Mauricio Lambiris (born 3 March 1987) is a

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from

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. He currently competes in

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Biography

Lambiris was born in Montevideo but moved to

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at 6 years old. His first taste of motorsport came at a karting exhibition in

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through his father Jorge, an amateur driver himself. Despite his parents wanting him to play

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, he started racing karts at 7 alongside childhood friend

Guido Falaschi Guido Martín Falaschi (1 October 1989 – 13 November 2011) was an Argentine racecar driver. He raced between 2005 and 2011. In 2008 won the Formula Renault Argentina championship. In Turismo Carretera and TC 2000 series he raced and won races, ...

. He moved up to Fórmula 1000 Argentina in 2003 and then Fórmula Renault Argentina a year later, but struggled with the transition and returned to karting in 2007. Lambiris returned to car racing in 2010 in Turismo Libre Uruguayo, through his aunt who produced the series' television package. At the sixth round of the series he crashed and broke his leg, and sat out the rest of the season. In late-2011, he made his comeback in TC Rioplatense (on the same weekend as Falaschi's death) before stepping up to

TC Mouras TC Mouras is a stock car racing series in Argentina which is operated by the Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. This series was founded in 2004 as a division of TC Pista, being called as TC Pista B and located as the opening series of Tu ...

in 2012. Lambiris finished eighth in his debut season on the Turismo Carretera pyramid, the highest-placed driver without a win. Two seasons in TC Pista followed, with a best of third in the championship in 2014 having won two races. He made his debut in the top class of Turismo Carretera in 2015 with

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, qualifying for the ''Copa de Oro'' in his first season but finished at the bottom of the playoff standings – he repeated these results in 2016. He made a mid-season switch to

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in 2017, and won his first race at the 2018 Carrera del Millón in

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– making him only the second non-Argentine driver to win a race in Turismo Carretera after compatriot Héctor Suppici Sedes. Lambiris has so far qualified for the playoffs in every season of his Turismo Carretera career, and finished runner-up to

Mariano Werner Mariano Werner (born December 30, 1988 in Paraná, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine professional motor racing driver. he is currently competing in Turismo Carretera (TC), Turismo Nacional (TN) and TC Pick Up series. Throughout his career, he has wo ...

in 2021.

Career results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambiris, Mauricio Living people 1987 births Uruguayan racing drivers Turismo Carretera drivers Sportspeople from Montevideo TCR South America Touring Car Championship drivers Formula Renault Argentina drivers