Guillermo Ortelli (born in Salto,

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on April 25, 1973) is an Argentine race car driver, who currently is competing in several domestic series. He is one of the drivers with the most titles in the history of Turismo Carretera: seven.

Biography

After having some success in

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(he played for homecity's Club Sports Salto until 5th division and was champion once) he started his career in motor racing. His father, Hugo, bought him a go-kart when he was 16 years old so he could compete in the Buenos Aires Province kart tournament. He was vice-champion in the series with rivals as Norberto Fontana. His talent was worthy of an invite by

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to drive for

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. The two-year period in Formula Renault meant an opportunity to drive a Tulio Crespi's Ford Escort XR3 in TC2000 series. He also started his career in Turismo Carretera (TC), the most popular car racing category in Argentina. In 1998, he became the youngest TC champion. He was distinguished by Clarín and

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that year. He got his second TC championship in 2000, assisted by Jorge Pedersoli and Sandro Crespi. He was also vice-champion in

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that year. The conflict between ACTC and CDA (ACA) meant that he could not compete in TC2000 (he was planned to partner

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and

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in Toyota team). He managed to win both the 2001 Top Race and TC Championships to Omar Martínez in the last race of each season. After the ACTC-ACA conflict came to an end, he could return to TC2000 at the wheel of Honda partnering Juan Manuel Silva and

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. In 2002, he was recruited by Tango Racing to drive for ARCA series. He took part of one race at the wheel of

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but did not finish. He returned to Argentina and crowned himself again as Turismo Carretera champion. Guillermo Ortelli

He returned to new-born Top Race V6 in 2005, driving a Chevrolet Vectra sponsored by Club Atlético Boca Juniors. He snatched away with the title at the end of the season. From 2006 to 2008, Ortelli continued in TC2000 in the works Chevrolet squad, finishing 6th, 4th, and 2nd respectively. In 2009 he switched to Chevrolet, where he resulted 8th that year and 11th the next year. Therefore, he returned to Renault for 2011. In 2010 he won the Konex Award as one of the five best Racing Drivers from the last decade in Argentina. It continues to the present in TC. He was champion again in 2016, but has not won a race since that year. Ortelli has statistics close to 400 races, 30 victories, 30 poles and 100 podiums. Between 2012 and 2014 he raced with Renault in Súper TC 2000 and between 2014 and 2017 in Turismo Nacional.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortelli, Guillermo TC 2000 Championship drivers Turismo Carretera drivers Top Race V6 drivers People from Salto Partido Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province 1973 births Living people Argentine racing drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Formula Renault Argentina drivers Súper TC 2000 drivers