2020 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2020 TCR Japan Touring Car Series was the second season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2020 Super Formula Championship.[1][2]

Race calendar

The calendar was announced in 2019 with six confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.[1] A revised calendar was released in July 2020.[2]

Round Circuit Original Date Revised Date Supporting
1 1 Sportsland Sugo 25–26 July SUGO Champion Cup
2
2 3 Twin Ring Motegi 29–30 August Super Formula Championship
4
3 5 Okayama International Circuit 26–27 September
6
4 7 Autopolis 16–17 May 14–15 November
8
5 9 Suzuka Circuit 18–19 April 5–6 December
10
6 11 Fuji Speedway 14–15 November 19–20 December
12

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers are Japanese-registered

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
Azabu Wako's ED Nilzz NGK Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Jun Makino 2, 6 [3]
BRP Birth Racing Project Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 17 Kenji Suzuki 2−6 [4]
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 19 'Hirobon' 1−2 [3]
CUPRA León TCR 3−6
190 Kengo Ichijo 1 [5]
Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 21 Takuro Shinohara All [6]
101 Hideki Nakahara 2 [4]
Volkswagen RT with Team Wakayama Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 25 Takeshi Matsumoto All [3]
Drago Corse Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 34 Rio Shimono All [7]
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 45 Naoto Takeda 4
Takuya Shirasaka 5
55 Moto with J’S Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 55 'Mototino' All [3]
69 Junichi Umemoto All [3]
Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 62 Resshu Shioya All [3]
Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 71 Masayoshi Oyama 4
M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 73 Mineki Okura All [3]

References

  1. ^ a b "2020 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  2. ^ a b "TCR Japan issue revised 2020 calendar". TCR Japan Series 2020. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Ten drivers entered for TCR Japan season opener". TouringCarTimes. 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  4. ^ a b "TWIN RING MOTEGI". Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  5. ^ "Birth Racing Project enter Cupra for 2020 TCR Japan". TouringCarTimes. 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  6. ^ "Takuro Shinohara confirms return with Hitotsuyama Racing". TouringCarTimes. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  7. ^ "Drago Corse joins TCR Japan grid with Rio Shimono". TouringCarTimes. 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-12-24.