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The 2022 World Touring Car Cup was the fifth and final season of the World Touring Car Cup and 18th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The season began on 7 May at the Circuit de Pau-Ville and ended on 27 November in Jeddah Corniche Circuit,[1][2][3] however multiple event cancellations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing quarantine restrictions in Asia. On 1 September 2022, the organiser announced the final version of the calendar, adding Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as final venues for the 2022 season.[3]
The season was marred by issues with tyres as drivers suffered numerous tyre failures on several rounds. These led to the cancellation of the races at the Nürburgring and Cyan Racing withdrawing from the series midway through the year.[4] Only nine drivers completed the full season.[5]
On 14 October 2022, the promoter Discovery Sports Events announced that after five seasons of running the WTCR, the series would be discontinued following the conclusion of the season, which had two rounds remaining in Bahrain (10–12 November) and Saudi Arabia (25–27 November.[6] This resulted in TCR global rights holder WSC Group creating a new format, known as the TCR World Tour, influenced by golf's Official World Golf Ranking, in that all TCR events will be grouped for official TCR World Ranking points, which will be used to qualify drivers into a playoff at the end of the season, and a new format featuring events from different TCR-featured tours where drivers can also qualify for the TCR World Ranking Final.[7]
- ^ "Bigger and Even Better: 2022 WTCR Calendar Revealed". FIA WTCR. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Pau Gets Set To Host WTCR Season Opener". fiawtcr.com. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ a b Rodgers, Richard (2022-09-01). "WTCR all set for a Middle Eastern adventure as 2022 calendar is completed". FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ^ "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing announces immediate suspension of WTCR programme". TouringCarTimes. 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Lotti on the health of TCR worldwide, and his new World Tour". TouringCarTimes. 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ^ "Discovery Sports Events developing new format and looking to the future". FIA WTCR. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "WSC unveils innovative platform for Touring Car racing". TCR World Ranking. WCS Ltd. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-16.