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Scott McLaughlin is the defending drivers' champion and current championship leader.
DJR Team Penske are the defending teams' champions.

The 2020 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship)[1] is a motor racing series for Supercars. It is the twenty-fourth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-fourth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport. Due to disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of rounds were rescheduled or cancelled.

The series reverted to having only two manufacturers, Ford and Holden, for the first time since 2012 with Nissan no longer being represented on the grid.

Scott McLaughlin entered the series as the defending drivers' champion.[2] DJR Team Penske entered the season as the reigning teams' champions. Ford entered the season as reigning manufacturers' champion.[3]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are competing in the 2020 championship:

Championship entries Enduro Cup entries
Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver name Rounds Ref. Co-driver name Ref.
Ford Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing 5 Australia Lee Holdsworth All [4] Australia Michael Caruso
Australia James Moffat
Australia Will Davison[5]
Australia Broc Feeney
 [6]
6 Australia Cameron Waters All [7]
44 Australia James Courtney 3–11[a] [8]
55 Australia Jack Le Brocq All [9]
Kelly Racing 7 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner All [10] TBA
15 Australia Rick Kelly All [11] TBA
DJR Team Penske 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard All [12] Australia Tony D'Alberto [13]
17 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin All [12] Australia Tim Slade [13]
23Red Racing 23 Australia Will Davison 1–2[b] [14] —
Holden Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Australia Bryce Fullwood All [15] Australia Kurt Kostecki [16]
25 Australia Chaz Mostert All [17] Australia Warren Luff [16]
Tim Blanchard Racing 3 Australia Macauley Jones All [18] TBA
Brad Jones Racing 4 Australia Jack Smith All [19] TBA
8 Australia Nick Percat All [20] Australia Thomas Randle [21]
14 Australia Todd Hazelwood All [22] TBA
Erebus Motorsport 9 Australia David Reynolds All [23] Australia Will Brown [24]
99 Australia Anton de Pasquale All [25] Australia Brodie Kostecki [24]
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 18 Australia Mark Winterbottom All [26] Australia James Golding [27]
20 Australia Scott Pye All [28] Australia Dean Fiore [29]
Team Sydney 19 Australia James Courtney 1[c] [30] —
Australia Alex Davison 2–11[d] [31] TBA
22 New Zealand Chris Pither All [32] TBA
Matt Stone Racing 34 Australia Zane Goddard 1, 4 [33] —[e]
Australia Jake Kostecki 2–3 [33]
35 Australia Garry Jacobson All [34] Australia David Russell [35]
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Australia Jamie Whincup All [36] Australia Craig Lowndes [37]
97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen All [36] Australia Garth Tander [38]

Team changes

Tekno Autosports relocated to Western Sydney and expanded to a two-car operation under the Team Sydney brand. A second Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) was acquired from Supercars management. It entered two Triple Eight-built Holden ZB Commodores.[30][39]

Brad Jones Racing expanded to a three-car team, after acquiring an REC that was formerly owned by Britek Motorsport and had been leased to Matt Stone Racing.[40] Brad Jones Racing continued to operate a fourth car on behalf of Tim Blanchard Racing.

Kelly Racing scaled down from a four-car team racing Nissan Altimas to a two-car team with Ford Mustangs.[41] Two of the team's RECs were purchased by Charlie Schwerkolt Racing and Matt Stone Racing, with both expanding to two car entries.[42][41][43] Matt Stone Racing acquired a second REC from Garry Rogers Motorsport to replace the one it had been leasing from Britek Motorsport.[44][f] Team principal Garry Rogers cited escalating costs of competing and a model that required them to purchase parts rather than develop them as the reasons for his decision to withdraw.[45]

Driver changes

Walkinshaw Andretti United is fielding a new line-up in 2020 after James Courtney and Scott Pye left the team.[46][47] Courtney moved to the Team Sydney, with his seat at Walkinshaw Andretti United filled by Chaz Mostert.[48][30] Jack Le Brocq left Tekno Autosports and joined Tickford Racing, where he replaced Mostert.[9] Scott Pye joined Charlie Schwerkolt Racing and Walkinshaw Andretti United named reigning Super2 champion Bryce Fullwood as Pye's replacement.[49][50] Chris Pither returned to the championship on a full-time basis, racing with Team Sydney.[32] Pither last competed full-time in 2016. Courtney departed Team Sydney after one round.[51]

Zane Goddard and Jake Kostecki graduated from the Super2 Series and make their championship débuts driving for Matt Stone Racing.[27] Goddard and Kostecki will share a car as part of the new SuperLite program, allowing both drivers to compete in five rounds of the series each before teaming up for the Enduro Cup.[52]

Todd Hazelwood left Matt Stone Racing to join Brad Jones Racing.[22] He replaced Tim Slade who will join DJR Team Penske as a co-driver.[53] Jack Smith made his full-time début in the championship with the team. Smith had previously competed for Brad Jones Racing in the Super2 Series and at selected Supercars rounds as a wildcard in 2019.[40]

Richie Stanaway and James Golding left Garry Rogers Motorsport after the team withdrew from the series.[45] Stanaway retired from motorsport,[54] while Golding joined Charlie Schwerkolt Racing for the endurance races.[27]

Simona de Silvestro and Garry Jacobson left Kelly Racing after it scaled down to two cars.[55][56][57] De Silvestro returned to the Formula E championship as a test driver for Porsche,[58] while Jacobson joined Matt Stone Racing.[59]

Mid-Season Changes

James Courtney left Team Sydney after round one, citing an inability to come to an agreement with the team for the contract to continue.[30] He was replaced by Alex Davison.[31] 23Red Racing withdrew from the series after its primary sponsor withdrew after round 2, leaving Will Davison without a drive. He will co-drive at the Bathurst 1000 for Tickford Racing.[5] Tickford Racing, which had prepared the car, entered the car as a fourth entry with James Courtney from round two.[8][60]

Calendar

The 2020 championship was originally due to be contested over twenty-eight races run at fourteen rounds. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Melbourne 400 event was cancelled after practice and qualifying had commenced, and the Gold Coast 600 and Newcastle 500 events were later cancelled altogether. A revised calendar, which extended the season to February 2021, was issued in May 2020 featuring thirteen rounds, including the incomplete Melbourne 400. This was further revised in June 2020, with two further rounds being cancelled and the season being truncated to finish in December 2020. In July 2020, Winton was replaced by a third planned event for the year at Sydney Motorsport Park and an additional event at Hidden Valley Raceway was announced.

Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Adelaide 500 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 22–23 February
2 Melbourne 400 Victoria (state) Albert Park Circuit Albert Park, Victoria 13–15 March[g]
3 Sydney SuperSprint New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 27–28 June
4 18–19 July
5 Darwin Triple Crown Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 15–16 August
6 Darwin SuperSprint 22–23 August
7 Townsville SuperSprint Queensland Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 29–30 August
8 5–6 September
9 Sandown Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 19–20 September
10 Bathurst 1000 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 11 October
11 Perth Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 31 October–1 November
12 Tasmania Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 21–22 November
13 Sydney SuperNight New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 12–13 December
Source:[62][63][64][65][66]

Calendar changes

The Sydney SuperNight was originally scheduled to return to the calendar after a one-year absence, but will instead be the first event back after the enforced break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be run in daylight hours. Sydney Motorsport Park will continue to host the event.[62] The Gold Coast 600 was to have also become a night race.[63] The Auckland Super400 moved from Pukekohe Park Raceway to Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. The change was made in response to Auckland Council passing legislation that prohibited from running any event at the circuit on key dates, with Anzac Day falling on the Saturday of the round.[66]

The Bend 500 was scheduled to replace the Sandown 500 as the opening round the Enduro Cup. The Bend SuperSprint was re-formatted as a 500 kilometre race, while the Sandown round adopted a sprint format.[67] This resulted in a 500 kilometre being restored as the first race of the Enduro Cup after the Bathurst 1000 was the first endurance race in 2019. The Sandown round, the first sprint round at the circuit since 2011, will be known as the Sandown Super400.[64]

The Ipswich and Phillip Island SuperSprints were removed from the calendar. It will be the first time since opening that Queensland Raceway has not been on the calendar and the first since 2004 for Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.[65]

Format changes

The Saturday race at the SuperSprint and SuperNight events and the Darwin Triple Crown will be extended from 120 kilometres to 200 kilometres, The Melbourne 400 will change from two 70 kilometre and two 130 kilometre races to four 100 kilometre races, each with a mandatory pit stop.[65] The extended race distances mean that although the number of individual races has been reduced from the 2019 championship, the 2020 championship features an increased total race distance. The SuperSprint event title, used for selected sprint events since 2015, will be renamed as "Super400" to reflect the longer race distances.[68]

The Bend 500 will abandon the "Races for the Grid" format used by the Sandown 500. The grid for the race will be determined by a traditional qualifying system and Top 10 Shootout rather than a system of qualifying races and cumulative points totals. The Races for the Grid format was abandoned as it had proven to be too complicated and unpopular with spectators.[64]

Impact of 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic

The championship was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Melbourne 400 cancelled before the first race of the event.[61][69] Supercars' management later announced that should an event be postponed, the calendar would have been altered to complete the 2020 fixture,[70] and that a January 2021 finish may have been required to do so.[71] Supercars later announced the postponement of the Launceston, Auckland and Perth rounds due to the pandemic.

The championship recommenced in June with a reformatted round at Sydney Motorsport Park, with the postponed races assigned new dates later in the season.[72][73] Races at The Bend, Gold Coast and Newcastle were removed from the schedule.[74]

Due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria, Sydney Motorsport Park hosted round four of the championship on the weekend of July 18-19 instead of Winton. The event followed the same format as the previous round but featured a night race on the Saturday night and fans were allowed to attend the event.

Rule changes

Technical regulations

The number of engines that a team is allowed to use has been reduced to three, compared with four in 2019 in a bid to reduce costs. The piston ring and rocker ratios became control components and engines must complete 4,000 km (2,485 mi) before being rebuilt. Breaking the engine seal before reaching the mileage limit will result in a ten-place grid penalty, similar to Formula One's system of grid penalties for changing engine components. However, engine changes can be made with the approval of Supercars provided that teams present a clear reason for doing so.[75]

A control shock absorber manufactured by Supashock was introduced in a bid to reducing costs.[76][77] All cars had a reduction of downforce of up to twelve percent, in a bid to improve racing and encourage overtakes. The rear wing angle was be reduced from 18 degrees to 13 degrees, and has gurney flaps of 13 millimetres and 10 millimetres on the wing plane and bootlid respectively. The Mustang's rear wing has also moved forward by 90 millimetres and lowered by 50 millimetres.[78]

LED panels will be fitted in the windows of all cars. To accommodate this, the car number on the front windscreen moved from the top-right to top-left corner. Originally scheduled to be introduced from the start of the season, due to production delays it has been delayed.[79]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Adelaide 500 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
2 Melbourne 400 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[69] Report
Australia Jamie Whincup
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[69]
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[69]
3 Sydney SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
Australia Jamie Whincup Australia David Reynolds Australia Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Bryce Fullwood New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
4 Sydney SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Anton de Pasquale New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing
New Zealand Andre Heimgartner New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Australia Jack Le Brocq Tickford Racing
5 Darwin Triple Crown Report
6 Darwin SuperSprint Report
7 Townsville SuperSprint Report
8 Townsville SuperSprint Report
9 Sandown Report
10 Bathurst 1000 Report
11 Perth Report
12 Tasmania Report
13 Sydney SuperNight Report

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for the result to be valid and championship points awarded.

Points format Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
Bathurst 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54
Two-race 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27
Three-race 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18
Melbourne 75 69 64 60 55 51 48 45 42 39 36 34 33 31 30 28 27 25 24 22 21 19 18 16
  • Bathurst: Used for the Bathurst 1000.
  • Two-race: Used for the Adelaide 500.
  • Three-race: Used for all SuperSprint races, and the Darwin Triple Crown.
  • Melbourne: Used for the Melbourne 400.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		MEL
Victoria (state) 		SMP1
New South Wales 		SMP2
New South Wales 		HID1
Northern Territory 		HID2
Northern Territory 		TOW1
Queensland 		TOW2
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		BAR
Western Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		SMP3
New South Wales 		Pen. Points
1 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 17 2 1 C C C C 1 3 1 1 3 14 0 802
2 Australia Jamie Whincup 88 1 5 C C C C 3 2 3 5 17 8 0 695
3 Australia Chaz Mostert 25 7 2 C C C C 4 4 16 11 5 9 0 610
4 Australia Nick Percat 8 22 7 C C C C 5 1 9 9 1 11 0 569
5 Australia Cameron Waters 6 6 3 C C C C 6 6 13 6 9 18 0 569
6 Australia David Reynolds 9 4 8 C C C C 21 5 4 14 11 4 0 562
7 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 97 3 Ret C C C C 2 7 6 4 8 12 0 539
8 Australia Lee Holdsworth 5 12 6 C C C C 7 13 2 2 19 15 0 535
9 Australia Mark Winterbottom 18 8 11 C C C C 9 8 5 10 14 6 0 514
10 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 7 11 10 C C C C 15 10 15 17 12 2 0 456
11 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 12 10 9 C C C C 10 15 Ret 7 2 13 0 454
12 Australia Todd Hazelwood 14 13 14 C C C C 11 18 8 13 20 3 0 431
13 Australia Jack Le Brocq 55 16 12 C C C C 19 14 11 16 16 1 0 424
14 Australia Rick Kelly 15 9 13 C C C C 14 19 17 18 6 17 0 398
15 Australia Anton de Pasquale 99 14 Ret C C C C 8 12 7 3 13 19 0 395
16 Australia Bryce Fullwood 2 21 17 C C C C 13 20 10 15 15 7 0 366
17 Australia James Courtney 19/44 Ret 15 12 9 14 19 4 16 0 354
18 Australia Scott Pye 20 15 Ret C C C C 17 11 12 12 21 5 0 338
19 Australia Macauley Jones 3 17 19 C C C C 18 16 20 8 22 23 0 314
20 Australia Jack Smith 4 20 18 C C C C 23 23 18 23 10 21 0 282
21 Australia Garry Jacobson 35 Ret 20 C C C C 16 21 19 22 7 24 0 255
22 Australia Will Davison 23 5 4 C C C C 0 231
23 New Zealand Chris Pither 22 19 Ret C C C C 20 22 23 21 18 22 0 216
24 Australia Zane Goddard 34 18 16 24 24 10 0 204
25 Australia Alex Davison 19 C C C C Ret 17 21 20 23 20 0 148
26 Australia Jake Kostecki 34 C C C C 22 24 22 0 74
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		MEL
Victoria (state) 		SMP1
New South Wales 		SMP2
New South Wales 		HID1
Northern Territory 		HID2
Northern Territory 		TOW1
Queensland 		TOW2
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		BAR
Western Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		SMP3
New South Wales 		Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

  Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia 		MEL
Victoria (state) 		SMP1
New South Wales 		SMP2
New South Wales 		HID1
Northern Territory 		HID2
Northern Territory 		TOW1
Queensland 		TOW2
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		BAR
Western Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		SMP3
New South Wales 		Pen. Points
1 DJR Team Penske 12 10 9 C C C C 10 15 Ret 7 2 13 0 1256
17 2 1 C C C C 1 3 1 1 3 14
2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 1 5 C C C C 3 2 3 5 17 8 0 1234
97 3 Ret C C C C 2 7 6 4 8 12
3 Tickford Racing / 23Red Racing 5 12 6 C C C C 7 13 2 2 19 15 0 1060
23/44 5 4 C C C C 12 9 14 19 4 16
4 Brad Jones Racing 8 22 7 C C C C 5 1 9 9 1 11 0 1000
14 13 14 C C C C 11 18 8 13 20 3
5 Tickford Racing 6 6 3 C C C C 6 6 13 6 9 18 0 993
55 16 12 C C C C 19 14 11 16 16 1
6 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 21 17 C C C C 13 20 10 15 15 7 0 976
25 7 2 C C C C 4 4 16 11 5 9
7 Erebus Motorsport 9 4 8 C C C C 21 5 4 14 11 4 0 957
99 14 Ret C C C C 8 12 7 3 13 19
8 Kelly Racing 7 11 10 C C C C 15 10 15 17 12 2 0 854
15 9 13 C C C C 14 19 17 18 6 17
9 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 18 8 11 C C C C 9 8 5 10 14 6 30 822
20 15 Ret C C C C 17 11 12 12 21 5
10 Tim Blanchard Racing / Brad Jones Racing 3 17 19 C C C C 18 16 20 8 22 23 0 596
4 20 18 C C C C 23 23 18 23 10 21
11 Matt Stone Racing 34 18 16 C C C C 22 24 22 24 24 10 0 533
35 Ret 20 C C C C 16 21 19 22 7 24
12 Team Sydney 19 Ret 15 C C C C Ret 17 21 20 23 20 0 424
22 19 Ret C C C C 20 22 23 21 18 22
Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia 		MEL
Victoria (state) 		SMP1
New South Wales 		SMP2
New South Wales 		HID1
Northern Territory 		HID2
Northern Territory 		TOW1
Queensland 		TOW2
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		BAR
Western Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		SMP3
New South Wales 		Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

  Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Notes

  1. ^ Tickford Racing entered a fourth car leasing the Racing Entitlement Contract owned by 23Red Racing after 23Red Racing withdrew from the championship.
  2. ^ Contested the Adelaide 500 and Melbourne 400 before 23Red Racing withdrew from the championship.
  3. ^ Contested the Adelaide 500 before leaving Team Sydney.
  4. ^ Is scheduled to contest the remainder of the championship from the Melbourne 400, after James Courtney vacated the #19 entry.
  5. ^ Under the SuperLites regulations, Goddard and Kostecki will be permitted to partner each other for the endurance races.
  6. ^ Under the series' sporting regulations, an REC may be leased from its owner for two years, after which it must be purchased or returned to its owner. The REC used by Matt Stone Racing in 2018 and 2019 was leased from Britek Motorsport and returned for the 2020 championship.[42]
  7. ^ The Melbourne 400 was intended to be run in support of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix. Qualifying for two races had been completed Thursday when a Formula One mechanic tested positive for COVID-19. The Grand Prix was cancelled and officials ended the Supercars meeting.[61]

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