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The 2023 Turismo Carretera is the 81st season of Turismo Carretera, the premier stock car category of Argentina.

Calendar

Round	Circuit (Event Name)	Date	Map
Etapa Regular (Regular season)			ViedmaCentenarioToayEl CalafateConcepción del UruguayTermas de Río HondoRafaelaPosadasAlbardónBuenos AiresSan LuisSan Nicolás
1	Autódromo Ciudad de Viedma Viedma, Río Negro	February 12
2	Autódromo Parque Provincia del Neuquén Centenario, Neuquén	March 5
3	Autódromo Provincia de La Pampa Toay, La Pampa	March 26
4	Autódromo Enrique Freile El Calafate, Santa Cruz	April 16
5	Autódromo de Concepción del Uruguay Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos	April 30
6	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero	May 21
7	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela (Carrera de los Millones) Rafaela, Santa Fe	June 11
8	Autódromo Rosamonte Posadas, Misiones	July 2
9	Circuito San Juan Villicum (Desafío de las Estrellas) Albardón, San Juan	July 23
10	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Gran Premio de Buenos Aires) Buenos Aires	August 20
Copa de Oro (playoffs)
11	Autódromo Rosendo Hernández San Luis, San Luis Province	September 17
12	Autódromo Juan María Traverso San Nicolás, Buenos Aires Province	October 1
13	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela Rafaela, Santa Fe	October 29
14	Autódromo Provincia de La Pampa Toay, La Pampa	November 12
15	Circuito San Juan Villicum Albardón, San Juan	December 3
Source:

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer	Car	Entrant	#	Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Coupé SS	JP Carrera	5	Santiago Mangoni	All
			25	Diego Ciantini	All
		Las Toscas Racing	6	Leonel Pernía	8–14
			21	Christian Ledesma	All
		LCA Racing	20	Juan José Ebarlín	1–6
		LRD Performance			All
			85	Ricardo Risatti	All
			115	Diego de Carlo	2–3, 6–15
		Dole Racing	27	Gastón Mazzacane	All
		Dose Competición	57	Christian Dose	1, 3
		Sportteam	72	Martín Serrano	1–3, 5, 7–11, 13–14
		Giavedoni Sport	75	Sergio Alaux	1–3, 5–11, 13–14
		JP Carrera/JHR	78	Agustín Canapino	10, 12–15
		RUS Med Team	83	Facundo Ardusso	7–15
		Neuquén Energía	100	Camilo Echevarría	2
		Alifraco Sport	155	Federico Iribarne	9–13
Dodge	GTX Cherokee	Castellano Power Team	7	Jonatan Castellano	All
			127	Marcelo Agrelo	All
		AyP Competición	44	Facundo Della Motta	1–7
			208	Gastón Ferrante	9–15
		SSB Competición	55	Leandro Mulet	10, 12, 14
		Maquin Parts Racing	56	Germán Todino	All
		Forte Sport	64	Christian di Scala	1–3, 5
		Fancio Competición	77	Augusto Carinelli	All
		Di Meglio Motorsport	87	Juan Martín Trucco	All
		MV Racing	111	Juan Garbelino	1–5, 7–11, 14–15
			123	Martín Vázquez	All
		SAP Team	119	Humberto Krujoski	All
		Hermanos Álvarez Competición	121	Elio Craparo	All
		JP Carrera	133	Valentín Aguirre	All
			172	Santiago Álvarez	All
		Dole Racing	155	Federico Iribarne	2–8
			197	Marcos Quijada	1
		Uranga Racing			3–9, 10–15
		SJ Racing	215	Gastón Crusitta	9–10, 12
		Azar Motorsport	232	Gustavo Micheloud	1–3, 5–12, 14
Ford	Falcon	Memo Corse	2	Mariano Werner	All
		Gurí Martínez Competición	6	Leonel Pernía	1–7
			44	Facundo Della Motta	9–15
		Alifraco Sport	9	Mauricio Lambiris	All
			99	Leonel Sotro	1–3, 5–13
		CM Sport	14	Juan Bautista de Benedictis	1–7
			37	Emiliano Spataro	7–15
			53	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni	All
		Abdala Racing	14	Juan Bautista de Benedictis	8–15
		DTA Racing	15	Luis José di Palma	1
			116	Alan Ruggiero	2–15
		RUS Med Team	17	Nicolás Bonelli	All
		Ponce de León Racing	30	Gabriel Ponce de León	3, 5–15
		Buenos Aires Racing	37	Emiliano Spataro	1–6
		LCA Racing	68	Julián Santero	All
		Uranga Racing	88	Nicolás Trosset	All
		Savino Sport	116	Alan Ruggiero	1
		Jalaf Competición	134	Matías Jalaf	1–7, 9
		Moriatis Competición	137	Otto Fritzler	All
Torino	Cherokee	Maquin Parts Racing	1	José Manuel Urcera	All
			4	Esteban Gini	1–8
			82	Carlos Okulovich	1–12
		RUS Med Team	32	Norberto Fontana	All
			83	Facundo Ardusso	1–6
			103	Christian Iván Ramos	1–5
		Sprint Racing	54	Nicolás Cotignola	1–6, 8–15
		Midas Carrera Team	93	Matías Rodríguez	1–5, 7–9
		Trotta Racing Team	95	Marcos Landa	All
			96	Juan Cruz Benvenuti	All
		Ugalde Competición	101	Lionel Ugalde	1–3, 5–6, 10, 14
		Candela Competición	161	Kevin Candela	All
		Las Toscas Racing	177	Ayrton Londero	All
		Sportteam	208	Gastón Ferrante	3–8
Toyota	Camry 2022	Maquin Parts Racing	4	Esteban Gini	9–13
		Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina	117	Matías Rossi	All
			122	Andrés Jakos	All

Changes

• Agustín Canapino left the championship to join Juncos Hollinger Racing in the IndyCar Series.
• Otto Fritzler and Santiago Álvarez graduated from the TC Pista series as reigning champion and runner-up respectively. 2021 TC Mouras champion Marcos Quijada also joined the series, along with Humberto Krujoski, Elio Craparo, Martín Vázquez, Gustavo Micheloud, Cristian di Scala and Juan Garbelino.
• Norberto Fontana switched from Chevrolet to Torino.
• Germán Todino switched from Torino to Dodge.
• Leonel Pernía and Emiliano Spataro switched from Torino to Ford.

Results and standings

Results summary

Round		Pole Position	Heat winners	Final winner	Report / Source
1	Viedma	Mariano Werner (Ford)	H1: Mariano Werner (Ford) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Matías Rossi (Toyota)	Mariano Werner (Ford)
2	Neuquén	Julián Santero (Ford)	H1: Julián Santero (Ford) H2: Juan Tomás Catalán Magni (Ford) H3: Otto Fritzler (Ford)	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni (Ford)
3	Toay 1	Matías Rossi (Toyota)	—	Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet)
4	El Calafate	Otto Fritzler (Ford)	H1: Mauricio Lambiris (Ford) H2: Marcos Quijada (Dodge) H3: Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet)	Julián Santero (Ford)
5	Concepción del Uruguay	Jonatan Castellano (Dodge)	H1: Mariano Werner (Ford) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Santiago Álvarez (Dodge)	Germán Todino (Dodge)
6	Termas de Río Hondo	Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet)	H1: Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet) H2: Gastón Mazzacane (Chevrolet) H3: Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet)	Otto Fritzler (Ford)
7	Rafaela 1	Gastón Mazzacane (Chevrolet)	H1: Matías Rossi (Toyota) H2: Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet) H3: Valentín Aguirre (Dodge)	Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet)
8	Posadas	José Manuel Urcera (Torino)	H1: José Manuel Urcera (Torino) H2: Gastón Mazzacane (Chevrolet) H3: Mariano Werner (Ford)	Mariano Werner (Ford)
9	San Juan Villicum 1	Grid determined by lottery	—	Matías Rossi (Toyota)	report
10	Buenos Aires	Marcos Quijada (Dodge)	H1: Marcos Quijada (Dodge) H2: Santiago Álvarez (Dodge) H3: Leonel Sotro (Ford)	Valentín Aguirre (Dodge)	report
11	San Luis	Julián Santero (Ford)	H1: Julián Santero (Ford) H2: Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet) H3: Mariano Werner (Ford)	Julián Santero (Ford)
12	San Nicolás	Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet)	H1: Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Germán Todino (Dodge)	Germán Todino (Dodge)
13	Rafaela 2	Mariano Werner (Ford)	H1: Mariano Werner (Ford) H2: Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet) H3: Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet)	Mariano Werner (Ford)
14	Toay 2	Juan Martín Trucco (Dodge)	H1: Juan Martín Trucco (Dodge) H2: Juan Cruz Benvenuti (Torino) H3: Agustín Canapino (Chevrolet)	Germán Todino (Dodge)
15	San Juan Villicum 2	Germán Todino (Dodge)	H1: Germán Todino (Dodge) H2: Julián Santero (Ford) H3: Mariano Werner (Ford)	Germán Todino (Dodge)

Championship standings

Points system

Regular Season standings

Numbers in superscript (e.g. ) refer to a drivers' heat race finishing position. The third round at Toay and the ninth round at San Juan Villicum did not feature heat races.

Pos.	Driver	VIE	NEU	TOA1	ELC	CDU	TRH	RAF1	POS	VIL1	BUE	SLU	SNI	RAF2	TOA2	VIL2	Total
1	Mariano Werner	1	4	4	10	51	21	4	1	20	10	2	12	1	15	4	676.5
2	Julián Santero	46	2	5	1	3	13	36	10	12	8	1	2	26	23	2	448
3	Germán Todino	5	8	13	34	1	42	9	11	8	41	44	1	17	1	1	404
4	Jonatan Castellano	2	7	39	5	2	3	44	29	11	6	6	47	5	14	8	398.75
5	Santiago Mangoni	28	10	54	3	6	4	1	8	41	43	8	15	2	9	12	387
6	Mauricio Lambiris	4	3	50	2	5	10	19	19	15	3	17	19	25	19	5	382.5
7	Marcos Landa	47	15	2	8	9	14	7	16	3	31	7	4	28	3	10	382.5
8	José Manuel Urcera	14	6	29	7	10	24	34	4	7	20	3	22	11	10	15	360.25
9	Juan Martín Trucco	22	DSQ	53	16	8	20	6	18	14	15	10	8	15	2	17	336.25
10	Valentín Aguirre	15	5	11	33	42	41	2	5	47	1	23	6	6	11	38	331
11	Christian Ledesma	8	23	9	30	17	16	5	43	18	48	12	14	10	17	14	314.75
12	Gastón Mazzacane	13	32	3	38	12	17	10	2	22	25	16	46	9	4	34	313.25
13	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni	3	1	14	31	7	7	15	46	38	22	34	14	22	25	16	300.25
14	Marcelo Agrelo	6	45	16	39	49	34	25	14	28	33	9	DNS	8	8	6	280
15	Nicolás Trosset	12	31	12	11	16	18	17	12	33	16	31	9	12	28	33	257.5
16	Juan Cruz Benvenuti	16	12	48	9	19	8	22	DSQ	27	14	43	17	14	5	37	253.25
17	Nicolás Bonelli	18	9	17	40	26	12	13	25	49	19	18	28	7	45	24	239.5
18	Leonel Pernía	17	18	56	6	38	38	37	7	17	13	20	3	16	43		237.5
19	Diego Ciantini	29	30	1	36	4	2	20	45	52	45	21	7	43	31	32	235.5
20	Matías Rossi	36	13	43	28	18	DSQ	3	3	1	29	47	16	37	42	26	229.75
21	Otto Fritzler	48	50	6	13	29	1	21	41	43	DNS	5	41	24	29	13	229.5
22	Juan José Ebarlín	19	41	26	14	23	23		28	32	39	37	18	4	7	7	226
23	Esteban Gini	7	49	7	18	37	6	26	40	4	DSQ	33	DNS	13			224.5
24	Ricardo Risatti	20	44	8	15	14	22	11	20	37	36	25	23	23	22	23	222.25
25	Elio Craparo	10	11	20	37	22	15	35	13	46	32	51	44	41	6	20	218
26	Facundo Ardusso	40	48	18	29	28	37	12	42	24	46	4	5	38	40	11	215
27	Santiago Álvarez	9	19	45	22	41	31	43	39	42	2	26	25	19	18	19	203.5
28	Andrés Jakos	37	35	30	4	46	40	8	30	2	DSQ	36	29	29	46	9	191.25
29	Ayrton Londero	39	16	28	41	11	5	24	22	26	4	41	38	34	30	28	187.5
30	Marcos Quijada	51		15	12	DSQ	25	14	37	50	30	14	20	42	13	29	177
31	Gabriel Ponce de León			25		15	19	16	9	16	47	40	24	WD	20	22	173.5
32	Agustín Canapino										12	13	45	3	12	3	172.75
33	Juan Bautista de Benedictis	26	28	38	43	52	33	31	6	10	9	19	32	27	21	42	164.25
34	Emiliano Spataro	23	34	23	32	53	9	28	36	25	DSQ	38	21	21	27	31	141.75
35	Sergio Alaux	24	20	49		27	11	23	21	48	7	35		31	33		132.5
36	Facundo Della Motta	44	52	44	24	20	29	45	17	13	27	32	42	20	32	39	126
37	Alan Ruggiero	43	14	21	DSQ	25	DSQ	DNS	23	21	18	44	33	33	26	41	117.5
38	Nicolás Cotignola	30	17	22	27	39	DSQ		44	9	17	49	27	32	48	35	115
39	Martín Vázquez	49	22	24	21	44	39	42	33	45	42	28		39	24	18	113.75
40	Kevin Candela	38	43	34	26	30	45	46	50	5	37	48	43	18	47	40	106.75
41	Humberto Krujoski	11	40	46	46	36	30	41	26	35	34	27	31	35	37	25	104
42	Augusto Carinelli	34	27	31	35	35	28	30	48	30	11	39	40	46	34	21	100
43	Matías Rodríguez	50	26	19	25	13		DNS	35	6							97.5
44	Lionel Ugalde	35	39	10		21	26				5				36		93.5
45	Gastón Ferrante			33	42	43	43	47	38	53	26	11	34	45	16	36	89
46	Carlos Okulovich	33	33	35	20	32	27	33	15	36	24	30	30				82.5
47	Norberto Fontana	32	24	42	17	40	35	18	32	40	38	50	39	36	41	DNS	77
48	Diego de Carlo		36	51			32	29	34	29	35	24	26	30	35	27	66
49	Martín Serrano	53	29	47		31		27	27	44	28	22		44	44		58.5
50	Gustavo Micheloud	52	37	36		24	36	40	24	23	WD	42	37		38		57.5
51	Leonel Sotro	42	51	37		34	44	38	31	34	44	15	48	40			56
52	Matías Jalaf	27	20	41	19	33	DSQ	32		51							50
53	Federico Iribarne		42	32	44	47	46	39	49	19	DSQ	29	49	DNS			45.5
54	Christian Iván Ramos	25	25	27	23	48											43.5
55	Juan Garbelino	45	46	40	45	45		48	47	31	23	45			39	30	42.5
56	Leandro Mulet										21		36		WD		17
57	Luis José di Palma	21															14
58	Christian di Scala	31	47	55		50											9
59	Gastón Crusitta									39	40		35				9
60	Christian Dose	41		52													4
61	Camilo Echevarría		38														3
Pos.	Driver	VIE	NEU	TOA1	ELC	CDU	TRH	RAF1	POS	VIL1	BUE	SLU	SNI	RAF2	TOA2	VIL2	Total

Copa de Oro standings

Drivers in blue denote "last chance qualifiers"; the top three drivers in the regular standings that did not qualify for the playoffs, who were admitted along with the points they scored over the previous four rounds.

Pos.	Driver	Starting	SLU	SNI	RAF2	TOA2	VIL2	Total
1	Mariano Werner	31	2	12	1	15	4	226
2	Germán Todino	8	44	1	17	1	1	191.5
3	Julián Santero	8	1	2	26	23	2	185.5
4	Santiago Mangoni	8	8	15	2	9	12	172.5
5	Juan Martín Trucco	125	N/A				17	155.75
6	Marcos Landa	0	7	4	28	3	10	152
7	José Manuel Urcera	0	3	22	11	10	15	145.75
8	Jonatan Castellano	0	6	47	5	14	8	139.75
9	Christian Ledesma	100.5	N/A				14	137.25
10	Valentín Aguirre	8	23	6	6	11	38	120
11	Mauricio Lambiris	0	17	19	25	19	5	116.5
12	Gastón Mazzacane	0	16	46	9	4	34	100.75
13	Juan Tomás Catalán Magni	8	34	14	22	25	16	94.75
14	Nicolás Trosset	65	N/A				33	72.5
15	Matías Rossi	8	47	16	37	42	26	52.75

Notes

1. Werner received a bonus 200 points as the winner of the Copa de Oro.

References

1. "Arranca el Turismo Carretera 2023: la ausencia de Canapino, cambios de marcas y un récord de pilotos por el máximo título (in Spanish)". Clarín. 10 February 2023.
2. "Calendario 2023: así arranca el Turismo Carretera (in Spanish)". SoloTC.ar. 6 February 2023.
3. "TC: Rafaela confirmada, ya están todas las sedes de la Etapa Regular". SoloTC.ar. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
4. "AGUSTÍN CANAPINO SET FOR TURISMO CARRETERA RETURN WITH THE JP CARRERA TEAM". Juncos Hollinger Racing. 28 July 2023.
5. "Iribarne confirmó marca y equipo para seguir en el TC" (in Spanish). SoloTC. 12 July 2023.
6. "Crusitta tiene motor para el Dodge y debuta en el TC en San Juan" (in Spanish). SoloTC. 3 July 2023.
7. "Facundo Della Motta se prepara para el Desafío de las Estrellas en el Villicum" (in Spanish). Sí San Juan. 20 July 2023.
8. "Así fue el debut del 1° Camry no oficial en TC" (in Spanish). SoloTC. 25 July 2023.
9. "Fecha 1 – Viedma" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 12 February 2023.
10. "Fecha 2 – Neuquén" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 5 March 2023.
11. "Fecha 3 – Toay" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 26 March 2023.
12. "Fecha 4 – El Calafate" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 16 April 2023.
13. "Fecha 5 – Concepción del Uruguay" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 30 April 2023.
14. "Fecha 6 – Termas de Río Hondo" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 21 May 2023.
15. "Fecha 7 – Rafaela" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 11 June 2023.
16. "Fecha 8 – Posadas" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 2 July 2023.
17. "Cuántas carreras especiales tendrá el TC en 2023 (in Spanish)". SoloTC. 15 February 2023.
18. "Fecha 11 – San Luis" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 17 September 2023.
19. "Fecha 12 – San Nicolás" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 1 October 2023.
20. "Fecha 13 – Rafaela" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 29 October 2023.
21. "Fecha 14 – Toay" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 12 November 2023.
22. "Fecha 15 – San Juan Villicum" (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. 3 December 2023.

External links

• Series website

• 2023 in motorsport
• 2023 in Argentine motorsport
• Turismo Carretera seasons
• 2023 in Turismo Carretera