2023 Fórmula Nacional Argentina

The 2023 Fórmula Nacional Argentina was a multi-event, Formula Renault 2.0 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers. This championship was held under the Formula Renault Argentina moniker from 1980. This was the second season held under the Fórmula Nacional Argentina moniker.

The season started on 24 February, and was held over 24 races spanning twelve weekends.^[1] Nicolás Suárez won the Drivers' Championship, while the team of his closest competitor Emiliano Stang, Gabriel Werner Competición, won the Teams' Championship.

Teams and drivers

All drivers competed with cars using a Tito-built chassis and a 2000cc Renault engine.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Martinez Competición	3	Nicolás Suárez^[2]	All
	10	Aixa Franke^[3]	3, 5
	33	Valentina Funes^[4]	1–2, 4, 6–12
	74	Santiago Chiarello^[5]	2–12
Aimar Motorsports	11	Andrés Brion^[6]	All
Aimar Motorsports	73	Brian Massa^[7]	All
Gabriel Werner Competición	17	Juan Pablo Traverso^[8]	All
	62	Emiliano Stang^[8]	All
	88	Sebastián Ng^[8]	1–3, 5
Gabriel Werner Junior	19	Santiago Baztarrica^[8]	1–7, 9–12
Etchamendi Sport	27	Gastón Irazú^[7]	All
LR Team	37	Martin Chíalvo^[9]	All
	63	Giovanni Ramirez Pino^[9]	All
	113	Facundo Gutiérrez^[9]	All
Esteban Sport Group Formula	87	Thiago Bettino^[10]	1–6, 8–12
LFB Racing Team^[11]	42	Daniella Ore^[12]	7–12

Race calendar

The first round of the 2023 calendar was announced on 5 January 2023.^[1] Further rounds were concretized at later dates, bringing the total up to twelve events.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires (Layout #8)	25 February	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series Fiat Competizione	Buenos Aires Rafaela Córdoba San Nicolás San Jorge La Rioja Río Cuarto Nueve de Julio Paraná
1	R2	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires (Layout #8)	26 February
2	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela, Rafaela	18 March
2	R2	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela, Rafaela	19 March
3	R1	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia	22 April	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series
3	R2	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia	23 April	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series
4	R1	Autódromo Juan María Traverso, San Nicolás de los Arroyos	27 May	Top Race V6 Sport Prototipo
4	R2	Autódromo Juan María Traverso, San Nicolás de los Arroyos	28 May	Top Race V6 Sport Prototipo
5	R1	Autódromo Parque de la Velocidad de San Jorge, San Jorge	3 June	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series
5	R2	Autódromo Parque de la Velocidad de San Jorge, San Jorge	4 June	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series
6	R1	Autódromo Juan María Traverso, San Nicolás de los Arroyos	24 June	Turismo Competición 2000 Campeonato Superbike Argentina
6	R2	Autódromo Juan María Traverso, San Nicolás de los Arroyos	25 June	Turismo Competición 2000 Campeonato Superbike Argentina
7	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de La Rioja, La Rioja	15 July	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series
7	R2	Autódromo Ciudad de La Rioja, La Rioja	16 July	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series
8	R1	Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto	5 August	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series Fiat Competizione
8	R2	Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto	6 August
9	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de Nueve de Julio - Guillermo Yoyo Maldonado, Nueve de Julio	9 September
9	R2		10 September
10	R1	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires (Layout #8)	7 October	Turismo Competición 2000 (200 km de Buenos Aires) Stock Car Pro Series
10	R2	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires (Layout #8)	8 October
11	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná, Paraná	4 November	Turismo Competición 2000 TC2000 Series
11	R2	Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná, Paraná	5 November
12	R1	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia	25 November
12	R2	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia	26 November
Source: ^[13]

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez		Nicolás Suárez	Sebastián Ng	Gabriel Werner Competición
1	R2	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
2	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela		Juan Pablo Traverso	Nicolás Suárez	Martinez Competición
2	R2	Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Juan Pablo Traverso	Gabriel Werner Competición
3	R1	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén		Emiliano Stang	Brian Massa	Aimar Motorsports
3	R2	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén	Nicolás Suárez	Brian Massa	Brian Massa	Aimar Motorsports
4	R1	Autódromo Juan María Traverso		Brian Massa	Nicolás Suárez	Martinez Competición
4	R2	Autódromo Juan María Traverso	Brian Massa	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
5	R1	Autódromo Parque de la Velocidad de San Jorge		Brian Massa	Nicolás Suárez	Martinez Competición
5	R2	Autódromo Parque de la Velocidad de San Jorge	Nicolás Suárez	Brian Massa	Brian Massa	Aimar Motorsports
6	R1	Autódromo Juan María Traverso		Emiliano Stang	Nicolás Suárez	Martinez Competición
6	R2	Autódromo Juan María Traverso	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
7	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de La Rioja		Andrés Brion	Andrés Brion	Aimar Motorsports
7	R2	Autódromo Ciudad de La Rioja	Brian Massa	Nicolás Suárez	Nicolás Suárez	Martinez Competición
8	R1	Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto		Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
8	R2	Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto	Brian Massa	Andrés Brion	Thiago Bettino	Esteban Sport Group Formula
9	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de Nueve de Julio - Guillermo Yoyo Maldonado		Emiliano Stang	Brian Massa	Aimar Motorsports
9	R2		Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
10	R1	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez		Thiago Bettino	Thiago Bettino	Esteban Sport Group Formula
10	R2	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez	Nicolás Suárez	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
11	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná		Santiago Baztarrica	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
11	R2	Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná	Santiago Baztarrica	Nicolás Suárez	Emiliano Stang	Gabriel Werner Competición
12	R1	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén		Nicolás Suárez	Nicolás Suárez	Martinez Competición
12	R2	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén	Emiliano Stang	Emiliano Stang	Nicolás Suárez	Martinez Competición

Season report

First half

Buenos Aires hosted the opening round of the 2023 season. The reversed-grid first race saw Etchamendi Sport's Gastón Irazú hit Thiago Bettino's stranded ESG Formula car, with both drivers being transferred to hospital afterwards. Stang climbed from tenth on the grid to first, before he made a mistake that allowed his teammate Sebastián Ng to take the win ahead of Juan Pablo Traverso and Aimar's Andrés Brion. The second race was characterized by a race-long battle between polesitter Stang and Martinez' Nicolás Suárez. The latter found no way past and had to be content with second place, ahead of Traverso. Stang therefore left the first round as the championship leader.^[14]^[15]

The second round happened at Rafaela. Two cars stalled at the start of race one, but were avoided by all other drivers. Bettino took the lead througout the ensuing chaos and led the race, before making a mistake and dropping back. This allowed Suárez into the lead, which he defended from Stang and Aimar's Brian Massa until the end. The leading pair was also fighting throughout the second race. After a late safety car restart, Suárez tried making a move for the lead on the final lap. The cars collided and went off track, allowing Traverso to come through and take the win. Brion and Martinez' Santiago Chiarello completed the podium. Suarez was able to take the points lead from Stang.^[16]^[17]

Next up was the round at Alta Gracia. Massa was clearly the fastest car all throughout the first race, climbing through the pack to take the lead by the mid-point. He went on to take the win, with Stang behind him having a similarly good race, rising up to second place. Chiarello completed the rostrum. Suárez started the second race from pole and was instantly attacked by Stang behind him. Massa waited until Stang made his move to surprise the pair and overtake both for the lead. From there on, the top three positions remained unchanged. Two second places for Stang saw him reclaim the championship lead, now nine points ahead of Suárez.^[18]^[19]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Every driver taking part in qualifying or in one of the two races of a weekend and setting a time was awarded five points.^[20]

Qualifying points

Each qualifying session awarded one point to the fastest driver. Afterwards, the five fastest drivers took part in the "super qualifying" session, each setting one lap to set the top five positions. These five drivers were also awarded points:^[20]

Position in qualifying	1st
Points	1

Position in super qualifying	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Points	5	4	3	2	1

Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	17	15	13	11	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The two worst weekends points-wise of each driver were dropped. Rounds where a driver was excluded from a race were not allowed to be dropped.

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	BUE1		RAF		COR1		SNI1		SJG		SNI2		LRJ		RCU		NDJ		BUE2		PAR		COR2		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Nicolás Suárez	4	2³	1	5*³	7	3¹	1	3³	1	2*¹	1	6³	2	1*²	(7)	(9⁴)	3	2⁴	5	2*¹	(2)	(10†³)	1	1²	478
2	Emiliano Stang	5	1*¹	2	10¹	2	2*²	EX	1*²	(10)	(3⁵)	2	1*¹	(6)	(3⁴)	1	7*²	7	1*¹	2	1²	1	1²	5	2*¹	472
3	Brian Massa	(DNS)	(DNS²)	3	Ret²	1	1³	6	2¹	12	1²	4	4²	3	7¹	2	EX¹	1	3⁵	Ret	6⁵	(Ret)	(Ret)	4	3⁴	372
4	Martin Chíalvo	6	4	6	EX⁵	4	6	(9)	(9)	9	4³	5	7	(Ret)	(5)	4	5	4	6²	3	3³	12	2⁵	2	4	316
5	Andrés Brion	3	6	5	2	(12)	(Ret)	3	10	6	11	Ret	3⁵	1	2³	3	2³	(Ret)	(Ret)	11	11	7	EX⁴	8	7	294
6	Juan Pablo Traverso	2	3⁵	11	1	8	7	2	5⁴	(DNS)	(7)	3	8	5	8	EX	3⁵	8	7	(10)	(8)	13†	3	7	9	287
7	Santiago Chiarello			7	3	3	5	Ret	4⁵	3	10	Ret	2⁴	4	4⁵	5	4	5	Ret	8	9	(9)	(Ret)	Ret	Ret³	256
8	Santiago Baztarrica	(Ret)	(DNS)	9	9	6	10	4	Ret	5	5⁴	6	5	8	6			Ret	5	6	4⁴	5	Ret*¹	6	5	251
9	Thiago Bettino	(Ret)	(7)	10	6	10	9	7	6	7	9	7	Ret			9	1	Ret	4³	1	14†	3	6	3	Ret⁵	248
10	Giovanni Ramirez Pino	(Ret)	(8)	12	4	5	8⁵	(Ret)	(8)	8	12	8	9	7	9	6	6	2	8	4	7	8	7	10	12†	235
11	Gastón Irazú	(Ret)	(DNS)	Ret	7	13	13	5	7	4	8	(11)	(Ret)	9	10	Ret	EX	Ret	10	7	5	4	4	Ret	6	192
12	Facundo Gutiérrez	7	9	8	8	14	11	EX	Ret	(DNS)	(14†)	9	10	11	12	8	Ret	6	9	(Ret)	(10)	11	8	11	10	161
13	Valentina Funes	8	10	13	11			8	11			10	11	10	11	10	10	Ret	EX	12	12	10	9	Ret	11	145
14	Sebastián Ng	1	5⁴	4	Ret⁴	9	4⁴			2	6															132
15	Daniella Ore													12	Ret	11	8	Ret	11	9	13	6	5	9	8	101
16	Aixa Franke					11	12			11	13															27
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	BUE1		RAF		COR1		SNI1		SJG		SNI2		LRJ		RCU		NDJ		BUE2		PAR		COR2		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

* – fastest in qualifying

^{1 2 3 4 5} – super qualifying positions

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Gabriel Werner Competición	891
2	Martinez Competición	782
3	LR Team	574
4	Aimar Motorsports	557
5	Gabriel Werner Junior	329
6	Esteban Sport Group Formula	243
7	Etchamendi Sport	187
8	LFB Racing Team	9

References

1 2 "El 2023 comienza en Buenos Aires". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
↑ "Suarez confirma su continuidad en el Martinez Competición". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
↑ "Vuelve Aixa Franke con el Martinez Competición". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-23.
↑ "Funes cambia de equipo para esta temporada 2023". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
↑ "Santiago Chiarello y Nicolás Suarez confirmados en el Martinez Competición". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
↑ "Brion confirma su continuidad con el Aimar MotorSport". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
1 2 "Brian Massa y Gastón Irazú giraron en Buenos Aires". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
1 2 3 4 "JOSÉ WERNER DEFINIÓ EL PLANTEL DE PILOTOS PARA EL 2023". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
1 2 3 "El LR Team confirmó sus tres pilotos para el 2023". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
↑ "El equipo ESG confirmó a Thiago Bettino". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
↑ "Lautaro Pérez: "Elegimos hacer la escalera de Tango Agencia"". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-14.
↑ "Daniella Ore representará a Perú en la Formula Nacional". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-13.
↑ "Fórmula Nacional Argentina". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.
↑ "Primer triunfo para un panameño en el automovilismo argentino". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
↑ "Stang fue amo y señor en el Gálvez". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
↑ "Suarez el gran vencedor del sábado". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
↑ "Traverso buscó y obtuvo su revancha". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
↑ "Massa hizo valer su experiencia". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
↑ "Massa amo y señor del Cabalen". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
1 2 "REGLAMENTO DEL CAMPEONATO FÓRMULA NACIONAL 2022" (PDF).

External links

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[:0-1] 1 2 "El 2023 comienza en Buenos Aires". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-09.

[:4-2] "Suarez confirma su continuidad en el Martinez Competición". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-07.

[3] "Vuelve Aixa Franke con el Martinez Competición". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-23.

[:5-4] "Funes cambia de equipo para esta temporada 2023". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[5] "Santiago Chiarello y Nicolás Suarez confirmados en el Martinez Competición". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-09.

[:6-6] "Brion confirma su continuidad con el Aimar MotorSport". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-22.

[:2-7] 1 2 "Brian Massa y Gastón Irazú giraron en Buenos Aires". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.

[:3-8] 1 2 3 4 "JOSÉ WERNER DEFINIÓ EL PLANTEL DE PILOTOS PARA EL 2023". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-07.

[:1-9] 1 2 3 "El LR Team confirmó sus tres pilotos para el 2023". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-09.

[:7-10] "El equipo ESG confirmó a Thiago Bettino". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-04.

[11] "Lautaro Pérez: "Elegimos hacer la escalera de Tango Agencia"". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-14.

[12] "Daniella Ore representará a Perú en la Formula Nacional". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-13.

[13] "Fórmula Nacional Argentina". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-06.

[14] "Primer triunfo para un panameño en el automovilismo argentino". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[15] "Stang fue amo y señor en el Gálvez". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[16] "Suarez el gran vencedor del sábado". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[17] "Traverso buscó y obtuvo su revancha". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[18] "Massa hizo valer su experiencia". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[19] "Massa amo y señor del Cabalen". formulanacional.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-05.

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