The 2020
Castrol
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Toyota Racing Series was the sixteenth running of the
Toyota Racing Series
The Formula Regional Oceania Championship is New Zealand's premier formula racing category. The series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. ...
, the premier
open-wheel
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motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series consisted of fifteen races at five meetings. It began on 17 January at
Highlands Motorsport Park, in
Cromwell
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, and concluded on 16 February with the 65th running of the
New Zealand Grand Prix
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, at
Circuit Chris Amon in
Feilding
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.
Changes
Technical
In May 2019, the new
Tatuus
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F3 T318, nicknamed "FT-60", chassis was revealed to be the chassis used from the 2020 season onwards. The change in chassis will also be accompanied by a new engine. The modified 1.8L Toyota four cylinder 2ZZ-GE production engines that were used since the series' inception will be replaced with a 2.0L turbocharged unit, increasing power output from 200bhp (150kW) to 270bhp (200kW). The top speed of the cars has increased to 250 km/h. The improved aerodynamics mean that the FT-60 is expected to generate around 25% more downforce that its predecessor. The six-speed Sadev paddle-shift sequential will remain.
Tyres
In July 2019, it was announced that
Hankook Tire
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would become the series' tyre supplier starting from the 2020 season. The new contract stipulates that 1,600 tyres will be brought in for each season, with each driver receiving 17 sets of tyres, with the ability to add a further two sets of wet weather tyres if required. The tyre is of the same specification used in
Formula Renault Eurocup
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It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault ...
and the
W Series. Tyre dimensions will also be changed in conjunction with the changing of supplier; 230/560 for the fronts and 280/580 for the rear.
Teams and drivers
All teams are based and registered in New Zealand.
Team changes
A joint three-year effort between MTEC Motorsport and France-based
R-ace GP will see the latter organization take charge of the race engineering side of the operation starting from the 2020 season.
MP Motorsport
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and Kiwi Motorsport announced they would be joining forces by supplying engineers and mechanics.
Race calendar
The 2020 calendar was announced on 30 April 2019. Each round will have three races each, with qualifying taking place for both races one and three.
Championship standings
The series had introduced a new drivers' championship points system for the season. Drivers were awarded the same number of points for Races 1 & 3. Race 2 featured a reversed grid of the top 6 to 8 finishers from Race 1, and awarded reduced points to the top 15 finishers. Drivers must have completed 75% of the race distance and be running at the finish to score points.
Scoring system
;Race (starting grid from qualifying)
;Reversed grid Race
Drivers' championship
Footnotes
References
External links
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