2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series

The 2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 HC Container TCR Denmark Touring Car Series) was the inaugural season of the TCR Denmark Touring Car Series. The season started on the 18/19 April at Jyllandsringen and concluded on the 10/11 October at Padborg Park.

Calendar Five events were set to take place in Denmark. Two of the former rounds were scheduled to be supporting the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship.

Each round consisted of three 15-minute and 1-lap races, the starting order for the first race was based on the results from qualifying while the second race utilised a reversed grid of the top eight cars from qualifying. The third and final race had its grid decided by the most points gathered from the first two races.

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.

The opening round of the season was then moved to 2–3 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

On 1 May 2020, a new, preliminary, calendar was released featuring a double header round at Jyllandsringen. RoundRaceCircuitLocationDateSupporting 1 1 Jyllandsringen Silkeborg 20–21 June F4 Danish ChampionshipYokohama SupercupYokohama 1600 ChallengeLegend 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 17Source:

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 also served 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.

Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Ref. Carlsen Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 4 Michael Carlsen DSG All Insight Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 5 Johnny Vejlebo DSG All Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 9 Jacob Mathiassen All Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 10 Kristian Sætheren A 1, 5 Massive Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 6 Kasper Jensen All 88 Kenn Bach DSG All Madbull Racing CUPRA León TCR 7 Kim Lund DSG All Meteor Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 8 Allan Kristensen DSG 1–2, 5 41 René Povlsen DSG All LM Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 11 Nicolai Sylvest A All 23 Jan Magnussen All Team Sally RacingCUPRA León TCR 12 Peter Obel5 TPR Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 16 Casper Elgaard 2–3, 5 Markussen Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 18 Michael Markussen All Peugeot Sport Denmark 32 Michelle Gatting 1 Andersen Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 19 Martin Andersen All Lindhard Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 67 Jonas Lindhard DSG A All Icon Class DSG Cars with DSG Gearboxes A Am/U23/Drivers below 23

Summary

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Two-time Danish Touringcar Champion Michael Carlsen will compete in the championship in a Peugeot 308 TCR. Danish Yokohama Super Cup driver Mikael Kildevæld will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his team, Kildevæld Racing. 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. Kim Lund will compete in the championship in an ex-PWR CUPRA León TCR driving in the Trophy Championship for Madbull Racing. Jonas Lindhard will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR driving for his family team, Lindhard Motorsport. Martin Andersen will compete in the championship in a Hyundai i30 N TCR driving for his own team, Andersen Motorsport.

Results and standings Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team DSG winner U23 winnerInfo 1 1 Jyllandsringen Kasper Jensen Kasper Jensen Kasper Jensen Massive Motorsport René Povlsen Nicolai Sylvest 2 No dispute Nicolai Sylvest Nicolai Sylvest LM Racing René Povlsen Nicolai Sylvest 3 Nicolai Sylvest Kasper Jensen Massive Motorsport René Povlsen Nicolai Sylvest 2 1 Jyllandsringen No dispute Casper Elgaard1 TPR Motorsport Michael Carlsen Nicolai Sylvest 2 Casper Elgaard1 Martin Andersen Casper Elgaard TPR Motorsport Michael Carlsen Nicolai Sylvest 3 No dispute Martin Andersen Martin Andersen Andersen Motorsport René Povlsen Nicolai Sylvest 4 Jan Magnussen Kasper Jensen Casper Elgaard TPR Motorsport Kenn Bach Nicolai Sylvest 5 No dispute Jacob Mathiassen Jacob Mathiassen Insight Racing René Povlsen Nicolai Sylvest 6 Casper Elgaard Casper Elgaard TPR Motorsport Johnny Vejlebo Nicolai Sylvest 3 1 Ring Djursland No dispute Jan Magnussen2 LM Racing Michael Carlsen Nicolai Sylvest 2 Jan Magnussen Martin Andersen Martin Andersen Andersen Motorsport Michael Carlsen Nicolai Sylvest 3No dispute Nicolai Sylvest Jan Magnussen LM Racing Kim Lund Nicolai Sylvest – 1 Padborg Park Event cancelled 2 3 4 1 Jyllandsringen Kasper Jensen Kasper Jensen Kasper Jensen Massive Motorsport Michael Carlsen Nicolai Sylvest 2 No dispute Casper Elgaard Jacob Mathiassen Insight Racing Allan Kristensen Kristian Sætheren 3 Kasper Jensen Kasper Jensen Massive Motorsport Michael Carlsen 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 Driver JYL1 JYL2 DJU JYL3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 1 Kasper Jensen 1 3 1 2 2 4 3 3 2632141 290 2 Martin Andersen 2 6 4 3 3 1 4 11 5214725 245 3 Nicolai Sylvest 5 1 2 5 6 3 6 4 6443284 231 4 Jan Magnussen 3 4 NC 7 Ret 5 2 Ret 4121332 215 5 Jacob Mathiassen 7 2 3 4 4 7 7 1 13312DNS618 200 6 Michael Markussen 4 5 5 8 5 2 5 2 3551045 Ret 195 7 Casper Elgaard 1 1 8 1 5 17 Ret Ret1563 167 8 René Povlsen 8 7 7 10 8 9 Ret 6 8911916129 124 9 Michael Carlsen 13 9 8 6 DSQ 12 11 10 118668137 124 10 Kenn Bach 10 Ret 10† 11 7 6 8 Ret 1011871115DNS 102 11 Jonas Lindhard 12 11 9 9 11 13 12 7 1210981014DNS 100 12 Johnny Vejlebo 14† Ret DNS 12 10 10 9 8 71310 DSQ91111 100 13 Allan Kristensen 9 Ret DNS 14 9 11 10 9 913910 78 14 Kristian Sætheren 6 8 6576 70 15 Kim Lund Johansen 11 10 Ret 13 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS12751410 Ret 63 16 Michelle Gatting 15† Ret DNS 3 - Peter Obel 12 16 12 - Driver JYL1 JYL2 DJU JYL3 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 Team JYL1 JYL2 DJU JYL3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 1 LM Racing 5 1 2563646443284 446 3 4 NC7Ret52Ret4121332 2 Massive Motorsport 1 3 1224332632141 392 10 Ret 10†11768Ret1011871115DNS 3 Insight Racing 7 2 34477113312DNS618 362 6 8 657614†RetDNS1210109871310DSQ91111 4 Andersen Motorsport 2 6 43314115214725 245 5 Meteor Racing 8 7 71089Ret68911916129 200 9 Ret DNS14911109913910 6 Markussen Racing 4 5 5852523551045Ret 1967 TPR Motorsport1181517RetRet1563167 8 Carlsen Motorsport 13 9 86DSQ121110118668137 124 9 Lindhard Motorsport 12 11 9911131271210981014DNS 100 10 Madbull Racing 11 10 Ret13DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS12751410Ret 6311 Team Sally Racing12161214 12 Peugeot Sport Denmark 15† Ret DNS 3 Driver JYL1 JYL2 DJU JYL3 † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

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