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The 2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series is the fifth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season will begin at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in April and May and will end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.[1]
Josh Files is the defending drivers' champion, while Target Competition is the defending teams' champion.[2][3]
Calendar
editThe calendar was announced on 22 May 2020 with 6 rounds scheduled.[4]
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | 1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 21–23 August | International GT Open F4 Spanish Championship |
2 | ||||
2 | 3 | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 11–13 September | FIA European Truck Racing Championship World Touring Car Cup |
4 | ||||
3 | 5 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 25–27 September | International GT Open |
6 | ||||
4 | 7 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 9–11 October | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |
8 | ||||
5 | 9 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 22–24 October | Spa 24 Hours GT4 European Series |
10 | ||||
6 | 11 | Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain | 6–8 November | F4 Spanish Championship |
12 |
Calendar changes
edit- After being omitted from the 2019 calendar Circuit Paul Ricard will return to the series, acting as the season opener in the revised calendar.[4]
- The Circuit Zolder will make its first appearance in the series.
- With the addition of Circuit Zolder and Circuit Paul Ricard, the rounds held at the Hungaroring and Hockenheimring were removed from the schedule.
Teams and drivers
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Team and driver changes
edit- Élite Motorsport will enter two Audi RS 3 LMS TCR cars, for Jacopo Guidetti and another yet to be confirmed driver.[29]
- W Racing Team, which fielded an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR for Santiago Urrutia and an Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Maxime Potty in the 2019 season, will not return to the series along with ending their activities in the World Touring Car Cup.[30]
- Brutal Fish Racing will enter the season with a trio of Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)s. Pepe Oriola will drive the third car.[17][18]
- Nicolas Baert, Mehdi Bennani and Sami Taoufik will drive a trio of Comtoyou Racing-entered Audi RS 3 LMS TCRs.[8][9]
- Argentinean driver José Manuel Sapag will drive for Target Competition.[22]
- Vuković Motorsport will enter two Renault Mégane R.S TCR cars, for Jack Young and another yet to be confirmed driver.[31][32]
- BRC Racing Team will enter two Hyundai i30 N TCR cars, for Mat'o Homola who moves from Target Competition and Dániel Nagy who moves from M1RA.[27][28]
- Volcano Motorsport will enter a CUPRA León TCR in selected rounds, for Evgeni Leonov.[15]
- Florian Briché will debut for JSB Compétition in a Peugeot 308 TCR.[5]
- Néstor Girolami will drive in the opening round for PSS Racing Team, replacing Davidovski due to travel bans.[10]
- Tecnodom Sport will make its series debut entering an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR for Kevin Giacon and the Fiat Tipo TCR for Luca Rangoni who will be running as a guest entry as it is not yet a homologated car.[13][14]
- Felice Jemini will debut for PMA Motorsport in a Hyundai i30 N TCR.[26]
Rule changes
editSporting changes
editThe race format is set to be changed for 2020 from 23 minutes + 1 lap to fixed length at 55 kilometers with the first two laps under safety car added to the total race distance similar to the rules set by the World Touring Car Cup. The change was made due to some of the races were mostly spent under safety car. Along with the fixed race distance, a maximum of 30 full-season entries would be allowed.[1]
Results and standings
editSeason summary
editRnd. | Circuit/Location | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning Team | TCR BeNeLux Winner | Yokohama Trophy Winner | |
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1 | 1 | Circuit Paul Ricard | John Filippi | John Filippi | Daniel Lloyd | Brutal Fish Racing Team | Mehdi Bennani | Sami Taoufik |
2 | John Filippi | Mike Halder | Profi-Car Team Halder | Teddy Clairet | Nicolas Baert | |||
2 | 3 | Circuit Zolder | Nicolas Baert | Nicolas Baert | Nicolas Baert | Comtoyou Racing | Nicolas Baert | Nicolas Baert |
4 | Nicolas Baert | Michelle Halder | Profi-Car Team Halder | Mehdi Bennani | Nicolas Baert | |||
3 | 5 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Mehdi Bennani | Julien Briché | Julien Briché | JSB Compétition | Julien Briché | Nicolas Baert |
6 | Julien Briché | Pepe Oriola | Brutal Fish Racing Team | Julien Briché | Nicolas Baert | |||
4 | 7 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Maťo Homola | Sami Taoufik | Mike Halder | Profi-Car Team Halder | Sami Taoufik | Sami Taoufik |
8 | Sami Taoufik | Andreas Bäckman | Target Competition | Sami Taoufik | Sami Taoufik | |||
5 | 9 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Mehdi Bennani | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Tom Coronel | Sami Taoufik |
10 | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Tom Coronel | Nicolas Baert | |||
6 | 11 | Circuito del Jarama | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Mikel Azcona | Volcano Motorsport | Not awarded | Nicolas Baert |
12 | Mikel Azcona | John Filippi | Target Competition | Nicolas Baert |
TCR Europe standings
editDrivers' standings
edit- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | ||||
Race | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' standings
editPos. | Team | LEC |
ZOL |
MNZ |
BAR |
SPA |
JAR |
Pts. | ||||||||||||
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QP | R1 | R2 | QP | R1 | R2 | QP | R1 | R2 | QP | R1 | R2 | QP | R1 | R2 | QP | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Comtoyou Racing | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 508 | |||
9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||
2 | Target Competition | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 414 | |||
7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 14 | |||||||||||
3 | Brutal Fish Racing Team | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 392 | |||
20 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 10 | Ret | |||||||||||
4 | Profi-Car Team Halder | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 368 | |||
12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 18† | Ret | 21 | 7 | 16 | Ret | |||||||||||
5 | BRC Racing Team | 0 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 356 | |||
11 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 17† | 13 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | |||||||||||
6 | Team Clairet Sport | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 309 | |||
6 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||||
7 | JSB Compétition | 0 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 15† | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 162 | |||
14 | 17 | Ret | 17 | DNS | 16 | 17 | 15 | |||||||||||||
8 | Volcano Motorsport | 0 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 114 | ||||||
18 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Boutsen Ginion Racing | 0 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 2 | 2 | 79 | ||||||||||||
10 | PSS Racing Team | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 79 | ||||||||||||
11 | PMA Motorsport | 0 | 4 | 7 | 45 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Élite Motorsport | 0 | 9 | 8 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
13 | Tecnodom Sport | 0 | 14 | 19 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
13 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Essex & Kent Motorsport | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Pos. | Team | LEC |
ZOL |
MNZ |
BAR |
SPA |
JAR |
Pts. |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings (top 3)
editPos. | Driver | Pts. |
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1 | Nicolas Baert | 254 |
2 | Mehdi Bennani | 246 |
3 | Sami Taoufik | ? |
Pos. | Driver | Pts. |
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