2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
The #48 Lamborghini also took the lead in the GTD class, passing the #88 Audi R8 LMS. The #52 Oreca 07 regained a lap to be  back on the lead lap of LMP2, eighteen seconds behind the #81 Oreca 07. With nine minutes to go in the hour, the #10 Cadillac of Ryan Briscoe passed the #77 Mazda for second place. FIve minutes to go in the hour, the #912 Porsche took the lead in GTLM as the German battle continued. Two minutes to go in the hour, the #77 Mazda took a pit stop ahead of Cadillacs #5 and #10.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
The #5 and #10 Cadillacs came into the pit. However, the #10 would have a quicker pit stop than the #5, and the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac would gain the lead. The #912 Porsche would retain the lead through the GTLM leaders taking their pit stops. The #5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac took a pit thirty minutes into the hour, making a driver change. Sebastian Bourdais went inside the car. The #77 Mazda gained second place off the change. The #10 Cadillac still leads and is three laps ahead on fuel to the #77 Mazda. By the end of the hour, the #10 would have a lead of over twenty seconds.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
Ten minutes into the hour, Tristan Nunez got back in the #77 Mazda. Five minutes later, the #10 Cadillac stopped and Kamui Kobayashi took over the controls. Forty-three minutes into the hour, the GTLM lead was in the hands of the #24 BMW, over the #912 Porsche. The #3 Corvette was sitting in fifth, recently coming out pits, off cycle in comparison to the GTLM leaders. The #44 GRT Magnus Racing Lamborghini, in third place at that point in the race should be leading went the next pit stops happen for the cars ahead.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
In the first ten minutes of the hour, the #24 and #912 battled for first place in GTLM and the Lamborghinis of #44 and #48 battled for first place in GTD. The #48 Lamborghini would get the lead after the #44 made a pit stop. Fifteen minutes after noon on Sunday, the #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari driven by James Calado suffered a rear tire puncture. With nine minutes to go in the hour, the #24 came in for a pit stop as well as the #912. The #911 assumed the lead of GTLM.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
Although the #24 BMW sat in second, it had ten more laps of fuel in contrast to the #911 Porsche, which meant it had a chance of a quicker last pit stop. The #24 would also add to the advantage by closing in on the #911 Porsche ten minutes into the final hour. In two more minutes, the #24 BMW would pass the #911 in the tri-oval area for the lead in GTLM.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
Nearing close to fifteen minutes in the final hour, the #24 BMW would make its final pit stop, taking only right side tires to hold its advantage over the Porsches, who both pitted, which sit second and third seven seconds out the lead. Just after the one o’ clock hour, the #10 Cadillac made its last pit stop. Kamui Kobayashi stayed in the car. The #24 BMW built a lead in GTLM over the Porsches since the last pit stop, who lost time battling each other.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
This would continue, and at the pace the leading BMW was going at, their window of opportunity of challenging for the lead would close. At 1:40 PM on Sunday, the checkered flag would wave, and Kamui Kobayashi driving the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. would come across the line first overall.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
This would be the second year in a row that Wayne Taylor Racing has won the event, and the third time out of the past four years (since the DPi era started) that the team won the 24 hour event. Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe joined returning drivers and previous winners Renger van der Zande and Kamui Kobayashi as overall winners. Second on the podium was the Joest Racing #77 Mazda of Oliver Jarvis, Olivier Pla, and Tristan Nunez. This was the first time that Mazda as a manufacturer had finished the 24 Hours of Daytona classified.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
The #5 Mustang Sampling/JDC Motorsports Cadillac entry of Joao Barbosa, Loic Duval, and Sebastian Bourdais finished third for the overall podium. The LMP2 victory went to the DragonSpeed Oreca 07 of Colin Braun, Herik Hedman, Ben Hanley, and Harrison Newey. Second was the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 entry of Gabriel Aubry, Nicholas Boulle, Ben Keating, and Simon Trummer. Further back in third was the Oreca 07 of Era Motorsports driven by Ryan Lewis, Dwight Merriman, Nicolas Minassian, and Kyle Tilley.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
The war in GTLM class was won over by BMW Team RLL in the #24 BMW M8 GTE, composed of the driver lineup of Jesse Krohn, Augusto Farfus, John Edwards, and Chaz Mostert. Second and third was taken by the Porsche GT Team and their Porsche 911 RSR-19's. Second place went to the #912 driven by Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor, and Mathieu Jaminet. The #911 took third, raced by Nick Tandy, Fredric Makowiecki, and Matt Campbell.


2020 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, Report
The GTD category was won by the #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo's driver lineup of Bryan Sellers, Madison Snow, Corey Lewis, and Andrea Caldarelli. Second place was the #44 GRT Magnus Racing team of Andy Lally, Marco Mapelli, John Potter, and Spencer Pumpelly. Third was the #88 WRT Speedstar Audi Sport entry of Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen, Daniel Morad, and Dries Vanthoor.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 88e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24 hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) cars held from 19 to 20 September 2020 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close to Le Mans, France. It was the 88th running of the event, as organised by the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) since 1923. The race, held behind closed doors, was the seventh in the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, having been postponed from June to September as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in France.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans
A Toyota TS050 Hybrid shared by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López started from pole position after Kobayashi set the overall fastest lap time in the hyperpole session. The trio led most of the race's first half until Kobayashi was required to drive their car into the garage with mechanical issues dropping them to fourth in the LMP1 class. Their teammates Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Kazuki Nakajima took over the lead, which they maintained until the finish. It was Buemi and Nakajima's third Le Mans victory, Hartley's second and Toyota's third in succession. A Rebellion R13 driven by Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato and Bruno Senna was the highest-placed non-hybrid LMP1 car in second and Conway, Kobayashi and López finished third.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans
The United Autosports team of Filipe Albuquerque, Philip Hanson and Paul di Resta won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category with Jota Sport's António Félix da Costa, Anthony Davidson and Roberto González finishing almost 33 seconds later in second place. Panis Racing's Julien Canal, Nico Jamin, and Matthieu Vaxivière completed the category podium in third. Aston Martin won the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) category with an Aston Martin Racing-run Vantage GTE shared by Alex Lynn, Maxime Martin and Harry Tincknell finishing ahead of AF Corse's James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Daniel Serra. The British marque also won the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Amateur (LMGTE Am) class with the TF Sport team of Jonathan Adam, Charlie Eastwood and Salih Yoluç beating the Dempsey-Proton Racing squad of Matt Campbell, Riccardo Pera and Christian Ried by 49 seconds.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans
The result moved Buemi, Hartley and Nakajima to the lead of the LMP Drivers' Championship by seven points over Conway, Kobayashi and López whose third-place finish demoted them to second. Menezes, Nato and Senna remained in third position while Albuquerue and Hanson remained in fourth, having won the LMP2 Endurance Trophy for Drivers because of their class victory with their co-driver Di Resta fifth. In the GTE Drivers' Championship Lynn and Martin moved to within 15 points of their teammates Marco Sørensen and Nicki Thiim. Toyota and Aston Martin left Le Mans as the respective LMP1 Teams' and GTE Manufacturers' champions with one race left in the season.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background and event
In 1922, automotive journalist Charles Faroux proposed the 24 Hours of Le Mans to Georges Durand, the president of the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and the industrialist Emile Coquilem, to test car reliability and fuel-efficiency. Along with the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix, the race is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background and event
After winning the preceding 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Toyota's Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López led the LMP Drivers' Championship with 137 points, with their teammates Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Kazuki Nakajima in second. Rebellion's Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato and Bruno Senna were third with 109 points, with Filipe Albuquerque and Philip Hanson of United Autosports fourth with 54 points and Paul di Resta in fifth with 46 points.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background and event
In the GTE Drivers' Championship, Marco Sørensen and Nicki Thiim led for Aston Martin with 127 points over Michael Christensen and Kévin Estre of Porsche in second, and AF Corse's James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi in third. Toyota led the LMP1 Teams' Championship over Rebellion, while Aston Martin was ahead of Porsche in the GTE Manufacturers' Championship.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background and event
The 2020 race, the 88th edition of the event, was to be held at the Circuit de la Sarthe close to Le Mans, France, from 13 to 14 June; because of the COVID-19 pandemic leading France to impose a national lockdown to slow the spread of the virus, the ACO and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) rescheduled it to 19 and 20 September.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background and event
The ACO wanted to establish new dates for the race as soon as French officials imposed the lockdown; they wanted to avoid the shorter daylight hours and poor weather late in the year, and had to take global travel limitations into account. It was also made the seventh and penultimate round of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship instead of ending the season as originally planned. Pierre Fillon, the ACO president, said that the race was not cancelled since many teams built their economic models around it.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background and event
Although there were plans to admit a limited number of ticket holders to Le Mans in ten social bubbles dubbed "fan villages" of 5,000 people each, it was held behind closed doors following discussions with the local Sarthe Prefecture because of an increase of COVID-19 cases in France in the preceding month. All teams were mandated to remain in bubbles and not communicate with other squads. Only 5,000 individuals could be admitted to the track, and all had to test negative for the virus and wear a face mask for safety reasons.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Circuit changes
Modifications were made to the circuit at the exit of Mulsanne Corner. The gravel traps at the corner were extended. Updated safety fencing enabled the fence line to be moved back at different points in the turn. A larger, wider and thicker layer of asphalt was laid at both sides of the turn at the FIA's request to decrease the amount of disruption caused by a car going off. Work began in March 2020 and ended three months later in June.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The ACO received 75 applications for the 18 December 2019 entry deadline. It granted 62 invitations to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Entries were divided between the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Amateur (LMGTE Am) categories.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries
Teams that won their class in the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, or won championships in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS), and the Michelin Le Mans Cup earned an automatic entry invitation. The second-place finishers in the ELMS in LMP2 and LMGTE championships also earned automatic invitations. The ACO chose two participants from the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC) to be automatic entries regardless of their performance or category. As invitations were granted to teams, they could change their cars from the previous year but were not allowed to change their category.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries
The LMGTE class invitees from the ELMS and ALMS could choose between the Pro and Am categories. ELMS' LMP3 (Le Mans Prototype 3) champion is required to field an entry in LMP2, while the ALMS LMP3 champion was permitted to choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Am. The MLMC Group GT3 (GT3) champion was invited to the LMGTE Am category.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries
On 25 February 2020, the ACO announced the final list of automatic entries.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Entry list
The ACO announced the full 62 car entry list, plus ten reserves on 28 February. In addition to the 30 guaranteed WEC entries, 18 came from the ELMS, seven from the WTSC, five from the ALMS and two one-off Le Mans entries. There were 30 cars in the two LMP classes, 31 in both LMGTE categories and one innovative entry. The Richard Mille Racing Team entered the first all-woman team in LMP2 at Le Mans, joined by a second all-female Iron Lynx squad in LMGTE Am, meaning that for the first time since 1977 there were two all-female line-ups in the race.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Garage 56
The ACO intended to continue the Garage 56 concept, started in 2012, which allows an additional entry to test new technologies at the race. Association SRT 41 founded by quadruple amputee racing driver Frédéric Sausset entered into an operational agreement with Graff Racing for one Oreca 07-Gibson car converted into an adapted automobile. The team intended to field three physically impaired drivers in the first all-disabled line-up in Le Mans history but withdrew from the event in April 2020 because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving it without adequate preparation. Sausset filed an entry request to the ACO for the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Reserves
In addition to the 62 entries given invitations for the race, 10 were put on a reserve list to replace any withdrawn or unconfirmed invitations. The first reserve entry replaced the first withdrawal from the race, regardless of the class and entry, and so on. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impact, Porsche withdrew both of their CORE Autosport-ran 911-RSR 19s in May, reducing their representation in LMGTE Pro from four to two entries. That same month, Corvette Racing withdrew their two C8.Rs, meaning the team would be absent from Le Mans for the first time since 2000.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Reserves
On 18 June, the ACO released a revised entry list confirming the withdrawal of the Porsche and Corvette entries. The Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, the ByKolles CLM P1/01-Gibson, the IDEC Sport and High Class Racing Orecas and the Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR were promoted to the race entry.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Reserves
Team LNT withdrew one of its Ginetta G60-LT-P1 cars, reducing the LMP1 class to six entries. Performance Tech Motorsports pulled its Oreca 07 from the entry list. Rick Ware Racing withdrew its Riley Mk. 30 car, and GEAR Racing withdrew its LMGTE Pro -class Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. High Class Racing reduced its involvement to a single LMP2 vehicle. The DragonSpeed, Iron Lynx and Team Project 1 teams each had one car added to the entry list while the D'Station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE and the Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P217 cars were deleted from the reserve list.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Reserves
In August, WeatherTech Racing moved its Ferrari 488 GTE Evo from the LMGTE Am to the LMGTE Pro category following a driver lineup change. Carlin's Dallara P217 and Kessel Racing's LMGTE Am Ferrari withdrew later that month as Iron Lynx added a third Ferrari to the LMGTE Am class. On 11 September, the remaining Team LNT Ginetta G60-LT-P1 entry withdrew because of uncertainties related to UK COVID-19 quarantine measures, and its effect on Ginetta's business model. This reduced the entry list to 59 cars.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing
For the first time since the 2010 race, the ACO did not hold an official test day for teams to test car aerodynamic updates at Le Mans. The ACO cancelled it because of the compression of international motor racing calendar schedules, and did not want to strain participants by holding too many events, like the test day, close to each other. Thus, drivers who had not entered the event within the preceding five years were required to drive at least ten laps during the first two practice sessions and attend a simulator test.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre-race balance of performance changes
The FIA Endurance Committee imposed an equivalence of technology in LMP1 and LMP2 and a balance of performance in an attempt to create parity between LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am. A total of 7 kg (15 lb) of ballast was added to the Toyota TS050 Hybrid compared to 2019 to reduce its handling, while non-hybrid and turbocharged LMP1 privateers had no change in weight. Privateers were allowed to use 11 laps worth of fuel per stint to fall in line with Toyota and larger refuelling restrictor diameters for quicker refuelling by one second. In LMGTE


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre-race balance of performance changes
Pro, the Aston Martin Vantage GTE received an increased turbocharger boost from 2019 and 1 l (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal) more fuel capacity for better performance. The Porsche 911 RSR-19 was given a 20 kg (44 lb) increase in ballast and a 0.3 mm (0.012 in) larger air restrictor from its predecessor. The LMGTE Am Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsches had an increase of 10 kg (22 lb) in weight for tighter handling.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The first three-hour practice session occurred on the morning of 17 September. Nakajima set the fastest lap of 3 minutes, 21.656 seconds in the No. 8 Toyota, ahead of the second-placed No. 7 of Kobayashi. The highest-placed privateer was Menezes' No. 1 Rebellion R13 car in third with teammate Louis Delétraz's No. 3 car fourth. Orecas took the first five places in LMP2 with the quickest lap being a 3 minutes, 29.873 seconds set by High Class Racing's Kenta Yamashita, 0.045 seconds faster than Racing Team Nederland's Giedo van der Garde with Jota Sport's António Félix da Costa third.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Aston Martin led both the LMGTE categories with Alex Lynn and Thiim in the No. 97 and No. 95 entries heading the Pro class with Ross Gunn the fastest Amateur class driver in the No. 98 car. Steve Brooks in the No. 89 Project 1 Porsche caused a stoppage with 70 minutes left after beaching in the gravel trap at the entry to Indianapolis corner and required extraction to enable his return to the pit lane.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The second three-hour practice session was held later in the day. The No. 8 Toyota once again led the session as Buemi set a 3 minute, 19.719 seconds lap just before the start of the second hour. Conway's sister No. 7 Toyota was almost nine-tenths of a second slower in second. The Rebellions were third and fourth after laps from Menezes and Romain Dumas. Racing Team Nederland's Nyck de Vries set the fastest LMP2 lap of 3 minutes, 27.185 seconds in the final hour.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca car of Will Stevens was second-fastest with Félix da Costa third. Aston Martin was overtaken at the top of LMGTE Pro by Christensen's No. 92 Porsche in the last 20 minutes as Lynn's No. 97 Aston Martin took second. Matt Campbell's No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche topped LMGTE Am in the final ten minutes, ahead of Côme Ledogar in Luzich Racing's No. 61 Ferrari. The session saw two stoppages for crashes. Paul Lafargue crashed his IDEC Sport car exiting the second Mulsanne Straight chicane before the first hour's end. Lafargue's teammate Dwight Merriman in the No. 17 car had a heavy accident exiting the Porsche Curves an hour later. Merriman sustained a back injury, and the FIA Medical Delegate deemed him unfit to drive, leading to Porsche's Patrick Pilet replacing him.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The third session lasted for four hours and occurred at night, providing drivers their first opportunity to acclimatise to the dark before the race. Deletraz's No. 3 Rebellion led from the first hour to the end with a 3 minute, 19.158 seconds lap. Kobayashi's No. 7 Toyota followed in second with Menezes' No. 1 Rebellion third. The No. 8 Toyota was fourth after a lap from Buemi. After 90 minutes, Bruno Spengler caused a stoppage when he ran wide exiting Tetre Rouge corner and crashed the ByKolles car. Spengler drove it to the pit lane for repairs.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Tristan Gommendy's No. 30 Duqueine Engineering car led in LMP2 with a lap of 3 minutes, 28.013 seconds. Job van Uitert was second in United Autosport's No. 32 car and Jean-Éric Vergne's No. 26 G-Drive Racing entry was third. LMGTE Pro was led by Estre's No. 92 Porsche from Aston Martin's No. 97 and No. 95 entries of Maxime Martin and Sørensen. Kei Cozzolino put the MR Racing Ferrari top in LMGTE Am with Augusto Farfus's No. 98 Aston Martin and Paolo Ruberti's No. 60 Iron Linx Ferrari second and third. The session ended early when Bonamy Grimes lost control of the No. 62 Red River Sport Ferrari under braking for the first Mulsanne Straight chicane and struck the outside barrier. Grimes was unhurt.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The fourth and final practice lasted an hour on the morning of 18 September. Menezes set a lap of 3 minutes, 21.132 seconds just before the final 15 minutes to lead the field in the No. 1 Rebellion ahead of Conway's second-place No. 7 Toyota and Deletraz's No. 3 Rebellion in third. The slower Toyota was Hartley's No. 8 car in fourth. The quickest LMP2 car was Di Resta's No. 23 United Autosports entry with a 3 minute, 7.185 seconds lap time. Vergne in G-Drive's No. 26 car was second with Félix da Costa's No. 38 Jota entry in third.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Porsche led in LMGTE Pro with Christensen's No. 92 car fastest over the AF Corse duo of Sam Bird and his teammate Pier Guidi. Team Project 1's Matteo Cairoli was fastest in LMGTE Am. Red River Sport sat out the session as its Ferrari was being repaired following Grimes' accident while both IDEC Sport cars were driven for the first time since their accidents the day before.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
A new qualifying format for the Le Mans event was introduced, consisting of only two single qualifying sessions (instead of the three qualifying sessions in the previous editions). The 45-minute Thursday late afternoon qualifying session determined the field, except for the top six cars in each category. The top six cars in each class took part in a half-hour shootout on Friday morning, known as "Le Mans Hyperpole". The shootout determined the pole position in each category.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Cars were placed on the starting grid in order by category, with all LMP1s at the front of the field regardless of lap time, followed by LMP2, LMGTE  Pro, and LMGTE Am. The cars were placed in following order: the six qualifying hyperpole vehicles by best hyperpole session lap time, followed by the rest of the cars in the class that did not qualify for hyperpole by best lap time set during the first qualifying session.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
All five entries in the LMP1 class progressed to the hyperpole portion of qualifying with the fastest lap being a 3 minute, 17.089-second time by Kobayashi in the No. 7 Toyota early in the session. The No. 95 and No. 97 Aston Martin Racing Vantage's of Sørensen and Lynn, along with car No. 51 and No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari's of Davide Rigon and Pier Guidi and the Porsche 911 RSR-19 cars 91 and 92 of Bruni and Christensen progressed to hyperpole in LMGTE


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Pro. LMGTE Am saw Gunn's No. 98 Aston Martin Vantage and the 90 TF Sport Vantage of Charlie Eastwood along with Gulf Racing's Ben Barker, the No. 61 Luzich Racing Ferrari of Ledogar, Dempsey-Proton Porsche with car 77 driven by Campbell and the Team Project 1 Porsche with car No. 56 used by Cairoli going through to hyperpole.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
In LMP2, the Racing Team Nederland entry of De Vries along with entries from Stevens of the Jackie Chan team, the No. 22 and 32 United Autosports vehicle of Di Resta and Alex Brundle, Vergne's G-Drive No. 26 car and Yamashita's High Class Racing No. 39 car all qualified for the hyperpole session.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Traffic was less of an issue with fewer cars in hyperpole, allowing for faster lap times. Kobayashi set the fastest lap of 3 minutes, 15.267 seconds for pole position in the No. 7 Toyota on his second lap on a new set of tyres. Nakajima qualified the No. 8 Toyota in second, Menezes' No. 1 Rebellion took third in the quickest non-hybrid car, Deletraz's No. 3 Rebellion was fourth and the Tom Dillmann put the ByKolles team fifth. Kobayashi achieved Toyota's fourth pole position in a row at Le Mans.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
LMP2 pole position was secured Di Resta's No. 22 United Autosport entry on a new class lap record of 3 minutes, 24.528 seconds. Following in second through sixth were the No. 26 G-Drive (Vergne), the Racing Team Nederland (De Vries), High Class (Yamashita), the No. 32 United Autosport (Brundle) and No. 37 Jackie Chan (Stevens) entries. Each of the three GTE manufacturers occupied the first three positions in LMGTE  Pro. Bruni took the category pole position driving the No. 91 Porsche from Calado's AF Corse No. 51 Ferrari and Sørensen's No. 95 Aston Martin. In LMGTE Am Ledogar's No. 61 Luzich Ferrari reset the category lap record to 3 minutes, 51.266 seconds to claim pole position, demoting Campbell in the No. 77 Proton Porsche to second. Third was Cairoli driving the No. 56 Project 1 Porsche.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
After qualifying, the FIA revised the balance of performance, increasing the fuel capacity of the LMGTE Pro -category Porsche 911 RSR-19 by 1 l (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal) and clarifying that LMGTE Pro cars found to be in non-compliance of refuelling procedures would incur penalties on an incremental scale from a stop-and-go penalty to a two-minute hold.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Warm-up
A 15-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of 19 September. Early morning rainfall meant most teams were reluctant to send their cars onto the resultant tricky circuit. Buemi's No. 8 Toyota recorded the fastest lap at 3 minutes, 36.693 seconds with his teammate Conway in the No. 7 car second. Both the Rebellion and the only ByKolles non-hybrid cars set no lap times during the session. Van der Garde led LMP2 in the Racing Team Nederland car at 3 minutes, 43.022 seconds. Matthieu Vaxivière was six seconds slower in the second-place Panis Racing car. Calado's No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari was fastest in LMGTE Pro with Giancarlo Fisichella's No. 54 AF Corse car quickest in LMGTE Am and third amongst all LMGTE entries. No major incidents occurred during the session.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and opening hours
At the start, the track was wet with the air temperature from 16.5 to 24.7 °C (61.7 to 76.5 °F) and the track temperature between 19 and 40 °C (66 and 104 °F). The French tricolour was waved at 14:30 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) by Carlos Tavares, the chair of Groupe PSA's managing board, to start the race, led by the starting pole sitter Conway. Because the event was held in September, track temperatures were cooler and there would be more darkness hours, influencing changes in vehicle behaviour and requiring drivers and teams to adapt to the new conditions.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and opening hours
At the start, Senna overtook Buemi and briefly passed Conway through turn one. Conway retained the lead by braking later into Dunlop turn. Senna refocused on holding second place from Buemi as Bruni fell to fourth in LMGTE Pro when Calado, and Aston Martin's Lynn and Thiim overtook him. Buemi passed Senna on lap nine because of a shorter first pit stop as a result of Toyota overfilling their cars with fuel. He relinquished second to Senna when he was required to make an extra pit stop to replace a left-rear puncture five laps later, putting Conway 40 seconds ahead of Buemi and promoting Berthon to third.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and opening hours
After 20 minutes, Oswaldo Negri Jr. lost control of the No. 61 Luzich car under braking in the entry to Dunlop corner, causing Thomas Preining driving the No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Porsche to swerve to avoid the spinning Ferrari, drive onto the grass and backed into the outside tyre barrier. The damage to the Dempsey-Proton Porsche necessitated its removal from the side of the track to behind the barrier before Preining was able to drive it to the pit lane.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and opening hours
At the conclusion of the opening hour, both Toyotas were faster than the Rebellion cars per lap, although Senna had set the overall fastest lap on lap four. The LMGTE Pro lead became a multi-car battle between representatives of Aston Martin and Ferrari, with the lead changing several times over the following hours.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and opening hours
Berthon brought the No. 3 Rebellion car into the pit lane for an engine bodywork switch, as the divergence between both Toyotas created by the No. 8 car's earlier puncture allowed both to race each other for the overall lead in the second hour when Conway was overtaken by teammate Buemi into the opening section of the Porsche Curves. Conway retook the lead when Buemi made a scheduled pit stop.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and opening hours
James Allen's No. 39 Graff car took the lead in LMP2 during the second hour. The team held it until Allen's co-driver Vincent Capillaire lost control of the vehicle in the Porsche Curves and went into the gravel trap three hours and 30 minutes in, falling to eighth in class and forcing Capillaire to make an additional pit stop. Stevens moved through the LMP2 field to take the lead in the No. 37 Jackie Chan car following Capillaire's pit stop.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start and opening hours
Pit stops for Ho-Pin Tung's No. 37 Jackie Chan entry and Roman Rusinov's No. 26 G-Drive car elevated the No. 32 United Autosports car of Job van Uitert to the lead in LMP2. The lead of LMGTE Am became a battle between representatives of the Team Project 1, TF Sport, AF Corse and Aston Martin Racing with first place being exchanged multiple times with Emmanuel Collard's No. 83 Ferrari moving to the top of the category at the conclusion of the fourth hour by making a pit stop during a slow zone procedure for debris clearing. The No. 56 Project 1 Porsche fell to seventh in LMGTE Am early in the fifth hour when the team incurred a one-minute stop-and-go penalty for speeding in a slow zone.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
As dusk fell, Alexander West lost control of the No. 52 AF Corse Ferrari driving through the Porsche Curves and crashed into the outside barrier with the left-hand side of the vehicle and ended up facing in the opposite direction. The accident led to the event's first safety car intervention so that the barriers at the Porsche Curves could be repaired. During the safety car period, Toyota brought Kobayashi's No. 7 entry into the pit lane for fuel, promoting Nakajima's No. 8 car to the lead.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
As the safety cars were recalled, the first two in LMP1 and LMP2, the top three in LMGTE Pro and the top two in LMGTE Am were closed up by a few seconds and separated from the rest of their respective fields. Gabriel Aubry's No. 37 Jackie Chan Oreca led in LMP2, but around half past eight, the squad relinquished the lead it had held for 27 consecutive laps to Vergne's No. 26 G-Drive team when he stopped in the Porsche Curves because of a failed alternator. Officials disqualified the car when they determined Aubry received outside assistance for repairs when a team member supplied him with a car component on the circuit to enable its return to the pit lane.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
Not long after, the rear wing on Spengler's ByKolles car failed in the centre of a corner, sending him into the gravel trap at the Dunlop Curves striking the tyre wall. Spengler was unhurt and was able to drive the car to the pit lane and into retirement for the sixth year in succession. Almost at the same time, Gommendy's No. 30 Duqueine vehicle and Albquerque's No. 22 United Autosports car collided into the first Mulsanne Straight chicane.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
This caused Gommendy to lose control of his car and hit the guardrail barrier hard enough to damage it; he was unhurt and entered the medical car unassisted. Safety cars were required once again as the barriers needed lengthy repairs, while a slow zone was used after 30 minutes. During the second safety car intervention, the No. 8 Toyota was brought into the garage to replace its right-front brakes and allow the team to repair a brake duct cooling problem caused by rubber build-up. Repairs took over 10 minutes to complete, and the No. 8 Toyota briefly lost second to Nato's No. 1 Rebellion car and dropped one lap behind López's No. 7 vehicle.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
The track was declared wet in the eighth hour after drivers reported light, localised rainfall at the Porsche Curves. Andrea Piccini relinquished the No. 75 Iron Lynx car's hold of the lead of LMGTE Am to Nicklas Nielsen's No. 83 AF Corse car when it had a power steering problem that required the opening of its front storage compartment in the garage. Vergne was required to serve a drive-through penalty the No. 26 G-Drive team incurred when he passed behind the safety car. This promoted Brundle's No. 32 United Autosports entry to the lead of LMP2.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
After 71⁄2 hours, a third safety car period was needed for six minutes to allow for the moving of safety vehicles used to repair the guardrail barrier following Gommendy's crash at the first Mulsanne Straight chicane. When racing resumed, the focus was on the battle for the lead in both of the GTE classes between Aston Martin and Ferrari. Rusinov's No. 26 G-Drive Oreca bowed out of the lead battle in LMP2 when he entered the pit lane with starter motor problems in the 10th hour after having to restart the car several times on the circuit.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
Bird ceded the No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari's hold on third place in LMGTE Pro to Westbrook's No. 95 Aston Martin in the 11th hour when he picked up a right-rear puncture on the Mulsanne Straight and slowly got the car to the garage for an inspection and brake repairs. At mid-point, Kobayashi's No. 7 Toyota led Hartley's sister No. 8 car by a lap with the two Rebellion entries of Menezes and Dumas third and fourth.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Sunset to night
United Autosports held first and second in LMP2 with the No. 32 of Will Owen ahead of his teammate Di Resta and the No. 38 Jota car of Roberto González third. Soon after, Kobayashi began slowing due to a loss of power caused by a fracture in the right-hand side exhaust manifold traced to a build quality problem. He relinquished the race lead to teammate Hartley when he entered the garage to allow mechanics to install a new right-hand side turbocharger and exhaust assembly. Repairs lasted 29 minutes and 47 seconds and the No. 7 Toyota returned in fourth position, seven laps behind Hartley. Rebellion's Menezes and Dumas were promoted to second and third.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early morning to afternoon
Félix da Costa's seat belts were accidentally undone while adjusting them for tightness through Tertre Rouge in a slow zone, requiring him to make an extra pit stop in Jota's No. 38 car and dropping him further behind United Autosports. In the early morning Brundle drove the No. 32 United Autosports car into the garage for 3⁄4 of an hour with a broken solid engine oil line causing an oil leak, handing the lead of LMP2 to Di Resta's sister No. 22 vehicle.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early morning to afternoon
Not long after, Paul Dalla Lana's Aston Martin's No. 98 car was forced to leave the battle for the LMGTE Am victory when the its rear suspension failed into Indianapolis turn. This required attention in the garage and dropped the entry down the class order. By the 17th hour, Julien Canal's Panis car was third in LMP2 with Jensen's No. 26 G-Drive entry close behind in fourth as Aston Martin and Ferrari continued to contest the victory in LMGTE  Pro.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early morning to afternoon
An alternative tyre strategy to refuelling saw exchanges of the class lead between the No. 51 AF Corse and the No. 95 Aston Martin teams. Senna had an anxious moment in the 19th hour when he reported a vibration on the No. 1 Rebellion because its front nose had become dislodged. This required a five-minute stay in the garage for new front bodywork prolonged by a twisted mounting point. Menezes took over from Senna and fell to third behind teammate Dumas.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early morning to afternoon
The Rebellion team asked their drivers to pressure Hartley in the No. 8 Toyota to the conclusion of the race. Rebellion frequently imposed team orders on Menezes to stop him battling his teammate Dumas, preventing the No. 1 car from overheating and sustaining engine damage. Menezes noted it would be difficult to remain within two seconds of Dumas while Kobayashi's No. 7 Toyota was close by. Kobayashi unlapped himself from the Rebellion cars and took pressure off Menezes. Rebellion's strategy to put their cars on different pit stop cycles proved ineffective as Menezes continued to duel Dumas.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early morning to afternoon
With 2 hours, 20 minutes remaining, Deletraz relieved Dumas in the No. 3 car but had trouble starting it because of a worn clutch. He lost 20 seconds and third place to the sister No. 1 entry. Deletraz missed the braking point for Indianapolis turn and damaged the No. 3 Rebellion against the tyre barrier. After a pit stop to replace the front and rear bodywork saw Deletraz again fail to start, the No. 3 team lost third to the No. 7 Toyota.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early morning to afternoon
With less than 45 minutes remaining, Vergne's No. 26 G-Drive car had a high-speed front-right suspension failure into Indianapolis corner. Vergne stopped before the wall and returned to the garage, losing third in LMP2 to the Panis team. Allen, driving the No. 39 Graff car, struck the tyre barrier near the Porsche Curves in the final hour and the wall needed repairing. This led to the race's fourth and final safety car intervention. Racing resumed following the completion of repairs to the barrier with 23 minutes remaining.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Early morning to afternoon
Hanson, driving the No. 22 United Autosports car, made a swift pit stop for fuel in the final ten minutes, returning to the circuit six seconds ahead of Jota's No. 38 car. It made a final pit stop four minutes after Hanson, since the driver, Davidson, could not save enough fuel behind the safety car.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish
Nakajima crossed the finish line first after 387 laps to win for the No. 8 Toyota team, five laps ahead of the second-placed No. 1 Rebellion car. The No. 7 Toyota completed the podium in third position and the No. 3 Rebellion car completed the LMP1 order in fourth. It was Buemi and Nakajima's third Le Mans victory and Hartley's second as well as Toyota's third in succession. Toyota also won the LMP1 Teams' Championship since Rebellion were unable to overtake its points total with one race left.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish
The No. 22 United Autosports car led the final 136 laps to win in LMP2 at Le Mans for the first time. Drivers Albuquerque, Di Resta and Hanson secured their first Le Mans victories. United Autosports, as well as Albquerque and Hanson, secured the LMP2 teams' and driver's endurance trophies with one round to go. Jota Sport followed 32.831 seconds later in second, and Panis Racing completed the class podium in third.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish
Aston Martin took its first LMGTE Pro victory since 2017 with the No. 97 car finishing 1 minute and 33 seconds ahead of the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari to win the GTE Manufacturers' Championship. The marque also won in LMGTE Am with the No. 98 TF Sport entry earning the team's first category win, with the No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 49 seconds behind in second.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
The top three teams in each of the four classes appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in separate press conferences. Buemi commented it was Toyota's primary objective to win its third Le Mans race. Nakajima said he was satisfied that at least one member of his team had won the race, while Hartley added that winning with two different manufacturers surprised him. Senna said that Rebellion's second-place finish was an "amazing achievement", and Menezes called sharing second overall "something special".


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
Conway admitted he was upset to lose the opportunity for victory, saying: "This place hasn't been the kindest to us at times. Three wins on the trot for the team, we've got to be happy about that for the team, but on our side of the garage we just feel like another one got away from us." Pascal Vasselon, Toyota's technical director, said he felt sorry for the No. 7 crew and acknowledged they were faster than the No. 8 team.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
Albquerque was congratulated by the president of Portugal via telephone call on becoming the first Portuguese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He added, "It's my seventh time and I've been here quite a while. I was just waiting for when it's going to be my day. I've been searching for this podium and it's a dream. LMP2 is a great category with many good drivers. With 24 cars it was extremely competitive. We never knew who would be the winner."


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
Hanson said he thought he lost the chance to win, "It was a very hectic last 10 minutes of the race and it made it for me. It's not as exciting if you're coasting home, just looking after the car, to if you're pushing like mad to bring it home in P1. It was a really exciting way to end it." Félix da Costa admitted fault for unbuckling his seatbelts and said he felt his team should have won because he believed they had the most consistent package. Davidson said Jota stopped using a fuel-saving plan when it became apparent United Autosports would not finish the race without making another pit stop. But he felt an extra lap behind the safety car could possibly have created a different scenario.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
Lynn called his victory in LMGTE Pro the biggest of his career, adding the problems with the Aston Martin Vantage's speed in preceding years made it more special, "I'm very proud of what the team has been able to achieve and the vast improvement the car has made in sheer lap time and also in balance and reliability in every sense." Tincknell won on his debut for Aston Martin and said he learnt greatly over the course of the opening two stints when both Ferraris overtook him, using this to pass Daniel Serra later on.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
"It was a game of cat and mouse. We were on new tires and they were on old tires, and vice versa. We were never really sure how it was going to pan out, but we were confident that we had the car, the team and the people to do it." Calado said Ferrari was a little slower than Aston Martin through first to third gears and conceded it was the faster car, adding, "We couldn't have done any more really. We did what we could, and we basically just lacked pace, they were quicker than us. Second is not a great feeling, but we've just got to think ahead and try to improve the car for next year."


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
Vassleon said a lack of track grip caused by rainfall removing rubber and bringing oily substances to the surface the night before slowed the race. He admitted to being worried about Senna's performance during practice, and the first stint, before expressing surprise when Rebellion slowed. Calim Bouhadra, Rebellion's CEO, said slower traffic was the primary differentiator between the hybrid Toyota and Rebellion's non-hybrid cars early on and their only worry was managing the brakes for the race's end. Martin commented that the main reason Aston Martin won each of the GTE categories was by not switching the brake discs. LMGTE Am winner Jonathan Adam said it was the first time he had completed a 24-hour race without needing to change brakes.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race
The result moved Buemi, Hartley and Nakajima to the lead of the LMP Drivers' Championship with 175 points. Their teammates Conway, Kobayashi and López fell to second as Menezes, Nato and Senna maintained third place. Albquerque and Hanson were fourth with their co-driver, Di Resta, fifth. Lynn and Martin drew to within 15 points of their teammates and GTE Drivers' Championship leaders, Sørensen and Thiim. Toyota and Aston Martin left Le Mans as the respective LMP1 Teams' and GTE Manufacturers' champions with one race left in the season.


2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Post-race, Race results
The minimum number of laps for classification at the finish (70 per cent of the overall race winner's distance) was 270 laps. Class winners are in bold.


2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring
The 2020 ADAC 24 Hours of Nürburgring (also known as ADAC Total 24h Race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th running of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. It took place on 24–27 September 2020. Although it was previously scheduled to held on 21–23 May, it was announced on 17 March that the race would be postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring, Background
The 48th running of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring took place on 24–27 September 2020. It was previously scheduled to held on 21–23 May, but in March the race was postponed for the first time ever to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The qualifying race that is usually held in April was cancelled with no substitute. In July 2020 it was announced that the 24 Hours of Nurburgring would be held behind closed doors without spectators. However, just a week before the event a limited number of fans would be allowed to spectate. The 2020 World Touring Car Cup will be a support race for the 24 hours.


2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring, Qualifying and Race results, Qualifying result
Qualifying 2 was cut short due to an accident. The top four cars from Top Qualifying 1 progressed to Top Qualifying 2. Maro Engel driving the HRT-Mercedes-AMG took pole position in top qualifying 2 and claimed the Glickenhaus Trophy. It is the third time that Mercedes and Engel have claimed pole position.


2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring, Qualifying and Race results, Race Result overall
At 22:33 the race was stopped due to heavy rain which resulted in poor visibility and track conditions due to standing water along with forecast of more rain. At 08:00 the next morning, some 9 and a half hours later the race was restarted with a lap behind the safety car in two groups just like the start of the race is held. This was the seventh occasion that the weather had led to the race being suspended. The Rowe Racing entry driven by Nick Catsburg, Alexander Sims and Nick Yelloly won the overall race. It was the first BMW car to win for 10 years and the 20th win for BMW in the history of the event.


2020 24 Hours of Portimão
The 2020 Hankook 24 Hours of Portimão was the 4th running of the 24 Hours of Portimão. It was also the second round of both the 2020 24H GT Series and the 2020 24H TCE Series, the second round of the Championship of the Continents Series and first of the Europe Series, being held on from 13 to 14 June at the Algarve International Circuit. The race was won by Jürgen Häring, Michael Joos, Taki Konstantinou, Tim Müller and Marco Seefried driving for Herberth Motorsport.


2020 24 Hours of Portimão, Entry list
A total of fifteen cars were entered for the event; 9 GT and 6 TCE cars.


2020 24 Hours of Spa
The 2020 24 Hours of Spa (also known as Total 24 Hours of Spa for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Spa. It took place on 22–25 October 2020. Although it was previously scheduled to held on 25–26 July, it was announced on 15 April that the race would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 24 Hours of Spa, Background
The 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Spa took place on 22–25 October 2020. It was previously scheduled to held on 25–26 July, but in March the race was postponed to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the first time that the race will be held in October. The race was set to be unique as it would run for a 25 hours duration due to the race being held on the weekend when the clocks change.


2020 24 Hours of Spa, Background
However, this idea was pulled when it became clear that the event was not permitted to allow spectators to the race. The race will be the third round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and also the third round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The official test days took place on the 29 and 30 September. The GT4 European, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Formula Renault Eurocup and TCR Europe series will all run support races at the event.


2020 24 Hours of Spa, Background
Following practice and qualifying track limits was an issue. Drivers were told initially that only track limits would be enforced at the Eau Rouge sequence. However due to "exaggerated abuse" including running out of the bus stop chicane across 10 metres of tarmac runoff up to the barrier, drivers were told that the white lines were the limit of the track and that the cars must remain in contact with the track.


2020 24 Hours of Spa, Background
The exceptions were at Eau Rouge, Speaker's or No Name Corner, Blanchimont and the exit of the Bus Stop where the drivers were permitted to use the kerbs beyond the white line. Drivers were allowed 3 infringements of the rule before being given a drive through penalty. Any driver gaining an advantage and not giving it back would be penalised 5 or 10 seconds at the next pit stop. The warnings would be reset every 6 hours.


2020 24H GT Series
The 2020 24H GT Series powered by Hankook was the sixth season of the 24H Series with drivers battling for championship points and titles and the eleventh season since Creventic, the organiser and promoter of the series, organised multiple races a year. The races were contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, sports cars and 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars.


2020 24H GT Series, Calendar
NOTE:  The Austin round date was originally scheduled for 13-15 November, but after COVID-19 forced the postponement of the MotoGP round in Austin, that race was rescheduled to the date originally planned for 24H . Creventic and the circuit will announce a rescheduled date.


2020 24H TCE Series
The 2020 24H Touring Car Endurance Series powered by Hankook was the fifth season of the Touring Car Endurance Series (TCES). Creventic is the organiser and promoter of the series. The races was be contested with touring cars.


2020 2nd Sakhir Formula 2 round
The 2020 Sakhir 2nd Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 5-6 December 2020 at the Outer Circuit Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the final round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.


2020 2nd Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report
Yuki Tsunoda collected another pole ahead of feature race, outpacing Nikita Mazepin by 0.122 seconds. Qualifying session was ended preliminary after the contact between Mick Schumacher and Roy Nissany. Tsunoda lost the lead after the first turn but was able to restore his lead after the pit stop and won the race ahead of Guanyu Zhou and Mazepin. But Mazepin was penalised after two incidents where his defence was recognised as forcing of Tsunoda and  Felipe Drugovich, who became a last podium finisher instead of Mazepin.


2020 2nd Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report
With Callum Ilott not being able to outscore Mick Schumacher by 14 points, Schumacher won the 2020 Formula 2 Championship.


2020 2nd Silverstone Formula 2 round
The 2020 Silverstone FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races involving Formula 2 cars that took place on 8 and 9 August 2020 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Great Britain. The event is the fifth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.


2020 2nd Silverstone Formula 3 round
The 2020 2nd Silverstone FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 8 and 9 August 2020 at the Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom. It was the fifth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.


2020 2nd Silverstone Formula 3 round, Classification, Qualifying
The Qualifying session took place on 31 July 2020, with Logan Sargeant scoring his second successive pole position.


2020 2nd Spielberg Formula 2 round
The 2020 2nd Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 11 and 12 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, in Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the second round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix.


2020 2nd Spielberg Formula 3 round
The 2020 2nd Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 11 and 12 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It is the second round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix.


2020 2nd Spielberg Formula 3 round, Classification, Race 1
The race originally completed 12 laps, however, due to the race being stopped and several incidents occurring prior to the red flag, the race results were counted back to lap 11.


2020 3. deild karla
The 2020 3. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) is the 66th season of fourth-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league. The season began on 18 June.


2020 3. deild karla, Results
Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.


2020 3. divisjon
The 2020 3. divisjon (referred to as Norsk Tipping-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is a fourth-tier Norwegian football league season. The league consists of 84 teams divided into 6 groups of 14 teams each and should have begun on 13 April 2020.


2020 3. divisjon
The league should have been played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams would play 26 matches.


2020 3. divisjon
In mid-July it was decided to bar all B teams ("2" teams) from promotion. As reserve players in professional clubs, they would have had the chance to train since May 2020, whereas the amateur teams were not allowed to train all spring and summer as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.


2020 3. divisjon, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 season.


2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet
The 2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 19 July 2020, as the opening round of the 2020 European Le Mans Series. It was also the eleventh running of an ELMS race at Paul Ricard, the eleventh running of a 4 hours race at this circuit and the seventh ELMS 4 hour. The race was won by the #32 United Autosports run Oreca 07-Gibson driven by Will Owen, Alex Brundle and Job van Uitert.


2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet, Results, Race
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 93 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with .


2020 4. deild karla
The 2020 4. deild karla season was the 8th since its establishment. A total of 29 teams, were split into four groups of 7 or 8 teams based on a regional basis. The top two from each group will progress to the second phase of the campaign.


2020 4. deild karla, Second phase
The top two from each group will enter this phase of the campaign.


2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
The 2020 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 13–14 August 2020. The event was originally scheduled to be held on 25 April, but was postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spa-Francorchamps served as the sixth race of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the ninth running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.


2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Qualifying, Qualifying results
The #29 Racing Team Nederland started from the back of the grid after the second driver failed to set a time.


2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Race, Race Result
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 101 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with .


2020 8 Hours of Bahrain
The 2020 8 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 14 November 2020, as the eighth and final round of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was also the eighth running of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, and the second running in an extended 8 hours format. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.


2020 8 Hours of Bahrain, Background
On 3 April 2020, a new revised calendar for the 2019–20 season was released, with another 8 Hours of Bahrain event, on 21 November 2020, replacing the cancelled 1000 Miles of Sebring. The final round at Bahrain in November was moved up a week as a result of Formula One scheduling a double header event at that venue for the end of the month.


2020 8 Hours of Bahrain, Results, Race
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 184 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with .


2020 A Lyga
The 2020 A Lyga was the 31st season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 6 March and was planned to end on 7 November 2020. On 12 March all sports events were postponed for two weeks in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 A Lyga, Teams
FK Sūduva Marijampolė begin the season as defending champions having won their third consecutive league title last year.


2020 A Lyga, Teams
Three clubs dropped out of A Lyga last season - Stumbras folded in the summer, while Atlantas and Palanga were disqualified after the end of the season after investigation revealed numerous match-fixing incidents.


2020 A Lyga, Teams, Licensing process
The top 5 previous season's teams - FK Sūduva Marijampolė, FK Žalgiris, FK Riteriai, FK Kauno Žalgiris and FK Panevėžys met licensing criteria and received a straight pass to their licenses. Disqualified FK Palanga and FK Atlantas appealed the disqualification decision and expressed interest in playing in A Lyga. Their appeals were rejected.


2020 A Lyga, Teams, Licensing process
Five of the I Lyga teams applied for A Lyga licenses - FK Banga Gargždai, FC Džiugas, Vilniaus Vytis, DFK Dainava and FC Hegelmann Litauen. The previous year's I Lyga winners FC Džiugas failed to meet A Lyga licensing criteria, and their application was rejected. FC Džiugas will continue playing in I Lyga this season. FK Banga Gargždai won the play-off match against FK Palanga and earned the right to play in A Lyga. Their A Lyga license was granted upon appeal.


2020 A Lyga, Teams, Licensing process
Vilniaus Vytis and DFK Dainava did not earn promotion to A Lyga, however they were hoping for exceptions which are common in Lithuanian football. In this instance their applications were rejected on the grounds of failing to meet several critical criteria. FC Hegelmann Litauen withdrew their application prior to the licensing committee's meeting. This meant that only six teams will play in the 2020 A Lyga championship. The LFF announced that four I Lyga teams will qualify for promotion to A Lyga next season.


2020 A Lyga, Regular season
On 12 March all sports events were postponed for two weeks in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 A Lyga, Season statistics, Top scorers
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2020. Source: soccerway.com


2020 A Lyga (women)
The 2020 A Lyga Women was the 28th season of the top-tier women's football league in Lithuania. Gintra Universitetas were the defending champions.


2020 A Lyga (women)
Gintra Universitetas won the competition for a record 19th time.


2020 A-League Grand Final
The 2020 A-League Grand Final was the fifteenth A-League Grand Final, the championship-deciding match of the Australian A-League and the culmination of the 2019–20 season. The match was originally scheduled to be played in May 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was played on 30 August 2020 between Sydney FC and Melbourne City at Bankwest Stadium in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta, New South Wales.


2020 A-League Grand Final
Sydney FC defeated Melbourne City, who were appearing in their first Grand Final, by 1 goal to nil. The win meant Sydney claimed their fifth A-League championship, a record amount for any club in Australian domestic league football.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the National Soccer League era, since 2006 were in the A-League era.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final
The 2019–20 season was the league's fifteenth since its inception in 2005, and the 43rd season of top-flight association football in Australia. Eleven teams competed in the regular season, with each team playing a total of 26 matches, resulting in an uneven fixture that involved some clubs meeting three times and others meeting only twice. The top six teams qualified for the finals series, which were played in a straight-knockout format, with the top two teams earning an automatic place in the semi-finals and the bottom four teams playing off in elimination finals.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final
The two winners of the semi-finals met in the grand final. Sydney FC and Melbourne City qualified for the semi-finals by virtue of finishing first and second respectively, whilst Wellington Phoenix (third) met Perth Glory (sixth) in the first elimination final and Brisbane Roar (fourth) took on Western United (fifth) in the second elimination final. Perth and Western United won their respective matches by one goal to nil. As the top-ranked team Sydney FC were paired with and defeated Perth, the lowest-ranked winning team, for their semi-final, whilst Melbourne City were victorious against Western United in the other semi-final.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final
Due to travel restrictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all finals matches and the grand final were played at Bankwest Stadium in New South Wales.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Pre-match, Venue
The Grand Final was held at Bankwest Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales. It was the first Grand Final held at the venue.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Pre-match, Attendance
Most A-League matches played after the season's resumption in mid-July were played behind closed doors, with others played before limited crowds in size due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed on sporting events by the New South Wales Government. A limited number of people were permitted into Bankwest Stadium for the Grand Final.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary
The match started with Melbourne City attacking repeatedly, with five shots in the first ten minutes, including many close chances. They nearly scored the first goal in the eighteenth minute with a Harrison Delbridge strike, however the video assistant referee (VAR) ruled that Lachlan Wales, who was in an offside position, obstructed the sight of Sydney FC's goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne, meaning that the goal would not stand.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary
Soon after, Sydney FC's Adam Le Fondre was seen to have been pulled down in the box by City's Curtis Good, however penalty shouts were ignored by referee Chris Beath and the VAR asserted this assessment. As the game progressed, Sydney eased into it however both teams still had a plethora of attacking opportunities, none of which were able to settle the result inside regular time due to exemplary showings from both Redmayne and City goalkeeper Tom Glover.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary
The deadlock was eventually broken when Rhyan Grant of Sydney FC managed to rebound the ball of his chest and into the goal off a pass from Luke Brattan in the 100th minute. Controversially, Grant then covered his face with his shirt, an offence that the laws of the game require to be punished with a yellow card, one that would have seen him sent off for a second bookable offence. After the game the referees boss Strebre Delovski stated that doing so would have been "very harsh" as the reason for not doing so. More chances came and went however the match ended 1–0, with the regular season premiers prevailing for the fifth time, the most championships of any side in the history of Australia's top flight. Meanwhile, the Joe Marston Medal was awarded to the only goalscorer on the night, Rhyan Grant.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Scott Edeling  Kearney Robinson Fourth official: Alex KingFifth official: Ryan GallagherVideo assistant referee:  Kris Griffiths-Jones


2020 A-League Grand Final, Broadcasting
The Grand Final was broadcast throughout Australia live on Fox Sports and delayed on ABC Me. The radio rights for the match were held by ABC Radio Grandstand as well as SEN & SWR Triple 9 FM.


2020 A-League Grand Final, Broadcasting
It was also shown on ESPN+ in the United States, as a simulcast of the Fox Sports broadcast.


2020 ABA Super Cup
The 2020 ABA Super Cup was scheduled to be the 4th tournament of the ABA Super Cup, featuring teams from the ABA League. It would have been played between 20 and 23 September 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro. On 29 June 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (or Rotterdam Open) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 10 and 16 February 2020. It was the 47th edition of the Rotterdam Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the 2020 ATP Tour. The tournament also included a Men's Wheelchair Tennis Singles and Doubles draw.


2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Jérémy Chardy and Henri Kontinen were the defending champions, but Chardy chose not to participate this year.


2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the title, defeating Kontinen and Jan-Lennard Struff in the final, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–7].


2020 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Gaël Monfils was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2020 ACB Playoffs
The 2020 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2020 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2019–20 season, which began on 24 September 2019. The playoffs started on 17 June 2020 and ended on 30 June 2020 with the Final. All matches were played behind closed doors.


2020 ACB Playoffs
Real Madrid was the defending champion which was eliminated in group stage by San Pablo Burgos which qualified to semifinals for its first time. Kirolbet Baskonia won their fourth ACB and Spanish title after 10 years of the last Spanish title.


2020 ACB Playoffs, Format
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the top 12 teams after round 23 played in Valencia to win the league. The teams were divided into two groups of six, playing every team in their group once. The top two teams per group qualified for the semifinals. From semifinals onwards, the teams played a single-elimination tournament consisting of two rounds. A total of 33 matches were played within two weeks.


2020 ACB Playoffs, Qualifying
Initially, eight teams would qualify for the playoffs. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the playoffs were expanded to 12 teams after the early ending of the regular season.


2020 ACB Playoffs, Venue
On May 27, 2020, ACB selected and announced Valencia to host the exceptional playoffs in the two last weeks of June. The matches were played in La Fonteta and the teams trained in L'Alqueria del Basket which had 9 indoor courts, 4 outdoor courts and 15,000 square metres.


2020 ACB Playoffs, Group stage
The teams were divided into two groups of six, playing every team in their group once. The top two teams per group qualified for the semifinals. It started on 17 June and ended on 26 June 2020.


2020 ACB Playoffs, Final Four
The Final Four was a single-elimination tournament consisting of two rounds. It was played on 28–30 June 2020.


2020 ACC Championship Game
The 2020 ACC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. This was the 16th ACC Championship Game and determined the 2020 champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. This season, the ACC used a one division format. Instead of representatives from two divisions, the two teams with the best conference records earned a spot in the game. Sponsored by restaurant chain Subway, the game was known as the ACC Championship Game presented by Subway.


2020 ACC Championship Game
The game was originally scheduled for December 5. However, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the game back to either December 12 or 19 when the revised ACC schedule was released and subsequently to December 19. Attendance for the game was capped at 5,240, or 7% of the capacity of Bank of America Stadium due to Governor Roy Cooper's Order limiting outdoor stadiums to 7% capacity.


2020 ACC Championship Game, Previous season
The 2019 ACC Championship Game featured Clemson against Virginia. It was Virginia's first appearance in the conference title game. In the championship game, Clemson was victorious by a score of 62–17, winning its fifth consecutive ACC conference championship and 19th overall. Virginia went on to play in the 2019 Orange Bowl, while Clemson went on to play in the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship.


2020 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Clemson
Clemson entered the championship game with a record of 9–1 (8–1 in conference play). Their only defeat of the season was to Notre Dame on November 7, a double-overtime loss in a game played without starting Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Clemson had a record of 6–1 in prior ACC Championship Games, having won each of the prior five games (2015–2019) and having only lost in 2009.


2020 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Notre Dame
Notre Dame entered the championship game with a record of 10–0 (9–0 in conference play). Their narrowest margin of victory, outside of the double-overtime contest with Clemson, was a 12–7 win over Louisville in mid-October. Notre Dame historically competes in football as an independent, but played the 2020 season as a member of the ACC following a delayed start to the season and factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, this was Notre Dame's first appearance in an ACC Championship Game.


2020 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Presented by New York Life was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 10–11, 2020. It was the 67th annual edition of the tournament.


2020 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
This was the first edition of the tournament to not be available free-to-air at all, as the syndicated ACC package was shut down in favor of the launch of the cable-only ACCN, which exclusively carried the first round of the tournament, with the ESPN networks carrying the remainder of the tournament.


2020 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced that, initially, the tournament would only be played in front of essential tournament personnel, limited school administrators and student-athlete guests, broadcast television, and credentialed media members present, starting with the quarterfinals; however, shortly before the tipoff of the quarterfinal matchup between Florida State and Clemson, the ACC announced the tournament was canceled and Florida State, the regular season champions, would receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, though that decision became moot with the NCAA Tournament's cancellation later the same day.


2020 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Fourteen of the 15 ACC teams would have participated in the tournament; the other team, Georgia Tech, was banned from postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to NCAA rules violations. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 10 received single byes. Ultimately, the tournament being canceled shortly before the quarterfinal games were to have begun resulted in the top four seeds not playing at all.


2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 34th edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The final will be played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.


2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Background
The format of the tournament was announced in conjunction with all other ACC fall sports on July 29, 2020.


2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Background
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the 2020 tournament changed multiple times. Originally, the 2020 ACC Tournament was to only feature 4 teams with all matches played at Sahlen's Stadium to create an "isolation zone" (similar to the 2020 NBA Bubble) to minimize the spread of the pandemic. The semifinals were to be played on November 13, 2020, with the final was to be played on November 15, 2020.


2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Background
On September 4, 2020, the format again changed, expanding the tournament from four to eight teams. The quarterfinals to be played on November 15, the semifinals on November 18, and the championship game on November 22.


2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
Due to the aforementioned COVID-19 pandemic, only eleven teams participated in the regular season, with Boston College electing to not play. The teams were also divided into a North and South region as opposed to the normal Atlantic and Coastal Divisions. Eight teams qualified for the tournament, the top four teams in each region. In the tournament, teams were paired against the opposite region in the bracket. Higher seeds hosted the quarterfinals and semifinals.


2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Spring Tournament
The ACC played a six-game conference schedule in the spring. The division winners, along with the fall tournament winners, Clemson, played for the ACC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As a result of Clemson winning the Atlantic division in the spring, Pittsburgh and Clemson played one game to determine the conference's automatic qualifier.


2020 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
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2020 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, which concluded the 2019–20 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 4–8, 2020. NC State won the tournament and with it the ACC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2020 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament, All-Tournament Teams
Aislinn Konig – NC State - MVPKiah Gillespie – Florida StateNausia Woolfolk – Florida StateDana Evans – LouisvilleIvan Raca – Wake Forest


2020 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament, All-Tournament Teams
Taylor Soule – Boston CollegeNicki Ekhomu – Florida StateFrancesca Pan – Georgia TechJazmine Jones – LouisvilleElissa Cunane – NC State


2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the 33rd edition of the ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, which decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion. All rounds were played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.


2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
No. 1 seed Florida State took home their seventh ACC tournament championship, defeating No. 2 seed North Carolina.


2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Background
The format of the tournament was announced in conjunction with all other ACC fall sports on July 29, 2020.


2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Background
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the 2020 tournament changed multiple times. Originally, the 2020 ACC Tournament was to only feature 4 teams with all matches played at Sahlen's Stadium to create an "isolation zone" (similar to the 2020 NBA Bubble) to minimize the spread of the pandemic. The semifinals were to be played on November 6, 2020, with the final was to be played on November 8, 2020.


2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Background
On September 4, 2020, the format again changed, expanding the tournament from four to eight teams. The quarterfinals to be played on November 10, the semifinals on November 13, and the championship game on November 15.


2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top eight teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. All three tournament rounds took place at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina. North Carolina and Florida State finished tied for first with 8–0–0 regular season records. Florida State won the tiebreaker over North Carolina by goal differential in conference games, +21 to +16. Louisville, Virginia Tech, and Notre Dame finished in a three way tie for sixth place, all with a 4–4–0 regular season record. The goal differential tiebreaker was applied and Notre Dame was awarded the eighth seed. Louisville and Virginia Tech were still tied after the goal differential tiebreaker. Louisville won the second tiebreaker of head-to-head record, having won their match 1–0 during the regular season.


2020 ACT Clay Court International
The 2020 ACT Clay Court International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, and the first edition of the year with the 2020 ACT Clay Court International II being held the week after. It was originally scheduled to take place in Canberra, Australia between 16 and 22 March 2020 but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship
The 2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the sixth season of the ADAC Formula 4, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The season was won by Red Bull junior Jonny Edgar.


2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar and results
The initial calendar was released on 10 January 2020. On 10 April 2020 the series announced a revised calendar, delaying the start of the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. The second Nürburgring event supported the 2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring, while the other rounds supported the 2020 ADAC GT Masters. Another altered 7-round calendar was released on 24 May 2020. The sixth race weekend of the season was moved from Circuit Zandvoort to EuroSpeedway Lausitz due to the high number of infections in the Netherlands and the classification as a risk area by the German government.


2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classification was obtained by summing up the scores on the 19 best results, including disqualifications mandatorily, obtained during the races held.


2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2020 ADAC GT Masters
The 2020 ADAC GT Masters is the Fourteenth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC.


2020 ADAC GT Masters, Championship standings
Championship points are awarded for the first fifteen positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2020 ADAC GT4 Germany
The 2020 ADAC GT4 Germany season is the second season of the ADAC GT4 Germany, a sports car championship created and organised by the ADAC. The season will begin on 15 August at the Nürburgring and will end on 29 September at Oschersleben after six double-header meetings.


2020 ADAC GT4 Germany, Race calendar and results
On 24 May 2020, the ADAC announced a revised 2020 calendar.


2020 ADAC GT4 Germany, Championship standings
Championship points are awarded for the first fifteen positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2020 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
The 2020 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the fifth season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria and the Netherlands.


2020 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Max Hesse is the defending Drivers' champion, while Hyundai Team Engstler are the defending Teams' champions.


2020 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results
The initial calendar was released on 29 September 2019 with 7 rounds scheduled across Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Czech Republic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 16 March 2020 the pre-season test and the opening round, both scheduled to be held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, were cancelled. The first revision of the calendar saw Autodrom Most in August as the season opener. On 24 May 2020 the final version of the calendar was published with the round at the Autodrom Most replaced by a round at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz.


2020 AFA Senior Male League
The 2020 AFA Senior Male League was the 21st season of the AFA Senior Male League, the men's football league in Anguilla. The season began on February 1, 2020 and was suspended on March 15, 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed behind closed doors on June 17, 2020 with the regular season concluding on July 1, 2020.


2020 AFA Senior Male League
Roaring Lions won the AFA League by winning the championship over Doc's United, 3–0 on July 12, 2020.


2020 AFA Senior Male League, Commissioner's Cup
The 2020 AFA League Commmssioner's Cup was a knockout tournament held in Anguilla ahead of the 2020 AFA Senior Male League. The tournament consisted of three teams and was played from 27 January to 31 January 2020.


2020 AFA Senior Male League, Commissioner's Cup
Enforcers won the Cup, beating Doc's United on penalties after extra time.


2020 AFC Champions League
The 2020 AFC Champions League was the 39th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the current AFC Champions League title.


2020 AFC Champions League
Ulsan Hyundai won their second Champions League title by defeating Persepolis 2–1 in the final. Ulsan automatically qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League, the first time since 2008 that the AFC Champions League holders were guaranteed automatic qualification in the following year. They also earned the right to play in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.


2020 AFC Champions League
The tournament was the last to involve 32 teams during the group stage, which will increase to 40 teams in 2021.


2020 AFC Champions League
The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia after group stage matches on 4 March 2020, and restarted on 14 September 2020. All matches after the restart were played in Qatar, with the final played at the Al Janoub Stadium.


2020 AFC Champions League
Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, but the club effectively withdrew from the competition when they could not name the required 13 players for their final group stage match, as all but 11 players had tested positive for COVID-19. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was in use from the quarter-finals onwards.


2020 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation
The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2019 and 2020 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2017 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.3):


2020 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
For the 2020 AFC Champions League, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking which was published on 15 December 2017, which took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2014 and 2017.


2020 AFC Champions League, Teams
The following 52 teams from 23 associations entered the competition.


2020 AFC Champions League, Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.


2020 AFC Champions League, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only some of the group stage matches on matchdays 1–3 in February and March were played as scheduled, and all matches on matchdays 4–6 were postponed until further notice. The round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals were also initially moved to 10–12 and 24–26 August, 14–16 and 28–30 September, and 20–21 and 27–28 October.


2020 AFC Champions League, Schedule
The AFC announced the calendar of the remaining matches on 9 July 2020, with all matches before the final played at centralised venues, and all knockout ties played as a single match. On 10 September 2020, the AFC announced the new dates for the East Region matches and the final.


2020 AFC Champions League, Schedule
The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows.


2020 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie. The eight winners of the play-off round (four each from both West Region and East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.


2020 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2019, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2020 AFC Champions League, Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a double round-robin basis, with matches played home-and-away before the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but moved to centralised venues after restart. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.


2020 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):


2020 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie was played as a single-leg match at centralised venues, instead of the usual home-and-away two-legged basis as planned before the COVID-19 pandemic. Extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.


2020 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals. The draw for the West Region quarter-finals was held on 28 September 2020, 11:00 AST (UTC+3), and the draw for the East Region quarter-finals was held on 8 December 2020, 11:30 AST (UTC+3), both in Doha, Qatar.


2020 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played against the runners-up of another group from the same region and the matchups were determined by the group stage draw.


2020 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection. The draw for the West Region quarter-finals was held on 28 September 2020, and the draw for the East Region quarter-finals was held on 8 December 2020.


2020 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played against each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played against each other.


2020 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other, at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar.


2020 AFC Champions League, Awards, Main awards
Note: Abderrazak Hamdallah finished ahead of Júnior Negrão to win the Top Scorer award despite scoring the same number of goals, and also having the same number of assists (first tiebreaker), since he played fewer minutes throughout the competition (second tiebreaker).


2020 AFC Champions League, Awards, Fans' awards
The AFC took polls of fans in its website after the tournament.


2020 AFC Champions League, Statistics, Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).


2020 AFC Champions League Final
The 2020 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2020 AFC Champions League, the 39th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the current AFC Champions League title.


2020 AFC Champions League Final
The final was contested as a single match between Persepolis from Iran and Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea. Under the original format and schedule, the final would have been contested in two-legged home-and-away format, with the first leg played on 22 November 2020 and the second leg played on 28 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended between March and September 2020, and upon its restart, all matches were relocated to centralized venues in Qatar, and the final was played at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah on 19 December 2020.


2020 AFC Champions League Final
Ulsan Hyundai won their second AFC Champions League title and qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.


2020 AFC Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, since 2003 were in the AFC Champions League era.


2020 AFC Champions League Final, Venue
On 16 October 2020, the AFC announced that the final would be played in Doha, Qatar. This was the first Asian club competition final held at Al Janoub Stadium.


2020 AFC Champions League Final, Venue
On 18 December 2020, the AFC announced that they had agreed with the Qatar Football Association to allow a limited number of fans to attend the match, which was the first match since restart of the tournament to have spectators.


2020 AFC Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; *: played in Qatar after restart).


2020 AFC Champions League Final, Format
The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.


2020 AFC Champions League Final, Match
Man of the Match:Assistant referees:Ramzan Al-Naemi (Qatar)Saud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)Fourth official:Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)Fifth official:Mohd Yusri Muhamad (Malaysia)Video assistant referee:Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)Assistant video assistant referees:Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)


2020 AFC Champions League group stage
The 2020 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 10 February to 4 December 2020. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League.


2020 AFC Champions League group stage
The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia after matchday 3 on 4 March 2020. On 9 July 2020, the AFC announced that it would restart on 14 September 2020. All matches after restart were played in Qatar.


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2019, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The following 32 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 24 direct entrants and the eight winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a double round-robin basis, with matches played home-and-away before the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but moved to centralised venues after restart. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stage.


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule
The original schedule of each match day, as planned before the COVID-19 pandemic, was as follows.


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, the Australian federal government banned foreigners travelling from China, and Football Federation Australia told the AFC that Australia could no longer host matches against Chinese teams. The AFC held an emergency meeting on 4 February 2020 to determine plans for the tournament, including but not limited to rescheduling of matches in the East Region. After the meeting, the AFC decided to postpone matches involving Chinese clubs from the first three match days except for Chiangrai United versus Beijing FC:


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
the following matches were postponed to a later date between late February and early March, prior to AFC's announcement to postpone all matches:


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
After meetings with representatives of the member associations from the West Region held on 7–8 March 2020, it was agreed that all West Region group stage matches on matchdays 4–6 would be postponed to new dates yet to be confirmed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.


2020 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
After a meeting with representatives of the member associations from the East Region held on 2 March 2020, it was agreed that group stage matches on matchdays 3–6 which could not be played would be moved to 19–20 May, 26–27 May, 16–17 June and 23–24 June.