The 2020 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the forty-second season of the Stock Car Brasil, starting at Goiânia on 26 July and ending at Interlagos Circuit on 13 December. The season marked the entrance of Toyota Gazoo Racing in the series. The championship was won by Ricardo Maurício.
Changes Technical regulations
For 2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing entered alongside Chevrolet. The make developed ten Toyota Corolla Stock Car. Chevrolet Cruze and Toyota Corolla models were used in the 2020 configuration. They were adapted to Stock Car components such as suspension, brake, gear and some other items of current cars.
Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Rounds Crown Racing Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 0 Cacá Bueno All 4 Júlio Campos All Shell V-Power 28 Galid Osman All 51 Átila Abreu All Cavaleiro Sports Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 5 Denis Navarro All 80 Marcos Gomes All Full Time Bassani Toyota Corolla Stock Car8 Rafael Suzuki All 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. All Full Time Sports 111 Rubens Barrichello All 117 Matías Rossi All RCM Motorsport Toyota Corolla Stock Car 10 Ricardo Zonta All 44 Bruno Baptista All Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 11 Gaetano di Mauro1–7 12 Lucas Foresti All 110 Felipe Lapenna8–12 KTF Sports Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 11 Gaetano di Mauro8–12 46 Vitor Genz 1 85 Guilherme Salas All 120 Vitor Baptista2–3 Blau Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 18 Allam Khodair All 70 Diego Nunes All Ipiranga Racing Toyota Corolla Stock Car 21 Thiago Camilo All 30 César Ramos All Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 29 Daniel Serra All 90 Ricardo Maurício All Hot Car Competições Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car54 Tuca Antoniazi All R.Mattheis Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 83 Gabriel Casagrande All 143 Pedro Cardoso All
Team changes
Cimed Racing announced the departure as a team of the championship after seven seasons and two titles. Customer team in 2019 Crown Racing will expand to four cars. The team also announced an alliance with Shell V-Power Racing that left TMG Racing. After the end of partnership, TMG announced a new partner with Blau Motorsport in 2020. The new team, which will be formed by the union of the two structures. After one year of partnership Full Time Sports and Shell broke up and FTS will take on four cars.
Prati-Donaduzzi breaks up with R.Mattheis Motorsport and leaves Stock Car. The team will return to the original name.
Hot Car Competições scaled back to a single car operations and Carlos Alves Competições, who competed part-time last season, will not return.
Toyota Gazoo Racing Brasil will compete with eight cars. The teams selected was Full Time Sports with four cars; RCM and Ipiranga Racing.
Drivers changes
Atila Abreu and Ricardo Zonta left TMG Racing and Galid Osman and Gaetano di Mauro left Full Time Sports. Abreu and Osman will be part of Crown Racing; Zonta joined RCM and Di Mauro entered Vogel.
Felipe Fraga left the series after six season and one title to focus on his international career. He will be part of Mercedes-Benz GT programme.
Gabriel Casagrande moved from Crown Racing to R. Mattheis. 2019 drivers Júlio Campos and Valdeno Brito didn't advertise 2020 plans. Later, Campos signed with Crown Racing for replaced Casagrande and Brito joined Copa Truck championship.
Argentine racing driver, Matias Rossi joined Toyota Full Time. Piquet Jr. was relocated to the customer team alongside Rafael Suzuki, who moved from Hot Car Competições.
Race calendar and Results The calendar suffered a lot of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
#CircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamCarInfo 1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, GoiâniaJuly 26 Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Zonta RCM MotorsportToyotaWithout Dispute Thiago Camilo Rubens Barrichello Full Time SportsToyota 2 Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São PauloAugust 22 César Ramos Nelson Piquet Jr. Nelson Piquet Jr. Full Time BassaniToyota 3 Corrida do MilhãoAugust 23 César Ramos Marcos Gomes Ricardo Zonta RCM MotorsportToyota 4 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, LondrinaSeptember 13 Thiago Camilo Rafael Suzuki Rafael Suzuki Full Time BassaniToyotaWithout Dispute Nelson Piquet Jr. Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RCChevrolet 5 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, CascavelOctober 3 Thiago Camilo Daniel Serra Thiago Camilo Ipiranga RacingToyota 6 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, CascavelOctober 4 Bruno Baptista Bruno Baptista Bruno Baptista RCM MotorsportToyotaWithout Dispute Ricardo Zonta Daniel Serra Eurofarma RCChevrolet7 Autódromo Velo CittàOctober 18 Julio Campos Nelson Piquet Jr. Julio Campos ACDelco/iCarros-Petrobrás Crown RacingChevroletWithout Dispute Ricardo Mauricio Diego Nunes TMG/Blau MotorsportChevrolet 8 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, CuritibaNovember 7 Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Ipiranga RacingToyota 9 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, CuritibaNovember 8 Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Ipiranga RacingToyotaWithout Dispute Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande R. MattheisChevrolet 10 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, GoiâniaNovember 21 Guilherme Salas Daniel Serra Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RCChevrolet 11 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, GoiâniaNovember 22 Allam Khodair Guilherme Salas Guilherme Salas KTF SportsChevroletWithout Dispute Allam Khodair Allam Khodair TMG/Blau MotorsportChevrolet 12 Grande Final, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São PauloDecember 13 Ricardo Mauricio Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RCChevrolet
Championship standings Points system Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.
Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Feature races 30 26 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sprint races 24 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Final race 60 52 44 38 34 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Feature races Used for the first race of each event. Sprint races:The second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid. Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.
Drivers' Championship Pos DriverGOIINTCDMLONCASCASMOGCURCURGOIGOISPOPts1 Ricardo Mauricio3135510141911153108611851 2912 Ricardo Zonta1Ret3111139Ret21241265Ret51022783 Daniel Serra4613NL161021019Ret34338442754 Thiago Camilo65Ret6311151616811710Ret11Ret2385 César Ramos88224Ret54841413161813151252376 Rubens Barrichello71747271421145854993162347 Nelson Piquet Jr.Ret21Ret63RetRet5716161521813232248 Gabriel CasagrandeRetRet6Ret24Ret632714101548WD2249 Allam Khodair2Ret998163111831579Ret7Ret1822110 Guilherme Salas1311Ret7RetRet1591561122Ret21Ret1021211 Diego Nunes141514Ret1215162Ret101512942Ret12203 12 Bruno BaptistaRet31011175201RetRet66RetRet6179717913 Júlio Campos12181810914Ret3171Ret9781410141417514 Rafael SuzukiRet74131Ret817617101814171511161117215 Átila Abreu16412857679Ret9RetRet1516Ret151315816 Denis NavarroRet1019314Ret1387RetRetRet3Ret113RetRet13417 Cacá Bueno5916Ret138Ret18131118111116RetRet171512518 Matías Rossi1112RetRetRet1210Ret10824Ret111216RetRet12119 Galid Osman914151520Ret1112161912RetRet12RetRetRet610720 Gaetano di MauroRetRet81621619Ret4RetRetRet17Ret86Ret910421 Marcos GomesRetRetRet12RetRet14131951717Ret14Ret126198822 Lucas Foresti15Ret111415181712141313RetRet10RetNL13Ret8723 Pedro Cardoso1716RetRet18912RetRet18Ret15131917197178424 Tuca Antoniazi181720Ret19171815202019Ret18Ret191418185025 Felipe LapennaRetRet13NL7RetRet1426 Vitor Genz10Ret 1127 Vitor Baptista17178 Pos PilotoGOIINTCDMLONCASCASMOGCURCURGOIGOISPOPtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified
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