2023 TCR South America Touring Car Championship explained

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

Calendar

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]

	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

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name Rounds PMO Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR align=center 1 Fabricio Pezzini^[6] 1–2 colspan="2" align=center 3 Marcos Regadas B 9 colspan="2" align=center 8 Rafael Suzuki^[7] B 1–6, 8–10 Matías Signorelli 3–4 align=center 12 Claudio Rama align=center T 4 Leandro Rama 4 align=center 20 Pablo Otero^[8] T 3 Leandro Rama 3 align=center 21 Marcio Basso align=center T 4 Gonzalo Alterio 4 22 7 colspan="2" 24 Frederick Balbi 1–7 Matías Russo 3 Nelson Marcondes 4 align=center 27 Walter Hernández^[9] 1 colspan="2" align=center 87 Franco Farina 3 Michel Bonnin 3 Paladini Racing^[10] ^[11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) align=center 1 Fabricio Pezzini^[12] 5–6 colspan="2" align=center 55 Diego Gutierrez T 10 colspan="2" Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR align=center 2 B All 3–4 5 B All Fabricio Pezzini 3 Beto Monteiro 4 PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 7 Juan Pablo Bessone 1–5 3 4 align=center 20 Pablo Otero T 1–2 colspan="2" align=center 21 Márcio Basso T B 10 colspan="2" 35 Gonzalo Reilly^[13] 6 colspan="2" 36 5–6 colspan="2" 37 Guilherme Reischl^[14] T B 1, 3–5, 8–10 3 Guilherme Salas 4 55 Diego Gutierrez T 1–5 Gustavo Fernigrini 3–4 align=center 72 Lucas Salles align=center T B 4 Marcos Regadas 4 align=center 88 3 3 Cobra Racing Team^[15] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 10 Adalberto Baptista T B All Rodrigo Baptista 3 Bruno Baptista 4 70 Diego Nunes B 3–10 Pedro Nunes 3 Thiago Vivacqua 4 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 1–2 colspan="2" Alfa Racing^[16] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 13 Carlos Silva 6 colspan="2" Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR align=center 69 Gonzalo Alterio 1–3 3 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 90 Michel Bonnin 5–6 colspan="2" Squadra Martino^[17] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Enrique Maglione T B All Rodrigo Aramendía 3–4 23 Ignacio Montenegro^[18] B All 3–4 34 Fabio Casagrande T B All 3–4 60 Juan Manuel Casella B 1–7 3 Gaetano di Mauro 4 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 8-10 colspan="2" 129 Néstor Girolami W 6–7 colspan="2" Toyota Team Argentina^[19] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Bernardo Llaver All 3–4 33 José Manuel Sapag^[20] All 3–4 Hyundai N Team Scuderia Chiarelli Hyundai Elantra N TCR 19 Felipe Papazissis B 9 colspan="2" 42 Fabiano Cardoso B 8 colspan="2" 43 Pedro Cardoso^[21] B All Mathias de Valle 3–4 W2 Shell V-Power^[22] W2 ProGP CUPRA León Competición TCR 28 Galid Osman B All Felipe Lapenna 3–4 77 Raphael Reis B All 3–4 Bratton Tito Bessone Team^[23] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 86 Esteban Guerrieri 6–7 colspan="2" BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse^[24] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Norbert Michelisz^[25] W 6–7 colspan="2" 196 Mikel Azcona W 6–7 colspan="2" Cyan Racing Lynk & Co^[26] Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR^[27] 111 Thed Björk^[28] W 6–7 colspan="2" 112 Santiago Urrutia^[29] W 6–7 colspan="2" 155 Ma Qing Hua W 6–7 colspan="2" 168 Yann Ehrlacher W 6–7 colspan="2" Audi Sport Team Comtoyou^[30] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Frédéric Vervisch W 6–7 colspan="2" 179 Robert Huff W 6–7 colspan="2"

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

Results and standings

Season summary

		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				Walter Hernández	PMO Motorsport	Pablo Otero
2	R3	Rosario		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	Raphael Reis	Raphael Reis	W2 ProGP	Enrique Maglione Rodrigo Aramendía
4	R6	Interlagos	Ignacio Montenegro	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	Ignacio Montenegro	Ignacio Montenegro	Squadra Martino	Fabio Casagrande
	R10			Esteban Guerrieri	Esteban Guerrieri	Bratton Tito Bessone Team	Fabio Casagrande
7	R11	Villa Mercedes	Pedro Cardoso			Paladini Racing	Adalberto Baptista
	R12			Ignacio Montenegro	Bernardo Llaver	Toyota Team Argentina	Adalberto Baptista
8	R13	Velopark	Ignacio Montenegro	Raphael Reis	Bernardo Llaver	Toyota Team Argentina	Enrique Maglione
	R14			Diego Nunes		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

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Qualifying	10	7	5	4	3	2	1	colspan=8
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

Overall

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valign=middle valign=middle Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS    1 Ignacio Montenegro 1^3 2 1^3 1 7^6 18^1 1 6 10^2 Ret 9^7 14 2^1 8 4^4 Ret 7^6 8 468 2 Bernardo Llaver 4^4 5 3^2 4 3^3 Ret^5 4 2 14 16 8^3 7 1^3 5 7^7 4 3^3 4 452 3 Raphael Reis 2^1 Ret 6 7 1^1 2^6 5^6 6 Ret^7 15 Ret 8 9 4 1^1 12 6 6 392 4 Ret 13 7^1 5 20 4^7 Ret 10 13^4 11 7^5 Ret 4 2 2^6 3 4^7 2 370 5 Galid Osman 3^2 6 5^5 Ret 6 1^2 17^5 Ret 16^5 17 13 9 8 10 15†^3 1 2^4 5 356 6 Rafael Suzuki 5^5 3 8 DSQ 5^4 13 DSQ 1 15^6 12 3^2 9 9^2 7 1^2 7 331 7 Juan Manuel Casella 8 9 2^4 2 4 3^3 10^7 4 11^1 13 16 13 5^4 11 10 10 DSQ^1 DNS 329 8 Ret^7 DSQ 11^6 6 19 5 Ret 9 Ret 20 5^2 Ret 6 1 5 Ret 5^5 3 253 9 Pedro Cardoso DSQ 15 10 8 9 6 3^3 12 18 22 10^1 DSQ Ret^6 12 3^5 2 9 Ret 233 10 José Manuel Sapag 9 7 9 3 Ret^7 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 14^6 Ret 7 6 6 9 DSQ 1 183 12 Frederick Balbi 10 Ret 12 Ret 14^5 10 16† 3 17 14 12 Ret 116 13 Esteban Guerrieri 12^3 10 11 10 115 14 Fabricio Pezzini 6^6 4 4 Ret 19† 8 11 21 19 112 15 2^2 2^2 8 DNQ DNQ 97 16 Fabio Casagrande 12 16 14^7 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 1^1 2^6 87 19 Felipe Lapenna 6 1^2 68 20 Enrique Maglione 11 17 15 Ret 10 16 DSQ 13 Ret 26† Ret Ret 12^7 14 Ret 11 12 11 58 21 Juan Pablo Bessone DSQ 18 13 Ret 8 Ret 7^4 7 57 22 Guilherme Reischl 13 10 18 Ret^4 12 19 14 15 11 13 10 14 55 23 Walter Hernández 7 1 53 24 2^2 Ret 42 25 3^3 Ret^5 38 26 Gaetano di Mauro 3^3 35 27 Mathias de Valle 9 6 34 28 Marcio Basso 8 11 10 33 29 Matías Signorelli 5^4 14 33 30 4 Ret^4 Ret 31 31 7^6 18^1† 30 32 Gonzalo Alterio Ret 14 16 13 13 8 29 33 20 4^7 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 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 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 13 5 50 Gonzalo Reilly 22 27† 5 51 Guilherme Salas Ret^4 4 52 Claudio Rama 14 3 53 Leandro Rama Ret 14 3 54 Lucas Salles 15 1 55 Ret^7 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 valign=middle valign=middle Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS

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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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valign=middle valign=middle Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS    1 Adalberto Baptista 14^4 11 17^4 12 11^2 7^3 14^5 17 24^4 24 17^3 15 13^3 13 14^4 Ret 527 2 Fabio Casagrande 12^1 16 14^1 9 15^4 11 9^2 15 23^2 23 18^2 Ret Ret^2 16 13^1 8 517 3 Enrique Maglione 11^2 17 15^2 Ret 10^1 16^4 DSQ^1 13 Ret^1 26† Ret^1 Ret 11^1 14 Ret^5 11 360 4 Guilherme Reischl 13^5 10 18^5 Ret^1 12^3 19 14^4 15 11^2 13 290 5 Diego Gutiérrez 15^6 12 19^5 13 16^6 12^7 15^4 18 214 6 Pablo Otero DSQ^3 8 18^3 Ret Ret^3 77 7 Marcos Regadas 15^2 12^3 6 75 8 15^4 11 64 9 Gustavo Fernigrini 16 12^7 55 10 Marcio Basso 8^5 38 11 Carlos Silva Ret^3 25 32 12 Lucas Salles 15^2 28 13 Ernesto Bessone II 18^5 27 14 Claudio Rama 14^6 26 valign=middle valign=middle Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL CAS

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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

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

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valign=middle valign=middle Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL BRS    1 Squadra Martino 1^3 2 1^3 1 4^6 3^1 1^1 4 1^1 4 4^7 6 2^1 7 4^4 8 781 8 9 2^4 2 7 11^3 9^7 5 2^2 14 11 7 5^4 10 10 10 2 W2 ProGP 2^1 6 5^5 7 1^1 1^2 5^5 6 7^5 6 8 2 8 4 1^1 1 649 3^2 Ret 6 Ret 6 2^6 17^6† Ret Ret^7 8 Ret 3 9 9 15†^3 12† 3 Toyota Team Argentina 4^4 5 3^2 3 3^3 17^5 4 2 5 7 3^3 1 1^3 3 7^7 4 626 9 7 9 4 Ret^7 Ret 11 Ret 10 12 10 5 10 5 8 5 4 Paladini Racing Ret 13 7^1 5 19 4^7 8 9 4^4 2^2 1 Ret 4^5 1 2^6 3 511 Ret DSQ 11^6 6 20 5 Ret 10 12 10 2^5 Ret 6 2 5 Ret 5 PMO Motorsport 5^5 1 4 Ret 5^4 8 16† 1 6^6 3 7^4 Ret 3^2 8 9^2 6 481 6^6 3 8 Ret 12^5 10 DSQ 3 8 5 Ret Ret 12 7 6 Cobra Racing Team 14 10 17 10 11 7 6 14 11 9 9^6 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 3^3 12 9 13 5^1 DNS Ret^6 11 3^5 2 221 DNS DNS 8 PMO Racing 13 8 13 13 2^2 12^4 2^2 7 13 18† 13 14 11 13† 207 15 11 18 Ret 8 15 7^4 8 9 Bratton Tito Bessone Team 3^3 1 6 4 115 10 Alfa Racing Ret 14 16 11 13 13 16 Ret 16 19 WD WD valign=middle valign=middle Driver AGC ROS TER INT RIV ELP VLM VLP VEL BRS

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^1 ^2 ^3 ^4 ^5 ^6 ^7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, not including World Tour entries

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ten dates set for TCR South America season. 25 November 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 25 November 2022.
2. Web site: Further details revealed on 2023 calendar. 12 December 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 12 December 2022.
3. Web site: TCR South America finalises 2023 schedule. 9 February 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 9 February 2023.
4. Web site: South American venues revealed for inaugural TCR World Tour season. 7 February 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 7 February 2023.
5. Web site: TCR South America/TCR Brasil season finale moved to Cascavel . tcr-series.com . 25 September 2023 . 26 September 2023.
6. Web site: José Manuel Sapag secures Toyota seat. 8 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 8 March 2023.
7. Web site: Rafael Suzuki completes four-car PMO Motorsport line-up. 24 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 24 March 2023.
8. Web site: Otero, Bessone and Gutierrez completes PMO Racing Peugeot line-up. 27 February 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 27 February 2023.
9. Web site: EL TCR South America Banco BRB Abre su tercera temporada en el Oscar Cabalén de Córdoba. 21 March 2023. TCR South America. es. 21 March 2023.
10. Web site: Paladini Racing reveals Toyota programme. 13 January 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 13 January 2023.
11. Web site: Paladini Racing unveils new Toyota livery. 16 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 16 March 2023.
12. Web site: Fabricio Pezzini switches cars as Paladini Racing expands with two Audis. 23 June 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 23 June 2023.
13. Web site: 30 cars entered for TCR World Tour and TCR South America race in Uruguay. 14 August 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 14 August 2023.
14. Web site: Guilherme Reischl confirmed for PMO Racing in TCR South America and Brazil. 30 January 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 30 January 2023.
15. Web site: Cobra Racing confirms Adalberto Baptista and Diego Nunes for 2023. 20 March 2023. TouringCars.Net. en-US. 20 March 2023.
16. Web site: TCR South America reveals 26 car field for 2023. 21 January 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 21 January 2023.
17. Web site: Squadra Martino confirms four-car line-up. 14 December 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 14 December 2022.
18. Web site: Squadra Martino adds Ignacio Montenegro. 22 November 2022. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 22 November 2022.
19. Web site: Bernardo Llaver inks Toyota deal for 2023 TCR South America season. 3 January 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 3 January 2023.
20. Web site: José Manuel Sapag secures Toyota seat. 9 February 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 9 February 2023.
21. Web site: Pedro Cardoso inks Scuderia Chiarelli drive. 16 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 16 March 2023.
22. Web site: W2 Pro GP confirms Raphael Reis and Galid Osman for TCR South America. 14 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 14 March 2023.
23. Web site: Esteban Guerrieri to join TCR World Tour in South America. 10 August 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 10 August 2023.
24. Web site: Hyundai confirms TCR World Tour presence. 27 February 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023.
25. Web site: Hyundai confirms two-car World Tour entry. 11 April 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 11 April 2023.
26. Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing to return to action in TCR World Tour. 6 January 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 6 January 2023.
27. Web site: New Lynk & Co 03 TCR to hit the track in 2023. 3 March 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 3 March 2023.
28. Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing names first two World Tour drivers. 27 February 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 27 February 2023.
29. Web site: Lynk & Co Cyan Racing completes TCR World Tour line-up. 6 March 2023. TouringCarTimes.com. 6 March 2023.
30. Web site: Comtoyou firms up World Tour entry with Huff, Vervisch. 13 April 2023. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 13 April 2023.