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
edit| No. | Circuit | Dates | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand
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February 23–25 | |
| 2 | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town
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March 17–18 | |
| 3 | Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria
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May 19–20 | |
| 4 | Aldo Scribante Circuit, Gqeberha
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June 16–17 | |
| 5 | Prince George Circuit, East London
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July 21–22 | |
| 6 | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town
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September 8–9 | |
| 7 | Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria
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October 13–15 | |
| Sources:[2][3] | |||
Entry list
edit| Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Driver | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTC | |||||
| Audi | S3 Mk.4 | WCT Engineering[4] | 89 | Joshua Le Roux
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1–5 |
| Ford | Focus Mk.4 | Chemical Logistics Racing | 42 | Julian van der Watt
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4–5 |
| Toyota | Corolla E210 | 1 | Robert Wolk
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1–5 | |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa | 3 | Saood Variawa
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1–5 | ||
| 28 | Nathi Msimanga
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1–3, 5 | |||
| 95 | Michael van Rooyen
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1–5 | |||
| Volkswagen | Golf Mk.8 | Chemical Logistics Racing[5] | 40 | Andrew Rackstraw
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1–3, 5 |
| GTC Supacup | |||||
| Volkswagen | Polo Mk.6 | Van Niekerk Racing | 6 |  Paul Luti
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3–5 |
| 9 | Danie van Niekerk
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3–5 | |||
| Dias Group | 7 | Calvin Dias
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1–3 | ||
| 46 | Dominic Dias
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1–3 | |||
| Nathan Hammond Racing | 10 | Keagan Masters
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1 | ||
| 11 | Nathan Hammond
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1 | |||
| Hype Energy Drinks | 12 | Bradley Liebenberg
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1–5 | ||
| Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa | 14 | Jonathan Mogotsi
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1–5 | ||
| Platinum Wheels | 30 | Jean-Pierre van der Walt
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1–4 | ||
| Kalex | 41 | Karah Hill
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3–5 | ||
| Carello Auto | 53 | Keegan Campos
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1–5 | ||
| 100 | Tato Carello
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1–3 | |||
| Stradale Motorsport | 54 | Arnold Neveling
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2–5 | ||
| Angri Racing | 94 | Tate Bishop
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1–5 | ||
| Telerex | 101 | Stefan Snyders
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1 | ||
| Sources:[6][7][8][9][10] | |||||
Results and standings
editSummary
edit| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Kyalami
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February 24 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsi
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[11] |
| R2 | February 25 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[12] | |||
| 2 | R1 | Cape Town
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March 18 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[13] |
| R2 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Andrew Rackstraw GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[14] | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Pretoria
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May 20 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[15] |
| R2 | GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Michael van Rooyen GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[16] | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Gqeberha
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June 17 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[17] |
| R2 | GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Keegan Campos
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GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Carello Auto |
[18] | ||||
| 5 | R1 | East London
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July 22 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Saood Variawa GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsi
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GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Bradley Liebenberg
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GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Hype Energy Drinks |
[19] |
| R2 | GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsti
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GTC: Robert Wolk GTC SC: Jonathan Mogotsti
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GTC: Chemical Logistics Racing GTC SC: Volkswagen Motorsport South Africa |
[20] | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Cape Town
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September 8–9 | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| 7 | R1 | Pretoria
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October 14–15 | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
Championship standings
edit- 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
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1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 137 | ||||
| 2 | Robert Wolk
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2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 | ||||
| 3 | Nathi Msimanga
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3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | DNF | 82 | ||||
| 4 | Michael van Rooyen
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6 | 1 | DNF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 80 | ||||
| 5 | Andrew Rackstraw
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4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | DNS | WD | 5 | DNF | 4 | 3 | 70 | ||||
| 6 | Joshua Le Roux
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5 | 2 | DNF | 6 | DNF | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | DNF | 55 | ||||
| 7 | Julian van der Watt
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3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| GTC Supacup | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Keegan Campos
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1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 168 | ||||
| 2 | Bradley Liebenberg
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3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 167 | ||||
| 3 | Jonathan Mogotsi
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2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 159 | ||||
| 4 | Arnold Neveling
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4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 105 | ||||||
| 5 | Tate Bishop
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5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 92 | ||||
| 6 | Tato Carello
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6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | DNF | 48 | ||||||||
| 7 | Danie van Niekerk
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7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 44 | ||||||||
| 8 | Dominic Dias
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4 | DNF | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||
| 9 | Calvin Dias
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7 | DNF | 8 | 9 | 6 | DNF | 20 | ||||||||
| 10 | Jean-Pierre van der Walt
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11 | 7 | DNF | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
| 11 | Keagan Masters
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8 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Paul Luti
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9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | DNF | DNF | 16 | ||||||||
| 13 | Karah Hill
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10 | 10 | 9 | DNS | 7 | DSQ | 10 | ||||||||
| 14 | Stefan Snyders
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10 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Nathan Hammond
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9 | DNF | 2 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "WHAT IS THE SASOL GTC CHAMPIONSHIP? – 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.