The 2018 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the fortieth season of the Stock Car Brasil. The season started on 10 March in Interlagos Circuit, and ended at the same circuit on 9 December. Daniel Serra of RC Competições won his second championship, with Felipe Fraga finishing runner up.

Teams and drivers All teams compete with a Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car. Team Drivers Rounds Cimed Racing 0 Cacá Bueno All 19 Felipe Massa 6 88 Felipe Fraga All 86 Agustín Canapino 6 Prati-Donaduzzi 1 Antonio Pizzonia All 4 Júlio Campos All Ipiranga Racing 3 Bia Figueiredo All 21 Thiago Camilo All Cavaleiro Sports 5 Denis Navarro All 28 Galid Osman All Bardahl Hot Car 8 Rafael Suzuki All 20 Ricardo Sperafico 9–12 116 Nestor Girolami 7–8 117 Guilherme Salas 1–6 Vogel Motorsport 9 Gustavo Lima 6–12 25 Tuka Rocha 1–5 83 Gabriel Casagrande All Squadra G-Force 9 Gustavo Lima 1–5 55 Sérgio Jimenez 1–5 KTF Sports 31 William Starostik 12 Shell V-Power 10 Ricardo Zonta All 51 Átila Abreu All HERO Motorsport 11 Lucas Di Grassi 1–4, 6–9, 11–12 44 Bruno Baptista All 101 Nonô Figueiredo 5 344 Esteban Guerrieri8, 10 444 António Félix da Costa6 544 Gaetano Di Mauro12 Cimed-ProGP 12 Lucas Foresti All 80 Marcos Gomes All Blau Motorsport 18 Allam Khodair 1–9, 11–12 24 Kelvin van der Linde 10 30 César Ramos All Eurofarma RC 29 Daniel Serra All 65 Max Wilson All Full Time Bassani 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. 1–4, 6–12 70 Diego Nunes All Mico's Racing 43 Vítor Meira 1 45 Fabio Carbone 2 61 Fernando Croce 2 84 Tarso Marques 1 Eisenbahn Racing Team 46 Vitor Genz All 77 Valdeno Brito All Full Time Sports 90 Ricardo Maurício All 111 Rubens Barrichello AllCavaleiro Contuflex 110 Felipe Lapenna All Cifarma Racing 555 Renato Braga 6 First round entries Team Season driver Wildcard driver Cimed Racing 0 Cacá Bueno Felipe Massa 80 Marcos Gomes Pipo Derani Prati-Donaduzzi 1 Antônio Pizzonia Oliver Jarvis 4 Júlio Campos Jamie Green Ipiranga Racing 3 Bia Figueiredo Beto Monteiro 21 Thiago Camilo Nico Müller Cavaleiro SportsCavaleiro Contuflex 5 Denis Navarro Franco Girolami 28 Galid Osman Damian Fineschi 110 Felipe Lapenna Gabriel Robe Bardahl Hot Car 8 Rafael Suzuki Jean-Karl Vernay 117 Guilherme Salas Mariano Altuna Squadra G-Force 9 Gustavo Lima Gustavo Myasava 55 Sergio Jimenez Fabio Carbone Shell Racing 10 Ricardo Zonta Laurens Vanthoor 51 Átila Abreu Mark Winterbottom HERO Motorsport 11 Lucas Di Grassi Augusto Farfus 44 Bruno Baptista Nonô Figueiredo Cimed Racing Team 12 Lucas Foresti Jérôme d'Ambrosio 88 Felipe Fraga Nicky Catsburg Vogel Motorsport 25 Tuka Rocha Raphael Matos 83 Gabriel Casagrande Chris van der Drift Blau Motorsport 18 Allam Khodair Alan Hellmeister 30 César Ramos Kelvin van der Linde Full Time Bassani 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. Robin Frijns 70 Diego Nunes Luciano Burti Eurofarma RC 29 Daniel Serra João Paulo de Oliveira 65 Max Wilson Felipe Giaffone Eisenbahn Racing Team 46 Vitor Genz David Muffato 77 Valdeno Brito Jeroen Bleekemolen Full Time Sports 90 Ricardo Maurício Felipe Nasr 111 Rubens Barrichello Filipe Albuquerque Mico's Racing43 Vítor Meira Vicente Orige84 Tarso Marques Fernando Croce

Team changes The Squadra G-Force team premiered in 2018 at Stock Car after purchasing the cars of C2 team, that did not compete in 2017. Full Time Sports reduced their program from six to four cars. After the team decided to withdraw the two cars of satellite team Full Time Academy. FTS and Bassani Racing still the partnership with two cars, but now without the name and sponsor of HERO, that moved to RCM Motorsport, with a new sponsor the team pass to be called Texaco Racing. Cavaleiro Sports bought one car of FTS and expanded to three cars this season. For this season, TMG Shell changed their name to Shell V-Power due to sponsor reasons.

Driver changes Denis Navarro moved to Cavaleiro Racing leaving Cimed Racing Team. Galid Osman will be his partner after left Ipiranga Racing. Ricardo Mauricio left Eurofarma RC after nine seasons and joined Full Time Sports. Max Wilson, was relocated to Eurofarma RC, after one season in satellite team RCM. Allam Khodair moved to Blau Motorsport after four season in FTS. Bia Figueiredo and Lucas Foresti left Full Time Academy after FTS decided to reduce your program. Figueiredo moved to Ipiranga Racing and Foresti moved to Cimed Racing Team. Cimed Racing decided to change the places of Felipe Fraga and Marcos Gomes, now, Gomes will race in the customer team. Tuka Rocha left RCM after a single season to join Vogel Motorsport. Sérgio Jimenez and Gustavo Lima left Bardahl Hot Car to join the newcomer team Squadra G-Force. In his places Rafael Suzuki and Guilherme Salas joined the team. Suzuki left Cavaleiro Sports, while Salas moved from Vogel Motorsport. Formula E champions, Lucas di Grassi and Nelson Piquet Jr. joined the series in a full season. Di Grassi joined HERO Motosport and Piquet joined Full Time Bassani. Ex GP3 Series driver Bruno Baptista also entered in the series with HERO. Vítor Meira and Tarso Marques returned to the series with Mico's Racing. Marcio Campos and Alberto Valerio will not return this season.

Mid-season changes After the first round, Mico's Racing changed their two drivers. Fernando Croce and Fabio Carbone entered in the places of Vítor Meira and Tarso Marques. Croce and Carbone raced in first round as wildcard drivers. After that the team not returned to the rest of the season. The Santa Cruz round was affected by the German Formula E round. Lucas Di Grassi was replaced by Nono Figueiredo. World Touring Car Cup driver Esteban Guerrieri raced as wildcard for Hero in the eighth round and as a substitute driver of Di Grassi in the tenth race, due the Formula E tests in Valencia. Hero Motorsport also added an extra car at Corrida do Milhão with Portuguese driver António Félix da Costa and in the last round with Gaetano Di Mauro. Nelson Piquet Jr's entry was withdrawn from that round. Due to the Formula E tests at Valencia, Piquet lost the practice and qualifying seasons. At 10ª Corrida do Milhão Pirelli, Cimed Racing had two extra drivers Felipe Massa and Agustin Canapino. Massa drove for the team in the first round. In a partner of Bardhal Hot Car and RZ Motorsport Renato Braga also raced. After five rounds the new team Squadra G-Force abandoned the series. Guga Lima changed to Vogel Motorsport in the place of Tuka Rocha, but Jimenez not raced until the end of the season. Guilherme Salas lost his place in Bardahl Hot Car, the team called the Argentine driver Nestor Girolami, who returned for the series, after two rounds was called Ricardo Sperafico. Due to the last round of International GT Open, Allam Khodair did not race at the tenth round. In his place Blau Motorsport called Kelvin van der Linde, who finished in third place at the first round as wildcard for the team. With the interest to race in 2019 season, Stock Car Light team KTF Sports entered in the series at the last round with William Starostik, who returned for the series after seven seasons.

Race calendar and results The Stock Car Brasil 2018 season schedule, announced on January 18, begins on March 10, on a Saturday, with the return of the Interlagos endurance round with two drivers. There was a three-month break between the 20 May round in Santa Cruz do Sul-RS and the 5 August "Million Real" round at Goiânia because of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The 2018 championship was also concluded at Interlagos on 9 December, with the HERO Super Final. The Stock Light (former Brazilian Tournament Championship, which returned after 10 years) and the Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas were the series' support divisions.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 4ª Corrida de Duplas 2018, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 10 March Daniel Serra João Paulo de Oliveira Daniel Serra João Paulo de Oliveira Daniel Serra João Paulo de Oliveira Eurofarma RC 2 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Paraná 8 April Rubens Barrichello Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Cimed Chevrolet Racing R2 Diego Nunes Lucas Di Grassi HERO Motorsport 3 R1 Velopark, Nova Santa Rita, Rio Grande do Sul 23 April Cacá Bueno Júlio Campos Cacá Bueno Cimed Chevrolet Racing R2 Ricardo Zonta Daniel Serra Eurofarma RC 4 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina), Paraná 6 May Rubens Barrichello Max Wilson Max Wilson Eurofarma RC R2 Thiago Camilo Lucas Di Grassi HERO Motorsport 5 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul 20 May Marcos Gomes Marcos Gomes Marcos Gomes Cimed Chevrolet Racing Team R2 Diego Nunes Átila Abreu Shell V-Power 6 10ª Corrida do Milhão Pirelli 2018, Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) 5 August Daniel Serra António Félix da Costa Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports 7 R1 Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura, Mato Grosso do Sul 19 August Daniel Serra Cacá Bueno Felipe Fraga Cimed Chevrolet Racing R2 Antonio Pizzonia Cacá Bueno Cimed Chevrolet Racing 8 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Paraná 9 September Felipe Fraga Lucas Di Grassi Lucas Di Grassi HERO Motorsport R2 Thiago Camilo Átila Abreu Shell V-Power 9 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, São Paulo 23 September Marcos Gomes Marcos Gomes Felipe Fraga Cimed Chevrolet Racing R2 Marcos Gomes Átila Abreu Shell V-Power 10 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina), Paraná 21 October Felipe Fraga Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports R2 Diego Nunes Átila Abreu Shell V-Power 11 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) 4 November Daniel Serra Ricardo Zonta Diego Nunes Full Time Bassani R2 Felipe Fraga Max Wilson Eurofarma RC 12 HERO Super Final 2018, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 9 December Ricardo Zonta Marcos Gomes Ricardo Zonta Shell V-Power

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.

Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Feature races 30 26 22 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 First race/Sprint races 20 17 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Million race 35 30 25 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 Final race 60 52 44 38 34 30 26 22 18 14 10 8 6 4 2

Feature races: Used for the first race of each event. First race/Sprint races: Used the first round with wildcards drivers and for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid . Million Race: Used for One Million dollars race. Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Drivers' Championship