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2020 TCR Asia Pacific Cup

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colspan="3" bgcolor="#efefef"| Race details
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style="width: 20%;" | Date

| 13–15 March

Official name

|colspan=2| Carsales 1st TCR Asia Pacific Cup

Location

|colspan=2| Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Australia

Course

|colspan=2| Temporary street circuit
{{convert|5.027|km|mi|abbr=on}}

Supporting

|colspan=2| Australian Grand Prix
Supercars Championship
Australian S5000 Championship

Distance

|colspan=2| Race 1
8 laps, {{convert|40.216|km|mi|abbr=on}}
Race 2
8 laps, {{convert|40.216|km|mi|abbr=on}}
Race 3
8 laps, {{convert|40.216|km|mi|abbr=on}}

colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff"| Race 1
colspan=3 bgcolor="#efefef"| Pole
Driver

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne Performance Centre

Time 2:04.361
colspan=3 bgcolor="#efefef"| Fastest lap
N/A

|

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colspan=3 bgcolor="#efefef"| Podium
colspan=3| Race cancelled
colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff"| Race 2
colspan=3|Race cancelled
colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff"| Race 3
colspan=3|Race cancelled

The 2020 Carsales TCR Asia Pacific Cup was due to be the first edition of the TCR Asia Pacific Cup held at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on 13–15 March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandprix.com.au/fan-zone/news/tcr-australia-announced-announced-category-ausgp|title=TCR Australia announced as newest announced category for AUSGP|website=grandprix.com.au|date=24 July 2019|access-date=24 July 2019}} The race was going to be contested with TCR touring cars and run in support of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix. The cup would've run as part of the 2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The event was cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers were entered into the event:

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! Team

! Car

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Drivers

! Ref.

rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|AUS}} HMO Customer Racing

| rowspan="2" | Hyundai i30 N TCR

|align="center"| 1

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Brown

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/02/18/will-brown-confirmed-return-defend-tcr-australia-title/|title=Will Brown confirmed for return to defend TCR Australia title|website=TouringCarTimes|date=18 February 2020|access-date=18 February 2020}}

align="center"| 11

|nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Nathan Morcom

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/02/14/morcom-continues-with-hmo-for-2020/|title=Morcom continues with HMO for 2020|first=Mat|last=Coch|work=speedcafe.com|publisher=Speedcafe|date=14 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}

rowspan=5| {{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne Performance Centre

| nowrap | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR

| align="center" | 2

|nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chelsea Angelo

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/03/06/chelsea-angelo-back-tcr-vw-ride/|title=Chelsea Angelo back in TCR with Volkswagen ride|website=TouringCarTimes|date=6 March 2020|access-date=6 March 2020}}

rowspan=4| Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

| align="center" | 35

|nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alexandra Whitley

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/03/09/alexandra-whitley-secures-albert-park-entry/|title=Alexandra Whitley secures Albert Park entry

|website=TouringCarTimes|date=9 March 2020|access-date=9 March 2020}}

align="center" | 75

|nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/03/11/tander-ribartis-shirasaka-added-finalised-22-car-tcr-asia-pacific-cup-grid/|title= Tander, Ribartis and Shirasaka added to finalised 22-car TCR Asia Pacific Cup grid|website=TouringCarTimes|date=11 March 2020|access-date=11 March 2020}}

align="center" | 97

|nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} Liam McAdam

| align="center" |

align="center" | 100

|nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} Hamish Ribarits

| align="center" |

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|AUS}} Team Valvoline GRM

| Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR

| align="center" | 7

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Caruso

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/02/10/caruso-joins-tcr-with-two-year-grm-deal/|title=Caruso joins TCR with two-year GRM deal

|first=Tom|last=Howard|work=speedcafe.com|publisher=Speedcafe|date=9 February 2020|access-date=9 February 2020}}

Peugeot 308 TCR

| align="center" | 18

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Cameron

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/02/24/garry-rogers-motorsport-unveil-peugeot-livery/|title=Garry Rogers Motorsport unveil Peugeot livery|website=TouringCarTimes|date=24 February 2020|access-date=24 February 2020}}

rowspan="2" nowrap | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashley Seward Motorsport

| rowspan="2" nowrap | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR

| align="center" | 9

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jay Hanson

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/12/10/ashley-seward-motorsport-takes-16-year-old-tcr-australia-campaign/|title=Ashley Seward Motorsport takes on 16-year-old for TCR Australia campaign|website=TouringCarTimes|date=10 December 2019|access-date=10 December 2019}}

align="center" | 10

|{{flagicon|AUS}} James Allen

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/10/18/ashley-seward-motorsport-expand-three-alfa-romeos-2020/|title=Ashley Seward Motorsport expand to three Alfa Romeos for 2020|website=TouringCarTimes|date=18 October 2019|access-date=18 October 2019}}

nowrap |{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Clemente Motorsport

| Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)

| align="center" | 15

|nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Clemente

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/11/20/michael-clemente-confirms-2020-entry-honda/|title=Michael Clemente confirms 2020 entry with a Honda

|website=TouringCarTimes|date=20 November 2019|access-date=20 November 2019}}

{{flagicon|AUS}} Burson Auto Parts Racing

| Peugeot 308 TCR

| align="center" | 17

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Bargwanna

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/12/18/jason-bargwanna-confirmed-grm-prepared-peugeot-308tcr/|title=Jason Bargwanna confirmed for GRM-prepared Peugeot 308TCR|website=TouringCarTimes|date=20 November 2019|access-date=20 November 2019}}

rowspan="2" nowrap | {{flagicon|NZL}} Track Tec Racing

| rowspan="2" | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

| align="center" | 22

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jack Milligan

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/01/24/track-tec-racing-enter-second-audi-jack-milligan-melbourne/|title=Track Tec Racing enter second Audi for Jack Milligan at Melbourne|website=TouringCarTimes|date=24 January 2020|access-date=24 January 2020}}

align="center" | 77

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Stan van Oord

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/01/17/track-tec-racing-confirm-stan-van-oord-melbourne-race/|title=Track Tec Racing confirm Stan van Oord for Melbourne race|website=TouringCarTimes|date=17 January 2020|access-date=17 January 2020}}

rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Renault Sport GRM

| rowspan="2" | Renault Mégane R.S TCR

| align="center" | 33

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan O'Keeffe

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/02/12/dylan-okeeffe-secures-renault-drive-garry-rogers-motorsport/|title=Dylan O'Keeffe secures Renault drive for Garry Rogers Motorsport|website=TouringCarTimes|date=12 February 2020|access-date=12 February 2020}}

align="center" | 34

| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Moffat

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/12/04/renault-australia-confirm-sponsorship-grm-2020/|title=Renault Australia confirm sponsorship with GRM for 2020|date=4 December 2019|website=TouringCarTimes|language=en-US|access-date=4 December 2019}}

nowrap | {{flagicon|DEU}} Münnich Motorsport by Wall Racing

| rowspan="2" nowrap | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)

| align="center" | 49

|nowrap| {{flagicon|DEU}} René Münnich

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/01/31/rene-munnich-joins-wall-racing-melbourne-race/|title=René Münnich joins Wall Racing for Melbourne race|website=TouringCarTimes|date=31 January 2020|access-date=31 January 2020}}

nowrap | {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG with Wall Racing

| align="center" | 51

|nowrap| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Shirasaka

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/02/14/three-hondas-wall-racing-2020-campaign/|title=Three Hondas for Wall Racing in 2020 campaign|website=TouringCarTimes|date=14 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}

nowrap |{{flagicon|AUS}} Team Soutar Motorsport

| Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)

| align="center" | 110

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Zac Soutar

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/12/15/formula-ford-ace-secures-ex-tony-dalberto-honda-2020/|title=Formula Ford ace secures ex-Tony D'Alberto Honda for 2020|date=15 December 2019|website=TouringCarTimes|language=en-US|access-date=15 December 2019}}

nowrap | {{flagicon|FRA}} JSB Compétition with Garry Rogers Motorsport

| Peugeot 308 TCR

| align="center" | 308

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Briché

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/02/11/french-tcr-racer-joins-asia-pacific-cup-field/|title=French TCR racer joins Asia Pacific Cup field|first=Mat|last=Coch|work=speedcafe.com|publisher=Speedcafe|date=11 February 2020|access-date=11 February 2020}}

nowrap | {{flagicon|AUS}} Milldun Motorsport

| nowrap | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR

| align="center" | 777

|nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} Declan Fraser

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/03/10/declan-fraser-lands-tcr-asia-pacific-cup-drive-milldun-motorsport/|title=Declan Fraser lands TCR Asia Pacific Cup drive for Milldun Motorsport|website=TouringCarTimes|date=10 March 2020|access-date=10 March 2020}}

Practice

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! rowspan="2" |Session

! rowspan="2" |Day

! colspan="6" |Fastest lap

No.

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Time

! Ref.

nowrap | Practice 1

| Thursday

| align="center" | 1

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Brown}}

| {{nowrap|HMO Customer Racing}}

| {{nowrap|Hyundai i30 N TCR}}

| {{nowrap|2:04.6467}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/03/12/brown-well-clear-in-tcr-practice-1-at-albert-park/|title=Brown well clear in TCR Practice 1 at Albert Park|publisher=Speedcafe|date=12 March 2020}}

nowrap | Practice 2

| Thursday

| align="center" | 1

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Brown}}

| {{nowrap|HMO Customer Racing}}

| {{nowrap|Hyundai i30 N TCR}}

| {{nowrap|2:05.1832}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/03/12/brown-continues-to-set-pace-in-tcr-asia-pacific-cup/|title=Brown continues to set pace in TCR Asia Pacific Cup|publisher=Speedcafe|date=12 March 2020}}

Qualifying

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! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Car

! Time

! Gap

1

|align="center"| 75

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander

| Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

| 2:04.3614

|

2

|align="center"| 88

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Caruso

| Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR

| 2:04.8625

| 0:00.5011

3

|align="center"| 11

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nathan Morcom

| Hyundai i30 N TCR

| 2:05.0242

| 0:00.6628

4

|align="center"| 1

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Brown

| Hyundai i30 N TCR

| 2:05.0834

| 0:00.7220

5

|align="center"| 34

| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Moffat

| Renault Megane RS TCR

| 2:05.4133

| 0:01.0519

6

|align="center"| 18

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Cameron

| Peugeot 308 TCR

| 2:05.7076

| 0:01.3462

7

|align="center"| 308

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Briché

| Peugeot 308 TCR

| 2:05.7643

| 0:01.4029

8

|align="center"| 10

| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Allen

| Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR

| 2:05.8444

| 0:01.4830

9

|align="center"| 75

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Stan Van Oord

| Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

| 2:05.9596

| 0:01.5982

10

|align="center"| 33

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan O'Keeffe

| Renault Megane RS TCR

| 2:06.0054

| 0:01.6440

11

|align="center"| 110

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Zac Soutar

| Honda Civic Type R TCR

| 2:06.0593

| 0:01.6979

12

|align="center"| 15

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Clemente

| Honda Civic Type R TCR

| 2:06.1227

| 0:01.7613

13

|align="center"| 17

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Bargwanna

| Peugeot 308 TCR

| 2:06.2720

| 0:01.9106

14

|align="center"| 9

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jay Hanson

| Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR

| 2:06.7576

| 0:02.3962

15

|align="center"| 51

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Shirasaka

| Honda Civic Type R TCR

| 2:06.7612

| 0:02.3998

16

|align="center"| 100

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Hamish Ribarits

| Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

| 2:06.8045

| 0:02.4431

17

|align="center"| 2

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chelsea Angelo

| Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR

| 2:07.0195

| 0:02.6581

18

|align="center"| 777

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Declan Fraser

| Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR

| 2:07.5142

| 0:03.1528

19

|align="center"| 97

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Liam McAdam

| Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

| 2:07.8918

| 0:03.5304

20

|align="center"| 22

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jack Milligan

| Audi RS 3 LMS TCR

| 2:08.0381

| 0:03.6767

21

|align="center"| 35

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alexandra Whitley

| Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR

| 2:08.2245

| 0:03.6767

22

|align="center"| 49

| {{flagicon|GER}} René Münnich

| Honda Civic Type R TCR

| 2:08.9870

| 0:04.6256

Results and standings

;Points system

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!Position

|style="background:#ffffbf;"|  1st 

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|  2nd 

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|  3rd 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  4th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  5th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  6th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  7th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  8th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  9th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  10th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  11th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  12th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  13th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  14th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  15th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  16th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  17th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  18th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  19th 

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|  20th 

|style="background:#efcfff;"|  DNF 

nowrap | Races 1 & 2

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 40

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 36

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 32

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 28

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 26

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 24

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 22

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 20

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 18

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 16

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 14

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 13

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 12

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 11

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|style="background:#efcfff;"| 0

Race 3

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 50

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 46

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 42

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 38

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 36

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 31

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 29

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 27

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 25

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 23

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 19

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 18

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 17

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 16

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 15

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 12

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 11

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

|style="background:#efcfff;"| 0

  • Two (2) points will be awarded for obtaining Pole Position in qualifying.

= Drivers' standings =

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

! style="vertical-align:middle" |{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! style="vertical-align:middle;background" |Driver

! colspan="3" |ALB
{{flagicon|Victoria}}

! style="vertical-align:middle" |Points

1

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander

| P

|

|

! 2

style="vertical-align:middle" |{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! style="vertical-align:middle;background" |Driver

! colspan="3" |ALB
{{flagicon|Victoria}}

! style="vertical-align:middle" |Points

|}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.tcraustralia.com Official website]

{{TCR Series championships}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:TCR Asia Pacific Cup, 2020}}

TCR Australia

Australia

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