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Calendar

Five events were set to take place in Denmark. Two of the former rounds were scheduled to be supporting the

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. Each round consisted of three 15-minute and 1-lap races, the starting order for the first race was based on the results from qualifying while the second race utilised a reversed grid of the top eight cars from qualifying. The third and final race had its grid decided by the most points gathered from the first two races. The 2020 calendar was announced on 17 December 2019 with the addition of a round supporting the

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announced on 19 February 2020. The opening round of the season was then moved to 2–3 May 2020 due to the

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. Round 2 of the championship, that was due to take place in Aarhus, supporting the Classic Race Aarhus event, was postponed due to the

until 2021. On 1 May 2020, a new, preliminary, calendar was released featuring a double header round at Jyllandsringen.

Test days

The official test days for the season were announced on 16 January 2020. The announced dates were the 1, 2 and 16 April at Jyllandsringen. These also served as the series' media days for photos and interviews for the drivers and team to take place. These were later postponed to 9–10 June.

Teams and drivers

Summary

* LM Racing, run by Lars Mogensen, will compete in the championship using two Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR cars for ex-

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and

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driver

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and

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driver Nicolai Sylvest. * Massive Motorsport will compete in the championship entering DS3 Cup Denmark driver Kenn Bach and Three-time Danish Thundersport Championship winner Kasper Jensen.

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, who was originally scheduled to enter the series with the team, announced on 28 January that he has left the team. Bach will drive an FK8 Honda Civic Type R previously driven by

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for KCMG while Jensen's car is not yet confirmed. * A pair of ex-

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Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs will be entered by 2019 Yokohama SuperCup Denmark champion Rene Povlsen and runner-up Allan Kristensen. The team for which the two drivers will compete is yet to be confirmed. * Insight Racing will enter an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR for Norwegian driver Kristian Sætheren, who competed in the 2019 TCR Scandinavia Series for the team and an Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR for

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driver Jacob Mathiassen. Johnny Vejlebo will also compete in the championship for Insight in a Peugeot 308 TCR, driving in the Trofeo Championship. * TPR Motorsport will compete in the championship using a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR with 2019 Danish Thundersport Championship driver and team owner Toni Persic driving the car.

was later confirmed to drive for team after leaving Massive Motorsport, alongside Daniel Träger in a pair of

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cars. * Two-time Danish Touringcar Champion Michael Carlsen will compete in the championship in a Peugeot 308 TCR. * Danish Yokohama Super Cup driver Mikael Kildevæld will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his team, Kildevæld Racing. * Danish Thundersport Championship driver Michael Markussen will compete in the championship in a Peugeot 308 TCR for his team, Markussen Racing.

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will guest star alongside Markussen in the opening round. * Kim Lund will compete in the championship in an ex-PWR CUPRA León TCR driving in the Trophy Championship for Madbull Racing. * Jonas Lindhard will compete in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR driving for his family team, Lindhard Motorsport. * Martin Andersen will compete in the championship in a

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driving for his own team, Andersen Motorsport.

Results and standings

¹ – Original race 1 was replaced by a qualifying session for the then Race 1, and normal points were awarded. ² – Original race 1 was replaced by a qualifying session for the then Race 1, and normal points were awarded. ;Scoring system

Drivers' championship

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References

External links

* {{TCR Series championships Motorsport competitions in Denmark

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