2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship

The 2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship. The championship featured production-based touring cars built to TCR specifications and was held over fifteen races across seven meetings throughout England. The championship was operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group.

Calendar

A new calendar was announced commencing on 16 April 2022 with 15 rounds scheduled.[1][2]

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date
1 1 Oulton Park (International), Cheshire 16–18 April
2
2 3 Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire 28–29 May
4
3 5 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 18–19 June
6
7
4 8 Oulton Park, Cheshire 16 July
9
5 10 Castle Combe Circuit, Wiltshire 6 August
11
6 12 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 29 August
13
7 14 Snetterton Circuit (200 Circuit), Norfolk) 23 October
15

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Essex & Kent Motorsport[3] Hyundai Veloster N TCR 1 Lewis Kent[3] All
Hyundai i30 N TCR 5 Bradley Kent[3] All
27 Scott Sumpton[3] All
JamSport Racing[4] Subaru WRX STI TCR 11 Ant Whorton-Eales[5] 1–6
Cupra León TCR 40 Simon Tomlinson[6] D 1
Hyundai i30 N TCR 101 Max Hart 1–6
210 Andy Wilmot[7] D 1–6
JamSport Racing with Shepherd Motors 117 Adam Shepherd[8][9] 1–3
Area Motorsport with Shepherd Motors[9] 4–7
Chameleon Motorsport[10][11] Cupra León TCR 12 Neil Trotter[10] D 2–6
Cupra León Competición TCR 7
39 Lewis Brown[11][12] 7
Power Maxed Racing[13] Cupra León TCR 16 Callum Newsham[13] 1, 3–7
72 Russell Joyce[14] D 1–3, 6–7
257 Jac Constable All
Hyundai i30 N TCR 52 Chris Wallis[15] D 1–3, 6–7
bond-It with MPHR[16] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 Bradley Hutchison[16] All
Area Motorsport with FastR[17] Cupra León TCR 21 Jessica Hawkins[18] 1–6
74 Jamie Tonks[17] 1–6
Area Motorsport[19] 37 Bruce Winfield[19][20] 1–6
Hyundai i30 N TCR 7
210 Andy Wilmot[20] D 7
Area Motorsport with Daniel James 76 Alex Ley[20] 7
Restart Racing[21] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 22 Chris Smiley[21] All
Simpson Motorsport[22] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 29 Hugo Cook[22] 1–2
JWB Motorsport[23] Cupra León Competición TCR 31 Matthew Wilson[23][24] All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 47 Kieran Griffin D 1
JWB Motorsport with Maximum Networks 94 Rob Butler[25][26] 1
Garage 81 with Maximum Networks[26] 2
Capture Motorsport[27] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 33 Jack Depper[27] 1–3
PlayerLands[28] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 35 Steve Gales[28] D 1
Welch Motorsport[29] 2–3
MPHR 6–7
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 5
DW Racing[30] Vauxhall Astra TCR 50 Darelle Wilson[30] All
Daniel James Motorsport[31] Hyundai i30 N TCR 76 Alex Ley[31] 2–6
Richmond Fire Motorsport Cupra León TCR 77 Mark Smith D 2, 6
Race Car Consultants Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 123 Isaac Smith All
Entries ineligible to score points
Team HARD. with GO FIX[32] Cupra León TCR 28 George Jaxon[32] 7
T4 Motorsport[33] Cupra León TCR 63 Mark Havers[33] D 7
Paul Sheard Racing[34] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 78 Jonathon Beeson[35] 7
87 George Heler[34] 6
Darron Lewis Racing[36] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 285 Darron Lewis[36] D 6
Icon Class
D Eligible for Goodyear Diamond Trophy

Driver changes

Entering/Re-Entering TCR UK

Changed Teams

  • With Motus One Racing leaving the championship, Max Hart joined JamSport Racing driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR.

Leaving TCR UK

  • 2 of Power Maxed Racing's 2021 entries, Dan Kirby and William Butler, failed to return.
  • Having entered the opening rounds in 2021, Motus One Managing Director Will Powell left to race in the BTCC. His teammate at Motus One, Danny Krywyj also failed to return.
  • Having done selected events in 2021, Alex Morgan, Alex Kite, Tom Hibbert, Jamie Sturges, Toby Bearne and Daniel Wylie all did not return.

Team changes

Mid-season changes

  • Simon Tomlinson & Kieran Griffin left the series after the opening round.
  • Neil Trotter and Chameleon Motorsport would enter the championship from the second round onwards with a Cupra León TCR.[10]
  • Rob Butler would switch to Garage 81 for the second round. He would leave the series before the third event, returning to the Miltek Civic Cup.[37]
  • Alex Ley entered the season earlier than announced, appearing from the second round onwards.[38]
  • Having appeared in 2 rounds during 2021, Mark Smith returned for both Donington Park meetings with his Cupra León TCR being run under the Richmond Fire Motorsport banner.
  • Hugo Cook left the series after round 2.
  • Callum Newsham missed the second round due to illness.[39]
  • Jack Depper would leave the series after the third round.
  • Prior to round 4, Adam Shepherd left JamSport Racing and joined Area Motorsport.[9]
  • Both Russell Joyce and Chris Wallis missed round 4 and 5 before both returned for round 6.
  • Darron Lewis and George Heler would join the grid for round 6. Lewis would run his Audi RS 3 LMS TCR for his own team while Heler's Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR would be run by Paul Sheard Racing.[36][34] However, both entries were unable to score points.
  • Steve Gales' entry changed several times during the season. For the opening round his Audi RS 3 LMS TCR was run under the PlayerLands banner. For rounds 2 & 3 he was entered under the Welch Motorsport banner. He missed round 4 due to damage sustained at the previous round before returning for round 5. This time he would drive a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for MPHR. For the final two events, MPHR would continue to run him but he returned to driving an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR.
  • Ahead of the final event, both Andy Wilmot and Max Hart announced that they would be leaving JamSport Racing.[40]
  • For the season finale, Chameleon Motorsport upgraded and expanded to two Cupra León Competición TCR's for Neil Trotter and Mini Challenge UK racer Lewis Brown.[11][12]
  • Prior to the final round, Area Motorsport announced on social media that Bruce Winfield would switch to a Hyundai i30 N TCR. He would be joined by fellow Hyundai drivers Alex Ley and Andy Wilmot who left Daniel James Motorsport and JamSport Racing respectively.[20]
  • For the final 2 races, Jonathon Beeson would race the Paul Sheard Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.[35]
  • For the last 2 races, George Jaxon would race a Team HARD. Cupra León TCR. This was the car run previously by Area Motorsport for Jamie Tonks.[32]
  • Area Motorsport with FastR teammates Jessica Hawkins and Jamie Tonks would both miss the final round with both cars being sold beforehand.
  • Ant Whorton-Eales would also miss the final event leaving JamSport Racing with 0 entries having started the season with 5.

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Diamond Trophy Winner
1 Oulton Park International Chris Smiley Chris Smiley Chris Smiley Restart Racing Russell Joyce
Max Hart Jessica Hawkins Area Motorsport with FastR Russell Joyce
2 Donington Park Grand Prix Chris Smiley Max Hart Max Hart JamSport Racing Russell Joyce
Max Hart Max Hart JamSport Racing Andy Wilmot
3 Brands Hatch Bradley Kent Callum Newsham Lewis Kent Essex & Kent Motorsport Russell Joyce
Bradley Kent Jac Constable Power Maxed Racing Russell Joyce
Alex Ley[a] Alex Ley Alex Ley Daniel James Motorsport Andy Wilmot
4 Oulton Park Island Alex Ley[b] Alex Ley Alex Ley Daniel James Motorsport Andy Wilmot
Max Hart Jamie Tonks Area Motorsport with FastR Andy Wilmot
5 Castle Combe Circuit Chris Smiley Chris Smiley Bruce Winfield Area Motorsport Neil Trotter[c]
Chris Smiley Alex Ley[d] Daniel James Motorsport Andy Wilmot
6 Donington Park National Adam Shepherd Adam Shepherd Adam Shepherd Area Motorsport with Shepherd Motors Andy Wilmot
Jac Constable Jac Constable[e] Power Maxed Racing Darron Lewis[f]
7 Snetterton Circuit Chris Smiley Isaac Smith Chris Smiley Restart Racing Andy Wilmot[g]
Chris Smiley Lewis Kent Essex & Kent Motorsport Andy Wilmot

Championship standings

Drivers' standings

Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Fastest lap
Qualifying 6 5 4 3 2 1 —
Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 1
  • Drivers' top 13 results from the 15 races count towards the championship. Drivers cannot drop scores from the final 2 races at Snetterton.
Pos Driver OUL1 DON1 BRH OUL2 CAS DON2 SNE Total Drop Points
1 Chris Smiley 1 1 FL 5 14 1 2 2 Ret 8 4 5 4 5 1 FL 4 FL 3 2 Ret 1 1 3 FL 392 0 392
2 Isaac Smith 3 2 4 3 5 7 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 6 7 7 2 5 FL 7 407 36 371
3 Bruce Winfield 4 3 15 18 3 11 6 17 7 7 2 1 3 2 2 6 4 6 8 321 0 321
4 Lewis Kent 5 5 6 4 6 8 1 3 3 3 9 11 Ret 9 6 Ret 7 1 313 0 313
5 Jac Constable 6 Ret 12 6 7 1 Ret Ret 3 9 9 3 4 5 1 FL 5 2 296 0 296
6 Alex Ley 6 DSQ 6 2 19 1 P FL 1 1 FL 8 8 1 5 4 10 8 2 4 294 0 294
7 Adam Shepherd 12 6 8 Ret 3 16 12 5 Ret 2 2 2 5 2 2 8 1 1 FL 2 Ret DNS 289 0 289
8 Max Hart 2 4 2 FL 1 4 FL 1 FL 8 5 5 Ret Ret FL Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 226 0 226
9 Bradley Hutchinson Ret 9 7 5 15 4 6 8 Ret 3 5 Ret DNS DNS 3 3 6 206 0 206
10 Callum Newsham 7 3 3 4 FL 6 11 12 6 12 7 10 Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 184 0 184
11 Jamie Tonks 10 13 P 5 4 Ret 8 18 5 1 Ret Ret 8 6 183 0 183
12 Matthew Wilson 11 10 9 Ret 17 14 13 10 7 P 10 9 P 9 14 10 10 P 132 0 132
13 Andy Wilmot Ret Ret 13 9 13 10 9 6 6 DSQ 11 10 DSQP 12 9 131 0 131
14 Jessica Hawkins 9 1 Ret 10 Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 6 5 DNS DNS 129 0 129
15 Bradley Kent Ret Ret 2 DNS 10 1 20 P FL 14 Ret Ret Ret 4 DNS 11 3 Ret 4 5 125 0 125
16 Russell Joyce 15 11 11 11 12 9 Ret 12 11 13 DNS 75 0 75
17 Neil Trotter 16 12 16 13 Ret Ret 13 11 13 15 9 WD WD 54 0 54
18 Darelle Wilson 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 15 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS Ret 9 Ret 48 0 48
19 Jack Depper 8 7 19 DSQ 14 12 17 43 0 43
20 Ant Whorton-Eales Ret 14 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 40 0 40
21 Scott Sumpton 14 12 10 17 P 18 16 12 Ret Ret DSQ 6 12 Ret DNS DNS DNS 36 0 36
22 Steve Gales 16 18 Ret 13 DNS 18 Ret 12 14 17 15 WD WD 21 0 21
23 Chris Wallis 19 17 15 14 Ret 15 16 16 12 WD WD 19 0 19
24 Mark Smith 17 15 18 13 10 0 10
25 Hugo Cook WD WD Ret 2 DNS 5 0 5
26 Simon Tomlinson 17 16 0 0 0
27 Kieran Griffin 18 Ret 0 0 0
– Rob Butler Ret Ret Ret DNS 0 0 0
– Lewis Brown WD WD 0 0 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
George Heler 14 5 0 0 0
Darron Lewis 13 8 0 0 0
Jonathon Beeson 11 Ret 0 0 0
George Jaxon Ret 11 0 0 0
Mark Havers Ret 12 0 0 0
Pos Driver OUL1 DON1 BRH OUL2 CAS DON2 SNE Total Drop Points

Goodyear Diamond Trophy Standings

Pos Driver OUL1 DON1 BRH OUL2 CAS DON2 SNE Points
1 Andy Wilmot Ret 1 FL Ret 13 1 9 FL 13 2 10 9 FL 6 1 FL 6 FL DSQ 1 11 FL 10 DSQ 12 1 9 FL 466
2 Russell Joyce 15 2 11 FL 11 2 FL 11 12 1 FL 9 FL Ret 12 1 FL 11 FL 13 2 FL DNS 375
3 Neil Trotter 16 5 12 16 3 13 Ret Ret 2 10 11 3 FL 13 15 6 10 WD WD 315
4 Steve Gales 16 4 18 Ret 3 13 DNS 5 18 Ret 12 2 14 17 4 15 WD WD 220
5 Chris Wallis 19 6 17 15 4 14 Ret 4 15 16 16 3 12 WD WD 177
6 Mark Smith 17 6 15 18 5 13 97
7 Simon Tomlinson 17 5 16 67
8 Kieran Griffin 18 3 Ret 31
Drivers ineligible to score points
9 Darron Lewis 13 8 0
10 Mark Havers Ret 12 0
Pos Driver OUL1 DON1 BRH OUL2 CAS DON2 SNE Points

Notes

  1. ^ Grid positions were decided by a drivers second fastest time in qualifying. No points were awarded.
  2. ^ Max Hart initially qualified on Pole Position but was demoted to last with a further 10 second delayed start due to a technical infringement.
  3. ^ Andy Wilmot initially won the Diamond Trophy but was later disqualified due to a technical infringement.
  4. ^ Jac Constable crossed the line first but was handed a 10 second penalty for a jump start which dropped him to third.
  5. ^ Andy Wilmot initially won the race overall but was disqualified due to a technical infringement.
  6. ^ Andy Wilmot initially won the Goodyear Diamond Trophy but was disqualified due to a technical infringement. However as Darron Lewis was a guest entry, the full 25 points would be awarded to Neil Trotter.
  7. ^ Russell Joyce initially won the Goodyear Diamond Trophy but was penalised 3 places for causing a collision handing the win to Andy Wilmot.

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