2023 TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship

2023 TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship

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Galid Osman became the first TCR Brazil champion

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]

The 2023 season marked the official debut of TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship – officially known as TCR Brazil Banco BRB – integrating into the South American calendar and featuring very close racing throughout.

📍 Calendar and format

• The championship featured five main national rounds:
  • June 10–11 – Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos, SP)
  • July 22–23 – Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera (Rivera, Uruguay)
  • September 23–24 – Velopark (Nova Santa Rita, RS)
  • October 21–22 – Autódromo Velo Città (Mogi Guaçu, SP)
  • December 2–3 – Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel (Cascavel, PR) – the final round.
• The format included sprint races, and in some rounds, longer-distance races.
• A parallel Trophy Cup was also contested for drivers meeting specific conditions.

✅ Championship highlights

• The drivers’ title was won by Galid Osman (Brazil), who scored 262 points, just one point ahead of Argentine driver Ignacio Montenegro, who finished with 261.
• Raphael Reis (Brazil) took third place with 259 points.
• In the teams’ standings, W2 ProGP (Brazil) was crowned champion with 587 points.
• The Trophy Cup winner was Brazilian driver Guilherme Reischl.

📊 Numbers and curiosities

• The 2023 season featured 20 races in total under the TCR Brazil Banco BRB banner.
• The grid combined drivers from Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, raising the competitive level.
• The title battle was extremely close — as mentioned, decided by just one point.
• The technical and sporting regulations followed international TCR standards.

🏁 Analysis and takeaways

• Galid Osman’s title win by such a slim margin shows that consistency mattered even more than occasional wins.
• The strong presence of Argentine and Uruguayan teams boosted both visibility and competitiveness.
• As a debut season, TCR Brazil showed impressive maturity and balance right from the start.
• For teams and drivers, the season demonstrated that every point counts — a single bad weekend could decide the championship.

Calendar

  Race is an Endurance Event

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

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name Rounds Paladini Racing Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 2 Juan Ángel Rosso  [ es ] All Luciano Farroni  [ es ] 1 5 Fabián Yannantuoni  [ es ] All Beto Monteiro 1 PMO Motorsport Lynk & Co 03 TCR 3 Marcos Regadas T 4 — 8 Rafael Suzuki All Matías Signorelli 1 Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 10 Adalberto Baptista T All Bruno Baptista 1 70 Diego Nunes All Thiago Vivacqua 1 Squadra Martino Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Enrique Maglione T All Rodrigo Aramendía 1 23 Ignacio Montenegro All Lucas Colombo Russell  [ es ] 1 34 Fabio Casagrande T All Franco Coscia  [ es ] 1 60 Juan Manuel Casella 1–2 Gaetano di Mauro 1 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 3–5 Scuderia Chiarelli Hyundai Elantra N TCR 19 Felipe Papazissis 4 — 42 Fabiano Cardoso 3 — 43 Pedro Cardoso All Mathias de Valle 1 PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 21 Márcio Basso T 5 — 37 Guilherme Reischl T All Guilherme Salas 1 72 Lucas Salles T 1 Marcos Regadas 1 W2 ProGP CUPRA León Competición TCR 28 Galid Osman All Felipe Lapenna 1 77 Raphael Reis All 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	Interlagos	Ignacio Montenegro Lucas Colombo Russell  [ es ]	Guilherme Salas	Galid Osman Felipe Lapenna	W2 ProGP	Adalberto Baptista
2	R2	Rivera	Ignacio Montenegro	Juan Manuel Casella	Ignacio Montenegro	Squadra Martino	Fabio Casagrande
	R3		No dispute	Rafael Suzuki	Rafael Suzuki	PMO Motorsport	Enrique Maglione
3	R4	Velopark	Ignacio Montenegro	Raphael Reis	Ignacio Montenegro	Squadra Martino	Enrique Maglione
	R5		No dispute	Diego Nunes	Fabián Yannantuoni  [ es ]	Paladini Racing	Adalberto Baptista
4	R6	Velo Città	Raphael Reis	Juan Ángel Rosso  [ es ]	Galid Osman	W2 ProGP	Marcos Regadas
	R7		No dispute	Raphael Reis	Diego Nunes	Cobra Racing Team	Marcos Regadas
	R8		No dispute	Galid Osman	Raphael Reis	W2 ProGP	Guilherme Reischl
	R9		No dispute	Raphael Reis	Galid Osman	W2 ProGP	Marcos Regadas
5	R10	Cascavel	Juan Manuel Casella	Rafael Suzuki	Rafael Suzuki	PMO Motorsport	Fabio Casagrande
	R11		No dispute	Diego Nunes	Diego Nunes	Cobra Racing Team	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 RIV VLP VEL CAS  Pts.  EDC RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 1 Galid Osman 12 93 Ret 7 8 13 2 13† 1 23 4 262 2 Ignacio Montenegro 13†1 11 3 11 7 24 Ret 4 Ret 65 7 261 3 Raphael Reis 25 34 4 87 3 31 4 1 13† 5 5 259 4 Juan Ángel Rosso  [ es ] 46 Ret 6 34 2 116 3 2 3 36 2 248 5 Rafael Suzuki 10 DSQ6 1 22 6 52 13† 7 5 12 6 221 6 Fabián Yannantuoni  [ es ] 5 Ret 5 5 1 4 7 5 Ret 44 3 213 7 Diego Nunes 87 47 9 6 4 7 1 6 7 Ret7 1 184 8 Pedro Cardoso 6 22 7 Ret5 5 13†5 5 3 2 8 Ret 168 9 Juan Manuel Casella 33 65 2 43 9 6 Ret 8 8 Ret1 DNS 167 10 Fabio Casagrande 9 5 10 Ret 14 DNS7 DNS 11 6 7 10 104 11 Guilherme Reischl Ret4 7 12† 12 13 14† 9 9 11† 9 11 85 12 Adalberto Baptista 7 8 11 11 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 12 12† 81 13 Marcos Regadas 11 8 6 10 4 77 14 Enrique Maglione 12 DSQ 8 107 12 12† 8 Ret 9 11 9 77 15 Felipe Lapenna 12 47 16 Jorge Barrio  [ es ] 25 38 17 Gaetano di Mauro 33 35 18 Fabiano Cardoso 9 5 34 19 Luciano Farroni  [ es ] 46 29 20 Beto Monteiro 5 24 21 Márcio Basso 10 8 24 22 Mathias de Valle 6 21 23 Felipe Papazissis 10 10 DNS DNS 20 24 Bruno Baptista 7 18 25 Thiago Vivacqua 87 16 26 Lucas Colombo Russell  [ es ] 13†1 15 27 Franco Coscia  [ es ] 9 13 28 Matías Signorelli 10 11 29 Lucas Salles 11 9 30 Rodrigo Aramendía 12 7 31 Guilherme Salas Ret4 4 Pos. Driver INT RIV VLP VEL CAS  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) 1234567 – 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 RIV VLP VEL CAS  Pts.  EDC RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 1 Guilherme Reischl Ret1 23 4† 34 3 4†2 3 1 4† 22 4 333 2 Enrique Maglione 44 DSQ1 1 11 2 3†5 2 Ret 3 44 2 310 3 Fabio Casagrande 25 12 2 Ret2 4 DNS1 DNS 3 2 11 3 303 4 Adalberto Baptista 13 34 3 23 1 24 Ret 4 Ret 55 5† 299 5 Marcos Regadas 13 1 2 1 155 6 Márcio Basso 33 2 70 7 Lucas Salles 32 37 Pos. Driver INT RIV VLP VEL CAS  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) 1234567 – 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 RIV VLP VEL CAS  Pts.  EDC RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 1 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 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 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 PMO Motorsport 3 8 6 10 4 325 8 10 DSQ6 1 22 6 52 13† 7 5 12 6 5 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 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 PMO Racing 21 10 8 124 37 Ret4 7 12† 12 13 14† 9 9 11† 9 11 72 11 Pos. Team No. INT RIV VLP VEL CAS  Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) 1234567 – Points-scoring position in qualifying, not including World Tour entries

Television coverage

The Races of the TCR South America are broadcast on Cable Television including: ESPN, Fox Sports, Movistar+, CBS Sports y NBC Sports.

Coverage in Brazil

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BandSports	Narration: Márcio Pozzan
	Narration: Eduardo Veríssimo
	Comments: Duda Pompermayer
	Comments: Rafael Pasqualotto

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YouTube	Narration: Alexandre Eiras
	Narration: Thiago Fabris
	Comments: Ivar Castagnetti
	Comments: Henrique Gava

Other countries

• Colombia: RCN Televisión y RCN HD2
• Portugal: Sport TV
• Reino Unido: BT Sport
• Canadá: Sportsnet
• España: Movistar+
• Hispanoamérica: ESPN y Star+
• Germany: Motorsport Television Deutschland on YouTube

Streaming links

Internet (Global)
YouTube
Motorsport.tv
Facebook
Zoome
Catve.com
Auto Videos
Twitch

Rule sets

Different sets of regulations do apply:

• Contemporary touring car racing: Class 1  · Group A  · Group F  · Group G  · Group H  · Group N  · Group S  · Group SE  · Group SP  · Next Generation Touring Car  · Super 2000  · TCR Touring Car  · Group Rally4  · Group Rally5
• Historic touring car racing: Group 1  · Group 2  · Group 3  · Group 4  · Group 5  · Group B  · Supertouring

See also

• List of TCR Series
• Production car racing
• Stock car racing
• Stock Car Pro Series
• SuperBike Brasil
• Moto 1000 GP

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.
4. Redação, Da. "Moto1000GP e BandSports renovam parceria para temporada 2024". bandsports.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-21.

External links

• Official website