The 2019 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the forty-first season of the

Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the ...

Daniel Serra Daniel Gardano Serra (born 24 February 1984) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 29 Chevrolet Cruze for Eurofarma-RC and is also a Ferrari Factory Driver. He won 3 ti ...

won the 2019 season, he became three-time champion as his father

Chico Serra Francisco Adolpho "Chico" Serra (born 3 February 1957) is a Brazilian racing driver. Biography Serra made his mark in International motorsport when he won the 1979 British Formula 3 Championship, one season after his compatriot Nelson Piquet ...

. This was the last season with as one-make series. From 2020

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will enter in the series with eight cars.

Teams and drivers

All teams compete with a Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car.

Team changes

*Crown Racing joined the series replacing Cimed-ProGP in a partnership with Cimed Racing after

Cacá Bueno Carlos Eduardo Santos Galvão Bueno Filho, better known as Cacá Bueno (born 24 January 1976) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Cruze for Crown Racing. He i ...

join as a partner alongside William Lube and Duda Pamplona, owner of ProGP that left the series. *Cavaleiros Sports reduced their program from Three to two cars. *

Hot Car Competições Hot Car Competições, racing as Hot Car New Generation, is a Brazilian auto racing team based in Cajamar, São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São P ...

lost their longtime sponsor

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after ten seasons. *After debuting in the final round of 2018, KTF Sports made their full-season debut with two cars. The team purchased the vacant space left by the departure of Squadra G-Force. *HERO departed as a sponsor after two seasons, one of which with

RCM Motorsport RCM Motorsport is a Brazilian auto racing team based in Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil ...

. *

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announced a partnership with

Full Time Sports Full Time Sports is a Brazilian professional auto racing team currently competing in Stock Car Pro Series, Stock Series, and F4 Brazil. The team is based in Vinhedo, São Paulo. The team has won the Stock Car Brasil championship twice, with Ruben ...

and

Bassani Racing Bassani Racing is a Brazilian auto racing team based in São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian ...

. This partnership was entered as Shell Helix Ultra. *Mico's Racing did not return for this season. *

Carlos Alves Competições Carlos Alves Competições/Carlos Alves Competition is a Brazilian auto racing team based in São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, th ...

reduced their schedule for the season, appearing at only 5 rounds.

Driver changes

Valdeno Brito Valdeno Brito (born June 29, 1974 in Campina Grande) is a Brazilian racing driver. He has raced in such series as Porsche Supercup and Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing ser ...

returned to R.Mattheis Motorsport-Prati Donaduzzi. Brito competed for the team from 2012 to 2016. *

Galid Osman Galid Osman Didi Jr. (born February 18, 1986, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He is better known as Galid Osman. In 2010 and 2011 he raced at the Copa Chevrolet Montana, finishing 8th and 4th respectively. Since then he drive ...

moved from Cavaleiro Sports to Shell Helix Ultra. Porsche GT3 Cup 2018 runner-up Gaetano di Mauro will race alongside Osman. *

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returned to Eurofarma RC after only one season at Full Time Sports.

Max Wilson Max Wilson (born August 22, 1972 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage. Racing career Junior formulae Wilson started his motor racing career in 1985 in go-karts. He moved into single-seaters in 1993, when he was o ...

was relocated to the customer team RCM. *Third place in 2018 Stock Car Light season Pedro Cardoso made the debut in Hot Car Competições. *

Lucas Foresti Lucas Constantino Bethonico Foresti (born 12 May 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver who currently competes in Stock Car Brasil for KTF Sports. Career Karting After a previous career in junior motocross, Foresti made his karting debut at Brasíli ...

and

Marcos Gomes Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently set to compete in the Stock Car Brasil series for Cavaleiro Sports, where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock C ...

left Cimed Racing Team. Foresti will join Vogel Motorsport and Gomes will race for newcomer team KTF Sports alongside Diego Nunes, who had moved from Full Time Bassani. * Marcel Coletta will be the youngest driver in the history of Stock Car. He competes the new team Crown Racing alongside Gabriel Casagrande, who moved from

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Nelson Piquet Jr. Nelson Angelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born July 25, 1985), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One and Formula E driver where he was champion in the 2014–15 seaso ...

moved to Full Time Sports after one season with their customer team. *

Lucas di Grassi Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E World Championship for Mahindra Racing. He became the FIA Formula E Champion in 2016–2017, achieved three overall podium ...

left the series to focus on

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. *2018 full-time drivers

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and Vitor Genz will not race this season.

Mid-season changes

*2018

Stock Car Light Stock Series is a touring car racing series based in Brazil. The series returned in 2018 as Stock Light, having replaced the previous Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo, Copa Chevrolet Montana formerly known as Stock Car Copa Vicar, Stock Car Light, ...

champion Raphael Reis was entered with Carlos Alves Competições for some races, but the driver and team did not contest the full season. *

Átila Abreu Átila Roberto de Abreu (born 10 May 1987 in Sorocaba) is a Brazilian racing driver. Career Formula BMW Despite beginning his karting career in 1996, 2003 saw his debut in the Formula BMW ADAC championship with Team Rosberg. Abreu finished ...

did not compete at the second round after suffering a

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in a collision at Velopark. Porsche Carrera Cup driver Vitor Baptista filled in for him for the round at Velo Città. *

entered as wildcard in the Million Race round for Eurofarma RC. *Argentine driver Agustin Canapino raced at the sixth round as wildcard to YPF Elaion Hot Car Competiçoes. Pedro Cardoso and Hot Car broke after the eight round, in his place entered rookie driver Tuca Antoniazzi. *Marcos Gomes was replaced for 2019 Stock Car Light champion Guilherme Salas due 4 Hours of Shanghai of Asian Le Mans Series, that Gomes competed for HubAuto Corsa. *Guga Lima lose the nine round for personal reasons.

Race calendar and results

The 2019 calendar was announced on December 20, 2018. The first round coincided with the 500th Stock Car Brazil race. The 40th anniversary of the championship was held in Tarumã. The Race of Doubles was the third round, held at Goiânia on May 19. The 11th edition of the Million Race was held on August 25 at the

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. The Grand Final will also be held in Interlagos on December 15.

Championship standings

;Points system Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. *Feature races Used for the first race of each event. *Sprint races:The second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid. *Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Drivers' Championship

References

{{Stock Car Brasil seasons Stock Car Brasil seasons