2024 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

The 2024 TCR South America Touring Car Championship is the fourth season of TCR South America Touring Car Championship.

Calendar

The championship is to begin in April 2024, with a maximum of 35 entries, ten rounds consisting of eighteen 35-minute races and two endurance races would be run in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.[1] It will also feature two rounds of the TCR World Tour.[2] On February 29, the circuits were announced except for the seventh round.[3] On August 13, it was announced that the first round in Argentina would be held in Circuito San Juan Villicum.[4]

  Race is an Endurance Event
  Race is part of TCR Brazil
  Race is an endurance event and part of TCR Brazil
  Race is part of TCR World Tour
Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Map
1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 12–14 April
2 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel 24–26 May
3 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 14–16 June
4 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 19–21 July
5 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar 2–4 August
6 Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes 23–25 August
7 Circuito San Juan Villicum, Albardón 13–15 September
8 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires 4–6 October
9 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo 8–10 November
10 Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio, Rosario 29 November–1 December

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name Rounds
Cobra Racing Team[5] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 07 Thiago Vivacqua[5] 1–9 Nicolas Costa[6] 1
47 Norberto Fontana[7] 1–2, 4 Felipe Maluhy[7] 1
W2 Shell V-Power[8][N 1]
W2 ProGP[9][N 1]
Cupra León Competición TCR 2 Marcio Basso T 7–8
37 Guilherme Reischl[9] T 1–6 Guilherme Salas[6] 1
85 Bautista Damiani 9
28 Galid Osman[8] 1 Felipe Lapenna[6] 1
Cupra León VZ TCR 2–9
77 Raphael Reis[10] 1–9 Lucas Foresti[6] 1
Squadra Martino[11] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 3 Rodrigo Baptista[12] 1–3, 5–6, 9 Diego Nunes[6] 1
9 Nelson Piquet Jr.[13] 4
15 Enrique Maglione[14] T 1–9 Rodrigo Aramendia[6] 1
33 Luis Ramírez 7
34 Fabio Casagrande[15] T 1–8 Franco Coscia[6] 1
38 Matías Cravero 7–9
47 Norberto Fontana 5–6, 8
85 Tiago Pernia 9
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 60 Juan Manuel Casella[11] 1–9 Ignacio Montenegro[6] 1
Paladini Racing[16] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 5 Fabián Yannantuoni[17] 1–7, 9 Enric Bordás Cotes[18] 1
13 Fabricio Pezzini[6] 1 Juan Pablo Bessone[6] 1
16 Juan Ángel Rosso[16] 1–9 Facundo Marques[6] 1
18 Carlos Silva[19] T 5
19 Matias Chas T 7
51 Jake Cosío 8
61 Diego Noceti 6
73 Diego Gutiérrez T 2–5, 8
PMO Racing[20] Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Rafael Suzuki[21] 3–9
27 Marcos Regadas[6] T 2–5, 8
44 Leonel Pernía 2–9
88 Werner Neugebauer[6] 1 Caca Bueno[6] 1
BRB Banco de Brasília by PMO Racing 43 Pedro Cardoso[20] 1–9 Celso Neto[6] 1
Toyota Team Argentina[22] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Matías Rossi[22] 2–9
42 José María López[23] 8
PMO - Full Time Sports[24] Lynk & Co 03 TCR 27 Marcos Regadas[6] T 1 Rafael Suzuki[6] 1
55 Lucas Fecury[6] 1 Arthur Leist[6] 1
GOAT Racing[25] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 62 Dušan Borković[26] W 4–5
186 Esteban Guerrieri[27] W 4–5
199 Marco Butti[28] W 4–5
BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse[29] Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Norbert Michelisz[30] W 4–5
129 Néstor Girolami[30] W 4–5
196 Mikel Azcona[30] W 4–5
Lynk & Co Cyan Racing[31] Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Thed Björk[31] W 4–5
112 Santiago Urrutia[31] W 4–5
155 Ma Qing Hua[31] W 4–5
168 Yann Ehrlacher[31] W 4–5
Volcano Motorsport[32] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 127 John Filippi[32] W 4–5
Icon Class
T Eligible for TCR Trophy
B Eligible for TCR Brazil
W Eligible for TCR World Tour

Results

Season summary

Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team Winning Trophy driver
1 R1 Interlagos Circuit Juan Manuel Casella
Ignacio Montenegro
Raphael Reis
Lucas Foresti
Raphael Reis
Lucas Foresti
W2 ProGP Guilherme Reischl
2 R2 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Squadra Martino Fabio Casagrande
R3 Juan Manuel Casella Fabián Yannantuoni Paladini Racing Fabio Casagrande
3 R4 Autódromo Velo Città Pedro Cardoso Leonel Pernía Leonel Pernía PMO Racing Fabio Casagrande
R5 Rafael Suzuki Rafael Suzuki PMO Racing Marcos Regadas
4 R6 Interlagos Circuit Santiago Urrutia Esteban Guerrieri Esteban Guerrieri GOAT Racing
R7 Yann Ehrlacher Norbert Michelisz BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
5 R8 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini Yann Ehrlacher Yann Ehrlacher Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
R9 Yann Ehrlacher Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
6 R10 Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes Raphael Reis Pedro Cardoso Raphael Reis W2 ProGP
R11 Galid Osman Leonel Pernía PMO Racing
7 R12 Circuito San Juan Villicum Matías Rossi Matías Cravero Matías Rossi Toyota Team Argentina Enrique Maglione
R13 Matías Rossi Matías Rossi Toyota Team Argentina Enrique Maglione
8 R14 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Matías Cravero Matías Cravero Galid Osman W2 ProGP Marcos Regadas
R15 José María López Juan Manuel Casella Squadra Martino Enrique Maglione
9 R16 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo Rodrigo Baptista Juan Manuel Casella Juan Manuel Casella Squadra Martino Enrique Maglione
R17
10 R18 Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio
R19

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
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

Pos. Driver INT
CAS
VEL
INT
ELP
PCM
VIL
BUE
TER
ROS
Points
1 Pedro Cardoso 25 36 Ret 4 6 5 9 1 1 2 3 9 Ret 5 4 6 3 430
2 Juan Manuel Casella DSQ1 54 5 7 9 6 Ret 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 1 1 4 428
3 Raphael Reis 12 65 13 8 2 7 2 7 6 1 6 6 6 16 7 5 10 382
4 Juan Ángel Rosso 76 47 2 5 3 3 8 2 2 Ret Ret 8 5 3 5 9 7 365
5 Leonel Pernía 7 3 1 4 12 Ret 3 1 4 11 7 3 4 1 342
6 Matías Rossi 153 4 2 5 13 Ret 3 12 6 8 1 1 11 6 3 11 328
7 Galid Osman 113 22 Ret 3 7 Ret Ret 12 7 9 4 7 3 1 10 7 2 303
8 Rafael Suzuki 127 8
9 Rodrigo Baptista Ret4 11 6 6 Ret 4 14 5 12 2 14 204
10 Fabián Yannantuoni 9 8 1 Ret DNS 4 3 10 5 Ret 13 Ret 5 177
11 Enrique Maglione Ret 14 10 12
13 Norberto Fontana 6 11 8 9 7 13 3 7 Ret Ret 13 132
14 Thiago Vivacqua 4 9 7 15 Ret 8 Ret 14 9 13 Ret 10 Ret Ret 14 11 8 123
15 Fabio Casagrande Ret 10 9 22
16 Guilherme Reischl 3 12 14 12 12 10 Ret 10 13 12 10 92
17 Diego Gutiérrez 13 12 10
18 Marcos Regadas 127 Ret 11 15
20 Lucas Foresti 12 47
21 Celso Neto 25 38
22 Guilherme Salas 3 30
23 Nicolas Costa 4 27
24 Lucas Fecury 5 24
24 Arthur Leist 5 24
27 Felipe Maluhy 6 21
28 Facundo Marques 76 20
35 Werner Neugebauer 8 15
35 Cacá Bueno 8 15
37 Felipe Lapenna 113 14
38 Enric Bordás Cotes 9 13
40 Fabricio Pezzini 10 11
40 Juan Pablo Bessone 10 11
42 Ignacio Montenegro DSQ1 10
44 Diego Nunes Ret4 4
NC Franco Coscia Ret 0
NC Rodrigo Aramendia Ret 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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)

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.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 28 entered as "W2 Shell V-Power". Car No. 2, No. 37, No. 77 and No. 85 entered as "W2 ProGP".

References

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