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The 2022 World Touring Car Cup was the fifth and final 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 began on 7 May at the Circuit de Pau-Ville and ended on 27 November in Jeddah Corniche Circuit,[1][2][3] however multiple event cancellations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing quarantine restrictions in Asia. On 1 September 2022, the organiser announced the final version of the calendar, adding Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as final venues for the 2022 season.[3]
The season was marred by issues with tyres as drivers suffered numerous tyre failures on several rounds. These led to the cancellation of the races at the Nürburgring and Cyan Racing withdrawing from the series midway through the year.[4] Only nine drivers completed the full season.[5]
On 14 October 2022, the promoter Discovery Sports Events announced that after five seasons of running the WTCR, the series would be discontinued following the conclusion of the season, which had two rounds remaining in Bahrain (10–12 November) and Saudi Arabia (25–27 November).[6]. This resulted in TCR global rights holder WSC Group creating a new format, known as the TCR World Tour, influenced by golf's Official World Golf Ranking, in that all TCR events will be grouped for official TCR World Ranking points, which will be used to qualify drivers into a playoff at the end of the season, and a new format featuring events from different TCR-featured tours where drivers can also qualify for the TCR World Ranking Final.[7]
The preliminary race calendar was published by the championship management on 26 November 2021.[22] On 26 February 2022, WTCR Race of Russia was suspended due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.[23] On 19 March 2022, the calendar was updated again with the cancellation of the Czech and Russian rounds.[24][2] A further update was ratified on 14 April 2022, with the addition of two rounds at Vallelunga and Anneau du Rhin.[25] Another update was made on 29 June 2022 by cancelling Asian rounds due to the logistical challenges and quarantine restrictions in Asia:[26] An update was provided on 1 September 2022 by adding races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to host the final rounds of the championship.[3]
Round | Race | Race Name | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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1 | 1 | WTCR Race of France | ![]() |
7–8 May | Pau Motors Festival Euroformula Open (Pau Grand Prix) ETCR Championship French F4 Championship |
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2 | 3 | WTCR Goodyear Race of Germany | ![]() |
26–28 May | Nürburgring 24 Hours |
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3 | 5 | WTCR Goodyear Race of Hungary | ![]() |
11–12 June | ETCR Championship |
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4 | 7 | WTCR DHL Race of Spain | ![]() |
25–26 June | |
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5 | 9 | WTCR Race of Portugal | ![]() |
2–3 July | |
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6 | 11 | WTCR Race of Italy | ![]() |
23–24 July | ETCR Championship |
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7 | 13 | WTCR Race of Alsace Grand Est | ![]() |
6–7 August | |
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8 | 15 | WTCR Bapco Race of Bahrain | ![]() |
10–12 November | FIA World Endurance Championship |
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9 | 17 | WTCR Goodyear Race of Saudi Arabia | ![]() |
25–27 November | |
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The following rounds were cancelled due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and logistical challenges in Asia:
Race Name | Circuit | Date |
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WTCR Liqui Moly Race of Czech Republic | ![]() |
9–10 April |
WTCR Race of Russia | ![]() |
6–7 August |
WTCR Race of Korea | ![]() |
8–9 October |
WTCR Race of China | ![]() |
5–6 November |
WTCR Race of Macau | ![]() |
18–20 November |
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Compensation weight handicaps were given to the participating cars based on their best qualifying lap times in the previous two events, with 40 kg being the maximum penalty.[27] Hyundai customer team BRC Racing Team was in particular noted to have gamed the system by intentionally performing worse than possible in qualifying to avoid being penalised.[28][29]
Car | Pau[30] | Nürburgring[30] | Hungaroring[31] | Aragón[32] | Vila Real[33] | Vallelunga[34] | Anneau du Rhin[35] | Bahrain[36] | Jeddah[37] |
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Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | +10 kg | +40 kg | +40 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg |
Cupra León Competición TCR | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg |
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 0 kg | +40 kg | +40 kg | +40 kg | +40 kg | +20 kg | +40 kg | +40 kg | +40 kg |
Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | +10 kg |
Lynk & Co 03 TCR | 0 kg | 0 kg | 0 kg | +10 kg | +20 kg | +40 kg | +40 kg | – | – |
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying (Q1-Q3 Best Lap Top 5) |
10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | |||||||||
Race 1 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Race 2 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | FL |
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Qualifying | 1 | — | ||||
Race | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Eligible for drivers racing without manufacturer support.[38]
Pos. | Driver | FRA![]() |
GER![]() |
HUN![]() |
ESP![]() |
PRT![]() |
ITA![]() |
AGE![]() |
BHR![]() |
SAU![]() |
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121 | 8 | C | C | 61 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 139 | ||
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11 | 12 | C | C | 15 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 108 |
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10 | Ret | C1 | C | 13 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 71 | 6 | 101 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 71 | 8 | 91 | ||
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13 | 11 | C | C | 17 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 51 | ||
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Pos. | Driver | FRA![]() |
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