Zac Soutar confirms TCR Australia programme

Zac Soutar has confirmed he will return to the TCR Australia grid in 2025 after confirming a new programme with his family-run team.

Soutar finished second in the standings last year at the wheel of his Audi RS 3 LMS behind Josh Buchan, and will now look to overhaul his Hyundai rival in the fight for top honours.

Having been joined by Glenn Nirwan last season, Team Soutar Motorsport is seeking a second driver to run alongside Soutar himself, with the Audi that won two World Tour races in the hands of Will Brown being available.

“I’m really excited to be coming back to TCR Australia in the Tufflift Racing Audi in 2025,” Soutar said.

“We’ve had an amazing experience in the series so far; we love the racing, the cars and I’m grateful that we’ve been able to put together another opportunity to come back and go again.

“We came up short last year, despite having such a great season and leading for a long time in the series, but unfortunately we didn’t quite get there in the end. We’re looking to go one better in 2025, so we’ll be giving it everything to try and make that happen.”

The calendar for the new season has been cut down to just four events, with Soutar looking forward in particular to the two meetings alongside the World Tour later in the year.

“Reflecting back to 2023 to the Sydney Motorsport Park and Bathurst TCR World Tour events, they were two of the fondest memories I have in motorsport,” he said. “Those two events were so cool and to take up against drivers I’ve watched on TV in previous TCR World Tour or the World Touring Car Championship races for years was amazing.

“I’m excited for The Bend as the 500 weekend will be incredible and Macau will be one of those bucket list tracks I’ve always wanted to race at. The fact TCR Australia has given me an opportunity to do that is really exciting.

“The plan is to run two cars this year, like we did in 2024 with Glenn Nirwan. Glenn’s moved to some other programmes and we still have his Audi RS3 LMS TCR sitting here ready to go. It won two Kumho FIA TCR World Tour races with Will Brown at the wheel in Sydney and it’s a super capable car in the latest specification featuring all the upgrades.

“There’s not many other categories that come to Australia where you can put yourself up against professional, factory drivers from Europe. For the drivers wanting to really test themselves against the world’s best and help us Aussies prove we’re as good as anybody, we’ve got a brilliant car ready to go for someone willing to take up the opportunity.”