The 2023 TCR South America Touring Car Championship was the third season of TCR South America Touring Car Championship.
Calendar
editThe 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 |
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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
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Results and standings
editSeason summary
editRnd. | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning Team | Winning Trophy driver | |
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1 | R1 | Alta Gracia | Raphael Reis | Raphael Reis | Ignacio Montenegro | Squadra Martino | Enrique Maglione |
R2 | Juan Ángel Rosso | Walter Hernández | PMO Motorsport | Pablo Otero | |||
2 | R3 | Rosario | Juan Ángel Rosso | 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 |
Raphael Reis Jorge Barrio |
Raphael Reis Jorge Barrio |
W2 ProGP | Enrique Maglione Rodrigo Aramendía |
4 | R6 | Interlagos | Ignacio Montenegro Lucas Colombo Russell |
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 3] | Ignacio Montenegro[N 4] | Ignacio Montenegro[N 5] | Squadra Martino[N 6] | Fabio Casagrande |
R10 | Esteban Guerrieri[N 7] | Esteban Guerrieri[N 8] | Bratton Tito Bessone Team[N 9] | Fabio Casagrande | |||
7 | R11 | Villa Mercedes | Pedro Cardoso[N 10] | Fabián Yannantuoni[N 11] | Fabián Yannantuoni[N 12] | Paladini Racing[N 13] | Adalberto Baptista |
R12 | Ignacio Montenegro[N 14] | Bernardo Llaver[N 15] | Toyota Team Argentina[N 16] | Adalberto Baptista | |||
8 | R13 | Velopark | Ignacio Montenegro | Raphael Reis | Bernardo Llaver | Toyota Team Argentina | Enrique Maglione |
R14 | Diego Nunes | Fabián Yannantuoni | 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
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||
Sprint Race 1 & Endurance | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Sprint Race 2 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
edit- Overall
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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
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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
editBest 2 (two) results from each team are counted for teams' championship.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, not including World Tour entries |
Notes
edit- ^ Not eligible for TCR South America.
- ^ a b Car No. 28 entered as "W2 Shell V-Power". Car No. 77 entered as "W2 ProGP".
- ^ Actual pole position was taken by TCR World Tour driver Santiago Urrutia.
- ^ Actual fastest lap of the race was taken by TCR World Tour driver Santiago Urrutia.
- ^ Actual victory in the race was taken by TCR World Tour driver Santiago Urrutia.
- ^ Actual victory in the race was taken by TCR World Tour team BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse.
- ^ Actual fastest lap of the race was taken by TCR World Tour driver Mikel Azcona.
- ^ Actual pole position was taken by TCR World Tour driver Ma Qing Hua.
- ^ Actual victory in the race was taken by TCR World Tour team Cyan Racing Lynk & Co.
- ^ Actual pole position was taken by TCR World Tour driver Yann Ehrlacher.
- ^ Actual fastest lap of the race was taken by TCR World Tour driver Mikel Azcona.
- ^ Actual victory in the race was taken by TCR World Tour driver Mikel Azcona.
- ^ Actual victory in the race was taken by TCR World Tour team BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse.
- ^ Actual fastest lap of the race was taken by TCR World Tour driver Yann Ehrlacher.
- ^ Actual victory in the race was taken by TCR World Tour driver Nestor Girolami.
- ^ Actual victory in the race was taken by TCR World Tour entry from team Squadra Martino.
References
edit- ^ "Ten dates set for TCR South America season". TouringCarTimes. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Further details revealed on 2023 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "TCR South America finalises 2023 schedule". TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "South American venues revealed for inaugural TCR World Tour season". TouringCarTimes. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "TCR South America/TCR Brasil season finale moved to Cascavel". tcr-series.com. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d "TCR South America reveals 26 car field for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ a b "José Manuel Sapag secures Toyota seat". TouringCarTimes. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Rafael Suzuki completes four-car PMO Motorsport line-up". TouringCarTimes. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Otero, Bessone and Gutierrez completes PMO Racing Peugeot line-up". TouringCarTimes. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d "EL TCR South America Banco BRB Abre su tercera temporada en el Oscar Cabalén de Córdoba". TCR South America (in Spanish). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Paladini Racing reveals Toyota programme". TouringCarTimes. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Paladini Racing unveils new Toyota livery". TouringCarTimes. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Fabricio Pezzini switches cars as Paladini Racing expands with two Audis". TouringCarTimes. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "30 cars entered for TCR World Tour and TCR South America race in Uruguay". TouringCarTimes. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Guilherme Reischl confirmed for PMO Racing in TCR South America and Brazil". TouringCarTimes. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Cobra Racing confirms Adalberto Baptista and Diego Nunes for 2023". TouringCars.Net. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Squadra Martino confirms four-car line-up". TouringCarTimes. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Squadra Martino adds Ignacio Montenegro". TouringCarTimes. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Bernardo Llaver inks Toyota deal for 2023 TCR South America season". TouringCarTimes. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "José Manuel Sapag secures Toyota seat". TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Pedro Cardoso inks Scuderia Chiarelli drive". TouringCarTimes. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "W2 Pro GP confirms Raphael Reis and Galid Osman for TCR South America". TouringCarTimes. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Esteban Guerrieri to join TCR World Tour in South America". TouringCarTimes.com. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Hyundai confirms TCR World Tour presence". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Hyundai confirms two-car World Tour entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing to return to action in TCR World Tour". TouringCarTimes. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "New Lynk & Co 03 TCR to hit the track in 2023". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing names first two World Tour drivers". TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Lynk & Co Cyan Racing completes TCR World Tour line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Comtoyou firms up World Tour entry with Huff, Vervisch". TouringCarTimes. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.