2022 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

The 2022 TCR South America Touring Car Championship is the second season of TCR South America Touring Car Championship.

Calendar[edit]

The championship is to begin in January 2022, with a maximum of 40 entries, eight rounds consisting of sixteen 35-minute races would be run in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.[1]

  Race is an Endurance Event
Rnd. Circuit/Location Date
1 Brazil Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 2–3 April
2 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 30 April–1 May
3 Brazil Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia 4–5 June
4 Uruguay Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera 16–17 July
5 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar 6–7 August
6 Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo 27–28 August
7 Argentina Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires 17–18 September
8 Argentina Circuito San Juan Villicum, Albardón 8–9 October

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name[2] Rounds
Brazil Cobra Racing Team[3] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 03 Brazil Bia Figueiredo 1–4 Brazil Antonella Bassani 2
10 Brazil Adalberto Baptista T 1–6 Brazil Sergio Ramalho 2, 6
22 Switzerland Gabriel Lusquiños 6–8 Brazil Vitor Genz 6
29 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro 7
37 Brazil Guilherme Reischl T 1–3 Brazil Marcio Basso 2
Argentina PMO Racing[4] Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Argentina Figgo Bessone 8
13 Argentina Pablo Otero T 1
15 Uruguay Enrique Maglione T 2–8 Uruguay Fernando Rama 2
Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendia 6
24 Uruguay Frederick Balbi 3
37 Brazil Guilherme Reischl T 4
60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 2–8 Uruguay Frederick Balbi 2, 6
87 Argentina Franco Farina All Argentina Gaston Iansa 2
Brazil Guilherme Reischl 6
100 Argentina Juan Pablo Bessone 2 Argentina Carlos Okulovich 2
Argentina PMO Motorsport[5][6] Lynk & Co 03 TCR 5 Brazil Marcio Basso T 3–4, 6, 8 Brazil Pedro Nunes 6
7 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini All Argentina Carlos Merlo 2
Argentina Carlos Okulovich 6
33 Argentina José Manuel Sapag All Argentina Marcelo Ciarrocchi 2
Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 6
96 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 7
Uruguay Squadra Matino Uruguay Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 8 Argentina Matias Milla 8
14 Argentina Matías Cravero 6 Argentina Martín Chialvo 6
24 Uruguay Frederick Balbi 8
27 Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendia 5
73 Argentina Juan Pablo Bessone 6 Argentina Isidoro Vezzaro 6
81 Uruguay Fernando Rama 5
Argentina Squadra Martino[7] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 11 Argentina Roy Block T 7
14 Argentina Matias Cravero 8
26 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso All Argentina Ricardo Risatti 2, 6
34 Brazil Fabio Casagrande T All Uruguay Mauricio Lambiris 2
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 6
112 Argentina Mariano Beraldi T 5
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 88 Argentina Facundo Márques 6 Argentina Franco Coscia 6
95 Argentina Javier Manta T 2 Argentina Gonzalo Fernandez 2
Brazil Scuderia Chiarelli[8] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 12 Brazil Edson Reis T 2–4 Brazil Felipe Papazissis 2
35 Brazil Pedro Aizza 1–7 Brazil Rodrigo Sperafico 2
Spain Mikel Azcona 6
85 Argentina Walter Hernández 8
Brazil Crown Racing[9][10] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 13 Argentina Pablo Otero T 6 Brazil Bia Figueiredo 6
22 Brazil Gabriel Lusquiños 1–4 Brazil Vitor Genz 2
29 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro 6 Argentina Néstor Girolami 6
44 Brazil Alessandro Marchini T 1
55 Brazil Renato Braga T 2–3 Brazil Pablo Alves 2
Brazil W2 ProGP[11] CUPRA León Competición TCR 17 Brazil Alceu Feldmann 2–7 Brazil Andre Bragantini Jr. 2
Argentina Matías Milla 6
61 Argentina Bernardo Llaver 8
71 Brazil Antonio Junqueira T 1
77 Brazil Raphael Reis All Brazil Guga Lima 2
Argentina Bernardo Llaver 6
Argentina FDC Hyundai i30 N TCR 18 Chile Javier Scuncio 6, 8 Chile Martín Scuncio 6
Brazil PropCar Racing Team[12] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 27 Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendia 4
31 Brazil Roberto Possas T 3
84 Brazil Fernando Croce T 1
97 Uruguay Hernán Giuria T 4
373 Brazil Raphael Teixeira 2 Brazil Roberto Possas 2
Argentina Milanese Sport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 85 Argentina Walter Hernández 7
Argentina Toyota Gazoo Racing Latin America[13] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 32 Argentina Jorge Barrio 6–8 Brazil Thiago Camilo 6
Icon Class
T Trophy

Results and standings[edit]

Season summary[edit]

Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team Winning Trophy driver
1 R1 Brazil Velo Città Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Antonio Junqueira
R2 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini Argentina Fabricio Pezzini Argentina PMO Motorsport Brazil Adalberto Baptista
2 R3 Brazil Interlagos Brazil Raphael Reis
Brazil Guga Lima
Brazil Rodrigo Sperafico Argentina Fabricio Pezzini
Argentina Carlos Merlo
Argentina PMO Motorsport Uruguay Enrique Maglione
Uruguay Fernando Rama
3 R4 Brazil Goiânia Brazil Alceu Feldmann Brazil Alceu Feldmann Brazil Alceu Feldmann Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Márcio Basso
R5 Brazil Alceu Feldmann Brazil Alceu Feldmann Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Renato Braga
4 R6 Uruguay Rivera Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina Squadra Martino Brazil Edson dos Reis
R7 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina Squadra Martino Brazil Fabio Casagrande
5 R8 Uruguay El Pinar Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina José Manuel Sapag Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina Squadra Martino Uruguay Enrique Maglione
R9 Brazil Raphael Reis Argentina José Manuel Sapag Argentina PMO Motorsport Uruguay Enrique Maglione
6 R10 Argentina Termas de Río Hondo Argentina José Manuel Sapag
Uruguay Santiago Urrutia
Brazil Pedro Aizza
Spain Mikel Azcona
Brazil Fabio Casagrande
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
Argentina Squadra Martino Brazil Fabio Casagrande
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
7 R11 Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina Jorge Barrio Argentina Jorge Barrio Argentina Jorge Barrio Argentina Toyota Gazoo Racing Latin America Brazil Fabio Casagrande
R12 Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil Raphael Reis Brazil W2 ProGP Brazil Fabio Casagrande
8 R13 Argentina San Juan Villicum Argentina Fabricio Pezzini Argentina Juan Angel Rosso Argentina Jorge Barrio Argentina Toyota Gazoo Racing Latin America Brazil Marcio Basso
R14 Argentina Jorge Barrio Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso Argentina Squadra Martino Uruguay Enrique Maglione

Scoring system[edit]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Qualifying 1 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 2 10 7 5 4 3
Feature races 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Sprint races 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 2 1
Endurance races 70 60 54 48 42 36 30 26 22 18 14 10 6 3 1

Drivers' championship[edit]

Pos. Driver GYN
Brazil
INT
Brazil
GYN
Brazil
RIV
Uruguay
ELP
Uruguay
TRH
Argentina
BUE
Argentina
SJV
Argentina
 Pts. 
1 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 24 1 1 24 3 44 2 5 3 3 45 3 41 Ret 486 (510)
2 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 32 Ret 3 72 5 11 1 11 10 11 21 9 5 1 460
3 Brazil Raphael Reis 11 3 5 33 6 22 9 42 7 14† 10 1 22 4 432 (443)
4 Argentina José Manuel Sapag 6 2 4 45 4 5 7 3 1 9 53 Ret WD WD 346
5 Brazil Pedro Aizza 75 10 2 10 10 3 3 Ret 2 2 8 7 309
6 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 10 5 2 6 10 73 11 4 74 10 13 5 251
7 Brazil Fabio Casagrande Ret 8 15† 11 12 10 6 10 9 1 6 8 11 12 218
8 Argentina Franco Farina 10 5 7 12 8 Ret Ret 84 5 8 13 4 Ret5 10 196
9 Brazil Alceu Feldmann Ret 11 1 12†3 4 6 4 DSQ DNS DNS 181
10 Switzerland Gabriel Lusquiños 5 4 6 15 16 Ret Ret 7 11 2 9 11 180
11 Uruguay Enrique Maglione 8 17† 15 Ret 12 25 8 5 9 12† 14 9 165
12 Uruguay Frederick Balbi 10 6 11 4 15 Ret 97
13 Argentina Ricardo Risatti III 3 11 85
14 Uruguay Rodrigo Aramendía 75 5 Ret Ret 5 84
15 Argentina Bernardo Llaver 14† 33 2 83
16 Brazil Marcio Basso 11 9 13 Ret DNS 6 81
17 Brazil Bia Figueiredo 9 12 14 8 7 8 8 Ret 79
18 Argentina Carlos Merlo 1 78
19 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 1 76
20 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 9 32 Ret 76
21 Brazil Guilherme Reischl 11 7 11 DNS DNS 11 DNS 8 73
22 Brazil Vitor Genz 6 7 66
23 Argentina Carlos Okulovich Ret 3 64
24 Brazil Rodrigo Sperafico 2 63
25 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 13 6 13 13 14 DSQ DNS 11 Ret 10 63
26 Spain Mikel Azcona 2 62
27 Brazil Guga Lima 5 58
28 Uruguay Fernando Rama 8 9 6 57
29 Argentina Marcelo Ciarrocchi 4 56
30 Argentina Matías Milla DSQ 7 7 44
31 Chile Javier Scuncio Moro 12 Ret4 6 38
32 Brazil Pedro Nunes 6 36
33 Brazil Antonio Junqueira 43 Ret 35
34 Brazil Edson Reis 9 Ret DNS 9 DNS 35
35 Argentina Ignacio Montenegro 13† DSQ 5 33
36 Argentina Gastón Iansa 7 31
37 Argentina Pablo Otero 8 9 Ret 26
38 Argentina Matías Cravero Ret 6 Ret 24
39 Argentina Walter Hernández WD WD 12 8 24
40 Brazil Sergio Ramalho 13 10 24
41 Brazil Felipe Papazissis 9 22
42 Argentina Figgo Bessone 8 Ret 18
43 Argentina Roy Block 12 11 18
44 Brazil Renato Braga Ret 14 9 14
45 Brazil Fernando Croce 12 11 14
46 Argentina Néstor Girolami 13† 12
47 Argentina Javier Manta 12 10
48 Argentina Gonzalo Fernández 12 10
49 Chile Martín Scuncio Moro 12 10
50 Uruguay Hernán Giuria Ret 11 7
51 Uruguay Mauricio Lambiris 15† 6
52 Brazil Antonella Bassani 14 3
- Brazil Roberto Possas DSQ 16 Ret 0
- Argentina Juan Pablo Bessone Ret Ret 0
- Brazil Pablo Alves Ret 0
- Brazil Andre Bragantini Ret 0
- Argentina Martín Chialvo Ret 0
- Argentina Isidoro Vezzaro Ret 0
- Argentina Facundo Marques Ret 0
- Argentina Franco Coscia Ret 0
- Brazil Alessandro Marchini NL NL 0
- Brazil Raphael Teixeira DSQ 0
- Argentina Mariano Beraldi WD WD 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
- Argentina Jorge Barrio Ret 1 6 1 3 0
- Brazil Thiago Camilo Ret 0
Pos. Driver GYN
Brazil
INT
Brazil
GYN
Brazil
RIV
Uruguay
ELP
Uruguay
TRH
Argentina
BUE
Argentina
SJV
Argentina
 Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Retired, but classified
Notes:
1 to 16 – refers to points earned at Qualifying 1 and 2.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "TCR South America issues 2022 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Interlagos recibe al tcr south america para su primera fecha endurance". TCR South America (in Spanish). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Bia Figueiredo set for TCR South America debut with Cobra Racing". TouringCarTimes. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ^ "18 cars entered for Velocitta season opener". TouringCarTimes. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. ^ "PMO Motorsport confirms three Lynk & Cos for Pezzini, Sapag and Otero". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Márcio Basso joins PMO Motorsport in third Lynk & Co". TouringCarTimes. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Squadra Martino confirms Juan Ángel Rosso and Fabio Casagrande for 2022". TouringCarTimes. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Pedro Aizza set for full season entry with Scuderia CJ". TouringCarTimes. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Honda squad announces 2022 TCR South America plans". TouringCarTimes. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Gabriel Lusquiños inks Crown Racing deal". TouringCarTimes. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  11. ^ "W2 ProGP switches from Honda to Cupra for the 2022 season". TouringCarTimes. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Fernando Croce joins PropCar Racing". TouringCarTimes. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Toyota drivers named for Corolla TCR debut". TouringCarTimes. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

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