2020 Stock Car Brasil Championship
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.[1] The championship was won by Ricardo Maurício.[2]
Changes
[edit]Technical regulations
[edit]- For 2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing entered alongside Chevrolet. The make developed ten Toyota Corolla Stock Car.[3]
- 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.[4][5]
Teams and drivers
[edit]Team changes
[edit]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.[6] The team also announced an alliance with Shell V-Power Racing that left TMG Racing.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[1]
Drivers changes
[edit]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.[10]
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.[11]
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
[edit]The calendar suffered a lot of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Championship standings
[edit]- 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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Bold – Pole position |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "De surpresa, Toyota confirma presença na temporada 2020 da Stock Car". grandepremio.uol.com.br/. November 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Ricardo Maurício é o campeão de 2020 da Stock Car". oregional.net (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "ÚLTIMAS NOTÍCIAS26 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2019O QUE VOCÊ PRECISA SABER SOBRE O NOVO STOCK 2020". www.stockcar.com.br/. December 17, 2019. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Novo Toyota Corolla da Stock Car surge invocado e com V8 de até 550 cv". Quatro Rodas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Araújo, Aurélio (2020-07-28). "Saiba o que muda em 2020 na Stock Car!". Jornal de Brasília (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Com foco em Fraga fora do país, Cimed anuncia fim de equipe própria na Stock Car". grandepremio.uol.com.br/. January 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ "Com apoio da Shell, Osman garante vaga na Crown e segue na Stock Car em 2020". grandepremio.uol.com.br/. December 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Sem confirmar pilotos, Blau anuncia união com TMG na temporada 2020". grandepremio.uol.com.br/. December 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Patrocinadora, Prati rompe com Mattheis e deixa Stock Car no fim do ano". grandepremio.uol.com.br/. December 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Com apoio da Shell, Osman garante vaga na Crown e segue na Stock Car em 2020". grandepremio.uol.com.br/. January 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "Fraga é anunciado em equipe oficial da Mercedes no Intercontinental GT Challenge". grandepremio.uol.com.br/. January 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Notícias :: Zonta e Barrichello levam Toyota ao topo em Goiás". www.stockcar.com.br. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Notícias :: Piquet conquista sua primeira vitória na Stock Car". www.stockcar.com.br. Retrieved 2020-08-24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Notícias :: Zonta vence Corrida do Milhão Solidário". www.stockcar.com.br. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Suzuki conquista primeira vitória da carreira em Londrina e mantém 100% da Toyota – Stock Car". Grande Prêmio. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ "Maurício aproveita grid invertido e vence corrida 2 em Londrina. Barrichello é segundo – Stock Car". Grande Prêmio. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ "Camilo aproveita punição de Navarro e vence em Cascavel". Grande Prêmio. 2020-10-03. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Em disputa morna, Baptista vence corrida 1 da sexta etapa em Cascavel. Nunes é segundo – Stock Car". Grande Prêmio. 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Serra acaba com má fase e enfim vence em 2020 em Cascavel". Grande Prêmio. 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Campos segura Casagrande na pista e na estratégia e leva corrida 1 no Velocitta". Grande Prêmio. 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "Aposta arriscada dá certo, e Nunes leva corrida 2 da Stock Car no Velocitta. Rossi é segundo". Grande Prêmio. 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "Camilo arrisca nos boxes, ganha briga com Salas na pista e leva primeira etapa de Curitiba". Grande Prêmio. 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ "Notícias :: Stock Car tem outra troca no comando da tabela". www.stockcar.com.br. Retrieved 2020-11-27.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Gabriel Casagrande vence segunda corrida da etapa de Curitiba da Stock Car". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ "Notícias :: Ricardo Maurício vence e assume vice-liderança". www.stockcar.com.br. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ "Salas vence 1ª na Stock Car e mantém chance de título". Grande Prêmio. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ "Notícias :: Stock Car vira do avesso em Goiânia". www.stockcar.com.br. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ "Maurício leva pole para final da Stock Car. Camilo é 17°". Grande Prêmio. 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "Notícias :: Ricardo Maurício sagra-se tricampeão em Interlagos". www.stockcar.com.br. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2020-12-14.