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.

2020 Súper TC2000

Drivers' champion:
Matías Rossi
Teams champions:
Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina
Manufacturers' champions:
Toyota

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2019

Next

2021

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	José Manuel Urcera	1-10
		33	José Manuel Sapag	11-12
Ambrogio Racing (Renault Sport Castrol Team)	Renault Fluence	1	Leonel Pernía	All
		28	Matías Milla	1-2, 4-12
		30	Tomás Gagliardi Genné	All
		83	Facundo Ardusso	All
Pro Racing (Chevrolet YPF)	Chevrolet Cruze	2	Bernardo Llaver	All
		86	Agustín Canapino	All
Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina (Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia)	Toyota Corolla	7	Hernán Palazzo	1-2, 9-10
		11	Rubens Barrichello	All
		17	Matías Rossi	All
		57	Franco Vivian	3-7, 11-12
		68	Julián Santero	1, 3-12
Equipo FDC	Citroën C4 Lounge	22	Juan José Garriz	All
		24	Matías Cravero	3-5
		25	Marcelo Ciarrocchi	All
		33	José Manuel Sapag	1-2, 6-9
RAM Racing Factory (Puma Energy Honda Racing)	Honda Civic	5	Fabián Yannantuoni	All
		9	Nicolás Moscardini	All
		34	Juan Ángel Rosso	All
		35	Diego Ciantini	9-0
		111	Juan Manuel Silva	1-7, 11-12
Fiat Racing Team STC2000	Fiat Cronos	21	Matías Muñoz Marchesi	1-3, 6
		63	Franco Girolami	1-3, 6-8
		64	Bruno Armellini	1-3, 6-8
Midas Carrera Team	Toyota Corolla	14	Ricardo Risatti	All
		133	Valentín Aguirre	1-10
		35	Diego Ciantini	11-12
TS Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	67	Nicolás Traut	7
Fineschi Racing	Fiat Cronos	36	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	Matías Rossi	Matías Rossi	Agustín Canapino	Agustín Canapino	Chevrolet YPF	Chevrolet Cruze
2	Buenos Aires 2	Facundo Ardusso	Leonel Pernía	Matías Rossi	Facundo Ardusso	Renault Sport Castrol Team	Renault Fluence
3	Córdoba 1	Matías Rossi	Bernardo Llaver	Bernardo Llaver	Bernardo Llaver	Chevrolet YPF	Chevrolet Cruze
4	Córdoba 2	José Manuel Urcera	-	José Manuel Urcera	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
5		Matías Rossi		Ricardo Risatti	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
6	Buenos Aires 3	Facundo Ardusso	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
7	Buenos Aires 4	Julián Santero	-	Matías Rossi	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
8		Julián Santero		Julián Santero	Julián Santero	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
9	Río Cuarto	Julián Santero	Leonel Pernía	Leonel Pernía	Leonel Pernía	Renault Sport Castrol Team	Renault Fluence
10	Paraná	Leonel Pernía	Leonel Pernía	Matías Rossi	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
11	Buenos Aires 5	Agustín Canapino	Bernardo Llaver	Leonel Pernía	Agustín Canapino	Chevrolet YPF	Chevrolet Cruze
12	Buenos Aires 6	Julián Santero	-	Agustín Canapino	Agustín Canapino	Chevrolet YPF	Chevrolet Cruze
Source:[18][19]

Championship standings

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

• Súper TC 2000 Official