2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

The 2023 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series) was the fourth season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series ran as part of SpeedSeries and featured two rounds as part of TCR World Tour.

The series was won by Josh Buchan in a Hyundai Elantra N TCR.

Calendar

RoundCircuitLocationDate 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 24–26 February 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 May 3 Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria 9–11 June 4 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 11–13 August 5 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 8–10 September 6 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 3–5 November 7 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10–12 November

Entry list The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2023 championship. Kumho is the new official tire supplier. TeamCarDriversClassRoundsRef. Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 1 Tony D'Alberto 1–5 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 6–7 129 Néstor Girolami W 6–7 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Brad Harris 2–4, 6–7 76 Will Harris 6–7 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 4 Clay Richards 3 14 Lachlan Mineeff All Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Will Brown 1–2, 4–7 Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Clay Richards 5 Jimmy Clairet 6 Teddy Clairet 7 18 Aaron Cameron All 33 Jordan Cox All 41 Kody Garland All 71 Ben Bargwanna All Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 11 Tim Slade 4 115 Tom Oliphant 2, 5–7 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 1, 3 Carl Cox Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 1 Cupra León Competición TCR 2–5, 7 Challenge Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Iain McDougall 1, 3, 5–7 HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 30 Josh Buchan All Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Bailey Sweeny All BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Norbert Michelisz W 6–7 196 Mikel Azcona W 6–7 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 110 Zac Soutar All Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk W 6–7 112 Santiago Urrutia W 6–7 155 Ma Qing Hua W 6–7 168 Yann Ehrlacher W 6–7 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Frédéric Vervisch W 6–7 179 Robert Huff W 6–7IconStatusWTCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Driver Changes Kody Garland will switch from driving Renault Mégane R.S TCR to Peugeot 308 TCR. Zac Soutar will switch from driving Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) to Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021).

Mid Season Changes Tom Oliphant missed the Queensland event due to him getting married. He was replaced by Tim Slade for the event. Michael Clemente missed the Race Sydney event due to lack of funding. He returned for Bathurst International. Kody Garland missed the Bathurst International event due to crash damage from the Race Sydney round.

Summary RaceEvent1 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Will Brown Bailey Sweeny Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing 2 Will Brown Aaron Cameron Garry Rogers Motorsport 3 Bailey Sweeny Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing 2 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Josh Buchan Josh Buchan Josh BuchanHMO Customer Racing 2 Brad Harris Michael ClementeCarl Cox Motorsport 3 Josh Buchan Josh BuchanHMO Customer Racing 3 1 Winton Motor Raceway Michael Clemente Bailey Sweeny Michael ClementeCarl Cox Motorsport 2 Jordan Cox Tom OliphantAshley Seward Motorsport 3 Bailey Sweeny Bailey SweenyHMO Customer Racing 4 1 Queensland Raceway Will Brown Will Brown Will Brown Melbourne Performance Centre 2 Will Brown Brad Harris Wall Racing 3 Will Brown Will Brown Melbourne Performance Centre 5 1 Sandown Raceway Bailey Sweeny Will Brown Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing 2 Will Brown Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing 3 Bailey Sweeny Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing 6 1 Sydney Motorsport Park Ben Bargwanna Ma Qing Hua Will Brown Melbourne Performance Centre Report 2 Josh Buchan Will Brown Melbourne Performance Centre 3 Mikel Azcona Rob Huff Comtoyou Racing 7 1 Mount Panorama Circuit Tony D'Alberto Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Report 2 Tony D'Alberto Norbert Michelisz BRC Racing Team 3 Néstor Girolami Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing

Driver's standings

Points system The points system for 2023 was restructured. Races 1 and 3 award maximum points, while race 2, which features a starting grid based on reversed results from race 1, is worth slightly reduced points. Additionally, the top five drivers in qualifying now receive points instead of only the pole winner, and the driver who sets the fastest lap in a race receives points.2023 TCR Australia Series sporting regulations

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   DNF  Qualifying 10 7 5 3 2 00 Races 1 & 3 50 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 0 Race 2 40 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 0

The driver who sets the fastest lap in a race receives one additional point.

Championship standings Driver SYM PHI WIN QLD SAN SMP BAT Points 1 Josh Buchan 6 9 9 11 10 1 43 3 2 5 6 6 8 5 7 164 5 5 82 11 11 809 2 Tony D'Alberto 23 7 2 Ret3 13 11 64 6 6 23 7 10 14 9 3 15 12 10 31 8 4 759 3 Bailey Sweeny 12 6 1 44 5 5 22 5 1DSQ2 9 5 51 1 1 143 6 11 12 RetDSQ 748 4 Aaron Cameron 84 1 4 3 6 6 14 8 10 7 2 2 25 2 2 7 8 18 95 2 Ret 743 5 Lachlan Mineeff 9 2 7 2 12 10 8 4 5 12 10 7 62 3 Ret 13 11 14 20 15 15 659 6 Jordan Cox 5 3 3 8 2 4 5 13 4 45 5 Ret 9 4 5 12 14 16 14 18 Ret 656 7 Ben Bargwanna 45 Ret 8 55 3 3 7 9 9 6 8 9 7 6 6 181 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 602 8 Tom Oliphant 7 4 5 Ret 8 9 10 1 8 10 8 8 12 7 13 17 16 14 564 9 Michael Clemente 10 5 10 6 1 2 11 DNS Ret 9 4 8 Ret 10 4 Ret 14 12 504 10 Zac Soutar DNS Ret DNS Ret2 7 7 35 7 3 3 11 Ret 43 7 Ret Ret5 18 17 113 19 8 364 11 Will Brown DNS1 Ret DNS Ret 11 8 11 3 1 3 Ret DNS 12 1 3 134 Ret DNS 442 12 Brad Harris 9 4 13 13 11 12 10 1 3 17 13 19 18 Ret DNS 389 13 Kody Garland 3 10 6 7 9 12 12 12 7 8 13 Ret 12 11 9 DNS DNS DNS WD WD WD 389 14 Iain McDougall 11 8 11 11 10 11 11 12 Ret 20 17 21 19 17 13 364 15 Clay Richards 9 2 Ret Ret 13 10 98 16 Tim Slade 114 12 4 89 17 Will Harris 21 15 22 WD WD WD 72 World Tour full-time entries ineligible for points — Robert Huff 4 2 1 6 4 3 — — Norbert Michelisz 8 4 2 10 1 5 — — Yann Ehrlacher 6 9 7 4 5 1 — — Santiago Urrutia NC 10 12 1 6 Ret — — Thed Björk 9 Ret 15 5 3 2 — — Néstor Girolami 10 Ret 8 2 9 6 — — Ma Qing Hua 2 Ret 9 16 13 9 — — Frédéric Vervisch 5 3 4 7 7 7 — — Mikel Azcona 3 19 6 Ret 10 Ret — — Teddy Clairet 15DSQ Ret — — Jimmy Clairet 19 16 20 —Notes:1 2 3 4 5 – Qualifying positions

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References

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