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The 2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series is the fifth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season will begin at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in April and May and will end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.^[1]

Josh Files is the defending drivers' champion, while Target Competition is the defending teams' champion.^[2][3]

The calendar was announced on 22 May 2020 with 6 rounds scheduled.^[4]

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Date	Supporting
1	1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	21–23 August	International GT Open F4 Spanish Championship
	2
2	3	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	11–13 September	FIA European Truck Racing Championship World Touring Car Cup
	4
3	5	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	25–27 September	International GT Open
	6
4	7	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	9–11 October	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
	8
5	9	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	22–24 October	Spa 24 Hours GT4 European Series
	10
6	11	Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain	6–8 November	F4 Spanish Championship
	12

• After being omitted from the 2019 calendar Circuit Paul Ricard will return to the series, acting as the season opener in the revised calendar.^[4]
• The Circuit Zolder will make its first appearance in the series.
• With the addition of Circuit Zolder and Circuit Paul Ricard, the rounds held at the Hungaroring and Hockenheimring were removed from the schedule.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref. JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 04 Florian Briché BNL R 1–2, 4 [5] 06 Jean Laurent Navarro BNL Y 1–4 [6] 24 Julien Briché BNL All [6] Profi-Car Team Halder Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 7 Mike Halder All [7] 53 Michelle Halder All [7] Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 8 Nicolas Baert BNL R All [8] 25 Sami Taoufik BNL R All [9] 250 Mehdi Bennani BNL All [9] PSS Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 10 Viktor Davidovski Y 3, 6 [10] 29 Néstor Girolami 1 [10] 72 Franco Girolami 6 [11] SMC Junior Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR 13 Enrique Hernando 6 [12] 199 Fernando Navarrete 6 [12] Tecnodom Sport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 15 Kevin Giacon 3 [13] Fiat Tipo TCR 64 Luca Rangoni G 3 [14] Volcano Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 16 Evgeni Leonov R 1, 3–6 [15] 96 Mikel Azcona 5–6 [16] Brutal Fish Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 Martin Ryba Y All [17] 74 Pepe Oriola All [18] 123 Daniel Lloyd All [17] Élite Motorsport CUPRA León Competición TCR 18 Nicola Baldan 5 [19] Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR 19 Andreas Bäckman All [20] 26 Jessica Bäckman All [20] 27 John Filippi BNL All [21] 33 José Manuel Sapag R 4–6 [22] Team Clairet Sport Peugeot 308 TCR 20 Teddy Clairet BNL All [23] 21 Jimmy Clairet BNL All [23] 66 Gilles Colombani BNL Y 1–4 [23] 81 Stéphane Ventaja BNL Y 1–5 [23] Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 31 Tom Coronel BNL 1, 5–6 [24] Essex & Kent Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 38 Lewis Kent R 1 [25] PMA Motorsport Hyundai i30 N TCR 44 Felice Jelmini 3 [26] BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR 70 Maťo Homola All [27] 99 Dániel Nagy All [28]

Icon Class BNL Eligible for TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship R Eligible for Yokohama Rookie Trophy Y Eligible for Yokohama Diamond Trophy G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

• Élite Motorsport will enter two Audi RS 3 LMS TCR cars, for Jacopo Guidetti and another yet to be confirmed driver.^[29]
• W Racing Team, which fielded an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR for Santiago Urrutia and an Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Maxime Potty in the 2019 season, will not return to the series along with ending their activities in the World Touring Car Cup.^[30]
• Brutal Fish Racing will enter the season with a trio of Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)s. Pepe Oriola will drive the third car.^[17][18]
• Nicolas Baert, Mehdi Bennani and Sami Taoufik will drive a trio of Comtoyou Racing-entered Audi RS 3 LMS TCRs.^[8][9]
• Argentinean driver José Manuel Sapag will drive for Target Competition.^[22]
• Vuković Motorsport will enter two Renault Mégane R.S TCR cars, for Jack Young and another yet to be confirmed driver.^[31][32]
• BRC Racing Team will enter two Hyundai i30 N TCR cars, for Mat'o Homola who moves from Target Competition and Dániel Nagy who moves from M1RA.^[27][28]
• Volcano Motorsport will enter a CUPRA León TCR in selected rounds, for Evgeni Leonov.^[15]
• Florian Briché will debut for JSB Compétition in a Peugeot 308 TCR.^[5]
• Néstor Girolami will drive in the opening round for PSS Racing Team, replacing Davidovski due to travel bans.^[10]
• Tecnodom Sport will make its series debut entering an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR for Kevin Giacon and the Fiat Tipo TCR for Luca Rangoni who will be running as a guest entry as it is not yet a homologated car.^[13][14]
• Felice Jemini will debut for PMA Motorsport in a Hyundai i30 N TCR.^[26]

The race format is set to be changed for 2020 from 23 minutes + 1 lap to fixed length at 55 kilometers with the first two laps under safety car added to the total race distance similar to the rules set by the World Touring Car Cup. The change was made due to some of the races were mostly spent under safety car. Along with the fixed race distance, a maximum of 30 full-season entries would be allowed.^[1]

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team	TCR BeNeLux Winner	Yokohama Trophy Winner
1	1	Circuit Paul Ricard	John Filippi	John Filippi	Daniel Lloyd	Brutal Fish Racing Team	Mehdi Bennani	Sami Taoufik
	2			John Filippi	Mike Halder	Profi-Car Team Halder	Teddy Clairet	Nicolas Baert
2	3	Circuit Zolder	Nicolas Baert	Nicolas Baert	Nicolas Baert	Comtoyou Racing	Nicolas Baert	Nicolas Baert
	4			Nicolas Baert	Michelle Halder	Profi-Car Team Halder	Mehdi Bennani	Nicolas Baert
3	5	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Mehdi Bennani	Julien Briché	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition	Julien Briché	Nicolas Baert
	6			Julien Briché	Pepe Oriola	Brutal Fish Racing Team	Julien Briché	Nicolas Baert
4	7	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Maťo Homola	Sami Taoufik	Mike Halder	Profi-Car Team Halder	Sami Taoufik	Sami Taoufik
	8			Sami Taoufik	Andreas Bäckman	Target Competition	Sami Taoufik	Sami Taoufik
5	9	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Mehdi Bennani	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Volcano Motorsport	Tom Coronel	Sami Taoufik
	10			Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Volcano Motorsport	Tom Coronel	Nicolas Baert
6	11	Circuito del Jarama	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Volcano Motorsport	Not awarded	Nicolas Baert
	12			Mikel Azcona	John Filippi	Target Competition		Nicolas Baert

Scoring system

Pos. Driver LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR  Pts.  1 Mehdi Bennani 22 5 Ret3 5 Ret1 8 55 3 61 16 44 2 285 2 John Filippi 31 7 12 9 510 9 88 10 53 3 1110 1 257 3 Nicolas Baert Ret 9 11 6 38 5 107 6 Ret 5 87 5 244 4 Mike Halder 1010 1 25 4 18†9 Ret 12 4 38 10 Ret Ret 242 5 Daniel Lloyd 13 6 510 2 22 Ret 16 16 85 Ret 9 12 214 6 Andreas Bäckman 78 4 Ret8 Ret WD WD 710 1 44 7 66 6 209 7 Maťo Homola 8 12 32 8 17† 3 41 20 1510 12 33 11 204 8 Dániel Nagy 11 10 46 3 6 13 63 5 17 6 79 20† 202 9 Teddy Clairet 46 3 8 18 Ret 6 19 11 14 4 22 8 200 10 Julien Briché 14 14 15†7 Ret 14 2 9 21 11 17 55 3 175 11 Mikel Azcona 1 1 11 4 157 12 Sami Taoufik 99 18 114 11 16 12 36 2 76 13 10 Ret 157 13 Pepe Oriola 20 11 10 7 Ret5 1 24 13 109 11 Ret DNS 153 14 Jimmy Clairet 65 23 9 12 Ret3 4 11 9 12 18 12 10 129 15 Michelle Halder 12 13 79 1 8 11 21 7 16 Ret 17 15 115 16 Tom Coronel Ret Ret 22 2 14 7 100 17 Néstor Girolami 54 2 66 18 Jessica Bäckman 217 8 Ret 10 7 14 159 18 Ret 14 Ret8 19 60 19 Felice Jelmini 4 7 45 20 José Manuel Sapag 12 8 137 Ret 18 13 36 21 Martin Ryba Ret 19 6 16 15 10 Ret DNS 19 Ret Ret 18 35 22 Stéphane Ventaja 19 15 13 14 10 15 13 12 20 15 34 23 Nicola Baldan 9 8 28 24 Viktor Davidovski 9 20 16 9 26 25 Evgeni Leonov 15 16 12 18 14 19 18 9 19 17 24 26 Gilles Colombani 17 21 14 15 11 Ret 18 17 13 27 Florian Briché 13 17 Ret 17 20 14 8 28 Jean-Laurent Navarro 16 22 Ret 13 DNS 16 17 15 6 29 Kevin Giacon 14 19 5 30 Enrique Hernando 13 Ret 5 31 Franco Girolami Ret 14 3 32 Fernando Navarrete 15 16 1 33 Lewis Kent 18 20 0 Guest Drivers ineligible to score points – Luca Rangoni 13 17 – Pos. Driver LEC ZOL MNZ BAR SPA JAR  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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Pos.	Team	LEC			ZOL			MNZ			BAR			SPA			JAR			Pts.
		QP	R1	R2	QP	R1	R2	QP	R1	R2	QP	R1	R2	QP	R1	R2	QP	R1	R2
1	Comtoyou Racing	11	2	5	18	1	5	13	3	5	11	3	2	15	6	5				508
			9	9		11	6		16	8		5	3		7	13
2	Target Competition	14	3	4	4	12	9	1	5	9	7	7	1	15	4	3				414
			7	7		Ret	10		7	14		8	10		5	14
3	Brutal Fish Racing Team	8	1	6	3	5	2	15	2	1	7	2	13	9	8	11				392
			20	11		6	7		15	10		16	16		10	Ret
4	Profi-Car Team Halder	1	10	1	10	2	1	2	8	11	9	1	4	4	3	10				368
			12	13		7	4		18†	Ret		21	7		16	Ret
5	BRC Racing Team	0	8	10	15	3	3	5	6	3	18	4	5	3	15	6				356
			11	12		4	8		17†	13		6	20		17	12
6	Team Clairet Sport	11	4	3	0	8	12	12	10	4	2	11	9	0	12	4				309
			6	15		9	14		11	6		13	11		14	15
7	JSB Compétition	0	13	14	5	15†	13	7	1	2	0	9	14	0	11	17				162
			14	17		Ret	17		DNS	16		17	15
8	Volcano Motorsport	0	15	16				0	12	18	1	14	19	0	1	1				114
															18	9
9	Boutsen Ginion Racing	0	Ret	Ret										9	2	2				79
10	PSS Racing Team	7	5	2				0	9	20										79
11	PMA Motorsport							0	4	7										45
12	Élite Motorsport													0	9	8				28
13	Tecnodom Sport							0	14	19										5
									13	17
14	Essex & Kent Motorsport	0	18	20																0
Pos.	Team	LEC			ZOL			MNZ			BAR			SPA			JAR			Pts.

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

Pos.	Driver	Pts.
1	Nicolas Baert	254
2	Mehdi Bennani	246
3	Sami Taoufik	?
Pos.	Driver	Pts.

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