2023 Race Sydney

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.

Report Background 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.

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 A total of 25 cars have been entered, including entries from TCR World Tour and TCR Australia. Team Car Drivers Class Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 1 Tony D'Alberto A Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Jimmy Clairet A Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 9 Will Brown A Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 14 Lachlan Mineeff A Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 18 Aaron Cameron A Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Iain McDougall A HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 30 Josh Buchan A Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 33 Jordan Cox A Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 41 Kody Garland A Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Ben Bargwanna A Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Brad Harris A Wall Racing 76 Will Harris A BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 W Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 110 Zac Soutar A Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk W Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 112 Santiago Urrutia W Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 115 Tom Oliphant A Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Frédéric Vervisch W Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 129 Néstor Girolami W HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 130 Bailey Sweeny A Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 155 Ma Qinghua W Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 168 Yann Ehrlacher W Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 179 Robert Huff W BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 196 Mikel Azcona W Source: Icon Status W TCR World Tour entries A TCR Australia entries

Entry changes Michael Clemente had withdrawn from the event due to budget issues.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 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.

Results Practice summary Session No. Driver Team Car Time Warm Up 30 1:34.5825 Practice 1 111 Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 1:35.2179 111 Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 1:34.7565

Qualifying Driver Team Car Times Points Qualifying 1 1 A 71 Ben Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +3.6770 1:37.8033 15 10 2 A 9 Will Brown Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +0.8491 +0.7921 10 7 3 W 196 Mikel Azcona BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 1:40.8794 +1.0413 8 4 A 130 Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR +1.3978 +1.5546 6 5 5 W 179 Robert Huff Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +2.4923 +3.8706 4 6 W 155 Ma Qinghua Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +0.9856 +4.3068 2 7 A 30 Joshua Buchan HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR +2.6810 +5.3960 3 8 W 105 BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR +2.0434 +5.4137 9 A 4 Jimmy Clairet Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +3.3295 +7.0083 2 10 A 110 Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +2.6699 +7.2923 11 A 22 Iain McDougall Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) +4.1280 12 W 129 Néstor Girolami Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) +4.3419 13 W 168 Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +4.7326 14 A 1 Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) +5.2848 15 W 111 Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +5.3777 16 W 112 Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +5.9688 17 A 18 Aaron Cameron Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +6.6882 18 A 115 Thomas Oliphant Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR +6.8936 19 W 122 Frédéric Vervisch Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +7.8618 20 A 74 Bradley Harris Wall Racing +8.6676 21 A 33 Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR +9.7104 22 A 76 William Harris Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) +10.2376 23 A 14 Lachlan Mineeff Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) +15.0488 Sources:

Race 1

Driver Team Car Laps Time /Retired Grid Points 1 A 9 Will Brown Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 51:07.3619 2 30 50 2 W 196 Mikel Azcona BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +7.3892 3 25 3 W 155 Ma Qinghua Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +11.6553 6 22 4 W 179 Robert Huff Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +15.6957 5 20 5 W 122 Frédéric Vervisch Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +15.9925 19 18 6 W 168 Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +16.4280 13 16 7 A 18 Aaron Cameron Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +16.6877 17 14 46 8 W 105 BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +19.4938 8 12 9 W 111 Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +19.9734 15 10 10 W 129 Néstor Girolami Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +20.6692 11 8 11 A 33 Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +20.9922 21 6 44 12 A 115 Thomas Oliphant Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +27.8268 18 4 42 13 A 14 Lachlan Mineeff Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +28.6374 23 3 40 14 A 130 Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 17 +30.0708 4 2 38 15 A 1 Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +31.6319 14 1 36 16 A 30 Joshua Buchan HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +32.4393 7 34 17 A 74 Bradley Harris Wall Racing 17 +37.2872 20 32 18 A 71 Ben Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +38.1428 1 30 19 A 4 Jimmy Clairet Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +39.7776 12 28 20 A 22 Iain McDougall Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +43.6663 10 26 21 A 76 William Harris Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +53.7850 22 25 DNF W 112 Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 12 16 DNF A 110 Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2 9 Fastest lap: Ma Qinghua (Cyan Racing), 1:37.0422 Sources: – Ehrlacher received a 5-second post-race time penalty for a safety car infringement.

Race 2 Driver Team Car Laps Time /Retired Grid Points 1 A 9 Will Brown Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 30:22.5969 10 30 40 2 W 179 Robert Huff Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +3.4963 7 25 3 W 122 Frédéric Vervisch Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +3.9116 6 22 4 W 105 BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +4.9157 3 20 5 A 30 Joshua Buchan HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +5.4325 16 18 36 6 A 130 Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 17 +7.4825 14 16 34 7 A 115 Thomas Oliphant Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +8.0442 12 14 32 8 A 18 Aaron Cameron Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +8.1952 4 12 30 9 W 168 Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +12.8564 5 10 10 W 112 Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +14.1491 22 8 11 A 14 Lachlan Mineeff Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +17.4328 13 6 28 12 A 1 Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +18.8901 15 4 26 13 A 74 Bradley Harris Wall Racing 17 +19.8984 17 3 24 14 A 33 Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +21.0085 11 2 22 15 A 76 William Harris Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +23.0228 21 1 20 16 A 110 Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +25.8094 23 18 17 A 4 Jimmy Clairet Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +28.5379 19 16 18 A 22 Iain McDougall Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +35.4432 20 15 19 W 196 Mikel Azcona BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 16 +1 lap 8 DNF A 71 Ben Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 15 Misfire 18 DNF W 111 Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 7 Crash damage 2 DNF W 155 Ma Qinghua Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 7 9 DNF W 129 Néstor Girolami Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2 1 Fastest lap: Joshua Buchan (HMO Customer Racing), 1:36.0981 Sources:

– Cameron and Bargwanna received five-second post-race time penalties for false starts. – Soutar and Clairet received five-second post-race time penalties for exceeding track limits.

Race 3 Driver Team Car Laps Time /Retired Grid Points 1 W 179 Robert Huff Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 27:33.0141 2 30 2 W 105 BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +4.3310 4 25 3 A 9 Will Brown Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +7.3299 1 22 50 4 W 122 Frédéric Vervisch Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +9.4385 3 20 5 A 30 Joshua Buchan HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +12.9729 9 18 46 6 W 196 Mikel Azcona BRC Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR 17 +24.9618 7 16 7 W 168 Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +25.1915 5 14 8 W 129 Néstor Girolami Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +25.9300 19 12 9 W 155 Ma Qinghua Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +25.9717 11 10 10 A 1 Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 17 +26.0663 13 8 44 11 A 130 Bailey Sweeny HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 17 +26.2050 8 6 42 12 W 112 Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +26.6346 22 4 13 A 115 Thomas Oliphant Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +26.9020 10 3 40 14 A 14 Lachlan Mineeff Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +27.3049 12 2 38 15 W 111 Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 17 +28.9423 15 1 16 A 33 Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +33.2414 16 36 17 A 110 Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 +33.6504 23 34 18 A 18 Aaron Cameron Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +34.0631 6 32 19 A 74 Bradley Harris Wall Racing 17 +34.7797 14 30 20 A 4 Jimmy Clairet Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 17 +35.2755 17 28 21 A 22 Iain McDougall Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 17 +54.5130 21 26 22 A 76 William Harris Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 +1:21.9377 20 25 DNF A 71 Ben Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 11 Turbo 18 Fastest lap: Mikel Azcona (BRC Racing Team), 1:36.0279 Sources:

– Brown and Vervisch received five-second post-race time penalties for false starts.

Championship standings

TCR World Tour drivers' standings Pos Pilot Gap 1 Norbert Michelisz 327 2 Robert Huff 326 -1 3 Yann Ehrlacher 306 -21 4 Mikel Azcona 289 -38 5 Frédéric Vervisch 257 -70

TCR World Tour teams' standings Driver Gap 1 Cyan Racing 727 2 BRC Racing Team 626 -101 3 Comtoyou Racing 610 -117

TCR Australia drivers' standings Driver Gap 1 Bailey Sweeny 708 2 Joshua Buchan 679 -29 3 Aaron Cameron 659 -49 4 Tony D'Alberto 612 -96 5 Jordan Cox 598 -110

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

References

External links Official website

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