Race details
Date 13–15 March
Official name Carsales 1st TCR Asia Pacific Cup
Location Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Course Temporary street circuit
5.027 km (3.124 mi)
Supporting Australian Grand Prix
Supercars Championship
Australian S5000 Championship
Distance Race 1
8 laps, 40.216 km (24.989 mi)
Race 2
8 laps, 40.216 km (24.989 mi)
Race 3
8 laps, 40.216 km (24.989 mi)
Race 1
Pole
Driver Australia Garth Tander Australia Melbourne Performance Centre
Time 2:04.361
Fastest lap
N/A
Podium
Race cancelled
Race 2
Race cancelled
Race 3
Race cancelled

The 2020 Carsales TCR Asia Pacific Cup was due to be the first edition of the TCR Asia Pacific Cup held at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on 13–15 March 2020.[1] The race was going to be contested with TCR touring cars and run in support of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix. The cup would've run as part of the 2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The event was cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers were entered into the event:

Team Car No. Drivers Ref.
Australia HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 1 Australia Will Brown [2]
11 Australia Nathan Morcom [3]
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2 Australia Chelsea Angelo [4]
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 35 Australia Alexandra Whitley [5]
75 Australia Garth Tander [6]
97 Australia Liam McAdam [6]
100 Australia Hamish Ribarits [6]
Australia Team Valvoline GRM Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 7 Australia Michael Caruso [7]
Peugeot 308 TCR 18 Australia Aaron Cameron [8]
Australia Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 9 Australia Jay Hanson [9]
10 Australia James Allen [10]
Australia Michael Clemente Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Australia Michael Clemente [11]
Australia Burson Auto Parts Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 17 Australia Jason Bargwanna [12]
New Zealand Track Tec Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 22 New Zealand Jack Milligan [13]
77 Netherlands Stan van Oord [14]
Australia Renault Sport GRM Renault Mégane R.S TCR 33 Australia Dylan O'Keeffe [15]
34 Australia James Moffat [16]
Germany Münnich Motorsport by Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 49 Germany René Münnich [17]
Hong Kong KCMG with Wall Racing 51 Japan Takuya Shirasaka [18]
Australia Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 110 Australia Zac Soutar [19]
France JSB Compétition with Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 308 France Julien Briché [20]
Australia Milldun Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 777 Australia Declan Fraser [21]

Practice

Session Day Fastest lap
No. Driver Team Car Time Ref.
Practice 1 Thursday 1 Australia Will Brown HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 2:04.6467 [22]
Practice 2 Thursday 1 Australia Will Brown HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 2:05.1832 [23]

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Car Time Gap
1 75 Australia Garth Tander Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:04.3614
2 88 Australia Michael Caruso Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 2:04.8625 0:00.5011
3 11 Australia Nathan Morcom Hyundai i30 N TCR 2:05.0242 0:00.6628
4 1 Australia Will Brown Hyundai i30 N TCR 2:05.0834 0:00.7220
5 34 Australia James Moffat Renault Megane RS TCR 2:05.4133 0:01.0519
6 18 Australia Aaron Cameron Peugeot 308 TCR 2:05.7076 0:01.3462
7 308 France Julien Briché Peugeot 308 TCR 2:05.7643 0:01.4029
8 10 Australia James Allen Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 2:05.8444 0:01.4830
9 75 Netherlands Stan Van Oord Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:05.9596 0:01.5982
10 33 Australia Dylan O'Keeffe Renault Megane RS TCR 2:06.0054 0:01.6440
11 110 Australia Zac Soutar Honda Civic Type R TCR 2:06.0593 0:01.6979
12 15 Australia Michael Clemente Honda Civic Type R TCR 2:06.1227 0:01.7613
13 17 Australia Jason Bargwanna Peugeot 308 TCR 2:06.2720 0:01.9106
14 9 Australia Jay Hanson Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 2:06.7576 0:02.3962
15 51 Japan Takuya Shirasaka Honda Civic Type R TCR 2:06.7612 0:02.3998
16 100 Australia Hamish Ribarits Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:06.8045 0:02.4431
17 2 Australia Chelsea Angelo Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 2:07.0195 0:02.6581
18 777 Australia Declan Fraser Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 2:07.5142 0:03.1528
19 97 Australia Liam McAdam Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:07.8918 0:03.5304
20 22 New Zealand Jack Milligan Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:08.0381 0:03.6767
21 35 Australia Alexandra Whitley Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 2:08.2245 0:03.6767
22 49 Germany René Münnich Honda Civic Type R TCR 2:08.9870 0:04.6256

Results and standings

Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   DNF 
Races 1 & 2 40 36 32 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 0
Race 3 50 46 42 38 36 31 29 27 25 23 19 18 17 16 15 12 11 10 9 8 0

Drivers' standings

Pos. Driver ALB
Victoria (state) 		Points
1 Australia Garth Tander P 2
Pos. Driver ALB
Victoria (state) 		Points

References

  1. ^ "TCR Australia announced as newest announced category for AUSGP". grandprix.com.au. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Will Brown confirmed for return to defend TCR Australia title". TouringCarTimes. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ Coch, Mat (14 February 2020). "Morcom continues with HMO for 2020". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Chelsea Angelo back in TCR with Volkswagen ride". TouringCarTimes. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Alexandra Whitley secures Albert Park entry". TouringCarTimes. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Tander, Ribartis and Shirasaka added to finalised 22-car TCR Asia Pacific Cup grid". TouringCarTimes. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  7. ^ Howard, Tom (9 February 2020). "Caruso joins TCR with two-year GRM deal". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Garry Rogers Motorsport unveil Peugeot livery". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Ashley Seward Motorsport takes on 16-year-old for TCR Australia campaign". TouringCarTimes. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Ashley Seward Motorsport expand to three Alfa Romeos for 2020". TouringCarTimes. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Michael Clemente confirms 2020 entry with a Honda". TouringCarTimes. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Jason Bargwanna confirmed for GRM-prepared Peugeot 308TCR". TouringCarTimes. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Track Tec Racing enter second Audi for Jack Milligan at Melbourne". TouringCarTimes. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Track Tec Racing confirm Stan van Oord for Melbourne race". TouringCarTimes. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Dylan O'Keeffe secures Renault drive for Garry Rogers Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Renault Australia confirm sponsorship with GRM for 2020". TouringCarTimes. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  17. ^ "René Münnich joins Wall Racing for Melbourne race". TouringCarTimes. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Three Hondas for Wall Racing in 2020 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  19. ^ "Formula Ford ace secures ex-Tony D'Alberto Honda for 2020". TouringCarTimes. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  20. ^ Coch, Mat (11 February 2020). "French TCR racer joins Asia Pacific Cup field". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Declan Fraser lands TCR Asia Pacific Cup drive for Milldun Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Brown well clear in TCR Practice 1 at Albert Park". Speedcafe. 12 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Brown continues to set pace in TCR Asia Pacific Cup". Speedcafe. 12 March 2020.

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