2026 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

The 2026 TCR South America Touring Car Championship will be the fifth season of TCR South America Touring Car Championship.

Calendar

Announced on 5 January 2026, the championship is scheduled be contested of 10 rounds across Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.[1] However, the calendar is updated again on 15 January 2026, Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel replaced Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul.[2] The season will begin at Circuito dos Cristais in March and will end at Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini in early December.

  Race is held together with TCR Brazil
Rnd. Circuit/Location Dates Support bill Map
1 Circuito dos Cristais, Curvelo 6–8 March Stock Car Pro Series
2 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel 27–29 March Stock Car Pro Series
Turismo Nacional BR
3 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 24–26 April Stock Car Pro Series
Stock Light
F4 Brazilian Championship
4 Autódromo Internacional de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá 19–20 June Stock Car Pro Series
Stock Light
F4 Brazilian Championship
Turismo Nacional BR
5 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 24–26 July Stock Car Pro Series
Stock Light
6 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo 21–23 August TBA
7 TBA 4–6 September
8 TBA 2–4 October
9 Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio, Rosario 6–8 November
10 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar 4–6 December

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Honda Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 1 Leonel Pernía 1 [3]
33 Nelson Piquet Jr. 1
Paladini Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 3 Nicolás Fuca 1 [4]
5 Fabián Yannantuoni 1 [5]
9 Fabricio Pezzini 1 [6]
16 Juan Ángel Rosso 1 [7]
W2 ProGP Cupra León VZ TCR 7 Erick Schotten 1 [8]
22 Celso Neto 1 [9]
77 Raphael Reis 1 [10]
Uruguay Racing Team Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Joaquín Cafaro 1 [11][12]
15 Enrique Maglione 1 [13]
60 Juan Manuel Casella 1 [14]
G Racing Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR 19 Enzo Gianfratti 1 [15]
20 Bruno Massa 1 [16]
43 Pedro Cardoso 1 [17]
Hyundai N MSA Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 27 Camilo Trappa 1 [18]
29 Néstor Girolami 1 [19]
115 Diego Ciantini 1 [20]
TBA TBA TBC [21][22]
Honda YPF Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 61 Fernando Croce 1 [23]
85 Tiago Pernía 1 [24]
88 Adrián Chiriano 1 [23]
Cobra Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 81 Guilherme Reischl TBC [25]
86 Gabriel Moura 1 [26]
Porthack Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 99 Enzo Falquete 1 [27]
TBA TBA TBC [28]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay will once again be part of the TCR South America Banco BRB calendar". southamerica.tcr-series.com. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. ^ Weissbach, Thayná (15 January 2026). "Stock Car faz nova atualização no calendário de 2026". terra.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Parabólica. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Leonel Pernía, Nelson Piquet lead Honda challenge". TouringCarTimes. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Nicolás Fuca will be part of TCR South America Banco BRB in a Lynk & Co with Paladini Racing". TCR South America. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Fabián Yannantuoni is the second confirmed driver for Paladini Racing". TCR South America. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Fabricio Pezzini completes the Argentine quartet at Paladini Racing for 2026". TouringCarTimes. 29 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Paladini Racing confirms Juan Ángel Rosso for 2026 TCR South America season". TouringCarTimes. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Erick Schotten joins expanded W2 Pro GP Cupra line-up". TouringCarTimes. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Celso Neto secures first W2 Pro GP seat". TouringCarTimes. 25 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Raphael Reis targets the TCR South America Banco BRB title from his debut in Curvelo". TCR South America. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Uruguay Racing Team joins TCR South America Banco BRB with three Peugeot 308 GTI". TCR South America. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Joaquín Cafaro scores Peugeot seat for 2026". TouringCarTimes. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Enrique Maglione completes Uruguay Racing Team lineup for TCR South America Banco BRB debut". TCR South America. 20 February 2026. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Juan Manuel Casella returns to TCR South America Banco BRB with the Uruguay Racing Team". TCR South America. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Enzo Gianfratti secures full-season drive for 2026". TouringCarTimes. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  16. ^ "Bruno Massa secures G Racing Motorsport seat". TouringCarTimes. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  17. ^ "2024 champion Pedro Cardoso joins G Racing Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 6 March 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  18. ^ "Camilo Trappa is the second driver confirmed for Hyundai MSA". TCR South America. 21 February 2026. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  19. ^ "Hyundai MSA Confirms Néstor Girolami as Official Driver for TCR South America Banco BRB". TCR South America. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  20. ^ "Diego Ciantini joins the Hyundai MSA team for the 2026 TCR South America Banco BRB season". TCR South America. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Hyundai announces four-car entry for 2026 TCR South America season". TouringCarTimes. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  22. ^ "The four Hyundai Elantra N TCRs are already in Argentina for their debut at TCR South America Banco BRB". TCR South America. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  23. ^ a b "Honda Racing completes its lineup with five cars featuring Adrián Chiriano, Fernando Croce, and Tiago Pernía". TCR South America. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  24. ^ "Leonel Pernía and Tiago Pernía will continue with Honda YPF Racing in TCR South America Banco BRB". TCR South America. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  25. ^ "Guilherme Reischl joins Cobra Racing Team". TouringCarTimes. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  26. ^ "Gabriel Moura makes the leap from Turismo Nacional to TCR South America Banco BRB with Cobra Racing Team". TCR South America. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  27. ^ "Porthack Racing Announces Enzo Falquete for a Peugeot 308 GTI TCR in TCR South America Banco BRB". TCR South America. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  28. ^ "TCR South America set for bumper 2026 entry". TouringCarTimes. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.