The 2021 Stock Car Pro Series was the forty-third season of Stock Car Brasil. Gabriel Casagrande of A.Mattheis Vogel Motorsport won the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career. The 3-time champion Daniel Serra of Eurofarma RC finished runner up. Eurofarma RC won the Teams' Championship.
Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Rounds Crown Racing Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 0 Cacá Bueno All 88 Beto Monteiro All Lubrax Podium Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 4 Júlio Campos All 91 Felipe Massa All Cavaleiro Sports Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 5 Denis Navarro All 80 Marcos Gomes AllFull Time Bassani Toyota Corolla Stock Car7 Pietro Fittipaldi78 Rafael Suzuki All48 Tony Kanaan 1–6, 8–12 Full Time Sports 65 Max Wilson 1 111 Rubens BarrichelloAll 117 Matías Rossi 2–4, 6, 8–12191 Eduardo Barrichello5, 7 A.Mattheis Vogel Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 9 Gustavo Lima All 83 Gabriel Casagrande All RCM Motorsport Toyota Corolla Stock Car 10 Ricardo Zonta All 44 Bruno Baptista All KTF Racing Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 11 Gaetano di Mauro All 43 Pedro Cardoso All KTF Sports 12 Lucas Foresti All 85 Guilherme Salas All Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 13 António Félix da Costa 2 29 Daniel Serra All 90 Ricardo Maurício 1, 3–12 Blau TMG Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 16 Christian Hahn All116 Marcelo Hahn12 Blau Motorsport 18 Allam Khodair All 70 Diego Nunes All Ipiranga Racing Toyota Corolla Stock Car 21 Thiago Camilo All 30 César Ramos All Shell V-Power Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 28 Galid Osman All 51 Átila Abreu All MX Piquet Sports Toyota Corolla Stock Car 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. 1–7 73 Sérgio Jimenez 1–7 RKL Competições Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car37 Raphael Teixeira8–986 Gustavo Frigotto1–5, 10–12 Hot Car Competições Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car54 Tuca Antoniazi 1–10, 1277 Valdeno Brito11110 Felipe Lapenna All Scuderia Chiarelli Toyota Corolla Stock Car 73 Sérgio Jimenez 8–9, 11–12128 Danilo Dirani 10
Team changes
After the series increased the maximum race entries to 32 cars per race, Toyota Gazoo Racing Brasil upsized from eight cars to ten cars. Ex GP2 Series team MX Piquet Sports entered in the series with two Corolla Stock Cars., Stock Car Light team RKL Competições entered with a single car and a new team called Pole Motorsport joined the championship. Crown Racing downsized from four to two cars. The team finished their partnership with Shell Oil Company. Pole Motorsport and Shell joined forces to continue Shell V-Power Racing. KTF Sports upsized from two to fours cars, and Blau Motorsport/TMG Racing also upsized from two from three cars. After the death of owner Amadeu Rodrigues, Hot Car Competições was taken over by his daughters. After competing with a single car in 2020, the team returned to operating two cars. Rodolfo Mattheis' team separated from his father Andreas Mattheis due to conflicts with sponsors. R.Mattheis Motorsport was renamed Lubrax Podium while A.Mattheis Motorsport (Ipiranga Racing) now has Vogel Motorsport as a new customer team.
Driver changes Lubrax Podium announced ex-Formula One driver Felipe Massa and Júlio Campos, who returned to the team after one season. Atila Abreu and Galid Osman moved from Crown Racing to Pole Motorsport, but still drive under the Shell V-Power Racing name With Blau Motorsport upgrading to three cars, ex Euroformula Open Championship driver Christian Hanh debuted in the series with his father's team. KTF Racing expanded to four cars, with Lucas Foresti and Pedro Cardoso driving the two new entries. Hot Car expanded to two cars, with Felipe Lappenna joining the team. Nelson Piquet Jr. departed Full Time Sports and moved to his own team MX Piquet Sports alongside Sergio Jimenez, who returned to the championship after two years at the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy. Piquet was replaced by Tony Kanaan at FTS. Vogel Motorsport announced Gabriel Casagrande and Gustavo Lima both returning to the team after leaving previously. Stock Car Light driver Gustavo Frigoto joined RKL Competições team for both to debut in the championship. Vitor Baptista and Vitor Genz did not return after competing part-time the previous season.
Mid-season changes Due to travel restrictions between Argentina and Brazil, Matias Rossi did not compete in three rounds, as follows: #1 (Goiânia), #5 (Cascavel) and #7 (Curitiba). The Argentine driver was replaced by Max Wilson in the first round, and by Dudu Barrichello in the fifth and seventh rounds, respectively. Ricardo Mauricio tested positive for COVID-19 in the second round and was replaced by Portuguese driver António Félix da Costa. Da Costa was ineligible to score points towards the drivers' championship due to a requirement that drivers competing for the championship must be registered with a South American FIA member organization. Gustavo Frigotto, diagnosed with COVID-19, did not participate in the sixth and seventh rounds. Due to a budget shortage, Gustavo Frigotto made room for Raphael Teixeira. The announcement of the exchange took place before round 8. Due to contractual issues in the United States, Tony Kanaan did not compete in the seventh round in Curitiba. The driver was replaced by Pietro Fittipaldi. Nelson Piquet Jr. and his team ended their participation in the current season just before the eighth round in order to focus in the 2022 season. MX Piquet Sports was replaced by TCR South America Touring Car Championship team Scuderia CJ, that maintains a structure and points in the team championship. Sergio Jimenez also owner of the team was the only driver announced. Sérgio Jimenez tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Danilo Dirani in the tenth stage held in Mogi-Guaçu. Due to personal commitments, Tuca Antoniazi was replaced by Valdeno Brito in the eleventh round held in Santa Cruz do Sul.
Schedule and race results
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia April 25 Cacá Bueno Ricardo Mauricio Daniel Serra Eurofarma RC R2 Ricardo Mauricio Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC 2 R1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo May 16 Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande AMattheis Vogel R2 Daniel Serra António Félix da Costa Eurofarma RC 3 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu June 19 Ricardo Zonta Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande AMattheis Vogel R2 Lucas Foresti Lucas Foresti KTF Sports 4 R1 June 20 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports R2 Lucas Foresti Ricardo Zonta RCM Motorsport 5 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel July 11 Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing R2 Marcos Gomes Átila Abreu Shell V-Power 6 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais August 1 Ricardo Mauricio Daniel Serra Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC R2 Ricardo Zonta Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing 7 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais August 8 Rafael Suzuki Daniel Serra Rafael Suzuki Full Time Bassani R2 Marcos Gomes Átila Abreu Shell V-Power 8 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia September 18 Rubens Barrichello Júlio Campos Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports R2 Ricardo Mauricio Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC 9 R1 September 19 Ricardo Mauricio Allam Khodair Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC R2 Ricardo Mauricio Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC 10 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu October 24 Guilherme Salas Guilherme Salas Guilherme Salas KTF Sports R2 Allam Khodair Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing 11 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul November 21 Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing R2 Diego Nunes Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC 12 R1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo December 12 Gabriel Casagrande Daniel Serra Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing R2 Gabriel Casagrande Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC
Scoring 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. Before the last round, the four worst results are discarded.
Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Pole Feature races 30 26 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 Sprint races 24 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Feature races Used for the first race of each event. Sprint races:The second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid.
Standings Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver GYN SPA MOG MOG CAC CWB CWB GYN GYN MOG SCZ SPA Pts1 (17) 31Ret1Ret 3 13 3 3 311 3 2 3 (18) 14 3 10 2 4 6 3 3378 (385)2 Daniel Serra 1 5 24 2 710 4 6 411 2 8 2 6(11)10(18)Ret 5 4 5 10 2 4354 (367)3 Thiago Camilo 5 6111631511Ret128161RetRet18410 281181223104 Ricardo Zonta16 15164 2 3 101 13 2224Ret10RetDNS37 26 10 5 12 23075 Ricardo Maurício 18 11395162612110718101119RetRet1813046 Rubens Barrichello1519DSQDNS421 2514668Ret185151699 322182827 Allam Khodair 14 Ret2181121 7 86222691121662196 3 3 8 5 72708 Átila Abreu 8 1056Ret7 14 1471RetRet 101 8 3235 13Ret 13 11 13 62559 César Ramos 3 8411512 13 3 216 721Ret142Ret714 3Ret191923Ret24510 Diego Nunes 13 1461494 29146RetRet1916RetDNS96411714201122611 Marcos Gomes22 RetRetRet18Ret81817457674748111820157521612 Denis Navarro 6 47814817 5259Ret1714315168Ret21 5144262120613 Bruno Baptista47310817RetDNS1071031311512RetRet22RetRet716Ret20314 Guilherme Salas 9 926 31018 9 72751118425RetDNS20Ret1 721RetDSQ 919215 Júlio Campos 11 Ret171721618 Ret Ret1045 Ret247224415 Ret2DNS41719016 Rafael Suzuki 12 16 12 15611 15 21827924 1516142210231423 2 21 Ret18517 Cacá Bueno 2 21Ret5Ret1912Ret2317813941911179201215Ret92316718 Gaetano di Mauro 7227 Ret20 Ret Ret 4 Ret818224 Ret9516167826 RetDSQ1316119 Galid Osman 19 11109RetRet1920282113RetRetRet139 11 11181561210Ret13220 Matías Rossi19211656101915RetDNS612171622Ret6812021 Lucas Foresti101229Ret17 127Ret242612Ret2115RetDNS1317141081824Ret113 22 Pedro Cardoso20138Ret24DNS22 1720201720 15 17RetDNS 19 18 1221 11 13 15 149123 Felipe LapennaRetDNS20Ret1513RetRet929211252212Ret27Ret261316RetRet108924 Felipe Massa2517157RetRet161516131523Ret13Ret132620Ret2017Ret191688 25 Gustavo Lima Ret DNS14DSQ25 DNS241215 Ret14191623 Ret151213 Ret17 Ret Ret11207526 Beto MonteiroRetDNS22192314251111Ret2416Ret12RetDNSRetRet252324RetRetDNS46 27 Christian Hahn Ret 1813Ret2616Ret192218Ret1420RetRetDNSWDWD28Ret18Ret18154528 Sérgio JimenezRet2018Ret12 RetDNSDNSRet24RetDNS23DNS14Ret15RetRetRet27123629 Gustavo Frigotto21Ret23Ret192020Ret122324RetRet16141927 30 Nelson Piquet Jr.24 DNS2813 Ret2223 Ret Ret1925251219 2431 Tuca Antoniazi23222520RetRet2622183020262220171725DSQ192217Ret2432 Tony Kanaan Ret DNS211222 Ret21 Ret21152322 RetDNS21 Ret2719251725 Ret 24 33 Max Wilson RetDNS 034 Danilo Dirani29Ret0 Drivers ineligible to score points910 Eduardo Barrichello19251890 Pietro Fittipaldi1780 Raphael TeixeiraRetDNSWDWD0 Valdeno Brito12DNS0 Marcelo HahnRetRet0 Pos Driver GYN SPA MOG MOG CAC CWB CWB GYN GYN VCA SCZ SPA PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified
As António Félix da Costa was ineligible to score points, his finishing position was ignored when scoring points of other competitors.
As Dudu Barrichello was ineligible to score points, his finishing position was ignored when scoring points of other competitors.
Teams' Championship Round Team# GYN SPAMOGMOGCACCWB CWBGYNGYN MOG SCZ SPA Points 1 Eurofarma RC29 1 5