The 2020 World Touring Car Cup was the third season of the World Touring Car Cup and 16th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.
The drivers' championship was won by Yann Ehrlacher. The teams' championship was won by Cyan Racing Lynk & Co.
JAS Motorsport and Honda Racing retained their 2019 drivers – Attila Tassi, Tiago Monteiro, Néstor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri – for the 2020 season. On 5 March it was announced that all four drivers would compete for Münnich Motorsport, which would expand from two cars last season. To meet series regulations the team was split into two entities – ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport and ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport – with driver pairings yet to be confirmed. On 2 June it was announced that Attila Tassi and Tiago Monteiro would join the ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport with Néstor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri remaining at the ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport. [7] [25] [8]
Volkswagen Motorsport announced that it would cease manufacturer support for the Golf GTI TCR along with all petrol-powered motorsport programmes, though the Golf GTI TCR would still be available to private teams. This announcement came along with the shift of the brand's policy towards electric racing. [26] Sébastien Loeb Racing, which had run four Golf GTI TCR cars during the 2019 season, announced on 31 January 2020 that it would leave the series. [27]
Audi opted not to introduce a successor to the RS 3 LMS for 2020, while also ending their manufacturer support in the series, though the RS 3 LMS would still be available to private teams. Days before the announcement, W Racing Team, competing under the Audi Sport Team Leopard Racing banner, announced that it would cease participation in the series after the 2019 season to focus on their racing programmes in GT racing and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. [28] [29]
Tom Coronel remained with Comtoyou Racing, but switched from the Cupra León TCR to the Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. Nathanaël Berthon returned to the WTCR driving for Comtoyou Racing. [14] [13]
Cyan Racing committed to run four Lynk & Co 03 TCR cars for the season. On 26 March Yann Ehrlacher and Yvan Muller were confirmed as drivers for Cyan Racing Lynk & Co. [30] [11]
Hyundai was again represented by four Hyundai i30 N TCR entries. BRC Racing Team scaled down to two cars after fielding all four entries last year, and entered under the BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse banner with reigning champion Norbert Michelisz and Gabriele Tarquini. Engstler Motorsport returned to the series for the first time since the 2014 season (back when it was called the World Touring Car Championship) fielding the remaining two Hyundai cars under the Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team name for Luca Engstler —who made his full-season début after entering once as a wildcard entry for the 2019 season as well as being replacement for Augusto Farfus at the Macau race weekend last year— and Nicky Catsburg. With these changes, Farfus left the team. [1]
SEAT Cupra announced on 3 April 2020 that they would not offer manufacturer support to any team in the 2020 Championship, though the new León Competición TCR would still be available to private teams. [31] On 14 May 2020, it was announced that the Cupra Leon Competición TCR would compete in the championship, with teams and drivers yet to be named. [32] On 30 May 2020, it was announced that Zengő Motorsport would return to the WTCR, running two new León Competición TCR cars, for Bence Boldizs and a yet-to-be-named driver. [15] It was announced on 28 August that he would be joined by Mikel Azcona and Gábor Kismarty-Lechner in a three-car lineup. [16]
Jean-Karl Vernay switched from W Racing Team to Team Mulsanne, which run a single Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR. [18]
Vuković Motorsport joined the grid running a single Renault Mégane R.S. TCR for Jack Young. [2] Aurélien Comte later replaced Young from the Slovakia Race onwards, thereby switching from DG Sport Compétition to Vuković Motorsport. [3]
A provisional calendar was released on 5 December 2019. [33]
The 2020 championship was contested over 16 races in six rounds in Europe. [34] The season was originally planned to be contested over 20 races in 10 rounds, but this changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [35]
Round | Race | Race Name | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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1 | 1 | Oscaro Race of Belgium | The Circuit Terlamen Zolder , Heusden-Zolder | 12 September | TCR Europe Touring Car Series Cup & Tourenwagen Trophy Dutch Truck Racing Championship |
2 | 13 September | ||||
2 | 3 | DHL Race of Germany | Nürburgring Nordschleife , Nürburg | 24 September | 24 Hours Nürburgring ADAC Formula 4 Championship |
4 | 25 September | ||||
3 | 5 | Race of Slovakia | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring , Dunajská Streda District | 10 October | FIA Swift Cup Europe Inter Cars Mazda MX-5 Cup |
6 | 11 October | ||||
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4 | 8 | Oscaro Race of Hungary | Hungaroring , Mogyoród | 17 October | FIA European Truck Racing Championship |
9 | 18 October | ||||
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5 | 11 | Race of Spain | MotorLand Aragón , Alcañiz | 31 October | F4 Spanish Championship Renault Clio Cup Spain |
12 | 1 November | ||||
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6 | 14 | Race of Aragón | MotorLand Aragón , Alcañiz | 14 November | Pure ETCR (presentation event) |
15 | 15 November | ||||
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Race | Race name | Circuit | Original date | Original supporting | Notes |
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Race of Morocco | Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan | 5 April | |||
Race of Portugal | Circuito Internacional de Vila Real | 21 June | |||
Race of China | Ningbo International Circuit | 6 September | |||
Race of Austria | Salzburgring | 12 September | |||
Race of Korea | Inje Speedium | 18 October | Pure ETCR (demo event) | ||
Race of Italy | Adria International Raceway | 15 November | |||
2020 | Guia Race of Macau | Guia Circuit, Macau | 22 November | 2020 F3 Macau Grand Prix | The 2020 edition was instead held as part of the 2020 China TCR championship, supporting the 2020 China F4 championship Macau GP |
Race of Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang | 13 December |
Race | Race Name | Pole Position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Rookie Winner | WTCR Trophy Winner | Report |
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1 | Race of Belgium | Néstor Girolami | Néstor Girolami | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Gilles Magnus | Tom Coronel | Report | |
2 | Nathanaël Berthon | Nathanaël Berthon | Yann Ehrlacher | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Gilles Magnus | Gilles Magnus | ||
3 | Race of Germany | Yann Ehrlacher | Esteban Guerrieri | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Gilles Magnus | Tom Coronel | Report | |
4 | Néstor Girolami | Yann Ehrlacher | Yann Ehrlacher | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Bence Boldizs | Jean-Karl Vernay | ||
5 | Race of Slovakia | Nathanaël Berthon | Thed Björk | Nathanaël Berthon | Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport | Gilles Magnus | Nathanaël Berthon | Report |
6 | Mikel Azcona | Tom Coronel | Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport | Gilles Magnus | Tom Coronel | |||
7 | Nathanaël Berthon | Nicky Catsburg | Nicky Catsburg | Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team | Gilles Magnus | Nathanaël Berthon | ||
8 | Race of Hungary | Esteban Guerrieri | Norbert Michelisz | Esteban Guerrieri | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Luca Engstler | Jean-Karl Vernay | Report |
9 | Norbert Michelisz | Yann Ehrlacher | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Bence Boldizs | Jean-Karl Vernay | |||
10 | Esteban Guerrieri | Tiago Monteiro | Esteban Guerrieri | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Gilles Magnus | Jean-Karl Vernay | ||
11 | Race of Spain | Norbert Michelisz | Gilles Magnus | Jean-Karl Vernay | Team Mulsanne | Gilles Magnus | Jean-Karl Vernay | Report |
12 | Nathanaël Berthon | Mikel Azcona | Zengő Motorsport Services KFT | Gilles Magnus | Nathanaël Berthon | |||
13 | Gilles Magnus | Thed Björk | Thed Björk | Cyan Performance Lynk & Co | Gilles Magnus | Nathanaël Berthon | ||
14 | Race of Aragón | Santiago Urrutia | Mikel Azcona | Esteban Guerrieri | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Gilles Magnus | Gilles Magnus | Report |
15 | Yvan Muller | Yvan Muller | Cyan Racing Lynk & Co | Gilles Magnus | Jean-Karl Vernay | |||
16 | Santiago Urrutia | Santiago Urrutia | Santiago Urrutia | Cyan Performance Lynk & Co | Gilles Magnus | Jean-Karl Vernay |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Qualifying 1 & 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||
Race | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | FL |
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Qualifying 1 | 1 | — | ||||
Race | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Pos. | Driver | BEL | GER | SVK | HUN | ESP | ARA | Pts. | ||||||||||
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1 | Gilles Magnus | 101 | 41 | 7 | Ret1 | 71 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 51 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 410 |
2 | Luca Engstler | 122 | 10 | DNP | DNP | NC3 | 10 | 9 | 82 | Ret | 16 | 82 | 9 | Ret | 133 | 11 | 14 | 243 |
3 | Bence Boldizs | 174 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 21†2 | 13 | NC | 161 | 6 | 17 | 93 | DNS | 15 | 172 | Ret | 16 | 236 |
4 | Nico Gruber | 183 | 14 | 20 | 45 | |||||||||||||
5 | Mitchell Cheah | 184 | 13 | 20† | 31 | |||||||||||||
6 | Jack Young | 20†3 | 21† | Ret | DNS2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | BEL | GER | SVK | HUN | ESP | ARA | Pts. |
Eligible for drivers racing without manufacturer support. [41]
Pos. | Driver | BEL | GER | SVK | HUN | ESP | ARA | Pts. | ||||||||||
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1 | Jean-Karl Vernay | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 91 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 121 |
2 | Gilles Magnus | 101 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 101 |
3 | Nathanaël Berthon | 9 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | NC | 8 | 94 |
4 | Tom Coronel | 4 | 6 | 5 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 19† | Ret | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 80 |
5 | Bence Boldizs | 17 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 21† | 13 | NC | 16 | 6 | 17 | 9 | DNS | 15 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 28 |
6 | Aurélien Comte | 16 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 19† | 19 | Ret | NC | Ret | 14 | 12 | 17 | 13 | ||||
7 | Gábor Kismarty-Lechner | 19 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 18† | 17† | 13 | Ret | 14 | 19 | 8 |
8 | Jack Young | 20† | 21† | Ret | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | BEL | GER | SVK | HUN | ESP | ARA | Pts. |
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