2023 Stock Car Pro Series
The 2023 Stock Car Pro Series was the 45th season of the Stock Car Pro Series, the premier touring car racing series in Brazil, and the second season under the Stock Car Pro Series moniker. The season started at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna on April 2. The final race of the season was held at Interlagos on 17 December. The championship was won by Gabriel Casagrande.
Calendar
The schedule for the 2023 season was released on 3 December 2022. On 12 April 2023, the calendar was modified, in which Tarumã, Cascavel, Velopark, and Buenos Aires returned to the calendar: On 25 September 2023, the round at Brasília on 24–26 November was replaced by another round at Cascavel on the same date.| Round | Circuit | Dates | Map | ||||||||||||||
| 1 |  location map+ |float=none |South America |width=375 |caption= |places=location map~ |South America |lat=-23.701111 |long=-46.697222 |label=Interlagos |position=rightlocation map~ |South America |lat=-16.718056 |long=-49.192222 |label=Goiânia |position=leftlocation map~ |South America |lat=-22.288889 |long=-46.848333 |label=Mogi Guaçu |position=top location map~ |South America |lat=-29.822778 |long=-51.320833 |label=Velopark |position=left location map~ |South America |lat=-30.048611 |long=-51.019167 |label=Tarumã |position=right location map~ |South America |lat=-24.981139 |long=-53.381917 |label=Cascavel |position=leftlocation map~ |South America |lat=-34.694272 |long=-58.459347 |label=Buenos Aires |position=left FormatEach event features two races of 30 minutes held back-to-back. The grid for the first race is set using the results of qualifying, whereas the grid for the second race is taken from the results of race one with the top ten reversed.Teams and driversTeam changesThe field was reduced from thirty-four to thirty-two cars.Crown Racing and TMG Racing decreased their operations from three to two cars and RKL left the series after two seasons. Full Time Sports was the only team that increased its operation from four to five cars. Crown Racing changed from Chevrolet to Toyota. Full Time Sports divided its operations into three cars, two cars with the Mobil Ale name, and one under the Texaco Racing name. After seven seasons, Bassani Racing did not return as a subsidiary of FTS. Pole Motorsport reverted to its original name after their sponsor Shell ended its support for the team. R.Mattheis Motorsport and TMG Racing swapped their main sponsors. Lubrax switched to TMG and Blau Pharmaceutical moved to R.Mattheis. Driver changesDiego Nunes, Pedro Cardoso and Galid Osman left the series to join TCR South America.Eduardo Barrichello moved up to the series with Full Time Sports after competing part time with the team in 2021 and 2022. Enzo Elias graduated from Porsche Cup Brasil to race full time at Crown Racing. He replaced Cacá Bueno and Rodrigo Baptista, who left the team and joined KTF Sports. Felipe Massa and Júlio Campos left R.Mattheis Motorsport to join TMG Racing. Allam Khodair, who raced for R.Mattheis in 2022, joined TMG alongside Felipe Fraga, who returned for the series after competing in the DTM championship. Lucas Foresti left KTF to replace Matias Rossi at A.Mattheis Vogel. Rossi returned to Full Time Sports, replacing Rafael Suzuki, who joined Pole Motorsport. Lucas Kohl graduated from Stock Series to race for Hot Car Competições alongside Gaetano di Mauro, who left KTF Sports. Felipe Lappena and Tuca Antoniazzi, who raced for Hot Car in 2022, both left the series. Raphael Teixeira moved up to the series full time with Scuderia Chiarelli, having raced as a wildcard in several events in 2021 and 2022. He replaced Beto Monteiro, who left the series. Mid-season changesNelson Piquet Jr. missed the second round due a conflict with the 2023 4 Hours of Barcelona, the first round of European Le Mans Series. He was replaced by Rafael Martins.Tony Kanaan missed the third round to compete in the 2023 Indianapolis 500. He was replaced by Arthur Leist. Matias Rossi missed three rounds due to schedule clashes with commitments in the Turismo Carretera. Felipe Fraga missed the fifth round due to a conflict with the IMSA SportsCar Championship's Chevrolet Grand Prix. Scuderia Chiarelli made a number of driver changes throughout the season. Antonio Junqueira, Santiago Urrutia and Felipe Lapenna competed in place of Raphael Teixeira. Sérgio Ramalho made his debut in the series for Hot Car Competições at the final round in Interlagos, standing in for Gaetano di Mauro. Results and standingsChampionship standings;Points systemPoints 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. Races in which a driver has been disqualified cannot be discarded. The second race of each event is held with partially reversed top ten grid. ;Drivers' Championship Broadcasting
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