2020 Súper TC2000

The 2020 Súper TC2000 Championship was the 42nd season of Turismo Competición 2000 and the 9th season of Súper TC2000, the premier touring car category of Argentina. It started in September 2020 and finished in February 2021 having been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. Matías Rossi won the championship, his second of the Súper TC2000 era and fifth overall.

Matías Rossi (pictured in 2017) won his fifth Turismo Competición 2000 championship

Teams and drivers
Entrant
(Commercial title)		 Car No. Driver Rounds
Monti Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze 51 Argentina José Manuel Urcera 1-10
33 Argentina José Manuel Sapag 11-12
Ambrogio Racing
(Renault Sport Castrol Team)		 Renault Fluence 1 Argentina Leonel Pernía All
28 Argentina Matías Milla 1-2, 4-12
30 Argentina Tomás Gagliardi Genné All
83 Argentina Facundo Ardusso All
Pro Racing
(Chevrolet YPF)		 Chevrolet Cruze 2 Argentina Bernardo Llaver All
86 Argentina Agustín Canapino All
Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina
(Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia)		 Toyota Corolla 7 Argentina Hernán Palazzo 1-2, 9-10
11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello All
17 Argentina Matías Rossi All
57 Argentina Franco Vivian 3-7, 11-12
68 Argentina Julián Santero 1, 3-12
Equipo FDC Citroën C4 Lounge 22 Argentina Juan José Garriz All
24 Argentina Matías Cravero 3-5
25 Argentina Marcelo Ciarrocchi All
33 Argentina José Manuel Sapag 1-2, 6-9
RAM Racing Factory
(Puma Energy Honda Racing)		 Honda Civic 5 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni All
9 Argentina Nicolás Moscardini All
34 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso All
35 Argentina Diego Ciantini 9-0
111 Argentina Juan Manuel Silva 1-7, 11-12
Fiat Racing Team STC2000 Fiat Cronos 21 Argentina Matías Muñoz Marchesi 1-3, 6
63 Argentina Franco Girolami 1-3, 6-8
64 Argentina Bruno Armellini 1-3, 6-8
Midas Carrera Team Toyota Corolla 14 Argentina Ricardo Risatti All
133 Argentina Valentín Aguirre 1-10
35 Argentina Diego Ciantini 11-12
TS Racing Chevrolet Cruze 67 Argentina Nicolás Traut 7
Fineschi Racing Fiat Cronos 36 Argentina Damián Fineschi 11
Source:[1][2]

Changes
  • The two main novelties for the season were the arrival of the private Midas Carrera Team and Monti Motorsport teams.[3][4] Also, the Citroën subsidiary officially stopped supporting the FDC team.[5]
  • Julián Santero missed the second race for positive COVID-19, while Matías Milla didn't participate in the third for the same reason. In both cases, they were not replaced by another driver in those races.[6][7]
  • Hernán Palazzo stopped racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina in October and was replaced by Franco Vivian.[8] Palazzo returned at ninth race and Vivian at eleventh race.
  • Matías Cravero replaced José Manuel Sapag when competed in WTCR and TCR Europe.[9]
  • The Fiat Racing Team STC2000 didn't participate in the fourth and fifth races due to several cases of COVID-19 within it.[10]
  • Nicolás Traut participated in the seventh race of the year.[11]
  • Fiat Racing Team STC2000 did not participate in the 10 and 11 races.
  • In race 11, José Manuel Sapag replaced José Manuel Urcera (in Monti Motorsport) and Diego Ciantini replaced Valentín Aguirre (in Midas Carrera Team).[12][13] Damián Fineschi participated in this race with a Fiat from the Fineschi Racing.[14]

Calendar
Race Circuit Date
1 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 8), Buenos Aires September 20 2020
2 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 9), Buenos Aires September 27 2020
3 Autódromo Oscar Cabalén (Layout No. 3), Córdoba October 25 2020
4 Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Córdoba October 31 2020
5 November 1 2020
6 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 6), Buenos Aires November 29 2020
7 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 7), Buenos Aires December 5 2020
8 December 6 2020
9 Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto January 10 2021
10 Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná, Paraná January 17 2021
11 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 8), Buenos Aires February 7 2021
12 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 6), Buenos Aires February 14 2021
Source:[15][16][17]

Race calendar and results
Race Pole Position Qualifying race Fastest lap Race winner Team winner Car winner
1 Buenos Aires 1 Argentina Matías Rossi Argentina Matías Rossi Argentina Agustín Canapino Argentina Agustín Canapino Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
2 Buenos Aires 2 Argentina Facundo Ardusso Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Matías Rossi Argentina Facundo Ardusso Renault Sport Castrol Team Renault Fluence
3 Córdoba 1 Argentina Matías Rossi Argentina Bernardo Llaver Argentina Bernardo Llaver Argentina Bernardo Llaver Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
4 Córdoba 2 Argentina José Manuel Urcera - Argentina José Manuel Urcera Argentina Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
5 Argentina Matías Rossi Argentina Ricardo Risatti Argentina Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
6 Buenos Aires 3 Argentina Facundo Ardusso Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Rubens Barrichello Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
7 Buenos Aires 4 Argentina Julián Santero - Argentina Matías Rossi Argentina Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
8 Argentina Julián Santero Argentina Julián Santero Argentina Julián Santero Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
9 Río Cuarto Argentina Julián Santero Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Leonel Pernía Renault Sport Castrol Team Renault Fluence
10 Paraná Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Matías Rossi Argentina Matías Rossi Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia Toyota Corolla
11 Buenos Aires 5 Argentina Agustín Canapino Argentina Bernardo Llaver Argentina Leonel Pernía Argentina Agustín Canapino Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
12 Buenos Aires 6 Argentina Julián Santero - Argentina Agustín Canapino Argentina Agustín Canapino Chevrolet YPF Chevrolet Cruze
Source:[18][19]

Championship standings
Pos. Driver BUA
Buenos Aires		 BUA
Buenos Aires		 AGR
Córdoba Province, Argentina		 AGR
Córdoba Province, Argentina		 BUA
Buenos Aires		 BUA
Buenos Aires		 RCU
Córdoba Province, Argentina		 PAR
Entre Ríos Province		 BUA
Buenos Aires		 BUA
Buenos Aires		 Points
1 Argentina Matías Rossi 1 2 6 2 6 4 1 1 11 16† 1 2 3 2 12 1 5 5 3 167 (192)
2 Argentina Agustín Canapino 2 1 7 4 7 6 8 2 12 2 2 4 8 4 DSQ 3 3 1 1 150 (177)
3 Argentina Julián Santero 5 3 3 3 2 Ret 5 4 Ret 1 5 9 7 14† 11 6 2 107 (115)
4 Argentina Leonel Pernía 6 17† 1 Ret 5 5 3 8 7 12 Ret 15 1 1 1 13† 2 13 4 99 (100)
5 Argentina Facundo Ardusso 3 4 8 1 8 7 4 9 16 7 3 16 9 5 8 6 6 2 5 96 (113)
6 Argentina Bernardo Llaver 7 6 Ret Ret 1 1 9 15 6 DSQ 12 Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 1 3 7 67
7 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 18 8 DSQ 8 13 10 17† 11 1 1 6 7 16 Ret 6 5 10 16 6 64
8 Argentina Matías Milla 8 16† 2 3 10 Ret 2 DSQ 5 5 17 Ret 13 10 7 4 8 55
9 Argentina Ricardo Risatti 10 5 10 Ret 4 2 14† 3 13 9 7 8 7 DSQ Ret 12† 15 7 14 47 (49)
10 Argentina Nicolás Moscardini 4 Ret 5 Ret 19 11 Ret 12 4 3 Ret 6 14 10 4 11 4 10 10 34 (35)
11 Argentina Marcelo Ciarrocchi 19 Ret 13 12 11 Ret 12 7 17 18 Ret Ret 2 3 9 4 19 17 Ret 32
12 Argentina Tomás Gagliardi Genné 12 11 9 6 16 15 6 5 9 5 17† 11 11 8 10 7 20 15 12 32
13 Argentina Franco Vivian 2 12 5 4 20 8 10 9 9 8 13 29
14 Argentina José Manuel Urcera 20 12 11 Ret 20† 13 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 2 26
15 Argentina Fabián Yannantuoni 23† 14 Ret 7 10 8 13 6 10 6 8 12 12 15† 11 9 18 12 9 26
16 Argentina Juan Manuel Silva 16 7 4 5 9 9 16 10 Ret 10 11 14 17 18† 11 20
17 Argentina Valentín Aguirre 13 15 14 13 Ret Ret 15 14 8 Ret 4 3 Ret DSQ 14 Ret 18
18 Argentina Franco Girolami 9 Ret 18† 9 15 DSQ 14 Ret 9 10 4 6 14
19 Argentina Juan Ángel Rosso 11 Ret 3 Ret 12 16 7 16 3 Ret 13 13 13 11 17 Ret 13 11 17 12
20 Argentina Diego Ciantini 6 7 3 Ret 14 9 16 11
21 Argentina Juan José Garriz 15 13 17 10 17 18 11 13 18 17 14 Ret Ret 12 15 8 16 14 15 4
22 Argentina Matías Muñoz Marchesi 14 9 12 Ret 14 19† 19 11 2
23 Argentina Bruno Armellini 21 10 16 14† Ret 17 Ret 13 15 17 15 14 1
- Argentina José Manuel Sapag 22 Ret 15 11 21 14 16† Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 18† 0
- Argentina Matías Cravero 18 14 Ret 17 0
- Argentina José Hernán Palazzo 17 DSQ Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 Ret 0
- Argentina Nicolás Traut Ret Ret 0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
- Argentina Damián Fineschi 12 Ret 0

Teams' championship
Pos Team Points
1 Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia 334
2 Renault Sport Castrol Team 259
3 Chevrolet YPF 217
4 Puma Energy Honda Racing 95
5 Midas Carrera Team 67
6 FDC 36
7 Monti Motorsport 26
8 Fiat Racing Team STC2000 17
NC TS Racing 0
NC Fineschi Racing 0
Source:[20][19]

Manufacturers' championship
Pos Manufacturer Points
1 Toyota 285
2 Chevrolet 217
3 Renault 195
4 Citroën 36
5 Honda 32
6 Fiat 16
Source:[20][19]

References
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