18 cars entered for Velocitta season opener
18 cars have been entered for the first TCR South America round of 2022 at Velocitta in Brazil this weekend.
“We are very happy to kick off the second season of TCR South America. A year where there will be more teams, new brands and great prizes at stake for all of our champions,” said Federico Punteri, president of TCR South America.
“After a first year where, despite all the difficulties, we finished strongly, I am sure that 2022 will be the season when the concept of TCR will take hold in this region.”
Champion team W2 Pro GP has switched from Honda to Cupra for this year, fielding two brand new León Competicións for Raphael Reis and Antonio Junqueira.
PMO Motorsport is going to field a total of four cars, with Fabricio Pezzini and Jan-Manuel Sapag racing a pair of Lynk & Cos while Franco Farina and Pablo Otero will drive a pair of Peugeot 308TCRs.
Cobra Racing will put three Audis on the grid for drivers Bia Figueiredo, Adalberto Baptista and Guilherme Reischl.
CJ Motorsport has entered two Hyundai Elantra N TCRs for Pedro Aizza while his team-mate is still to be confirmed, with track action of the season opener less than 24 hours away.
Squadra Martino will once again enter two Hondas for Juan Ángel Rosso and Fabio Casagrande while PropCar Racing will enter two Alfa Romeos, one for Fernando Croce while his team-mate is yet to be named.
The season opener will start with testing and qualifying on Saturday, followed by two races on Sunday.
Velocitta Entry List
3 – Ana ‘Bia’ Figueiredo – Cobra Racing – Audi RS 3 LMS
7 – Fabricio Pezzini – PMO Motorsport – Lynk & Co 03 TCR
10 – Adalberto Baptista – Cobra Racing – Audi RS 3 LMS
13 – Pablo Otero – PMO Racing – Peugeot 308 TCR
22 – Gabriel Lusquiños – Crown Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR
26 – Juan Ángel Rosso – Squadra Martino – Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR
33 – José Manuel Sapag – PMO Motorsport – Lynk & Co 03 TCR
34 – Fabio Casagrande – Squadra Martino – Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR
35 – Pedro Aizza – Scuderia CJ – Hyundai Elantra N TCR
37 – Guilherme Reischl – Cobra Racing – Audi RS 3 LMS
44 – Alessandro Marchini – Crown Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR
61 – Antonio Junqueira – W2 Pro GP – CUPRA Leon Competición TCR
77 – Raphael Reis – W2 Pro GP – CUPRA Leon Competición TCR
84 – Fernando Croce – PropCar Racing – Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR
87 – Franco Farina – PMO Racing – Peugeot 308 TCR
# – Pedro Aizza – Scuderia CJ – Hyundai Elantra N TCR
# – TBA – Squadra Martino – Honda Civic Type R FK2 TCR
# – TBA – PropCar Racing – Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR
Velocitta Schedule
April 2nd
10:40 – Test 1
13:10 – Test 2
15:10 – Qualifying 1
15:40 – Qualifying 2
April 3rd
09:10 – Race 1 (16 laps)
11:10 – Race 2 (19 laps)
Times in BRL (CEST -5)
