2024 TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship

The 2024 TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship was the second season of TCR Brazil Touring Car Championship.

Pedro Cardoso won the drivers' championship, finishing three times ahead of Juan Ángel Rosso.[1]

🏁 Main Facts

  • The 2024 season title was won by Pedro Cardoso (Brazil) with 274 points, narrowly beating Juan Ángel Rosso (Argentina), who finished with 271 points.
  • In the “Copa Trophy” (a subdivision of the category), Enrique Maglione (Uruguay) took the championship.
  • In the team standings, PMO Racing (Argentina) won with 521 points, followed closely by Brazil’s W2 ProGP with 505 points.
  • The season was highly competitive: although Cardoso took the title, he did not dominate with many victories, relying instead on consistency.

📊 Stats and Technical Highlights

  • Race winners: Brazilian driver Rafael Suzuki scored five victories, the most of the season.
  • Other winners included Galid Osman (four wins) and several others with one or two victories.
  • Pole positions: Argentine driver Ignacio Montenegro claimed four poles, followed by Juan Manuel Casella with three.
  • The series continues to follow the global “TCR” (Touring Car Racing) format, using modified touring cars from multiple manufacturers with a weekend structure of practice, qualifying, and races.
  • The Brazilian championship shares some rounds with the TCR South America, allowing events outside Brazil to be part of the calendar.

📍 Calendar and Circuits

✅ Highlights and Strengths

  • The tight championship battle, decided by just three points, showcased the competitiveness of the series.
  • Consistency proved more important than outright wins — steady results across races made the difference.
  • The diversity of manufacturers and teams strengthened the Brazilian TCR model, creating a rich competitive environment.

⚠️ Challenges and Points of Attention

  • The fact that the champion didn’t have the most wins shows that consistency, not just victories, is key to success.
  • Integration with the South American championship requires logistical coordination for teams competing across multiple countries.
  • For future growth, the series must continue to attract drivers, manufacturers, and media exposure.

Calendar

  Race is an Endurance Event
Rnd. Circuit/Location Date
1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 12–14 April
2 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel 23–24 May
3 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel 25–26 May
4 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 14–16 June
5 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 19–21 July
6 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires 4–6 October

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Co-Driver name Rounds
Cobra Racing Team[2] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 07 Thiago Vivacqua[2] All Nicolas Costa[3] 1
47 Norberto Fontana[4] 1 Felipe Maluhy[4] 1
W2 Shell V-Power[5][N 1]
W2 ProGP[6][N 1]
Cupra León Competición TCR 2 Marcio Basso T 6 N/a
37 Guilherme Reischl[6] T 1–5 Guilherme Salas[3] 1
28 Galid Osman[5] 1 Felipe Lapenna[3] 1
Cupra León VZ TCR 2–6 N/a
77 Raphael Reis[7] All Lucas Foresti[3] 1
Squadra Martino[8] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 3 Rodrigo Baptista[9] 1–4 Diego Nunes[3] 1
9 Nelson Piquet Jr.[10] 5 N/a
15 Enrique Maglione[11] T All Rodrigo Aramendia[3] 1
34 Fabio Casagrande[12] T All Franco Coscia[3] 1
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 60 Juan Manuel Casella[8] All Ignacio Montenegro[3] 1
Paladini Racing[13] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 5 Fabián Yannantuoni[14] 1–5 Enric Bordás Cotes[15] 1
16 Juan Ángel Rosso[13] All Facundo Marques[3] 1
PMO Racing[16] Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Rafael Suzuki[17] 4–6 N/a
27 Marcos Regadas[3] T 2–4, 5 N/a
88 Werner Neugebauer[3] 1 Caca Bueno[3] 1
BRB Banco de Brasília by PMO Racing 43 Pedro Cardoso[16] All Celso Neto[3] 1
Toyota Team Argentina[18] Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 17 Matías Rossi[18] 2–6 N/a
PMO - Full Time Sports[19] Lynk & Co 03 TCR 27 Marcos Regadas[3] T 1 Rafael Suzuki[3] 1
55 Lucas Fecury[3] 1 Arthur Leist[3] 1
Icon Class
T Eligible for TCR Trophy

Results

Season summary

Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning Trophy driver Info
1 1 Interlagos Circuit Juan Manuel Casella
Ignacio Montenegro 		Raphael Reis
Lucas Foresti 		Raphael Reis
Lucas Foresti 		W2 ProGP Guilherme Reischl
Guilherme Salas 		[20]
2 3 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Galid Osman Matías Rossi Galid Osman W2 ProGP Marcos Regadas [21]
4 No dispute Matías Rossi Juan Ángel Rosso Paladini Racing Marcos Regadas [22]
3 5 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Rodrigo Baptista[23] Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Squadra Martino Fabio Casagrande [24]
6 No dispute Fabián Yannantuoni Fabián Yannantuoni Paladini Racing Fabio Casagrande [25]
4 7 Autódromo Velo Città Pedro Cardoso Matías Rossi Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina Marcos Regadas [26]
8 No dispute Rafael Suzuki Rafael Suzuki PMO Racing Marcos Regadas [27][28]
5 9 Interlagos Circuit[29] Raphael Reis Rafael Suzuki Rafael Suzuki PMO Racing Guilherme Reischl [30]
10 No dispute Nelson Piquet Jr. Rafael Suzuki PMO Racing Enrique Maglione [31][32]
6 11 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Juan Manuel Casella Raphael Reis Galid Osman W2 ProGP Marcos Regadas [33][34]
12 No dispute Juan Manuel Casella Juan Manuel Casella Squadra Martino Enrique Maglione [35][36]
Source:[37]

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
Endurance 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
Races 2–5 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver INT
 CAS
 CAS
 VEL
 INT
 BUE
 Points
EDC RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Pedro Cardoso 25 32 6 36 Ret 31 5 54 7 42 2 274
2 Juan Ángel Rosso 36 115 1 107 11 12 10 93 DNS 25 3 271
3 Raphael Reis 12 53 4 65 10 75 2 71 2 114 5 248
4 Matías Rossi 24 3 123 3 13 4 10 Ret 83 4 231
5 Galid Osman 10†3 11 8 22 Ret 24 6 Ret6 Ret 17 8 230
6 Juan Manuel Casella DSQ1 4 7 54 4 67 8 6 Ret 31 1 228
7 Rafael Suzuki 11†7 96 1 12 1 66 6 186
8 Rodrigo Baptista Ret4 66 5 11 5 52 Ret 158
9 Fabián Yannantuoni 9† 9 11 7 1 Ret INF 45 3 142
10 Thiago Vivacqua 4 87 2 8 6 13† Ret 8 Ret 12 10 141
11 Enrique Maglione Ret 10 10 11 8 10 9 Ret 4 9 7 117
12 Marcos Regadas 11†7 7 9 Ret 9 8 7 Ret DNS 5 11 104
13 Guilherme Reischl 7 11 12 10 11† 12 10 9 DNS 93
14 Fabio Casagrande Ret DNQ DNS 9 7 11 11† Ret 5 10 9 91
15 Nelson Piquet Jr. 27 8† 48
16 Lucas Foresti 12 47
17 Celso Neto 25 38
18 Guilherme Salas 7 30
19 Nicolas Costa 4 27
20 Lucas Fecury 5 24
21 Arthur Leist 5 24
22 Norberto Fontana 6 21
23 Felipe Maluhy 6 21
24 Facundo Marques 36 20
25 Márcio Basso 7 Ret 19
26 Werner Neugebauer 8 15
27 Cacá Bueno 8 15
28 Felipe Lapenna 10†3 14
29 Enric Bordás Cotes 9† 13
30 Ignacio Montenegro DSQ1 10
31 Diego Nunes Ret4 4
NC Franco Coscia Ret 0
NC Rodrigo Aramendia Ret 0
Pos. Driver INT
 CAS
 CAS
 VEL
 INT
 BUE
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying.

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

Trophy Cup

Pos. Driver INT
 CAS
 CAS
 VEL
 INT
 BUE
 Points
EDC RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Enrique Maglione Ret3 21 2 31 2 22 2 Ret2 1 32 1 329
2 Marcos Regadas 2†1 12 1 Ret4 3 11 1 Ret1 DNS 11 3 321
3 Fabio Casagrande Ret4 13 1 33 4† Ret3 2 44 2 260
4 Guilherme Reischl 12 33 3 22 4† 44 3 11 DNS 255
5 Guilherme Salas 12 40
6 Rafael Suzuki 2†1 35
7 Márcio Basso 23 Ret 34
NC Franco Coscia Ret4 0
NC Rodrigo Aramendia Ret3 0
Pos. Driver INT
 CAS
 CAS
 VEL
 INT
 BUE
 Points

Teams' championship

Best 2 (two) results from each team are counted for teams' championship.

Pos. Team N.° INT
 CAS

CAS

VEL

INT

BUE

Points
EDC RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 PMO Racing 8 96 1 12 1 66 6 521
27 7 9 Ret 9 8 7 Ret DNS 5 11
88 8
2 W2 ProGP 2 7 Ret 505
28 10†3 11 8 22 Ret 24 6 Ret6 Ret 17 8
37 7 11 12 10 11† 12 10 9 DNS
77 12 53 4 65 10 75 2 71 2 114 5
3 Squadra Martino 3 Ret4 66 5 11 5 52 Ret 480
9 27 8†
15 Ret 10 10 11 8 10 9 Ret 4 9 7
34 Ret DNQ DNS 9 7 11 11† Ret 5 10 9
60 DSQ1 4 7 54 4 67 8 6 Ret 31 1
4 Paladini Racing 5 9† 9 11 7 1 Ret INF 45 3 431
16 36 115 1 107 11 12 10 93 DNS 25 3
5 BRB Banco de Brasília by PMO Racing 43 25 32 6 36 Ret 31 5 54 7 42 2 274
6 Toyota Team Argentina 17 24 3 123 3 13 4 10 Ret 83 4 231
7 Cobra Racing 07 4 87 2 8 6 13† Ret 8 Ret 12 10 141
47 6
8 PMO - Full Time Sports 27 11†7 36
55 5
Pos. Team N.° INT
 CAS

CAS

VEL

INT

BUE

Points

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 28 entered as "W2 Shell V-Power". Car No. 2, No. 37, No. 77 and No. 85 entered as "W2 ProGP".

Television coverage

The Races of the TCR South America are broadcast on Cable Television including: ESPN, Fox Sports, Movistar+, CBS Sports y NBC Sports.

Coverage in Brazil

Transmission[38]
BandSports Narration: Márcio Pozzan
Narration: Eduardo Veríssimo
Comments: Duda Pompermayer
Comments: Rafael Pasqualotto
Transmission
YouTube Narration: Alexandre Eiras
Narration: Thiago Fabris
Comments: Ivar Castagnetti
Comments: Henrique Gava

Other countries

Internet (Global)
YouTube
Motorsport.tv
Facebook
Zoome
Catve.com
Auto Videos
Twitch

Rule sets

Different sets of regulations do apply:

See also

References

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