Matías Leonardo Rossi (born 2 April 1984) is an Argentine racecar driver. He competes full-time in the Turismo Carretera, driving the No. 117 Toyota Camry for Toyota Gazoo Racing and in the Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 117 Toyota Corolla for Full Time Sports.
Biography Rossi began his career by driving go-karts at the age of 11, even racing outside his homeland in American Formula A Championships and World Formula A Championships. Returning to Argentina, he started competing in Formula Renault and then in the Formula Super Renault series.
Rossi joined the Turismo Carretera racing series in 2003. He obtained his first win in the Turismo Carretera at the Comodoro Rivadavia circuit in 2007. He would get two more victories later on that year to finish second overall for the season, behind Christian Ledesma.
In 2005, Rossi started racing in the TC2000 series as well, where he won the 2006 and 2007 championships at the wheel of Pro Racing's Chevrolet Astra. From 2008 to 2010, he raced in TC2000 for Renault, where he finished fifth, fifth and seventh. In 2010, he won the Konex Award. In 2011, Rossi joined Toyota Team Argentina and win his third TC 2000 championship that year. In 2012, he raced for Toyota in the Súper TC 2000 championship, finishing as the runner-up. He also competed in Turismo Carretera, finishing second, and in Top Race V6. In 2013, he won the championship in the Super TC 2000, in 2014 in the Turismo Nacional and in the Turismo Carretera and in 2019 in the Top Race V6.
Rossi was once again champion of the Súper TC 2000 in 2020. That year, he also competed in Stock Car Brasil with Toyota and Full Time Sports.
Racing record Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2000 Formula Renault Argentina N/A 2 0 0 0 0 2 45th 2001 Formula Renault Argentina N/A 5 0 0 0 0 9 19th Formula Super Renault Argentina 8 0 0 0 3 55 8th 2002 Formula Super Renault Argentina N/A 13 7 0 7 10 185 1st Formula Renault 2000 Italia Winter Series 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2003 Formula Super Renault Argentina N/A 3 1 1 0 1 20 13th Turismo Carretera 11 0 0 0 0 17 47th 2004 TC 2000 E.F. Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Turismo Carretera N/A 16 0 0 0 1 100 16th 2005 TC 2000 Pro Racing 13 1 0 0 2 64 9th Turismo Carretera JC Competición 15 0 0 0 0 63 23rd 2006 TC 2000 Chevrolet Elaion-Pro Racing 14 5 1 4 8 186 1st Turismo Carretera JC Competición 16 0 2 2 2 95 16th 2007 TC 2000 Chevrolet Elaion 14 3 1 2 9 189 1st Turismo Carretera JC Competición 16 3 2 3 6 190.5 2nd 2008 TC 2000 Renault Lo Jack Team 13 2 0 3 3 123 5th Turismo Carretera JC Competición 14 0 0 1 1 105 16th Top Race V6 Tauro MotorSport 12 1 0 1 3 88 13th 2009 TC 2000 Renault Lo Jack Team 12 1 1 2 5 106 5th Turismo Carretera JC Competición 14 1 3 0 3 128.75 13th Top Race V6 Pro Racing 13 0 0 0 2 21 11th 2010 TC 2000 Renault Lo Jack Team 13 1 0 0 4 80 7th Turismo Carretera Dole Racing Team 15 3 1 2 5 191 4th 2011 TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 21 5 3 3 8 197.5 1st Turismo Carretera JP Racing 15 1 1 2 1 173 3rd 2012 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 13 3 1 2 8 197 2nd Turismo Carretera JP Racing 15 2 2 2 5 219.5 2nd Top Race V6 PSG16 Team 12 2 2 3 4 44 6th 2013 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 12 4 2 2 6 219 1st Turismo Carretera JP Racing 16 1 1 1 3 426.25 5th Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 Boero Carrera Pro 12 2 4 1 2 192 4th 2014 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 13 0 1 1 4 114.5 9th Turismo Carretera Donto Racing 16 5 6 2 11 835 1st Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 Boero Carrera Pro 12 3 3 1 6 257 1st 2015 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 13 2 1 0 2 164 4th Turismo Carretera Donto Racing 16 2 3 1 6 552.25 2nd Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 Boero Carrera Pro 12 1 1 1 2 190 5th 2016 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Team Argentina 14 3 1 1 5 196.5 2nd Turismo Carretera Donto Racing 16 4 4 1 8 653.5 3rd Turismo Nacional - Clase 3 Citroen Total TN Racing 12 0 0 0 2 196 4th 2017 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 13 1 1 2 5 152 4th Top Race V6 15 2 0 2 5 137 4th Turismo Carretera Nova Racing 15 1 1 0 2 330.25 15th 2018 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 18 2 1 2 10 163 4th Top Race V6 13 1 0 1 5 120 4th Turismo Carretera Nova Racing 15 1 4 1 3 425.75 5th 2019 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 13 4 3 1 6 173 2nd Top Race V6 16 4 3 4 12 283 1st Turismo Carretera Donto Racing 14 1 2 0 2 310 15th 2020 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF 19 5 4 6 11 167 1st Top Race V6 11 4 6 2 10 211 1st Stock Car Brasil Full Time Sports 18 0 0 0 1 121 18th 2021 Súper TC 2000 Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF 19 3 0 6 7 133 5th Stock Car Pro Series Full Time Sports 17 0 0 0 0 120 20th 2022 Turismo Carretera Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina 14 0 0 0 3 320 12th Stock Car Pro Series A.Mattheis Vogel Motorsport 22 2 0 2 7 262 4th 2023 Turismo CarreteraToyota Gazoo Racing Argentina NC Stock Car Pro Series Full Time Sports NC TC2000 Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia2024 TCR South America Touring Car Championship Toyota Team Argentina1831164084th TCR World Tour40000825thTCR Brazil Touring Car Championship1010342314th
Complete Stock Car Brasil results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Rank Points 2020 Full Time Sports Toyota Corolla GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 LON1 LON2 CAS1 CAS2 CAS3 VCA1 VCA2 CUR1 CUR2 CUR3 GOI1 GOI2 GOI3 INT1 18th 121 2021 Full Time Sports Toyota Corolla GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 VCA1 VCA2 VCA1 VCA2 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CUR2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 GOI2 VCA1 VCA2 SCZ1 SCZ2 INT1 INT2 20th 120 2022 AMattheis Vogel Toyota Corolla INT1 GOI1 GOI2 RIO1 RIO2 VCA1 VCA2 VEL1 VEL2 VEL1 VEL2 INT1 INT2 VCA1 VCA2 SCZ1 SCZ2 GOI1 GOI2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 INT2 4th 268
References
External links Official site Profile at HistoricRacing.com