2024 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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The 2024 TCR South America Touring Car Championship is the fourth season of TCR South America Touring Car Championship.

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Calendar

The championship is to begin in April 2024, with a maximum of 35 entries, ten rounds consisting of eighteen 35-minute races and two endurance races would be run in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. [1] It will also feature two rounds of the TCR World Tour. [2] On February 29, the circuits were announced except for the seventh round. [3]

  Race is an Endurance Event
  Race is part of TCR Brazil
  Race is an endurance event and part of TCR Brazil
  Race is part of TCR World Tour
Rnd.Circuit/LocationDateMap
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 12–14 April
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel 24–26 May
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 14–16 June
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 19–21 July
5 Flag of Uruguay.svg Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar 2–4 August
6 Flag of Uruguay.svg Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes 23–25 August
7 Flag of Argentina.svg TBA13–15 September
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires 4–6 October
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo 8–10 November
10 Flag of Argentina.svg Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio, Rosario 29 November–1 December

Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversClassRoundsCo-Driver nameRounds
Flag of Brazil.svg Cobra Racing Team [4] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 07 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Vivacqua [4] 1–2 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Costa [5] 1
47 Flag of Argentina.svg Norberto Fontana [6] 1–2 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Maluhy [6] 1
Flag of Argentina.svg Squadra Martino [7] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Baptista [8] 1–2 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Nunes [5] 1
15 Flag of Uruguay.svg Enrique Maglione [9] T1–2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Rodrigo Aramendia [5] 1
34 Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Casagrande [10] T1–2 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Coscia [5] 1
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 60 Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Manuel Casella [7] 1–2 Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Montenegro [5] 1
Flag of Argentina.svg Paladini Racing [11] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 5 Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Yannantuoni  [ es ] [12] 1–2 Flag of Spain.svg Enric Bordás Cotes [13] 1
13 Flag of Argentina.svg Fabricio Pezzini [5] 1 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Bessone [5] 1
16 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ángel Rosso  [ es ] [11] 1–2 Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Marques [5] 1
73 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Gutiérrez 2
Flag of Argentina.svg Toyota Team Argentina [14] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Rossi [14] 2
Flag of Argentina.svg PMO - Full Time Sports [15] Lynk & Co 03 TCR 27 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Regadas [5] T1 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Suzuki [5] 1
55 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Fecury [5] 1 Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Leist [5] 1
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Flag of Argentina.svg PMO Racing [16] Peugeot 308 TCR 27 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Regadas [5] T2
43 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Cardoso [16] 1–2 Flag of Brazil.svg Celso Neto [5] 1
44 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Pernía 2
88 Flag of Brazil.svg Werner Neugebauer [5] 1 Flag of Brazil.svg Caca Bueno [5] 1
Flag of Brazil.svg W2 ProGP [17] Cupra León Competición TCR 28 Flag of Brazil.svg Galid Osman [18] 1 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Lapenna [5]
Cupra León VZ TCR 2
Cupra León Competición TCR 37 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Reischl [17] T1–2 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Salas [5] 1
Cupra León VZ TCR 77 Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Reis [19] 1–2 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti [5] 1
Flag of Spain.svg GOAT Racing [20] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 62 Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Borković [21] WTBA
186 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri [22] WTBA
199 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Butti [23] WTBA
Flag of Italy.svg BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse [24] Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 105 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz [25] WTBA
129 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami [25] WTBA
196 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona [25] WTBA
Flag of Sweden.svg Lynk & Co Cyan Racing [26] Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk [26] WTBA
112 Flag of Uruguay.svg Santiago Urrutia [26] WTBA
155 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua [26] WTBA
168 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher [26] WTBA
Flag of Spain.svg Volcano Motorsport [27] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 127 Flag of France.svg John Filippi [27] WTBA
212 Flag of Morocco.svg Sami Taoufik [27] WTBA
IconClass
TEligible for TCR Trophy
BEligible for TCR Brazil
WEligible for TCR World Tour

Results

Season summary

Rnd.CircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning TeamWinning Trophy driver
1R1 Flag of Brazil.svg Interlagos Circuit Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Manuel Casella
Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Montenegro
Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Reis
Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti
Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Reis
Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti
Flag of Brazil.svg W2 ProGP Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Reischl
2R2 Flag of Brazil.svg Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Baptista Flag of Argentina.svg Squadra Martino
R3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Manuel Casella Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Yannantuoni Flag of Argentina.svg Paladini Racing
3R4 Flag of Brazil.svg Autódromo Velo Città
R5
4R6 Flag of Brazil.svg Interlagos Circuit
R7
5R8 Flag of Uruguay.svg Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini
R9
6R10 Flag of Uruguay.svg Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes
R11
7R12 Flag of Argentina.svg Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez
R13
8R14 Flag of Argentina.svg Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo
R15
9R16 Flag of Argentina.svg Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio
R17

Championship standings

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th 
Qualifying10754321
Sprint Race 1 & Endurance4035302724211815131197531
Sprint Race 2353027242118151311975321

Drivers' championship

Pos.Driver INT
Flag of Brazil.svg
CAS
Flag of Brazil.svg
VEL
Flag of Brazil.svg
INT
Flag of Brazil.svg
ELP
Flag of Uruguay.svg
PCM
Flag of Uruguay.svg
BUE
Flag of Argentina.svg
TER
Flag of Argentina.svg
ROS
Flag of Argentina.svg
Points
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ángel Rosso7647278
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Reis12651374
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo BaptistaRet411672
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Cardoso2536Ret70
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Yannantuoni98163
6 Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Manuel CasellaDSQ154559
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Galid Osman 11322Ret56
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Vivacqua49755
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti 1247
10 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Pernía 7345
11 Flag of Argentina.svg Norberto Fontana 611843
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Reischl3121439
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Celso Neto2538
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Salas330
15 Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Rossi 153430
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Costa 427
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Fecury524
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Leist524
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio CasagrandeRet10922
20 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Maluhy 621
21 Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Marques7620
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Regadas127Ret1115
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Werner Neugebauer815
24 Flag of Brazil.svg Cacá Bueno 815
25 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Lapenna11314
26 Flag of Spain.svg Enric Bordás Cotes913
27 Flag of Uruguay.svg Enrique MaglioneRet141012
28 Flag of Argentina.svg Fabricio Pezzini 1011
29 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Bessone1011
30 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Gutiérrez131210
31 Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Montenegro DSQ110
32 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Suzuki 1278
33 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Nunes Ret44
NC Flag of Argentina.svg Franco CosciaRet0
NC Flag of Uruguay.svg Rodrigo AramendiaRet0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid 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.

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