Zachary Dylan Soutar (born 7 August 1997) is an Australian racing driver competing in the GT4 Australia Series for Tufflift Racing by Team Soutar Motorsport.
Personal life Soutar is the son of Shane Soutar, a multi-time Australian sidecar champion, who founded Team Soutar Motorsport alongside Zac in 2017.
Career Soutar began karting at the age of eleven, competing until 2016. In this time in karts, Soutar most notably finished runner-up in the South Australian Sprint Kart Championship in X30 Light, as wella as the Victorian State Kart Championship in TaG Light. Soutar also finished third in the 2013 Australian State Championship South Australia's Leopard Light and Australian State Championship Queensland's Junior National Heavy points, as well as the 2015 Australian Kart Championship's KF2 standings.
Stepping up to Formula Ford competition in 2017 with his family's team, Soutar scored a best result of seventh in the Australian Formula Ford Series to end the season ninth in points. Returning to the series for the following year, Soutar scored his maiden series win at Sandown and six more podiums to end the year third in points. Continuing in Formula Ford in 2019, Soutar scored five wins and five other podiums to end the year runner-up to Angelo Mouzouris by 18 points at season's end.
The following year, Soutar moved to TCR competition, and was set to race in the TCR Asia Pacific Cup and TCR Australia, but ultimately didn't race as the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled both seasons. Soutar's debut in TCR Australia eventually came in 2021 for his family team, scoring a best result of sixth in race three at Bathurst en route to a 16th-place points finish. During 2021, Soutar also partook in the TCR Baskerville Invitational, scoring three podiums in the four races.
Remaining in TCR Australia for 2022, taking his maiden series win at Symmons Plains, and scored further podiums at Queensland and Sandown to end the year sixth in points. Continuing in the series for the following year, Soutar scored three third-place finishes between the Winton and Queensland rounds as he ended his first year with the Audi RS3 tenth in points. Soutar remained in the series for 2024 for his family team alongside Glenn Nirwan. In his fourth season in the series, Soutar won twice at Tailem Bend and once at Bathurst, and took five more podiums to secure runner-up honors.
In 2025, Soutar transitioned to GT4 Australia with the family team, scoring a best result of seventh and second in class at Tailem Bend en route to a fifth-place points finish in the Silver-Am class. During 2025, Soutar also raced in the season-opening Tailem Bend round of TCR Australia for the same team. The following year, Soutar remained with the team for his sophomore season in GT4 Australia alongside Glenn Nirwan.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2013Australian State Championship South Australia — Leopard Light3rdAustralian State Championship Queensland — Junior National Heavy3rdRotax Pro Tour Australia — Junior Max4thAustralian National Sprint Kart Championship — Junior National Heavy10th2014Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — X30 Light5thSouth Australian Sprint Kart Championship — X30 Light2ndSouth Australian Sprint Kart Championship — Rotax Light3rdAustralian State Championship Victorian State — X30 Light5thAustralian State Championship Victorian State — Rotax Light4th 2015Australian Kart Championship — KF23rd 2016Australian Kart Championship — X309thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2017 Australian Formula Ford Series Team Soutar Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 78.5 9th Victorian Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 15 0 0 0 1 238 5th New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC2018 Australian Formula Ford Series Team Soutar Motorsport 21 1 0 1 7 2393rd Victorian Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 12 1 0 2 6 2773rd New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 6 0 0 0 0 76 15th2019 Australian Formula Ford Series Team Soutar Motorsport 21 5 2 2 10 2772nd Victorian Formula Ford Championship 6 3 2 0 4 158 6th Formula Ford Fiesta New South Wales 6 1 0 1 4 149 7th2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 262 16th TCR Baskerville Invitational 4 0 0 1 3 1213rd 2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 20 1 0 0 4 588 6th2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 19 0 0 0 3 364 10th TCR World Tour 6 0 0 0 0 18 28th 2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 21 3 1 2 8 7292nd2025 GT4 Australia Series – Silver-Am Love Racing Team Soutar 12 0 0 1 2 99 5th TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 74 4th TCR World Tour 2 0 0 0 0 6 34th 2026 GT4 Australia Series – Silver-Am Tufflift Racing by Team Soutar Motorsport Sources:
Complete TCR Australia Touring Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points2021 Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)SYMR1SYMR2SYMR3PHIR4PHIR5PHIR6BATR7BATR8BATR9SMPR10SMPR11SMPR12BATR13BATR14BATR15 16th 262 2022 Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BATR7 BATR8 BATR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 QLDR13 QLDR14 QLDR15 SANR16 SANR17 SANR18 BATR19 BATR20 BATR21 6th 588 2023 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 SANR13 SANR14 SANR15 SMPR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 BATR19 BATR20 BATR21 10th 364 2024 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 BNDR10 BNDR11 BNDR12 QLDR13 QLDR14 QLDR15 SMPR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 BATR19 BATR20 BATR212nd729 2025 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) BNDR1 BNDR2 BNDR3 GUIR4 GUIR5 GUIR6 4th 74
Complete TCR World Tour results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2023 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) POR1 POR2 SPA1 SPA2 VAL1 VAL2 HUN1 HUN2 ELP1 ELP2 VIL1 VIL2 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 BAT1 BAT2 BAT3 MAC1 MAC2 28th 18 2025 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) MEX1 MEX2 MEX3 ESP1 ESP2 ESP3 ITA1 ITA2 POR1 POR2 AUS1 AUS2 AUS3 KOR1 KOR2 KOR3 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 34th 6
Complete GT4 Australia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team CarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2025 Love Racing Team Soutar McLaren Artura GT4 Silver-Am PHIR1 PHIR2 SMPR3 SMPR4 QLDR5 QLDR6 SANR7 SANR8 BENR9 BENR10 HAMR11 HAMR12 5th 99 2026 PHIR1 PHIR2 BENR3 BENR4 QLDR5 QLDR6 HIDR7 HIDR8 SYDR9 SYDR10 ADLR11 ADLR12 2nd* 69*
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