2023 Stock Car Pro Series

The 2023 Stock Car Pro Series was the 45th season of the Stock Car Pro Series, the premier touring car racing series in Brazil, and the second season under the Stock Car Pro Series moniker. The season started at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna on April 2. The final race of the season was held at Interlagos on 17 December. The championship was won by Gabriel Casagrande.

Calendar The schedule for the 2023 season was released on 3 December 2022. On 12 April 2023, the calendar was modified, in which Tarumã, Cascavel, Velopark, and Buenos Aires returned to the calendar: On 25 September 2023, the round at Brasília on 24–26 November was replaced by another round at Cascavel on the same date. Round Circuit (Event) Dates Map 1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 2 April 2 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 23 April 3 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã 21 May 4 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel 18 June 5 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 9 July 6 Autódromo Velo Città 6 August 7 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 27 August 8 Velopark 17 September 9 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez 8 October 10 Autódromo Velo Città 29 October 11 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel 26 November 12 17 December

Format Each event features two races of 30 minutes held back-to-back. The grid for the first race is set using the results of qualifying, whereas the grid for the second race is taken from the results of race one with the top ten reversed.

Teams and drivers Championship entries Team Car Drivers Rounds KTF Sports Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car0 Cacá Bueno All 3 Rodrigo BaptistaAll KTF Racing 85 Guilherme SalasAll 121 Felipe BaptistaAll TMG Racing Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 4 Júlio CamposAll 19 Felipe MassaAll Cavaleiro Sports Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 5 Denis NavarroAll 80 Marcos GomesAll Texaco Racing Toyota Corolla Stock Car6 Tony Kanaan1–2, 4–1281 Arthur Leist3Mobil Ale Full Time 91 Eduardo BarrichelloAll 111 Rubens BarrichelloAll Full Time Sports 101 Gianluca PetecofAll 117 Matías Rossi1–2, 4–7, 9, 11–12 Pole Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car8 Rafael SuzukiAll 51 Átila AbreuAll RCM MotorsportToyota Corolla Stock Car 10 Ricardo ZontaAll 44 Bruno BaptistaAll Hot Car Competições Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car11 Gaetano Di Mauro1–1127 Sérgio Ramalho1295 Lucas KohlAll A.Mattheis Vogel Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 12 Lucas ForestiAll 83 Gabriel CasagrandeAll Blau Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 18 Allam KhodairAll 88 Felipe Fraga1–4, 6–12 70 Diego Nunes5 Ipiranga RacingToyota Corolla Stock Car 16 Thiago CamiloAll 30 César RamosAll Scuderia Chiarelli Toyota Corolla Stock Car 22 Antonio Junqueira6 37 Raphael Teixeira1–5, 7 Santiago Urrutia8–9 73 Sérgio JimenezAll 110 Felipe Lapenna10, 12 Crown Racing Toyota Corolla Stock Car28 Enzo EliasAll 32 Rafael Martins 2 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. 1, 3–12 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 29 Daniel SerraAll 90 Ricardo MaurícioAll

Team changes

The field was reduced from thirty-four to thirty-two cars.

Crown Racing and TMG Racing decreased their operations from three to two cars and RKL left the series after two seasons. Full Time Sports was the only team that increased its operation from four to five cars.

Crown Racing changed from Chevrolet to Toyota.

Full Time Sports divided its operations into three cars, two cars with the Mobil Ale name, and one under the Texaco Racing name. After seven seasons, Bassani Racing did not return as a subsidiary of FTS.

Pole Motorsport reverted to its original name after their sponsor Shell ended its support for the team.

R.Mattheis Motorsport and TMG Racing swapped their main sponsors. Lubrax switched to TMG and Blau Pharmaceutical moved to R.Mattheis.

Driver changes

Diego Nunes, Pedro Cardoso and Galid Osman left the series to join TCR South America.

Eduardo Barrichello moved up to the series with Full Time Sports after competing part time with the team in 2021 and 2022.

Enzo Elias graduated from Porsche Cup Brasil to race full time at Crown Racing. He replaced Cacá Bueno and Rodrigo Baptista, who left the team and joined KTF Sports.

Felipe Massa and Júlio Campos left R.Mattheis Motorsport to join TMG Racing. Allam Khodair, who raced for R.Mattheis in 2022, joined TMG alongside Felipe Fraga, who returned for the series after competing in the DTM championship.

Lucas Foresti left KTF to replace Matias Rossi at A.Mattheis Vogel. Rossi returned to Full Time Sports, replacing Rafael Suzuki, who joined Pole Motorsport.

Lucas Kohl graduated from Stock Series to race for Hot Car Competições alongside Gaetano di Mauro, who left KTF Sports. Felipe Lappena and Tuca Antoniazzi, who raced for Hot Car in 2022, both left the series.

Raphael Teixeira moved up to the series full time with Scuderia Chiarelli, having raced as a wildcard in several events in 2021 and 2022. He replaced Beto Monteiro, who left the series.

Mid-season changes

Nelson Piquet Jr. missed the second round due a conflict with the 2023 4 Hours of Barcelona, the first round of European Le Mans Series. He was replaced by Rafael Martins.

Tony Kanaan missed the third round to compete in the 2023 Indianapolis 500. He was replaced by Arthur Leist.

Matias Rossi missed three rounds due to schedule clashes with commitments in the Turismo Carretera.

Felipe Fraga missed the fifth round due to a conflict with the IMSA SportsCar Championship's Chevrolet Grand Prix.

Scuderia Chiarelli made a number of driver changes throughout the season. Antonio Junqueira, Santiago Urrutia and Felipe Lapenna competed in place of Raphael Teixeira.

Sérgio Ramalho made his debut in the series for Hot Car Competições at the final round in Interlagos, standing in for Gaetano di Mauro.

Results and standings Season summary RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team1R1 Goiânia 2 April Bruno Baptista Ricardo Zonta Daniel Serra Eurofarma RCR2 Ricardo Zonta Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing2R1 Interlagos23 April Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande A.Mattheis VogelR2 Rafael Suzuki Ricardo Maurício Eurofarma RC3R1 Tarumã21 May Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Ipiranga RacingR2 Ricardo Zonta Rubens Barrichello Mobil Ale Full Time4R1 Cascavel18 June Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Daniel Serra Eurofarma RCR2 Thiago Camilo Eduardo Barrichello Mobil Ale Full Time5R1 Interlagos9 July Matías Rossi Nelson Piquet, Jr. Matías Rossi Full Time SportsR2 Nelson Piquet, Jr. Ricardo Zonta RCM Motorsport6R1 Mogi Guaçu6 August Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Zonta RCM MotorsportR2 Matías Rossi Matías Rossi Full Time Sports7R1 Goiânia 27 August César Ramos César Ramos César Ramos Ipiranga RacingR2 Átila Abreu Átila Abreu Pole Motorsport8R1 Velopark17 September Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande A.Mattheis VogelR2 Lucas Foresti Átila Abreu Pole Motorsport9R1 Buenos Aires8 October Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Gabriel Casagrande A.Mattheis VogelR2 Matías Rossi Matías Rossi Full Time Sports10R1 Mogi Guaçu29 October Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Daniel Serra Eurofarma RCR2 Cacá Bueno Ricardo Maurício Eurofarma RC11R1 Cascavel26 November Bruno Baptista Daniel Serra Bruno BaptistaRCM MotorsportR2 Marcos Gomes Felipe MassaLubrax Podium12R1 Interlagos17 December Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Zonta Ricardo ZontaRCM MotorsportR2 Ricardo Maurício Felipe MassaLubrax Podium

Championship standings Points system Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. Before the last round, the four worst results are discarded. Races in which a driver has been disqualified cannot be discarded. The second race of each event is held with partially reversed top ten grid. Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Pole Race 1 30 26 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 Race 2 24 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver GYN1 INT1 TAR CAS1 INT2 MOG1 GYN2 VLP BUE MOG2 CAS2 INT3 Pts1 4 24 1 6 3 12 3 5 23 22 18 2 7 22 1 7 1 1941018173213082 1 8 26 11 23 6 1 17 7 5 7 3 Ret 5 10DNS19Ret112275122963 3 17 10 17 24 4 11Ret 6 1 1Ret 4 8 15 22710RetRet641102804 6 1 23 9 1 5 6 4 8 13 23 8 17 Ret 11 19448615Ret662805 Ret 3 8 20 2Ret 2 20 11 9 6Ret 2 926231625Ret92656 RetRet 29 2 6 9 8 3 15 12 6 7 5 2 12 17737237134202637 14 6 7 4 19 1 16Ret 10 6 5 5 15 3 8 392112217Ret1832608 7 2 9 1 Ret 18 24 7 20 16 24 Ret 14 Ret 6 68991Ret31542319 26 7 27 5Ret 14 15 8 2 7 26 6 16 9 14 1514223951081322910 21Ret 16Ret 20 1123 12 3 2 12 11 1221 17Ret127529114122411 11 16 11 8 4 2 4 18 27 21 19 Ret 1 16 Ret 1611261715131691420912 20 15 2 15 10 8 10 10 11 15 8 10RetRet 4 558 DSQ2432023Ret20713 24 18RetDNS 13 10 19 13 9 8 2 4 13 4 3 43518Ret20Ret22Ret20514 5 10 5RetRetRet 4 4 9 16 2 23 19 81515244211827819115 9 20 DSQ DSQ 8 15 9 21 24 11 14Ret 20RetRet 121716674921918516 2 21 3 7 22 16 12 15 17Ret 15RetRet 6RetRet252514201147518117 19 9 18RetRet 11 1 3 10 1 11Ret1011119241117818 25Ret 13 21Ret 3 21 16 29 10RetDNS 8 1 7 122Ret26525210717719 13 14 19 12 17Ret 7 19 14 18 DSQ 12 3 13 9 212317132110612Ret15120 Ret 4 4 3 14 19 25 Ret 5 14 25 DSQ 9 11 Ret Ret2112DNS178514821 15 13 22 22WDWD 13 1 12 9RetDNS15Ret20Ret611278121117Ret14022 8 12 25 24 16 13 5 6 26 23 4 13 24Ret 21Ret18Ret16112412192312223 Ret 19 14 13 922 20 2 1327 13 Ret21 10 132120131019192321Ret11724 10 5 12 23 21 7 18Ret 16 17 18Ret 19 12 23 22 13 24 22 25Ret26Ret210525 16 11 6 10 7 24 17 14Ret 20 20 DSQ 23 14Ret 13 DSQ 20 23 141421251510226 22Ret 5 DSQ 15Ret22Ret30Ret 17Ret23 724 14 26 Ret 12 Ret23811188127 18Ret 20Ret 18 17Ret23 18 24RetDNSRet 15 5 10 16 18 15 RetRetRet20166828 12 22 28Ret 11 21RetRet 28 19 3 15Ret 20 16 18 DSQ 23 20 RetRet1528Ret6429 17 23 15 16Ret 20 14 9 22 26 25RetRet 17 22 20 DSQ 21 25 16Ret2216224830 23Ret1719Ret2225252114181818Ret 24 14 21 18222426Ret2931 19 13Ret171432 Arthur Leist 1223933 Sérgio Ramalho1324834 24 14635 Antônio Junqueira Ret 17436 27Ret 21 18Ret25 WD WD21Ret30 19437 Diego Nunes 19 Ret238 Santiago Urrutia WD WD Ret Ret0 Pos Driver GYN1 INT1 TAR CAS1 INT2 MOG1 GYN2 VLP BUE MOG2 CAS2 INT3 PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified

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