2023 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

The 2023 TCR South America Touring Car Championship was the third season of TCR South America Touring Car Championship.

Calendar[edit]

The championship is to begin in March 2023, with a maximum of 26 entries, ten rounds consisting of eighteen 35-minute races and two endurance races would be run in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.^[1][2][3] It will also feature two rounds of the TCR World Tour.^[4] In September 2023, it was announced that the round at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet was replaced by the round at Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel on the same date.^[5]

Rnd.	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia	25–26 March
2	Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio, Rosario	15–16 April
3	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo	29–30 April
4	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	10–11 June
5	Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera	22–23 July
6	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar	19–20 August
7	Autódromo José Carlos Bassi, Villa Mercedes	26–27 August
8	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	23–24 September
9	Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu	21–22 October
10	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel	2–3 December

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name Rounds PMO Motorsport[6] Lynk & Co 03 TCR 1 Fabricio Pezzini[7] 1–2 — 3 Marcos Regadas B 9 — 8 Rafael Suzuki[8] B 1–6, 8–10 Matías Signorelli 3–4 12 Claudio Rama T 4 Leandro Rama 4 20 Pablo Otero[9] T 3 Leandro Rama 3 21 Marcio Basso T 4 Gonzalo Alterio 4 22 Matías Milla [es] 7 — 24 Frederick Balbi[7] 1–7 Matías Russo 3 Nelson Marcondes 4 27 Walter Hernández[10] 1 — 87 Franco Farina 3 Michel Bonnin 3 Paladini Racing[11][12] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 1 Fabricio Pezzini[13] 5–6 — 55 Diego Gutierrez T 10 — Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 2 Juan Ángel Rosso [es][10] B All Luciano Farroni [es] 3–4 5 Fabián Yannantuoni [es][10] B All Fabricio Pezzini 3 Beto Monteiro 4 PMO Racing[6] Peugeot 308 TCR 7 Juan Pablo Bessone[9] 1–5 Ever Franetovich [es] 3 Facundo Marques [es] 4 20 Pablo Otero[9] T 1–2 — 21 Márcio Basso[9] T B 10 — 35 Gonzalo Reilly[14] 6 — 36 Damián Fineschi [es] 5–6 — 37 Guilherme Reischl[15] T B 1, 3–5, 8–10 Ernesto Bessone 3 Guilherme Salas 4 55 Diego Gutierrez[9] T 1–5 Gustavo Fernigrini 3–4 72 Lucas Salles T B 4 Marcos Regadas 4 88 Facundo Marques [es] 3 Damián Fineschi [es] 3 Cobra Racing Team[16] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 10 Adalberto Baptista[16] T B All Rodrigo Baptista 3 Bruno Baptista 4 70 Diego Nunes[16] B 3–10 Pedro Nunes 3 Thiago Vivacqua 4 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 1–2 — Alfa Racing[6][14] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 13 Carlos Silva[14] 6 — Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 69 Gonzalo Alterio[10] 1–3 Carlos Javier Merlo [es] 3 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 5 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 6 90 Michel Bonnin[14] 5–6 — Squadra Martino[17] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Enrique Maglione[17] T B All Rodrigo Aramendía 3–4 23 Ignacio Montenegro[18] B All Lucas Colombo Russell [es] 3–4 34 Fabio Casagrande[17] T B All Franco Coscia [es] 3–4 60 Juan Manuel Casella[17] B 1–7 Matías Milla [es] 3 Gaetano di Mauro 4 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 8-10 — 129 Néstor Girolami[14] W 6–7 — Toyota Team Argentina[19] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Bernardo Llaver[19] All Gastón Iansa [es] 3–4 33 José Manuel Sapag[20] All Marcelo Ciarrocchi [es] 3–4 Hyundai N Team Scuderia Chiarelli[6] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 19 Felipe Papazissis B 9 — 42 Fabiano Cardoso[N 1] B 8 — 43 Pedro Cardoso[21] B All Mathias de Valle 3–4 W2 ProGP[22] CUPRA León Competición TCR 28 Galid Osman[22] B All Felipe Lapenna 3–4 77 Raphael Reis[22] B All Jorge Barrio [es] 3–4 Bratton Tito Bessone Team[23] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 86 Esteban Guerrieri[23] 6–7 — BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse[24] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Norbert Michelisz[25] W 6–7 — 196 Mikel Azcona[25] W 6–7 — Cyan Racing Lynk & Co[26] Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR[27] 111 Thed Björk[28] W 6–7 — 112 Santiago Urrutia[29] W 6–7 — 155 Ma Qing Hua[28] W 6–7 — 168 Yann Ehrlacher[29] W 6–7 — Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[30] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Frédéric Vervisch[30] W 6–7 — 179 Robert Huff[30] W 6–7 —

Icon Class T Eligible for TCR Trophy B Eligible for TCR Brazil W Eligible for TCR World Tour

Results and standings[edit]

Season summary[edit]

Rnd.		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	Winning Trophy driver
1	R1	Alta Gracia	Raphael Reis	Raphael Reis	Ignacio Montenegro	Squadra Martino	Enrique Maglione
	R2			Juan Ángel Rosso [es]	Walter Hernández	PMO Motorsport	Pablo Otero
2	R3	Rosario	Juan Ángel Rosso [es]	Galid Osman	Ignacio Montenegro	Squadra Martino	Fabio Casagrande
	R4			Raphael Reis	Ignacio Montenegro	Squadra Martino	Fabio Casagrande
3	R5	Termas de Río Hondo	Raphael Reis Jorge Barrio [es]	Raphael Reis Jorge Barrio [es]	Raphael Reis Jorge Barrio [es]	W2 ProGP	Enrique Maglione Rodrigo Aramendía
4	R6	Interlagos	Ignacio Montenegro Lucas Colombo Russell [es]	Guilherme Reischl Guilherme Salas	Galid Osman Felipe Lapenna	W2 ProGP	Adalberto Baptista Rodrigo Baptista
5	R7	Rivera	Ignacio Montenegro	Juan Manuel Casella	Ignacio Montenegro	Squadra Martino	Fabio Casagrande
	R8			Rafael Suzuki	Rafael Suzuki	PMO Motorsport	Enrique Maglione
6	R9	El Pinar	Juan Manuel Casella[N 2]	Ignacio Montenegro[N 3]	Ignacio Montenegro[N 4]	Squadra Martino[N 5]	Fabio Casagrande
	R10			Esteban Guerrieri[N 6]	Esteban Guerrieri[N 7]	Bratton Tito Bessone Team[N 8]	Fabio Casagrande
7	R11	Villa Mercedes	Pedro Cardoso[N 9]	Fabián Yannantuoni [es][N 10]	Fabián Yannantuoni [es][N 11]	Paladini Racing[N 12]	Adalberto Baptista
	R12			Ignacio Montenegro[N 13]	Bernardo Llaver[N 14]	Toyota Team Argentina[N 15]	Adalberto Baptista
8	R13	Velopark	Ignacio Montenegro	Raphael Reis	Bernardo Llaver	Toyota Team Argentina	Enrique Maglione
	R14			Diego Nunes	Fabián Yannantuoni [es]	Paladini Racing	Adalberto Baptista
9	R15	Velo Città	Raphael Reis	Galid Osman	Raphael Reis	W2 ProGP	Marcos Regadas
	R16			Raphael Reis	Galid Osman	W2 ProGP	Guilherme Reischl
10	R17	Cascavel	Juan Manuel Casella	Rafael Suzuki	Rafael Suzuki	PMO Motorsport	Fabio Casagrande
	R18			Diego Nunes	Diego Nunes	Cobra Racing Team	Marcio Basso

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system

Drivers' championship[edit]

Overall

Pos. Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS  Pts.  1 Ignacio Montenegro 13 2 13 1 76 181 1 6 102 Ret 97 14 21 8 44 Ret 76 8 468 2 Bernardo Llaver 44 5 32 4 33 Ret5 4 2 14 16 83 7 13 5 77 4 33 4 452 3 Raphael Reis 21 Ret 6 7 11 26 56 6 Ret7 15 Ret 8 9 4 11 12 6 6 392 4 Juan Ángel Rosso [es] Ret 13 71 5 20 47 Ret 10 134 11 75 Ret 4 2 26 3 47 2 370 5 Galid Osman 32 6 55 Ret 6 12 175 Ret 165 17 13 9 8 10 15†3 1 24 5 356 6 Rafael Suzuki 55 3 8 DSQ 54 13 DSQ 1 156 12 32 9 92 7 12 7 331 7 Juan Manuel Casella 8 9 24 2 4 33 107 4 111 13 16 13 54 11 10 10 DSQ1 DNS 329 8 Fabián Yannantuoni [es] Ret7 DSQ 116 6 19 5 Ret 9 Ret 20 52 Ret 6 1 5 Ret 55 3 253 9 Pedro Cardoso DSQ 15 10 8 9 6 33 12 18 22 101 DSQ Ret6 12 35 2 9 Ret 233 10 José Manuel Sapag 9 7 9 3 Ret7 17 11 Ret 19 21 15 12 10 3 8 5 15 9 212 11 Diego Nunes DSQ 20 Ret 10 17 9 6 14 20 18 146 Ret 7 6 6 9 DSQ 1 183 12 Frederick Balbi 10 Ret 12 Ret 145 10 16† 3 17 14 12 Ret 116 13 Esteban Guerrieri 123 10 11 10 115 14 Fabricio Pezzini 66 4 4 Ret 19† 8 11 21 19 112 15 Damián Fineschi [es] 22 22 8 DNQ DNQ 97 16 Fabio Casagrande 12 16 147 9 15 11 9 15 23 23 18 Ret Ret 16 13 8 8 12 95 17 Adalberto Baptista 14 11 17 12 11 7 14 17 24 24 17 15 13 13 14 Ret 13 15 84 18 Jorge Barrio [es] 11 26 87 19 Felipe Lapenna 6 12 68 20 Enrique Maglione 11 17 15 Ret 10 16 DSQ 13 Ret 26† Ret Ret 127 14 Ret 11 12 11 58 21 Juan Pablo Bessone DSQ 18 13 Ret 8 Ret 74 7 57 22 Guilherme Reischl 13 10 18 Ret4 12 19 14 15 11 13 10 14 55 23 Walter Hernández 7 1 53 24 Facundo Marques [es] 22 Ret 42 25 Gastón Iansa [es] 33 Ret5 38 26 Gaetano di Mauro 33 35 27 Mathias de Valle 9 6 34 28 Marcio Basso 8 11 10 33 29 Matías Signorelli 54 14 33 30 Matías Milla [es] 4 Ret4 Ret 31 31 Lucas Colombo Russell [es] 76 181† 30 32 Gonzalo Alterio Ret 14 16 13 13 8 29 33 Luciano Farroni [es] 20 47 28 34 Marcos Regadas 15 12 6 26 35 Beto Monteiro 5 24 36 Diego Gutiérrez 15 12 19 13 16 12 15 18 14 13 23 37 Bruno Baptista 7 18 38 Ever Franetovich [es] 8 15 39 Pablo Otero DSQ 8 18 Ret Ret 13 40 Thiago Vivacqua 9 13 41 Michel Bonnin 12 13 16 WD WD 12 42 Nelson Marcondes 10 11 43 Rodrigo Aramendía 10 16 11 44 Franco Coscia [es] 15 11 10 45 Rodrigo Baptista 11 9 46 Franco Farina 12 7 47 Gustavo Fernigrini 16 12 7 48 Matías Russo 14 6 49 Carlos Javier Merlo [es] 13 5 50 Gonzalo Reilly 22 27† 5 51 Guilherme Salas Ret4 4 52 Claudio Rama 14 3 53 Leandro Rama Ret 14 3 54 Lucas Salles 15 1 55 Marcelo Ciarrocchi [es] Ret7 17 1 Pedro Nunes 17 0 Ernesto Bessone II 18 0 Carlos Silva Ret 25 0 Felipe Papazissis DNS DNS Drivers ineligible for championship points Ma Qing Hua 9 1 4 2 Mikel Azcona 8 2 1 Ret Néstor Girolami 4 8 Ret 1 Santiago Urrutia 1 6 Ret 11 Norbert Michelisz 6 7 2 4 Thed Björk 2 9 Ret 6 Robert Huff 7 4 3 3 Frédéric Vervisch 3 5 19† 5 Yann Ehrlacher 5 3 6 16† Fabiano Cardoso 11 7 Pos. Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, not including World Tour entries

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Trophy Cup

Pos. Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS  Pts.  1 Adalberto Baptista 144 11 174 12 112 73 145 17 244 24 173 15 133 13 144 Ret 527 2 Fabio Casagrande 121 16 141 9 154 11 92 15 232 23 182 Ret Ret2 16 131 8 517 3 Enrique Maglione 112 17 152 Ret 101 164 DSQ1 13 Ret1 26† Ret1 Ret 111 14 Ret5 11 360 4 Guilherme Reischl 135 10 185 Ret1 123 19 144 15 112 13 290 5 Diego Gutiérrez 156 12 195 13 166 127 154 18 214 6 Pablo Otero DSQ3 8 183 Ret Ret3 77 7 Marcos Regadas 152 123 6 75 8 Franco Coscia [es] 154 11 64 9 Gustavo Fernigrini 16 127 55 10 Marcio Basso 85 38 11 Carlos Silva Ret3 25 32 12 Lucas Salles 152 28 13 Ernesto Bessone II 185 27 14 Claudio Rama 146 26 Pos. Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying.

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship[edit]

Best 2 (two) results from each team are counted for teams' championship.

Pos. Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL BRS  Pts.  1 Squadra Martino 13 2 13 1 46 31 11 4 11 4 47 6 21 7 44 8 781 8 9 24 2 7 113 97 5 22 14 11 7 54 10 10 10 2 W2 ProGP 21 6 55 7 11 12 55 6 75 6 8 2 8 4 11 1 649 32 Ret 6 Ret 6 26 176† Ret Ret7 8 Ret 3 9 9 15†3 12† 3 Toyota Team Argentina 44 5 32 3 33 175 4 2 5 7 33 1 13 3 77 4 626 9 7 9 4 Ret7 Ret 11 Ret 10 12 10 5 10 5 8 5 4 Paladini Racing Ret 13 71 5 19 47 8 9 44 22 1 Ret 45 1 26 3 511 Ret DSQ 116 6 20 5 Ret 10 12 10 25 Ret 6 2 5 Ret 5 PMO Motorsport 55 1 4 Ret 54 8 16† 1 66 3 74 Ret 32 8 92 6 481 66 3 8 Ret 125 10 DSQ 3 8 5 Ret Ret 12 7 6 Cobra Racing Team 14 10 17 10 11 7 6 14 11 9 96 8 7 6 6 9 232 DSQ Ret Ret 12 17 9 14 17 15 15 12 Ret 12 12 14 Ret 7 Hyundai N Team Scuderia Chiarelli DSQ 15 10 8 9 6 33 12 9 13 51 DNS Ret6 11 35 2 221 DNS DNS 8 PMO Racing 13 8 13 13 22 124 22 7 13 18† 13 14 11 13† 207 15 11 18 Ret 8 15 74 8 9 Bratton Tito Bessone Team 33 1 6 4 115 10 Alfa Racing Ret 14 16 11 13 13 16 Ret 16 19 WD WD Pos. Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL BRS  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, not including World Tour entries

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website