2025 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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 Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio, Rosario 29–30 March
2 Autódromo Ciudad de Oberá, Oberá 19–20 April
3 Circuito San Juan Villicum, Albardón 10–11 May
4 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo 30 May—1 June
5 Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes 12–13 July
6 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar 26–27 July
7 Circuito dos Cristais, Curvelo 16–17 August
8 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 4–5 October
9 Autódromo Internacional de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá 14–15 November
10 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.
PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 1 Pedro Cardoso All [7]
3 Luis Ramírez 1-5 [8]
8 Joaquín Cafaro 5-6 [9]
21 Benjamín Hites 6 [10]
27 Marcos Regadas T 8
66 Genaro Rasetto 1-5, 7-10 [8]
81 Guilherme Reischl T 10
84 Fernando Croce T 7
Paladini Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 5 Fabián Yannantuoni All [11]
16 Juan Ángel Rosso All [11]
Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 11 Tomás Fernández T 6 [12]
36 Carlos Silva T 6 [12]
95 Santino Balerini 1-3 [13]
51 Exequiel Bastidas 4
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 3
22 Celso Neto 7 [14]
Porthack Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 19 Enzo Gianfratti T 2-6
84 Fernando Croce T 8-10 [15]
W2 ProGP Cupra León Competición TCR 19 Enzo Gianfratti T 7
Cupra León VZ TCR 60 Juan Manuel Casella 6 [16]
77 Raphael Reis All [17]
113 Fabricio Pezzini 1-5 [18]
293 Leonardo Reis 7-10 [19]
G Racing Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR 19 Enzo Gianfratti T 8-10 [20]
Cupra León Competición TCR 20 Bruno Massa T 10
107 Ernani Kuhn 9 [21]
Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 23 Maria Nienkötter T 1-9 [22]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 10
Honda YPF Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. All [23]
44 Leonel Pernía All [24]
85 Tiago Pernía All [24]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 55 Mariano Pernía All [8]
88 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
 OBE
 VIL
 TER
 PCM
 ELP
 CUR
 VEL
 CUI
 INT
 Points
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Leonel Pernía 14 3 11 3 11 5 42 2 12 4 12 12 43 4 22 3 11 10† 31 2 646
2 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 Pedro Cardoso 33 2 24 2 46 8 13 6 66 Ret 33 4 Ret 6 13 4 WD WD 1 9 459
4 Raphael Reis 65 10† 56 5 23 4 157 9 45 2 6 1 34 5 34 5 46 Ret 7 3 456
5 Fabián Yannantuoni Ret6 Ret 65 13† 35 3 34 1 Ret 5 54 9 Ret6 3 55 2 85 3 6 6 388
6 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 Tiago Pernía 41 Ret 43 10 Ret4 9 5 8 7 8 Ret5 5 11 7 WD WD 95 Ret Ret3 4 303
8 Genaro Rasetto DNS 7 9 6 10 10 7 7 8 9 55 9 126 8 6 4 Ret7 5 252
9 Fabricio Pezzini 12† 1 7 4 6 1 Ret 4 34 3 225
10 Enzo Gianfratti 14 7 Ret 13 10 11 10 Ret Ret 7 8 13 8 7 33 5 25 8 217
11 Mariano Pernía 8 Ret 11 Ret 7 7 65 5 113 6 9 13† Ret7 Ret 10 9 7 6 Ret 10 216
12 Adrián Chiriano 9 Ret 13 8 11 14 13 10 12 12 11 6 10 10 14 11 10 7 8 14 172
13 Leonardo Reis 7 2 61 6 134 2 11†4 15† 150
14 Maria Nienkötter 10 9 15 11 Ret 15 14 12 13 11 13 10 Ret 11 11 10 11 9 9 13 130
15 Luis Ramírez 7 4 8 12† 57 11 8 14† 14 13 117
16 Santino Balerini 11† 6 12 9 12† Ret 52
17 Joaquín Cafaro 9 7 7 Ret 46
18 Benjamín Hites 10 3 38
19 Exequiel Bastidas 9 12 9 13 36
20 Fernando Croce 11 12 13 12 12 Ret WD WD 31
21 Juan Manuel Casella 46 Ret 29
22 Marcos Regadas 4 DSQ 27
23 Carlos Silva 12 8 20
24 Bruno Massa 10† 12 16
25 Celso Neto 9 Ret 13
26 Ernani Kuhn 9 Ret 13
27 Guilherme Reischl Ret 11 7
28 Tomás Fernández 14† DNS 3
Pos. Driver ROS
 OBE
 VIL
 TER
 PCM
 ELP
 CUR
 VEL
 CUI
 INT
 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)

1-7 – 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "Paladini Racing switches from Toyota to Lynk & Co". TouringCarTimes.com. 1 February 2025.
  12. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "TCR South America entry continues to grow". TouringCarTimes.com. 20 March 2025.
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