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

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
1 1 Jyllandsringen Silkeborg 20–21 June F4 Danish Championship
Yokohama Supercup
Yokohama 1600 Challenge
Legend Car Cup
2
3
2 4 Jyllandsringen Silkeborg 5–6 September
5
6
7
8
3 9 Ring Djursland Ballerup 26–27 September F4 Danish Championship
10
11
4 12 Padborg Park Padborg 10–11 October F4 Danish Championship
13
14
5 15 Jyllandsringen Silkeborg 23–25 October F4 Danish Championship
16
17
Source:[2][6][9][10]

Test days

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

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Denmark Carlsen Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Denmark Michael Carlsen DSG All [13]
Denmark Insight Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 5 Denmark Johnny Vejlebo DSG All [14]
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 9 Denmark Jacob Mathiassen All [15]
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 10 Norway Kristian Sætheren A 1, 5 [16]
Denmark Massive Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 6 Denmark Kasper Jensen All [17][18]
88 Denmark Kenn Bach DSG All [19][20][21]
Denmark Madbull Racing CUPRA León TCR 7 Denmark Kim Lund DSG All [22]
Denmark Meteor Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 8 Denmark Allan Kristensen DSG 1–2, 5 [23]
41 Denmark René Povlsen DSG All [23]
Denmark LM Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 11 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest A All [24]
23 Denmark Jan Magnussen All [25]
Denmark Team Sally Racing CUPRA León TCR 12 Denmark Peter Obel 5 [26]
Sweden TPR Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 16 Denmark Casper Elgaard 2–3, 5 [27]
Denmark Markussen Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 18 Denmark Michael Markussen All [28]
Denmark Peugeot Sport Denmark 32 Denmark Michelle Gatting 1 [29]
Denmark Andersen Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 19 Denmark Martin Andersen All [30]
Denmark Lindhard Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 67 Denmark Jonas Lindhard DSG A All [31]
Icon Class
DSG Cars with DSG Gearboxes
A Am/U23/Drivers below 23

Summary

Results and standings

Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team DSG winner U23 winner
1 R1 Jyllandsringen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Massive Motorsport Denmark René Povlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R2 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest Denmark Nicolai Sylvest Denmark LM Racing Denmark René Povlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R3 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Massive Motorsport Denmark René Povlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
2 R1 Jyllandsringen Denmark Casper Elgaard1 Sweden TPR Motorsport Denmark Michael Carlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R2 Denmark Casper Elgaard1 Denmark Martin Andersen Denmark Casper Elgaard Sweden TPR Motorsport Denmark Michael Carlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R3 Denmark Martin Andersen Denmark Martin Andersen Denmark Andersen Motorsport Denmark René Povlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R4 Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Casper Elgaard Sweden TPR Motorsport Denmark Kenn Bach Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R5 Denmark Jacob Mathiassen Denmark Jacob Mathiassen Denmark Insight Racing Denmark René Povlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R6 Denmark Casper Elgaard Denmark Casper Elgaard Sweden TPR Motorsport Denmark Johnny Vejlebo Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
3 R1 Ring Djursland Denmark Jan Magnussen2 Denmark LM Racing Denmark Michael Carlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R2 Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Martin Andersen Denmark Martin Andersen Denmark Andersen Motorsport Denmark Michael Carlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R3 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark LM Racing Denmark Kim Lund Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
– R1 Padborg Park Event cancelled
R2
R3
4 R1 Jyllandsringen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Massive Motorsport Denmark Michael Carlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest
R2 Denmark Casper Elgaard Denmark Jacob Mathiassen Denmark Insight Racing Denmark Allan Kristensen Norway Kristian Sætheren
R3 Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Kasper Jensen Denmark Massive Motorsport Denmark Michael Carlsen Denmark Nicolai Sylvest

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 
Race 25 20 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver JYL1 JYL2 DJU JYL3 Pts.
1 Denmark Kasper Jensen 1 3 1 2 2 4 3 3 2 6 3 2 1 4 1 290
2 Denmark Martin Andersen 2 6 4 3 3 1 4 11 5 2 1 4 7 2 5 245
3 Denmark Nicolai Sylvest 5 1 2 5 6 3 6 4 6 4 4 3 2 8 4 231
4 Denmark Jan Magnussen 3 4 NC 7 Ret 5 2 Ret 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 215
5 Denmark Jacob Mathiassen 7 2 3 4 4 7 7 1 13 3 12 DNS 6 1 8 200
6 Denmark Michael Markussen 4 5 5 8 5 2 5 2 3 5 5 10 4 5 Ret 195
7 Denmark Casper Elgaard 1 1 8 1 5 1 7 Ret Ret 15 6 3 167
8 Denmark René Povlsen 8 7 7 10 8 9 Ret 6 8 9 11 9 16 12 9 124
9 Denmark Michael Carlsen 13 9 8 6 DSQ 12 11 10 11 8 6 6 8 13 7 124
10 Denmark Kenn Bach 10 Ret 10† 11 7 6 8 Ret 10 11 8 7 11 15 DNS 102
11 Denmark Jonas Lindhard 12 11 9 9 11 13 12 7 12 10 9 8 10 14 DNS 100
12 Denmark Johnny Vejlebo 14† Ret DNS 12 10 10 9 8 7 13 10 DSQ 9 11 11 100
13 Denmark Allan Kristensen 9 Ret DNS 14 9 11 10 9 9 13 9 10 78
14 Norway Kristian Sætheren 6 8 6 5 7 6 70
15 Denmark Kim Lund Johansen 11 10 Ret 13 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 12 7 5 14 10 Ret 63
16 Denmark Michelle Gatting 15† Ret DNS 3
- Denmark Peter Obel 12 16 12 -
Pos. Driver JYL1 JYL2 DJU JYL3 Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team JYL1 JYL2 DJU PAD JYL3 Pts.
1 Denmark LM Racing 3 1 2 90
5 4 NC
2 Denmark Massive Motorsport 1 3 1 83
10 Ret 10†
3 Denmark Insight Racing 6 2 3 82
7 8 6
4 Denmark Andersen Motorsport 2 6 4 47
5 Denmark Markussen Racing 4 5 5 41
6 Denmark Meteor Racing 8 7 7 41
9 Ret DNS
7 Denmark Carlsen Motorsport 13 9 8 24
8 Denmark Lindhard Motorsport 12 11 9 22
9 Denmark Madbull Racing 11 10 Ret 15
10 Denmark Peugeot Sport Denmark 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

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