The 2022 TCR Asia Series season was the seventh season of the TCR Asia Series.

Race Calendar edit

The provisional 2022 schedule was announced on 18 December 2018, with seven events scheduled.[1] However, After multiple postponements due to the current COVID restrictions in China. The final revised calendar was announced on 4 July 2022, with six events scheduled.[2] Before November, the calendar was revised:[3]


Rnd. Circuit Date Supporting
1 1   Zhuzhou International Circuit, Beijing 28–29 July China Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
2
2 3 30–31 July
4
3 5   Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing 5 November China Touring Car Championship
6
4 7 6 November
8
5 9   Guia Circuit, Macau 18–20 November China GT Championship
China Touring Car Championship
F4 Chinese Championship
Macau Challenge Cup
Macau GT Cup
Macau Guia Race
10
6 11   Shanghai Tianma Circuit, Shanghai 8 December China Touring Car Championship
12
Source:[4]

Teams and Drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
  Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 1   Jason Zhang All [5]
9   David Zhu All
12   Sunny Wong All
  Xian Tianshihui Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2   Wu Pei Zhi 1 [6]
6   Zeng Xiaoxiao G 2
  Team MG XPower MG 5 X-Power TCR 5   Juan Zhu 1–4, 6 [7]
7   Martin Cao All
18   Zhendong Zhang All
20   Rodolfo Ávila All
79   Robert Huff G 5 [8]
  Elegant Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10   Mai Yi Bo 1–2 [6]
  Audi Sport 326 MMK Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 11   Liu Zi Chen All [6]
51   Wu Yifan All
999   Chen Xiao Ke 1–4
  326 Auto Group Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 56   Jiang Wei 2
  Hyundai N Team Z.Speed Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17   Yang Xiao Wei 3–6
44   Samuel Qiu 1–5 [6]
188   Li Xuanyu 3–4, 6
  Kang Shi Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22   Liao Yang G 5
  Fancy Team Lynk & Co 03 TCR 27   Yan Chuang 1–5 [6]
  CPointer Racing with FRD Ford Focus CTCC 28   Yang Shuo G 1 [6]
33   Bai Ya Xin G 1
  Trackfun Lynk & Co 03 TCR 30   Cai Hong Yu 1–2 [6]
  Bas x Z.Speed Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 37   Zhou Hao Wen 3–5
  610 Osborg Z.Speed Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 55   Sun Ang Ning 1–2 [6]
77   Yang Xiao Wei 1–2
Hyundai i30 N TCR 66   Li Weng Ji 1–4
  Motve & Z.Speed Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 6
  SAIC Volkswagen 333 Team Volkswagen Lamando L CTCC 58   Gao Hua Yang G All [6]
63   Nathan Lu G All
71   Jiang Tengyi G All
555   Martin Xie G All
  QMA Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 65   Lin Cheng Hua 3–6
69   Kai Tian 1–5 [6]
  ZZRT Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 89   Ruan Cun Fan 1–4, 6
  Kingstone Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 91   Yao Li 3–4
MG 6 X-Power TCR 1–2 [6]
92   Yuan Jie Zhu 1–2
  Dongfeng Kia Racing KIA Forte K3 2.0T 95   Hu Heng G 2
  Pu Shu KIA Forte K3 2.0T 96   Pu Shu G 1
  MotorSport Crew Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 98   Tim Zeng 1–2 [6]
Non TCR entries
  Wuhan 7 Speed Volkswagen Scirocco 110   Tian Hongyu G 2
Mazda Axela 908   Hong Kiang G 2
Icon Class
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Results and standings edit

Season summary edit

Rnd. Circuit/Location Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team
1 1   Zhuzhou International Circuit   Jason Zhang   Jason Zhang   Jason Zhang   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
2   Jason Zhang   Jason Zhang   Sunny Wong   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
2 3   David Zhu   David Zhu   David Zhu   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
4   Rodolfo Ávila   Rodolfo Ávila   Rodolfo Ávila   Team MG XPower
3 5   Zhejiang International Circuit   Martin Xie   David Zhu   David Zhu   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
6   Rodolfo Ávila   Jason Zhang   Rodolfo Ávila   Team MG XPower
4 7   Jason Zhang   Jason Zhang   Jason Zhang   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
8   Sunny Wong   Jason Zhang   Gao Hua Yang   SAIC Volkswagen 333 Team
5 9   Guia Circuit   Robert Huff   Robert Huff   Robert Huff   Team MG XPower
10   Gao Hua Yang   Robert Huff   Jason Zhang   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
6 11   Shanghai Tianma Circuit   Jason Zhang   Jason Zhang   Jason Zhang   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing
12   Jason Zhang   Sunny Wong   Sunny Wong   Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Racing

Drivers' standings edit

Scoring system
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th PP FL
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 0
Pos. Driver ZHZ1
 
ZHZ2
 
ZHE1
 
ZHE2
 
MAC
 
TIA
 
 Pts.
1   David Zhu 4 16 1 3 1 7 4 6 2 5 136
2   Sunny Wong 3 1 Ret 2 3 14 5 2 3 Ret 115
3   Jason Zhang 1 2 6 6 Ret 6 1 17 4 1 112
4   Yan Chuang 6 3 7 9 4 2 11 4 14 10 94
5   Rodolfo Ávila Ret Ret 5 1 Ret 1 Ret 7 7 4 75
6   Juan Carlos Zhu 16 10 11 10 2 4 Ret 8 56
7   Wu Yifan 9 Ret 8 7 6 9 8 10 10 8 51
8   Ruan Cun Fan 17 4 9 20 Ret 11 7 9 38
9   Martin Cao 2 5 Ret 13 8 DNS Ret DNS 6 6 35
10   Liu Zi Chen 12 Ret 3 14 Ret 12 10 11 13 Ret 35
11   Yang Xiao Wei 8 Ret 14 12 5 8 DNS DNS 11 7 31
12   Zhang Zhen Dong 11 DNS 12 8 Ret 10 6 Ret 5 11 27
13   Chen Xiao Ke Ret DNS 4 Ret Ret 13 9 12 26
14   Cai Hong Yu 7 Ret Ret Ret 11
15   Samuel Qiu 15 9 15 17 13 15 13 DNS 18 15 8
16   Zhu Yuan Jie 13 11 13 18 6
17   Li Weng Ji 21 15 Ret 21 9 21 17 DNS 4
18   Li Xuanyu 10 19 12 DNS 3
19   Kai Tian Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 17 16 14 16 13 2
20   Zhou Hao Wen 11 20 18 16 17 14 1
21   Sun Ang Ning 14 13 17 15 1
22   Lin Cheng Hua Ret 16 14 13 Ret DNS 1
23   Yao Li Ret 14 18 19 DNS DNS 15 15 0
24   Mai Yi Bo 20 18 16 16 0
25   Wu Pei Zhi 22 17 0
26   Tim Zeng 19 DNS 19 Ret 0
27   Jiang Wei Ret DNS 0
CTCC/Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Robert Huff 1 2 0
  Gao Hua Yang Ret 6 10 11 7 18 3 1 8 3 0
  Martin Xie 10 7 2 4 Ret 3 2 3 9 Ret 0
  Jiang Tengyi 5 8 Ret 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret 0
  Nathan Lu Ret DNS DNS DNS 14 5 Ret 5 12 9 0
  Liao Yang 15 12 0
  Pu Shu 18 DNS 0
  Zeng Xiaoxiao 20 22 0
  Tian Hongyu Ret Ret 0
  Bai Ya Xin Ret DNS 0
  Yang Shuo Ret DNS 0
  Hong Kiang Ret DNS 0
  Hu Heng Ret DNS 0
Pos. Driver ZHZ1
 
ZHZ2
 
ZHE1
 
ZHE2
 
MAC
 
TIA
 
 Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

  1. ^ "Calendar for 2022 TCR Asia and TCR China unveiled". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ "TCR Asia postpones season opener once more". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "TCR Asia International Series". en.tcr-asia.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 TCR Asia Series". RacingCalendar.net. 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Teamwork Motorsport confirms Zhang, Wong and Zhu for TCR Asia". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "24 cars entered for TCR Asia double opener". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. ^ "MG5 XPower TCR unveiled at Chongqing Auto Show". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Rob Huff joins Macau race as TCR Asia and Guia grids are split". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

External links edit