2026 TCR South America Touring Car Championship

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

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

More information Team, Car ...
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref. Co-Driver name Rounds Ref.
Japan Honda Racing[a] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 1 Argentina Leonel Pernía B 1–3 [4] Argentina Julián Santero 3 [5]
33 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. B 1–3 Brazil Marcos Regadas 3 [5]
Argentina Honda YPF Racing[a] 85 Argentina Tiago Pernía B 1–3 [6] Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 3 [7]
88 Argentina Adrián Chiriano B T 2 [8] Brazil Fabio Casagrande 3 [9]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 1, 3
61 Brazil Fernando Croce B T 1 [8] N/a N/a
Argentina Paladini Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 3 Argentina Nicolás Fuca B J 1–3 [10] Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 3 [9]
5 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni [es] 1–3 [11] Brazil Beto Monteiro 3 [5]
9 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini B 1–3 [12] Argentina Carlos Javier Merlo [es] 3 [5]
16 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso [es] 1–3 [13] Argentina Francisco Viel Bugliotti [es] 3 [5]
Brazil W2 ProGP Cupra León VZ TCR 7 Brazil Erick Schotten B J 1–3 [14] Brazil Bruno Massa 3 [5]
22 Brazil Celso Neto B 1 [15] N/a N/a
77 Brazil Raphael Reis B 1–3 [16] Brazil Felipe Fraga 3 [5]
Uruguay Uruguay Racing Team Peugeot 308 TCR 8 Uruguay Joaquín Cafaro J 1–3 [17][18] Uruguay Mauricio Lambiris 3 [5]
15 Uruguay Enrique Maglione B T 1–3 [19] Uruguay Facundo Ferra 3 [5]
60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella B 1–3 [20] Brazil Galid Osman 3 [9]
Brazil G Racing Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR 19 Brazil Enzo Gianfratti B 1–3 [21] United Kingdom Jenson Brickley 3 [22]
20 Brazil Bruno Massa B J 1–2 [23] N/a N/a
43 Brazil Pedro Cardoso B 1–3 [24] Brazil Celso Neto 3 [9]
South Korea Hyundai N MSA Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 27 Argentina Camilo Trappa J 1–3 [25] United Kingdom Alex Ley 3 [5]
29 Argentina Néstor Girolami 1–3 [26] Brazil Gaetano di Mauro 3 [9]
56 Brazil Gabriel Romano 3 [27][28][5] Brazil Alberto Cattucci 3 [5]
115 Argentina Diego Ciantini 1–3 [29] Argentina Rodrigo Lugón 3 [5]
Brazil Cobra Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 55 Argentina Mariano Pernía B 3 [5] Brazil Alex Seid 3 [5]
81 Brazil Guilherme Reischl B T 2 [30] N/a N/a
86 Brazil Gabriel Moura B J 1–3 [31] Argentina Gastón Iansa [es] 3 [5]
Brazil Porthack Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 56 Brazil Gabriel Romano B J 2 [32] N/a N/a
99 Brazil Enzo Falquete B J 1 [33] N/a N/a
Icon Class
B Eligible for TCR Brazil
J Eligible for Copa Junior
T Eligible for Copa Trophy
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Results

Season summary

More information Rnd., Circuit ...
Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning Junior driver Winning Trophy driver
1 1 Brazil Curvelo Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Leonel Pernía Japan Honda Racing Argentina Camilo Trappa Argentina Adrián Chiriano
2 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso [es] Argentina Camilo Trappa South Korea Hyundai N MSA Argentina Camilo Trappa Argentina Adrián Chiriano
2 3 Brazil Cascavel Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Argentina Leonel Pernía Brazil Pedro Cardoso Brazil G Racing Motorsport Uruguay Joaquín Cafaro Uruguay Enrique Maglione
4 Brazil Pedro Cardoso Argentina Leonel Pernía Japan Honda Racing Uruguay Joaquín Cafaro Argentina Adrián Chiriano
3 Brazil Interlagos Brazil Raphael Reis
Brazil Felipe Fraga		 Brazil Raphael Reis
Brazil Felipe Fraga		 Brazil Raphael Reis
Brazil Felipe Fraga		 Brazil W2 ProGP Argentina Nicolás Fuca
Uruguay Santiago Urrutia		 Argentina Adrián Chiriano
Brazil Fabio Casagrande
4 6 Brazil Mato Grosso
7
5 8 Brazil Velo Città
9
6 10 Argentina Termas de Río Hondo
11
7 12 Argentina TBA
13
8 14 Argentina TBA
15
9 16 Argentina Rosario
17
10 18 Uruguay El Pinar
19
Source: official TCR South America website[34]
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Championship standings

Scoring system
More information Position, Qualifying ...
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 Race 50 44 38 34 30 26 22 19 16 14 11 9 6 4 2
Sprint Race 1 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
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Drivers' championship

More information Pos., Driver ...
Pos. Driver CRV
Brazil		 CAS
Brazil		 INT
Brazil		 CUI
Brazil		 VEL
Brazil		 TRH
Argentina		 TBC
Argentina		 TBC
Argentina		 ROS
Argentina		 ELP
Uruguay		 Points
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 END RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Argentina Leonel Pernía 11 15 143 1 22 145
2 Brazil Raphael Reis 43 6 164 4 11 138
3 Argentina Camilo Trappa 7 1 8 3 8 114
4 Argentina Néstor Girolami 22 8 47 8 164 100
5 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 5 Ret 15 14 57 100
6 Brazil Enzo Gianfratti 17 9 3 15 33 85
7 Uruguay Joaquín Cafaro Ret6 7 26 2 Ret 84
8 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso [es] 37 3 12 16 10 79
9 Brazil Celso Neto 6 4 57 76
10 Brazil Felipe Fraga 11 60
11 Argentina Tiago Pernía 124 10 152 19 66 56
12 Argentina Diego Ciantini 9 17 6 5 Ret 55
13 Argentina Fabricio Pezzini 8 Ret 11 10 7 55
14 Argentina Julián Santero 22 51
15 Argentina Nicolás Fuca 13 12 18 17 45 47
16 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 145 2 DNS1 DNS 17 46
17 Brazil Gabriel Moura 19† 5 7 11 Ret 46
18 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 10 11 10 7 15 46
19 United Kingdom Jenson Brickley 33 43
20 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni [es] Ret Ret 9 6 11 42
21 Brazil Erick Schotten 16 14 5 13 12 38
22 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 45 37
23 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 66 28
24 Argentina Adrián Chiriano 11 16 19 9 14 24
25 Argentina Carlos Javier Merlo [es] 7 22
26 United Kingdom Alex Ley 8 19
27 Argentina Mariano Pernía 9 16
27 Brazil Alex Seid 9 16
29 Argentina Francisco Viel Bugliotti [es] 10 14
30 Brazil Bruno Massa 20† 13 DNS DNS 12 12
31 Brazil Beto Monteiro 11 11
32 Uruguay Enrique Maglione Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 10
33 Brazil Gabriel Romano 17 18 13 6
34 Brazil Alberto Cattucci 13 6
35 Brazil Fabio Casagrande 14 4
36 Brazil Gaetano di Mauro 164 4
38 Brazil Galid Osman 15 2
37 Brazil Fernando Croce 15 18 1
39 Brazil Marcos Regadas 17 0
40 Brazil Enzo Falquete 18† 19 0
41 Argentina Rodrigo Lugón Ret 0
42 Uruguay Mauricio Lambiris Ret 0
43 Uruguay Facundo Ferra Ret 0
44 Argentina Gastón Iansa [es] Ret 0
45 Brazil Guilherme Reischl DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver CRV
Brazil		 CAS
Brazil		 INT
Brazil		 CUI
Brazil		 VEL
Brazil		 TRH
Argentina		 TBC
Argentina		 TBC
Argentina		 ROS
Argentina		 ELP
Uruguay		 Points
Sources:[35] and the official TCR South America website[36]
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.

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

Notes

  1. [a]
    Both Honda Racing and Honda YPF Racing are operated by Squadra Martino.

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