Category Touring cars Inaugural season 2011 Drivers' champion Nono Figueiredo | Country Brazil Tyre suppliers Pirelli | |
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Constructors Chevrolet
Ford
Honda
Mitsubishi
Toyota | ||
The Brasileiro de Marcas (Brazilian Brands) is a touring car racing series based in Brazil.
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From 2011 onwards, this new Brasileiro de Marcas continued the former Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas e Pilotos (Brazilian Championship of Brands and Drivers). which had been discontinued after 2009.
History
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas e Pilotos (Brazilian Championship of Brand and Drivers) was a touring car racing based in Brazil. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1983 and 1994, and the second one between 2004 and 2009.
Start in 1983 the Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas e Pilotos was a strong touring car racing championship, with direct involvement of the manufactures, had its last year of competition in 1994, the champions were Egon Herzfield and Vicente Daudt, who run with the Ford Escort. At the end of 1994 season, the promise was that we would have for the 1995 season imported cars, utilize in some championships as; BTCC or DTM, but this promise was not fulfilled and the championship was declared ended.
After ten years, in 2004 that announced the return of the championship with new rules and cars, organized for Toninho de Souza and Brazilian Confederation of Auto Racing (CBA), the championship not obtained success and was ended in 2009.
Brasileiro de Marcas
In 2011 was announced the return of the championship with Brasileiro de Marcas name and completely reworked.The return of the championship in 2011, organized by Vicar and participation by several teams and drivers of Stock Car Brasil, has with object, return of disputes by manufacturers in Brazil. Chevrolet, Ford and Honda officially entering and Toyota partly. Thiago Camilo won the title, Chevrolet won the Manufactures' championship and Full Time Sports the Teams' championship.