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.^[1] The season started on the 18/19 April at Jyllandsringen and concluded on the 10/11 October at Padborg Park.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[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]

More information Round, Race ...

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]

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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.^[11]^[12]

Teams and drivers

More information Team, Car ...

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

Icon	Class
DSG	Cars with DSG Gearboxes
A	Am/U23/Drivers below 23

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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.^[25]^[24]
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.^[19]^[20]^[32]^[17]^[21]^[33]
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.^[23]
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.^[16]^[15]^[14]
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.^[34]^[27]
Two-time Danish Touringcar Champion Michael Carlsen will compete in the championship in a Peugeot 308 TCR.^[13]
Danish Yokohama Super Cup driver Mikael Kildevæld will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his team, Kildevæld Racing.^[35]
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.^[28]^[29]
Kim Lund will compete in the championship in an ex-PWR CUPRA León TCR driving in the Trophy Championship for Madbull Racing.^[22]
Jonas Lindhard will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR driving for his family team, Lindhard Motorsport.^[31]
Martin Andersen will compete in the championship in a Hyundai i30 N TCR driving for his own team, Andersen Motorsport.^[30]

Results and standings

More information Rnd., Circuit ...

Rnd.		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	DSG winner	U23 winner	Info
1	R1	Jyllandsringen	Kasper Jensen	Kasper Jensen	Kasper Jensen	Massive Motorsport	René Povlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R2		No dispute	Nicolai Sylvest	Nicolai Sylvest	LM Racing	René Povlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R3		No dispute	Nicolai Sylvest	Kasper Jensen	Massive Motorsport	René Povlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
2	R1	Jyllandsringen	No dispute	Casper Elgaard¹		TPR Motorsport	Michael Carlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R2		Casper Elgaard¹	Martin Andersen	Casper Elgaard	TPR Motorsport	Michael Carlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R3		No dispute	Martin Andersen	Martin Andersen	Andersen Motorsport	René Povlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R4		Jan Magnussen	Kasper Jensen	Casper Elgaard	TPR Motorsport	Kenn Bach	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R5		No dispute	Jacob Mathiassen	Jacob Mathiassen	Insight Racing	René Povlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R6		No dispute	Casper Elgaard	Casper Elgaard	TPR Motorsport	Johnny Vejlebo	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
3	R1	Ring Djursland	No dispute	Jan Magnussen²		LM Racing	Michael Carlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R2		Jan Magnussen	Martin Andersen	Martin Andersen	Andersen Motorsport	Michael Carlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R3		No dispute	Nicolai Sylvest	Jan Magnussen	LM Racing	Kim Lund	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
–	R1	Padborg Park	Event cancelled
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Jyllandsringen	Kasper Jensen	Kasper Jensen	Kasper Jensen	Massive Motorsport	Michael Carlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]
	R2		No dispute	Casper Elgaard	Jacob Mathiassen	Insight Racing	Allan Kristensen	Kristian Sætheren	^[36]
	R3		No dispute	Kasper Jensen	Kasper Jensen	Massive Motorsport	Michael Carlsen	Nicolai Sylvest	^[36]

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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

More information Position, Race ...

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

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Drivers' championship

More information Pos., Driver ...

Pos.	Driver	JYL1			JYL2						DJU			JYL3			Pts.
Pos.	Driver	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD4	RD5	RD6	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	Pts.
1	Kasper Jensen	1	3	1	2	2	4	3	3	2	6	3	2	1	4	1	290
2	Martin Andersen	2	6	4	3	3	1	4	11	5	2	1	4	7	2	5	245
3	Nicolai Sylvest	5	1	2	5	6	3	6	4	6	4	4	3	2	8	4	231
4	Jan Magnussen	3	4	NC	7	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	1	2	1	3	3	2	215
5	Jacob Mathiassen	7	2	3	4	4	7	7	1	13	3	12	DNS	6	1	8	200
6	Michael Markussen	4	5	5	8	5	2	5	2	3	5	5	10	4	5	Ret	195
7	Casper Elgaard				1	1	8	1	5	1	7	Ret	Ret	15	6	3	167
8	René Povlsen	8	7	7	10	8	9	Ret	6	8	9	11	9	16	12	9	124
9	Michael Carlsen	13	9	8	6	DSQ	12	11	10	11	8	6	6	8	13	7	124
10	Kenn Bach	10	Ret	10†	11	7	6	8	Ret	10	11	8	7	11	15	DNS	102
11	Jonas Lindhard	12	11	9	9	11	13	12	7	12	10	9	8	10	14	DNS	100
12	Johnny Vejlebo	14†	Ret	DNS	12	10	10	9	8	7	13	10	DSQ	9	11	11	100
13	Allan Kristensen	9	Ret	DNS	14	9	11	10	9	9				13	9	10	78
14	Kristian Sætheren	6	8	6										5	7	6	70
15	Kim Lund Johansen	11	10	Ret	13	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	12	7	5	14	10	Ret	63
16	Michelle Gatting	15†	Ret	DNS													3
-	Peter Obel													12	16	12	-
Pos.	Driver	JYL1			JYL2						DJU			JYL3			Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

Teams' championship

More information Pos., Team ...

Pos.	Team	JYL1			JYL2						DJU			JYL3			Pts.
Pos.	Team	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD4	RD5	RD6	RD1	RD2	RD3	RD1	RD2	RD3	Pts.
1	LM Racing	5	1	2	5	6	3	6	4	6	4	4	3	2	8	4	446
1	LM Racing	3	4	NC	7	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	1	2	1	3	3	2	446
2	Massive Motorsport	1	3	1	2	2	4	3	3	2	6	3	2	1	4	1	392
2	Massive Motorsport	10	Ret	10†	11	7	6	8	Ret	10	11	8	7	11	15	DNS	392
3	Insight Racing	7	2	3	4	4	7	7	1	13	3	12	DNS	6	1	8	362
		6	8	6										5	7	6
		14†	Ret	DNS	12	10	10	9	8	7	13	10	DSQ	9	11	11
4	Andersen Motorsport	2	6	4	3	3	1	4	11	5	2	1	4	7	2	5	245
5	Meteor Racing	8	7	7	10	8	9	Ret	6	8	9	11	9	16	12	9	200
5	Meteor Racing	9	Ret	DNS	14	9	11	10	9	9				13	9	10	200
6	Markussen Racing	4	5	5	8	5	2	5	2	3	5	5	10	4	5	Ret	196
7	TPR Motorsport				1	1	8	1	5	1	7	Ret	Ret	15	6	3	167
8	Carlsen Motorsport	13	9	8	6	DSQ	12	11	10	11	8	6	6	8	13	7	124
9	Lindhard Motorsport	12	11	9	9	11	13	12	7	12	10	9	8	10	14	DNS	100
10	Madbull Racing	11	10	Ret	13	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	12	7	5	14	10	Ret	63
11	Team Sally Racing													12	16	12	14
12	Peugeot Sport Denmark	15†	Ret	DNS													3
Pos.	Driver	JYL1			JYL2						DJU			JYL3			Pts.

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

2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series

Calendar

Test days

Teams and drivers

Summary

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

References

External links

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