12 Ret 17 C 8 0 343 18 Brad Shiels 333 10 8 5 14 10 12 11 8 8 9 6 19 0 317 19 Kody Garland 41 DNS DNS DNS 16 14 Ret 17 16 21 18 Ret 9 Ret 14 14 13 14 12 12 C 13 0 294 20 Fabian Coulthard 24 11 14 14 4 11 17 17 13 0 255 21 89 18 11 11 15 13 19 19 18 16 15 16 16 0 234 22 Liam McAdam 97 14 15 10 Ret 15 17 0 103 23 Teddy Clairet 20 8 C 7 0 84 24 Tim Slade 24 6 Ret 17 0 59 25 Eddie Maguire 44 19 12 15 0 58

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References

External links Official website 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Sporting Regulations, www.motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org