El Pinar race

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

Calendar

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]

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

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[lower-alpha 1] PMO Racing[lower-alpha 1] 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

Season summary

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

Drivers' championship

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

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

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

References

External links

• Official website