2020 Copa Truck season

The 2020 Brazilian Truck Cup Championship is the fourth season of the Truck Cup.

Season information

The category's origins came after nine teams left Formula Truck due to disagreements with the problematic management of Neusa Navarro Félix. These teams joined together in an association to create the category that replaced Formula Truck.[1][2] The new category brings together teams and drivers from the old category.

In November 2017, it was approved by the Brazilian Automobile Confederation (CBA) and recognized as an official championship. Carlos Col, former head of the Stock Car Pro Series, is its promoter.[3]

The Truck Cup was officially launched on April 27, 2017, in São Paulo. In the first season, the championship was divided into three regional cups: Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast. The first stage took place on May 28, in Goiânia, with 17 trucks on the grid.

The association is made up of the following teams: RM Competições, AJ5 Sports, DF Motorsport, RVR Motorsports, Dakar Motors, Fábio Fogaça Motorsports, Lucar Motorsports and Clay Truck Racing.[4]

The beginning of everything

It was 1987 when truck driver Aurélio Batista Félix and Portuguese journalist Francisco Santos decided to organize the category's first race. This first Brazilian championship was a huge success, with 35 drivers and an attendance of 20,000 fans. Over time, the category evolved and gained popularity, and today the Truck Cup is the main truck racing category in Brazil, with 36 drivers from 12 teams competing in nine rounds throughout the year, with two races per round in the Pro and Super Elite categories.[5][6]

Differences between racing and street trucks

The first, and most obvious, is the height: while a standard truck measures 3.6 meters, Copa Truck vehicles are much lower, at about 2.5 meters. Another big difference, of course, is the power: 1,000 horsepower, twice that of an average transport truck. The brakes are also different, with pads capable of withstanding braking at speeds over 200 km/h. And let's not forget the tires, with a special shape and pressure, lower and rounded than those of a road vehicle, to increase grip.[7][8][9][10][11]

Security

You can't be too cautious when you're inside a truck going 200 km/h, so in addition to the structure of a normal vehicle, the Copa Truck has stabilizer bars, a type of "cage" that offers extra protection to the driver, a special "bucket" type racing seat and five-point seat belts, in addition to all the inspections carried out by professionals to ensure the safety of the drivers.[12]

Women in the Truck Cup

Women have a place in the Truck Cup, with two drivers vying for the top spot on the podium. In addition to Débora Rodrigues, one of the sport's pioneers, the category now also features Bia Figueiredo,[13] who has competed in everything from Formula 3 Sudamericana to the Indianapolis 500.[14]

Teams and drivers

All the drivers are Brazilian.

Team Constructor Tyre No. Driver Rounds
RVR-Corinthians Motorsports Mercedes-Benz P 15 Roberval Andrade 1–3
Usual Iveco Racing Iveco P 4 Felipe Giaffone 1–3
21 Djalma Pivetta 1–3
2 Valmir Benavides 2–3
AJ5 Eco Sports Reman Brasil Reman Brasil P 5 Adalberto Jardim 1–3
R9 Competições Volkswagen P 88 Beto Monteiro 1–3
55 Paulo Salustiano 1–3
54 Rafael Lopes 1–3
81 José Augusto Dias 1–3
MAN SE 57 Felipe Tozzo 1
9 Renato Martins 1
00 Danilo Alamini 4-6
FF Motorsport Protótipo P 27 Fábio Fogaça 1–3
37 Raphael Teixeira 1–3
AM Motorsport Mercedes-Benz P 6 Wellington Cirino 1–3
7 Débora Rodrigues 1
9 2–3
77 André Marques 1–3
777 Valdeno Brito 1
JL Competições Mercedes-Benz P 73 Leandro Totti 1
64 Evandro Camargo 1–3
Boessio Competições Volvo P 83 Régis Boessio 1
Lucar Motorsport Iveco P 99 Luiz Lopes 1–3
PP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz P 29 Pedro Paulo Fernandes 2–3, 5–6
45 Daniel Kelemen 2–6
909 Alexandre Navarro 2–3
28 Danilo Dirani 4–6
BRUTO Motorsports Scania P 3 Ricardo Alvarez 5
Muffatão Racing Scania P 20 Pedro Muffato 4, 6
JLT Team Volvo P 31 Glauco Barros 2–3
331 Cris Júlio 5–6

Calendar

Schedule

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit City Hours Info
1 June 28 Grande Prêmio de Cascavel[15] Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Cascavel, PR
2 August 15 Grande Prêmio de Goiás[15] Autódromo Ayrton Senna Goiânia, GO
3 August 16 Grande Prêmio de Goiânia[15] Autódromo Ayrton Senna Goiânia, GO
4 October 4 Grande Prêmio de Cascavel[15] Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Cascavel, PR
5 November 8 Grande Prêmio de Curitiba[15] Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba, PR
6 December 13 Super Final de Interlagos[15] Autódromo de Interlagos São Paulo, SP

Results

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Constructor Ref.
1 Cascavel June 28 Wellington Cirino Roberval Andrade Wellington Cirino AM Motorsport Mercedes-Benz [16]
No dispute Beto Monteiro Beto Monteiro R9 Competições Volkswagen [17]
2 Goiás August 15 Beto Monteiro[18] Beto Monteiro Beto Monteiro R9 Competições Volkswagen [19]
No dispute Rafael Lopes Beto Monteiro R9 Competições Volkswagen [19]
3 Goiânia August 16 Felipe Giaffone[20] Roberval Andrade André Marques AM Motorsport Mercedes-Benz [21]
No dispute Paulo Salustiano Paulo Salustiano R9 Competições Volkswagen [21]
4 Cascavel October 4 Leandro Totti Rafael Lopes Valdeno Brito AM Motorsport Mercedes-Benz [22]
No dispute Danilo Dirani Valdeno Brito AM Motorsport Mercedes-Benz [23]
5 Curitiba November 8 Wellington Cirino Wellington Cirino Beto Monteiro R9 Competições Volkswagen [24]
No dispute Beto Monteiro Paulo Salustiano R9 Competições Volkswagen [25]
6 São Paulo December 13 Paulo Salustiano Beto Monteiro Beto Monteiro R9 Competições Volkswagen [26]
No dispute Paulo Salustiano R9 Competições Volkswagen [26]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver
CAS
GOI
GOI
CAS
CTB
INT 		Pts
1 Beto Monteiro 4 1 1 1 2 8 16 RET 1 3 1 3 160
2 André Marques 3 3 4 RET 1 4 7 8 2 4 6 4 142
3 Danilo Dirani 6 10 3 2 5 2 139
4 Wellington Cirino 1 4 2 RET 6 3 4 5 13 15 3 13 131
5 José Augusto Dias 8 RET 7 2 3 9 8 13 10 7 14 7 125
6 Felipe Giaffone RET 7 3 RET RET NL 5 3 5 5 7 RET 123
7 Valdeno Brito 2 RET 1 1 7 6 113
8 Paulo Salustiano NL NL RET RET 8 1 12 4 8 1 2 1 112
9 Roberval Andrade 5 2 RET RET 4 2 3 15 RET RET 86
10 Rafael Lopes RET 5 5 6 RET NL 2 RET 4 9 4 5 38
11 Régis Boessio RET 10 15 9 16 12 8 6 27
12 Débora Rodrigues 6 6 8 RET 5 RET 9 6 15 8 10 9 22
13 Djalma Pivetta 10 RET 10 4 9 5 17 11 RET RET 11 10 17
14 Danilo Alamini 13 14 12 RET 9 14 15
15 Cris Júlio 18 RET 15 11 11
16 Luiz Lopes RET NL 9 3 10 RET 11 7 12 RET 10
17 Pedro Paulo Fernandes RET RET 7 RET 11 RET 18 8 8
18 Valmir Benavides RET RET RET NL 13 RET 8
19 Renato Martins 9 8 16 12 7
20 Adalberto Jardim 7 RET 6 RET NL NL RET RET 14 RET RET RET 4
21 Glauco Barros 12 5 14 7 0
22 Evandro Camargo RET 12 13 RET 12 6 10 RET RET RET RET NL 0
23 Fábio Fogaça RET RET 11 RET 11 RET RET RET RET 11 RET NL 0
24 Daniel Kelemen RET RET 13 10 RET RET 9 10 17 NL 0
25 Felipe Tozzo RET 9 0
26 Raphael Teixeira RET 11 RET RET RET NL 18 12 RET RET RET NL 0
27 Leandro Totti RET RET 19 2 6 13 0
28 Alexandre Navarro RET RET NL NL 14 RET 0
29 Pedro Muffato 20 RET 19 RET 0
30 Ricardo Alvarez 17 14 0
Pos Driver
CAS
GOI
GOI
CAS
CTB
INT 		Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate

Points standings

It is fair to dismiss the three worst results of the season.

Points 1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° 7° 8° 9° 10° 11° 12° 13° 14° 15°
Race 1 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5
Race 2 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Here you will find all the race results.

Link
https://www.fastcrono.com.br/resultados/resultados-automobilismo/resultados-copa-truck/

Television coverage

The races of the Copa Truck are broadcast on Cable Television including: ESPN, Fox Sports, Movistar+, CBS Sports y NBC Sports.

Coverage in Brazil

Transmissão[27]

SporTV 		Narration: Burno Fonseca
Narration: Rogério Rockenbach
Commentator: Luciano Burti
Commentator: Rafael Lopes
Transmissão[28]

Band 		Narration: Luc Monteiro
Narration: Márcio Possamai
Commentator: Gilberto Bertarello
Commentator: Ana Coser Mazutti
Transmissão[29]

BandSports 		Narration: Octávio Muniz
Narration: Marcelo Bonucci
Commentator: Robson Amaral
Commentator: Claudia Refatti Benato
Transmissão[28]

YouTube 		Narration: Rodrigo Vicente
Narration: Bruno Vicaria
Commentator: Ivar Castagnetti
Commentator: Henrique Gava

Other countries

Internet (Global)
YouTube
Motorsport.tv
Facebook
Zoome
Catve.com
Auto Videos
Twitch

See also

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