2021 TCR South America Touring Car Championship explained

The 2021 TCR South America Touring Car Championship was the first season of TCR South America Touring Car Championship.

Calendar

The championship is to begin in May 2021, with a maximum of 40 entries, eight rounds consisting of sixteen 35-minute races would be run in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.^{[1] [2]}

	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	25–27 June
2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais	24–25 July
3	Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera	11–12 September
4	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar	2–3 October
5	Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto	30–31 October
6	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires	12–13 November
7	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia	4–5 December
8	Autódromo de Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos Province	18–19 December

Teams and drivers

It was announced on 1 August 2020, that 35 entry applications had been made for the 2021 season, and that the entry list would be published in late August. The entry applications included drivers from countries such as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Mexico with six car marques on the entry applications.^[3]

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name Rounds Cobra Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 10 Adalberto Baptista T All ^[4] Alan Hellmeister 2 ^[5] Nono Figueiredo 6 ^[6] 13 Rodrigo Baptista All 2, 6 ^[7] KMW Motorsports with PropCar^[8] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 11 Paul Holton 1 colspan="3" 16 Fabio Casagrande T 1–3 ^[9] James Vance 2 ^[10] 17 Roy Block T 2, 5 ^[11] Tim Lewis Jr. 2 25 Ayrton Chorne 4 colspan="3" 38 Diego Martinez T 4 colspan="3" Matías Cravero 5–6 Juan Pablo Bessone 6 95 Javier Manta T 6–7 Gonzalo Fernández 6 111 Fabricio Larratea 3 colspan="3" 177 Valdeno Brito 7 colspan="3" MC Tubarão Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 12 Marcio Basso T 1 ^[12] ^[13] colspan="3" 37 Guilherme Reischl T 1 colspan="3" align=center 55 Geciel de Andrade T 1–2 ^[14] Ruslan Carta Filho 2 ^[15] Scuderia CJ Hyundai Elantra N TCR 12 Sérgio Jimenez 2 ^[16] Beto Monteiro 2 ^[17] 15 Enrique Maglione T 3 colspan="3" 18 Thiago Marques T 2 Giovani Girotto 2 27 Rodrigo Aramendia 3 colspan="3" 35 Pedro Aizza 6 Damián Fineschi 6 53 Eugenio Provens 6 Nicolás Palau 6 Squadra Martino Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) align=center 16 Fabio Casagrande T 4–8 Facundo Márques 6 align=center 25 Ayrton Chorne 3 colspan="3" align=center 60 Juan Manuel Casella 4 colspan="3" Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 22 Juan Ángel Rosso 6 Matías Milla 6 align=center 25 Ayrton Chorne 1–2 ^[18] ^[19] Pedro Aizza 2 ^[20] align=center 33 José Manuel Sapag 1–2, 4–7 2, 6 ^[21] 52 Cyro Fontes 3 colspan="3" 70 Matías Cravero 7 colspan="3" 88 Facundo Márques 5 colspan="3" 133 Juan Pablo Bessone 8 colspan="3" 155 Gonzalo Reilly 3–4 colspan="3" 170 Dorian Mansilla 8 colspan="3" PMO Motorsport PMO Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 30 Pablo Otero T 3–4 ^[22] colspan="3" 44 Ernesto Bessone T 5–6 ^[23] Fabricio Pezzini 6 52 Cyro Fontes 4 colspan="3" 81 Claudio Rama T 6 Leandro Rama 6 96 Santiago Urrutia 3, 7 colspan="3" 113 Fabricio Pezzini 7–8 colspan="3" 114 Ever Franetovich 5 colspan="3" Peugeot 308 TCR 44 Ernesto Bessone T 7–8 ^[24] colspan="3" Perú Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 47 Rodrigo Pflucker 3–5 ^[25] ^[26] colspan="3" W2 ProGP Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Pepe Oriola All ^[27] 2 ^[28] Martin Ryba 6 ^[29] 77 Raphael Reis All ^[30] 2 Néstor Girolami 6

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Results and standings

Season summary

		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	Winning Trophy driver
1	R1	Interlagos	Raphael Reis	Pepe Oriola	Pepe Oriola	W2 ProGP	Adalberto Baptista
	R2			Pepe Oriola	Pepe Oriola	W2 ProGP	Adalberto Baptista
2	R3	Curitiba	José Manuel Sapag Esteban Guerrieri	Rodrigo Baptista	Rodrigo Baptista Tom Coronel	Cobra Racing	Fábio Casagrande
3	R4	Rivera	Santiago Urrutia	Pepe Oriola	Santiago Urrutia	PMO Motorsport	Pablo Otero
	R5			Pepe Oriola	Pepe Oriola	W2 ProGP	Pablo Otero
4	R6	El Pinar	Rodrigo Baptista	Rodrigo Baptista	Rodrigo Baptista	Cobra Racing	Diego Martinez
	R7			Rodrigo Baptista	Rodrigo Baptista	Cobra Racing	Pablo Otero
5	R8	Río Cuarto	Ever Franetovich	Pepe Oriola	Ever Franetovich	PMO Motorsport	Ernesto Bessone
	R9			Rodrigo Pflucker	Rodrigo Pflucker	Perú Racing Team	Ernesto Bessone
6	R10	Buenos Aires	Juan Ángel Rosso Matías Milla	Raphael Reis	Raphael Reis Néstor Girolami	W2 ProGP	Ernesto Bessone
7	R11	Alta Gracia		Rodrigo Baptista	Santiago Urrutia	PMO Motorsport	Adalberto Baptista
	R12		Fabricio Pezzini	Santiago Urrutia	Fabricio Pezzini	PMO Motorsport	Javier Manta
8	R13	Concepción del Uruguay	Rodrigo Baptista	Pepe Oriola	Pepe Oriola	W2 ProGP	Ernesto Bessone
	R14			Raphael Reis	Fabricio Pezzini	PMO Motorsport	Fábio Casagrande

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying	5	4	3	2	1	colspan=10
Sprint races	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Endurance races	50	40	32	26	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers' championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" valign=middle valign=middle Driver INT CUR RIV ELP RCU BUE AGR CDU valign=middle    1 Pepe Oriola 1^2 1 6^5 2^2 1 2^4 Ret 3 4 5^5 2 5 1^2 2 278 2 Rodrigo Baptista 3^4 Ret 1 5 2 1^1 1 8 DSQ 4^4 5 4^5 3^1 5 247 3 Raphael Reis 2^1 DSQ 4^3 4 9 4^3 5 5 5 1^3 6 3 2^3 8† 236 4 José Manuel Sapag 5^3 5 Ret^1 3^5 3 4^5 Ret 3^2 3 7 138 5 Adalberto Baptista 7 4 7† 8 7 8 7 10 6 12 9 9 6 9 130 6 Fabio Casagrande 9† Ret 3 9 8 WD WD 9 7 10 9 10 5 6 116 7 Fabricio Pezzini 6 4 1^1 DNS^4 1 90 8 Santiago Urrutia 1^1 10† 1 2^2 85 9 Tom Coronel 1 4^4 78 10 Rodrigo Pflucker WD WD 7^2 4 2^2 1 75 11 Ernesto Bessone 7^3 3 6 DNS DNS^4 4 7 72 12 Ayrton Chorne 6 3 5 7^5 DNS DNS DNS 60 13 Pablo Otero 3 4 9 2 56 14 Néstor Girolami 1^3 53 15 Ever Franetovich 1^1 2 50 16 Juan Ángel Rosso 2^1 45 Matías Milla 2^1 45 17 Sérgio Jimenez 2^2 44 Beto Monteiro 2^2 44 18 Pedro Aizza 5^4 7 42 19 Esteban Guerrieri Ret^1 3^2 41 20 Paul Holton 4^5 2 34 21 Valdeno Brito 4^3 Ret 11† 34 22 James Vance 3 32 23 Facundo Marques 6^4 8 10 32 24 Fabricio Larratea 6 3 26 25 Dorian Mansilla 7^5 3 26 26 Martin Ryba 5^5 23 27 Diego Martínez 5 6 21 28 Marcelo Costa 6^5 21 29 Rodrigo Aramendía 11^3 5 19 30 Matías Cravero Ret Ret Ret 7 6 19 31 Guilherme Reischl 8 6 18 32 Alan Hellmeister 7† 18 33 Damián Fineschi 7 18 34 Gonzalo Reilly 12† DNS 10† 8 18 35 Javier Manta 11 Ret 8 18 36 Enrique Maglione 10 6 16 37 Eugenio Provens 8 16 Nicolás Palau 8 16 38 Claudio Rama 9 14 Leandro Rama 9 16 39 Juan Pablo Bessone Ret Ret 4 13 40 Cyro Fontes Ret^4 DNS 6 Ret 12 41 Roy Block Ret 11 9 12 42 Gonzalo Fernández 11 10 43 Nonô Figueiredo 12 8 - Geciel de Andrade Ret Ret Ret 0 - Tim Lewis Jr. Ret 0 - Thiago Marques Ret 0 - Giovanni Girotto Ret 0 - Ruslan Carta Filho Ret 0 - Juan Manuel Casella DNS DNS 0 - Marcio Basso WD WD 0 valign=middle valign=middle Driver INT CUR RIV ELP RCU BUE AGR CDU valign=middle

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

Teams' championship

Team INT CUR RIV ELP RCU BUE AGR CDU 1 W2 ProGP 1^2 1 4^3 2^2 1 2^4 5 3 4 1^3 2 3^3 1^2 2 514 2^1 DSQ 6 4 9 4^3 Ret 5 5 5^5 6 5 2^3 8† 2 Cobra Racing Team 3^4 4 1 5 2 1^1 1 8 6 4^4 5 4^5 3^1 5 377 7 Ret 7† 8 7 8 8 10 DSQ 12 8 9 6 9 3 Squadra Martino 5^3 3 5^4 7^5 DNS 3^5 3 6^4 7 2^1 3 6 5 3 349 6 5 Ret^1 12† DNS 10† 8 9 8 3^2 7 7 7†^5 6 4 PMO Motorsport 1^1 4 6 2 1^1 2 6 1 1^1 DNS^4 1 333 3 10† 9 Ret 7^3 3 9 4 2^2 5 KMW Motorsports with PropCar 4^5 2 3 6 3 5 6 11 9 11 Ret 8 170 9† Ret Ret 9 8 DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 11† 6 Scuderia CJ 2^2 10 5 7 113 Ret 11^3 6 8 7 Perú Racing Team WD WD 7^2 4 2^2 1 75 8 PMO Racing DNS DNS^4 4 7 24 9 MC Tubarão 8 6 Ret 18 Ret Ret valign=middle valign=middle Team INT CUR RIV ELP RCU BUE AGR CDU valign=middle

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

Trophy' championship

	Driver
1	Adalberto Baptista	324
2	Fabio Casagrande	266
3	Ernesto Bessone	165
4	Pablo Otero	100
5	Javier Manta	55
6	Diego Martínez	48
7	Guilherme Reischl	44
8	Claudio Rama	44
9	Enrique Maglione	36
10	Roy Block	31
11	Thiago Marques	5
12	Geciel de Andrade	1
NC	Marcio Basso	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-03-09. TCR South America Confirmados los primeros escenarios de la temporada. 2021-03-10. MOTORLAT. en.
2. Web site: TCR South America issues revised 2021 calendar. 9 March 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 9 March 2021.
3. Web site: TCR South America confirm 35 entry applications for 2021. 1 August 2019. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 28 August 2019.
4. Web site: Onze Motorsports confirm TCR South America entry for 2021. 4 November 2020. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 4 November 2020.
5. Web site: ¡El #CobraRacingTeam de Nono Figueiredo confirmó el binomio del Audi #10 para la carrera de #Endurance del #TCR #SouthAmerica en #Curitiba!. 21 July 2021. Twitter. ES. 21 July 2021.
6. Web site: TCR South America llega a Buenos Aires para la segunda carrera endurance de la historia. 10 November 2021. TCR South America. ES. 12 November 2021.
7. Web site: Tom Coronel joins TCR South America endurance race at Curitiba. 20 July 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 20 July 2021.
8. Web site: El TCR South America pone primera en Interlagos con una grilla internacional. 24 June 2021. TCR South America. en-ES. 25 June 2021.
9. Web site: PropCar Team confirms Fabio Casagrande in second Alfa Romeo. 3 February 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 3 February 2021.
10. Web site: El otro Alfa Romeo Giulietta #16 del #PropCarRacing también tendrá un binomio internacional para la carrera #Endurance en #Curitiba.. 20 July 2021. Twitter. ES. 21 July 2021.
11. Web site: Tim Lewis Jr added to TCR South America entry. 12 March 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 12 March 2021.
12. Web site: Marcio Basso completes first test ahead of TCR South America debut. 16 October 2020. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 9 November 2020.
13. Web site: Teste coletivo do TCR South America reúne os carros brasileiros da temporada 2021. 15 April 2021. TCR South America. pt. 17 April 2021. Collective test of TCR South America gathers the Brazilian cars of the 2021 season.
14. Web site: Cambios en el equipo Mc Tubarão: Marcio Basso será remplazado por Geciel de Andrade en lo que resta del fin de semana.. 26 June 2021. Twitter. en-ES. 26 June 2021.
15. Web site: El TCR South America acelera en Curitiba para la carrera endurance. 23 July 2021. Twitter. ES. 23 July 2021.
16. Web site: New team confirm two Hyundai Elantra TCRs for inaugural season. 6 November 2020. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 9 November 2020.
17. Web site: ¡Semana de carrera! ¡Se viene la Fecha N2 del #TCR #SouthAmerica en #Curitiba!. 19 July 2021. Twitter. ES. 21 July 2021.
18. Web site: Squadra Martino enters two Hondas for inaugural TCR South America season. 21 April 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 21 April 2021.
19. Web site: Teenage racer signs Ayrton Chorne joins TCR South America grid. 2021-05-27. TouringCarTimes. en. 27 May 2021.
20. Web site: El binomio del segundo Honda Civic Type R de la @SquadraMartino también fue confirmado. El brasileño Pedro Aizza acompañara a Ayrton Chorne.. 20 July 2021. Twitter. ES. 21 July 2021.
21. Web site: Esteban Guerrieri joins José Manuel Sapag at Curitiba. 20 July 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 20 July 2021.
22. Web site: PMO Motorsport confirms Lynk & Co entry with Santiago Urrutia. 1 September 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 1 September 2021.
23. Web site: "Tito" Bessone hará su debut en TCR South América en Río Cuarto. 29 October 2021. Poleman. es-ES. 29 October 2021.
24. Web site: PMO Motorsport adds two Peugeots to its TCR South America line-up. 27 October 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 27 October 2021.
25. Web site: Perú Racing Team enters Rodrigo Pflucker for 2021 season. 9 November 2020. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 9 November 2020.
26. Web site: Trio to join TCR South America grid in Uruguay. 31 August 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 31 August 2021.
27. Web site: Pepe Oriola confirmed for W2 Racing in inaugural TCR South America season. 15 June 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 15 June 2021.
28. Web site: W2 Racing confirms Marcelo Costa and Valdeno Brito as co-drivers. 23 July 2021. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 23 July 2021.
29. Web site: Coronel, Girolami and Guerrieri joins Buenos Aires endurance race. 10 November 2020. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 12 November 2020.
30. Web site: W2 Racing confirm two Hondas for inaugural TCR South America season. 7 October 2020. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 7 October 2020.