2020 TCR Japan Touring Car Series explained

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. A revised calendar was released in July 2020.

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		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
	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
Volkswagen RT with Team Wakayama	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	25	Takeshi Matsumoto		All
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
		69	Junichi Umemoto		All
Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	62	Resshu Shioya		All
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 calendar. 2019-12-23. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2019-12-24.
2. Web site: TCR Japan issue revised 2020 calendar. 2020-06-10. TCR Japan Series 2020. en-GB. 2020-07-23.
3. Web site: 2020-07-24. Ten drivers entered for TCR Japan season opener. 2020-07-24. TouringCarTimes. en-US.
4. Web site: TWIN RING MOTEGI. 2020-09-02.
5. Web site: Birth Racing Project enter Cupra for 2020 TCR Japan. 2019-11-30. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2019-12-24.
6. Web site: Takuro Shinohara confirms return with Hitotsuyama Racing. 2020-03-17. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2020-03-17.
7. Web site: Drago Corse joins TCR Japan grid with Rio Shimono. 2019-12-22. TouringCarTimes. en-US. 2019-12-24.