The 2020 Touring Car Trophy is the second season of the Touring Car Trophy. The championship features production-based touring cars built to either NGTC, TCR or Super 2000 specifications and will compete in fourteen races across seven meetings across England. The championship is aimed as a feeder category to the BTCC and operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group. For 2020, a revised list of regulations mean that both the TCR UK and TCT series will be combined to run as the same series; the Touring Car Trophy. As well as drivers competing overall for the TCT title, drivers in TCR-spec cars will also compete for the TCR UK trophy. [1] The championship will also be supported by the Volkswagen Racing Cup, which is also run by Maximum Group. The Volkswagen Racing Cup competitors will race alongside the TCT grid in 2020.
Henry Neal won the Touring Car Trophy title and Lewis Kent won the TCR UK title.
The calendar was announced on 24 November 2019 with 7 rounds scheduled. [2] The opening round, originally held at Silverstone on 17–18 April, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opening round moved to Croft on 6–7 June. [3] The following rounds at Croft and Brands Hatch were then cancelled. [4] On 21 May 2020 a new revised calendar was announced and three rounds were confirmed. [5]
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | |
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1 | 1 | Oulton Park, Cheshire | 18 July |
2 | |||
2 | 3 | Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire | 12–13 September |
4 | |||
3 | 5 | Donington Park (National), Leicestershire | 17–18 October |
6 | |||
7 | |||
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic | |||
Circuit/Location | Date | ||
Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire | 18–19 April | ||
Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire | 6–7 June | ||
Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent | 21 June | ||
Snetterton Circuit (300), Norfolk | 8–9 August | ||
Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire | 22–23 August | ||
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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TCR entries | ||||
PMR TradePriceCars.com [6] | CUPRA León TCR [6] | 9 | Dan Kirby [6] | 1–2 |
70 | William Butler | 2–3 | ||
77 | Sam Osborne | 3 | ||
Matrix Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | 19 | Jeff Alden | 3 |
Maximum Motorsport [7] | CUPRA León TCR [8] | 22 | Mark Wakefield | 3 |
101 | Max Hart [8] | All | ||
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [7] | 78 | Tim Docker [7] | All | |
Essex & Kent Motorsport [9] [10] | Hyundai i30 N TCR [9] [10] | 38 | Lewis Kent [9] [10] | All |
DW Racing [11] | Vauxhall Astra TCR [11] | 50 | Darelle Wilson [11] | All |
NGTC entries | ||||
Team Dynamics [12] | Honda Civic Type R (FK2) [12] | 42 | Henry Neal [12] | All |
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | TCR UK Winner |
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1 | Oulton Park | Dan Kirby | Henry Neal | Henry Neal | Team Dynamics | Lewis Kent |
Lewis Kent | Lewis Kent | Essex & Kent Motorsport | Lewis Kent | |||
2 | Silverstone Circuit | Henry Neal | Henry Neal | Henry Neal | Team Dynamics | Lewis Kent |
Henry Neal | Lewis Kent | Essex & Kent Motorsport | Lewis Kent | |||
3 | Donington Park | Lewis Kent | Sam Osborne | Henry Neal | Team Dynamics | Lewis Kent |
Sam Osborne | Henry Neal | Team Dynamics | Lewis Kent | |||
Lewis Kent | Henry Neal | Max Hart | Maximum Motorsport | Max Hart | ||
Points system | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Q 1st | Q 2nd | Q 3rd | Q 4th | Q 5th | ||||||||
25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Driver | OUL | SIL | DON | Points | ||||
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1 | Henry Neal | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 148 |
2 | Lewis Kent | 22 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 133 |
3 | Max Hart | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 101 |
4 | Darelle Wilson | Ret4 | 4 | Ret5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 57 |
5 | Dan Kirby | 41 | Ret | 52 | 4 | 43 | |||
6 | Tim Docker | 55 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 43 |
7 | William Butler | 63 | 6 | Ret4 | Ret | 4 | 35 | ||
8 | Mark Wakefield | 5 | 5 | Ret | 20 | ||||
9 | Jeff Alden | 6 | Ret | DNS | 8 | ||||
10 | Sam Osborne | Ret3 | Ret | DNS | 3 | ||||
Pos | Driver | OUL | SIL | DON | Points | ||||
Pos | Team | OUL | SIL | DON | Points | ||||
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1 | Maximum Motorsport | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 164 |
55 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | |||
2 | Team Dynamics | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 148 |
3 | Essex & Kent Motorsport | 22 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 133 |
4 | PMR TradePriceCars.com | 41 | Ret | 52 | 4 | Ret3 | Ret | 4 | 81 |
63 | 6 | Ret4 | Ret | DNS | |||||
5 | DW Racing | Ret4 | 4 | Ret5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 57 |
6 | Matrix Motorsport | 13 | Ret | DNS | 8 | ||||
Pos | Team | OUL | SIL | DON | Points | ||||
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