2020 Stock Car Brasil Championship Explained

The 2020 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the forty-second season of the Stock Car Brasil, starting at Goiânia on 26 July and ending at Interlagos Circuit on 13 December. The season marked the entrance of Toyota Gazoo Racing in the series.^[1] The championship was won by Ricardo Maurício.^[2]

Changes

Technical regulations

• For 2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing entered alongside Chevrolet. The make developed ten Toyota Corolla Stock Car.^[3]
• Chevrolet Cruze and Toyota Corolla models were used in the 2020 configuration. They were adapted to Stock Car components such as suspension, brake, gear and some other items of current cars.^{[4] [5]}

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Crown Racing	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	0	Cacá Bueno	All
		4	Júlio Campos	All
Shell V-Power		28	Galid Osman	All
		51	Átila Abreu	All
Cavaleiro Sports	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	5	Denis Navarro	All
		80	Marcos Gomes	All
	Toyota Corolla Stock Car	8	Rafael Suzuki	All
		33	Nelson Piquet Jr.	All
Full Time Sports		111	Rubens Barrichello	All
		117	Matías Rossi	All
RCM Motorsport	Toyota Corolla Stock Car	10	Ricardo Zonta	All
		44	Bruno Baptista	All
Vogel Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	11	Gaetano di Mauro	1–7
		12	Lucas Foresti	All
		110	Felipe Lapenna	8–12
KTF Sports	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	11	Gaetano di Mauro	8–12
		46	Vitor Genz	1
		85	Guilherme Salas	All
		120	Vitor Baptista	2–3
Blau Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	18	Allam Khodair	All
		70	Diego Nunes	All
Ipiranga Racing	Toyota Corolla Stock Car	21	Thiago Camilo	All
		30	César Ramos	All
Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	29	Daniel Serra	All
		90	Ricardo Maurício	All
Hot Car Competições	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	54	Tuca Antoniazi	All
R.Mattheis Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car	83	Gabriel Casagrande	All
		143	Pedro Cardoso	All

Team changes

Cimed Racing announced the departure as a team of the championship after seven seasons and two titles. Customer team in 2019 Crown Racing will expand to four cars.^[6] The team also announced an alliance with Shell V-Power Racing that left TMG Racing.^[7] After the end of partnership, TMG announced a new partner with Blau Motorsport in 2020. The new team, which will be formed by the union of the two structures.^[8] After one year of partnership Full Time Sports and Shell broke up and FTS will take on four cars.

Prati-Donaduzzi breaks up with R.Mattheis Motorsport and leaves Stock Car. The team will return to the original name.^[9]

Hot Car Competições scaled back to a single car operations and Carlos Alves Competições, who competed part-time last season, will not return.

Toyota Gazoo Racing Brasil will compete with eight cars. The teams selected was Full Time Sports with four cars; RCM and Ipiranga Racing.

Drivers changes

Atila Abreu and Ricardo Zonta left TMG Racing and Galid Osman and Gaetano di Mauro left Full Time Sports. Abreu and Osman will be part of Crown Racing; Zonta joined RCM and Di Mauro entered Vogel.^[10]

Felipe Fraga left the series after six season and one title to focus on his international career. He will be part of Mercedes-Benz GT programme.^[11]

Gabriel Casagrande moved from Crown Racing to R. Mattheis. 2019 drivers Júlio Campos and Valdeno Brito didn't advertise 2020 plans. Later, Campos signed with Crown Racing for replaced Casagrande and Brito joined Copa Truck championship.

Argentine racing driver, Matias Rossi joined Toyota Full Time. Piquet Jr. was relocated to the customer team alongside Rafael Suzuki, who moved from Hot Car Competições.

Race calendar and Results

The calendar suffered a lot of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Car	Info
1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia	July 26	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	RCM Motorsport	Toyota	^[12]
			Without Dispute	Thiago Camilo	Rubens Barrichello	Full Time Sports	Toyota
2	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	August 22	César Ramos	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Full Time Bassani	Toyota	^[13]
3	Corrida do Milhão	August 23	César Ramos	Marcos Gomes	Ricardo Zonta	RCM Motorsport	Toyota	^[14]
4	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Londrina	September 13	Thiago Camilo	Rafael Suzuki	Rafael Suzuki	Full Time Bassani	Toyota	^[15]
			Without Dispute	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Ricardo Mauricio	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet	^[16]
5	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel	October 3	Thiago Camilo	Daniel Serra	Thiago Camilo	Ipiranga Racing	Chevrolet	^[17]
6	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel	October 4	Bruno Baptista	Bruno Baptista	Bruno Baptista	RCM Motorsport	Toyota	^[18]
			Without Dispute	Ricardo Zonta	Daniel Serra	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet	^[19]
7	Autódromo Velo Città	October 18	Julio Campos	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Julio Campos	ACDelco/iCarros-Petrobrás Crown Racing	Chevrolet	^[20]
			Without Dispute	Ricardo Mauricio	Diego Nunes	TMG/Blau Motorsport	Chevrolet	^[21]
8	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba	November 7	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Ipiranga Racing	Chevrolet	^[22]
9	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba	November 8	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Ipiranga Racing	Chevrolet	^[23]
			Without Dispute	Gabriel Casagrande	Gabriel Casagrande	R. Mattheis	Chevrolet	^[24]
10	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia	November 21	Guilherme Salas	Daniel Serra	Ricardo Mauricio	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet	^[25]
11	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia	November 22	Allam Khodair	Guilherme Salas	Guilherme Salas	KTF Sports	Chevrolet	^[26]
			Without Dispute	Allam Khodair	Allam Khodair	TMG/Blau Motorsport	Chevrolet	^[27]
12	Grande Final, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	December 13	Ricardo Mauricio	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Mauricio	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet	^[28] ^[29]

Championship standings

Points systemPoints are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Feature races	30	26	22	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Sprint races	24	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Final race	60	52	44	38	34	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

• Feature races Used for the first race of each event.
• Sprint races:The second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid.
• Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver GOI INT CDM LON CAS CAS MOG CUR CUR GOI GOI SPO Pts 1 Ricardo Mauricio 3 13 5 5 10 1 4 19 11 15 3 10 8 6 1 18 5 1 291 2 Ricardo Zonta 1 Ret 3 1 11 13 9 Ret 2 12 4 12 6 5 Ret 5 10 2 278 3 Daniel Serra 4 6 13 NL 16 10 2 10 1 9 Ret 3 4 3 3 8 4 4 275 4 Thiago Camilo 6 5 Ret 6 3 11 1 5 16 16 8 1 1 7 10 Ret 11 Ret 238 5 César Ramos 8 8 2 2 4 Ret 5 4 8 4 14 13 16 18 13 15 12 5 237 6 Rubens Barrichello 7 1 7 4 7 2 7 14 21 14 5 8 5 4 9 9 3 16 234 7 Nelson Piquet Jr. Ret 2 1 Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 5 7 16 16 15 2 18 13 2 3 224 8 Gabriel Casagrande Ret Ret 6 Ret 2 4 Ret 6 3 2 7 14 10 1 5 4 8 NP 224 9 Allam Khodair 2 Ret 9 9 8 16 3 11 18 3 15 7 9 Ret 7 Ret 1 8 221 10 Guilherme Salas 13 11 Ret 7 Ret Ret 15 9 15 6 11 2 2 Ret 2 1 Ret 10 212 11 Diego Nunes 14 15 14 Ret 12 15 16 2 Ret 10 1 5 12 9 4 2 Ret 12 203 12 Bruno Baptista Ret 3 10 11 17 5 20 1 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret Ret 6 17 9 7 179 13 Júlio Campos 12 18 18 10 9 14 Ret 3 17 1 Ret 9 7 8 14 10 14 14 175 14 Rafael Suzuki Ret 7 4 13 1 Ret 8 17 6 17 10 18 14 17 15 11 16 11 172 15 Átila Abreu 16 4 12 8 5 7 6 7 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 15 16 Ret 15 13 158 16 Denis Navarro Ret 10 19 3 14 Ret 13 8 7 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 11 3 Ret Ret 134 17 Cacá Bueno 5 9 16 Ret 13 8 Ret 18 13 11 18 11 11 16 Ret Ret 17 15 125 18 Matías Rossi 11 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 10 8 2 4 Ret 11 12 16 Ret Ret 121 19 Galid Osman 9 14 15 15 20 Ret 11 12 16 19 12 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 107 20 Gaetano di Mauro Ret Ret 8 16 21 6 19 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 8 6 Ret 9 104 21 Marcos Gomes Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 14 13 19 5 17 17 Ret 14 Ret 12 6 19 88 22 Lucas Foresti 15 Ret 11 14 15 18 17 12 14 13 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret NL 13 Ret 87 23 Pedro Cardoso 17 16 Ret Ret 18 9 12 Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 13 19 17 19 7 17 84 24 Tuca Antoniazi 18 17 20 Ret 19 17 18 15 20 20 19 Ret 18 Ret 19 14 18 18 50 25 Felipe Lapenna Ret Ret 13 NL 7 Ret Ret 14 26 Vitor Genz 10 Ret 11 27 Vitor Baptista 17 17 8 Pos Piloto GOI INT CDM LON CAS CAS MOG CUR CUR GOI GOI SPO Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap † – Retired, but classified

Notes and References

1. News: De surpresa, Toyota confirma presença na temporada 2020 da Stock Car. grandepremio.uol.com.br/. November 2019. December 17, 2019.
2. Web site: 2020-12-15 . Ricardo Maurício é o campeão de 2020 da Stock Car . 2023-12-08 . oregional.net . pt-BR.
3. News: ÚLTIMAS NOTÍCIAS26 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2019O QUE VOCÊ PRECISA SABER SOBRE O NOVO STOCK 2020. www.stockcar.com.br/. December 17, 2019. December 17, 2019. December 17, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217230156/https://www.stockcar.com.br/noticias/o-que-voce-precisa-saber-sobre-o-novo-stock-2020. dead.
4. Web site: Novo Toyota Corolla da Stock Car surge invocado e com V8 de até 550 cv . 2023-12-08 . Quatro Rodas . pt-BR.
5. Web site: Araújo . Aurélio . 2020-07-28 . Saiba o que muda em 2020 na Stock Car! . 2023-12-08 . Jornal de Brasília . pt-BR.
6. News: Com foco em Fraga fora do país, Cimed anuncia fim de equipe própria na Stock Car. grandepremio.uol.com.br/. January 2020. January 15, 2020.
7. News: Com apoio da Shell, Osman garante vaga na Crown e segue na Stock Car em 2020. grandepremio.uol.com.br/. December 2019. January 5, 2020.
8. News: Sem confirmar pilotos, Blau anuncia união com TMG na temporada 2020. grandepremio.uol.com.br/. December 2019. January 5, 2020.
9. News: Patrocinadora, Prati rompe com Mattheis e deixa Stock Car no fim do ano. December 2019. grandepremio.uol.com.br/. January 5, 2020.
10. News: Com apoio da Shell, Osman garante vaga na Crown e segue na Stock Car em 2020. January 2020. grandepremio.uol.com.br/. January 9, 2020.
11. News: Fraga é anunciado em equipe oficial da Mercedes no Intercontinental GT Challenge. January 2020. grandepremio.uol.com.br/. January 9, 2020.
12. Web site: Notícias :: Zonta e Barrichello levam Toyota ao topo em Goiás . 2020-08-24 . www.stockcar.com.br . 2020-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200813044659/https://www.stockcar.com.br/noticias/zonta-e-barrichello-levam-toyota-ao-topo-em-goias . dead .
13. Web site: Notícias :: Piquet conquista sua primeira vitória na Stock Car . 2020-08-24 . www.stockcar.com.br .
14. Web site: Notícias :: Zonta vence Corrida do Milhão Solidário . 2020-08-24 . www.stockcar.com.br . 2021-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508155000/https://www.stockcar.com.br/noticias/zonta-vence-corrida-do-milhao-solidario . dead .
15. Web site: Suzuki conquista primeira vitória da carreira em Londrina e mantém 100% da Toyota – Stock Car . 2020-09-13 . 2020-09-17 . Grande Prêmio .
16. Web site: Maurício aproveita grid invertido e vence corrida 2 em Londrina. Barrichello é segundo – Stock Car . 2020-09-13 . 2020-09-17 . Grande Prêmio .
17. Web site: Camilo aproveita punição de Navarro e vence em Cascavel . 2020-10-03 . 2020-10-12 . Grande Prêmio .
18. Web site: Em disputa morna, Baptista vence corrida 1 da sexta etapa em Cascavel. Nunes é segundo – Stock Car . 2020-10-04 . 2020-10-12 . Grande Prêmio .
19. Web site: Serra acaba com má fase e enfim vence em 2020 em Cascavel . 2020-10-04 . 2020-10-12 . Grande Prêmio .
20. Web site: Campos segura Casagrande na pista e na estratégia e leva corrida 1 no Velocitta . 2020-10-18 . 2020-10-18 . Grande Prêmio .
21. Web site: Aposta arriscada dá certo, e Nunes leva corrida 2 da Stock Car no Velocitta. Rossi é segundo . 2020-10-18 . 2020-10-18 . Grande Prêmio .
22. Web site: Camilo arrisca nos boxes, ganha briga com Salas na pista e leva primeira etapa de Curitiba . 2020-11-07 . 2020-11-07 . Grande Prêmio .
23. Web site: Notícias :: Stock Car tem outra troca no comando da tabela . 2020-11-27 . www.stockcar.com.br .
24. Web site: Gabriel Casagrande vence segunda corrida da etapa de Curitiba da Stock Car . 2020-11-27 . pt-br . ge . 2021-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142449/https://globoesporte.globo.com/motor/video/gabriel-casagrande-vence-segunda-corrida-da-etapa-de-curitiba-da-stock-car-9006142.ghtml . dead .
25. Web site: Notícias :: Ricardo Maurício vence e assume vice-liderança . 2020-11-27 . www.stockcar.com.br . 2020-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201202153155/https://www.stockcar.com.br/noticias/na-estrategia-ricardo-mauricio-vence-em-goiania-1 . dead .
26. Web site: Salas vence 1ª na Stock Car e mantém chance de título . 2020-11-23 . 2020-11-27 . Grande Prêmio .
27. Web site: Notícias :: Stock Car vira do avesso em Goiânia . 2020-11-27 . www.stockcar.com.br . 2020-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124165144/https://www.stockcar.com.br/noticias/salas-e-khodair-vencem-em-goiania . dead .
28. Web site: Maurício leva pole para final da Stock Car. Camilo é 17° . 2020-12-12 . 2020-12-14 . Grande Prêmio .
29. Web site: Notícias :: Ricardo Maurício sagra-se tricampeão em Interlagos . 2020-12-14 . www.stockcar.com.br . 2021-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115211859/https://www.stockcar.com.br/noticias/ricardo-mauricio-vence-e-e-novo-tricampeao . dead .