European dragster championship
European dragster championship | |
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Vehicle type | Dragster |
Country or region | Europe |
Current name | FIA European Drag Racing Championship |
First season | 1996 |
Official website | Official website of the European Championship 2017 |
The FIA - European Dragster Championship (German for European Drag Racing Championship ) is the championship series for dragsters advertised by the FIA , which races exclusively in Europe.
The European Dragster Championship is the result of the collaboration between the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and the FIA, and the first championship has been held since 1996. The FIA rules applicable in Europe for the professional classes have largely been adopted by the NHRA.
The runs of the NitrolympX event, which takes place in Germany, are part of the European Dragster Championship.
vehicles
The vehicles start in the professional classes Pro Stock, Pro Modified, Top Methanol Funny Car, Top Methanol Dragster and Top Fuel.
Course of the race weekend
The races of the Dragster European Championship are carried out in the knockout system , also called " Elimination ", on a drag strip . The number of starting places for the respective class will be announced in advance. If there are more participants than starting places, the race weekend for some teams may already be over after the qualification.
On a race weekend, Friday and Saturday are available for the qualification runs. Between 2 and 4 qualification runs are carried out in order to be able to create a ranking of the achievements.
The elimination will take place on Sunday. The best placed driver in the qualification drives against the last placed driver, the second best against the penultimate, etc. If there are fewer participants than advertised starting places, some participants drive in the first race lap, out of sporting fairness against themselves.
Point system
Championship points are awarded not only to participants who finish the elimination, but also to participants who successfully qualify for the race.
Qualification points
In addition to the points key listed below, all participants who have successfully completed a qualifying round receive 10 points.
Distribution of points for qualification | ||||||||
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space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 & 6 | 7 & 8 | 9-12 | 13-16 |
Points | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Since 2013 there have been extra points according to the times (Elapsed Time, ET) for the fastest times in the Pro Modified, Pro Stock & Top Fuel classes:
- 3 points for the fastest elapsed time
- 2 points for the second fastest elapsed time
- 1 point for the third fastest elapsed time.
In the top methanol class there are extra points for times as close as possible to the given index:
- 3 points for the shortest time close to the index.
- 2 points for the second shortest time close to the index.
- 1 point for the third shortest time close to the index.
Elimination points
Distribution of points Elimination | ||||||||
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Field size | Loser 1st round | Loser 2nd round | Loser 3rd round | Runner up | winner | |||
1-2 | - | - | - | 20th | 40 | |||
2-4 | 20th | - | - | 40 | 60 | |||
5-8 | 20th | 40 | 60 | 60 | 80 | |||
9-16 | 20th | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
Overall winner
year | Top fuel class | Pro Modified Class | Pro stick class | Top methanol dragster class | Top Methanol Funny Car Class |
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1996 | Jens Nybo | - | Tomi Laine | Anita Mäkelä | - |
1997 | Rico Anthes | - | Tomi Laine | Peter Beck | - |
1998 | Barry Sheavills | - | Niclas Andersson | Peter Beck | Leif Andreasson |
1999 | Gordie Bonin | - | Niclas Andersson | Jarmo Roivas | Mikael Kågered |
2000 | Anita Mäkelä | - | Niclas Andersson | Eero Kilpeläinen | Leif Andreasson |
2001 | Anita Mäkelä | - | Michael Malmgren | Robert Turner | Leif Andreasson |
2002 | Kim Reymond | - | Michael Malmgren | Peter Schöfer | Mikael Kågered |
2003 | Smax Smith | - | Michael Malmgren | Dave Wilson | Urs Erbacher |
2004 | Andy Carter | - | Jimmy Ålund | Dave Wilson | Urs Erbacher |
2005 | Lex Joon | - | Jimmy Ålund | Dave Wilson | Urs Erbacher |
2006 | Håkan Nilsson | Urban Johansson | Jimmy Ålund | Dave Wilson | Ulf Leanders |
2007 | Urs Erbacher | Michael Gullqvist | Jimmy Ålund | Dave Wilson | Fredrik Fagerstrom |
2008 | Andy Carter | Mikael Lindahl | Jimmy Ålund | Peter Schöfer | Ulf Leanders |
2009 | Andy Carter | Mats Eriksson | Jimmy Ålund | Timo Habermann | Ulf Leanders |
2010 | Urs Erbacher | Johan Lindberg | Michael Malmgren | Timo Habermann | Dan Larsen |
2011 | Urs Erbacher | Michael Gullqvist | Jimmy Ålund | Fred Hanssen | Ulf Leanders |
2012 | Risto Poutiainen | Michael Gullqvist | Thomas Lindström | Monty Bugeja | Leif Andreasson |
2013 | Thomas Naatas | Michael Gullqvist | Jimmy Ålund | Jonny Lagg | Jonnie Lindberg |
2014 | Mikael Kagered | Mattias Wulcan | Jimmy Ålund | Chris Polidano | Jonnie Lindberg |
2015 | Mikael Kagered | Michael Gullqvist | Thomas Lindström | Dennis Habermann | Leif Andreasson |
2016 | Anita Mäkelä | Michael Gullqvist | Jimmy Ålund | Jonny Lagg | Johnny Oksa |
2017 | Duncan Micallef | Michael Gullqvist | Bengt Ljungdahl | Timo Habermann 1 | |
2018 | Anita Mäkelä | Jimmy Ålund | Bengt Ljungdahl | Dennis Habermann | |
2019 | Anita Mäkelä | Jan Ericsson | Jimmy Ålund | Sandro Bellio | |
2020 | Season canceled 2 |
1 - For the 2017 season, the Top Methanol & Top Methanol Funny Car classes were merged.
2 - The 2020 season was canceled by the FIA due to the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports regulations of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2017 on fia.com
- ↑ Sports regulations of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2013 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1996 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1996 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1996 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1997 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1997 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1997 in the Internet Archive
- ↑ a b c d Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1998 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Methanol Funny Car Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 1999 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
- ↑ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Methanol Funny Car Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2000 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Fuel class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Pro Stock Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
- ↑ Result of the Top Methanol Dragster Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
- ^ Result of the Top Methanol Funny Car Class of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2001 in the Internet Archive
- ↑ a b c d Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2002 in the Internet Archive
- ↑ a b c d Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2003 in the Internet Archive
- ↑ a b c d Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2004 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2005 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2006 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2007 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2008 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2009 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2010 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2011 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2012 on eurodragster.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2013 on fia.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2014 on fia.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2015 on fia.com
- ↑ a b c d e Results of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2016 on fia.com
- ↑ a b c d Standings . In: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . January 22, 2015 ( fia.com [accessed September 10, 2017]).
- ↑ a b c d Standings . In: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . November 11, 2018 ( fia.com [accessed November 1, 2018]).
- ↑ a b c d Standings . In: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . September 21, 2019 ( fia.com [accessed September 21, 2019]).
- ↑ Remco Scheelings: FIA European Drag Racing Championship Season Canceled. In: dragracingeurope.eu. June 26, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 .