2021 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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

El Pinar race

Calendar edit

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]

  Race is an Endurance Event
Rnd. 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 edit

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 No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref. Co-Driver name Rounds Ref.
  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   Tom Coronel 2, 6 [7]
  KMW Motorsports with PropCar[8] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 11   Paul Holton 1 [8]
16   Fabio Casagrande T 1–3 [9]   James Vance 2 [10]
17   Roy Block T 2, 5 [11]   Tim Lewis Jr. 2 [11]
25   Ayrton Chorne 4
38   Diego Martinez T 4
70   Matías Cravero 5–6   Juan Pablo Bessone 6 [6]
95   Javier Manta T 6–7 [6]   Gonzalo Fernández 6 [6]
111   Fabricio Larratea 3 [8]
177   Valdeno Brito 7
  MC Tubarão Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 12   Marcio Basso[N 1] T 1 [13][14]
37   Guilherme Reischl T 1 [15]
55   Geciel de Andrade T 1–2 [12]   Ruslan Carta Filho 2 [16]
  Scuderia CJ Hyundai Elantra N TCR 12   Sérgio Jimenez 2 [17]   Beto Monteiro 2 [18]
15   Enrique Maglione T 3
18   Thiago Marques T 2 [17][16]   Giovani Girotto 2 [16]
27   Rodrigo Aramendia 3
35   Pedro Aizza 6 [6]   Damián Fineschi 6 [6]
53   Eugenio Provens 6 [6]   Nicolás Palau 6 [6]
  Squadra Martino Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 16   Fabio Casagrande T 4–8   Facundo Márques 6 [6]
25   Ayrton Chorne 3
60   Juan Manuel Casella 4
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 22   Juan Ángel Rosso 6 [6]   Matías Milla 6 [6]
25   Ayrton Chorne 1–2 [19][20]   Pedro Aizza 2 [21]
33   José Manuel Sapag 1–2, 4–7   Esteban Guerrieri 2, 6 [22]
52   Cyro Fontes 3
70   Matías Cravero 7
88   Facundo Márques 5
133   Juan Pablo Bessone 8
155   Gonzalo Reilly 3–4 [23]
170   Dorian Mansilla 8
  PMO Motorsport[a]
PMO Racing[a]
Lynk & Co 03 TCR 30   Pablo Otero T 3–4 [24]
44   Ernesto Bessone T 5–6 [25]   Fabricio Pezzini 6 [6]
52   Cyro Fontes 4
81   Claudio Rama T 6 [6]   Leandro Rama 6 [6]
96   Santiago Urrutia 3, 7 [24]
113   Fabricio Pezzini 7–8
114   Ever Franetovich 5 [25]
Peugeot 308 TCR 44   Ernesto Bessone T 7–8 [26]
  Perú Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 47   Rodrigo Pflucker 3–5 [27][23]
  W2 ProGP Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74   Pepe Oriola All [28]   Marcelo Costa 2 [29]
  Martin Ryba 6 [30]
77   Raphael Reis All [15]   Valdeno Brito 2 [29]
  Néstor Girolami 6 [30]
Icon Class
T Trophy

Results and standings edit

Season summary edit

Rnd. 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 edit

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

Pos. Driver INT
 
CUR
 
RIV
 
ELP
 
RCU
 
BUE
 
AGR
 
CDU
 
 Pts. 
1   Pepe Oriola 12 1 65 22 1 24 Ret 3 4 55 2 5 12 2 278
2   Rodrigo Baptista 34 Ret 1 5 2 11 1 8 DSQ 44 5 45 31 5 247
3   Raphael Reis 21 DSQ 43 4 9 43 5 5 5 13 6 3 23 8† 236
4   José Manuel Sapag 53 5 Ret1 35 3 45 Ret 32 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 11 DNS4 1 90
8   Santiago Urrutia 11 10† 1 22 85
9   Tom Coronel 1 44 78
10   Rodrigo Pflucker WD WD 72 4 22 1 75
11   Ernesto Bessone 73 3 6 DNS DNS4 4 7 72
12   Ayrton Chorne 6 3 5 75 DNS DNS DNS 60
13   Pablo Otero 3 4 9 2 56
14   Néstor Girolami 13 53
15   Ever Franetovich 11 2 50
16   Juan Ángel Rosso 21 45
  Matías Milla 21 45
17   Sérgio Jimenez 22 44
  Beto Monteiro 22 44
18   Pedro Aizza 54 7 42
19   Esteban Guerrieri Ret1 32 41
20   Paul Holton 45 2 34
21   Valdeno Brito 43 Ret 11† 34
22   James Vance 3 32
23   Facundo Marques 64 8 10 32
24   Fabricio Larratea 6 3 26
25   Dorian Mansilla 75 3 26
26   Martin Ryba 55 23
27   Diego Martínez 5 6 21
28   Marcelo Costa 65 21
29   Rodrigo Aramendía 113 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 Ret4 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
Pos. Driver INT
 
CUR
 
RIV
 
ELP
 
RCU
 
BUE
 
AGR
 
CDU
 
 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)

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

Teams' championship edit

Pos. Team INT
 
CUR
 
RIV
 
ELP
 
RCU
 
BUE
 
AGR
 
CDU
 
Pts.
1   W2 ProGP 12 1 43 22 1 24 5 3 4 13 2 33 12 2 514
21 DSQ 6 4 9 43 Ret 5 5 55 6 5 23 8†
2   Cobra Racing Team 34 4 1 5 2 11 1 8 6 44 5 45 31 5 377
7 Ret 7† 8 7 8 8 10 DSQ 12 8 9 6 9
3   Squadra Martino 53 3 54 75 DNS 35 3 64 7 21 3 6 5 3 349
6 5 Ret1 12† DNS 10† 8 9 8 32 7 7 7†5 6
4   PMO Motorsport 11 4 6 2 11 2 6 1 11 DNS4 1 333
3 10† 9 Ret 73 3 9 4 22
5   KMW Motorsports with PropCar 45 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 22 10 5 7 113
Ret 113 6 8
7   Perú Racing Team WD WD 72 4 22 1 75
8   PMO Racing DNS DNS4 4 7 24
9   MC Tubarão 8 6 Ret 18
Ret Ret
Pos. Team INT
 
CUR
 
RIV
 
ELP
 
RCU
 
BUE
 
AGR
 
CDU
 
 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)

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

Trophy' championship edit

Pos. Driver Pts.
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 edit

  1. ^ Marcio Basso was entered for the Round 1 but withdrew after taking part in extra practice. He was replaced by Geciel de Andrade.[12]
  1. ^ a b Lynk & Co cars entered as PMO Motorsport and Peugeot cars entered as PMO Racing.

References edit

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

External links edit