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Turismo Carretera enters its decisive stage as 12 drivers chase the title in San Luis

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The five-race Gold Cup, Turismo Carretera’s decisive championship stage, begins in San Luis and ends in La Plata on 6 December.
  • Twelve drivers will compete initially, with three last-minute qualifiers joining them for the final race.
  • Jonatan Castellano leads on points but still needs a race victory to meet the championship requirement.

Turismo Carretera is entering the part of the season that changes everything. The Gold Cup begins this weekend at the Rosendo Hernández circuit in San Luis, with five races deciding the championship before the finale in La Plata on 6 December.

I’m anxious, I already want it to be Friday and to drive around the track.

· Jonatan CastellanoCastellano described his anticipation before the Gold Cup began.

Jonatan Castellano arrives with the points lead and a familiar unfinished task: winning the title. He has made more Gold Cup appearances than any other driver, 14, yet has never taken the trophy. “I’m anxious, I already want it to be Friday and to drive around the track,” he said at Tuesday’s presentation at the ACTC headquarters.

Castellano also knows that his position brings an unusual pressure. He is only the third Regular Stage winner in the competition’s 19 editions to reach the Gold Cup without having won a race. He carries 15 points into the decisive stage, ahead of Agustín Canapino, Mariano Werner, Otto Fritzler and Facundo Chapur, who each have eight after winning during the first 10 rounds.

All of them want to win it.

· Hugo MazzacaneThe ACTC president summarized the intensity of the championship decider.

“All of them want to win it,” ACTC president Hugo Mazzacane said, calling the final five races “the most difficult.” The other drivers in the 12-car field are Matías Rossi, Christian Ledesma, José Manuel Urcera, Mauricio Lambiris, Marcos Landa, José Hernán Palazzo, Ignacio Fain and Juan Pablo Gianini. Three more qualifiers will join the field in La Plata.

The most difficult.

· Hugo MazzacaneMazzacane’s description of the final five races.

The TC Pista Silver Cup also starts this weekend. Nicanor Santilli Pazos said his team had worked hard on the car after a strong weekend in Paraná and would give everything in his first attempt to fight for the cup.

We had a good weekend in Paraná. We worked hard on the car and have a lot of faith that we can fight for the Cup.

· Nicanor Santilli PazosThe TC Pista driver assessed his chances in the Silver Cup.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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