2021 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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

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 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 25–27 June
2 Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais 24–25 July
3 Uruguay Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera 11–12 September
4 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar 2–3 October
5 Argentina Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto 30–31 October
6 Argentina Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires 12–13 November
7 Argentina Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia 4–5 December
8 Argentina 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.
Brazil Cobra Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 10 Brazil Adalberto Baptista T All [4] Brazil Alan Hellmeister 2 [5]
Brazil Nono Figueiredo 6 [6]
13 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista All Netherlands Tom Coronel 2, 6 [7]
United States KMW Motorsports with PropCar[8] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 11 United States Paul Holton 1 [8] —
16 Brazil Fabio Casagrande T 1–3 [9] Canada James Vance 2 [10]
17 Argentina Roy Block T 2, 5 [11] United States Tim Lewis Jr. 2 [11]
25 Argentina Ayrton Chorne 4 —
38 Uruguay Diego Martinez T 4 —
70 Argentina Matías Cravero 5–6 Argentina Juan Pablo Bessone 6 [6]
95 Argentina Javier Manta T 6–7 [6] Argentina Gonzalo Fernández 6 [6]
111 Uruguay Fabricio Larratea 3 [8] —
177 Brazil Valdeno Brito 7 —
Brazil MC Tubarão Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 12 Brazil Marcio Basso[N 1] T 1 [13][14] —
37 Brazil Guilherme Reischl T 1 [15] —
55 Brazil Geciel de Andrade T 1–2 [12] Brazil Ruslan Carta Filho 2 [16]
Brazil Scuderia CJ Hyundai Elantra N TCR 12 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 2 [17] Brazil Beto Monteiro 2 [18]
15 Uruguay Enrique Maglione T 3 —
18 Brazil Thiago Marques T 2 [17][16] Brazil Giovani Girotto 2 [16]
27 Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendia 3 —
35 Brazil Pedro Aizza 6 [6] Argentina Damián Fineschi 6 [6]
53 Argentina Eugenio Provens 6 [6] Argentina Nicolás Palau 6 [6]
Argentina Squadra Martino Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 16 Brazil Fabio Casagrande T 4–8 Argentina Facundo Márques 6 [6]
25 Argentina Ayrton Chorne 3 —
60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 4 —
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 22 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 6 [6] Argentina Matías Milla 6 [6]
25 Argentina Ayrton Chorne 1–2 [19][20] Brazil Pedro Aizza 2 [21]
33 Argentina José Manuel Sapag 1–2, 4–7 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 2, 6 [22]
52 Uruguay Cyro Fontes 3 —
70 Argentina Matías Cravero 7 —
88 Argentina Facundo Márques 5 —
133 Argentina Juan Pablo Bessone 8 —
155 Uruguay Gonzalo Reilly 3–4 [23] —
170 Argentina Dorian Mansilla 8 —
Argentina PMO Motorsport[a]
PMO Racing[a]
Lynk & Co 03 TCR 30 Argentina Pablo Otero T 3–4 [24] —
44 Argentina Ernesto Bessone T 5–6 [25] Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 6 [6]
52 Uruguay Cyro Fontes 4 —
81 Argentina Claudio Rama T 6 [6] Argentina Leandro Rama 6 [6]
96 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 3, 7 [24] —
113 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 7–8 —
114 Argentina Ever Franetovich 5 [25] —
Peugeot 308 TCR 44 Argentina Ernesto Bessone T 7–8 [26] —
Peru Perú Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 47 Peru Rodrigo Pflucker 3–5 [27][23] —
Brazil W2 ProGP Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Spain Pepe Oriola All [28] Brazil Marcelo Costa 2 [29]
Slovakia Martin Ryba 6 [30]
77 Brazil Raphael Reis All [15] Brazil Valdeno Brito 2 [29]
Argentina 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 Brazil Interlagos Brazil Raphael Reis Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Pepe Oriola Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Adalberto Baptista
R2 Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Pepe Oriola Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Adalberto Baptista
2 R3 Brazil Curitiba Argentina José Manuel Sapag
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 		Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
Netherlands Tom Coronel 		Brazil Cobra Racing Brazil Fábio Casagrande
3 R4 Uruguay Rivera Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Spain Pepe Oriola Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Argentina PMO Motorsport Argentina Pablo Otero
R5 Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Pepe Oriola Brazil W2 ProGP Argentina Pablo Otero
4 R6 Uruguay El Pinar Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Cobra Racing Uruguay Diego Martinez
R7 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Cobra Racing Argentina Pablo Otero
5 R8 Argentina Río Cuarto Argentina Ever Franetovich Spain Pepe Oriola Argentina Ever Franetovich Argentina PMO Motorsport Argentina Ernesto Bessone
R9 Peru Rodrigo Pflucker Peru Rodrigo Pflucker Peru Perú Racing Team Argentina Ernesto Bessone
6 R10 Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso
Argentina Matías Milla 		Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil Raphael Reis
Argentina Néstor Girolami 		Brazil W2 ProGP Argentina Ernesto Bessone
7 R11 Argentina Alta Gracia Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Argentina PMO Motorsport Brazil Adalberto Baptista
R12 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Argentina Fabricio Pezzini Argentina PMO Motorsport Argentina Javier Manta
8 R13 Argentina Concepción del Uruguay Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Spain Pepe Oriola Spain Pepe Oriola Brazil W2 ProGP Argentina Ernesto Bessone
R14 Brazil Raphael Reis Argentina Fabricio Pezzini Argentina PMO Motorsport Brazil 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
Brazil 		CUR
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		ELP
Uruguay 		RCU
Argentina 		BUE
Argentina 		AGR
Argentina 		CDU
Argentina 		 Pts. 
1 Spain Pepe Oriola 12 1 65 22 1 24 Ret 3 4 55 2 5 12 2 278
2 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista 34 Ret 1 5 2 11 1 8 DSQ 44 5 45 31 5 247
3 Brazil Raphael Reis 21 DSQ 43 4 9 43 5 5 5 13 6 3 23 8† 236
4 Argentina José Manuel Sapag 53 5 Ret1 35 3 45 Ret 32 3 7 138
5 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 7 4 7† 8 7 8 7 10 6 12 9 9 6 9 130
6 Brazil Fabio Casagrande 9† Ret 3 9 8 WD WD 9 7 10 9 10 5 6 116
7 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 6 4 11 DNS4 1 90
8 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 11 10† 1 22 85
9 Netherlands Tom Coronel 1 44 78
10 Peru Rodrigo Pflucker WD WD 72 4 22 1 75
11 Argentina Ernesto Bessone 73 3 6 DNS DNS4 4 7 72
12 Argentina Ayrton Chorne 6 3 5 75 DNS DNS DNS 60
13 Argentina Pablo Otero 3 4 9 2 56
14 Argentina Néstor Girolami 13 53
15 Argentina Ever Franetovich 11 2 50
16 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 21 45
Argentina Matías Milla 21 45
17 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez 22 44
Brazil Beto Monteiro 22 44
18 Brazil Pedro Aizza 54 7 42
19 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Ret1 32 41
20 United States Paul Holton 45 2 34
21 Brazil Valdeno Brito 43 Ret 11† 34
22 Canada James Vance 3 32
23 Argentina Facundo Marques 64 8 10 32
24 Uruguay Fabricio Larratea 6 3 26
25 Argentina Dorian Mansilla 75 3 26
26 Slovakia Martin Ryba 55 23
27 Uruguay Diego Martínez 5 6 21
28 Brazil Marcelo Costa 65 21
29 Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendía 113 5 19
30 Argentina Matías Cravero Ret Ret Ret 7 6 19
31 Brazil Guilherme Reischl 8 6 18
32 Brazil Alan Hellmeister 7† 18
33 Argentina Damián Fineschi 7 18
34 Uruguay Gonzalo Reilly 12† DNS 10† 8 18
35 Argentina Javier Manta 11 Ret 8 18
36 Uruguay Enrique Maglione 10 6 16
37 Argentina Eugenio Provens 8 16
Argentina Nicolás Palau 8 16
38 Argentina Claudio Rama 9 14
Argentina Leandro Rama 9 16
39 Argentina Juan Pablo Bessone Ret Ret 4 13
40 Uruguay Cyro Fontes Ret4 DNS 6 Ret 12
41 Argentina Roy Block Ret 11 9 12
42 Argentina Gonzalo Fernández 11 10
43 Brazil Nonô Figueiredo 12 8
- Brazil Geciel de Andrade Ret Ret Ret 0
- United States Tim Lewis Jr. Ret 0
- Brazil Thiago Marques Ret 0
- Brazil Giovanni Girotto Ret 0
- Brazil Ruslan Carta Filho Ret 0
- Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella DNS DNS 0
- Brazil Marcio Basso WD WD 0
Pos. Driver INT
Brazil 		CUR
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		ELP
Uruguay 		RCU
Argentina 		BUE
Argentina 		AGR
Argentina 		CDU
Argentina 		 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
Brazil 		CUR
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		ELP
Uruguay 		RCU
Argentina 		BUE
Argentina 		AGR
Argentina 		CDU
Argentina 		Pts.
1 Brazil 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 Brazil 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 Argentina 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 Argentina PMO Motorsport 11 4 6 2 11 2 6 1 11 DNS4 1 333
3 10† 9 Ret 73 3 9 4 22
5 United States 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 Brazil Scuderia CJ 22 10 5 7 113
Ret 113 6 8
7 Peru Perú Racing Team WD WD 72 4 22 1 75
8 Argentina PMO Racing DNS DNS4 4 7 24
9 Brazil MC Tubarão 8 6 Ret 18
Ret Ret
Pos. Team INT
Brazil 		CUR
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		ELP
Uruguay 		RCU
Argentina 		BUE
Argentina 		AGR
Argentina 		CDU
Argentina 		 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 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 324
2 Brazil Fabio Casagrande 266
3 Argentina Ernesto Bessone 165
4 Argentina Pablo Otero 100
5 Argentina Javier Manta 55
6 Uruguay Diego Martínez 48
7 Brazil Guilherme Reischl 44
8 Argentina Claudio Rama 44
9 Uruguay Enrique Maglione 36
10 Argentina Roy Block 31
11 Brazil Thiago Marques 5
12 Brazil Geciel de Andrade 1
NC Brazil 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]

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