2009 TC 2000 Championship

The 2009 TC 2000 Championship was the 31st Turismo Competicion 2000 season. It began on April 5 and ended on November 29 after 12 races. José María López won his second successive title for Equipo Petrobras.

Teams and drivers edit

Team	Car	No	Drivers	Notes
Equipo Petrobras	Honda New Civic	1	José María López
		1	Anthony Reid	Endurance Series races only
		2	Juan Manuel Silva
		2	Cacá Bueno	Endurance Series races only
		36	Leonel Pernía
		36	Agustín Canapino	Endurance Series races only
Chevrolet Elaion	Chevrolet Vectra	3	Guillermo Ortelli
		3	Alain Menu	Endurance Series races only
		4	Christian Ledesma
			Juan Ignácio Cáceres	Endurance Series Termas de Río Hondo race only
			José Ciantini	Endurance Series races only
Renault Lo Jack Team	Renault Mégane II	5	Matías Rossi
		5	Thiago Camilo	Endurance Series races only
		6	Néstor Girolami
		6	Esteban Guerrieri	Endurance Series races only
Ford-YPF	Ford Focus	7	Martín Basso
		7	Lionel Ugalde	Endurance Series races only
		8	Gabriel Ponce de León
		8	Daniel Serra	Endurance Series races only
Toyota Team Argentina	Toyota Corolla	9	Norberto Fontana
		9	Ricardo Maurício	Endurance Series races only
		10	Mariano Werner
		10	Carlos Okulovich	Endurance Series races only
DP-1 Team	Ford Focus	11	Luis José di Palma
		11	Ricardo Risatti	Endurance Series races only
		12	Leandro Carducci
		12	Alejandro González	Endurance Series races only
		40	Crispín Beitía
		40	Nelson García
DTA	Chevrolet Astra	16	Fabián Yannantuoni
		16	Fabián Flaqué	Endurance Series races only
		17	Santiago Ventana
		17	Jorge Trebbiani	Endurance Series races only
		38	Matías Muñoz Marchesi
		38	Gabriel Furlán	Endurance Series races only
Escudería Río de la Plata	Honda New Civic	18	Bernardo Llaver
		18	Pablo Piumetto
		19	Fabricio Pezzini	Rounds 1–4
			Marcelo Bugliotti	Round 7-onwards
			Damián Fineschi	Endurance Series Termas de Río Hondo race only
Basalto TTA	Toyota Corolla	20	Franco Coscia
		20	Rafael Morgenstern	Endurance Series races only
		21	Emanuel Moriatis
		21	Diego Aventín	Endurance Series races only
Lanus Motorsport	Honda Civic	22	Daniel Belli
Lanus Motorsport	Honda Civic	22	Matías Cohen	Endurance Series races only
Fineschi Racing	Honda Civic	24	Damian Fineschi	Rounds 1–4, 6-onwards
		24	German Suarez	Endurance Series races only
		25	Marcelo Julián
		25	Julio Francischetti	Endurance Series races only
		42	Néstor Riva	Round 4-onwards
		42	Omar El Bacha	Endurance Series races only
JM Motorsport	Volkswagen Bora	26	Rubén Salerno
		26	Ricky Joseph	Endurance Series races only
		27	Gustavo der Ohanessian	Rounds 1, 5, 7-onwards
			Gerardo Martín	Rounds 2, 3, 4, 6
			Adrián Chiriano	Endurance Series races only
Mendoza Motorsport	Volkswagen Bora	28	Gerardo Martín	Not raced – Martín ran 4 races in JM Motorsport
BAR Competición	Honda Civic	30	José Luís Raponi	Not raced
Malta Advanced Racing Team	Honda New Civic	32	Carlos Banfi
Malta Advanced Racing Team	Honda New Civic	32	Carlos De Ley	Endurance Series races only
Bainotti Racing	Honda Civic	34	Ezequiel Bosio
		34	Guillermo Albertengo	Endurance Series races only
		35	Marcelo Bugliotti	Round 1
			Ernesto Bessone	Rounds 2–4
			Iván Saturni	Round 5-onwards
			Diego Menendez	Endurance Series races only
		44	Lucas Armellini
		44	Andres Rios	Endurance Series races only
Fiat Pro Racing Team	Fiat Linea	46	Emiliano Spataro
		46	Felipe Maluhy	Endurance Series races only
		47	Francisco Viel Bugliotti	Rounds 1–3
			Omar Martinez	Round 4-onwards
			Mariano Altuna	Endurance Series races only
FP Racing	Peugeot 307	48	Esteban Tuero
		48	Lucas Benamo	Endurance Series races only
		49	Franco Berardi	Round 6-onwards
		49	Henry Martin	Endurance Series races only
Neuquén Sport Group	Volkswagen Polo	51	Dario Delvas	Round 4-onwards
Neuquén Sport Group	Volkswagen Polo	51	Damián Cassino	Endurance Series races only
Vitelli Competición	Renault Mégane II	52	Maximiliano Baumgartner	Round 4-onwards
Vitelli Competición	Renault Mégane II	52	Ezequiel Baldinelli	Endurance Series races only

Race calendar and results edit

Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Event type	Number of laps
April 5	Gran Premio Casinos de Córdoba	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén	Alta Gracia, Córdoba	Normal event
April 19		Autódromo Parque General Roca	General Roca, Río Negro	Normal event
May 10		Autódromo Ciudad de Oberá	Oberá, Misiones	Normal event	26
May 31		Autódromo Jorge Ángel Pena	San Martín, Mendoza	Normal event	31
June 14		Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo	Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero	Endurance Series race	70
July 5		Autódromo Santiago Yaco Guarnieri	Resistencia, Chaco	Normal event	40
August 16	200km de Buenos Aires	Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez	Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires	Endurance Series race	38
September 6		Autódromo Parque Provincia del Neuquén	Centenario, Neuquén	Normal event
October 3 and 4		Streets of Santa Fé	Santa Fé	Double-header event
October 24 and 25		Autódromo El Zonda	San Juán	Double-header event
November 8	Gran Premio de Punta del Este	Punta del Este Street Circuit	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Normal event	Cancelled
November 29	Gran Premio Coronación	Circuito Potrero de los Funes	Potrero de los Funes, San Luis	Endurance Series race	48

Championship standings edit

Top 10 edit

Position	Number	Driver	Car	Points
1	1	José María López	Honda New Civic	157
2	2	Juan Manuel Silva	Honda New Civic	127
3	36	Leonel Pernía	Honda New Civic	124
4	9	Norberto Fontana	Toyota Corolla	112
5	5	Matías Rossi	Renault Mégane II	106
6	10	Mariano Werner	Toyota Corolla	65
7	8	Gabriel Ponce de León	Ford Focus	53
8	3	Guillermo Ortelli	Chevrolet Vectra	37.5
9	21	Emanuel Moriatis	Toyota Corolla	34.5
10	47	Omar Martínez	Fiat Linea	34

References edit

External links edit

Official site (Spanish)