The Road Tourism Runners Association (ACTC) confirmed that Road Tourism will not take place in Buenos Aires for the entire 2026 season, making Rafaela’s return to the calendar official.
The ACTC closed the door to the Juan and Oscar Gálvez circuit amid the political conflict with the Argentine Automobile Club (ACA) and moved forward with the creation of a calendar that will repeat next year’s format.
The decision was confirmed by the president of the ACTC, Hugo Mazzacane, who assured that “no category supervised by the ACTC will be in Gálvez” and attributed the determination to the course chosen by the Buenos Aires government.
Mazzacane stressed that it was not about the work planned for MotoGP 2027 or the efforts to attract Formula 1, but about a political and business disagreement that has intensified in recent months.
The pause is a response to the city government’s approval of the TC2000 to create a road map near the circuit, a move that strengthened the alliance between this category and the ACA, the central player in the dispute over the supervision of national motorsports, which is why the ACTC distanced itself and decided to cut all ties with the Buenos Aires circuit.
In parallel, Mazzacane celebrated the return of Rafaela, absent in 2025, highlighting the historic value of his oval with three chicanes and stressing that a stage begins focused on improving road circuits.
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