title: 2018 Mercedes-Benz Challenge season
text: # 2018 Mercedes-Benz Challenge season
  
  The 2018 Mercedes-Benz Challenge is the eighth season of the Mercedes-Benz Challenge. Fernando Júnior is the defending champion in the CLA AMG Cup whilst Claudio Simão is the defending champion for the C250 Cup class.
  
  ## Teams and drivers
  
  | Team | No | Driver | Class | Rounds |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CLA AMG Cup |||||
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 6 | Fernando Júnior | | 1–5 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 7 | Cesar Fonseca | M | 5 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 61 | Cesar Fonseca | M | 1–4 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 60 | Betão Fonseca | M | 1–5 |
  | Mottin Racing | 10 | Pierre Ventura | M | 1–5 |
  | Mottin Racing | 15 | Raijan Mascarello | | 1–4 |
  | Mottin Racing | 17 | Raijan Mascarello | | 5 |
  | Mottin Racing | 18 | Fernando Poeta | M | 2, 4 |
  | Mottin Racing | 20 | Roger Sandoval | | 1–5 |
  | Mottin Racing | 36 | Sergio Ribas | M | 1 |
  | Mottin Racing | 57 | Felipe Tozzo | | 1–5 |
  | WCR Team | 90 | Jose Vitte | M | 3–5 |
  | OuroCar Racing | 19 | Luis Carlos Ribeiro | | 1–5 |
  | Cordova Motorsports | 33 | Adriano Rabelo | | 1–5 |
  | Cordova Motorsports | 84 | Cello Nunes | | 1–5 |
  | Bardahl Hot Car | 44 | Cesare Marrucci | M | 1–5 |
  | Bardahl Hot Car | 55 | Fabio Scorpioni | | 1–5 |
  | Bardahl Hot Car | 55 | Renato Braga | | 3 |
  | Bardahl Hot Car | 88 | Fernando Amorim | M | 1–4 |
  | C250 Cup |||||
  | AN 09 | 5 | Paulo Rosa | M | 1 |
  | AN 09 | 9 | Alexandre Navarro | M | 1, 3 |
  | AN 09 | 9 | Leandro Romera | | 3 |
  | Bardahl Hot Car | 12 | André Moraes Jr. | | 1–5 |
  | Bardahl Hot Car | 26 | Flavio Andrade | M | 1–5 |
  | PGL Racing | 14 | Júnior Victorette | | 1, 3–5 |
  | PGL Racing | 41 | João Lemos | M | 1–5 |
  | Paioli Racing | 21 | Peter M Gottschalk | | 1–5 |
  | Paioli Racing | 58 | Claudio Simão | M | 2–5 |
  | Paioli Racing | 111 | Beto Rossi | M | 1–5 |
  | Paioli Racing | 111 | Marcos Paioli | M | 1–5 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 22 | Paulo Gomes | M | 5 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 62 | Jared Wilson | | 3, 5 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 64 | Roberto Santos | M | 2–3, 5 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 65 | Pedro Muffato | M | 1 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 65 | Luiz Fernando Barcellos | M | 3 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 65 | Alencar Jr. | M | 5 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 66 | Luc Monteiro | | 3 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 67 | Ângelo Giombelli | M | 1, 3 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 69 | Mateus Pamplona | | 2 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 69 | Cesar Pamplona | | 2 |
  | CenterBus Sambaiba Racing Team | 669 | Rodrigo Soares | | 3, 5 |
  | WCR Team | 225 | Max Mohr | M | 2–5 |
  | Brandão Motorsport | 227 | Miro Cruz | | 2–5 |
  | Icon | Class |
  | M | Masters |
  
  ### Notes
  
  * ↑ Pierre Ventura raced with the Fernando Amorim entry at Interlagos.
  * ↑ Raijan Mascarello raced with the Felipe Tozzo entry at Interlagos.
  * ↑ Roger Sandoval raced with the Fernando Júnior entry at Interlagos.
  * ↑ Luis Carlos Ribeiro raced with the Cesar Fonseca entry at Interlagos.
  * ↑ Adriano Rabelo raced with the Betão Fonseca entry at Interlagos.
  
  ## Race calendar and results
  
  The entire championship will be accompanied by the Copa Truck in eight of the nine stages of the category, with exercise of the stage of Buenos Aires, counting with a stage in the Autódromo de Rivera in Uruguay.
  
  | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | C250 Cup winner |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel | March 25 | Roger Sandoval | Adriano Rabelo | Raijan Mascarello | Mottin Racing | Peter M Gottschalk |
  | 2 | Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé | April 15 | Adriano Rabelo | Felipe Tozzo | Betão Fonseca | Sambaiba Racing Team | João Lemos |
  | 3 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | May 27 | Felipe Tozzo Raijan Mascarello | Betão Fonseca Adriano Rabelo | Betão Fonseca Adriano Rabelo | Sambaiba Racing Team | Peter M Gottschalk |
  | 4 | Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura | July 29 | Felipe Tozzo | Raijan Mascarello | Fernando Júnior | Sambaiba Racing Team | André Moraes Jr. |
  | 5 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) | August 26 | Felipe Tozzo | Felipe Tozzo | Felipe Tozzo | Mottin Racing | André Moraes Jr. |
  | 6 | Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera | October 7 | Raijan Mascarello | Raijan Mascarello | Raijan Mascarello | Mottin Racing | André Moraes Jr. |
  | 7 | Circuito dos Cristais | October 28 | Roger Sandoval | Fabio Scorpioni | Raijan Mascarello | Mottin Racing | André Moraes Jr. |
  | 8 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | December 2 | Roger Sandoval | Felipe Tozzo | Roger Sandoval | Mottin Racing | André Moraes Jr. |
  | Source(s): ||||||||
  