2020 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2020 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the fifth season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria and the Netherlands.

2020 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Parent series:
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC support series:
ADAC GT4 Germany
ADAC Formula 4

Max Hesse is the defending Drivers' champion, while Hyundai Team Engstler are the defending Teams' champions.[1]

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is the official tire supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
HP Racing International Hyundai i30 N TCR 2 Harald Proczyk 1–2 [2]
98 Jan Seyffert 1–2 [2]
Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR 13 Antti Buri 1–2 [3][4]
97 Nicolas Gruber J 1–2 [3][4]
Profi-Car Team Halder Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Mike Halder 1 [5][6]
53 Michelle Halder 1–2 [5][6]
55 Marcel Fugel J 2
Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Mike Halder 2
55 Marcel Fugel J 1 [7]
88 Dominik Fugel 1–2 [7]
Volkswagen Team Oettinger Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 8 René Kircher J 1–2 [8]
Legutko Racing – ADAC Berlin Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 17 Albert Legutko J 1–2 [8]
Positione Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 51 Harri Salminen 1–2 [8]
Skuba Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 92 Dziugas Tovilavicius 1–2 [8]
Entries ineligible to score points
Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 19 Andreas Bäckman 2 [9]
26 Jessica Bäckman 2 [9]
GT2 Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 21 Szymon Ładniak J 2
Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR 100 Guido Naumann 1
105 Norbert Michelisz 2 [10]

Calendar and results

The initial calendar was released on 29 September 2019 with 7 rounds scheduled across Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Czech Republic.[11] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 16 March 2020 the pre-season test and the opening round, both scheduled to be held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, were cancelled.[12][13] The first revision of the calendar saw Autodrom Most in August as the season opener.[14] On 24 May 2020 the final version of the calendar was published with the round at the Autodrom Most replaced by a round at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz.[15][16]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Junior winner
1 1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Klettwitz 2 August Antti Buri Nicolas Gruber Nicolas Gruber Hyundai Team Engstler Nicolas Gruber
2 Antti Buri Dominik Fugel Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Nicolas Gruber
2 3 Nürburgring, Nürburg 15 August Harald Proczyk[N 1] Mike Halder[N 2] Michelle Halder[N 3] Profi-Car Team Halder[N 3] René Kircher
4 16 August Harald Proczyk Harald Proczyk HP Racing International Marcel Fugel
3 5 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 19 September
6 20 September
4 7 Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 3 October
8 4 October
5 9 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 17 October
10 18 October
6 11 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 31 October
12 1 November
7 13 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 7 November
14 8 November

Notes
  1. Actual pole position taken by guest driver Norbert Michelisz from Hyundai Team Engstler.
  2. Actual fastest lap of the race set by guest driver Norbert Michelisz from Hyundai Team Engstler.
  3. Actual race winner was guest driver Norbert Michelisz from Hyundai Team Engstler.
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References
  1. fabior (2019-09-29). "Max Hesse is champion as Antti Buri gets a penalty". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. "HP Racing International confirm Harald Proczyk and Jan Seyffert". TouringCarTimes. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. "Team Engstler sign Antti Buri and Nico Gruber". TouringCarTimes. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. Abbott, Andrew (2020-03-07). "Team Engstler confirms Nicolas Gruber and Antti Buri for TCR Germany » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. "Michelle and Mike Halder confirm continued TCR Germany programme". TouringCarTimes. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. Abbott, Andrew (2020-01-30). "Mike and Michelle Halder confirm return to TCR Germany in 2020 » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. "Dominik and Marcel Fugel confirmed for 2020 TCR Germany season". TouringCarTimes. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. "TCR Germany's new season begins at Lausitzring". TCR HUB. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  9. "Andreas and Jessica Bäckman joins TCR Germany races at Nürburgring". TouringCarTimes. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. "Michelisz to race in TCR Germany at the Nürburgring". www.tcr-series.com. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. "ADAC takes over as TCR Germany promoter and issues 2020 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  12. "Oschersleben pre-season test cancelled and season opener postponed". TouringCarTimes. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  13. Abbott, Andrew (2020-03-16). "Coronavirus outbreak causes postponement of TCR Germany opener » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  14. "TCR Germany announce revised calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  15. "Lausitzring hosts TCR Germany opener in revised calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2020-05-24. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  16. fabior (2020-05-25). "TCR Germany to kick off at the Lausitzring in August". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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