The 2020 Súper TC2000 Championship was the 42nd season of Turismo Competición 2000 and the 9th season of Súper TC2000, the premier touring car category of Argentina. It started in September 2020 and finished in February 2021 having been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. Matías Rossi won the championship, his second of the Súper TC2000 era and fifth overall.

Matías Rossi (pictured in 2017) won his fifth Turismo Competición 2000 championship

Teams and drivers

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Entrant
(Commercial title)
Car No. Driver Rounds
Monti Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze 51   José Manuel Urcera 1-10
33   José Manuel Sapag 11-12
Ambrogio Racing
(Renault Sport Castrol Team)
Renault Fluence 1   Leonel Pernía All
28   Matías Milla 1-2, 4-12
30   Tomás Gagliardi Genné All
83   Facundo Ardusso All
Pro Racing
(Chevrolet YPF)
Chevrolet Cruze 2   Bernardo Llaver All
86   Agustín Canapino All
Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina
(Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia)
Toyota Corolla 7   Hernán Palazzo 1-2, 9-10
11   Rubens Barrichello All
17   Matías Rossi All
57   Franco Vivian 3-7, 11-12
68   Julián Santero 1, 3-12
Equipo FDC Citroën C4 Lounge 22   Juan José Garriz All
24   Matías Cravero 3-5
25   Marcelo Ciarrocchi All
33   José Manuel Sapag 1-2, 6-9
RAM Racing Factory
(Puma Energy Honda Racing)
Honda Civic 5   Fabián Yannantuoni All
9   Nicolás Moscardini All
34   Juan Ángel Rosso All
35   Diego Ciantini 9-0
111   Juan Manuel Silva 1-7, 11-12
Fiat Racing Team STC2000 Fiat Cronos 21   Matías Muñoz Marchesi 1-3, 6
63   Franco Girolami 1-3, 6-8
64   Bruno Armellini 1-3, 6-8
Midas Carrera Team Toyota Corolla 14   Ricardo Risatti All
133   Valentín Aguirre 1-10
35   Diego Ciantini 11-12
TS Racing Chevrolet Cruze 67   Nicolás Traut 7
Fineschi Racing Fiat Cronos 36   Damián Fineschi 11
Source:[1][2]

Changes

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  • The two main novelties for the season were the arrival of the private Midas Carrera Team and Monti Motorsport teams.[3][4] Also, the Citroën subsidiary officially stopped supporting the FDC team.[5]
  • Julián Santero missed the second race for positive COVID-19, while Matías Milla didn't participate in the third for the same reason. In both cases, they were not replaced by another driver in those races.[6][7]
  • Hernán Palazzo stopped racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina in October and was replaced by Franco Vivian.[8] Palazzo returned at ninth race and Vivian at eleventh race.
  • Matías Cravero replaced José Manuel Sapag when competed in WTCR and TCR Europe.[9]
  • The Fiat Racing Team STC2000 didn't participate in the fourth and fifth races due to several cases of COVID-19 within it.[10]
  • Nicolás Traut participated in the seventh race of the year.[11]
  • Fiat Racing Team STC2000 did not participate in the 10 and 11 races.
  • In race 11, José Manuel Sapag replaced José Manuel Urcera (in Monti Motorsport) and Diego Ciantini replaced Valentín Aguirre (in Midas Carrera Team).[12][13] Damián Fineschi participated in this race with a Fiat from the Fineschi Racing.[14]

Calendar

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Race Circuit Date
1 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 8), Buenos Aires September 20 2020
2 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 9), Buenos Aires September 27 2020
3 Autódromo Oscar Cabalén (Layout No. 3), Córdoba October 25 2020
4 Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Córdoba October 31 2020
5 November 1 2020
6 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 6), Buenos Aires November 29 2020
7 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 7), Buenos Aires December 5 2020
8 December 6 2020
9 Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto January 10 2021
10 Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná, Paraná January 17 2021
11 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 8), Buenos Aires February 7 2021
12 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 6), Buenos Aires February 14 2021
Source:[15][16][17]

Race calendar and results

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Race Pole Position Qualifying race Fastest lap Race winner Team winner Car winner
1 Buenos Aires 1   Matías Rossi   Matías Rossi   Agustín Canapino   Agustín Canapino Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
2 Buenos Aires 2   Facundo Ardusso   Leonel Pernía   Matías Rossi   Facundo Ardusso Renault Sport Castrol Team Renault Fluence
3 Córdoba 1   Matías Rossi   Bernardo Llaver   Bernardo Llaver   Bernardo Llaver Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
4 Córdoba 2   José Manuel Urcera -   José Manuel Urcera   Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
5   Matías Rossi   Ricardo Risatti   Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
6 Buenos Aires 3   Facundo Ardusso   Rubens Barrichello   Rubens Barrichello   Rubens Barrichello Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
7 Buenos Aires 4   Julián Santero -   Matías Rossi   Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
8   Julián Santero   Julián Santero   Julián Santero Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
9 Río Cuarto   Julián Santero   Leonel Pernía   Leonel Pernía   Leonel Pernía Renault Sport Castrol Team Renault Fluence
10 Paraná   Leonel Pernía   Leonel Pernía   Matías Rossi   Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
11 Buenos Aires 5   Agustín Canapino   Bernardo Llaver   Leonel Pernía   Agustín Canapino Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
12 Buenos Aires 6   Julián Santero -   Agustín Canapino   Agustín Canapino Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
Source:[18][19]

Championship standings

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Pos. Driver BUA
 
BUA
 
AGR
 
AGR
 
BUA
 
BUA
 
RCU
 
PAR
 
BUA
 
BUA
 
Points
1   Matías Rossi 1 2 6 2 6 4 1 1 11 16† 1 2 3 2 12 1 5 5 3 167 (192)
2   Agustín Canapino 2 1 7 4 7 6 8 2 12 2 2 4 8 4 DSQ 3 3 1 1 150 (177)
3   Julián Santero 5 3 3 3 2 Ret 5 4 Ret 1 5 9 7 14† 11 6 2 107 (115)
4   Leonel Pernía 6 17† 1 Ret 5 5 3 8 7 12 Ret 15 1 1 1 13† 2 13 4 99 (100)
5   Facundo Ardusso 3 4 8 1 8 7 4 9 16 7 3 16 9 5 8 6 6 2 5 96 (113)
6   Bernardo Llaver 7 6 Ret Ret 1 1 9 15 6 DSQ 12 Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 1 3 7 67
7   Rubens Barrichello 18 8 DSQ 8 13 10 17† 11 1 1 6 7 16 Ret 6 5 10 16 6 64
8   Matías Milla 8 16† 2 3 10 Ret 2 DSQ 5 5 17 Ret 13 10 7 4 8 55
9   Ricardo Risatti 10 5 10 Ret 4 2 14† 3 13 9 7 8 7 DSQ Ret 12† 15 7 14 47 (49)
10   Nicolás Moscardini 4 Ret 5 Ret 19 11 Ret 12 4 3 Ret 6 14 10 4 11 4 10 10 34 (35)
11   Marcelo Ciarrocchi 19 Ret 13 12 11 Ret 12 7 17 18 Ret Ret 2 3 9 4 19 17 Ret 32
12   Tomás Gagliardi Genné 12 11 9 6 16 15 6 5 9 5 17† 11 11 8 10 7 20 15 12 32
13   Franco Vivian 2 12 5 4 20 8 10 9 9 8 13 29
14   José Manuel Urcera 20 12 11 Ret 20† 13 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 2 26
15   Fabián Yannantuoni 23† 14 Ret 7 10 8 13 6 10 6 8 12 12 15† 11 9 18 12 9 26
16   Juan Manuel Silva 16 7 4 5 9 9 16 10 Ret 10 11 14 17 18† 11 20
17   Valentín Aguirre 13 15 14 13 Ret Ret 15 14 8 Ret 4 3 Ret DSQ 14 Ret 18
18   Franco Girolami 9 Ret 18† 9 15 DSQ 14 Ret 9 10 4 6 14
19   Juan Ángel Rosso 11 Ret 3 Ret 12 16 7 16 3 Ret 13 13 13 11 17 Ret 13 11 17 12
20   Diego Ciantini 6 7 3 Ret 14 9 16 11
21   Juan José Garriz 15 13 17 10 17 18 11 13 18 17 14 Ret Ret 12 15 8 16 14 15 4
22   Matías Muñoz Marchesi 14 9 12 Ret 14 19† 19 11 2
23   Bruno Armellini 21 10 16 14† Ret 17 Ret 13 15 17 15 14 1
-   José Manuel Sapag 22 Ret 15 11 21 14 16† Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 18† 0
-   Matías Cravero 18 14 Ret 17 0
-   José Hernán Palazzo 17 DSQ Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 Ret 0
-   Nicolás Traut Ret Ret 0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
-   Damián Fineschi 12 Ret 0

Teams' championship

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Pos Team Points
1 Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia 334
2 Renault Sport Castrol Team 259
3 Chevrolet YPF 217
4 Puma Energy Honda Racing 95
5 Midas Carrera Team 67
6 FDC 36
7 Monti Motorsport 26
8 Fiat Racing Team STC2000 17
NC TS Racing 0
NC Fineschi Racing 0
Source:[20][19]

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos Manufacturer Points
1 Toyota 285
2 Chevrolet 217
3 Renault 195
4 Citroën 36
5 Honda 32
6 Fiat 16
Source:[20][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Temporada 2020: equipos y pilotos - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  2. ^ Regueira, Leo (2020-04-02). "Numeración, equipos y pilotos del Súper TC2000". Carburando (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  3. ^ "Privateer Toyota team Midas Carrera confirm Risatti and Aguirre". TouringCarTimes. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  4. ^ "José Manuel Urcera joins new team Monti Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  5. ^ "Citroën announce Super TC 2000 exit". TouringCarTimes. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  6. ^ "Julián Santero pulls out of STC2000 weekend after positive COVID-19 test". TouringCarTimes. 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  7. ^ "Matías Milla withdraws from Córdoba after positive COVID-19 test". TouringCarTimes. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  8. ^ "Franco Vivian replaces Hernán Palazzo at Toyota". TouringCarTimes. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  9. ^ "¿Quién reemplazará a Sapag en el Súper TC2000? | + Deportes". Los Andes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  10. ^ "Fiat no estará en la doble fecha del Súper TC 2000". Diario Río Negro (in European Spanish). 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  11. ^ Rose, Javier Delle (2020-12-03). "Traut prueba en La Plata, retorna este fin de semana". Carburando (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  12. ^ "Sapag por Urcera para Buenos Aires - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  13. ^ "Ciantini podría reemplazar a Aguirre en el Midas - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  14. ^ "Fineschi vuelve al Súper TC20000 - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  15. ^ "Super TC2000 - NOTICIAS / Confirmación de calendario". supertc2000.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21.
  16. ^ "Super TC2000 - CALENDARIO 2020". supertc2000.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21.
  17. ^ Duhalde, Francisco (2020-11-18). "El Súper TC2000 definió los dibujos que usará en Buenos Aires". Carburando (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  18. ^ "Super TC2000, Argentina 2020 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  19. ^ a b c "Super TC2000 - RESULTADOS". supertc2000.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21.
  20. ^ a b "Super TC2000 - POSICIONES 2020". supertc2000.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21.
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