TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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 apart of the South American 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]

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] The first team to enter was Top Run Motorsport with a Subaru WRX STi TCR.

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