2022 World Touring Car Cup

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.
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR 1 Yann Ehrlacher TBA [3]
100 Yvan Muller TBA [3]
Cyan Performance Lynk & Co 11 Thed Björk TBA [3]
12 Santiago Urrutia TBA [3]
55 Ma Qing Hua TBA [4]
BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 5 Norbert Michelisz TBA [5]
96 Mikel Azcona TBA [5]
Engstler Honda Type R Liqui Moly Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 9 Attila Tassi TBA [6]
18 Tiago Monteiro TBA [6]
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 29 Néstor Girolami TBA [6]
86 Esteban Guerrieri TBA [6]
Comtoyou Team Audi Sport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 16 Gilles Magnus J T TBA [7]
25 Mehdi Bennani TBA [7]
Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport 17 Nathanaël Berthon TBA [7]
33 Tom Coronel T TBA [7]
Zengő Motorsport CUPRA León Competición TCR 79 Rob Huff TBA [8]
99 Dániel Nagy TBA [8]
Wildcard entries
Élite Motorsport by Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 3 Éric Cayrolle T 1 [9]
Icon Class
J Eligible for FIA WTCR Junior Driver Title
T Eligible for WTCR Trophy

Summary

Calendar

The preliminary race calendar was published by the championship management on 26 November 2021.[10] On 26 February 2022, WTCR Race of Russia was suspended due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11] On 19 March 2022, the calendar was updated again with the cancellation of the Czech and Russian rounds.[12][2] A further update was ratified on 14 April 2022, with the addition of two rounds at Vallelunga and Anneau du Rhin.[13]

Round Race Race Name Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 Race of France Circuit de Pau-Ville 7–8 May Pau Motors Festival
Euroformula Open (Pau Grand Prix)
ETCR Championship
French F4 Championship
2
2 3 Race of Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 26–28 May Nürburgring 24 Hours
4
3 5 Race of Hungary Hungaroring 11–12 June ETCR Championship
ERA Championship
6
4 7 Race of Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón 25–26 June
8
5 9 Race of Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 2–3 July
10
6 11 Race of Italy Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi 23–24 July ETCR Championship
ERA Championship
12
7 13 Race of Alsace Grand Est Anneau du Rhin 6–7 August
14
8 15 Race of Korea Inje Speedium 8–9 October ETCR Championship
16
9 17 Race of China Ningbo International Circuit 5–6 November
18
10 19 Race of Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 18–20 November Macau Grand Prix
Macau Guia Race
TCR Asia Series
China Formula 4 Championship
20

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

Race Name Circuit Date
Race of Czech Republic Autodrom Most 9–10 April
Race of Russia Sochi Autodrom 6–7 August
Source:[12][2]


References
  1. "Bigger and Even Better: 2022 WTCR Calendar Revealed". FIA WTCR. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. "Pau Gets Set To Host WTCR Season Opener". fiawtcr.com. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. "Yann Ehrlacher, Yvan Muller complete Lynk & Co line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. "Ma Qing Hua makes WTCR return with Lynk & Co". TouringCarTimes.com. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. "Mikel Azcona joins Norbert Michelisz at BRC Hyundai". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. "Honda reveals unchanged driver line-up as Team Engstler makes Civic switch". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. "Comtoyou Racing confirms four Audis for Bennani, Coronel, Berthon and Magnus". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  8. "Zengő Motorsport confirms Rob Huff and Dániel Nagy for 2022". TouringCarTimes. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  9. "Éric Cayrolle makes comeback as wild card entry for Pau-Ville". TouringCarTimes. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. "WTCR targets Asian return as 2022 schedule revealed". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  11. "Statement on WTCR Race of Russia". fiawtcr.com. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  12. "FIA Announced World Motorsport Council Decisions". fia.com. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  13. Rodgers, Richard (2022-04-14). "WTCR races set for Italy and Alsace following calendar updates". FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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