TCR South America’s inaugural season kicks off at Interlagos

A new chapter in TCR's successful history opens this week in Interlagos, with the kick-off of TCR South America championship's inaugural season; an event that marks the first ever appearance of the TCR cars in a region where Touring Car competition is hugely popular.
The new series will be run over eight race meetings, three in Brazil and Argentina, one in Uruguay and Chile, providing a mix between sprint and endurance races.
The format of the event adopts a WTCR-style Qualifying session split in Q1 (20 minutes for all drivers), Q2 (10 minutes for the top-12 in Q1) and Q3 (one lap for the top-5 in Q2).
Six events will feature two back-to-back sprint races, the first of 55 km and the second of 65 km with the first top-ten in Qualifying reversed on the grid.
Two events, at Curitiba and Buenos Aires, will feature one 160km race, with the cars shared by two drivers who must be at the wheel for a minimum of 30 minutes. 
Ten entries will take part in the Interlagos event, among them is the 2017 TC champion of Pirelli World Challenge Paul Holton, called by the PropCar Racing to replace Roy Block committed to race in the clashing IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge at Watkins Glen. Holton one of the team’s Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce cars alongside Fabio Casagrande.
Five other entries will add to the field for the next event at Curitiba: the two Hyundai Elantra N cars run by Scuderia FJ, two Lynk & Co 03 cars run by an Argentine team and the Perù Racing Team’s Hyundai i30 N driven by Rodrigo Pflucker.
Live streaming of the races at www.tcr-series.com, Sunday at 08:45 and 09:50 local time (14:50 and 15:50 CEST).

TCR South America - entry list
10 - Adalberto Baptista (Cobra Racing, Audi RS 3 LMS)
11 - Paul Holton (PropCar Racing Team, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce)
12 - Márcio Basso (MC Tubarão, Audi RS 3 LMS)
13 - Rodrigo Baptista (Cobra Racing, Audi RS 3 LMS)
16 - Fabio Casagrande (PropCar Racing Team, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce)
25 - Ayrton Chorne (Squadra Martino, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
33 - José Manuel Sapag (Squadra Martino, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
37 - Guilherme Reischl (MC Tubarão, Audi RS 3 LMS)
74 - Pepe Oriola (W2 Racing, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
77 - Raphael Reis (W2 Racing Honda Civic Type R FK7)

Picture: TCR South America