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Matías Rossi

Matías Rossi at the wheel of a TC 2000 Championship Chevrolet Astra in 2006.
Chevrolet Turismo Carretera car of Rossi.

Matías Rossi (born 2 April 1984) is an Argentine racecar driver. He competes full-time in the Turismo Carretera, driving the No. 117 Toyota Camry for Toyota Gazoo Racing[1] and in the Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 117 Toyota Corolla for Full Time Sports.[2]

Biography

He began his career by driving go-karts at the age of 11, even racing outside his homeland in American Formula A Championships and World Formula A Championships. Returning to Argentina, he started competing in Formula Renault and then in the Formula Super Renault series.

He joined the Turismo Carretera racing series in 2003. He obtained his first win in the Turismo Carretera at the Comodoro Rivadavia circuit in 2007. He would get two more victories later on that year to finish second overall for the season, behind Christian Ledesma.

In 2005, Rossi started racing in the TC2000 series as well, where he won the 2006 and 2007 championships at the wheel of Pro Racing's Chevrolet Astra. From 2008 to 2010 he raced in TC2000 for Renault, where he finished 5th, 5th and 7th. In 2010 he won the Konex Award. in 2011, Rossi joined Toyota Team Argentina and win his third TC 2000 championship that year. In 2012 he raced for Toyota in the Súper TC 2000 championship, finishing as the runner-up. He also competed in Turismo Carretera, finishing second, and in Top Race V6. In 2013 he won the championship in the Super TC 2000, in 2014 in the Turismo Nacional and in the Turismo Carretera and in 2019 in the Top Race V6.

He was once again champion of the Súper TC 2000 in 2020. That year he also competed in Stock Car Brasil with Toyota and Full Time Sports.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

  1. ^ Santangelo, Miki (2022-12-26). "Rossi festejará con nuevo dorsal los 20 años de su debut en TC". Campeones (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  2. ^ Bloisi, Guilherme (2022-12-13). "Rossi acerta retorno para Full Time e garante vaga no grid da Stock Car 2023 - Notícia de Stock Car". Grande Prêmio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-30.

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