José Manuel "Manu" Urcera (San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro Province; July 9, 1991) is an Argentine motor racing driver. Won the Turismo Carretera championship in 2022.
Urcera started his motorsport career in motocross.[1] In 2012 he debuted at TC Mouras with JP Racing and Turismo Nacional (TN) Clase 2. The next year he made his debut at TC Pista and was vice-champion in 2014, which gave him promotion to Turismo Carretera (TC).[2] [3] In 2016 he debuted in Súper TC 2000 with the Fiat Argentina team.[4]
In 2016, Urcera got his first wins in both championships. The next year he qualified for the TC play-offs for first time and went on to the Citroën STC2000 team.[5] In 2018 he debuted in TN Clase 3.
Urcera was the 2019 TN Clase 3 champion with a Honda Civic from the Larrauri Competición team.[6] At the same time, he was TC vice-champion behind Agustín Canapino.[7] In 2020 he again won the Clase 3 title,[8] while in TC he finished third in the championship. It was his last TC season with JP team.[9]
In 2022, Urcera was Turismo Carretera champion competing with Maquin Parts Racing, having won two races.[10] In addition, he competed in the Italian GT Sprint Championship alongside Daniele di Amato in a Scuderia Baldini 27's Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020. They took one win.
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Podiums | Points | Position | ||
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2012 | Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | Boero Carrera Pro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 50th | |
TC Mouras | JP Racing/ Las Toscas Racing | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 134 | 12th | ||
2013 | Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | GC Competición | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
TC Mouras | JP Racing | 13 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 486.5 | 6th | ||
TC Pista | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 317.75 | 16th | |||
2014 | Top Race Series | Azar Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
TC Mouras | JP Racing | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 447 | 7th | ||
TC Pista | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 537 | 2nd | |||
2015 | Turismo Carretera | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230.75 | 26th | ||
Súper TC2000 | Equipo Fiat Petronas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 5th | ||
2016 | Turismo Carretera | Las Toscas Racing | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 412.5 | 18th | |
Súper TC 2000 | Fiat Petronas | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 10th | ||
2017 | Turismo Carretera | Las Toscas Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 402.5 | 7th | |
Súper TC2000 | Citroën Total Racing | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83.5 | 12th | ||
Top Race V6 | Midas Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24th | ||
TC Mouras - Guest Tournament | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 40th | |||
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | ||||
2018 | Turismo Carretera | Las Toscas Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 341 | 11th | |
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | Citroën Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 146 | 9th | ||
Súper TC2000 | Citroën Total Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 12th | ||
2019 | Turismo Carretera | JP Carrera | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 523.75 | 2nd | |
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | Larrauri Competición | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 279 | 1st | ||
Súper TC2000 | Honda Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15th | ||
2020 | Turismo Carretera | JP Carrera/ Las Toscas Racing | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 319 | 3rd | |
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | Larrauri Racing | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 227 | 1st | ||
Súper TC2000 | Monti Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13th | ||
2021 | Turismo Carretera | Urcera Racing/ Alifraco Sport | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 237 | 24th | |
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | Larrauri Racing | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 209 | 5th | ||
2022 | Turismo Carretera | Maquin Parts Racing Team | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 675 | 1st | |
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | Larrauri Racing/ CVG Team | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 12th | ||
TC Pick Up | Larrauri Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 37th | ||
Italian GT Championship - GT3 | Scuderia Baldini 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5th | ||
2023 | Turismo Carretera | Maquin Parts Racing | ||||||||
TC Pick Up | ||||||||||
Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 | Saturni Racing | |||||||||
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He is in a relationship with the model Nicole Neumann.[11]