2020 Stock Car Brasil Championship

Ricardo Maurício won the 2020 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

Technical regulations

  • 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

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Crown Racing Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 0 Brazil Cacá Bueno All
4 Brazil Júlio Campos All
Shell V-Power 28 Brazil Galid Osman All
51 Brazil Átila Abreu All
Cavaleiro Sports Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 5 Brazil Denis Navarro All
80 Brazil Marcos Gomes All
Full Time Bassani Toyota Corolla Stock Car 8 Brazil Rafael Suzuki All
33 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. All
Full Time Sports 111 Brazil Rubens Barrichello All
117 Argentina Matías Rossi All
RCM Motorsport Toyota Corolla Stock Car 10 Brazil Ricardo Zonta All
44 Brazil Bruno Baptista All
Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 11 Brazil Gaetano di Mauro 1–7
12 Brazil Lucas Foresti All
110 Brazil Felipe Lapenna 8–12
KTF Sports Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 11 Brazil Gaetano di Mauro 8–12
46 Brazil Vitor Genz 1
85 Brazil Guilherme Salas All
120 Brazil Vitor Baptista 2–3
Blau Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 18 Brazil Allam Khodair All
70 Brazil Diego Nunes All
Ipiranga Racing Toyota Corolla Stock Car 21 Brazil Thiago Camilo All
30 Brazil César Ramos All
Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 29 Brazil Daniel Serra All
90 Brazil Ricardo Maurício All
Hot Car Competições Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 54 Brazil Tuca Antoniazi All
R.Mattheis Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car 83 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande All
143 Brazil Pedro Cardoso All

Team changes

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

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

The calendar suffered a lot of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

# Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Car Info
1 Goiás Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia July 26 Paraná (state) Ricardo Zonta Paraná (state) Ricardo Zonta Paraná (state) Ricardo Zonta Brazil RCM Motorsport Toyota [12]
Without Dispute São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo São Paulo (state) Rubens Barrichello Brazil Full Time Sports Toyota [12]
2 São Paulo (state) Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo August 22 Rio Grande do Sul César Ramos Federal District (Brazil) Nelson Piquet Jr. Federal District (Brazil) Nelson Piquet Jr. Brazil Full Time Bassani Toyota [13]
3 São Paulo (state) Corrida do Milhão August 23 Rio Grande do Sul César Ramos São Paulo (state) Marcos Gomes Paraná (state) Ricardo Zonta Brazil RCM Motorsport Toyota [14]
4 Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Londrina September 13 São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo Maranhão Rafael Suzuki Maranhão Rafael Suzuki Brazil Full Time Bassani Toyota [15]
Without Dispute Federal District (Brazil) Nelson Piquet Jr. São Paulo (state) Ricardo Mauricio Brazil Eurofarma RC Chevrolet [16]
5 Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel October 3 São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo São Paulo (state) Daniel Serra São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo Brazil Ipiranga Racing Chevrolet [17]
6 Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel October 4 São Paulo (state) Bruno Baptista São Paulo (state) Bruno Baptista São Paulo (state) Bruno Baptista Brazil RCM Motorsport Toyota [18]
Without Dispute Paraná (state) Ricardo Zonta São Paulo (state) Daniel Serra Brazil Eurofarma RC Chevrolet [19]
7 São Paulo (state) Autódromo Velo Città October 18 Paraná (state) Julio Campos Federal District (Brazil) Nelson Piquet Jr. Paraná (state) Julio Campos Brazil ACDelco/iCarros-Petrobrás Crown Racing Chevrolet [20]
Without Dispute São Paulo (state) Ricardo Mauricio São Paulo (state) Diego Nunes Brazil TMG/Blau Motorsport Chevrolet [21]
8 Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba November 7 São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo Brazil Ipiranga Racing Chevrolet [22]
9 Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba November 8 São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo São Paulo (state) Thiago Camilo Brazil Ipiranga Racing Chevrolet [23]
Without Dispute Paraná (state) Gabriel Casagrande Paraná (state) Gabriel Casagrande Brazil R. Mattheis Chevrolet [24]
10 Goiás Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia November 21 São Paulo (state) Guilherme Salas São Paulo (state) Daniel Serra São Paulo (state) Ricardo Mauricio Brazil Eurofarma RC Chevrolet [25]
11 Goiás Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia November 22 São Paulo (state) Allam Khodair São Paulo (state) Guilherme Salas São Paulo (state) Guilherme Salas Brazil KTF Sports Chevrolet [26]
Without Dispute São Paulo (state) Allam Khodair São Paulo (state) Allam Khodair Brazil TMG/Blau Motorsport Chevrolet [27]
12 São Paulo (state) Grande Final, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo December 13 São Paulo (state) Ricardo Mauricio Paraná (state) Ricardo Zonta São Paulo (state) Ricardo Mauricio Brazil Eurofarma RC Chevrolet [28][29]

Championship standings

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
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

Pos Driver Brazil
GOI 		Brazil
INT 		Brazil
CDM 		Brazil
LON 		Brazil
CAS 		Brazil
CAS 		Brazil
MOG 		Brazil
CUR 		Brazil
CUR 		Brazil
GOI 		Brazil
GOI 		Brazil
SPO 		Pts
1 Brazil Ricardo Mauricio 3 13 5 5 10 1 4 19 11 15 3 10 8 6 1 18 5 1 291
2 Brazil Ricardo Zonta 1 Ret 3 1 11 13 9 Ret 2 12 4 12 6 5 Ret 5 10 2 278
3 Brazil Daniel Serra 4 6 13 NL 16 10 2 10 1 9 Ret 3 4 3 3 8 4 4 275
4 Brazil Thiago Camilo 6 5 Ret 6 3 11 1 5 16 16 8 1 1 7 10 Ret 11 Ret 238
5 Brazil César Ramos 8 8 2 2 4 Ret 5 4 8 4 14 13 16 18 13 15 12 5 237
6 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 7 1 7 4 7 2 7 14 21 14 5 8 5 4 9 9 3 16 234
7 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Ret 2 1 Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 5 7 16 16 15 2 18 13 2 3 224
8 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Ret Ret 6 Ret 2 4 Ret 6 3 2 7 14 10 1 5 4 8 NP 224
9 Brazil Allam Khodair 2 Ret 9 9 8 16 3 11 18 3 15 7 9 Ret 7 Ret 1 8 221
10 Brazil Guilherme Salas 13 11 Ret 7 Ret Ret 15 9 15 6 11 2 2 Ret 2 1 Ret 10 212
11 Brazil Diego Nunes 14 15 14 Ret 12 15 16 2 Ret 10 1 5 12 9 4 2 Ret 12 203
12 Brazil Bruno Baptista Ret 3 10 11 17 5 20 1 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret Ret 6 17 9 7 179
13 Brazil Júlio Campos 12 18 18 10 9 14 Ret 3 17 1 Ret 9 7 8 14 10 14 14 175
14 Brazil Rafael Suzuki Ret 7 4 13 1 Ret 8 17 6 17 10 18 14 17 15 11 16 11 172
15 Brazil Átila Abreu 16 4 12 8 5 7 6 7 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 15 16 Ret 15 13 158
16 Brazil Denis Navarro Ret 10 19 3 14 Ret 13 8 7 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 11 3 Ret Ret 134
17 Brazil Cacá Bueno 5 9 16 Ret 13 8 Ret 18 13 11 18 11 11 16 Ret Ret 17 15 125
18 Argentina Matías Rossi 11 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 10 8 2 4 Ret 11 12 16 Ret Ret 121
19 Brazil Galid Osman 9 14 15 15 20 Ret 11 12 16 19 12 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 107
20 Brazil Gaetano di Mauro Ret Ret 8 16 21 6 19 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 8 6 Ret 9 104
21 Brazil Marcos Gomes Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 14 13 19 5 17 17 Ret 14 Ret 12 6 19 88
22 Brazil Lucas Foresti 15 Ret 11 14 15 18 17 12 14 13 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret NL 13 Ret 87
23 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 17 16 Ret Ret 18 9 12 Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 13 19 17 19 7 17 84
24 Brazil Tuca Antoniazi 18 17 20 Ret 19 17 18 15 20 20 19 Ret 18 Ret 19 14 18 18 50
25 Brazil Felipe Lapenna Ret Ret 13 NL 7 Ret Ret 14
26 Brazil Vitor Genz 10 Ret 11
27 Brazil Vitor Baptista 17 17 8
Pos Piloto Brazil
GOI 		Brazil
INT 		Brazil
CDM 		Brazil
LON 		Brazil
CAS 		Brazil
CAS 		Brazil
MOG 		Brazil
CUR 		Brazil
CUR 		Brazil
GOI 		Brazil
GOI 		Brazil
SPO 		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 position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Retired, but classified

Notes

References

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