2022 World Touring Car Cup

The 2022 World Touring Car Cup was the fifth and final season of the World Touring Car Cup and 18th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The season began on 7 May at the Circuit de Pau-Ville and ended on 27 November in Jeddah Corniche Circuit,^[1]^[2]^[3] however multiple event cancellations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing quarantine restrictions in Asia. On 1 September 2022, the organiser announced the final version of the calendar, adding Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as final venues for the 2022 season.^[3]

The season was marred by issues with tyres as drivers suffered numerous tyre failures on several rounds. These led to the cancellation of the races at the Nürburgring and Cyan Racing withdrawing from the series midway through the year.^[4] Only nine drivers completed the full season.^[5]

On 14 October 2022, the organiser announced that after five seasons of running under the WTCR guise, the series would be reformatted following the conclusion of the current season, which had two rounds remaining in Bahrain (10–12 November) and Saudi Arabia (25–27 November).^[6] The new format is influenced by golf's Official World Golf Ranking in that all TCR events will be grouped for official TCR World Ranking points, which will be used to qualify drivers into a playoff at the end of the season, and a new format featuring events from different TCR-featured tours where drivers can also qualify for the TCR World Ranking Final.^[7]

Teams and drivers edit

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	5	Norbert Michelisz		All	^[8]
BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	96	Mikel Azcona		All	^[8]
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	9	Attila Tassi		All	^[9]
Liqui Moly Team Engstler		18	Tiago Monteiro		All	^[9]
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport		29	Néstor Girolami		All	^[9]
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport		86	Esteban Guerrieri		All	^[9]
Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	11	Thed Björk		1–6	^[10]
		12	Santiago Urrutia		1–6	^[10]
		55	Ma Qing Hua		1–6	^[11]
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co		68	Yann Ehrlacher		1–6	^[10]
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co		100	Yvan Muller		1–6	^[10]
Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	16	Gilles Magnus		All	^[12]
		25	Mehdi Bennani	T	1–8	^[12]
		72	Franco Girolami	T	9	^[13]
Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport		17	Nathanaël Berthon		All	^[12]
Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport		33	Tom Coronel	T	All	^[12]
Zengő Motorsport	Cupra León Competición TCR	66	Bence Boldizs	T	8	^[14]
		79	Robert Huff	T	1–7, 9	^[15]
		99	Dániel Nagy	T	1–5, 7–9	^[15]
Wildcard entries
Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	24	Ahmed BinKhanen		9	^[16]
		72	Franco Girolami		8	^[17]
		110	Viktor Davidovski		8–9	^[17]
Comtoyou Team Audi Sport		64	Éric Cayrolle		1	^[18]
BRC Hyundai N Racing Team	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	88	Nicky Catsburg		8–9	^[19]

Icon	Class
T	Eligible for WTCR Trophy

Summary edit

JAS Motorsport and Honda Racing retained their 2021 drivers – Attila Tassi, Tiago Monteiro, Néstor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri – for the 2022 season but on 15 January it was announced that Engstler Motorsport will switch from Hyundai to Honda.^[9]
Mikel Azcona will switch from Zengő Motorsport Services KFT to BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse to replace Gabriele Tarquini.^[8]
2020 TCR China Touring Car Championship winner Ma Qing Hua returned to the series after having last raced in 2019 for Team Mulsanne, driving a car for Cyan Performance Lynk & Co.^[11]
2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series winner Mehdi Bennani returned to the series and Comtoyou Racing after having last raced in 2019 for SLR VW Motorsport to replace last season's runner-up Frédéric Vervisch.^[12]
Dániel Nagy returned to the series and Zengő Motorsport after having last taken part in the series in 2018, to replace Bence Boldizs.^[15]

Mid-season changes edit

Cyan Racing withdrew from the Race of Italy, citing tire safety concerns.^[20] Cyan Racing would later suspend their WTCR program with immediate effect for the same reason in August 2022 and not see out the season.^[21]

Calendar edit

The preliminary race calendar was published by the championship management on 26 November 2021.^[22] On 26 February 2022, WTCR Race of Russia was suspended due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[23] On 19 March 2022, the calendar was updated again with the cancellation of the Czech and Russian rounds.^[24]^[2] A further update was ratified on 14 April 2022, with the addition of two rounds at Vallelunga and Anneau du Rhin.^[25] Another update was made on 29 June 2022 by cancelling Asian rounds due to the logistical challenges and quarantine restrictions in Asia:^[26] An update was provided on 1 September 2022 by adding races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to host the final rounds of the championship.^[3]

Round	Race	Race Name	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	WTCR Race of France	Circuit de Pau-Ville	7–8 May	Pau Motors Festival Euroformula Open (Pau Grand Prix) ETCR Championship French F4 Championship
1	2	WTCR Race of France	Circuit de Pau-Ville	7–8 May
2	3	WTCR Goodyear Race of Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife	26–28 May	Nürburgring 24 Hours
2	4	WTCR Goodyear Race of Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife	26–28 May	Nürburgring 24 Hours
3	5	WTCR Goodyear Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	11–12 June	ETCR Championship
3	6	WTCR Goodyear Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	11–12 June	ETCR Championship
4	7	WTCR DHL Race of Spain	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón	25–26 June
4	8	WTCR DHL Race of Spain	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón	25–26 June
5	9	WTCR Race of Portugal	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	2–3 July
5	10	WTCR Race of Portugal	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	2–3 July
6	11	WTCR Race of Italy	Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi	23–24 July	ETCR Championship
6	12	WTCR Race of Italy	Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi	23–24 July	ETCR Championship
7	13	WTCR Race of Alsace Grand Est	Anneau du Rhin	6–7 August
7	14	WTCR Race of Alsace Grand Est	Anneau du Rhin	6–7 August
8	15	WTCR Bapco Race of Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	10–12 November	FIA World Endurance Championship
8	16	WTCR Bapco Race of Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	10–12 November	FIA World Endurance Championship
9	17	WTCR Goodyear Race of Saudi Arabia	Jeddah Corniche Circuit	25–27 November
9	18	WTCR Goodyear Race of Saudi Arabia	Jeddah Corniche Circuit	25–27 November

The following rounds were cancelled due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and logistical challenges in Asia:

Race Name	Circuit	Date
WTCR Liqui Moly Race of Czech Republic	Autodrom Most	9–10 April
WTCR Race of Russia	Sochi Autodrom	6–7 August
WTCR Race of Korea	Inje Speedium	8–9 October
WTCR Race of China	Ningbo International Circuit	5–6 November
WTCR Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	18–20 November
Source:^[24]^[2]^[26]

Compensation weight handicaps edit

Compensation weight handicaps were given to the participating cars based on their best qualifying lap times in the previous two events, with 40 kg being the maximum penalty.^[27] Hyundai customer team BRC Racing Team was in particular noted to have gamed the system by intentionally performing worse than possible in qualifying to avoid being penalised.^[28]^[29]

Car	Nürburgring^[30]	Hungaroring^[31]	Aragón^[32]	Vila Real^[33]	Vallelunga^[34]	Anneau du Rhin^[35]	Bahrain^[36]	Jeddah^[37]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	0 kg	0 kg	+10 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg
Cupra León Competición TCR	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	+40 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg	+20 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg
Hyundai Elantra N TCR	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	+10 kg
Lynk & Co 03 TCR	0 kg	0 kg	+10 kg	+20 kg	+40 kg	+40 kg	–	–

Results edit

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	WTCR Trophy winner	Report
1	Race of France	Néstor Girolami	Robert Huff	Néstor Girolami	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Mehdi Bennani	Report
2	Race of France		Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Robert Huff	Report
3	Race of Germany	Mehdi Bennani	Race Cancelled				Report
4	Race of Germany		Race Cancelled				Report
5	Race of Hungary	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Robert Huff	Report
6	Race of Hungary		Robert Huff	Santiago Urrutia	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Robert Huff	Report
7	Race of Spain	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Robert Huff	Report
8	Race of Spain		Robert Huff	Mikel Azcona	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Robert Huff	Report
9	Race of Portugal	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Robert Huff	Report
10	Race of Portugal		Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Zengő Motorsport	Robert Huff	Report
11	Race of Italy	Néstor Girolami	Nathanaël Berthon	Néstor Girolami	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Tom Coronel	Report
12	Race of Italy		Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Audi Sport Team Comtoyou	Robert Huff	Report
13	Race of Alsace Grand Est	Néstor Girolami	Esteban Guerrieri	Nathanaël Berthon	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Robert Huff	Report
14	Race of Alsace Grand Est		Mikel Azcona	Robert Huff	Zengő Motorsport	Robert Huff	Report
15	Race of Bahrain	Mikel Azcona	Norbert Michelisz	Mikel Azcona	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Tom Coronel	Report
16	Race of Bahrain		Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Tom Coronel	Report
17	Race of Saudi Arabia	Nathanaël Berthon	Nathanaël Berthon	Nathanaël Berthon	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Tom Coronel	Report
18	Race of Saudi Arabia		Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Robert Huff	Report

Championship standings edit

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying (Q1-Q3 Best Lap Top 5)	10	8	6	4	2	—
Race 1	30	23	19	16	14	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 2	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Scoring system for WTCR Trophy

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	FL
Qualifying	1	—
Race	10	8	5	3	1	1

Drivers' championship edit

Pos.	Driver	FRA		GER		HUN		ESP		PRT		ITA		AGE		BHR		SAU		Pts.
1	Mikel Azcona	6⁴	1	C⁵	C	1	8	3	1	8	3	2²	3	3³	3	1¹	4	6²	3	337
2	Néstor Girolami	1¹	7	C	C	7⁴	3	12	12	3	9	1¹	5	2¹	7	4³	9	10	8	254
3	Nathanaël Berthon	16³	4	C	C	3³	12	4²	8	10	Ret	9	2	1²	8	3²	5	1¹	Ret	240
4	Norbert Michelisz	9	Ret	C	C	12	4	6	Ret	4	5	4⁴	4	4	4	2⁴	1	2⁴	4	222
5	Gilles Magnus	8⁵	Ret	C²	C	4¹	7	1¹	14	Ret	13	3	1	7⁵	5	Ret	Ret	5³	1	210
6	Robert Huff	12	8	C	C	6	2	2³	2	6	1	8	6	5	1			9	5	210
7	Esteban Guerrieri	2²	5	C	C	9⁵	10	11	11	Ret	Ret	7³	10	10⁴	10	8	2	11	11	149
8	Santiago Urrutia	7	2	C³	C	8	1	8	3	1	10	DNS	DNS							137
9	Yann Ehrlacher	4	15	C⁴	C	2²	6	5⁴	5	2	8	DNS	DNS							133
10	Tom Coronel	11	12	C	C	15	13	Ret	Ret	13	12	6	7	6	11	6	6	3⁵	6	115
11	Mehdi Bennani	10	Ret	C¹	C	13	Ret	10	9	7	6	10	9	11	2	7	8			112
12	Ma Qinghua	5	3	C	C	5	5	13	6	5	7	DNS	DNS							97
13	Attila Tassi	17	13	C	C	14	14	Ret	13	9	2	5⁵	8	Ret	9	9⁶	Ret	14	Ret	83
14	Yvan Muller	3	6	C	C	10	9	7⁵	7	14	4	DNS	DNS							78
15	Tiago Monteiro	15	10	C	C	16	15	14	15	11	Ret	11	11	9	6	12	12	13	9	70
16	Dániel Nagy	13	11	C	C	17	Ret	Ret	4	12	Ret			8	12	11	10	Ret	7	62
17	Thed Björk	Ret	9	C	C	11	11	9	10	Ret	11	DNS	DNS							35
18	Franco Girolami^{[N 1]}															14	7	4	Ret	16
19	Bence Boldizs															13	11			12
Wildcard entries ineligible for points
—	Viktor Davidovski															10	13	8	2	—
—	Nicky Catsburg															5⁵	3	7	Ret	—
—	Ahmed BinKhanen																	12	10	—
—	Éric Cayrolle	14	14																	—
Pos.	Driver	FRA		GER		HUN		ESP		PRT		ITA		AGE		BHR		SAU		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Teams' championship edit

Pos.	Team	No.	FRA		GER		HUN		ESP		PRT		ITA		AGE		BHR		SAU		Pts.
1	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	5	9	Ret	C	C	12	4	5	Ret	4	5	4⁴	4	4	4	2⁴	1	2⁴	4	559
1	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	96	6⁴	1	C⁵	C	1	8	3	1	8	3	2²	3	3³	3	1¹	4	6²	3	559
2	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	29	1¹	7	C	C	7⁴	3	12	12	3	9	1¹	5	2¹	7	4³	9	10	8	403
2	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	86	2²	5	C	C	9⁵	10	11	11	Ret	Ret	7³	10	10⁴	10	8	2	11	11	403
3	Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport	17	16³	4	C	C	3³	12	4²	8	10	Ret	9	2	1²	8	3²	5	1¹	Ret	355
3	Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport	33	11	12	C	C	15	13	Ret	Ret	13	12	6	7	6	11	6	6	3⁵	6	355
4	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	16	8⁵	Ret	C²	C	4¹	7	1¹	14	Ret	13	3	1	7⁵	5	Ret	Ret	5³	1	338
		25	10	Ret	C¹	C	13	Ret	10	9	7	6	10	9	11	2	7	8
		72																	4	Ret
5	Zengő Motorsport	66															13	11			284
		79	12	8	C	C	6	2	2³	2	6	1	8	6	5	1			9	5
		99	13	11	C	C	17	Ret	Ret	4	12	Ret			8	12	11	10	Ret	7
6	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	11^{[N 2]}	Ret	9	C	C	11	11	9	10	Ret	11	DNS	DNS							211
		12^{[N 2]}	7	2	C³	C	8	1	8	3	1	10	DNS	DNS
		55	5	3	C	C	5	5	13	6	5	6	DNS	DNS
7	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	68	4	15	C⁴	C	2²	6	6⁴	5	2	8	DNS	DNS							211
7	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	100	3	6	C	C	10	9	7⁵	7	14	4	DNS	DNS							211
8	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	9	17	13	C	C	14	14	Ret	13	9	2	5⁵	8	Ret	9	9⁶	Ret	14	Ret	153
8	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	18	15	10	C	C	16	15	14	15	11	Ret	11	11	9	6	12	12	13	9	153
Ineligible for team points
—	Comtoyou Racing	24																	12	10	—
		72															14	7
		110															10	13	8	2
—	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	64	14	14																	—
—	BRC Hyundai N Racing Team	88															5⁵	3	7	Ret	—
Pos.	Team	No.	FRA		GER		HUN		ESP		PRT		ITA		AGE		BHR		SAU		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

WTCR Trophy edit

Eligible for drivers racing without manufacturer support.^[38]

Pos.	Driver	FRA		GER		HUN		ESP		PRT		ITA		AGE		BHR		SAU		Pts.
1	Robert Huff	12¹	8	C	C	6¹	2	2¹	2	6	1	8	6	6	1			9	5	139
2	Tom Coronel	11	12	C	C	15	13	Ret	Ret	13	12	6	7	7¹	11	6	6	3¹	6	108
3	Mehdi Bennani	10	Ret	C¹	C	13	Ret	10	9	7¹	6	10¹	9	11	2	7¹	8			91
4	Dániel Nagy	13	11	C	C	17	Ret	Ret	4	12	Ret			8	12	11	10	Ret	7	51
5	Franco Girolami																	4	Ret	8
6	Bence Boldizs															13	11			7
Pos.	Driver	FRA		GER		HUN		ESP		PRT		ITA		AGE		BHR		SAU		Pts.

Notes edit

^ Franco Girolami was ineligible to score points at the Race of Bahrain as he was a wildcard entry.
^ ^a ^b Santiago Urrutia was ineligible to score points for the teams' championship in round 1, whereas Thed Björk was ineligible in rounds 2–6.

References edit

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External links edit

Official website

[FGirolamiPoints-38] Franco Girolami was ineligible to score points at the Race of Bahrain as he was a wildcard entry.

[CyanPoints-39] Santiago Urrutia was ineligible to score points for the teams' championship in round 1, whereas Thed Björk was ineligible in rounds 2–6.

[1] "Bigger and Even Better: 2022 WTCR Calendar Revealed". FIA WTCR. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[wtcr_pau_opener-2] "Pau Gets Set To Host WTCR Season Opener". fiawtcr.com. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[2022_wtcr_finale-3] Rodgers, Richard (2022-09-01). "WTCR all set for a Middle Eastern adventure as 2022 calendar is completed". FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

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