2020 Britcar Endurance Championship
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The 2020 Britcar Endurance Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 Dunlop Endurance Championship) was a motor racing championship for GT cars,
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and sportscars held across England. The championship's field consists of varying types of cars from sportscar to GT and touring cars that compete in four classes, depending on horsepower, momentum, etc. It was the 19th season of a
Britcar Britcar is an endurance sports car racing and touring car racing series in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1997, as a result of a discussion in a Nürburgring bar between Willie Moore and James Tucker. Folklore has it that James Tucker and J ...
championship, the 9th run as the Britcar Endurance Championship, and the 5th run as the Dunlop Britcar Endurance Championship. It was the first Dunlop Endurance Championship run without Class 5 and below, after the formation of the Britcar Trophy Championship. The season began on 11 July at
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and ended on 1 November at
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. There was also a non-championship round at the
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in support of the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship, where Endurance category competitors will participate in two races with the Trophy Category cars. Danny Harrison and Jem Hepworth won the overall and Class 1 championships, reigning champions Paul Bailey and Andy Schultz, along with
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won Class 2,
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and Marcus Fothergill won the Class 3 championship and
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, Mark Davenport and Marcos Vivian won the Class 4 championship.


Calendar

The opening rounds of the championship at
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were scheduled to be held on 10 April 2020. The season includes a non-championship round at
Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...
postponed due to the
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. The Spa-Francorchamps round was moved to 15 August.


Teams and drivers

Cars are assigned classed based on speed, horsepower, momentum, equipment fitted to the car and the car's model;
Class 1: GT3, prototype cars
Class 2: GT4, cup (one-make series) cars
Class 3: Cup (one-make series) cars
Class 4: GT4, cup and TCR cars


Entries that didn't participate

These entries were previously announced to compete in the 2020 season but couldn't due to the
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.


Results


Overall championship standings

Points are awarded as follows in all classes † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 60% of the race distance and were awarded half points.


Class championship standings

Points are awarded as follows in all classes † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 60% of the race distance and were awarded half points.


Notes


References


External links

*{{Official Website, http://britcar-endurance.com
Britcar Britcar is an endurance sports car racing and touring car racing series in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1997, as a result of a discussion in a Nürburgring bar between Willie Moore and James Tucker. Folklore has it that James Tucker and J ...
Britcar Britcar is an endurance sports car racing and touring car racing series in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1997, as a result of a discussion in a Nürburgring bar between Willie Moore and James Tucker. Folklore has it that James Tucker and J ...
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