2023 Turismo Carretera

2023 Turismo Carretera

Champion: Mariano Werner

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The 2023 Turismo Carretera is the 81st season of Turismo Carretera, the premier stock car category of Argentina. ^[1]

Calendar

Round	Circuit (Event Name)	Date	Map
Etapa Regular (Regular season)			Viedma Centenario Toay El Calafate Concepción del Uruguay Termas de Río Hondo Rafaela Posadas Albardón Buenos Aires San Luis San Nicolás
1	Autódromo Ciudad de Viedma Viedma, Río Negro	February 12
2	Autódromo Parque Provincia del Neuquén Centenario, Neuquén	March 5
3	Autódromo Provincia de La Pampa Toay, La Pampa	March 26
4	Autódromo Enrique Freile El Calafate, Santa Cruz	April 16
5	Autódromo de Concepción del Uruguay Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos	April 30
6	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero	May 21
7	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela (Carrera de los Millones) Rafaela, Santa Fe	June 11
8	Autódromo Rosamonte Posadas, Misiones	July 2
9	Circuito San Juan Villicum (Desafío de las Estrellas) Albardón, San Juan	July 23
10	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Gran Premio de Buenos Aires) Buenos Aires	August 20
Copa de Oro (playoffs)
11	Autódromo Rosendo Hernández San Luis, San Luis Province	September 17
12	Autódromo Juan María Traverso San Nicolás, Buenos Aires Province	October 1
13	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela Rafaela, Santa Fe	October 29
14	Autódromo Provincia de La Pampa Toay, La Pampa	November 12
15	Circuito San Juan Villicum Albardón, San Juan	December 3
Source: [2] [3]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer	Car	Entrant	#	Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Coupé SS	JP Carrera	5	Santiago Mangoni	All
			25	Diego Ciantini	All
		Las Toscas Racing	6	Leonel Pernía	8–14
			21	Christian Ledesma	All
		LCA Racing	20	Juan José Ebarlín	1–6
		LRD Performance			All
			85	Ricardo Risatti	All
			115	Diego de Carlo	2–3, 6–15
		Dole Racing	27	Gastón Mazzacane	All
		Dose Competición	57	Christian Dose	1, 3
		Sportteam	72	Martín Serrano	1–3, 5, 7–11, 13–14
		Giavedoni Sport	75	Sergio Alaux	1–3, 5–11, 13–14
		JP Carrera/JHR	78	Agustín Canapino [4]	10, 12–15
		RUS Med Team	83	Facundo Ardusso	7–15
		Neuquén Energía	100	Camilo Echevarría	2
		Alifraco Sport	155	Federico Iribarne [5]	9–13
Dodge	GTX Cherokee	Castellano Power Team	7	Jonatan Castellano	All
			127	Marcelo Agrelo	All
		AyP Competición	44	Facundo Della Motta	1–7
			208	Gastón Ferrante	9–15
		SSB Competición	55	Leandro Mulet	10, 12, 14
		Maquin Parts Racing	56	Germán Todino	All
		Forte Sport	64	Christian di Scala	1–3, 5
		Fancio Competición	77	Augusto Carinelli	All
		Di Meglio Motorsport	87	Juan Martín Trucco	All
		MV Racing	111	Juan Garbelino	1–5, 7–11, 14–15
			123	Martín Vázquez	All
		SAP Team	119	Humberto Krujoski	All
		Hermanos Álvarez Competición	121	Elio Craparo	All
		JP Carrera	133	Valentín Aguirre	All
			172	Santiago Álvarez	All
		Dole Racing	155	Federico Iribarne	2–8
			197	Marcos Quijada	1
		Uranga Racing			3–9, 10–15
		SJ Racing	215	Gastón Crusitta [6]	9–10, 12
		Azar Motorsport	232	Gustavo Micheloud	1–3, 5–12, 14
Ford	Falcon	Memo Corse	2	Mariano Werner	All
		Gurí Martínez Competición	6	Leonel Pernía	1–7
			44	Facundo Della Motta [7]	9–15
		Alifraco Sport	9	Mauricio Lambiris	All
			99	Leonel Sotro	1–3, 5–13
		CM Sport	14	Juan Bautista de Benedictis	1–7
			37	Emiliano Spataro	7–15
			53	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni	All
		Abdala Racing	14	Juan Bautista de Benedictis	8–15
		DTA Racing	15	Luis José di Palma	1
			116	Alan Ruggiero	2–15
		RUS Med Team	17	Nicolás Bonelli	All
		Ponce de León Racing	30	Gabriel Ponce de León	3, 5–15
		Buenos Aires Racing	37	Emiliano Spataro	1–6
		LCA Racing	68	Julián Santero	All
		Uranga Racing	88	Nicolás Trosset	All
		Savino Sport	116	Alan Ruggiero	1
		Jalaf Competición	134	Matías Jalaf	1–7, 9
		Moriatis Competición	137	Otto Fritzler	All
Torino	Cherokee	Maquin Parts Racing	1	José Manuel Urcera	All
			4	Esteban Gini	1–8
			82	Carlos Okulovich	1–12
		RUS Med Team	32	Norberto Fontana	All
			83	Facundo Ardusso	1–6
			103	Christian Iván Ramos	1–5
		Sprint Racing	54	Nicolás Cotignola	1–6, 8–15
		Midas Carrera Team	93	Matías Rodríguez	1–5, 7–9
		Trotta Racing Team	95	Marcos Landa	All
			96	Juan Cruz Benvenuti	All
		Ugalde Competición	101	Lionel Ugalde	1–3, 5–6, 10, 14
		Candela Competición	161	Kevin Candela	All
		Las Toscas Racing	177	Ayrton Londero	All
		Sportteam	208	Gastón Ferrante	3–8
Toyota	Camry 2022	Maquin Parts Racing	4	Esteban Gini [8]	9–13
		Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina	117	Matías Rossi	All
			122	Andrés Jakos	All

Changes

• Agustín Canapino left the championship to join Juncos Hollinger Racing in the IndyCar Series.
• Otto Fritzler and Santiago Álvarez graduated from the TC Pista series as reigning champion and runner-up respectively. 2021 TC Mouras champion Marcos Quijada also joined the series, along with Humberto Krujoski, Elio Craparo, Martín Vázquez, Gustavo Micheloud, Cristian di Scala and Juan Garbelino.
• Norberto Fontana switched from Chevrolet to Torino.
• Germán Todino switched from Torino to Dodge.
• Leonel Pernía and Emiliano Spataro switched from Torino to Ford.

Results and standings

Results summary

Germán Todino (pictured in 2022) won four Finals, the most of any driver in 2023.

Round		Pole position	Heat winners	Final winner	Report / Source
1	Viedma	Mariano Werner (Ford)	H1: Mariano Werner (Ford) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Matías Rossi (Toyota)	Mariano Werner (Ford)	[9]
2	Neuquén	Julián Santero (Ford)	H1: Julián Santero (Ford) H2: Juan Tomás Catalán Magni (Ford) H3: Otto Fritzler (Ford)	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni (Ford)	[10]
3	Toay 1	Matías Rossi (Toyota)	—	Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet)	[11]
4	El Calafate	Otto Fritzler (Ford)	H1: Mauricio Lambiris (Ford) H2: Marcos Quijada (Dodge) H3: Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet)	Julián Santero (Ford)	[12]
5	Concepción del Uruguay	Jonatan Castellano (Dodge)	H1: Mariano Werner (Ford) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Santiago Álvarez (Dodge)	Germán Todino (Dodge)	[13]
6	Termas de Río Hondo	Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet)	H1: Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet) H2: Gastón Mazzacane (Chevrolet) H3: Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet)	Otto Fritzler (Ford)	[14]
7	Rafaela 1	Gastón Mazzacane (Chevrolet)	H1: Matías Rossi (Toyota) H2: Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet) H3: Valentín Aguirre (Dodge)	Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet)	[15]
8	Posadas	José Manuel Urcera (Torino)	H1: José Manuel Urcera (Torino) H2: Gastón Mazzacane (Chevrolet) H3: Mariano Werner (Ford)	Mariano Werner (Ford)	[16]
9	San Juan Villicum 1	Grid determined by lottery [17]	—	Matías Rossi (Toyota)	report
10	Buenos Aires	Marcos Quijada (Dodge)	H1: Marcos Quijada (Dodge) H2: Santiago Álvarez (Dodge) H3: Leonel Sotro (Ford)	Valentín Aguirre (Dodge)	report
11	San Luis	Julián Santero (Ford)	H1: Julián Santero (Ford) H2: Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet) H3: Mariano Werner (Ford)	Julián Santero (Ford)	[18]
12	San Nicolás	Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet)	H1: Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Germán Todino (Dodge)	Germán Todino (Dodge)	[19]
13	Rafaela 2	Mariano Werner (Ford)	H1: Mariano Werner (Ford) H2: Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet) H3: Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet)	Mariano Werner (Ford)	[20]
14	Toay 2	Juan Martín Trucco (Dodge)	H1: Juan Martín Trucco (Dodge) H2: Juan Cruz Benvenuti (Torino) H3: Agustín Canapino (Chevrolet)	Germán Todino (Dodge)	[21]
15	San Juan Villicum 2	Germán Todino (Dodge)	H1: Germán Todino (Dodge) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Mariano Werner (Ford)	Germán Todino (Dodge)	[22]

Championship standings

Points system

Position		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st to 40th	41st down
Regular	Qualifying	2
	Heats	5	4.5	4	3.5	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5
	Final	40	37	34	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	3	2
Finale	Qualifying	3
	Heats	7.5	6.75	6	5.25	4.5	3.75	3	2.25	1.5	0.75
	Final	60	55.5	51	46.5	45	43.5	42	40.5	39	37.5	36	34.5	33	31.5	30	28.5	27	25.5	24	22.5	21	19.5	18	16.5	15	13.5	12	10.5	9	7.5	4.5	3

Regular Season standings

Numbers in superscript (e.g. ¹) refer to a drivers' heat race finishing position. The third round at Toay and the ninth round at San Juan Villicum did not feature heat races.

Pos.	Driver	VIE	NEU	TOA1	ELC	CDU	TRH	RAF1	POS	VIL1	BUE	SLU	SNI	RAF2	TOA2	VIL2	Total
1	Mariano Werner	11	42	4	108	511	2115	42	11	20	1013	21	122	11	156	41	676.5 [a]
2	Julián Santero	461	21	5	12	31	139	3613	103	12	89	11	21	264	239	21	448
3	Germán Todino	56	84	13	349	12	4214	94	116	8	4115	444	11	1711	12	11	404
4	Jonatan Castellano	22	74	39	52	22	33	444	299	11	68	62	4712	52	145	84	398.75
5	Santiago Mangoni	2810	105	54	31	64	44	11	85	41	4312	83	156	21	93	125	387
6	Mauricio Lambiris	45	33	50	21	54	105	1913	1913	15	36	1712	193	2515	198	53	382.5
7	Marcos Landa	474	1511	2	84	97	1411	73	1617	3	3110	75	44	289	33	107	382.5
8	José Manuel Urcera	14DSQ	62	29	74	106	24DSQ	3414	41	7	2017	32	228	114	104	152	360.25
9	Juan Martín Trucco	225	DSQ10	53	167	85	207	63	185	14	1511	106	83	156	21	176	336.25
10	Valentín Aguirre	154	53	11	333	423	41DNS	21	52	47	13	2314	64	65	116	385	331
11	Christian Ledesma	86	239	9	3014	177	161	53	4317	18	485	125	146	104	174	144	314.75
12	Gastón Mazzacane	1314	328	3	385	124	171	102	21	22	2511	168	466	95	42	342	313.25
13	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni	33	11	14	3111	73	74	158	464	38	2213	345	144	229	2512	166	300.25
14	Marcelo Agrelo	62	459	16	396	495	344	259	148	28	3312	93	DNS7	83	85	65	280
15	Nicolás Trosset	127	315	12	115	169	187	1712	127	33	1613	3110	95	126	2815	337	257.5
16	Juan Cruz Benvenuti	168	126	48	93	1912	810	2215	DSQ15	27	1416	437	177	145	51	378	253.25
17	Nicolás Bonelli	185	94	17	4016	2613	126	132	2514	49	198	188	289	72	459	2413	239.5
18	Leonel Pernía	1711	182	56	63	3812	3816	375	74	17	1310	209	32	168	437		237.5
19	Diego Ciantini	293	308	1	364	42	21	2016	453	52	453	216	73	431	3116	327	235.5
20	Matías Rossi	361	135	43	2815	1810	DSQ16	31	32	1	2911	474	169	3716	4214	2610	229.75
21	Otto Fritzler	488	501	6	1315	298	12	2110	419	43	DNS16	52	412	248	2910	139	229.5
22	Juan José Ebarlín	199	4118	26	148	23DSQ	2314		2810	32	3912	378	187	43	74	73	226
23	Esteban Gini	76	496	7	1811	373	65	2610	404	4	DSQ10	333	DNS5	137			224.5
24	Ricardo Risatti	209	447	8	156	146	2210	116	2015	37	3617	2515	2311	2312	229	238	222.25
25	Elio Craparo	102	116	20	377	2214	1512	358	136	46	322	514	445	417	62	2012	218
26	Facundo Ardusso	407	483	18	2910	28DNS	379	127	4212	24	467	41	51	382	407	113	215
27	Santiago Álvarez	93	1913	45	2210	411	3112	438	3915	42	21	2615	258	199	185	1911	203.5
28	Andrés Jakos	377	3510	30	42	465	4015	85	307	2	DSQ5	3612	2910	2911	4615	910	191.25
29	Ayrton Londero	3913	167	28	416	118	52	2411	2213	26	43	4111	3810	3415	3014	2811	187.5
30	Marcos Quijada	5115		15	121	DSQ11	2514	146	3711	50	301	149	209	4213	133	299	177
31	Gabriel Ponce de León			25		157	196	167	95	16	479	4011	2411	WDDNS	206	2215	173.5
32	Agustín Canapino										12DNS	137	4516	33	121	32	172.75
33	Juan Bautista de Benedictis	2610	289	38	4315	5215	3312	3112	63	10	97	198	3212	2710	218	4210	164.25
34	Emiliano Spataro	2313	3410	23	3213	539	93	287	3611	25	DSQ4	3813	218	216	2711	314	141.75
35	Sergio Alaux	2416	2015	49		2710	117	2311	218	48	76	3514		31DNS	337		132.5
36	Facundo Della Motta	4411	5218	44	248	2015	299	4516	176	13	279	327	4215	207	3210	3913	126
37	Alan Ruggiero	4312	147	21	DSQ14	2511	DSQ3	DNS15	2312	21	188	4413	3314	3312	2611	4112	117.5
38	Nicolás Cotignola	3018	1715	22	2714	3914	DSQ13		447	9	1717	4910	2717	3214	4812	3511	115
39	Martín Vázquez	4917	2212	24	2113	449	398	425	339	45	426	2810		3914	248	188	113.75
40	Kevin Candela	3810	4317	34	2612	3017	452	464	502	5	3714	4811	4316	188	4713	406	106.75
41	Humberto Krujoski	114	4011	46	465	3611	305	419	2610	35	342	2712	3114	3510	3711	25DNS	104
42	Augusto Carinelli	3411	2716	31	3510	3516	2811	3011	4813	30	115	3914	4012	4613	3413	219	100
43	Matías Rodríguez	5012	268	19	259	136		DNS16	358	6							97.5
44	Lionel Ugalde	3514	3911	10		2110	268				52				3613		93.5
45	Gastón Ferrante			33	429	4312	436	4710	3812	53	264	116	3410	4510	1610	3612	89
46	Carlos Okulovich	3312	3312	35	2013	3213	2715	3315	1510	36	2414	3015	3014				82.5
47	Norberto Fontana	3214	2413	42	1712	4016	3511	189	3214	40	38DNS	5016	3913	3611	4113	DNS14	77
48	Diego de Carlo		3614	51			3213	2917	3411	29	3515	2417	2611	3012	3516	2714	66
49	Martín Serrano	5314	2914	47		31DNS		2712	2716	44	2828	2216		4414	4412		58.5
50	Gustavo Micheloud	5215	3717	36		2416	368	4014	2416	23	WDDNS	4216	3713		3816		57.5
51	Leonel Sotro	4217	5117	37		3414	4410	386	3117	34	441	1513	4816	4013			56
52	Matías Jalaf	279	2012	41	1912	3318	DSQ13	3213		51							50
53	Federico Iribarne		4214	32	447	478	4617	3914	4914	19	DSQ7	2917	4915	DNS16			45.5
54	Christian Iván Ramos	258	2513	27	2311	4817											43.5
55	Juan Garbelino	4516	4615	40	4516	4515		4817	4716	31	2315	4517			3915	3013	42.5
56	Leandro Mulet										2116		3613		WDDNS		17
57	Luis José di Palma	2115															14
58	Christian di Scala	3117	4716	55		5013											9
59	Gastón Crusitta									39	4014		3515				9
60	Christian Dose	4113		52													4
61	Camilo Echevarría		3816														3
Pos.	Driver	VIE	NEU	TOA1	ELC	CDU	TRH	RAF1	POS	VIL1	BUE	SLU	SNI	RAF2	TOA2	VIL2	Total

Copa de Oro standings

Drivers in blue denote "last chance qualifiers"; the top three drivers in the regular standings that did not qualify for the playoffs, who were admitted along with the points they scored over the previous four rounds.

Mariano Werner won both the Regular Season and Copa de Oro in 2023.

Pos.	Driver	Starting	SLU	SNI	RAF2	TOA2	VIL2	Total
1	Mariano Werner	31	21	122	11	156	41	226
2	Germán Todino	8	444	11	1711	12	11	191.5
3	Julián Santero	8	11	21	264	239	21	185.5
4	Santiago Mangoni	8	83	156	21	93	125	172.5
5	Juan Martín Trucco	125	N/A				176	155.75
6	Marcos Landa	0	75	44	289	33	107	152
7	José Manuel Urcera	0	32	228	114	104	152	145.75
8	Jonatan Castellano	0	62	4712	52	145	84	139.75
9	Christian Ledesma	100.5	N/A				144	137.25
10	Valentín Aguirre	8	2314	64	65	116	385	120
11	Mauricio Lambiris	0	1712	193	2515	198	53	116.5
12	Gastón Mazzacane	0	168	466	95	42	342	100.75
13	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni	8	345	144	229	2512	166	94.75
14	Nicolás Trosset	65	N/A				337	72.5
15	Matías Rossi	8	474	169	3716	4214	2610	52.75

Notes

1. Werner received a bonus 200 points as the winner of the Copa de Oro.

References

1. "Arranca el Turismo Carretera 2023: la ausencia de Canapino, cambios de marcas y un récord de pilotos por el máximo título (in Spanish)". Clarín. 10 February 2023.
2. "Calendario 2023: así arranca el Turismo Carretera (in Spanish)". SoloTC.ar. 6 February 2023.
3. "TC: Rafaela confirmada, ya están todas las sedes de la Etapa Regular". SoloTC.ar. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
4. "AGUSTÍN CANAPINO SET FOR TURISMO CARRETERA RETURN WITH THE JP CARRERA TEAM". Juncos Hollinger Racing. 28 July 2023.
5. "Iribarne confirmó marca y equipo para seguir en el TC" (in Spanish). SoloTC. 12 July 2023.
6. "Crusitta tiene motor para el Dodge y debuta en el TC en San Juan" (in Spanish). SoloTC. 3 July 2023.
7. "Facundo Della Motta se prepara para el Desafío de las Estrellas en el Villicum" (in Spanish). Sí San Juan. 20 July 2023.
8. "Así fue el debut del 1° Camry no oficial en TC" (in Spanish). SoloTC. 25 July 2023.
9. "Fecha 1 – Viedma" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 12 February 2023.
10. "Fecha 2 – Neuquén" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 5 March 2023.
11. "Fecha 3 – Toay" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 26 March 2023.
12. "Fecha 4 – El Calafate" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 16 April 2023.
13. "Fecha 5 – Concepción del Uruguay" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 30 April 2023.
14. "Fecha 6 – Termas de Río Hondo" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 21 May 2023.
15. "Fecha 7 – Rafaela" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 11 June 2023.
16. "Fecha 8 – Posadas" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 2 July 2023.
17. "Cuántas carreras especiales tendrá el TC en 2023 (in Spanish)". SoloTC. 15 February 2023.
18. "Fecha 11 – San Luis" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 17 September 2023.
19. "Fecha 12 – San Nicolás" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 1 October 2023.
20. "Fecha 13 – Rafaela" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 29 October 2023.
21. "Fecha 14 – Toay" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 12 November 2023.
22. "Fecha 15 – San Juan Villicum" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 3 December 2023.

External links

• Series website