2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series

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.

Josh Files is the defending drivers' champion, while Target Competition is the defending teams' champion.

Calendar The calendar was announced on 22 May 2020 with 6 rounds scheduled. Circuit/Location Date Supporting 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 ChampionshipWorld 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 OctoberGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 8 5 9 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 22–24 OctoberSpa 24 HoursGT4 European Series 10 6 11 Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain 6–8 November F4 Spanish Championship 12

Calendar changes After being omitted from the 2019 calendar Circuit Paul Ricard will return to the series, acting as the season opener in the revised calendar. 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 Team Car Drivers Class Rounds JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 04 Florian Briché BNL R 1–2, 4 06 Jean Laurent Navarro BNL Y 1–4 24 Julien Briché BNL All Profi-Car Team Halder Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Mike Halder All 53 Michelle Halder All Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 8 Nicolas Baert BNL R All 25 Sami Taoufik BNL R All 250 Mehdi Bennani BNL All PSS Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 10 Viktor Davidovski Y 3, 6 29 Néstor Girolami 1 72 Franco Girolami 6 SMC Junior Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 13 Enrique Hernando 6 199 Fernando Navarrete 6 Tecnodom Sport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 15 Kevin Giacon 3 Fiat Tipo TCR 64 Luca Rangoni G 3 Volcano Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 16 Evgeni Leonov R 1, 3–6 96 Mikel Azcona 5–6 Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Martin Ryba Y All 74 Pepe Oriola All 123 Daniel Lloyd All Élite Motorsport CUPRA León Competición TCR 18 Nicola Baldan 5 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 19 Andreas Bäckman All 26 Jessica Bäckman All 27 John Filippi BNL All 33 José Manuel Sapag R 4–6 Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 20 Teddy Clairet BNL All 21 Jimmy Clairet BNL All 66 Gilles Colombani BNL Y 1–4 81 Stéphane Ventaja BNL Y 1–5 Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 31 Tom Coronel BNL 1, 5–6 Essex & Kent Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 38 Lewis Kent R 1 PMA Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 44 Felice Jelmini 3 BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 70 Maťo Homola All 99 Dániel Nagy All Icon ClassBNL Eligible for TCR BeNeLux Touring Car ChampionshipR Eligible for Yokohama Rookie TrophyY G Guest drivers ineligible to score points Team and driver changes Élite Motorsport will enter two Audi RS 3 LMS TCR cars, for Jacopo Guidetti and another yet to be confirmed driver. W Racing Team, which fielded an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR for Santiago Urrutia and a 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. 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. Nicolas Baert, Mehdi Bennani and Sami Taoufik will drive a trio of Comtoyou Racing-entered Audi RS 3 LMS TCRs. Gilles Magnus was also scheduled to compete for Comtoyou Racing, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Argentinean driver José Manuel Sapag will drive for Target Competition. Vuković Motorsport will enter two Renault Mégane R.S TCR cars, for Jack Young and another yet to be confirmed driver. 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. Volcano Motorsport will enter a CUPRA León TCR in selected rounds, for Evgeni Leonov. Florian Briché will debut for JSB Compétition in a Peugeot 308 TCR. Néstor Girolami will drive in the opening round for PSS Racing Team, replacing Davidovski due to travel bans. 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. Felice Jemini will debut for PMA Motorsport in a Hyundai i30 N TCR.

Rule changes

Sporting changes The 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.

Results and standings Season summary Circuit/Location Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team TCR BeNeLux Winner Yokohama Trophy Winner 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 MotorsportNot awarded Nicolas Baert 12 Mikel Azcona John Filippi Target Competition Nicolas Baert

TCR Europe standings Drivers' standings Scoring system Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Qualifying 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1colspan=5 Race 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 Driver LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR   1 Mehdi Bennani 22 5 Ret3 5 Ret1 8 55 3 61 16 44 2 285 2 John Filippi 31 7 12 9 510 9 88 10 53 3 1110 1 257 3 Nicolas Baert Ret 9 11 6 38 5 107 6 Ret 5 87 5 244 4 Mike Halder 1010 1 25 4 18†9 Ret 12 4 38 10 Ret Ret 242 5 Daniel Lloyd 13 6 510 2 22 Ret 16 16 85 Ret 9 12 214 6 Andreas Bäckman 78 4 Ret8 Ret WD WD 710 1 44 7 66 6 209 7 Maťo Homola 8 12 32 8 17† 3 41 20 1510 12 33 11 204 8 Dániel Nagy 11 10 46 3 6 13 63 5 17 6 79 20† 202 9 Teddy Clairet 46 3 8 18 Ret 6 19 11 14 4 22 8 200 10 Julien Briché 14 14 15†7 Ret 14 2 9 21 11 17 55 3 175 11 Mikel Azcona 1 1 11 4 157 12 Sami Taoufik 99 18 114 11 16 12 36 2 76 13 10 Ret 157 13 Pepe Oriola 20 11 10 7 Ret5 1 24 13 109 11 Ret DNS 153 14 Jimmy Clairet 65 23 9 12 Ret3 4 11 9 12 18 12 10 129 15 Michelle Halder 12 13 79 1 8 11 21 7 16 Ret 17 15 115 16 Tom Coronel Ret Ret 22 2 14 7 100 17 Néstor Girolami 54 2 66 18 Jessica Bäckman 217 8 Ret 10 7 14 159 18 Ret 14 Ret8 19 60 19 Felice Jelmini 4 7 45 20 José Manuel Sapag 12 8 137 Ret 18 13 36 21 Martin Ryba Ret 19 6 16 15 10 Ret DNS 19 Ret Ret 18 35 22 Stéphane Ventaja 19 15 13 14 10 15 13 12 20 15 34 23 Nicola Baldan 9 8 28 24 Viktor Davidovski 9 20 16 9 26 25 Evgeni Leonov 15 16 12 18 14 19 18 9 19 17 24 26 Gilles Colombani 17 21 14 15 11 Ret 18 17 13 27 Florian Briché 13 17 Ret 17 20 14 8 28 Jean-Laurent Navarro 16 22 Ret 13 DNS 16 17 15 6 29 Kevin Giacon 14 19 5 30 Enrique Hernando 13 Ret 5 31 Franco Girolami Ret 143 32 Fernando Navarrete 15 16 1 33 Lewis Kent 18 20 0 Guest Drivers ineligible to score points – Luca Rangoni 13 17 – Driver LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR  Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings Team LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR 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 1142 620 9 9 11 6 16 8 5 3 7 1385 2 Target Competition 14 3 4 4 12 9 1 5 9 7 7 1 15 4 3 861 515 7 7 Ret 10 7 14 8 10 5 14116 3 BRC Racing Team 0 8 10 15 3 3 5 6 3 18 4 5 3 15 6 10311 423 11 12 4 8 17† 13 6 20 17 12720† 4 Brutal Fish Racing Team 8 1 6 3 5 2 15 2 1 7 2 13 9 8 11 0912 412 20 11 6 7 15 10 16 16 10 RetRet18 5 Team Clairet Sport 11 4 3 0 8 12 12 10 4 2 11 9 0 12 4 928 388 6 15 9 14 11 6 13 11 14 151210 6 Profi-Car Team Halder 1 10 1 10 2 1 2 8 11 9 1 4 4 3 10 01715 371 12 13 7 4 18† Ret 21 7 16 RetRetRet 7 JSB Compétition 0 13 14 5 15† 13 7 1 2 0 9 14 0 11 17 653 222 14 17 Ret 17 DNS 16 17 15 8 Volcano Motorsport 0 15 16 0 12 18 1 14 19 0 1 1 1014 192 18 91917 9 Boutsen Ginion Racing 0 Ret Ret 9 2 20147 102 10 PSS Racing Team 7 5 2 0 9 201169 98Ret14 11 PMA Motorsport 0 4 7 45 12 Élite Motorsport 0 9 8 2813 SMC Junior Motorsport013Ret111516 14 Tecnodom Sport 0 14 19 5 13 17 15 Motorsport 0 18 20 0 Team LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings Driver LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR   1 Nicolas Baert Ret 9 11 6 38 5 107 6 Ret 5 87 5 254 2 Mehdi Bennani 22 5 Ret3 5 Ret1 8 55 3 61 16 44 2 246 3 Sami Taoufik 99 18 114 11 16 12 36 2 76 13 10 Ret 197 4 Stéphane Ventaja 19 15 13 14 10 15 13 12 20 15 121 5 Evgeni Leonov 15 16 12 18 14 19 18 9 19 17 113 6 Martin Ryba Ret 19 6 16 15 10 Ret DNS 19 Ret Ret 18 80 7 José Manuel Sapag 12 8 137 Ret 18 13 75 8 Gilles Colombani 17 21 14 15 11 Ret 18 17 58 9 Jean-Laurent Navarro 16 22 Ret 13 DNS 16 17 15 55 10 Viktor Davidovski 9 20 16 9 48 11 Florian Briché 13 17 Ret 17 20 14 46 12 Fernando Navarrete 15 16 22 13 Enrique Hernando 13 Ret 15 14 Franco Girolami Ret 1414 15 Lewis Kent 18 20 14 Driver LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR  Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

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