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Draft:2025 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

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The 2025 TCR Australia Series will be the sixth season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series will run in a mixture of Supercars Championship round, a sole Australian Racing Group round, an international round for the first time in the categories history. Both rounds will be part of the TCR World Tour.[1] The championship will begin on 12 September at The Bend Motorsport Park and will end at Guia Circuit on 16 November after two rounds.

Calendar

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The 2025 calendar was announced on 10 December 2024[1]. However, the calendar was updated on 14 February 2025, in which One Raceway is added as the second round instead of the planned first round at Taupō International Motorsport Park[2]. On 18 February 2025, the venue of final round was confirmed as Guia Circuit in which the series will support TCR World Tour again after the penultimate round at The Bend Motorsport Park.[3]. On 22 April 2025, the season opener at Wanneroo Raceway was also cancelled, and the calendar will consist of four rounds.[4]. On 17 June 2025, the season opener at One Raceway and the second round at Winton Motor Raceway was also cancelled, and the calendar will consist of two rounds, which will be part of the TCR World Tour.[5]

Round Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 12–14 September Supercars Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Australian National Trans Am Series
Aussie Racing Car Series
Touring Car Masters
2 Macau Guia Circuit Macau Peninsula, Macau 13–16 November SRO GT Cup

Entry list

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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 has been introduced for the 2025 season, in a bid to keep more older-spec cars on the grid.[6]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Gen-2 Entries
Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 1 Australia Josh Buchan TBC [7][8]
Hyundai i30 N TCR 5 Australia Ryan MacMillan TBC [9]
Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz TBC [10]
129 Argentina Néstor Girolami TBC
196 Spain Mikel Azcona TBC
France SP Competition Cupra León VZ TCR 107 France Aurélien Comte TBC [11]
127 France John Filippi TBC
Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 110 Australia Zac Soutar TBC [12]
Sweden Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Sweden Thed Björk TBC
112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia TBC
155 China Ma Qing Hua TBC
168 France Yann Ehrlacher TBC
Spain GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 123 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro TBC [13]
186 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri TBC [14]
Gen-1 Entries (Kumho Cup)
Australia Challenge Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Australia Iain McDougall TBC [15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "International Rounds Headline Ground-Breaking 2025 TCR Australia Calendar". 10 December 2024.
  2. ^ "TCR Australia Confirms Touring Car Return to One Raceway". tcraustralia.com. TCR Australia. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ^ "TCR Australia season to conclude in Macau". TouringCarTimes. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ^ "TCR Australia Revises Calendar Strategy & Season Start". tcraustralia.com. TCR Australia. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. ^ "TCR Australia confirms double cancellation as Winton also canned". TouringCarTimes. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  6. ^ "TCR Australia introduces new Kumho Cup for 2025". TouringCarTimes. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Reigning TCR Australia champion Josh Buchan returns for 2025 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  8. ^ "HMO Customer Racing takes delivery of second Hyundai Elantra N TCR". TouringCarTimes. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Young Gun Ryan MacMillan Joins HMO Customer Racing For 2025 TCR Australia Series". HMOCustomerRacing. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Hyundai confirms unchanged three-car line-up for 2025 FIA TCR World Tour season". TouringCarTimes.com. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  11. ^ "SP Compétition confirms TCR World Tour programme". TouringCarTimes. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Zac Soutar targeting TCR Australia title in 2025". TCR Australia. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Ignacio Montenegro steps up to FIA TCR World Tour with GOAT Racing". TouringCarTimes.com. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Esteban Guerrieri extends GOAT Racing stay". TouringCarTimes.com. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Challenge Motorsport confirms first Kumho Cup entry". TCR Australia. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
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