2023 TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship

The 2023 TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship was the first season of TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship.

Galid Osman won the drivers' championship, finishing by a point ahead of Ignacio Montenegro.[1]

Calendar

  Race is an Endurance Event
Rnd. Circuit/Location Date
1 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 10–11 June
2 Uruguay Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera 22–23 July
3 Brazil Velopark, Nova Santa Rita 23–24 September
4 Brazil Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 21–22 October
5 Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel 2–3 December
Sources:[2][3]

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name Rounds
Argentina Paladini Racing Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 2 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso [es] All Argentina Luciano Farroni [es] 1
5 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni [es] All Brazil Beto Monteiro 1
Argentina PMO Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 3 Brazil Marcos Regadas T 4 —
8 Brazil Rafael Suzuki All Argentina Matías Signorelli 1
Brazil Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 10 Brazil Adalberto Baptista T All Brazil Bruno Baptista 1
70 Brazil Diego Nunes All Brazil Thiago Vivacqua 1
Argentina Squadra Martino Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Uruguay Enrique Maglione T All Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendía 1
23 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro All Argentina Lucas Colombo Russell [es] 1
34 Brazil Fabio Casagrande T All Argentina Franco Coscia [es] 1
60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 1–2 Brazil Gaetano di Mauro 1
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 3–5
Brazil Scuderia Chiarelli Hyundai Elantra N TCR 19 Brazil Felipe Papazissis 4 —
42 Brazil Fabiano Cardoso 3 —
43 Brazil Pedro Cardoso All Brazil Mathias de Valle 1
Argentina PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 21 Brazil Márcio Basso T 5 —
37 Brazil Guilherme Reischl T All Brazil Guilherme Salas 1
72 Brazil Lucas Salles T 1 Brazil Marcos Regadas 1
Brazil W2 ProGP CUPRA León Competición TCR 28 Brazil Galid Osman All Brazil Felipe Lapenna 1
77 Brazil Raphael Reis All Argentina Jorge Barrio [es] 1
Icon Class
T TCR Trophy

Results and standings

Season summary

Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team Winning Trophy driver
1 R1 Brazil Interlagos Argentina Ignacio Montenegro
Argentina Lucas Colombo Russell [es] 		Brazil Guilherme Salas Brazil Galid Osman
Brazil Felipe Lapenna 		Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Adalberto Baptista
2 R2 Uruguay Rivera Argentina Ignacio Montenegro Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Argentina Ignacio Montenegro Argentina Squadra Martino Brazil Fabio Casagrande
R3 Brazil Rafael Suzuki Brazil Rafael Suzuki Argentina PMO Motorsport Uruguay Enrique Maglione
3 R4 Brazil Velopark Argentina Ignacio Montenegro Brazil Raphael Reis Argentina Ignacio Montenegro Argentina Squadra Martino Uruguay Enrique Maglione
R5 Brazil Diego Nunes Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni [es] Argentina Paladini Racing Brazil Adalberto Baptista
4 R6 Brazil Velo Città Brazil Raphael Reis Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso [es] Brazil Galid Osman Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Marcos Regadas
R7 Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil Diego Nunes Brazil Cobra Racing Team Brazil Marcos Regadas
R8 Brazil Galid Osman Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Guilherme Reischl
R9 Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil Galid Osman Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Marcos Regadas
5 R10 Brazil Cascavel Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Brazil Rafael Suzuki Brazil Rafael Suzuki Argentina PMO Motorsport Brazil Fabio Casagrande
R11 Brazil Diego Nunes Brazil Diego Nunes Brazil Cobra Racing Team Brazil Márcio 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 —
Endurance 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Races 2-5 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

Overall
Pos. Driver INT
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		VLP
Brazil 		VEL
Brazil 		CAS
Brazil 		 Pts. 
1 Brazil Galid Osman 12 93 Ret 7 8 13 2 13† 1 23 4 262
2 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro 13†1 11 3 11 7 24 Ret 4 Ret 65 7 261
3 Brazil Raphael Reis 25 34 4 87 3 31 4 1 13† 5 5 259
4 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso [es] 46 Ret 6 34 2 116 3 2 3 36 2 248
5 Brazil Rafael Suzuki 10 DSQ6 1 22 6 52 13† 7 5 12 6 221
6 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni [es] 5 Ret 5 5 1 4 7 5 Ret 44 3 213
7 Brazil Diego Nunes 87 47 9 6 4 7 1 6 7 Ret7 1 184
8 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 6 22 7 Ret5 5 13†5 5 3 2 8 Ret 168
9 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 33 65 2 43 9 6 Ret 8 8 Ret1 DNS 167
10 Brazil Fabio Casagrande 9 5 10 Ret 14 DNS7 DNS 11 6 7 10 104
11 Brazil Guilherme Reischl Ret4 7 12† 12 13 14† 9 9 11† 9 11 85
12 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 7 8 11 11 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 12 12† 81
13 Brazil Marcos Regadas 11 8 6 10 4 77
14 Uruguay Enrique Maglione 12 DSQ 8 107 12 12† 8 Ret 9 11 9 77
15 Brazil Felipe Lapenna 12 47
16 Argentina Jorge Barrio [es] 25 38
17 Brazil Gaetano di Mauro 33 35
18 Brazil Fabiano Cardoso 9 5 34
19 Argentina Luciano Farroni [es] 46 29
20 Brazil Beto Monteiro 5 24
21 Brazil Márcio Basso 10 8 24
22 Brazil Mathias de Valle 6 21
23 Brazil Felipe Papazissis 10 10 DNS DNS 20
24 Brazil Bruno Baptista 7 18
25 Brazil Thiago Vivacqua 87 16
26 Argentina Lucas Colombo Russell [es] 13†1 15
27 Argentina Franco Coscia [es] 9 13
28 Argentina Matías Signorelli 10 11
29 Brazil Lucas Salles 11 9
30 Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendía 12 7
31 Brazil Guilherme Salas Ret4 4
Pos. Driver INT
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		VLP
Brazil 		VEL
Brazil 		CAS
Brazil 		 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)

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
Pos. Driver INT
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		VLP
Brazil 		VEL
Brazil 		CAS
Brazil 		 Pts. 
1 Brazil Guilherme Reischl Ret1 23 4† 34 3 4†2 3 1 4† 22 4 333
2 Uruguay Enrique Maglione 44 DSQ1 1 11 2 3†5 2 Ret 3 44 2 310
3 Brazil Fabio Casagrande 25 12 2 Ret2 4 DNS1 DNS 3 2 11 3 303
4 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 13 34 3 23 1 24 Ret 4 Ret 55 5† 299
5 Brazil Marcos Regadas 13 1 2 1 155
6 Brazil Márcio Basso 33 2 70
7 Brazil Lucas Salles 32 37
Pos. Driver INT
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		VLP
Brazil 		VEL
Brazil 		CAS
Brazil 		 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)

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

Pos. Team No. INT
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		VLP
Brazil 		VEL
Brazil 		CAS
Brazil 		 Pts. 
1 Brazil W2 ProGP 28 12 93 Ret 7 8 13 2 13† 1 23 4 587
77 2 Ret Ret 8 8 3 4 13† 10†
2 Argentina Paladini Racing 2 46 Ret 6 34 2 116 3 2 3 36 2 503
5 5 Ret 5 5 1 4 7 5 Ret 44 3
3 Argentina Squadra Martino 23 13†1 11 3 11 7 24 Ret 4 Ret 65 7 408
60 33 65 2 43 9 6 Ret 8 8 Ret1 DNS
4 Argentina PMO Motorsport 3 8 6 10 4 325
8 10 DSQ6 1 22 6 52 13† 7 5 12 6
5 Brazil Cobra Racing Team 10 7 8 11 11 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 12 12† 313
70 87 47 9 6 4 7 1 6 7 Ret7 1
6 Brazil Scuderia Chiarelli 19 10 10 DNS DNS 251
42 9 5
43 6 22 7 Ret5 5 13†5 5 3 2 8 Ret
7 Argentina PMO Racing 21 10 8 124
37 Ret4 7 12† 12 13 14† 9 9 11† 9 11
72 11
Pos. Team No. INT
Brazil 		RIV
Uruguay 		VLP
Brazil 		VEL
Brazil 		CAS
Brazil 		 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)

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

References

  1. ^ "GALID OSMAN E W2 PRO GP SÃO OS CAMPEÕES DO TCR BRASIL BRB EM 2023 APÓS ETAPA FINAL ELETRIZANTE". TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship (in Portuguese). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ "TCR South America y TCR Brasil anunciaron a Cascavel para la última fecha del campeonato". Vertigo Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "O TCR WORLD TOUR CONFIRMOU SUAS ETAPAS CONJUNTAS COM O TCR SOUTH AMERICA NO URUGUAI E ARGENTINA". TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship (in Portuguese). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.