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

Race is part of TCR World Tour

Round	Circuit	Location	Date
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
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Entry list

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2023 championship. Kumho is the new official tire supplier.^[4]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
Wall Racing^[a]	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	1	Tony D'Alberto		1–5	^[5]^[6]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	1	Tony D'Alberto		6–7	^[7]^[8]^[9]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	129	Néstor Girolami	W	6–7	^[10]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	74	Brad Harris		2–4, 6–7	^[8]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	76	Will Harris		6–7	^[8]
Melbourne Performance Centre^[b]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	4	Clay Richards		3
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	14	Lachlan Mineeff		All	^[11]^[12]
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	9	Will Brown		1–2, 4–7	^[13]
Garry Rogers Motorsport^[c]	Peugeot 308 TCR	4	Clay Richards		5	^[14]
			Jimmy Clairet		6	^[15]
			Teddy Clairet		7	^[15]
		18	Aaron Cameron		All	^[16]
		33	Jordan Cox		All	^[17]
		41	Kody Garland		1–6	^[18]
		71	Ben Bargwanna		All	^[19]
Ashley Seward Motorsport	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	11	Tim Slade		4	^[20]
	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	115	Tom Oliphant		2, 5–7	^[21]
	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	115	Tom Oliphant		1, 3	^[22]
Carl Cox Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	15	Michael Clemente		1	^[23]
Carl Cox Motorsport	Cupra León Competición TCR	15	Michael Clemente		2–5, 7	^[24]
Challenge Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	22	Iain McDougall		1, 3, 5–7	^[25]
HMO Customer Racing	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	30	Josh Buchan		All	^[26]
HMO Customer Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	130	Bailey Sweeny		All	^[27]
BRC Racing Team^[d]	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	105	Norbert Michelisz	W	6–7	^[28]^[29]
BRC Racing Team^[d]	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	196	Mikel Azcona	W	6–7	^[28]^[29]
Team Soutar Motorsport^[e]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	110	Zac Soutar		All	^[30]^[31]
Cyan Racing^[f]	Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR	111	Thed Björk	W	6–7	^[32]^[33]^[34]
		112	Santiago Urrutia	W	6–7	^[32]^[33]^[35]
		155	Ma Qing Hua	W	6–7	^[32]^[33]^[34]
		168	Yann Ehrlacher	W	6–7	^[32]^[33]^[35]
Comtoyou Racing^[g]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	122	Frédéric Vervisch	W	6–7	^[36]
Comtoyou Racing^[g]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	179	Robert Huff	W	6–7	^[36]

Icon	Status
W	TCR 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.^[18]
Zac Soutar will switch from driving Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) to Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021).^[30]

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

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	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 Buchan	HMO Customer Racing
	2			Brad Harris	Michael Clemente	Carl Cox Motorsport
	3			Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	HMO Customer Racing
3	1	Winton Motor Raceway	Michael Clemente	Bailey Sweeny	Michael Clemente	Carl Cox Motorsport
	2			Jordan Cox	Tom Oliphant	Ashley Seward Motorsport
	3			Bailey Sweeny	Bailey Sweeny	HMO 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.^[37]^[38]

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	0															0
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

Pos.	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	1	DSQ²	9	5	5¹	1	1	14³	6	11	12	Ret	DSQ	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																			15	DSQ	Ret	—
—	Jimmy Clairet																19	16	20				—

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Fastest lap

Notes:
^{1 2 3 4 5} – Qualifying positions

Notes

References

External links

Official website

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