2023 Global Touring Car Championship
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The 2023 Global Touring Car Championship (commercially titled 2023 Sasol GTC Championship) was the eighth season of the South African Global Touring Car Championship.[1] The season was contested over seven rounds, starting at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on 24 February and ending at the Zwartkops Raceway on October 14.
Calendar
No. | Circuit | Dates | Map |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand | February 23–25 | |
2 | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | March 17–18 | |
3 | Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria | May 19–20 | |
4 | Aldo Scribante Circuit, Gqeberha | June 16–17 | |
5 | Prince George Circuit, East London | July 21–22 | |
6 | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | September 8–9 | |
7 | Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria | October 13–15 | |
Sources:[2][3] |
Entry list
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Driver | Events |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GTC | |||||
Audi | S3 Mk.4 | WCT Engineering[4] | 89 | Joshua Le Roux | 1–5 |
Ford | Focus Mk.4 | Chemical Logistics Racing | 42 | Julian van der Watt | 4–5 |
Toyota | Corolla E210 | 1 | Robert Wolk | 1–5 | |
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa | 3 | Saood Variawa | 1–5 | ||
28 | Nathi Msimanga | 1–3, 5 | |||
95 | Michael van Rooyen | 1–5 | |||
Volkswagen | Golf Mk.8 | Chemical Logistics Racing[5] | 40 | Andrew Rackstraw | 1–3, 5 |
GTC Supacup | |||||
Volkswagen | Polo Mk.6 | Van Niekerk Racing | 6 | Paul Luti | 3–5 |
9 | Danie van Niekerk | 3–5 | |||
Dias Group | 7 | Calvin Dias | 1–3 | ||
46 | Dominic Dias | 1–3 | |||
Nathan Hammond Racing | 10 | Keagan Masters | 1 | ||
11 | Nathan Hammond | 1 | |||
Hype Energy Drinks | 12 | Bradley Liebenberg | 1–5 | ||
Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa | 14 | Jonathan Mogotsi | 1–5 | ||
Platinum Wheels | 30 | Jean-Pierre van der Walt | 1–4 | ||
Kalex | 41 | Karah Hill | 3–5 | ||
Carello Auto | 53 | Keegan Campos | 1–5 | ||
100 | Tato Carello | 1–3 | |||
Stradale Motorsport | 54 | Arnold Neveling | 2–5 | ||
Angri Racing | 94 | Tate Bishop | 1–5 | ||
Telerex | 101 | Stefan Snyders | 1 | ||
Sources:[6][7][8][9][10] |
Results and standings
Summary
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | Kyalami | February 24 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsi |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[11] |
R2 | February 25 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[12] | |||
2 | R1 | Cape Town | March 18 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[13] |
R2 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Andrew Rackstraw GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[14] | ||||
3 | R1 | Pretoria | May 20 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[15] |
R2 | GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[16] | ||||
4 | R1 | Gqeberha | June 17 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[17] |
R2 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Keegan Campos |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[18] | ||||
5 | R1 | East London | July 22 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsi |
GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[19] |
R2 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsti |
GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsti |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa |
[20] | ||||
6 | R1 | Cape Town | September 8–9 | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
7 | R1 | Pretoria | October 14–15 | |||||
R2 |
Championship standings
- Points system
Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Drivers
Pos. | Driver | KYA |
KIL1 |
ZWA1 |
ASC |
PGC |
KIL2 |
ZWA2 |
Points | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
GTC | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Saood Variawa | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 137 | ||||
2 | Robert Wolk | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 | ||||
3 | Nathi Msimanga | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | DNF | 82 | ||||
4 | Michael van Rooyen | 6 | 1 | DNF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 80 | ||||
5 | Andrew Rackstraw | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | DNS | WD | 5 | DNF | 4 | 3 | 70 | ||||
6 | Joshua Le Roux | 5 | 2 | DNF | 6 | DNF | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | DNF | 55 | ||||
7 | Julian van der Watt | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
GTC Supacup | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Keegan Campos | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 168 | ||||
2 | Bradley Liebenberg | 3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 167 | ||||
3 | Jonathan Mogotsi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 159 | ||||
4 | Arnold Neveling | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 105 | ||||||
5 | Tate Bishop | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 92 | ||||
6 | Tato Carello | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | DNF | 48 | ||||||||
7 | Danie van Niekerk | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 44 | ||||||||
8 | Dominic Dias | 4 | DNF | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||
9 | Calvin Dias | 7 | DNF | 8 | 9 | 6 | DNF | 20 | ||||||||
10 | Jean-Pierre van der Walt | 11 | 7 | DNF | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
11 | Keagan Masters | 8 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||
12 | Paul Luti | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | DNF | DNF | 16 | ||||||||
13 | Karah Hill | 10 | 10 | 9 | DNS | 7 | DSQ | 10 | ||||||||
14 | Stefan Snyders | 10 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
15 | Nathan Hammond | 9 | DNF | 2 |
References
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- ^ "Seven-Round 2023 Calendar Announced for Eighth Global Touring Cars Season". Global Touring Car Championship. 29 November 2022.
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- ^ "CHEMICAL LOGISTICS GTC RACING TO CAPE TOWN". Motorsport South Africa. 13 March 2023.
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- ^ "Round 2 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 16 March 2023.
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- ^ "Round 4 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Round 5 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 19 July 2023.
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