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, with the race weekend dates confirmed earlier on 5 December 2024.
Circuit/LocationDateMap 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. 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. The ninth round, which was set to take place at Velopark, was cancelled. Curvelo and Cuiabá both joined the championship as late replacements. Cuiabá hosted the first night round in the history of the series.
Teams and drivers
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Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Ref. PMO Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 1 Pedro Cardoso All 3 Luis Ramírez 1-5 8 Joaquín Cafaro 5-6 21 Benjamín Hites 6 27 Marcos Regadas T 8 66 Genaro Rasetto 1-5, 7-10 81 Guilherme Reischl T 10 84 Fernando Croce T 7 Paladini Racing Lynk & Co 03 TCR 5 Fabián Yannantuoni All 16 Juan Ángel Rosso All Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 11 Tomás Fernández T 6 36 Carlos Silva T 6 95 Santino Balerini 1-3 51 Exequiel Bastidas 4 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 3 22 Celso Neto 7 Porthack Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 19 Enzo Gianfratti T 2-6 84 Fernando Croce T 8-10 W2 ProGP Cupra León Competición TCR 19 Enzo Gianfratti T 7 Cupra León VZ TCR 60 Juan Manuel Casella 6 77 Raphael Reis All 113 Fabricio Pezzini 1-5 293 Leonardo Reis 7-10 G Racing Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR 19 Enzo Gianfratti T 8-10 Cupra León Competición TCR 20 Bruno Massa T 10 107 Ernani Kuhn 9 Cobra Racing Team Toyota GR Corolla Sport TCR 23 María Nienkötter T 1-9 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 10 Honda YPF Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. All 44 Leonel Pernía All 85 Tiago Pernía All Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 55 Mariano Pernía All 88 Adrián Chiriano T All
Results
Season summary CircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning Trophy driver 1 1 Rosario Tiago Pernía Tiago Pernía Leonel Pernía Honda YPF Racing Adrián Chiriano 2 Nelson Piquet Jr. Fabricio Pezzini W2 ProGP María Nienkötter 2 3 Oberá Leonel Pernía Tiago Pernía Leonel Pernía Honda YPF Racing Adrián Chiriano 4 Nelson Piquet Jr. Juan Ángel Rosso Paladini Racing Enzo Gianfratti 3 5 Villicum Leonel Pernía Leonel Pernía Leonel Pernía Honda YPF Racing Adrián Chiriano 6 Fabricio Pezzini Fabricio Pezzini W2 ProGP Enzo Gianfratti 4 7 Termas de Río Hondo Nelson Piquet Jr. Leonel Pernía Pedro Cardoso PMO Racing Enzo Gianfratti 8 Fabricio Pezzini Fabián Yannantuoni Paladini Racing Adrián Chiriano 5 9 Mercedes Nelson Piquet Jr. Leonel Pernía Leonel Pernía Honda YPF Racing Enzo Gianfratti 10 Pedro Cardoso Juan Ángel Rosso Paladini Racing María Nienkötter 6 11 El Pinar Nelson Piquet Jr. Raphael Reis Leonel Pernía Honda YPF Racing Adrián Chiriano 12 Nelson Piquet Jr. Raphael Reis W2 ProGP Adrián Chiriano 7 13 Curvelo Tiago Pernía Raphael Reis Tiago Pernía Honda YPF Racing Enzo Gianfratti 14 Pedro Cardoso Juan Ángel Rosso Paladini Racing Adrián Chiriano 8 15 Velo Città Leonardo Reis Pedro Cardoso Pedro Cardoso PMO Racing Marcos Regadas 16 Nelson Piquet Jr. Nelson Piquet Jr. Honda YPF Racing Enzo Gianfratti 9 17 Cuiabá Leonel Pernía Nelson Piquet Jr. Leonel Pernía Honda YPF Racing Enzo Gianfratti 18 Leonardo Reis Nelson Piquet Jr. Honda YPF Racing Enzo Gianfratti 10 19 Interlagos Leonel Pernía Pedro Cardoso Pedro Cardoso PMO Racing Enzo Gianfratti 20 Tiago Pernía Nelson Piquet Jr. Honda YPF Racing Enzo GianfrattiSource:
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 1colspan=8 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 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 WD19 459 4 Raphael Reis 65 10† 56 5 23 4 (13)7 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 5 Ret Ret3 4 303 8 Genaro Rasetto DNS 7 9 6 10 10 7 7 8 9 55 9 12†6 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 11 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 María Nienkötter 10 9 15 11 Ret 15 12 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 Fernández14†DNS 3 Driver ROS OBE VIL TER PCM ELP CUR VEL CUI INT Points1-7 – Points-scoring position in qualifying. † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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