2013 Argentinian Super TC 2000

[FIRE]

The Super TC2000 season starts at Buenos Aires in 2 weeks time.
Is the entrylist released?

[hondafan37]

Originally Posted by FIRE

The Super TC2000 season starts at Buenos Aires in 2 weeks time.
Is the entrylist released?

This is not yet the entry list. Here are some new
http://www.campeonesnet.com.ar/index.php?m=72&sec=73

Very good presentation of the Peugeot team

http://www.peugeot.com.ar/peugeotlojackteam/

[hondafan37]

This is the new Buenos Aires street circuit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ZcgRArsxZBI

[NaBUru38]

31 de marzo / callejero de Buenos Aires
21 de abril / Rosario
12 de mayo / San Juan
2 de junio / Rafaela
23 de junio / callejero de Catamarca
14 de julio / Termas de RÃ*o Hondo
11 de agosto / A confirmar
1 de septiembre / A confirmar
22 de septiembre / Santa Fe
6 de octubre / A confirmar
10 de noviembre / A confirmar
1 de diciembre / callejero de Potrero de Los Funes

Select entries:

o- Toyota: MatÃ*as Rossi, Mariano Werner, Bernardo Llaver, AgustÃ*n Calamari.
o- Renault: Lionel PernÃ*a, Emiliano Spataro, Guillermo Ortelli, Fabián Yannantuoni.
o- Fiat PSG16: José MarÃ*a López, Facundo Ardusso.
o- PSG16: Ignacio Char, Gerardo SalaverrÃ*a.
o- Honda: CaÃ*to Risatti, Christian Ledesma, Damián Fineschi.
o- Peugeot: Mariano Altuna, MatÃ*as Muñoz Marchesi, Néstor Girolami.
o- Chevrolet: AgustÃ*n Canapino, Franco Vivian, Franco Girolami.
o- Fineschi: Juan Bautista de Benedictis.

[hondafan37]

This is the new livery of Honda
http://www.largaron.com/noticias.php?articulo_id=11581

[NaBUru38]

Oh, no! I liked the white / red / black combination. But of course, Petrobras is pouring some money again. With the 2014 Fifa World Cup coming, I doubt they will dare run in verde-amarela again

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Oh, no! I liked the white / red / black combination. But of course, Petrobras is pouring some money again. With the 2014 Fifa World Cup coming, I doubt they will dare run in verde-amarela again

There's a lot of black. You would expect more red (Honda) and blue (Petrobras).

[hondafan37]

I really liked the livery of Honda in 2010 and 2011
http://www.area75.com.ar/blog/2010/0...emporada-2010/

This is the entry list
http://www.campeonesnet.com.ar/?m=72&sec=73&id=30388

This is the livery of Fiat
http://www.largaron.com/noticias.php?articulo_id=11585

[NaBUru38]

Fire, Petrobras stations are yellow and green. Only the letters are blue.

[NaBUru38]

The Buenos Aires street race is this weekend.

http://www.corsaonline.com.ar/2013/0...-callejero.php

Practice: Saturday 10.00-10.45, 13.30-14.15
Qualifying: Saturday 15.55-17.05
Race: Sunday 13.00, 36 laps.

All times are local (UTC-3)

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by hondafan37

This is the new Buenos Aires street circuit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ZcgRArsxZBI

I had no idea all the buildings in Buenos Aires were so white!

[Mekola]

Facundo Ardusso won the first race of the season at Buenos Aires streets.

[NaBUru38]

I couldn't see the race. Anyway, yesterday I saw Última Vuelta, the Monday night talk show. The championship CEO Pablo Peón attended the show.

The Renaults battled each other like there was no tomorrow

[hondafan37]

Here is a highlight of the race
http://www.carburando.com/

[NaBUru38]

And here's the full race

[Lizardfolk]

I'm wondering about the recent schedule. I thought TC2000 wanted to go a little more international in South America and expand to more countries in SA?

I noticed that Uruguay doesnt have a race anymore and they aren't going to Brazil as well. Is TC2000 content with just staying within Argentina?

[helgi]

Correct me, if I'm wrong, but do these cars have standard 400hp V8 engines? What's the point from engineering side of view? Is it another DTMish racing?
And how does that power go to the front wheels without making cars "crabby" or "saabby"? And if it's possible to put 400hp to the FWD then why BTCC can't use more powerful engines? Safety matters only?

[hondafan37]

Originally Posted by helgi

Correct me, if I'm wrong, but do these cars have standard 400hp V8 engines? What's the point from engineering side of view? Is it another DTMish racing?
And how does that power go to the front wheels without making cars "crabby" or "saabby"? And if it's possible to put 400hp to the FWD then why BTCC can't use more powerful engines? Safety matters only?

yes, these cars used the 2.7 L V8 RADICAL engine and have 430 HP at 11,000 revolutions, and as you say they have front-wheel drive.
Organizers are planning to put the push to pass system in the cars and give 50 Hp more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCR2ulaDEaQ

Here there are some of the history of the category, and in the end of the video you can see the new engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=1WYBY3iei5M#!

[hondafan37]

Originally Posted by Lizardfolk

I'm wondering about the recent schedule. I thought TC2000 wanted to go a little more international in South America and expand to more countries in SA?

I noticed that Uruguay doesnt have a race anymore and they aren't going to Brazil as well. Is TC2000 content with just staying within Argentina?

In this moment all the schedule is in Argentine. The TC 2000 went to Brazil some times in the past ten years but the distances are too far and did not produce the expected media coverage.
In Uruguay raced 2 o 3 times in the Punta del Este street circuit. This is a Top coastal place of summer vacation. Many rich Argentinians spend the summer there. This is like Monaco for F1 or Long Beach for the Indy Cars. Therefore this was very good for the category. But for some motive that I do not know, the race did not realize more.
Also it is necessary to admit that the circuit was very narrow.

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by hondafan37

In Uruguay raced 2 o 3 times in the Punta del Este street circuit. This is a Top coastal place of summer vacation. Many rich Argentinians spend the summer there.

And me

Originally Posted by hondafan37

This is like Monaco for F1 or Long Beach for the Indy Cars. Therefore this was very good for the category. But for some motive that I do not know, the race did not realize more.

I guess that it didn't attract enough spectators to cover the expenses, or it lacked government support.

Also, Argentina is devaluating, so we are too expensive to them, and the economic and political relations are getting worse every day.

Spending the money to do the Buenos Aires race is clearly more profitable.

[FIRE]

Season has started

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

The Renaults battled each other like there was no tomorrow

Your teammate is your first rival.

Originally Posted by Lizardfolk

I'm wondering about the recent schedule. I thought TC2000 wanted to go a little more international in South America and expand to more countries in SA?

I noticed that Uruguay doesnt have a race anymore and they aren't going to Brazil as well. Is TC2000 content with just staying within Argentina?

Since a couple of years Brasil has it's own TC2000 series: Copa Petrobras de Marcas 2013

[kurski]

Toyota Team Argentina’s MatÃ*as Rossi launched into the lead of the Argentinian Super TC 2000 Championship after victory at San Juan, whilst Peugeot Lo Jack Team’s Néstor Girolami was left crestfallen after another mechanical failure robbed the 23-year-old of another potential victory.

The next round of the Championship takes place at La Pampa in three weeks’ time on June 2nd.

[NaBUru38]

I don't recall TC2000 cars being so unreliable the past few seasons. Is it the new engine, or that teams are pushing too hard?

[Danny27]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

I don't recall TC2000 cars being so unreliable the past few seasons. Is it the new engine, or that teams are pushing too hard?

Must be the engine

[Danny27]

Next race is in La Pampa, for the first time. A very fast circuit