2011 Argentinian TC2000

[gabo824]

Thanks NaBUru38. The models are defined by the factory. Honda and Renault have confirmed the change of model, Leo Monti, Honda boss, has been testing the Honda Accord in the simulator and lost much speed with the city. As shown in the picture Chevrolet will have a new sponsor: Shell Petrolium. Peugeot exchange to 408 but nothing is confirmed. In the race on Sunday there will be news

Drivers 2011:

Scuder�*a FIAT Auto - Oil Petróleos - Confirmed
1 - Emiliano Spataro
2 - Jose Maria Lopez
3 - Gabriel Ponce de Leon
4 - Emiliano Lopez

Director General: Egdardo Porfiri
Sports Director: Daniel Sancho
Technical Director: Jorge Simes

Head of Engineering and Simulation: Rafael Calafell


Chevrolet Shell Petroleum
1 - Cristian Ledesma
2 - Esteban Guerrieri or Guillermo Ortelli

Ford YPF
1 - Norberto Fontana
2 - Juan Manuel Silva
3 - Fabian Yannantuoni
It may be a fourth car driven by Martin Basso

Toyota Team Argentina
1 - Mariano Werner
2 - Matias Rossi
3 - Facundo Ardusso
4 - Bernardo Llaver?

Citroen DTA Total Sport
1 - Agustin Canapino
2 - Matias Muñoz Marchesi

Honda Petrobras
1 - Leonel Pernia
2 - Mariano Altuna
3 - Nestor Girolami
It may be a fourth car driven by Ventana

Peugeot Team Cobra
1 - Jose Luis Di Palma
2 - Juan Cruz Alvarez
3 -?

Renault Lo Jack Team
1 - Guillermo Ortelli?
2 - Emanuel Moriatis
Renault Semi-official
1 - Guido Falaschi
2 - Giallombardo?

Lanus Motorsport Team buy two Peugeot 307 Tricuerpo for 2011 season



Regards

[Belatti]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Honda City = Honda Civic sedan?

The rear of the Citroen looks odd.

No, Honda already uses the Civic sedan in TC2000.
The city is a sedan also, but is smaller and cheaper (1.5liter 4,4mts long) than the civic (1.8 and 2.0 liter, 4,5mts long).

Citroen will use the 5 door C4, not the 2 door VTS used in WRC... hence the "odd" rear look

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

I'd hate Honda to pick a small car like the City. The Chevrolet Shell livery by JLF is awesome, but they aren't changing cars: the current one isn't competitive, so the best choice is to improve it instad of building a new one from scratch.

Whats your source for saying they are not changing cars? GM Argentina CEO said they will use the Cruze in 2011 in the BsAs pits.... The best choice would be to try to improve the Vectra? Really? After 2 years of achieving nothing?

Originally Posted by gabo824

Leo Monti, Honda boss, has been testing the Honda Accord in the simulator and lost much speed with the city.

I think the Accord would have the same problem than the Vectra: too draggy, too bulky, too heavy.

If I would be allowed to pick a car I would pick the smaller sedan I could: hatchbacks have aero issues, big sedans are.... big.

[FIRE]

IIRC Chevrolet has confirmed it will use the Cruze.

[Belatti]

Tomorrow Giallombardo will be confirmed at Renault for 2011

[gabo824]

Mauro Giallombardo confirm for Renault Lo Jack Official Team

[NaBUru38]

That's great news!

Dole Racing owner Marco Jakos wants to bring Volvo to the TC2000 for 2012.

[Belatti]

A C30 in TC2000 would be

[gabo824]

Marcos Jakos said s40 or s60

[FIRE]

Would the smaller C30 not make more sense? Or is it not allowed because it's a coupe?

[gabo824]

is not allowed because it's a coupe

[NaBUru38]

Actually it's a hatchback, so it should be fine. But most Volvo sales must be sedans, so the team will pick one of the two.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Belatti

Citroen will use the 5 door C4, not the 2 door VTS used in WRC... hence the "odd" rear look

Isn't the C4 sedan compared to C4 hatchback not more poplar in Argentina?

[Belatti]

As it is the case with the underperforming Vectra or the choose of the Civic vs the Accord, big cars dont do well.

The C4 sedan is a real boat. A hatchback is a wiser chose.

It may be more popular because its older, the hatback version came only a coupleof years ago.

[NaBUru38]

The Brazilian Vectra is an Opel Astra C with an older platform. It isn't bigger than the Corolla or Jetta V.

[Belatti]

Yep, I think you are referring to this one:




Wich is smaller then the one they use:

[NaBUru38]

It's just the sedan version. It's 4.59m long versus 4.54 for the Corolla. Now, the C4 Sedan is a ship: 4.77m.

[NaBUru38]

Crossing out all TC, TR and TN dates, the 12-round TC2000 calendar must look like this:

March 13
April 10
May 1
May 22
June 5
June 26
July 17
August 14 or 21
September 11
October 2
November 6
December 4

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

According to Corsa, Citroën is set to enter the TC2000 through the DTA team, which currently fields two Peugeots as privateers. The car will be the first-gen C4 5dr. Mat�*as Muñoz Marchesi would remain in the team, whereas Fabián Yannantuoni (ex Honda works driver) would be replaced by TC and TRV6 frontrunner Agust�*n Canapino.

Citroën won't enter the TC2000. DTA will now be a (the?) Peugeot works team. Drivers would be Mat�*as Muñoz Marchesi plus Mart�*n Basso (coming from Ford) and Facundo Ardusso (coming from Toyota). Yannantuoni would remain driving for Peugeot in Turismo Nacional, so I guess he might switch to Peugeot Cobra (if it remains).

Gabriel Ponce de León will switch from Ford to Fiat, and may race at Turismo Nacional for the brand too.

[I Rosputnik]

Originally Posted by gabo824

Hi, I'm Gabo, I have some pictures of the new models that can be seen in 2011 TC2000.










These recreations were made by Luis Fernandez from Area75
Excuse my bad English. Greetings

Head asplodes in frustration.

I'm torn over these cars and the cars that Superstars use. Right now the two classes remind me of the glory days of the supertouring regs and seeing these cars and the Audi A5 in the Superstars thread make me more ecstatic and frustratied over touring cars. And if he is reading this forum, Jorge L. Fernandez, those are some amazing car designs.

[NaBUru38]

20-year-old and 2010 Turismo Carretera champion Agust�*n Canapino will return to the TC2000 by joining Chevrolet TC2000 works team for 2011, replacing Guillermo Ortelli, who would return to Renault.

Sportteam will also return to TC2000 by fielding two Renaults, this time a a stellite squad. Drivers will be Guido Falaschi (2010 Top Race Copa América champion) and Mart�*n Serrano.

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by Mekola

2011 TC2000 Silly season at full throttle... JM López, Ponce de León to Fiat, Rossi to Toyota

2011 drivers so far:

Honda: Leonel Pern�*a, Mariano Altuna, Néstor Girolami
Ford: Norberto Fontana, Juan Manuel Silva
Toyota: Mariano Werner, Mat�*as Rossi
Chevrolet: Agust�*n Canapino, Christian Ledesma
Fiat: José Mar�*a López, Gabriel Ponce de León, Emiliano Lopez
Renault: Guillermo Ortelli, Guido Falaschi, Mauro Giallombardo
Peugeot: Mat�*as Muñoz Marchesi, Mart�*n Basso

[NaBUru38]

Update according to Corsa:

Honda: Leonel Pern�*a, Mariano Altuna, Néstor Girolami, Santiago Ventana?, Nazareno López?
Ford: Norberto Fontana, Juan Manuel Silva, Fabián Yannantuoni?
Toyota: Mariano Werner, Mat�*as Rossi, Bernardo Llaver, Francisco Troncoso
Chevrolet: Agust�*n Canapino, Christian Ledesma
Fiat: José Mar�*a López, Gabriel Ponce de León, Emliano Spataro, Emiliano López, Emanuel Moriatis?
Renault: Guillermo Ortelli, Mauro Giallombardo (official); Guido Falaschi, Mart�*n Serrano (semi-works)
Peugeot: Mat�*as Muñoz Marchesi, Facundo Ardusso, Mart�*n Basso?, Juan Cruz Álvarez?

[Hawkwood]

Heard anything about Esteban Guerrieri maybe returning to his homeland?
I saw a piece on TCT about him replacing an outgoing driver at one of the works teams (I've forgotten which one) - it'd be a shame though if he is lost to single seaters.

[NaBUru38]

If he doesn't find work outside Argentina, any Argentine TC / TC2000 / TRV6 team would love to have him. But he wants to race internationally as long as he can.

[Chris - Melb]

I imagine it has the potential to spiral out of control, cost wise.

I'm not familiar with TC200 or Turismo Carretera, but why don't they run current model cars in Turismo Carretera to attract factory sponsorship? It seems a missed opportunity, considering the series is more popular than TC2000.