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.

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.

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

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.

Team

Car

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Co-Driver name

Rounds

Cobra Racing Team

Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

10

Adalberto Baptista

T

All

Alan Hellmeister

2

Nono Figueiredo

6

13

Rodrigo Baptista

All

Tom Coronel

2, 6

KMW Motorsports with PropCar

Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR

11

Paul Holton

1

—

16

Fabio Casagrande

T

1–3

James Vance

2

17

Roy Block

T

2, 5

Tim Lewis Jr.

2

25

Ayrton Chorne

4

—

38

Diego Martinez

T

4

—

Matías Cravero

5–6

Juan Pablo Bessone

6

95

Javier Manta

T

6–7

Gonzalo Fernández

6

111

Fabricio Larratea

3

—

177

Valdeno Brito

7

—

MC Tubarão

Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

12

Marcio Basso

T

1

—

37

Guilherme Reischl

T

1

—

55

Geciel de Andrade

T

1–2

Ruslan Carta Filho

2

Scuderia CJ

Hyundai Elantra N TCR

12

Sérgio Jimenez

2

Beto Monteiro

2

15

Enrique Maglione

T

3

—

18

Thiago Marques

T

2

Giovani Girotto

2

27

Rodrigo Aramendia

3

—

35

Pedro Aizza

6

Damián Fineschi

6

53

Eugenio Provens

6

Nicolás Palau

6

Squadra Martino

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)

16

Fabio Casagrande

T

4–8

Facundo Márques

6

25

Ayrton Chorne

3

—

60

Juan Manuel Casella

4

—

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)

22

Juan Ángel Rosso

6

Matías Milla

6

25

Ayrton Chorne

1–2

Pedro Aizza

2

33

José Manuel Sapag

1–2, 4–7

Esteban Guerrieri

2, 6

52

Cyro Fontes

3

—

70

Matías Cravero

7

—

88

Facundo Márques

5

—

133

Juan Pablo Bessone

8

—

155

Gonzalo Reilly

3–4

—

170

Dorian Mansilla

8

—

	PMO Motorsport
	PMO Racing

Lynk & Co 03 TCR

30

Pablo Otero

T

3–4

—

44

Ernesto Bessone

T

5–6

Fabricio Pezzini

6

52

Cyro Fontes

4

—

81

Claudio Rama

T

6

Leandro Rama

6

96

Santiago Urrutia

3, 7

—

113

Fabricio Pezzini

7–8

—

114

Ever Franetovich

5

—

Peugeot 308 TCR

44

Ernesto Bessone

T

7–8

—

Perú Racing Team

Hyundai i30 N TCR

47

Rodrigo Pflucker

3–5

—

W2 ProGP

Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)

74

Pepe Oriola

All

Marcelo Costa

2

Martin Ryba

6

77

Raphael Reis

All

Valdeno Brito

2

Néstor Girolami

6

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
1	R2	Interlagos		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
3	R5	Rivera		Pepe Oriola	Pepe Oriola	W2 ProGP	Pablo Otero
4	R6	El Pinar	Rodrigo Baptista	Rodrigo Baptista	Rodrigo Baptista	Cobra Racing	Diego Martinez
4	R7	El Pinar		Rodrigo Baptista	Rodrigo Baptista	Cobra Racing	Pablo Otero
5	R8	Río Cuarto	Ever Franetovich	Pepe Oriola	Ever Franetovich	PMO Motorsport	Ernesto Bessone
5	R9	Río Cuarto		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
7	R12	Alta Gracia	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
8	R14	Concepción del Uruguay		Raphael Reis	Fabricio Pezzini	PMO Motorsport	Fábio Casagrande

Scoring system

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

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
16	Matías Milla										2¹					45
17	Sérgio Jimenez			2²												44
17	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
37	Nicolás Palau										8					16
38	Claudio Rama										9					14
38	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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
1	W2 ProGP	2¹	DSQ	6	4	9	4³	Ret	5	5	5⁵	6	5	2³	8†	514
2	Cobra Racing Team	3⁴	4	1	5	2	1¹	1	8	6	4⁴	5	4⁵	3¹	5	377
2	Cobra Racing Team	7	Ret	7†	8	7	8	8	10	DSQ	12	8	9	6	9	377
3	Squadra Martino	5³	3	5⁴	7⁵	DNS	3⁵	3	6⁴	7	2¹	3	6	5	3	349
3	Squadra Martino	6	5	Ret¹	12†	DNS	10†	8	9	8	3²	7	7	7†⁵	6	349
4	PMO Motorsport				1¹	4	6	2	1¹	2	6	1	1¹	DNS⁴	1	333
4	PMO Motorsport				3	10†	9	Ret	7³	3	9	4	2²			333
5	KMW Motorsports with PropCar	4⁵	2	3	6	3	5	6	11	9	11	Ret	8			170
5	KMW Motorsports with PropCar	9†	Ret	Ret	9	8	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†			170
6	Scuderia CJ			2²	10	5					7					113
6	Scuderia CJ			Ret	11³	6					8					113
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
9	MC Tubarão	Ret	Ret													18
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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