European Touring Car Cup Explained

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Category:Touring cars
Inaugural:2005
Country/Region: Europe
Folded:2017
Champion Driver: Petr Fulín
Website:fiaetcc.com/

The FIA European Touring Car Cup was an annual touring car racing event, which had been held at various locations across Europe from 2005 to 2017. Unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event, in 2010 the series was a three-round event.

History

It was created when the European Touring Car Championship finished at the end of 2004, being superseded by the World Touring Car Championship.

The cars that are eligible are those complying with the FIA Super 2000, Super 2000 Diesel, Super Production and Super 1600 technical regulations. The drivers must either have competed in a minimum of 50% of their own National Championships; been designated by their ASN (National Sporting Authority) and have not taken part in the FIA WTCC with a Manufacturer's team or belong to a country in which there is no national Championship and been designated by their ASN.[1] In 2012 the Single Make Trophy was introduced for cars such as SEAT León Supercopa and Renault Clio Cup. From the 2013 season Diesel engines and the Super Production regulations were outlawed and thus only petrol engined Super 2000 (in 2014 the older 1.6 turbocharged Super 2000 spec cars were also allowed), SEAT León Supercopa (replaced in 2015 by the new SEAT León Cup Racer) and Super 1600 cars are allowed.

Further changes were made in 2015 (with effect from the 2016 season) - the Single Make Trophy (renamed TCN-2) and Super 2000 (TC2 & TC2T) classes were merged into single category, while Super 1600 was retained as a standalone category. In January 2016 it was revealed the new branding of the series with the introduction of new logo similar to the styling of recent FIA series such as FIA World Endurance Championship. For the 2017 season the unified Super 2000 (TCN-2/TCR, TC2 and TC2-T) was renamed ETCC-1 while the Super 1600 cars were renamed ETCC-2.

The event was organised by Eurosport Events, which has also organised the World Touring Car Championship and European Rally Championship. The races were occasionally broadcast live or via 30 minute highlights on Eurosport.[1]

Event format

In 2010 the event format will change from a one-off event to four separate events over the year.[2]

Point scoring system

In each class - Super 2000 and Super 1600 points are awarded in each of the two races in the following way:

Titles

The points scored count towards the following trophies (as of 2016):[1]

Champions

YearSuper 2000/TC2 Turbo/ETCC1Super Production/TC2Super 1600/ETCC2Single Makes Trophy
DriverCarDriverCarDriverCarDriverCar
2005 Richard GöranssonBMW 320i Lorenzo FalessiAlfa Romeo 147 SPnot heldnot held
2006 Ryan SharpSEAT León Aleksandr LvovHonda Civic Type Rnot heldnot held
2007 Michel NykjærSEAT León Aleksey BasovHonda Civic Type Rnot heldnot held
2008 Michel NykjærChevrolet Lacetti Fabio FabianiBMW 320i Ralf MartinFord Fiesta STnot held
2009 James ThompsonHonda Accord Euro R Marcis BirkensHonda Civic Type R Carsten SeifertFord Fiesta STnot held
2010 James ThompsonHonda Accord Euro R Vojislav LekicHonda Civic Type R Carsten SeifertFord Fiesta STnot held
2011 Fabrizio GiovanardiHonda Accord Euro R Aleksandar TosićHonda Civic Type R Thomas MühlenzFord Fiesta STnot held
2012 Fernando MonjeSEAT León Nikolay KaramyshevHonda Civic Type R Kevin KrammesFord Fiesta 1.6 16V Stian PaulsenSEAT León Supercopa
2013 Petr FulínBMW 320sinot held Kevin KrammesFord Fiesta 1.6 16V Mario DablanderSEAT León Supercopa
2014 Nikolay KaramyshevChevrolet Cruze 1.6T Petr FulínBMW 320si Gilles BrucknerFord Fiesta 1.6 16V Dmitry BraginSEAT León Supercopa
2015 Davit KajaiaBMW 320 TC Michal MatějovskýBMW 320si Niklas MackschinFord Fiesta 1.6 16V Dušan BorkovićSEAT León Cup Racer
2016 Kris RichardHonda Civic TCRnot held Niklas MackschinFord Fiesta 1.6 16Vnot held
2017 Petr FulínSEAT León TCRnot heldnot heldnot held

Event winners

European Touring Car Cup (Super 2000/TC2 Turbo/ETCC1)

Drivers
DriverTotal
112
27
35
46
6
6
74
82
2
2
101
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Manufacturers
ConstructorTotal
139
211
39
48
51
Cars
CarTotal
117
211
38
8
55
64
4
73
92
101
1
1
1
1
1

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official site of the FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP . 2009-08-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710235844/http://www.fiaetcc.com/2k9/ . 2011-07-10 . Official Website of the European Touring Car Cup - Home Page
  2. Web site: Official site of the FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP . Fiaetcc.com . 2011-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070609/http://www.fiaetcc.com/2k9/default.asp?callPage=contentreadnews.asp&id=149 . 2011-07-16 .