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TCR / 27 July 2026

Double championship joy in TCR Brasil

The JAS Motorsport-built Honda Civic Type R TCR scored a pair of major championship successes last weekend as Leonel Pernia and Honda Racing won the TCR Brasil Drivers’ and Teams’ titles.

Victory for Pernia’s team-mate and son, Tiago, in the opening race of a weekend that also counted for TCR South America points, and pole position for fellow Honda Racing driver Nelson Piquet Jr made for a superb weekend at Velocitta.

Adrian Chiriano – already confirmed as the champion in the Copa Trophy division, took pole and a win in the class too on a day that marked the 128th and 129th titles for the Civic Type R TCR.

 

There was also a pole and win in Super Taikyu’s ST-TCR division for M&K Racing at Autopolis and a double class victory for MM Motorsport’s Marco Pellegrini in TCR Italy at Mugello. 

 

TCR South America/TCR Brasil

Round 5 – Velocitta, Brazil

 

Honda Racing

#1 Leonel Pernia

Class: TCR

Qualifying: P4 (P4 Brasil)

Race 1: P3 (P3)

Race 2: P4 (P3)

 

#33 Nelson Piquet Jr

Class: TCR

Qualifying: Pole (Pole Brasil)

Race 1: P5 (P5)

Race 2: P8 (P5)

 

#85 Tiago Pernia

Class: TCR

Qualifying: P3 (P3 Brasil)

Race 1: Winner (Winner)

Race 2: P7 (P4)

 

#88 Adrian Chiriano

Class: TCR Trophy

Qualifying: Pole (Pole Brasil)

Race 1: P2 (P2)

Race 2: Winner (Winner)

 

TCR Italy

Round 4 – Mugello, Italy

 

MM Motorsport

#67 Marco Pellegrini

Class: TCR (TCR Master)

Qualifying: P6 (Pole)

Race 1: P3 (Winner)

Race 2: P2 (Winner)

 

Super Taikyu

Round 4 – Autopolis, Japan

 

M&K Racing

#97 Mitsuhiro Endo/Tomoki Nojiri/Ren Sato

Class: ST-TCR

Qualifying: Pole

Race: Winner

 

Hitonowa The Team Standard

#100 Rintaro Sato/Yosuke Yamaki/Shinji Nakano/Yuto Nomura

Class: ST-TCR

Qualifying: P2

Race: P3