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2012 Brazilian Manufacturers Championship
Season is on the way!! With several news, including new teams, new drivers and new manufacturers. Let's begin with the schedule:
April 22 - Interlagos June 10 - Brasilia June 24 - Jacarepaguá July 22 - Curitiba (supporting the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil) September 23 - Velopark October 28 - Tarumã (TBC) November 18 - Londrina December 2 - Curitiba (double points) Now, the news: - The Chevrolet teams will race the Cruze instead of the Astra. Two teams will run the Chevrolets this year: Carlos Alves and Mico's Racing. AMG is out; - The Honda teams will race the new Civic. Again, two teams: Full Time Sports and Auto Racing; - The only model from 2011 to stay is the Ford Focus. Amir Nasr Racing will stay, and Bassan Motorsport (misidentified as a second Bassani Racing entry in 2011) will join them; - Toyota is now officially within the championship. Bassani Racing will stay with two cars, while the other two will be raced by Ricardo Zonta's RZ Racing; - Mitsubishi is the 5th manufacturer to enter the series. Officer ProGP (former Ford team) and Serra Motorsport (former Honda team) will run the four Mitsubishi Lancer GT's entered. The field is limited to 20 cars (4 from each manufacturer). Drivers for 8 out of 20 cars were confirmed. Here is the provisional entry list:
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Shame they limited the grid to 20 cars.
Any photos of the Mitsubishi? I only found these photoshops: http://www.correiodopovo.com.br/blogs/pitlane/?p=6674 |
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As always, I'm only worried about the drivers. If most are ridebuyers, it gets very boring.
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Round 1 is on the way!! The championship begins at Interlagos this sunday. Round schedule not released yet, and now the news:
- Mico's Racing is out, and their berth will be occupied by J.Star Racing, currently racing in VICAR's Copa Chevrolet Montana (the Stock Car Brasil second-tier series). Drivers will be Ricardo Sargo (2-time São Paulo State Champion) and Marcelo Tomasoni (raced in the Stock Car Brasil low-tier support series); - Thiago Marques, who ran a Chevrolet Astra with AMG in 2011, will now run the #1 Corolla in Ricardo Zonta's RZ Motorsport; - Alceu Feldmann will stay with FullTime Sports and will drive the #7 Honda; - By now, Fábio Carbone is out, and Ricardo MaurÃ*cio will drive the #90 Honda for FullTime Sports; - Former IndyCar driver Vitor Meira will run the #3 Focus for Amir Nasr Racing (same team he won the 2000 SudAm F3 title); - By now, the defending champion Thiago Camilo is out. Here is the provisional entry list, with drivers for 17 out of the 20 cars:
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Losing Carbone and Camilo is terrible. So, who would you rank as the top 5 drivers after MaurÃ*cio? Meira, Zonta, Gomes, Feldmann, Marques, Moro?
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Thiago Camilo is in and will defend the title driving the #21 Cruze, again with Carlos Alves Competições. Serafin Junior is also in and will drive Amir Nasr's #30 Focus. Both races tomorrow: Race 1 at 11:00 LT (14:00 GMT) and Race 2 at 14:30 LT (17:30 GMT).
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Oh, that's great!
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Round 2 is on the way!! This time, at the Brasilia outer circuit, after an hiatus of one and a half month.
Beginning with some facts: - Alceu Feldmann was suspended due to doping issues in the last Stock Car round. Fábio Carbone will replace him in the #20 Honda; - Claudio Caparelli will replace Marcelo Tomasoni at the #57 Cruze; - Round 3, scheduled for June 24 at Jacarepaguá, was postponed due to the Rio Climate Conference. Now it will be Round 4, and the new date is August 5; - Despite being born in Brasilia, Vitor Meira never raced before at his home track. This will be his first ever race there. Tomorrow, Race 3 at 10:25 LT (13:35 GMT) and Race 4 at 13:20 LT (16:20 GMT). Here is the entry list:
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Quite surprised to see them 4 sec off the WTCC pace in Curtiba. I always thought they are faster than S2000...
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Round 3 is on the way!! After another one and a half month hiatus, this time the series will support the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil at Curitiba. Tomorrow, Race 5 at 10:00 LT (13:00 GMT) and Race 6 at 13:20 LT (16:20 GMT).
- Alceu Feldmann is back, but this time Marcos Gomes is suspended by doping issues. Fábio Carbone will replace him in the #20 Lancer. Here is the entry list:
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How's the thing with Juliano Moro and André Bragantini Jr.? Are there compulsory pitstops, do do they just lose track time?
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Round 4 is on the way!! Probably this will be the last ever racing event held at Jacarepaguá. Tomorrow, Race 7 at 10:00 LT (13:00 GMT) and Race 8 at 13:20 LT (16:20 GMT). The official entry list was not released for this round.
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Last week I watched the first 3 events.
The quality of the grid and racing has improved compared to last year. Of course it is not on the same level as Argentinian TC2000 but it is promishing for the future. The race at Curitiba had lots of contact. Was the driver of the Chevrolet that hit the Toyota punished? The Mitsubishi Lancer looks nice. I am looking forward to the rest of the season. |
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I've never watched any Brazilian local race. There's too many self-called major championships, so the top drivers are dilluted into them.
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The cars use the Berta engine (this year with 300hp) but are built in Brazil by two different companies: JL (built the Chevrolet, the Toyota and the Mitsubishi) and MetalMoro (built the Ford and the Honda). Not sure about who is building the Renaults.
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The major championships in Brazil are the Stock Car, Formula Truck, GT Brasil, Top Series (GT split), Copa Petrobras de Marcas and Trofeo Linea. Stock Car obviously is filled with top drivers. Formula Truck attracts factory teams, so I guess most drivers are to notch too. The other three mix some top drivers, regular drivers and amateurs.
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Sounds like the inverted Grand-Am approach. Instead of several different manufacturers building one car, we have one manufacturer building several different cars. Maybe the BTCC should inspire itself by that with regards to NGTC.
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Correcting my last post:
The cars use the Berta engine (this year with 300hp) but are built in Brazil by two different companies: JL (built the Chevrolet, the Toyota and the Mitsubishi) and MetalMoro (built the Ford, the Honda and the Renault). Yesterday, Nei Tessari published on his blog the first images of the Renault Fluence. |
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So far I enjoy the season.
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