TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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TCR South America Touring Car Championship
Category Touring cars
Country Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay
Inaugural season 2021
Official website http://southamerica.tcr-series.com/
Motorsport current event.svg Current season
File:Gran Premio 90 Aniversario de ANCAP 2021 - TCR South America - 03.jpg
2021 TCR South America race at El Pinar

The TCR South America Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series based in South America first held in 2021, which uses the TCR Touring Car regulations.

Background

The introduction of the new South American-based TCR Championship was announced on 4 March 2020, with Néstor Girolami saying “I think it’s the right time for South America to have a TCR series.” He continued with “It is a perfect opportunity and the most important in my view is that young drivers may join with the aim of climbing the hierarchy and, eventually, arriving on top to the WTCR. As a Honda driver I would be delighted to represent the brand in this new series to showcase their product in South America.”[1]

Head of the championship will be Felipe McGough who was formerly a part of the South American Super Touring Car Championship and Maurizio Slaviero who was the Stock Car Brasil President. The sporting director will be Honda Racing Super TC2000 team director Victor Rosso and technical chief Samuel Canca Ruiz, who is a race engineer.[2]

2021 season

The championship is to begin in April 2021, with a maximum of 26 entries, eight rounds consisting of sixteen 35-minute races would be run in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The championship is in talks with the following circuits to be on the calendar: Termas de Río Hondo, San Juan Villicum, Buenos Aires, Interlagos, Curitiba, Goias, Rio Grande do Sul, Temuco (Interlomas) and Riviera (Autódromo de Rivera).[2]

Champions

Drivers' Champions Teams' Champions
Year Driver Team Car Team Car
2021 Spain Pepe Oriola Brazil W2 ProGP Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Brazil W2 ProGP Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)

References

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External links

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