2025 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

The 2025 TCR Australia Series was the sixth season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series consisted of two rounds, both rounds were part of the TCR World Tour.The championship began on September 13 at The Bend Motorsport Park and concluded at Guia Circuit on November 16 after two rounds.

Calendar

The 2025 calendar was announced on 10 December 2024.[1] However, it was updated on 14 February 2025, with One Raceway added as the second round instead of the originally planned first round at Taupō International Motorsport Park.[2] On 18 February 2025, the venue of final round was confirmed as Guia Circuit, where the series will once again support the TCR World Tour after the penultimate round at The Bend Motorsport Park.[3] On 22 April 2025, the season opener at Wanneroo Raceway was also cancelled, reducing the calendar to four rounds.[4] On 17 June 2025, both the season opener at One Raceway and the second round at Winton Motor Raceway were cancelled, leaving a calendar of two rounds, that were a part of the TCR World Tour.[5] Round 2 was also a non-championship round for the TCR Asia Series.[6] Round 1 formed the Australia Cup for local entries.[7]

Round Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 12–14 September Supercars Championship
2 Guia Circuit Macau Peninsula, Macau 13–16 November FIA FR World Cup
FIA F4 World Cup
FIA GT World Cup
Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix
Macau Roadsport Challenge
TCR World Tour
SRO GT Cup
Cancelled[8]
Circuit Location Date
Taupo International Motorsport Park Taupō, New Zealand 11–13 April
CARCO.com.au Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 6–8 June
One Raceway Goulburn, New South Wales 27–29 June
Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria 22–24 August

Entry list

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2025 championship. Kumho is the new official tire supplier. On 17 June 2025, the Kumho Cup was introduced for the 2025 season, in a bid to keep more older-spec cars on the grid.[9]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 5 Ryan MacMillan All [10][11][12]
30 Josh Buchan All [13][14][11]
Hyundai i30 N TCR 281 Lo Sze Ho CUP 1 [15][12]
Evolve Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 2 [16]
Challenge Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Iain McDougall CUP 1 [17][12]
Ashley Seward Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 36 Cody Burcher 1 [18]
Z.Speed N MAS Hyundai Elantra N TCR 69 Andy Liang 2 [16]
Exclusive Switchboards Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 74 Brad Harris 1 [19]
BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Norbert Michelisz W All [20][12][21]
129 Néstor Girolami W All
196 Mikel Azcona W All
SP Compétition Cupra León VZ TCR 107 Aurélien Comte W All [22][12]
108 Max Hart W 2 [23][16]
Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk W All [12]
112 Santiago Urrutia W All
155 Ma Qing Hua W All
168 Yann Ehrlacher W All
GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 123 Ignacio Montenegro W All [24][12]
174 Pepe Oriola W 2 [25]
186 Esteban Guerrieri W All [26][12]
Tufflift Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 210 Zac Soutar 1 [27][12]
Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 P51 TCR 233 Jordan Cox 1 [28][12]
RevX Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 288 Sean Chang 2 [16]
Icon Class
W TCR World Tour entries ineligible to score points
CUP Kumho Cup

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Race Event Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 1 The Bend Motorsport Park Cancelled due to shipping delays
2 Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Norbert Michelisz[a] BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
3 Néstor Girolami Néstor Girolami BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
2 4 Guia Circuit Néstor Girolami Mikel Azcona Néstor Girolami BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
5 Max Hart Josh Buchan HMO Customer Racing

Championship standings

Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   DNF 
Qualifying 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0
Races 1 & 3 50 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 0
Race 2 35 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 0
  • The driver who sets the fastest lap in a race receives one additional point.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver BEN
 GUI
 Points AC
1 Josh Buchan C 44 5 7 1 186 93
2 Ryan MacMillan C 15 12 13 9 154 76
3 Lo Sze Ho C 17 15 8 10 143
4 Zac Soutar C 13 13 74 74
5 Sean Chang 14 14 72
6 Jordan Cox C 16 14 65 65
7 Andy Liang 15 16 65
8 Iain McDougall C 18 16 57 61
9 Cody Burcher C 9 Ret 35 35
10 Brad Harris C 14 Ret 30 30
TCR World Tour drivers ineligible to score points
— Néstor Girolami C 10 1 11 6 —
— Norbert Michelisz C 12 9 Ret4 8 —
— Mikel Azcona C 21 10 2 13 —
— Esteban Guerrieri C 8 2 46 5 —
— Ma Qing Hua C 6 8 6 2 —
— Yann Ehrlacher C 33 6 32 11 —
— Ignacio Montenegro C 76 3 Ret5 4 —
— Thed Björk C 55 7 53 3 —
— Aurélien Comte C 11 4 12 12 —
— Max Hart 9 7 —
— Santiago Urrutia C 12 11 10 15 —
— Pepe Oriola 11 Ret —
Pos. Driver BEN
 GUI
 Points AC
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 6 – Qualifying positions

Kumho Cup

Pos. Driver BEN
 GUI
 Points
1 Lo Sze Ho C 11 1 93
2 Iain McDougall C 22 2 82
Pos. Driver BEN
 GUI
 Points

Notes

  1. ^ Mikel Azcona originally won the race, but later received a five-second time penalty for a false start. Norbert Michelisz, initially classified second, inherited the win.[29]

References

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  22. ^ "SP Compétition confirms TCR World Tour programme". TouringCarTimes. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  23. ^ "Max Hart to drive second Cupra for SP Compétition in Macau". TouringCarTimes. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  24. ^ "Ignacio Montenegro steps up to FIA TCR World Tour with GOAT Racing". TouringCarTimes.com. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  25. ^ "Pepe Oriola makes racing return in Macau with GOAT Racing". TouringCarTimes. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  26. ^ "Esteban Guerrieri extends GOAT Racing stay". TouringCarTimes.com. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Zac Soutar targeting TCR Australia title in 2025". TCR Australia. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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