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The most important South American category in the region will launch this weekend the
first Endurance race of the 2023 season
at the Termas de Rio Hondo International Raceway in Santiago del Estero, which will have the presence of the most renowned drivers from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.
An event that will have
more than twenty cars on the track
and that will once again have big names such as the first runner-up in the category, the Brazilian Rodrigo Baptista together with Adalberto Baptista and the experienced Ernesto “Tito” Bessone who will pair up with Guilherme Reischl.
In addition, Argentine references in the specialty such as Jorge Barrio and Matías Milla, and great stars of the Brazilian Stock Car such as Rafael Suzuki will be present.
One of the great novelties for Termas de Rio Hondo will be the
incorporation of the last champion of the category, Fabricio Pezzini, to Paladini Racing to accompany Fabian Yannantuoni from Rosario
.
It should be remembered that after the second date, the San Luis decided to move away from the PMO Motorsport with which he was champion last season.
For the TCR South America it will be the second visit to the Santiago racetrack since last year there was also a resistance date.
That competition had as winners the duo made up of the Brazilian Fabio Casagrande and the Argentine international Esteban Guerrieri.
The category will start at one of the most important circuits in the country, the Termas de Río Hondo International Raceway.
This was officially inaugurated on May 11, 2008 and after four years, reconditioning, expansion and modernization works were carried out.
With fourteen curves and long straights,
the layout is one of the most difficult in Argentina.
This third event will begin with
the young Argentine Ignacio Montenegro at the top of the championship with 155 points.
Below are Bernardo Llaver from Mendoza with 133 units, the Uruguayan Juan Manuel Casella with 95 and the Brazilians Galid Osman and Raphael Reis with 82 and 81, respectively.
The first activity for the forty drivers will begin on Friday with two shakedowns to get to know the circuit.
Saturday will be reserved for the free tests and the classification of the two drivers by car and
Sunday will be the main course with the race that will last one hour.
Schedule
Friday April 28
5:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. TCR SOUTH AMERICA BANCO BRB – Guest and rookie riders shakedown.
17:30 to 17:50 TCR SOUTH AMERICA BANK BRB – Free Shakedown.
Saturday April 29
09:00 to 09:30 TCR SOUTH AMERICA BANCO BRB – Official Training 1.
11:30 to 12:00 TCR SOUTH AMERICA BANCO BRB – Official Training 2.
15:05 to 15:20 TCR SOUTH AMERICA BANCO BRB – Classification – Guest drivers.
Broadcast TyC Sports 2.
15:30 to 15:45 TCR SOUTH AMERICA BANCO BRB – Classification – Starting drivers.
Broadcast: TyC Sports 2.
Sunday April 30
11:25 TCR SOUTH AMERICA BANCO BRB – Endurance Race, duration 60 minutes.
Stream TyC Sports.
Registered
W2 Pro GP – CUPRA León Competición TCR
#77 – Raphael Reis (BRA)/Jorge Barrio (ARG)
#28 – Galid Osman (BRA)/Felipe Lapenna (BRA)
Cobra Racing Team – Toyota Corolla GRS TCR
#70 – Diego Nunes ( BRA)/Pedro Nunes (BRA)
#10 – Adalberto Baptista (BRA)/Rodrigo Baptista (BRA)
Squadra Martino - Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR
#34 – Fabio Casagrande (BRA)/Franco Coscia (ARG)
#23 – Ignacio Montenegro (ARG)/Lucas Colombo Russell (ARG)
#15 – Enrique Maglione (URU)/Rodrigo Aramendia (URU)
#60 – Juan Manuel Casella (URU)/Matias Milla (ARG)
PMO Motorsport – Lynk & Co 03 TCR
#20 – Pablo Otero (ARG)/Leandro Rama (ARG)
#24 – Frederick Balbi (URU)/Matias Russo (ARG)
#8 – Rafael Suzuki (BRA)/Matias Signorelli (ARG)
Alfa Racing – Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR
#69 - Gonzalo Alterio (ARG)/(TBC)
#87 - Franco Farina (ARG)/Michell Bonnin (URU)
PMO Racing – Peugeot 308 GTI TCR
#7 – Juan Pablo Bessone (ARG)/Ever Franetovich (ARG)
#55 – Diego Gutierrez (ARG)/Gustavo Fernigrini (ARG)
#88 – Facundo Marques (ARG)/Damián Fineschi (ARG)
#37 – Guilherme Reischl (BRA)/Ernesto Bessone (ARG)
Toyota Team Argentina – Toyota Corolla GRS TCR
#17 – Bernardo Llaver (ARG)/Gastón Iansa (ARG)
#33 – Manuel Sapag (ARG)/Marcelo Ciarrocchi (ARG)
Scuderia Chiarelli – Hyundai Elantra N TCR
#43 – Pedro Cardoso (BRA)/Mathias de Valle (BRA)
Paladini Racing – Toyota Corolla GRS TCR
#2 – Juan Angel Rosso (ARG)/Luciano Farroni (ARG)
#5 – Fabián Yannantuoni (ARG)/Fabricio Pezzini (ARG)