2015 European Touring Car Cup Explained

The 2015 FIA European Touring Car Cup is the eleventh running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It will consist of six events in Hungary, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Belgium and Italy.^[1] The championship will be split into three categories: Super 2000 for TC2 Turbo and TC2 machinery, Super 1600, and the Single-Make Trophy for cars such as the SEAT León Supercopa.

Nikolay Karamyshev, Petr Fulín, Gilles Bruckner and Dmitry Bragin will be the defending champions in TC2 Turbo, TC2, Super 1600 and Single-makes Trophy respectively. From these four only Bruckner will be able to defend his title as Fulín moved to the Single-makes Trophy, while Karamyshev and Bragin left the series.

Teams and drivers

TC2 Turbo
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Ülkü Motorsport^[2]	BMW 320 TC	2	Ümit Ülkü	All
Ülkü Motorsport^[2]		3	Galip Atar	All
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport		4	Aytaç Biter	All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler		5	Davit Kajaia	All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler		6	Franz Engstler^[3]	6
TC2
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Rikli Motorsport	Honda Civic FD	12	Peter Rikli	All
Rikli Motorsport	Honda Civic FD	24	Daniel Conrad	All
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport^[4]	BMW 320si	13	Ibrahim Okyay	All
Krenek Motorsport^[5]	BMW 320si	20	Michal Matějovský	All
Super 1600
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Gilles Bruckner	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	31	Gilles Bruckner	All
Ben Lintgen	Ford Fiesta ST	32	Ben Lintgen^[6]	5
Ravenol Team	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	33	Ulrike Krafft	All
		34	Erwin Lukas	3–6
		35	Christian Kranenberg	1
Niklas Mackschin		36	Niklas Mackschin	All
Florian Hildner		38	Florian Hildner	All
Single-Make Trophy
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
ADAC Team Hessen-Thüringen e.V	SEAT León Cup Racer	55	Andreas Pfister^[7]	All
LEIN Racing^[8] ^[9]		62	Dejan Bulatovič	2–4
LEIN Racing^[8] ^[9]		77	Mladen Lalušić	2–4
Topcar Sport		66	Ronny Jost	All
Homola Motorsport		70	Maťo Homola^[10]	All
Krenek Motorsport		72	Petr Fulín	All
Baporo Motorsport		73	Alexandr Artemyev	1
Zengő Motorsport		96	Ferenc Ficza	1–2
Zengő Motorsport		99	Norbert Tóth	2
NIS Petrol B3 Racing Team		98	Dušan Borković	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Overall winner
1	R1	Hungaroring	3 May	Dušan Borković	Ferenc Ficza	Ferenc Ficza	Ferenc Ficza	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
1	R2	Hungaroring	3 May		Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Peter Rikli	Niklas Mackschin
2	R1	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	21 June	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Ulrike Krafft
2	R2	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	21 June		Davit Kajaia	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	28 June	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Peter Rikli	Niklas Mackschin
3	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard	28 June		Dušan Borković	Andreas Pfister	Andreas Pfister	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
4	R1	Masaryk Circuit	6 September	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
4	R2	Masaryk Circuit	6 September		Dejan Bulatovič	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
5	R1	Circuit Zolder	20 September	Davit Kajaia	Davit Kajaia	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Aytaç Biter	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
5	R2	Circuit Zolder	20 September		Maťo Homola	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Ümit Ülkü	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
6	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	11 October	Dušan Borković	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Davit Kajaia	Peter Rikli	Gilles Bruckner
6	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa	11 October		Davit Kajaia	Franz Engstler	Petr Fulín	Franz Engstler	Peter Rikli	Niklas Mackschin

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	HUN		SVK		LEC		BRN		ZOL		PER		Pts
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TC2 Turbo
1	Davit Kajaia	2¹	4	5¹	2	3¹	6	3¹	3	10¹	9	2²	2	149
2	Aytaç Biter	9³	6	16²	Ret	9²	10	10²	11	5²	10	8	8	100
3	Ümit Ülkü	13²	10	13	12	12³	9	12³	15	DSQ³	7	9³	9	90
4	Galip Atar	12	14	15³	14	14	14	15	17	9	12	11	12	73
5	Franz Engstler											3¹	1	42
TC2
1	Michal Matějovský	8¹	9	8¹	6	11¹	8	8¹	5	4¹	6	6²	7	147
2	Peter Rikli	10²	8	9	7	10³	11	11³	10	7	8	5¹	6	130
3	Ibrahim Okyay	14³	NC	11²	8	13²	13	13²	9	6²	Ret	7³	10	86
4	Daniel Conrad	11	13	14	13	17†	Ret	14	12	Ret³	11	10	11	64
Super 1600
1	Niklas Machschin	15¹	15	18²	15	15¹	15	16¹	13	11¹	13	14³	14	150
2	Gilles Bruckner	17³	17	19³	16	20²	19†	17³	14	12²	Ret	13²	15	105
3	Ulrike Krafft	16²	16	17¹	17	16³	16	18²	Ret	14³	14	Ret¹	16	94
4	Florian Hildner	18	19	Ret	DNS	19	17	19	16	15	16	15	17	62
5	Erwin Lukas					18	18	DNS	DNS	13	15	16	18	41
6	Christian Kranenberg	Ret	18											5
7	Ben Lintgen									Ret	DNS			0
Single-Make Trophy
1	Dušan Borković	5¹	1	3³	1	1¹	2	2²	1	3²	1	Ret¹	13	110
2	Petr Fulín	3²	3	1¹	4	2	12	4	DNS	2³	4	1³	3	107
3	Andreas Pfister	4³	12	6	5	4²	1	5	6	Ret	5	12	4	78
4	Maťo Homola	Ret	5	2²	3	7³	3	1¹	2	1¹	3	Ret²	DNS	77
5	Ronny Jost	6	7	7	9	5	4	7	4	8	2	4	5	75
6	Dejan Bulatovič			10	11	6	5	6³	8					20
7	Ferenc Ficza	1	2	20†	Ret									18
8	Mladen Lalušić			12	10	8	7	9	7					15
9	Alexandr Artemyev	7	11											6
10	Norbert Tóth			4	Ret									5
Pos	Driver	HUN		SVK		LEC		BRN		ZOL		PER		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Notes and References

News: FIA ETCC schedule confirmed for 2015. Official site of the FIA ETCC. 22 January 2015. 24 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115023/http://www.fiaetcc.com/html/read_news.asp?idnews=2444. 28 January 2015. dead. dmy-all.
News: 20 cars entered for ETCC season opener in Hungary. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 24 April 2015. 24 April 2015.
News: Engstler to double up in the ETCC. FIA ETCC. 8 October 2015. 8 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305205812/http://www.fiaetcc.com/engstler-to-double-up-in-the-etcc/. 5 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
News: Ibrahim Okyay announced for ETCC comeback. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 April 2015. 15 April 2015. Pietro. Casillo.
News: Petr Fulín switches to new SEAT León for 2015 campaign. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 January 2015. 29 January 2015. Neil. Hudson.
News: Titles on offer at penultimate round of the ETCC in Zolder this weekend. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 September 2015. 21 September 2015. Neil. Hudson.
News: Andreas Pfister upgrades to new SEAT León for his fourth ETCC year. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 February 2015. 15 February 2015. Neil. Hudson.
News: New team joins the ETCC ranks in Slovakia. 13 June 2015. 20 June 2015. European Touring Car Cup. Eurosport Events Limited. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621023222/http://www.fiaetcc.com/new-team-joins-the-etcc-ranks-in-slovakia/. 21 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.
News: Expanded line-up for ETCC's second round at the Slovakiaring. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 June 2015. 15 June 2015. Neil. Hudson.
News: Mat'o Homola changes to SEAT for 2015 ETCC. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 February 2015. 25 February 2015.