2022 race weekend formats revealed
29 Jan 2022
Supercars.com can reveal the 2022 Repco Supercars Championship weekend formats.
Including the postponed Repco Newcastle 500, this year's championship will feature at least 34 races, up from the 31 in 2021.
The 34 races across the 13 events will see competitors complete 5900km of racing in 2022.
The qualifying system, defined Format 1, Format 2 and Format 3, will also return.
According to the Operations Manual, Format 1 stipulates that grid positions will be determined by the final classification of a single qualifying session.
Format 2 will feature three-part knockout qualifying, with Format 3 knockout qualifying followed by a shootout.
Seven events will feature ARMOR ALL Top Ten Shootouts; Sydney, Darwin, Townsville, Sandown, Bathurst, Gold Coast and Newcastle.
Those five events will also feature refuelling; the four Super500/600 events feature 140L drops.
The Townsville, Gold Coast and Newcastle rounds will be headlined by two 250km races, with Sydney to conduct two 300km races to open the season.
The Repco Bathurst 1000 will, as always, be a 161-lap, 1000km-long single race.
The other eight events will feature at least three races under the sprint format.
The sprint events, bar Albert Park, will be headlined by three sprint races.
The season will begin under lights in Sydney
The Albert Park round will feature four 100km-long races and a four-tyre minimum change at stops.
The other sprint rounds will again feature a compulsory stop for a minimum of two tyres.
Two rounds will feature racing under lights, being the Sydney season opener and Perth.
The Tasmania, Perth, Winton, Darwin, Tailem Bend and Pukekohe rounds will all be two-day, Saturday-Sunday events.
All events, bar Sandown and Bathurst, will feature two practice sessions.
The Sandown round will feature an Additional Driver session in preparation for the Repco Bathurst 1000.
The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship will commence in March at Sydney Motorsport Park.
2022 Repco Supercars Championship formats
Race competed under lights at dusk/night
Super500/600 event (minimum two stops; 140L fuel and/or tyres)
Endurance event (minimum seven stops; fuel and/or tyres)
Event | Race | Format | Top 10 Shootout | Race length |
Sydney | 1 | 1 | Yes | 300km |
Sydney | 2 | 1 | Yes | 300km |
Tasmania | 3 | 2 | No | 110km |
Tasmania | 4 | 1 | No | 110km |
Tasmania | 5 | 1 | No | 110km |
Albert Park | 6 | 1 | No | 100km |
Albert Park | 7 | 1 | No | 100km |
Albert Park | 8 | 1 | No | 100km |
Albert Park | 9 | 1 | No | 100km |
Perth | 10 | 2 | No | 110km |
Perth | 11 | 1 | No | 110km |
Perth | 12 | 1 | No | 110km |
Winton | 13 | 2 | No | 115km |
Winton | 14 | 1 | No | 115km |
Winton | 15 | 1 | No | 115km |
Darwin | 16 | 3 | Yes | 110km |
Darwin | 17 | 1 | No | 110km |
Darwin | 18 | 1 | No | 110km |
Townsville | 19 | 1 | Yes | 250km |
Townsville | 20 | 1 | Yes | 250km |
The Bend | 21 | 2 | No | 115km |
The Bend | 22 | 1 | No | 115km |
The Bend | 23 | 1 | No | 115km |
Sandown | 24 | 3 | Yes | 125km |
Sandown | 25 | 1 | No | 125km |
Sandown | 26 | 1 | No | 125km |
Pukekohe | 27 | 2 | No | 115km |
Pukekohe | 28 | 1 | No | 115km |
Pukekohe | 29 | 1 | No | 115km |
Bathurst | 30 | 1 | Yes | 1000km |
Gold Coast | 31 | 1 | Yes | 250km |
Gold Coast | 32 | 1 | Yes | 250km |
Newcastle | TBC | 1 | Yes | 250km |
Newcastle | TBC | 1 | Yes | 250km |
2022 Repco Supercars Championship draft calendar
Event | Date |
Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight* | March 4-6 |
Tasmania SuperSprint | March 26-27 |
Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix | April 7-10 |
Bunnings Trade Perth SuperNight* | April 30-May 1 |
Winton SuperSprint | May 21-22 |
Merlin Darwin Triple Crown | June 18-19 |
NTI Townsville 500* | July 8-10 |
The Bend SuperSprint | July 30-31 |
Penrite Oil Sandown SuperSprint* | August 19-21 |
ITM Auckland SuperSprint | September 10-11 |
Repco Bathurst 1000* | October 6-9 |
Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 | October 28-30 |
Repco Newcastle 500* | TBA |
*Denotes Dunlop Series round
