2018 Mercedes-Benz Challenge season

The 2018 Mercedes-Benz Challenge is the eighth season of the Mercedes-Benz Challenge. Fernando Júnior is the defending champion in the CLA AMG Cup whilst Claudio Simão is the defending champion for the C250 Cup class.

Teams and drivers

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
CLA AMG Cup
CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team	6	Fernando Júnior		1–5
	7	Cesar Fonseca	M	5
	61	Cesar Fonseca	M	1–4
	60	Betão Fonseca	M	1–5
Mottin Racing	10	Pierre Ventura	M	1–5^[a]
	15	Raijan Mascarello		1–4^[b]
	17	Raijan Mascarello		5
	18	Fernando Poeta	M	2, 4
	20	Roger Sandoval		1–5^[c]
	36	Sergio Ribas	M	1
	57	Felipe Tozzo		1–5
WCR Team	90	Jose Vitte	M	3–5
OuroCar Racing	19	Luis Carlos Ribeiro		1–5^[d]
Cordova Motorsports	33	Adriano Rabelo		1–5^[e]
Cordova Motorsports	84	Cello Nunes		1–5
Bardahl Hot Car	44	Cesare Marrucci	M	1–5
	55	Fabio Scorpioni		1–5
	55	Renato Braga		3
	88	Fernando Amorim	M	1–4
C250 Cup
AN 09	5	Paulo Rosa	M	1
	9	Alexandre Navarro	M	1, 3
	9	Leandro Romera		3
Bardahl Hot Car	12	André Moraes Jr.		1–5
Bardahl Hot Car	26	Flavio Andrade	M	1–5
PGL Racing	14	Júnior Victorette		1, 3–5
PGL Racing	41	João Lemos	M	1–5
Paioli Racing	21	Peter M Gottschalk		1–5
	58	Claudio Simão	M	2–5
	111	Beto Rossi	M	1–5
	111	Marcos Paioli	M	1–5
CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team	22	Paulo Gomes	M	5
	62	Jared Wilson		3, 5
	64	Roberto Santos	M	2–3, 5
	65	Pedro Muffato	M	1
		Luiz Fernando Barcellos	M	3
		Alencar Jr.	M	5
	66	Luc Monteiro		3
	67	Ângelo Giombelli	M	1, 3
	69	Mateus Pamplona		2
	69	Cesar Pamplona		2
	669	Rodrigo Soares		3, 5
WCR Team	225	Max Mohr	M	2–5
Brandão Motorsport	227	Miro Cruz		2–5

Icon	Class
M	Masters

Notes

^ Pierre Ventura raced with the Fernando Amorim entry at Interlagos.
^ Raijan Mascarello raced with the Felipe Tozzo entry at Interlagos.
^ Roger Sandoval raced with the Fernando Júnior entry at Interlagos.
^ Luis Carlos Ribeiro raced with the Cesar Fonseca entry at Interlagos.
^ Adriano Rabelo raced with the Betão Fonseca entry at Interlagos.

Race calendar and results

The entire championship will be accompanied by the Copa Truck in eight of the nine stages of the category, with exercise of the stage of Buenos Aires, counting with a stage in the Autódromo de Rivera in Uruguay.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	C250 Cup winner
1	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel	March 25	Roger Sandoval	Adriano Rabelo	Raijan Mascarello	Mottin Racing	Peter M Gottschalk
2	Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé	April 15	Adriano Rabelo	Felipe Tozzo	Betão Fonseca	Sambaiba Racing Team	João Lemos
3	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	May 27	Felipe Tozzo Raijan Mascarello	Betão Fonseca Adriano Rabelo	Betão Fonseca Adriano Rabelo	Sambaiba Racing Team	Peter M Gottschalk
4	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura	July 29	Felipe Tozzo	Raijan Mascarello	Fernando Júnior	Sambaiba Racing Team	André Moraes Jr.
5	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)	August 26	Felipe Tozzo	Felipe Tozzo	Felipe Tozzo	Mottin Racing	André Moraes Jr.
6	Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera	October 7	Raijan Mascarello	Raijan Mascarello	Raijan Mascarello	Mottin Racing	André Moraes Jr.
7	Circuito dos Cristais	October 28	Roger Sandoval	Fabio Scorpioni	Raijan Mascarello	Mottin Racing	André Moraes Jr.
8	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	December 2	Roger Sandoval	Felipe Tozzo	Roger Sandoval	Mottin Racing	André Moraes Jr.
Source(s): ^[2]

References

^ "Col vai promover o MB Challenge". lucmonteiro.wordpress.com/. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ "FASTCRONO - Resultados VELOCIDADE NO ASFALTO". Fastcrono. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)

[1] Pierre Ventura raced with the Fernando Amorim entry at Interlagos.

[2] Raijan Mascarello raced with the Felipe Tozzo entry at Interlagos.

[3] Roger Sandoval raced with the Fernando Júnior entry at Interlagos.

[4] Luis Carlos Ribeiro raced with the Cesar Fonseca entry at Interlagos.

[5] Adriano Rabelo raced with the Betão Fonseca entry at Interlagos.

[6] "Col vai promover o MB Challenge". lucmonteiro.wordpress.com/. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[7] "FASTCRONO - Resultados VELOCIDADE NO ASFALTO". Fastcrono. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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