# 2023 Desafío de las Estrellas

The 2023 Desafío de las Estrellas (English: 2023 Challenge of the Stars) was a motor race for Turismo Carretera held on the weekend of 21–23 July 2023. The event was held at the Circuito San Juan Villicum in Albardón, Argentina and consisted of one race of 150 kilometres. It was the ninth round of fifteen in the 2023 Turismo Carretera championship.

## Background

The event was the third and final 'special round' held in the 2023 season, the previous two being the third round in Toay and the seventh round in Rafaela. Along with Toay, the event consisted of a single race including pit-stops.
It was the seventh staging of the "Desafío de las Estrellas" event since its debut in 2015, a unique event where no qualifying session is held and the grid is instead determined by a lottery.

## Results
### Practice

| Session | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Source |
| Practice 1 | 9 | Mauricio Lambiris | Alifraco Sport | Ford Falcon | 1:41.545 | |
| Practice 2 | 56 | Germán Todino | Maquin Parts Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 1:41.156 | |

### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
| 1 | 117 | Matías Rossi | Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina | Toyota Camry 2022 | 35 | 1:09:52.136 | 36 | 40 |
| 2 | 122 | Andrés Jakos | Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina | Toyota Camry 2022 | 35 | +0.252 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | 95 | Marcos Landa | Trotta Racing Team | Torino Cherokee | 35 | +2.125 | 42 | 34 |
| 4 | 4 | Esteban Gini | Maquin Parts Racing | Toyota Camry 2022 | 35 | +6.384 | 29 | 31 |
| 5 | 161 | Kevin Candela | Candela Competición | Torino Cherokee | 35 | +10.496 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | 93 | Matías Rodríguez | Midas Carrera Team | Torino Cherokee | 35 | +11.051 | 19 | 29 |
| 7 | 1 | José Manuel Urcera | Maquin Parts Racing | Torino Cherokee | 35 | +11.707 | 41 | 28 |
| 8 | 56 | Germán Todino | Maquin Parts Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 35 | +11.960 | 38 | 27 |
| 9 | 54 | Nicolás Cotignola | Sprint Racing | Torino Cherokee | 35 | +15.610 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | 14 | Juan Bautista de Benedictis | Abdala Racing | Ford Falcon | 35 | +16.399 | 25 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | Jonatan Castellano | Castellano Power Team | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 35 | +16.598 | 49 | 24 |
| 12 | 68 | Julián Santero | LCA Racing | Ford Falcon | 35 | +16.780 | 43 | 23 |
| 13 | 44 | Facundo Della Motta | Gurí Martínez Competición | Ford Falcon | 35 | +17.734 | 6 | 22 |
| 14 | 87 | Juan Martín Trucco | Di Meglio Motorsport | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 35 | +18.028 | 50 | 21 |
| 15 | 9 | Mauricio Lambiris | Alifraco Sport | Ford Falcon | 35 | +18.298 | 37 | 20 |
| 16 | 30 | Gabriel Ponce de León | Ponce de León Racing | Ford Falcon | 35 | +18.592 | 18 | 19 |
| 17 | 6 | Leonel Pernía | Las Toscas Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 35 | +18.995 | 23 | 18 |
| 18 | 21 | Christian Ledesma | Las Toscas Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 35 | +19.515 | 53 | 17 |
| 19 | 155 | Federico Iribarne | Alifraco Sport | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 35 | +20.069 | 8 | 16 |
| 20 | 2 | Mariano Werner | Memo Corse | Ford Falcon | 35 | +21.922 | 52 | 15 |
| 21 | 116 | Alan Ruggiero | DTA Racing | Ford Falcon | 35 | +26.390 | 21 | 14 |
| 22 | 27 | Gastón Mazzacane | Dole Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 35 | +27.969 | 39 | 13 |
| 23 | 232 | Gustavo Micheloud | Azar Motorsport | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 35 | +29.503 | 15 | 12 |
| 24 | 83 | Facundo Ardusso | RUS Med Team | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 35 | +29.917 | 33 | 11 |
| 25 | 37 | Emiliano Spataro | Buenos Aires Racing | Ford Falcon | 35 | +30.168 | 31 | 10 |
| 26 | 177 | Ayrton Londero | Las Toscas Racing | Torino Cherokee | 35 | +30.515 | 35 | 9 |
| 27 | 96 | Juan Cruz Benvenuti | Trotta Racing Team | Torino Cherokee | 35 | +33.738 | 34 | 8 |
| 28 | 127 | Marcelo Agrelo | Castellano Power Team | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 35 | +34.186 | 30 | 7 |
| 29 | 115 | Diego de Carlo | LRD Performance | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 35 | +38.835 | 13 | 6 |
| 30 | 77 | Augusto Carinelli | Fancio Competición | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 35 | +41.739 | 5 | 5 |
| 31 | 111 | Juan Garbelino | MV Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 35 | +1:03.623 | 11 | 3 |
| 32 | 20 | Juan José Ebarlín | LRD Performance | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 35 | +1:41.738 | 20 | 3 |
| 33 | 88 | Nicolás Trosset | Uranga Racing | Ford Falcon | 35 | +1:57.032 | 47 | 3 |
| 34 | 99 | Leonel Sotro | Alifraco Sport | Ford Falcon | 34 | +1 lap | 10 | 3 |
| 35 | 119 | Humberto Krujoski | SAP Team | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 34 | +1 lap | 12 | 3 |
| 36 | 82 | Carlos Okulovich | Maquin Parts Racing | Torino Cherokee | 33 | +2 laps | 14 | 3 |
| 37 | 85 | Ricardo Risatti III | LRD Performance | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 32 | Mechanical | 45 | 3 |
| 38 | 53 | Juan Tomás Catalán Magni | CM Sport | Ford Falcon | 31 | | 46 | 3 |
| 39 | 215 | Gastón Crusitta | SJ Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 29 | | 4 | 3 |
| 40 | 32 | Norberto Fontana | RUS Med Team | Torino Cherokee | 28 | Crash damage | 16 | 3 |
| 41 | 5 | Santiago Mangoni | JP Carrera | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 24 | Mechanical | 51 | 2 |
| 42 | 172 | Santiago Álvarez | JP Carrera | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 23 | Crash | 26 | 2 |
| 43 | 137 | Otto Fritzler | Moriatis Competición | Ford Falcon | 23 | Crash | 32 | 2 |
| 44 | 72 | Martín Serrano | Sportteam | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 23 | | 1 | 2 |
| 45 | 123 | Martín Vázquez | MV Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 18 | | 17 | 2 |
| 46 | 121 | Elio Craparo | Hermanos Álvarez Competición | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 16 | Mechanical | 28 | 2 |
| 47 | 133 | Valentín Aguirre | JP Carrera | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 14 | | 40 | 2 |
| 48 | 75 | Sergio Alaux | Giavedoni Sport | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 14 | | 24 | 2 |
| 49 | 17 | Nicolás Bonelli | RUS Med Team | Ford Falcon | 14 | | 48 | 2 |
| 50 | 197 | Marcos Quijada | Uranga Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 11 | Mechanical | 27 | 2 |
| 51 | 134 | Matías Jalaf | Jalaf Competición | Ford Falcon | 6 | | 9 | 2 |
| 52 | 25 | Diego Ciantini | JP Carrera | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 5 | Engine | 44 | 2 |
| 53 | 208 | Gastón Ferrante | AyP Competición | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 1 | Stuck in gravel trap | 7 | 2 |
| Fastest Lap: Matías Rossi (Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina), 1:42.587 |||||||||
| Sources: |||||||||
* ^1 – Santero, De Carlo and Trosset received 10-second post-race time penalties for unsafe pit releases.
* ^2 – Carinelli received a 10-second post-race time penalty for contact with Ebarlín.

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship

| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Mariano Werner | 256.5 | |
| 2 | Julián Santero | 242.5 | -14 |
| 3 | Mauricio Lambiris | 229.5 | -27 |
| 4 | Jonatan Castellano | 228.5 | -28 |
| 5 | Marcos Landa | 227 | -29.5 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.