Английская Википедия:2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

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Will Brown is the defending TCR Australia Champion.

The 2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 Carsales TCR Australia Touring Car Series season) was to be the second season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series was set be run as part of the renamed Motorsport Australia Championships series. The rescheduled season-opener was due to be held in Sydney Motorsport Park and it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers were under contract to compete in the 2020 championship:

Team Car Шаблон:Tooltip Drivers Class Rounds Ref. Шаблон:Flagicon HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Will Brown TBA TBA 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Nathan Morcom TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Melbourne Performance Centre Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Chelsea Angelo TBA TBA Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 35 Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandra Whitley TBA TBA 75 Шаблон:Flagicon Garth Tander TBA TBA 97 Шаблон:Flagicon Liam McAdam TBA TBA 100 Шаблон:Flagicon Hamish Ribarits TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Garry Rogers Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Caruso TBA TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Cox TBA TBA Peugeot 308 TCR 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna TBA TBA 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Cameron TBA TBA 71 Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Bargwanna TBA TBA Renault Mégane R.S TCR 33 Шаблон:Flagicon Dylan O'Keeffe TBA TBA 34 Шаблон:Flagicon James Moffat TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Hanson M TBA 10 Шаблон:Flagicon James Allen TBA TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon image TBA TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Clemente Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Clemente M TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Track Tec Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Milligan M TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 24 Шаблон:Flagicon John Martin TBA TBA 50 Шаблон:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto TBA TBA 51 Шаблон:Flagicon Takuya Shirasaka TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Tilton Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 26 Шаблон:Flagicon Bradley Shiels TBA TBA Шаблон:Flagicon Team Soutar Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 110 Шаблон:Flagicon Zac Soutar M TBA Шаблон:Flagicon DashSport Hyundai i30 N TCR 111 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael King M P TBA

Key Icon Class M Michelin Rookie of the Year P Panta Cup

Summary

• Ashley Seward Motorsport will expand to enter three cars. The team had entered a single car throughout the 2019 championship before entering a second car at the final event. Australian Formula Ford driver Jay Hanson will make his début in the series with the team.
• Reigning Hyundai Excel Cup—a series run as part of the Shannons Nationals competition—champion Michael Clemente will make his series début after purchasing a Honda Civic Type R used by Wall Racing in 2019. Clemente's team will compete under the name Michael Clemente Motorsport.
• Garry Rogers Motorsport will expand from a three-car entry to a six-car entry. The team will add one Renault Mégane R.S at selected events to their two full season entries from 2019, one of which will be driven by James Moffat; and a second Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce alongside the single entry from the previous season, with Michael Caruso and Jordan Cox driving them. The team will also run two Peugeot 308 cars under the GRM Customer Racing banner for New Zealand Touring Cars champion and former Supercars driver Jason Bargwanna, who will make his series début, and Aaron Cameron, coming from Melbourne Performance Center. A third Peugeot will be entered by the team at the TCR Asia Pacific Cup for 2019 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car champion Julien Briché.
• Australian Formula Ford driver Zac Soutar will make his series début with the family-run Team Soutar Motorsport. The team will enter the Honda Civic Type R used by Tony D'Alberto in 2019.
• Production Touring Car driver Michael King will make his series début in a new Hyundai i30 N run by DashSport.
• Kelly Racing, who ran Subaru WRX STI and Holden Astra cars during the 2019 season, withdrew from the championship to focus on their Supercars team following their switch to Ford cars.
• Toyota 86 Champion Jack Milligan and Stan van Oord will make their series début with Track Tec Racing. They will drive a pair of Audi RS 3 LMS.
• Wall Racing will enter three Honda Civic Type R cars retaining John Martin and Tony D'Alberto with Paul Ip joining the team. In addition to the three full season entries, the team will enter a fourth Civic for Münnich Motorsport founder and 2019 TCR Middle East Series champion René Münnich at the TCR Asia Pacific Cup.
• Chelsea Angelo will drive for Melbourne Performance Centre driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI.
• Declan Fraser will make their series début with Milldun Motorsport driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI.
• Bradley Shiels will make his series début in a Hyundai i30 N run by Tilton Racing.

Race calendar

The calendar was announced in October 2019 with seven confirmed rounds, plus two non-championship rounds. The final calendar was published in January 2020. A revised calendar, expanding into 2021 was released on 26 May 2020.

Round	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	15–16 August
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	12–13 September
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	TBA October
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	12–15 November
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	24–26 January
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Baskerville Raceway	Hobart, Tasmania	30–31 January
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit		Location	Original Date
Шаблон:Flagicon Winton Motor Raceway		Benalla, Victoria	1–3 May
Шаблон:Flagicon The Bend Motorsport Park		Tailem Bend, South Australia	12–14 June
Шаблон:Flagicon Morgan Park Raceway		Warwick, Queensland	3–5 July
Шаблон:Flagicon Mount Panorama Circuit		Bathurst, New South Wales	13–15 NovemberШаблон:Efn
Partially cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit		Location	Original Date
Шаблон:Flagicon Albert Park Circuit		Melbourne, Victoria	13–15 MarchШаблон:EfnШаблон:Efn

Calendar changes

• The championship will visit the Mount Panorama Circuit for the first time, originally having been planned to occur as part of the Bathurst 6 Hour weekend over Easter. Due to the cancellation of the Easter event, the round was rescheduled to the date originally planned to hold the non-championship Bathurst International event.
• The Bend Motorsport Park was originally scheduled to only host one event rather than two as in 2019, while Queensland Raceway was also not listed on the initially released calendar. Neither circuit appeared on the revised calendar.
• Morgan Park Raceway was intended to host a round of the championship, marking its first competitive event since 2011. However, it also did not appear on the revised calendar.
• In addition to the seven championship rounds originally scheduled, there were originally also planned to be two associated events; a round supporting the Australian Grand Prix weekend was intended to be held as the TCR Asia Pacific Cup, along with an endurance race at Mount Panorama late in the year. Both of these rounds were to be non-championship events. The TCR Asia-Pacific Cup event was cancelled after qualifying was held, due to its status as a support event to the Australian Grand Prix, which was cancelled on the Friday morning. The Bathurst International endurance race was also cancelled, as it had been intended to draw international entries alongside the local teams; the event slot is to be used instead to host the rescheduled championship round, along with a rescheduled Bathurst 6 Hour.
• The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic forced a major reschedule before the first championship round took place. All events barring the Sandown round were rescheduled, with an intended March start being pushed to August, and the extension of the season into the 2021 calendar year. Apart from the above-mentioned circuits which were not on the rescheduled calendar, Winton Motor Raceway was also removed from the schedule, while two Tasmanian circuits, Symmons Plains Raceway and Baskerville Raceway were added.

Rule changes

• The 2020 season champion will drive in either the World Touring Car Cup or an International TCR race as a wildcard entry as a prize.
• The winner of the Michelin Rookie of the Year will be awarded a test day with a European TCR team.
• Another new class will also be introduced—the Panta Cup, named after the series' fuel supplier, Panta Fuels—in which six semi-professional and amateur drivers will be eligible for. The winner of the Panta Cup will get a drive in an International TCR Endurance race.

External links

• Official website