2025 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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The 2025 TCR South America Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of TCR South America.

Calendar

The championship was contested over 10 rounds from March to December, with rounds in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. The calendar was confirmed on 11 February 2025,[1] with the race weekend dates confirmed earlier on 5 December 2024.[2]

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Map
1 Argentina Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio, Rosario 29–30 March
2 Argentina Autódromo Ciudad de Oberá, Oberá 19–20 April
3 Argentina Circuito San Juan Villicum, Albardón 10–11 May
4 Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo 30 May—1 June
5 Uruguay Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes 12–13 July
6 Uruguay Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar 26–27 July
7 Brazil Circuito dos Cristais, Curvelo 16–17 August
8 Brazil Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 4–5 October
9 Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá 14–15 November
10 Brazil Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 13–14 December

Calendar changes

  • The endurance round, which in 2024 took place at Interlagos, was dropped.
  • The second round was set to take place at Autódromo Rosamonte, but was moved to Oberá due to ongoing construction works.[3]
  • The seventh round was set to take place at Belo Horizonte street circuit, but was moved to Cascavel due to ongoing construction works, before eventually being cancelled.[4]
  • The ninth round, which was set to take place at Velopark, was cancelled.[5]
  • Curvelo and Cuiabá both joined the championship as late replacements.[5]
  • Cuiabá hosted the first night round in the history of the series.[6]

Teams and drivers

T Eligible for TCR Trophy

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Brazil PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 1 Brazil Pedro Cardoso All [7]
3 Panama Luis Ramírez 1-5 [8]
8 Uruguay Joaquín Cafaro 5-6 [9]
21 Chile Benjamín Hites 6 [10]
27 Brazil Marcos Regadas T 8
66 Brazil Genaro Rasetto 1-5, 7-10 [8]
81 Brazil Guilherme Reischl T 10
84 Brazil Fernando Croce T 7
Argentina Paladini Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 5 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni All [11]
16 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso All [11]
Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 11 Argentina Tomás Fernández T 6 [12]
36 Uruguay Carlos Silva T 6 [12]
95 Argentina Santino Balerini 1-3 [13]
51 Argentina Exequiel Bastidas 4
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 3
22 Brazil Celso Neto 7 [14]
Brazil Porthack Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 19 Brazil Enzo Gianfratti T 2-6
84 Brazil Fernando Croce T 8-10 [15]
Brazil W2 ProGP Cupra León Competición TCR 19 Brazil Enzo Gianfratti T 7
Cupra León VZ TCR 60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 6 [16]
77 Brazil Raphael Reis All [17]
113 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 1-5 [18]
293 Brazil Leonardo Reis 7-10 [19]
Brazil G Racing Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR 19 Brazil Enzo Gianfratti T 8-10 [20]
Cupra León Competición TCR 20 Brazil Bruno Massa T 10
107 Brazil Ernani Kuhn 9 [21]
Brazil Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 23 Brazil Maria Nienkötter T 1-9 [22]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 10
Argentina Honda YPF Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 33 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. All [23]
44 Argentina Leonel Pernía All [24]
85 Argentina Tiago Pernía All [24]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 55 Argentina Mariano Pernía All [8]
88 Argentina Adrián Chiriano T All [8]

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 N/a
Sprint Race 1 & Endurance 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Sprint Race 2 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver ROS
Argentina
OBE
Argentina
VIL
Argentina
TER
Argentina
PCM
Uruguay
ELP
Uruguay
CUR
Brazil
VEL
Brazil
CUI
Brazil
INT
Brazil
Points
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Argentina Leonel Pernía 14 3 11 3 11 5 42 2 12 4 12 12 43 4 22 3 11 10† 31 2 646
2 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 22 8 32 Ret Ret2 6 21 3 21 10 21 11 22 8 7 1 22 1 42 1 549
3 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 33 2 24 2 46 8 13 6 66 Ret 33 4 Ret 6 13 4 WD WD 1 9 459
4 Brazil Raphael Reis 65 10† 56 5 23 4 157 9 45 2 6 1 34 5 34 5 46 Ret 7 3 456
5 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni Ret6 Ret 65 13† 35 3 34 1 Ret 5 54 9 Ret6 3 55 2 85 3 6 6 388
6 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 57 5 107 1 8 2 Ret6 Ret 57 1 87 2 6 1 97 Ret Ret7 8 56 7 374
7 Argentina Tiago Pernía 41 Ret 43 10 Ret4 9 5 8 7 8 Ret5 5 11 7 WD WD 95 Ret Ret3 4 303
8 Argentina Genaro Rasetto DNS 7 9 6 10 10 7 7 8 9 55 9 126 8 6 4 Ret7 5 252
9 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 12† 1 7 4 6 1 Ret 4 34 3 225
10 Brazil Enzo Gianfratti 14 7 Ret 13 10 11 10 Ret Ret 7 8 13 8 7 33 5 25 8 217
11 Argentina Mariano Pernía 8 Ret 11 Ret 7 7 65 5 113 6 9 13† Ret7 Ret 10 9 7 6 Ret 10 216
12 Argentina Adrián Chiriano 9 Ret 13 8 11 14 13 10 12 12 11 6 10 10 14 11 10 7 8 14 172
13 Brazil Leonardo Reis 7 2 61 6 134 2 11†4 15† 150
14 Brazil Maria Nienkötter 10 9 15 11 Ret 15 14 12 13 11 13 10 Ret 11 11 10 11 9 9 13 130
15 Panama Luis Ramírez 7 4 8 12† 57 11 8 14† 14 13 117
16 Argentina Santino Balerini 11† 6 12 9 12† Ret 52
17 Uruguay Joaquín Cafaro 9 7 7 Ret 46
18 Chile Benjamín Hites 10 3 38
19 Argentina Exequiel Bastidas 9 12 9 13 36
20 Brazil Fernando Croce 11 12 13 12 12 Ret WD WD 31
21 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 46 Ret 29
22 Brazil Marcos Regadas 4 DSQ 27
23 Uruguay Carlos Silva 12 8 20
24 Brazil Bruno Massa 10† 12 16
25 Brazil Celso Neto 9 Ret 13
26 Brazil Ernani Kuhn 9 Ret 13
27 Brazil Guilherme Reischl Ret 11 7
28 Argentina Tomás Fernández 14† DNS 3
Pos. Driver ROS
Argentina
OBE
Argentina
VIL
Argentina
TER
Argentina
PCM
Uruguay
ELP
Uruguay
CUR
Brazil
VEL
Brazil
CUI
Brazil
INT
Brazil
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

1-7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying.

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References

  1. ↑ "TCR South America completes 2025 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 11 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "TCR South America confirms 2025 race dates". TouringCarTimes. 5 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Venue change for second TCR South America round". TouringCarTimes. 9 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "TCR South America moves first Brazilian event". TouringCarTimes. 10 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 "More tweaks announced for TCR South America calendar". TouringCarTimes. 13 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Cuiabá será el estreno de las carreras nocturnas de TCR South America Banco BRB". southamerica.tcr-series.com. 11 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Pedro Cardoso to defend TCR South America crown". TouringCarTimes.com. 21 February 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "16 cars entered for TCR South America opener at Rosario". TouringCarTimes.com. 26 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Joaquín Cafaro to make TCR South America debut". TouringCarTimes.com. 2 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Benjamin Hites joins El Pinar grid". TouringCarTimes.com. 19 July 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Paladini Racing switches from Toyota to Lynk & Co". TouringCarTimes.com. 1 February 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Paladini Racing Toyotas to return in El Pinar". TouringCarTimes.com. 19 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Paladini Racing adds Toyota to TCR South America line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. 19 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Celso Neto lands Audi drive with Paladini Racing". TouringCarTimes.com. 9 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Fernando Croce será para el Porthack Racing en las etapas finales de TCR South America Banco BRB". southamerica.tcr-series.com.
  16. ↑ "Juan Manuel Casella to return in El Pinar". TouringCarTimes.com. 22 July 2025.
  17. ↑ "TCR South America entry continues to grow". TouringCarTimes.com. 20 March 2025.
  18. ↑ "Fabricio Pezzini makes full-time TCR South America return". TouringCarTimes.com. 10 December 2024.
  19. ↑ "Leonardo Reis to complete season with W2 ProGP". TouringCarTimes.com. 7 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "Enzo Gianfratti competirá en lo que resta de la temporada del TCR South America Banco BRB para G Racing Motorsport". southamerica.tcr-series.com. 6 August 2025.
  21. ↑ "Ernani Kuhn joins Cuiabá grid with G Racing Motorsport". TouringCarTimes.com. 13 November 2025.
  22. ↑ "Maria Nienkötter joins Cobra Racing in TCR South America". TouringCarTimes.com. 6 March 2025.
  23. ↑ "Squadra Martino confirms Nelson Piquet Jr and Matías Cravero for 2025". TouringCarTimes.com. 19 December 2024.
  24. 1 2 "TCR South America entry continues to grow". TouringCarTimes.com. 20 March 2025.