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Australia 2023 Race Sydney
Race details
Round 7 of 9 in the 2023 World Touring Car Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales.
Date3–4 November, 2023
LocationEastern Creek, New South Wales
CourseSydney Motorsport Park
3.93 kilometres (2.44 mi)
Pole position
Podium
Fastest Lap

2023 Race Sydney will be the seventh round of nine in the 2023 TCR World Tour. It is scheduled to be held on 3–4 November 2023 at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia. The event will also be the sixth round of seven in the 2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series.[1]

Report[edit]

Background[edit]

The event will be the first staging of an international touring car championship in Australia since the 1987 Calder Park 500, held as part of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship for Group A.[2]

In the TCR World Tour standings, Norbert Michelisz led Yann Ehrlacher by 4 points in the drivers' championship, and Cyan Racing led BRC Racing Team by 116 points in the teams' championship. In the TCR Australia standings, Bailey Sweeny led Joshua Buchan by 30 points in the drivers' championship.

Entry list[edit]

A total of 25 cars have been entered, including entries from TCR World Tour and TCR Australia.

Team Car No. Drivers Class
Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 1 Australia Tony D'Alberto A
France Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 4 France Jimmy Clairet A
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Australia Will Brown A
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 14 Australia Lachlan Mineeff A
Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 18 Australia Aaron Cameron A
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Australia Iain McDougall A
Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 30 Australia Josh Buchan A
Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 33 Australia Jordan Cox A
Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 41 Australia Kody Garland A
France Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna A
Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Australia Brad Harris A
Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 76 Australia Will Harris A
Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz W
Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 110 Australia Zac Soutar A
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Sweden Thed Björk W
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia W
Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 115 United Kingdom Tom Oliphant A
Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch W
Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami W
Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Australia Bailey Sweeny A
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 155 China Ma Qinghua W
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 168 France Yann Ehrlacher W
Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 179 United Kingdom Robert Huff W
Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 196 Spain Mikel Azcona W
Source:[3]
Icon Status
W TCR World Tour entries
A TCR Australia entries

Entry changes[edit]

  • Michael Clemente had withdrawn from the event due to budget issues.
  • Kody Garland did not compete in the races as a result of excessive damage to his car following a technical failure-caused accident during the practice session.

Race 1[edit]

The first race was held in wet conditions at night. Local driver Will Brown claimed victory having led the vast majority of the race, which had to be red-flagged just shy of halfway after a number of cars went off following a deluge of rain. World Tour drivers Mikel Azcona and Ma Qinghua completed the podium, with championship challenger Yann Ehrlacher penalised for a Safety Car infringement.[4]

Results[edit]

Practice summary[edit]

Session No. Driver Team Car Time
Warm Up 30 Australia Joshua Buchan Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 1:34.5825
Practice 1 111 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 1:35.2179
Practice 2 111 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 1:34.7565

Qualifying[edit]

Pos. Cat. No. Driver Team Car Times Points
Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 W A
1 A 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +3.6770 1:37.8033 15 10
2 A 9 Australia Will Brown Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +0.8491 +0.7921 10 7
3 W 196 Spain Mikel Azcona Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 1:40.8794 +1.0413 8
4 A 130 Australia Bailey Sweeny Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR +1.3978 +1.5546 6 5
5 W 179 United Kingdom Robert Huff Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +2.4923 +3.8706 4
6 W 155 China Ma Qinghua Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +0.9856 +4.3068 2
7 A 30 Australia Joshua Buchan Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR +2.6810 +5.3960 3
8 W 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR +2.0434 +5.4137
9 A 4 France Jimmy Clairet Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +3.3295 +7.0083 2
10 A 110 Australia Zachary Soutar Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +2.6699 +7.2923
11 A 22 Australia Iain McDougall Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) +4.1280
12 W 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) +4.3419
13 W 168 France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +4.7326
14 A 1 Australia Tony D'Alberto Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) +5.2848
15 W 111 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +5.3777
16 W 112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +5.9688
17 A 18 Australia Aaron Cameron Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +6.6882
18 A 115 United Kingdom Thomas Oliphant Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +6.8936
19 W 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +7.8618
20 A 74 Australia Bradley Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) +8.6676
21 A 33 Australia Jordan Cox Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +9.7104
22 A 76 Australia William Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) +10.2376
23 A 14 Australia Lachlan Mineeff Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) +15.0488
Sources:[5][6]

Race 1[edit]

TCR Australia driver Will Brown won the first two races of the weekend.
Pos. Cat. No. Driver Team Car Laps Time /
Retired 		Grid Points
W A
1 A 9 Australia Will Brown Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 51:07.3619 2 30 50
2 W 196 Spain Mikel Azcona Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +7.3892 3 25
3 W 155 China Ma Qinghua Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +11.6553 6 22
4 W 179 United Kingdom Robert Huff Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +15.6957 5 20
5 W 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +15.9925 19 18
6 W 168 France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +16.42801 13 16
7 A 18 Australia Aaron Cameron Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +16.6877 17 14 46
8 W 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +19.4938 8 12
9 W 111 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +19.9734 15 10
10 W 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +20.6692 11 8
11 A 33 Australia Jordan Cox Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +20.9922 21 6 44
12 A 115 United Kingdom Thomas Oliphant Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +27.8268 18 4 42
13 A 14 Australia Lachlan Mineeff Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +28.6374 23 3 40
14 A 130 Australia Bailey Sweeny Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 17 +30.0708 4 2 38
15 A 1 Australia Tony D'Alberto Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +31.6319 14 1 36
16 A 30 Australia Joshua Buchan Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +32.4393 7 34
17 A 74 Australia Bradley Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +37.2872 20 32
18 A 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +38.1428 1 30
19 A 4 France Jimmy Clairet Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +39.7776 12 28
20 A 22 Australia Iain McDougall Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +43.6663 10 26
21 A 76 Australia William Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +53.7850 22 25
DNF W 112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 12 16
DNF A 110 Australia Zachary Soutar Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2 9
Fastest lap: Ma Qinghua (Cyan Racing), 1:37.0422
Sources:[7][8]
  • ^1 – Ehrlacher received a 5-second post-race time penalty for a safety car infringement.

Race 2[edit]

Pos. Cat. No. Driver Team Car Laps Time /
Retired 		Grid Points
W A
1 A 9 Australia Will Brown Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 30:22.5969 10 30 40
2 W 179 United Kingdom Robert Huff Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +3.4963 7 25
3 W 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +3.9116 6 22
4 W 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +4.9157 3 20
5 A 30 Australia Joshua Buchan Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +5.4325 16 18 36
6 A 130 Australia Bailey Sweeny Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 17 +7.4825 14 16 34
7 A 115 United Kingdom Thomas Oliphant Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +8.0442 12 14 32
8 A 18 Australia Aaron Cameron Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +8.19521 4 12 30
9 W 168 France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +12.8564 5 10
10 W 112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +14.1491 22 8
11 A 14 Australia Lachlan Mineeff Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +17.4328 13 6 28
12 A 1 Australia Tony D'Alberto Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +18.8901 15 4 26
13 A 74 Australia Bradley Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +19.8984 17 3 24
14 A 33 Australia Jordan Cox Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +21.0085 11 2 22
15 A 76 Australia William Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +23.0228 21 1 20
16 A 110 Australia Zachary Soutar Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +25.80942 23 18
17 A 4 France Jimmy Clairet Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +28.53792 19 16
18 A 22 Australia Iain McDougall Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +35.4432 20 15
19 W 196 Spain Mikel Azcona Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 16 +1 lap 8
DNF A 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 15 Misfire1 18
DNF W 111 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 7 Crash damage 2
DNF W 155 China Ma Qinghua Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 7 Crash damage 9
DNF W 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2 1
Fastest lap: Joshua Buchan (HMO Customer Racing), 1:36.0981
Sources:[9][10]
  • ^1 – Cameron and Bargwanna received five-second post-race time penalties for false starts.
  • ^2 – Soutar and Clairet received five-second post-race time penalties for exceeding track limits.

Race 3[edit]

Pos. Cat. No. Driver Team Car Laps Time /
Retired 		Grid Points
W A
1 W 179 United Kingdom Robert Huff Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 27:33.0141 2 30
2 W 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +4.3310 4 25
3 A 9 Australia Will Brown Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +7.32991 1 22 50
4 W 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +9.43851 3 20
5 A 30 Australia Joshua Buchan Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +12.9729 9 18 46
6 W 196 Spain Mikel Azcona Italy BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +24.9618 7 16
7 W 168 France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +25.1915 5 14
8 W 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +25.9300 19 12
9 W 155 China Ma Qinghua Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +25.9717 11 10
10 A 1 Australia Tony D'Alberto Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +26.0663 13 8 44
11 A 130 Australia Bailey Sweeny Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 17 +26.2050 8 6 42
12 W 112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +26.6346 22 4
13 A 115 United Kingdom Thomas Oliphant Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +26.9020 10 3 40
14 A 14 Australia Lachlan Mineeff Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +27.3049 12 2 38
15 W 111 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +28.9423 15 1
16 A 33 Australia Jordan Cox Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +33.2414 16 36
17 A 110 Australia Zachary Soutar Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +33.6504 23 34
18 A 18 Australia Aaron Cameron Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +34.0631 6 32
19 A 74 Australia Bradley Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +34.7797 14 30
20 A 4 France Jimmy Clairet Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +35.2755 17 28
21 A 22 Australia Iain McDougall Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +54.5130 21 26
22 A 76 Australia William Harris Australia Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +1:21.9377 20 25
DNF A 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 11 Turbo 18
Fastest lap: Mikel Azcona (BRC Racing Team), 1:36.0279
Sources:[11][12]
  • ^1 – Brown and Vervisch received five-second post-race time penalties for false starts.

Championship standings[edit]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Race Sydney, Bathurst International schedules out". V8 Sleuth. 18 October 2023.
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE GUIDE: Why TCR World Tour's arrival Down Under is so significant". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 - Entry list 05 - TCR Australia + TCR World Tour - Sydney V1" (PDF). tcr-worldranking.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  4. ^ "Brown beats overseas stars in wet, wild Sydney TCR encounter". Speedcafe. 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Qualifying 1" (PDF). Natsoft. 3 November 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Qualifying 2" (PDF). Natsoft. 3 November 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Race 1" (PDF). Natsoft. 3 November 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Race 1 GRID SHEET" (PDF). Natsoft. 3 November 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Race 2" (PDF). Natsoft. 4 November 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Race 2 GRID SHEET" (PDF). Natsoft. 4 November 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Race 3" (PDF). Natsoft. 4 November 2023.
  12. ^ "2023 Shannons Speed Series - Race Sydney - Round 7 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series - Race 3 GRID SHEET" (PDF). Natsoft. 4 November 2023.

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