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.

Circuit/LocationDate 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 October6 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 2, 6 KMW Motorsports with PropCar Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 11 Paul Holton 1 colspan="3" 16 Fabio Casagrande T 1–3 James Vance 2 17 Roy Block T 2, 5 Tim Lewis Jr. 2 25 Ayrton Chorne 4colspan="3" 38 Diego Martinez T 4colspan="3" Matías Cravero 5–6 Juan Pablo Bessone 6 95 Javier Manta T 6–7 Gonzalo Fernández 6 111 Fabricio Larratea 3 colspan="3" 177 Valdeno Brito 7colspan="3" MC Tubarão Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 12 Marcio Basso T 1 colspan="3" 37 Guilherme Reischl T 1 colspan="3" 55 Geciel de Andrade T 1–2 Ruslan Carta Filho 2 Scuderia Chiarelli Hyundai Elantra N TCR 12 Sérgio Jimenez 2 Beto Monteiro 2 15 Enrique Maglione T 3colspan="3" 18 Thiago Marques T 2 Giovani Girotto 2 27 Rodrigo Aramendia 3colspan="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 3colspan="3" 60 Juan Manuel Casella 4colspan="3" 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 2, 6 52 Cyro Fontes 3 colspan="3" 70 Matías Cravero 7 colspan="3" 88 Facundo Márques 5 colspan="3" 133 Juan Pablo Bessone 8 colspan="3" 155 Gonzalo Reilly 3–4 colspan="3" 170 Dorian Mansilla 8 colspan="3" PMO Motorsport PMO Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 30 Pablo Otero T 3–4 colspan="3" 44 Ernesto Bessone T 5–6 Fabricio Pezzini 6 52 Cyro Fontes 4 colspan="3" 81 Claudio Rama T 6 Leandro Rama 6 96 Santiago Urrutia 3, 7 colspan="3" 113 Fabricio Pezzini 7–8 colspan="3" 114 Ever Franetovich 5 colspan="3" Peugeot 308 TCR 44 Ernesto Bessone T 7–8 colspan="3" Perú Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 47 Rodrigo Pflucker 3–5 colspan="3" W2 ProGP Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 74 Pepe Oriola All 2 Martin Ryba 6 77 Raphael Reis All 2 Néstor Girolami 6 Icon Class T Trophy

Results and standings

Season summary CircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning Trophy driver 1R1 Interlagos Raphael Reis Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola W2 ProGP Adalberto BaptistaR2 Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola W2 ProGP Adalberto Baptista2R3 Curitiba José Manuel Sapag Esteban Guerrieri Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Tom Coronel Cobra Racing Fábio Casagrande3R4 Rivera Santiago Urrutia Pepe Oriola Santiago Urrutia PMO Motorsport Pablo OteroR5 Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola W2 ProGP Pablo Otero4R6 El Pinar Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Cobra Racing Diego MartinezR7 Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Cobra Racing Pablo Otero5R8 Río Cuarto Ever Franetovich Pepe Oriola Ever Franetovich PMO Motorsport Ernesto BessoneR9 Rodrigo Pflucker Rodrigo Pflucker Perú Racing Team Ernesto Bessone6R10 Buenos Aires Juan Ángel Rosso Matías Milla Raphael Reis Raphael Reis Néstor Girolami W2 ProGP Ernesto Bessone 7R11 Alta Gracia Rodrigo Baptista Santiago Urrutia PMO Motorsport Adalberto BaptistaR12 Fabricio Pezzini Santiago Urrutia Fabricio Pezzini PMO Motorsport Javier Manta 8R13 Concepción del Uruguay Rodrigo Baptista Pepe Oriola Pepe Oriola W2 ProGP Ernesto BessoneR14 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 1colspan=10 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 Driver INTCUR RIV ELP RCUBUE AGR CDU    RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RDU RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RDU RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 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 Driver INTCUR RIV ELP RCUBUE AGR CDU    † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship Team INTCUR RIV ELP RCUBUE AGR CDU RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RDU RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RDU RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 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 Chiarelli 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 Team INTCUR RIV ELP RCUBUE AGR CDU    † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Trophy' championship Driver 1 Adalberto Baptista 324 2 Fabio Casagrande 266 3 Ernesto Bessone 165 4 Pablo Otero 1005 Javier Manta556 Diego Martínez48 7 Guilherme Reischl448 Claudio Rama449 Enrique Maglione3610 Roy Block3111 Thiago Marques512 Geciel de Andrade1NC Marcio Basso0

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