2022 World Touring Car Cup

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The 2022 World Touring Car Cup is the fifth 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 will begin on 7 May at the Circuit de Pau-Ville and is scheduled to end on 20 November in Guia Circuit.[1][2]

Teams and drivers[]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 1 France Yann Ehrlacher TBA [3]
100 France Yvan Muller TBA [3]
Sweden Cyan Performance Lynk & Co 11 Sweden Thed Björk TBA [3]
12 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia TBA [3]
55 China Ma Qing Hua TBA [4]
Italy BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz TBA [5]
96 Spain Mikel Azcona TBA [5]
Germany Engstler Honda Type R Liqui Moly Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 9 Hungary Attila Tassi TBA [6]
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro TBA [6]
TBA 29 Argentina Néstor Girolami TBA [6]
86 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri TBA [6]
Wildcard entries

Summary[]

Calendar[]

The preliminary race calendar was published by the championship management on 26 November 2021.[7] On 26 February 2022, WTCR Race of Russia was suspended due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] On 19 March 2022, the calendar was updated again with the cancellation of Czech and Russian rounds.[9][2]

Round Race Race Name Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 Race of France France Circuit de Pau-Ville 7–8 May
ETCR Championship
2
2 3 Race of Germany Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 26–28 May
4
3 5 Race of Hungary Hungary Hungaroring 11–12 June ETCR Championship
6
4 7 Race of Spain Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón 25–26 June
8
5 9 Race of Portugal Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 2–3 July
10
6 11 Race of Korea South Korea Inje Speedium 8–9 October ETCR Championship
12
7 13 Race of China China Ningbo International Circuit 5–6 November
14
8 15 Race of Macau Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 18–20 November
16

The following rounds are cancelled due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine:

Race Name Circuit Date
Race of Czech Republic Czech Republic Autodrom Most 9–10 April
Race of Russia Russia Sochi Autodrom 6–7 August
Source:[9][2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bigger and Even Better: 2022 WTCR Calendar Revealed". FIA WTCR. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Pau Gets Set To Host WTCR Season Opener". fiawtcr.com. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Yann Ehrlacher, Yvan Muller complete Lynk & Co line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Ma Qing Hua makes WTCR return with Lynk & Co". TouringCarTimes.com. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Mikel Azcona joins Norbert Michelisz at BRC Hyundai". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Honda reveals unchanged driver line-up as Team Engstler makes Civic switch". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ "WTCR targets Asian return as 2022 schedule revealed". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Statement on WTCR Race of Russia". fiawtcr.com. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b "FIA Announced World Motorsport Council Decisions". fia.com. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

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