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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.

Chris Smiley won the Drivers' Championship.

Calendar

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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
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2 3 Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire 28–29 May
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3 5 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 18–19 June
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4 8 Oulton Park, Cheshire 16 July
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5 10 Castle Combe Circuit, Wiltshire 6 August
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6 12 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 29 August
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7 14 Snetterton Circuit (200 Circuit), Norfolk) 23 October
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Teams and drivers

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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

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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

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Mid-season changes

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  • 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

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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

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Drivers' standings

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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

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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

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  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.

References

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  2. ^ "TCR UK announces calendar and plans for 2022". touringcartrophy.co.uk. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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  6. ^ a b "JamSport adds Cupra for Simon Tomlinson". TouringCarTimes. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Andy Wilmot confirms full-season entry". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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  36. ^ a b c "DARRON LEWIS TO MAKE TCR UK RETURN AT DONINGTON PARK". tcr-uk.co.uk. TCR UK. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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