2022 Supercars Championship

The 2022 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2022 Repco Supercars Championship) is a planned motor racing series for Supercars. It is due to be the twenty-fourth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-sixth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport.

2022 Supercars Championship
Previous: 2021 Next: 2023
Support series:
Super2 Series
SuperUtes Series
Shane van Gisbergen will enter the season as defending Drivers' Champion
Triple Eight Race Engineering will enter the season as defending Teams' Champions

Shane van Gisbergen and Triple Eight Race Engineering will enter the season as defending Drivers' and Teams' Champions respectively.[1][2]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2022 championship. Unless confirmed otherwise, car numbers are presumed to carry over from 2021.

Championship entries Bathurst 1000 entries
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Rounds Co-driver name
Ford Mustang GT Blanchard Racing Team 3 Tim Slade[3]
Tickford Racing 5 James Courtney[4]
6 Cameron Waters[5]
55 Thomas Randle[6]
56 Jake Kostecki[7]
Dick Johnson Racing 11 Anton de Pasquale[8]
17 Will Davison[8]
Grove Racing 7 TBA[3]
26 David Reynolds[3]
Holden Commodore ZB Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Nick Percat[9]
25 Chaz Mostert[10]
Brad Jones Racing 4 Jack Smith[11]
8 Andre Heimgartner[12] Dale Wood[13]
14 Bryce Fullwood[14]
96 Macauley Jones[15]
Erebus Motorsport 9 Will Brown[16]
99 Brodie Kostecki[16]
Team 18 18 Mark Winterbottom[17] Michael Caruso[18]
20 Scott Pye[19]
Team Sydney 19 Fabian Coulthard[3]
22 Garry Jacobson[20]
Matt Stone Racing 34 Jack Le Brocq[21]
35 Todd Hazelwood[22]
Triple Eight Race Engineering TBA Broc Feeney[23]
97 Shane van Gisbergen[24]

Team changes

The field will expand from 24 to 25 cars after Supercars management sold a dormant Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) to Tickford Racing.[25] The REC will be used to run the #56 entry for Jake Kostecki.[7]

The Grove Group will take full ownership of Kelly Grove Racing, re-naming the team to Grove Racing.[26]

Driver changes

Jamie Whincup will retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2021 season. He will replace Roland Dane as team principal and managing director of Triple Eight Race Engineering.[27] 2021 Super2 Series champion Broc Feeney will graduate to replace Whincup, after competing as a wildcard in the 2021 Bathurst 1000 with Russell Ingall.[23]

Thomas Randle will move up to the series full time with Tickford Racing, having raced as a wildcard in several events for the team in both 2019 and 2021.[6]

Jake Kostecki and Zane Goddard left Matt Stone Racing, with Kostecki replacing Jack Le Brocq at Tickford Racing. Le Brocq will join Matt Stone Racing in a straight driver swap.[7][28][21] Todd Hazelwood will also return to the team, having last raced for them in 2019.[22]

Bryce Fullwood will leave Walkinshaw Andretti United to replace Hazelwood at Brad Jones Racing, with Fullwood's seat filled by Nick Percat, who will return to Walkinshaw, a team he last raced for in 2014 under James Rosenberg Racing.[14][9]

Andre Heimgartner left Grove Racing to replace Nick Percat at Brad Jones Racing.[29][30][12]

List of planned races

Thirteen rounds, twelve confirmed and one to be confirmed, are due to host a round of the 2022 championship:

Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 5–6 March
2 Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 26–27 March
3 Melbourne 400 Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 8–10 April
4 Perth SuperNight Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 30 April–1 May
5 Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 21–22 May
6 Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 18–19 June
7 Townsville 500 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 9–10 July
8 TBC TBC TBC 30–31 July
9 Sandown SuperSprint Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 20–21 August
10 Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland Region 10–11 September
11 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9 October
12 Gold Coast 500 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 29–30 October
13 Sydney Super 600 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 19–20 November
Source

Calendar changes

The Newcastle 500 will return after a two-year absence. The round will replace the Mount Panorama 500 as the season opener.[31]

Auckland, Gold Coast, Perth and Winton are due to return after two-year absence due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Bend Motorsport Park is omitted from the calendar.

References
  1. Pavey, James (20 November 2021). "Red Bull Ampol Racing clinches 2021 teams' title". Supercars.
  2. Pavey, James (21 November 2021). "No result declared for Race 30, van Gisbergen secures title". Supercars.
  3. State of play: 2022 Repco Supercars Championship grid Supercars Championship 27 October 2021
  4. Courtney signs multi year deal with Tickford Speedcafe 7 October 2021
  5. Pavey, James (25 October 2021). "Tickford confirms new multi-year Waters deal". Supercars Championship.
  6. Randle confirmed for 2022 full-time Supercars seat Speedcafe 18 June 2021
  7. "Tickford signs young gun Jake Kostecki from 2022". Tickford Racing. 11 October 2021.
  8. DJR confirms 2022 Driver Lineup Speedcafe 12 August 2021
  9. Pavey, James (26 October 2021). "WAU confirms Percat on multi-year deal". Supercars.
  10. Mostert inks long-term WAU extension Speedcafe 15 June 2021
  11. Smith confirms 2022 plans with BJR Supercars.com 25 November 2021
  12. Pavey, James (13 September 2021). "Heimgartner to join BJR in 2022". Supercars Championship.
  13. Wood signs two year enduro deal with BJR Supercars Championship 22 February 2021
  14. Pavey, James (26 October 2021). "Fullwood to join BJR in 2022". Supercars Championship.
  15. Jones confirmed at BJR for 2022 Speedcafe 24 November 2021
  16. Erebus expansion no longer on the cards Speedcafe 11 April 2021
  17. Fosty signs for two more years Auto Action 16 October 2020
  18. Michael Caruso signs two year enduro deal with Team 18 Speedcafe 13 January 2021
  19. Supercars Championship 22 September 2021
  20. Jacobson confirms two-year deal Speedcafe 12 February 2021
  21. Pavey, James (27 October 2021). "Le Brocq signs multi-year Matt Stone Racing deal". Supercars Championship.
  22. Pavey, James (20 October 2021). "Matt Stone Racing confirms Hazelwood reunion". Supercars Championship.
  23. Supercars Championship 31 August 2021
  24. Chapman, Simon (21 February 2020). "SVG signs multi-year deal with Triple Eight". Speedcafe. Speedcafe. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  25. Tickford secures fourth REC Auto Action 18 June 2021
  26. Grove takes full ownership of KGR, Kelly to depart Speedcafe 26 July 2021
  27. Whincup to retire, take over as Triple Eight boss Speedcafe 3 February 2021
  28. Pavey, James (15 October 2021). "Goddard confirms Matt Stone Racing exit". Supercars Championship.
  29. Speedcafe.com 07 September 2021
  30. Dale, Will (13 September 2021). "Nick Percat splits with Brad Jones Racing". V8 Sleuth.
  31. Supercars.com. "Newcastle to host 2022 Supercars season opener". Supercars Championship.
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