2016 European Touring Car Cup Explained

The 2016 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the twelfth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It consisted of six events in France (twice), Slovakia, Germany, Portugal and Italy.

The championship was split into two categories: Super 2000 (including TC2 Turbo, TC2 and TCN-2 machinery) and Super 1600.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The races at the Nürburgring had both WTCC and ETCC competitors. ETCC competitors entered with their usual car numbers, but with 100 added up to it.

Super 2000
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
JSB Compétition^[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer	2	Pierre Etiene Chaumat	5
ADAC Team Hessen-Thüringen^[3]	SEAT León Cup Racer	4	Andreas Pfister	6
		7	Pierre Humbert^[4]	1
		9	Wolfgang Kriegl^[5]	2
	SEAT León Cup Racer	8	Norbert Nagy	All
Rikli Motorsport^[6]	Honda Civic TCR	11	Kris Richard	All
		12	Peter Rikli	All
		24	Aku Pellinen^[7]	6
		72	Claudio Truffer	6
	SEAT León Cup Racer	75	Adrian Spescha	6
ASK Lein Racing^[8]	SEAT León Cup Racer	14	Igor Stefanovski	6
ASK Lein Racing^[8]	SEAT León Cup Racer	17	Mladen Lalušić	1–5
Lema Racing^[9]	SEAT León Cup Racer	14	Igor Stefanovski	1–4
		27	Boštjan Avbelj	6
		37	Fábio Mota	All
Krenek Motorsport^[10]	SEAT León Cup Racer	19	Christjohannes Schreiber	All
Krenek Motorsport^[10]	SEAT León Cup Racer	22	Petr Fulín	All
Speedy Motorsport^[11]	SEAT León Cup Racer	55	Manuel Pedro Fernandes	4
		73	Alexandr Artemyev	1
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic TCR	77	René Münnich	1
Sébastien Loeb Racing^[12]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	130	Teddy Clairet^[13]	3
Sébastien Loeb Racing^[12]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	138	David Pouget	3
Super 1600
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
RAVENOL Motorsport	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	81	Niklas Mackschin	All
		82	Ksenia Niks	All
		83	Daniel Niermann	All
		84	Ulrike Krafft	1–3, 6
		85	Tomáš Korený^[14]	1–2, 4–6
ETH Tuning^[15]	Peugeot 207 Sport	86	Andreas Rinke	All
		88	Kevin Hilgenhövel	1–2, 4–6
		187	David Griessner	3
Master KR Racing	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	95	Sergii Kravets^[16]	2–3
		97	Pavlo Kopylets	2–3
		99	Andrii Ievtushenko	1–2

Race calendar and results

The first four rounds were supporting the World Touring Car Championship, whereas the final two rounds were jointly with the FFSA GT Tour.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	3 April	René Münnich	Kris Richard	Petr Fulín	Niklas Mackschin
1	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard	3 April		Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Niklas Mackschin
2	R1	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	17 April	Christjohannes Schreiber	Christjohannes Schreiber	Kris Richard	Ulrike Krafft
2	R2	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	17 April		Christjohannes Schreiber	Kris Richard	Niklas Mackschin
3	R1	Nürburgring Nordschleife	28 May	Petr Fulín	Kris Richard	Petr Fulín	David Griessner
3	R2	Nürburgring Nordschleife	28 May		Kris Richard	Kris Richard	Niklas Mackschin
4	R1	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	26 June	Norbert Nagy	Norbert Nagy	Manuel Pedro Fernandes	Niklas Mackschin
4	R2	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	26 June		Petr Fulín	Kris Richard	Niklas Mackschin
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	10 July	Kris Richard	Kris Richard	Petr Fulín	Tomáš Korený
5	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	10 July		Petr Fulín	Kris Richard	Kevin Hilgenhövel
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	2 October	Aku Pellinen	Igor Stefanovski	Igor Stefanovski	Niklas Mackschin
6	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	2 October		Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Niklas Mackschin

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Qualifying points: ¹ ² ³ refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for first race, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1.

Pos	Driver	LEC		SVK		NÜR		VIL‡		MAG		IMO		Pts
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Super 2000
1	Kris Richard	5	Ret	1	1	2²	1	4	1	4¹	1	2³	2	109
2	Petr Fulín	1²	1	EX²	4	1¹	3	2³	6	1²	2	4²	1	109
3	Norbert Nagy	4³	3	4	7	Ret³	DNS	11¹†	3	3	5	6	8	58
4	Peter Rikli	3	2	2	2	5	6	3	Ret	13	3	10	16	57
5	Manuel Pedro Fernandes							1²	2					40
6	Mladen Lalušić	6	5	5	3	8	7	5	5	5	Ret			40
7	Fábio Mota	9	Ret	3³	5	7	EX	Ret	4	6	Ret	8	4	32
8	Christjohannes Schreiber	7	8	EX¹	6	6	2	13†	Ret	Ret	DNS	5	9	28
9	Aku Pellinen											3¹	3	15
10	Igor Stefanovski	11	7	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS			1	Ret	14
11	Pierre Etiene Chaumat									2³	4			14
12	René Münnich	2¹	9											11
13	Teddy Clairet					3	4							11
14	David Pouget					4	5							9
15	Alexandr Artemyev	8	4											6
16	Andreas Pfister											11	5	4
17	Wolfgang Kriegl			6	8									4
18	Boštjan Avbelj											9	6	3
19	Pierre Humbert	10	6											3
20	Adrian Spescha											12	7	2
21	Claudio Truffer											7	Ret	2
Super 1600
1	Niklas Mackschin	12¹	10	9³	9	Ret¹	8	6¹	7	9³	7	13²	10	138
2	Andreas Rinke	14³	14	11	12	10³	9	9	8	10	9	16	11	85
3	Kevin Hilgenhövel	16	15	Ret	11			7²	9	8²	6	14¹	13	81
4	Tomáš Korený	13	13	10	13			8³	Ret	7¹	8	15	12	71
5	Ksenia Niks	18	Ret	13	16	DNS	DNS	10	10	11	10	18	15	38
6	Daniel Niermann	19	16	14	15	12	12	12	11	12	Ret	17	Ret	37
7	Ulrike Krafft	17²	12	8¹	10	DNS	DNS					Ret	14	36
8	Andrii Ievtushenko	15	11	Ret²	Ret									16
9	David Griessner					9²	EX							12
10	Pavlo Kopylets			Ret	Ret	11	10							12
11	Sergii Kravets			12	14	Ret	11							12
Pos	Driver	LEC		SVK		NÜR		VIL‡		MAG		IMO		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Notes and References

News: Six event calendar for 2016 will include the Nordschleife. TouringCarTimes.net. 4 December 2015.
News: FIA ETCC Magny Cours Entry List 2016. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 7 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010125028/https://www.fiaetcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ETCC-Race-of-Magny-Cours-entry-list-V2.pdf. 2016-10-10. dead.
News: ETCC reveals 19-car line-up for new two-tier 2016 season. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 March 2016. 22 March 2016. Neil. Hudson.
News: René Münnich leads ETCC free practice on a drying track in France. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 April 2016. 7 July 2016. Neil. Hudson.
News: Austrian driver Wolfgang Kriegl confirmed as new sub for Andreas Pfister. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 April 2016. 13 April 2016. Neil. Hudson.
News: Rikli Motorsport to run two Honda Civic TCRs in ETCC TCN2. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 19 February 2016.
News: Aku Pellinen joins five-car Rikli assault at Imola. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 27 September 2016.
News: Mladen Lalusic to compete for full ETCC campaign with Lein Racing. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 11 March 2016. 11 March 2016. Neil. Hudson.
News: Slovenian team Lema Racing to run two SEATs in ETCC. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 March 2016. 18 March 2016. Neil. Hudson.
News: Krenek Motorsport confirms two drivers for 2016 ETCC. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 December 2015.
News: FIA ETCC Vila Real Entry List 2016. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 7 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010124957/https://www.fiaetcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ETCC-Race-of-Vila-Real-entry-list-V1.pdf. 2016-10-10. dead.
News: Sébastien Loeb Racing will also run Peugeots at the Nordschleife. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 April 2016.
News: FIA ETCC Nurburgring Nordschleife Entry List 2016. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 7 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010125215/https://www.fiaetcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ETCC-Nurburgring-Nordschleife-entry-ist-V2.pdf. 2016-10-10. dead.
News: Tomáš Korený signs for Ravenol San for 2016 ETCC S1600 campaign. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 29 February 2016. 25 February 2016.
News: ETH Tuning joins ETCC's Super 1600 class for 2016. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 3 February 2016.
News: FIA ETCC Slovakia Ring Entry List 2016. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 April 2016.