Motorsport season
The 2023 Global Touring Car Championship (commercially titled 2023 Sasol GTC Championship) was the: eighth season of theββSouth African Global Touring Car Championship. 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.
Calendarβ»
No. | Circuit | Dates | Map |
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1 | ![]() |
February 23β25 | |
2 | ![]() |
March 17β18 | |
3 | ![]() |
May 19β20 | |
4 | ![]() |
June 16β17 | |
5 | ![]() |
July 21β22 | |
6 | ![]() |
September 8β9 | |
7 | ![]() |
October 13β15 | |
Sources: |
Entry listβ»
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Driver | Events |
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GTC | |||||
Audi | S3 Mk.4 | WCT Engineering | 89 | ![]() |
1β5 |
Ford | Focus Mk.4 | Chemical Logistics Racing | 42 | ![]() |
4β5 |
Toyota | Corolla E210 | 1 | ![]() |
1β5 | |
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa | 3 | ![]() |
1β5 | ||
28 | ![]() |
1β3, 5 | |||
95 | ![]() |
1β5 | |||
Volkswagen | Golf Mk.8 | Chemical Logistics Racing | 40 | ![]() |
1β3, 5 |
GTC Supacup | |||||
Volkswagen | Polo Mk.6 | Van Niekerk Racing | 6 | ![]() |
3β5 |
9 | ![]() |
3β5 | |||
Dias Group | 7 | ![]() |
1β3 | ||
46 | ![]() |
1β3 | |||
Nathan Hammond Racing | 10 | ![]() |
1 | ||
11 | ![]() |
1 | |||
Hype Energy Drinks | 12 | ![]() |
1β5 | ||
Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa | 14 | ![]() |
1β5 | ||
Platinum Wheels | 30 | ![]() |
1β4 | ||
Kalex | 41 | ![]() |
3β5 | ||
Carello Auto | 53 | ![]() |
1β5 | ||
100 | ![]() |
1β3 | |||
Stradale Motorsport | 54 | ![]() |
2β5 | ||
Angri Racing | 94 | ![]() |
1β5 | ||
Telerex | 101 | ![]() |
1 | ||
Sources: |
Results and standingsβ»
Summaryβ»
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Source | |
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1 | R1 | ![]() |
February 24 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
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R2 | February 25 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
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2 | R1 | ![]() |
March 18 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
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R2 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
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3 | R1 | ![]() |
May 20 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
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R2 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
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4 | R1 | ![]() |
June 17 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
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R2 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Carello Auto |
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5 | R1 | ![]() |
July 22 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
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R2 | GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: ![]() GTC SC: ![]() |
GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa |
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6 | R1 | ![]() |
September 8β9 | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
7 | R1 | ![]() |
October 14β15 | |||||
R2 |
Championship standingsβ»
- Points system
Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
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Points | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Drivers
Pos. | Driver | ![]() KYA |
![]() KIL1 |
![]() ZWA1 |
![]() ASC |
![]() PGC |
![]() KIL2 |
![]() ZWA2 |
Points | |||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
GTC | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 137 | ||||
2 | ![]() |
2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 | ||||
3 | ![]() |
3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | DNF | 82 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | DNF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 80 | ||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | DNS | WD | 5 | DNF | 4 | 3 | 70 | ||||
6 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | DNF | 6 | DNF | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | DNF | 55 | ||||
7 | ![]() |
3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
GTC Supacup | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 168 | ||||
2 | ![]() |
3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 167 | ||||
3 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 159 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 105 | ||||||
5 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 92 | ||||
6 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | DNF | 48 | ||||||||
7 | ![]() |
7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 44 | ||||||||
8 | ![]() |
4 | DNF | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||
9 | ![]() |
7 | DNF | 8 | 9 | 6 | DNF | 20 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() |
11 | 7 | DNF | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
11 | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||
12 | ![]() |
9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | DNF | DNF | 16 | ||||||||
13 | ![]() |
10 | 10 | 9 | DNS | 7 | DSQ | 10 | ||||||||
14 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
15 | ![]() |
9 | DNF | 2 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "WHAT IS THE SASOL GTC CHAMPIONSHIP? β The Race Torque".
- ^ "Seven-Round 2023 Calendar Announced for Eighth Global Touring Cars Season". Global Touring Car Championship. 29 November 2022.
- ^ "2023 GTC Championship". Racing Calendar.net. 14 May 2023.
- ^ "UNFORGETABLE GTC DEBUT FOR JOSH LE ROUX". Motorsport South Africa. 1 March 2023.
- ^ "CHEMICAL LOGISTICS GTC RACING TO CAPE TOWN". Motorsport South Africa. 13 March 2023.
- ^ "Round 1 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Round 2 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Round 3 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 18 May 2023.
- ^ "Round 4 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Round 5 Event Information". Global Touring Car Championship. 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Global Touring Car and SupaCup Championships RACE 1 - CLASSIFICATION" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Global Touring Car and SupaCup Championships RACE 2 - CLASSIFICATION - AMENDED" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 25 February 2023.
- ^ "GTC & SupaCup - Race 1" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 18 March 2023.
- ^ "GTC & SupaCup - Race 2" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Global Touring Cars incl. SupaCup Race 1" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Global Touring Cars incl. SupaCup Race 2" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 20 May 2023.
- ^ "GTC & SupaCup Race 1" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 17 June 2023.
- ^ "GTC & SupaCup Race 2" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 17 June 2023.
- ^ "GTC & SupaCup Race 1" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 22 July 2023.
- ^ "GTC & SupaCup Race 2" (PDF). Global Touring Car Championship. 22 July 2023.