Zac Soutar

Zac Soutar
Nationality Australian
Born (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997
Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia
Racing licence FIA Silver

Zachary Soutar (born 7 August 1997) is an Australian racing driver who last competed in the GT4 Australia Series for Love Racing Team Soutar.

Personal life

Soutar is the son of Shane Soutar, a multi-time Australian sidecar champion,[1] who founded Team Soutar Motorsport alongside Zac in 2017.[2]

Career

Soutar began karting at the age of eleven, competing until 2016.[3] In this time in karts, Soutar most notably finished runner-up in the South Australian Sprint Kart Championship in X30 Light, as wella as the Victorian State Kart Championship in TaG Light.[4] Soutar also finished third in the 2013 Australian State Championship South Australia's Leopard Light and Australian State Championship Queensland's Junior National Heavy points,[5][6] as well as the 2015 Australian Kart Championship's KF2 standings.[7]

Stepping up to Formula Ford competition in 2017 with his family's team, Soutar scored a best result of seventh in the Australian Formula Ford Series to end the season ninth in points.[8] Returning to the series for the following year,[9] Soutar scored his maiden series win at Sandown and six more podiums to end the year third in points.[10][11] Continuing in Formula Ford in 2019, Soutar scored five wins and five other podiums to end the year runner-up to Angelo Mouzouris by 18 points at season's end.[12][13]

The following year, Soutar moved to TCR competition, and was set to race in the TCR Asia Pacific Cup and TCR Australia,[14] but ultimately didn't race as the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled both seasons.[15] Soutar's debut in TCR Australia eventually came in 2021 for his family team,[16] scoring a best result of sixth in race three at Bathurst en route to a 16th-place points finish.[17] During 2021, Soutar also partook in the TCR Baskerville Invitational, scoring three podiums in the four races.[18]

Remaining in TCR Australia for 2022,[19] taking his maiden series win at Symmons Plains,[20] and scored further podiums at Queensland and Sandown to end the year sixth in points.[21] Continuing in the series for the following year,[22] Soutar scored three third-place finishes between the Winton and Queensland rounds as he ended his first year with the Audi RS3 tenth in points.[23][24] Soutar remained in the series for 2024 for his family team alongside Glenn Nirwan.[25] In his fourth season in the series, Soutar won twice at Tailem Bend and once at Bathurst,[26][27][28] and took five more podiums to secure runner-up honors.[29]

In 2025, Soutar transitioned to GT4 Australia with the family team,[30] scoring a best result of seventh and second in class at Tailem Bend en route to a fifth-place points finish in the Silver-Am class.[31] During 2025, Soutar also raced in the season-opening Tailem Bend round of TCR Australia for the same team.[32]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2013 Australian State Championship South Australia — Leopard Light 3rd
Australian State Championship Queensland — Junior National Heavy 3rd
Rotax Pro Tour Australia — Junior Max 4th
Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — Junior National Heavy 10th
2014 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — X30 Light 5th
South Australian Sprint Kart Championship — X30 Light 2nd
South Australian Sprint Kart Championship — Rotax Light 3rd
Australian State Championship Victorian State — X30 Light 5th
Australian State Championship Victorian State — Rotax Light 4th
2015 Australian Kart Championship — KF2 3rd
2016 Australian Kart Championship — X30 9th
Sources:[33]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 Australian Formula Ford Series Team Soutar Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 78.5 9th
Victorian Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 15 0 0 0 1 238 5th
New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018 Australian Formula Ford Series Team Soutar Motorsport 21 1 0 1 7 239 3rd
Victorian Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 12 1 0 2 6 277 3rd
New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 6 0 0 0 0 76 15th
2019 Australian Formula Ford Series Team Soutar Motorsport 21 5 2 2 10 277 2nd
Victorian Formula Ford Championship 6 3 2 0 4 158 6th
Formula Ford Fiesta New South Wales 6 1 0 1 4 149 7th
2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 262 16th
TCR Baskerville Invitational 4 0 0 1 3 121 3rd
2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 20 1 0 0 4 588 6th
2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 19 0 0 0 3 364 10th
TCR World Tour 6 0 0 0 0 18 28th
2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 21 3 1 2 8 729 2nd
2025 GT4 Australia Series – Silver-Am Love Racing Team Soutar 12 0 0 1 2 99 5th
TCR Australia Touring Car Series Team Soutar Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 74 4th
TCR World Tour 2 0 0 0 0 6 34th
Sources:[33]

Complete TCR Australia Touring Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points
2021 Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SYM
R1
18 		SYM
R2
12 		SYM
R3
Ret 		PHI
R4
10 		PHI
R5
8 		PHI
R6
16 		BAT
R7
19 		BAT
R8
13 		BAT
R9
15 		SMP
R10
13 		SMP
R11
Ret 		SMP
R12
11 		BAT
R13
12 		BAT
R14
12 		BAT
R15
6 		16th 262
2022 Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SYM
R1
6 		SYM
R2
6 		SYM
R3
1 		PHI
R4
5 		PHI
R5
17 		PHI
R6
8 		BAT
R7
13 		BAT
R8
13 		BAT
R9
13 		SMP
R10
5 		SMP
R11
9 		SMP
R12
12 		QLD
R13
2 		QLD
R14
6 		QLD
R15
2 		SAN
R16
3 		SAN
R17
5 		SAN
R18
16 		BAT
R19
Ret 		BAT
R20
C 		BAT
R21
15 		6th 588
2023 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) SYM
R1
DNS 		SYM
R2
Ret 		SYM
R3
DNS 		PHI
R4
Ret2 		PHI
R5
7 		PHI
R6
7 		WIN
R7
35 		WIN
R8
7 		WIN
R9
3 		QLD
R10
3 		QLD
R11
11 		QLD
R12
Ret 		SAN
R13
43 		SAN
R14
7 		SAN
R15
Ret 		SMP
R16
Ret5 		SMP
R17
18 		SMP
R18
17 		BAT
R19
113 		BAT
R20
19 		BAT
R21
8 		10th 364
2024 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) SAN
R1
42 		SAN
R2
4 		SAN
R3
4 		SYM
R4
33 		SYM
R5
5 		SYM
R6
4 		PHI
R7
26 		PHI
R8
7 		PHI
R9
6 		BND
R10
94 		BND
R11
1 		BND
R12
1 		QLD
R13
33 		QLD
R14
6 		QLD
R15
2 		SMP
R16
66 		SMP
R17
Ret 		SMP
R18
8 		BAT
R19
11 		BAT
R20
7 		BAT
R21
3 		2nd 729
2025 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) BND
R1
C 		BND
R2
13 		BND
R3
13 		GUI
R4 		GUI
R5 		GUI
R6 		4th 74

Complete TCR World Tour results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2023 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) POR
1 		POR
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		ELP
1 		ELP
2 		VIL
1 		VIL
2 		SYD
1
Ret 		SYD
2
18 		SYD
3
17 		BAT
1
11 		BAT
2
19 		BAT
3
8 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		28th 18
2025 Team Soutar Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) MEX
1 		MEX
2 		MEX
3 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		ESP
3 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		AUS
1
C 		AUS
2
13 		AUS
3
13 		KOR
1 		KOR
2 		KOR
3 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		34th 6

Complete GT4 Australia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2025 Love Racing Team Soutar McLaren Artura GT4 Silver-Am PHI
R1
15 		PHI
R2
Ret 		SMP
R3
10 		SMP
R4
14 		QLD
R5
17 		QLD
R6
NC 		SAN
R7
10 		SAN
R8
22 		BEN
R9
7 		BEN
R10
16 		HAM
R11
Ret 		HAM
R12
10 		5th 99

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