The 2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 HC Container TCR Denmark Touring Car Series) is the inaugural season of the TCR Denmark Touring Car Series.[1] The season started on the 18/19 April at Jyllandsringen and will end on the 10/11 October at Padborg Park.[2]
Calendar edit
Five events are set to take place in Denmark. Two of the former rounds were scheduled to be supporting the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship.[3]
Each round will consist of three 15-minute and 1-lap races, the starting order for the first race will be based on the results from qualifying while the second race will utilise a reversed grid of the top eight cars from qualifying. The third and final race will have its grid decided by the most points gathered from the first two races.[4]
The 2020 calendar was announced on 17 December 2019 with the addition of a round supporting the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix announced on 19 February 2020.[2][5][6]
The opening round of the season was then moved to 2–3 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Round 2 of the championship, that was due to take place in Aarhus, supporting the Classic Race Aarhus event, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until 2021.[8]
On 1 May 2020, a new, preliminary, calendar was released featuring a double header round at Jyllandsringen.[9]
| Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Date | Supporting |
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| 1 | 1 | Jyllandsringen | Silkeborg | 20–21 June | F4 Danish Championship Yokohama Supercup Yokohama 1600 Challenge Legend Car Cup |
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| 2 | 4 | Jyllandsringen | Silkeborg | 5–6 September | |
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| 3 | 9 | Ring Djursland | Ballerup | 26–27 September | F4 Danish Championship |
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| 4 | 12 | Padborg Park | Padborg | 10–11 October | F4 Danish Championship |
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| 5 | 15 | Jyllandsringen | Silkeborg | 23–25 October | F4 Danish Championship |
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| Source:[2][6][9][10] | |||||
Test days edit
The official test days for the season were announced on 16 January 2020. The announced dates were the 1, 2 and 16 April at Jyllandsringen. These will also serve as the series' media days for photos and interviews for the drivers and team to take place. These were later postponed to 9–10 June.[11][12]
Teams and drivers edit
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Summary edit
- LM Racing, run by Lars Mogensen, will compete in the championship using two Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR cars for ex-Formula One and Corvette Racing driver Jan Magnussen and 2019 ADAC GT Masters driver Nicolai Sylvest.[25][24]
- Massive Motorsport will compete in the championship entering DS3 Cup Denmark driver Kenn Bach and Three-time Danish Thundersport Championship winner Kasper Jensen. Casper Elgaard, who was originally scheduled to enter the series with the team, announced on 28 January that he has left the team. Bach will drive an FK8 Honda Civic Type R previously driven by Josh Files for KCMG while Jensen's car is not yet confirmed.[19][20][32][17][21][33]
- A pair of ex-Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs will be entered by 2019 Yokohama SuperCup Denmark champion Rene Povlsen and runner-up Allan Kristensen. The team for which the two drivers will compete is yet to be confirmed.[23]
- Insight Racing will enter an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR for Norwegian driver Kristian Sætheren, who competed in the 2019 TCR Scandinavia Series for the team and an Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR for British GT driver Jacob Mathiassen. Johnny Vejlebo will also compete in the championship for Insight in a Peugeot 308 TCR, driving in the Trofeo Championship.[16][15][14]
- TPR Motorsport will compete in the championship using a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR with 2019 Danish Thundersport Championship driver and team owner Toni Persic driving the car. Casper Elgaard was later confirmed to drive for team after leaving Massive Motorsport, alongside Daniel Träger in a pair of Honda Civic Type R TCR cars.[34][27]
- Two-time Danish Touringcar Champion Michael Carlsen will compete in the championship in a Peugeot 308 TCR.[13]
- Danish Yokohama Super Cup driver Mikael Kildevæld will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his team, Kildevæld Racing.[35]
- Danish Thundersport Championship driver Michael Markussen will compete in the championship in a Peugeot 308 TCR for his team, Markussen Racing. Michelle Gatting will guest star alongside Markussen in the opening round.[28][29]
- Kim Lund will compete in the championship in an ex-PWR CUPRA León TCR driving in the Trophy Championship for Madbull Racing.[22]
- Jonas Lindhard will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR driving for his family team, Lindhard Motorsport.[31]
- Martin Andersen will compete in the championship in a Hyundai i30 N TCR driving for his own team, Andersen Motorsport.[30]
Results and standings edit
| Rnd. | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | DSG winner | U23 winner | |
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| 1 | R1 | Jyllandsringen |  Kasper Jensen
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Kasper Jensen
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Kasper Jensen
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Massive Motorsport
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René Povlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R2 | Nicolai Sylvest
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Nicolai Sylvest
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LM Racing
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René Povlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R3 | Nicolai Sylvest
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Kasper Jensen
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Massive Motorsport
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René Povlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| 2 | R1 | Jyllandsringen | Casper Elgaard1
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 TPR Motorsport
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Michael Carlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R2 | Casper Elgaard1
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Martin Andersen
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Casper Elgaard
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TPR Motorsport
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Michael Carlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R3 | Martin Andersen
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Martin Andersen
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Andersen Motorsport
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René Povlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R4 | Jan Magnussen
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Kasper Jensen
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Casper Elgaard
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TPR Motorsport
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Kenn Bach
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R5 | Jacob Mathiassen
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Jacob Mathiassen
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Insight Racing
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René Povlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R6 | Casper Elgaard
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Casper Elgaard
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TPR Motorsport
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Johnny Vejlebo
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| 3 | R1 | Ring Djursland | Jan Magnussen2
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LM Racing
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Michael Carlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R2 | Jan Magnussen
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Martin Andersen
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Martin Andersen
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Andersen Motorsport
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Michael Carlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R3 | Nicolai Sylvest
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Jan Magnussen
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LM Racing
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Kim Lund
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| – | R1 | Padborg Park | Event cancelled | |||||
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| 4 | R1 | Jyllandsringen | Kasper Jensen
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Kasper Jensen
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Kasper Jensen
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Massive Motorsport
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Michael Carlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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| R2 | Casper Elgaard
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Jacob Mathiassen
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Insight Racing
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Allan Kristensen
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 Kristian Sætheren
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| R3 | Kasper Jensen
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Kasper Jensen
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Massive Motorsport
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Michael Carlsen
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Nicolai Sylvest
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1 – Original race 1 was replaced by a qualifying session for the then Race 1, and normal points were awarded.
2 – Original race 1 was replaced by a qualifying session for the then Race 1, and normal points were awarded.
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
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| Race | 25 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship edit
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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' championship edit
| Pos. | Team | JYL1 | JYL2 | DJU | PAD | JYL3 | Pts. | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | LM Racing
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3 | 1 | 2 | 90 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | NC | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Massive Motorsport
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1 | 3 | 1 | 83 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ret | 10† | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Insight Racing
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6 | 2 | 3 | 82 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Andersen Motorsport
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2 | 6 | 4 | 47 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Markussen Racing
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4 | 5 | 5 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Meteor Racing
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8 | 7 | 7 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ret | DNS | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Carlsen Motorsport
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13 | 9 | 8 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lindhard Motorsport
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12 | 11 | 9 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Madbull Racing
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11 | 10 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Peugeot Sport Denmark
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15† | Ret | DNS | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | JYL1 | JYL2 | DJU | PAD | JYL3 | Pts. | ||||||||||||
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
References edit
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- ^ a b c "Six round calendar revealed for first TCR Denmark campaign". TouringCarTimes. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "TCR Scandinavia unveils new calendar and promoter for 2020". TouringCarTimes. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "TCR Denmark confirm race weekend setup and regulations". TouringCarTimes. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "TCR Denmark unveiled the full calendar for 2020". tcr-series.com. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Copenhagen street race added to inaugural TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "TCR Denmark season opener moved two weeks". TouringCarTimees. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Aarhus street race postponed until 2021, pre-season test day moved". TouringCarTimees. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ a b "TCR Denmark present new preliminary 2020 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "THE PREMIERE IS RUNNING!". TCR Denmark. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Mikael Kildevæld enters TCR Denmark Gentleman Cup". TouringCarTimes. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "INFORMATION FOR THE PRESS AT NEXT WEEK'S TEST AND MEDIA DAYS". TCR Denmark. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Two-time Danish champion Michael Carlsen enters TCR Denmark with Peugeot". TouringCarTimes. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Johnny Vejlebo plans motorsport comeback with TCR Denmark". TouringCarTimes. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Jacob Mathiassen returns to Insight Racing for TCR Denmark campaign". TouringCarTimes. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Kristian Sætheren joins TCR Denmark grid". TouringCarTimes. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Triple DTC champion Kasper H. Jensen completes Massive Motorsport line up". TouringCarTimes. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Kasper H. Jensen tops maiden TCR Denmark test at Jyllandsringen". TouringCarTimes. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Massive Motorsport first to confirm TCR Denmark entry". TouringCarTimes. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Kenn Bach signs for Massive Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Kenn Bach takes delivery of Honda for inaugural TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Madbull Racing enter ex-PWR Cupra for Kim Lund Johansen". TouringCarTimes. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Two ex-Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagens entered for TCR Denmark". TouringCarTimes. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Nicolai Sylvest confirmed as team-mate to Jan Magnussen at LM Racing". TouringCarTimes. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Jan Magnussen confirmed for inaugural TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Sally Racing joins TCR Denmark finale with Peter Obel". TouringCarTimes. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Casper Elgaard returns for inaugural TCR Denmark season with TPR Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Michael Markussen adds second Peugeot to TCR Denmark grid". TouringCarTimes. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Michelle Gatting to guest star inaugural TCR Denmark race weekend". TouringCarTimes. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Martin Andersen joins TCR Denmark with Hyundai". TouringCarTimes. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ a b "F4 racer Jonas Lindhard makes TCR Denmark move". TouringCarTimes. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Casper Elgaard confirms driver role for 2020 TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Massive Motorsport part ways with Casper Elgaard". TouringCarTimes. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "TPR Motorsport enter TCR Denmark with Toni Persic". TouringCarTimes. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Mikael Kildevæld enters TCR Denmark Gentleman Cup". TouringCarTimes. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.