2020 World Touring Car Cup

The 2020 World Touring Car Cup was the third season of the World Touring Car Cup and 16th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.

The drivers' championship was won by Yann Ehrlacher. The teams' championship was won by Cyan Racing Lynk & Co.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref. BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse Hyundai i30 N TCR 1 Norbert Michelisz 1, 3–6 [1] 30 Gabriele Tarquini 1, 3–6 [1] Vuković Motorsport Renault Mégane R.S. Evo TCR 7 Jack Young R T 1–2 [2] 34 Aurélien Comte T 3–6 [3] Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR 8 Luca Engstler R 1, 3–6 [1] 27 Mitchell Cheah R 6 [4] 40 Josh Files 5 [5] 88 Nicky Catsburg 1, 3 [1] 97 Nico Gruber R 4 [6] ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 9 Attila Tassi All [7][8] 18 Tiago Monteiro All [7][8] ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 29 Néstor Girolami All [7][8] 86 Esteban Guerrieri All [7][8] Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR 11 Thed Björk All [9] 12 Santiago Urrutia All [10] Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 68 Yann Ehrlacher All [11] 100 Yvan Muller All [11] Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 16 Gilles Magnus R T All [12] Audi Sport Team Comtoyou DHL 17 Nathanaël Berthon T All [13] 31 Tom Coronel T All [14] Zengő Motorsport Services KFT CUPRA León Competición TCR 55 Bence Boldizs R T All [15] 96 Mikel Azcona All [16] 99 Gábor Kismarty-Lechner T All [16] Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 69 Jean-Karl Vernay T All [17][18] Wildcard entries Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 15 Nicolas Baert 5 [19] Vexta Domy CUPRA León Competición TCR 22 Petr Fulín 3 [20] Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 25 Luca Filippi 1, 3–4, 6 [21] Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 28 José Manuel Sapag 4, 6 [22][23] Vuković Motorsport Renault Mégane R.S. Evo TCR 33 Dylan O'Keeffe 1 [24]

Icon Class R Eligible for FIA Rookie award T Eligible for WTCR Trophy

JAS Motorsport and Honda Racing retained their 2019 drivers – Attila Tassi, Tiago Monteiro, Néstor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri – for the 2020 season. On 5 March it was announced that all four drivers would compete for Münnich Motorsport, which would expand from two cars last season. To meet series regulations the team was split into two entities – ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport and ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport – with driver pairings yet to be confirmed. On 2 June it was announced that Attila Tassi and Tiago Monteiro would join the ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport with Néstor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri remaining at the ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport.^[7][25][8]

Volkswagen Motorsport announced that it would cease manufacturer support for the Golf GTI TCR along with all petrol-powered motorsport programmes, though the Golf GTI TCR would still be available to private teams. This announcement came along with the shift of the brand's policy towards electric racing.^[26] Sébastien Loeb Racing, which had run four Golf GTI TCR cars during the 2019 season, announced on 31 January 2020 that it would leave the series.^[27]

Audi opted not to introduce a successor to the RS 3 LMS for 2020, while also ending their manufacturer support in the series, though the RS 3 LMS would still be available to private teams. Days before the announcement, W Racing Team, competing under the Audi Sport Team Leopard Racing banner, announced that it would cease participation in the series after the 2019 season to focus on their racing programmes in GT racing and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.^[28][29]

Tom Coronel remained with Comtoyou Racing, but switched from the Cupra León TCR to the Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. Nathanaël Berthon returned to the WTCR driving for Comtoyou Racing.^[14][13]

Cyan Racing committed to run four Lynk & Co 03 TCR cars for the season. On 26 March Yann Ehrlacher and Yvan Muller were confirmed as drivers for Cyan Racing Lynk & Co.^[30][11]

Hyundai was again represented by four Hyundai i30 N TCR entries. BRC Racing Team scaled down to two cars after fielding all four entries last year, and entered under the BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse banner with reigning champion Norbert Michelisz and Gabriele Tarquini. Engstler Motorsport returned to the series for the first time since the 2014 season (back when it was called the World Touring Car Championship) fielding the remaining two Hyundai cars under the Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team name for Luca Engstler —who made his full-season début after entering once as a wildcard entry for the 2019 season as well as being replacement for Augusto Farfus at the Macau race weekend last year— and Nicky Catsburg. With these changes, Farfus left the team.^[1]

SEAT Cupra announced on 3 April 2020 that they would not offer manufacturer support to any team in the 2020 Championship, though the new León Competición TCR would still be available to private teams.^[31] On 14 May 2020, it was announced that the Cupra Leon Competición TCR would compete in the championship, with teams and drivers yet to be named.^[32] On 30 May 2020, it was announced that Zengő Motorsport would return to the WTCR, running two new León Competición TCR cars, for Bence Boldizs and a yet-to-be-named driver.^[15] It was announced on 28 August that he would be joined by Mikel Azcona and Gábor Kismarty-Lechner in a three-car lineup.^[16]

Jean-Karl Vernay switched from W Racing Team to Team Mulsanne, which run a single Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR.^[18]

Vuković Motorsport joined the grid running a single Renault Mégane R.S. TCR for Jack Young.^[2] Aurélien Comte later replaced Young from the Slovakia Race onwards, thereby switching from DG Sport Compétition to Vuković Motorsport.^[3]

A provisional calendar was released on 5 December 2019.^[33]

The 2020 championship was contested over 16 races in six rounds in Europe.^[34] The season was originally planned to be contested over 20 races in 10 rounds, but this changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35]

Round	Race	Race Name	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Oscaro Race of Belgium	The Circuit Terlamen Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	12 September	TCR Europe Touring Car Series Cup & Tourenwagen Trophy Dutch Truck Racing Championship
	2			13 September
2	3	DHL Race of Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg	24 September	24 Hours Nürburgring ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	4			25 September
3	5	Race of Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Dunajská Streda District	10 October	FIA Swift Cup Europe Inter Cars Mazda MX-5 Cup
	6			11 October
	7
4	8	Oscaro Race of Hungary	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	17 October	FIA European Truck Racing Championship
	9			18 October
	10
5	11	Race of Spain	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz	31 October	F4 Spanish Championship Renault Clio Cup Spain
	12			1 November
	13
6	14	Race of Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz	14 November	Pure ETCR (presentation event)
	15			15 November
	16

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Race	Race name	Circuit	Original date	Original supporting	Notes
Race of Morocco		Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	5 April
Race of Portugal		Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	21 June
Race of China		Ningbo International Circuit	6 September
Race of Austria		Salzburgring	12 September
Race of Korea		Inje Speedium	18 October	Pure ETCR (demo event)
Race of Italy		Adria International Raceway	15 November
2020	Guia Race of Macau	Guia Circuit, Macau	22 November	2020 F3 Macau Grand Prix	The 2020 edition was instead held as part of the 2020 China TCR championship, supporting the 2020 China F4 championship Macau GP
Race of Malaysia		Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	13 December

• Compensation weight was measured differently compared to the previous season with now only the qualifying laps counted. Previously a combination of both the qualifying and race laps was used to determine the compensation weight. The change came to avoid teams instructing drivers to set slower race laps. The Balance of Performance parameters for the cars remains unaffected.^[36]
• Goodyear became the series' tyre supplier, replacing Yokohama after a fourteen-year tenure as Yokohama elected to concentrate on developing tyres for the Super Formula and Super GT championships. Teams had a set of 18 new tyres for the opening round of the season, with the number being decreased to 12 for the remaining rounds.^[37][38]

• For the first time since the 2010 World Touring Car Championship, a rookie category was introduced in the series. Drivers under the age of 23 were eligible as long as they had not raced in more than three race weekends in the series prior to this season.^[36]
• The three-race schedule that had been in use for the previous two seasons, was cut down to two, citing cost-cutting measures, reducing the number of races from thirty to twenty. As a result, only a single qualifying session would be held. The race length for Race 2 would be three laps longer than Race 1 as a direct result of the reduced number of events.^[38] After just two rounds the series reverted to the three race format from the Race of Slovakia onwards.
• Teams running two cars were restricted to 12-man personnel with three-car teams allowed 18-man personnel. The number of personnel working on the cars, wearing designated armbands, was restricted to ten. In light of the economical situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, teams were allowed to enter just one car for the 2020 season, though they would not be eligible to score points in the teams' championship.^[38][39]
• The WTCR Trophy was introduced for the 2020 season. Drivers who did not have financial support from customer racing department and haven't won the championship in either WTCR or its predecessor —the World Touring Car Championship— were allowed to score points in the WTCR Trophy.^[40]

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie Winner	WTCR Trophy Winner	Report
1	Race of Belgium		Néstor Girolami	Néstor Girolami	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Gilles Magnus	Tom Coronel	Report
2		Nathanaël Berthon	Nathanaël Berthon	Yann Ehrlacher	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus
3	Race of Germany		Yann Ehrlacher	Esteban Guerrieri	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Gilles Magnus	Tom Coronel	Report
4		Néstor Girolami	Yann Ehrlacher	Yann Ehrlacher	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Bence Boldizs	Jean-Karl Vernay
5	Race of Slovakia	Nathanaël Berthon	Thed Björk	Nathanaël Berthon	Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport	Gilles Magnus	Nathanaël Berthon	Report
6			Mikel Azcona	Tom Coronel	Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport	Gilles Magnus	Tom Coronel
7		Nathanaël Berthon	Nicky Catsburg	Nicky Catsburg	Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team	Gilles Magnus	Nathanaël Berthon
8	Race of Hungary	Esteban Guerrieri	Norbert Michelisz	Esteban Guerrieri	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Luca Engstler	Jean-Karl Vernay	Report
9			Norbert Michelisz	Yann Ehrlacher	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Bence Boldizs	Jean-Karl Vernay
10		Esteban Guerrieri	Tiago Monteiro	Esteban Guerrieri	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Gilles Magnus	Jean-Karl Vernay
11	Race of Spain	Norbert Michelisz	Gilles Magnus	Jean-Karl Vernay	Team Mulsanne	Gilles Magnus	Jean-Karl Vernay	Report
12			Nathanaël Berthon	Mikel Azcona	Zengő Motorsport Services KFT	Gilles Magnus	Nathanaël Berthon
13		Gilles Magnus	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Gilles Magnus	Nathanaël Berthon
14	Race of Aragón	Santiago Urrutia	Mikel Azcona	Esteban Guerrieri	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Report
15			Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Cyan Racing Lynk & Co	Gilles Magnus	Jean-Karl Vernay
16		Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co	Gilles Magnus	Jean-Karl Vernay

Scoring system

Scoring system for WTCR Trophy

Pos. Driver BEL GER SVK HUN ESP ARA  Pts.  1 Yann Ehrlacher 71 12 3 12 9 7 11 23 1 8 11 6 12 65 6 22 234 2 Yvan Muller 84 25 2 7 14 8 13 4 2 9 7 2 14 74 1 4 195 3 Jean-Karl Vernay 5 7 9 6 33 14 4 9 3 5 13 Ret 65 82 2 35 194 4 Esteban Guerrieri Ret 13 1 5 4 3 7 11 7 11 13 10 9 1 Ret 18 188 5 Gilles Magnus 103 43 7 Ret 74 2 35 15 10 14 32 8 51 3 4 9 172 6 Santiago Urrutia 6 34 Ret 10 15 15 8 7 4 Ret 2 3 23 91 NC 11 169 7 Mikel Azcona 16 11 Ret 4 8 4 5 62 Ret 45 45 1 7 53 3 5 168 8 Nathanaël Berthon 9 141 12 12 11 Ret 21 12 11 11 12 4 44 4 NC 83 148 9 Thed Björk 22 Ret 4 24 19 16 15 10 12 12 Ret 7 12 11 7 64 142 10 Néstor Girolami 1 5 6 111 5 18† DNS 3 Ret 34 10 11 Ret 2 Ret DNS 137 11 Tom Coronel 45 6 5 85 6 1 64 11 17 13 19† Ret 8 12 15 15 117 12 Attila Tassi 3 20 Ret 33 11 Ret DNS 55 8 62 17 13 Ret 10 8 10 100 13 Norbert Michelisz 11 8 DNP DNP 10 6 102 21 5 10 61 15 16 16 5 7 93 14 Gabriele Tarquini 15 15 DNP DNP 25 Ret Ret NC 18 7 54 5 3 15 Ret 13 79 15 Tiago Monteiro Ret 19 8 9 13 9 17† 144 9 23 14 12 Ret 20† 10 11 79 16 Luca Engstler 12 10 DNP DNP NC 10 9 8 Ret 16 8 9 Ret 13 11 14 59 17 Nicky Catsburg 14 9 DNP DNP 172 5 13 53 18 Bence Boldizs 17 17 10 13 21† 13 NC 16 6 17 9 DNS 15 17 Ret 16 35 19 Aurélien Comte 16 12 12 17 19† 19 Ret NC Ret 14 12 17 17 20 Gábor Kismarty-Lechner 19 18 11 14 20 17 16 19 16 21 18 17† 13 Ret 14 19 17 21 Josh Files 16 14 10 9 22 Mitchell Cheah 18 13 20† 4 23 Nico Gruber 18 14 20 3 24 Jack Young 20† 21† Ret DNS 0 Wildcard entries ineligible for points – Luca Filippi 18 16 12 Ret Ret 13 13 15 Ret 9 12 – – Petr Fulín 18 11 14 – – Nicolas Baert 15 16 11 – – Dylan O'Keeffe 13 12 – – José Manuel Sapag 20 15 18 19 Ret DNS – Pos. Driver BEL GER SVK HUN ESP ARA  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)

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

Pos. Team No. BEL GER SVK HUN ESP ARA Pts. 1 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 68 71 12 3 12 9 7 11 23 1 8 11 6 12 65 6 22 429 100 84 25 2 7 14 8 13 4 2 9 7 2 14 74 1 4 2 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 29 1 5 6 111 5 18† DNS 3 Ret 34 10 11 Ret 2 Ret DNS 325 86 Ret 13 1 5 4 3 7 11 7 11 13 10 9 1 Ret 18 3 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co 11 22 Ret 4 24 19 16 15 10 12 12 Ret 7 12 11 7 64 311 12 6 34 Ret 10 15 15 8 7 4 Ret 2 3 23 91 NC 11 4 Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport 17 9 141 12 12 11 Ret 21 12 11 11 12 4 44 4 NC 83 265 31 45 6 5 85 6 1 64 11 17 13 19† Ret 8 12 15 15 5 Zengő Motorsport Services KFT 55[N 1] 17 17 10 13 21† 13 NC 16 6 17 9 DNS 15 17 Ret 16 185 96 16 11 Ret 4 8 4 5 62 Ret 45 45 1 7 53 3 5 99 19 18 11 14 20 17 16 19 16 21 18 17† 13 Ret 14 19 6 ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport 9 3 20 Ret 33 11 Ret DNS 55 8 62 17 13 Ret 10 8 10 179 18 Ret 19 8 9 13 9 17† 144 9 23 14 12 Ret 20† 10 11 7 BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse 1 11 8 DNP DNP 10 6 102 21 5 10 61 15 16 16 5 7 172 30 15 15 DNP DNP 25 Ret Ret NC 18 7 54 5 3 15 Ret 13 8 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team 8 12 10 DNP DNP NC 10 9 8 Ret 16 8 9 Ret 13 11 14 128 27 18 13 20† 40 16 14 10 88 14 9 DNP DNP 172 5 13 97 18 14 20 Single Car & Wildcard entries ineligible to score points – Team Mulsanne 25 18 16 12 Ret Ret 13 13 15 Ret 9 12 – 69 5 7 9 6 33 14 4 9 3 5 13 Ret 65 82 2 35 – Comtoyou Racing 15 15 16 11 – 16 103 43 7 Ret 74 2 35 15 10 14 32 8 51 3 4 9 – Vexta Domy 22 18 11 14 – – Vuković Motorsport 7 20† 21† Ret DNS – 33 13 12 34 16 12 12 17 19† 19 Ret NC Ret 14 12 17 – Target Competition 28 20 15 18 19 Ret DNS – Pos. Team No. BEL GER SVK HUN ESP ARA  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)

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

Pos.	Driver	BEL		GER		SVK			HUN			ESP			ARA			Pts.
1	Gilles Magnus	101	41	7	Ret1	71	2	31	15	10	14	31	8	51	31	4	9	410
2	Luca Engstler	122	10	DNP	DNP	NC3	10	9	82	Ret	16	82	9	Ret	133	11	14	243
3	Bence Boldizs	174	17	10	13	21†2	13	NC	161	6	17	93	DNS	15	172	Ret	16	236
4	Nico Gruber								183	14	20							45
5	Mitchell Cheah														184	13	20†	31
6	Jack Young	20†3	21†	Ret	DNS2													11
Pos.	Driver	BEL		GER		SVK			HUN			ESP			ARA			Pts.

Eligible for drivers racing without manufacturer support.^[41]

Pos.	Driver	BEL		GER		SVK			HUN			ESP			ARA			Pts.
1	Jean-Karl Vernay	5	7	9	6	3	14	4	91	3	5	1	Ret	6	81	2	3	121
2	Gilles Magnus	101	4	7	Ret	7	2	3	15	10	14	31	8	5	3	4	9	101
3	Nathanaël Berthon	9	14	12	12	11	Ret	2	12	11	11	12	4	4	4	NC	8	94
4	Tom Coronel	4	6	5	81	6	1	6	11	17	13	19†	Ret	8	12	15	15	80
5	Bence Boldizs	17	17	10	13	21†	13	NC	16	6	17	9	DNS	15	17	Ret	16	28
6	Aurélien Comte					16	12	12	17	19†	19	Ret	NC	Ret	14	12	17	13
7	Gábor Kismarty-Lechner	19	18	11	14	20	17	16	19	16	21	18†	17†	13	Ret	14	19	8
8	Jack Young	20†	21†	Ret	DNS													0
Pos.	Driver	BEL		GER		SVK			HUN			ESP			ARA			Pts.

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