Motor racing competition
Shane van Gisbergen successfully defended the Drivers' Championship
Triple Eight Race Engineering successfully defended the Teams' Championship
The 2022 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2022 Repco Supercars Championship ) was a motor racing series for Supercars . It was 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.
Shane van Gisbergen successfully defended the Drivers' Championship, claiming his third title. In a display of dominance throughout the season, he broke the record for the most wins in a single season with 21 wins, eclipsing Scott McLaughlin's record of 18 wins in 2019 . Triple Eight Race Engineering (racing as Red Bull Ampol Racing) successfully defended the Teams' Championship. Holden won its final Manufacturers' Championship at The Bend SuperSprint .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2022 championship.
The field expanded from 24 to 25 cars after Supercars management sold a dormant Teams Racing Charter (TRC) to Tickford Racing .[ 52] The TRC will be used to run the #56 entry for Jake Kostecki .[ 10]
The Grove Group took full ownership of Kelly Grove Racing , re-naming the team to Grove Racing .[ 53]
Peter Xiberras, managing director of PremiAir Hire, purchased Team Sydney and renamed it PremiAir Racing .[ 32]
Jamie Whincup retired from full-time competition at the end of the 2021 season and replaced Roland Dane as team principal and managing director of Triple Eight Race Engineering .[ 54] 2021 Super2 Series champion Broc Feeney graduated to replace Whincup.[ 41] Whincup returned as a endurance co-driver alongside Feeney.[ 42]
Thomas Randle moved 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.[ 9]
Jake Kostecki and Zane Goddard left Matt Stone Racing , with Kostecki replacing Jack Le Brocq at Tickford Racing. Le Brocq joined Matt Stone Racing in a straight driver swap.[ 10] [ 55] [ 37] Todd Hazelwood also returned to the team, having last raced for them in 2019.[ 39] Zane Goddard was unable to raise sufficient sponsorship to compete full-time in 2022.[ 56] He returned as an endurance co-driver for Tickford Racing .[ 57]
Bryce Fullwood left Walkinshaw Andretti United to replace Hazelwood at Brad Jones Racing , with Fullwood's seat filled by Nick Percat , who returned to Walkinshaw, a team he last raced for in 2014 under James Rosenberg Racing .[ 22] [ 15]
Andre Heimgartner left Grove Racing to replace Nick Percat at Brad Jones Racing. He was replaced by Lee Holdsworth .[ 58] [ 59] [ 20] [ 11]
Chris Pither returned to the championship, replacing Fabian Coulthard who was dropped from the PremiAir Racing driver line-up.[ 33] Coulthard joined Walkinshaw Andretti United as an endurance co-driver.[ 60]
Garry Jacobson left PremiAir Racing after the Darwin Triple Crown round and was replaced by James Golding , who last raced full time in 2019 .[ 61] [ 35]
Thirteen circuits hosted a round of the 2022 championship.
Round
Event
Circuit
Location
Dates
1
Sydney SuperNight
Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales
5–6 March
2
Tasmania SuperSprint
Symmons Plains Raceway
Launceston, Tasmania
26–27 March
3
Melbourne 400
Albert Park Circuit
Albert Park, 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
The Bend SuperSprint
The Bend Motorsport Park
Tailem Bend, South Australia
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
Adelaide 500
Adelaide Street Circuit
Adelaide , South Australia
3–4 December
Source
Albert Park, Auckland, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Perth and Winton returned after absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The Adelaide 500 returned to the calendar after being cancelled in 2021 following the result of the 2022 South Australian state election .[ 62]
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic [ edit ]
The Newcastle 500 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in New South Wales. Sydney Motorsport Park hosted the opening round of the championship, as Sydney SuperNight.[ 63] [ 64]
The red flag rule during qualifying was amended. Previously if a driver caused a red flag in the session, their fastest time was deleted and they were ruled out for the remainder of the session. Now if a driver causes a red flag and is able to bring the car back to the pits, their fastest lap gets deleted, but they are now able to resume being a part of the session. This comes after Cameron Waters brought out the red flag at the second Sydney Motorsport Park round in 2021 and was able to return to the pits under his own power.[ 65]
Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for the result to be valid and championship points awarded. No extra points were awarded if the fastest lap time is achieved by a driver who was classified outside the top fifteen.[ 66]
Points format
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
Bathurst
300
276
258
240
222
204
192
180
168
156
144
138
132
126
120
114
108
102
96
90
84
78
72
66
60
54
48
42
Two-race
150
138
129
120
111
102
96
90
84
78
72
69
66
63
60
57
54
51
48
45
42
39
36
33
30
SuperSprint
100
92
86
80
74
68
64
60
56
52
48
46
44
42
40
38
36
34
32
30
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
5
Melbourne
75
69
64
60
55
51
48
45
42
39
36
34
33
31
30
28
27
25
24
22
21
19
18
16
15
Bathurst: Used for the Bathurst 1000.
Two-race: Used for the Sydney SuperNight, Townsville 500, Gold Coast 500 and Adelaide 500.
SuperSprint: Used for all SuperSprint races, the Perth SuperNight and Darwin Triple Crown.
Melbourne: Used for the Melbourne 400.
Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Other points position
Blue
Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple
Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting
Meaning
Bold
Pole position
Italics
Fastest lap
Teams' Championship[ edit ]
Team
SMP
SYM
MEL
WAN
WIN
HID
TOW
BEN
SAN
PUK
BAT
SUR
ADE
1
Triple Eight Race Engineering
88
9
11
5
2
8
8
14
6
12
5
8
11
10
12
7
8
13
6
7
6
7
6
5
14
10
3
7
8
4
5
14
Ret
8
1
0
5900
1
6
1
1
1
3
1
1
20
1
5
1
2
1
2
3
3
21
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
20
7
2
Dick Johnson Racing
2
3
6
5
3
23
20
4
3
2
2
4
8
10
8
1
4
2
6
2
9
5
7
3
8
24
6
Ret
5
7
6
DSQ
14
3
0
5172
17
4
7
2
16
2
16
24
2
2
6
1
3
11
14
10
2
2
4
2
7
2
13
4
1
15
2
1
4
22
Ret
4
3
7
19
3
Tickford Racing
10
17
12
8
9
20
9
9
22
7
7
2
13
8
27
9
Ret
19
20
4
14
3
12
6
13
12
18
16
Ret
Ret
8
17
3
17
0
4656
11
4
3
17
6
18
21
8
7
3
4
7
1
2
1
7
1
3
3
3
4
4
2
5
7
10
3
3
2
3
5
7
13
4
4
Walkinshaw Andretti United
2
6
23
24
11
10
5
17
16
6
21
18
15
14
16
15
14
10
10
13
12
13
Ret
9
15
19
22
8
14
9
22
10
Ret
2
12
30[ 67]
4448
25
3
1
23
4
18
1
22
5
1
22
12
19
4
5
11
DSQ
8
1
9
5
3
2
8
10
2
4
4
2
6
2
3
2
1
2
5
Grove Racing
21
16
9
9
14
22
3
13
10
11
21
12
5
4
6
15
12
16
17
23
15
22
10
24
18
18
12
12
14
6
15
Ret
10
9
0
3866
26
24
9
21
3
4
2
2
3
Ret
4
11
6
3
3
4
25
5
12
18
11
8
8
22
12
4
9
9
7
8
Ret
2
4
11
15
6
Erebus Motorsport
9
7
8
13
12
15
17
23
24
8
17
Ret
5
27
6
5
Ret
20
7
11
19
20
7
6
4
3
11
19
Ret
DNS
10
24
11
22
6
0
3856
99
5
2
4
19
22
14
7
15
5
8
6
21
7
11
13
10
16
24
12
16
6
24
3
11
23
16
20
18
19
4
7
5
4
8
7
Team 18
18
16
12
18
6
7
7
12
17
9
14
16
20
21
9
9
5
7
9
25
10
16
9
15
8
12
5
11
22
12
15
9
6
6
11
20
3401
20
Ret
15
7
7
13
11
4
25
11
19
Ret
DNS
6
Ret
14
6
Ret
DNS
5
Ret
12
20
13
7
5
7
10
5
7
16
17
12
Ret
14
8
Brad Jones Racing
8
14
5
8
Ret
24
15
Ret
18
17
10
3
9
9
7
3
4
9
5
4
9
10
Ret
DNS
23
6
13
2
6
3
Ret
Ret
8
9
5
0
3260
14
12
19
15
18
21
10
10
22
19
Ret
NC
14
20
21
23
18
15
14
15
13
17
10
17
16
21
14
22
11
13
9
22
13
17
Ret
9
Matt Stone Racing
34
13
22
Ret
Ret
23
25
15
12
16
16
17
13
18
13
17
13
6
13
10
14
21
15
Ret
19
25
Ret
23
Ret
21
14
13
16
18
Ret
80[ 68] [ 69]
2502
35
15
13
10
10
5
19
5
14
14
9
10
8
23
17
18
16
24
23
21
15
18
17
21
21
24
24
15
20
23
20
18
Ret
Ret
21
10
PremiAir Racing
22
23
20
20
14
16
24
16
19
21
24
15
17
26
24
22
23
22
20
19
18
24
12
18
25
16
21
13
19
16
22
16
9
19
16
60
2418
76
18
Ret
16
DNS
20
9
6
10
15
18
14
Ret
19
Ret
16
22
18
22
31
23
21
19
23
14
13
9
19
17
10
11
12
19
Ret
Ret
10
11
Brad Jones Racing
4
17
18
17
20
17
13
19
21
Ret
23
Ret
18
22
23
26
24
19
17
24
20
26
21
19
20
22
15
14
17
20
Ret
21
14
21
20
0
2336
96
22
21
19
13
19
6
11
23
18
15
19
16
15
19
19
20
17
18
22
22
22
14
20
17
14
17
Ret
13
17
13
20
Ret
12
22
12
Tickford Racing
55
20
14
22
Ret
12
21
18
11
Ret
12
20
22
12
18
12
19
Ret
15
16
17
11
Ret
DNS
9
17
8
16
21
18
Ret
11
Ret
15
18
30[ 70]
2318
56
19
24
14
Ret
25
12
13
20
13
20
9
Ret
24
20
25
11
11
8
14
24
27
18
Ret
22
20
20
21
9
15
17
23
15
16
Ret
13
Blanchard Racing Team
3
8
10
11
15
11
4
8
7
4
13
13
10
16
15
20
12
14
11
8
8
23
16
11
18
11
6
Ret
15
10
19
12
10
5
13
0
1855
14
Triple Eight Race Engineering
888
8
0
180
15
Image Racing
49
25
25
24
25
11
16
0
168
16
Tickford Racing
78
21
21
Ret
5
19
Ret
0
162
17
Walkinshaw Andretti United
27
17
22
21
17
23
Ret
0
150
18
Erebus Motorsport
51
11
0
144
19
Matt Chahda Motorsport
118
18
0
102
Team
SMP
SYM
MEL
WAN
WIN
HID
TOW
BEN
SAN
PUK
BAT
SUR
ADE
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Other points position
Blue
Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple
Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting
Meaning
Bold
Pole position
Italics
Fastest lap
^ For point-scoring purposes, Tickford Racing was recognised as two separate entities: "Monster Energy Racing & Snowy River Caravans" which is made up of cars #5 & #6; and "Castrol Racing & Tradie Racing" which consists of cars #55 & #56.
^ For point-scoring purposes, Brad Jones Racing was recognised as two separate entities: "Brad Jones Racing" which is made up of cars #8 & #14; and "SCT Logistics & Drillpro Racing" which consists of cars #4 & #96.
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