European Touring Car Cup

European Touring Car Cup
Vehicle type	Touring car
Country or region	Europe
Current name	European Touring Car Cup
First season	2005
Last season	2017
Official website	www.fiaetcc.com

The European Touring Car Cup ( ETCC or ETC Cup for short ) was a touring car cup at European level that was held by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile .

format

After the conversion of the European Touring Car Championship into the World Touring Car Championship , this Cup was proclaimed for touring cars in the Super 2000 , Super Production , Super 1600 (since 2008) and TCR (since 2016) classes. Up to and including 2009, this was an event that took place once a year and was expanded into a mini-racing series with three racing weekends for the first time in the 2010 season. After returning to the individual event in 2011, the ETCC was continuously expanded as an independent racing series from 2012 and included in the supporting program for the European races of the WTCC . For the 2018 season, the TCR International Series will merge with the World Touring Car Championship to form the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR), whereupon the ETCC, which was last held only with vehicles according to the TCR regulations, will be discontinued. The TCR Europe can be seen as the legitimate successor to the ETCC.

As in the World Touring Car Championship, two races were held per race weekend, with the first eight drivers starting in the second run in the reverse order of the income from the first run.

history

In 2005 the ETCC debuted. In contrast to the old European championship, this series only consisted of a single racing weekend. In addition, the name was changed to European Touring Car Cup to express the lower value compared to the European Championship. On October 16, 2005, the first race was held in Vallelunga . Richard Göransson on a BMW 320i was the first ETCC winner . Although he didn't win a race, he took the title because he had collected the most points with two second places.

On October 22nd, 2006, the ETC Cup started in Estoril for its only two races. The winner was Ryan Sharp , who is also active in the World Touring Car Championship .

In 2007 the event took place on October 28th in Italy at the Adria International Raceway . After a second place behind Tomas Engström in the first race and a victory in race two, the cup went to Michel Nykjær .

For 2008, October 19 was set as the date by the FIA. The event was held on the Austrian Salzburgring . With a victory in the first run and a second place in the second run behind the reigning Seat Leon Eurocup winner Oscar Nogués , Michel Nykjær was able to defend his title.

In 2009 the Cup returned to Portugal, but on the Circuito Vasco Sameiro near Braga. Norbert Michelisz and James Thompson won the races . Thompson took the overall victory.

In 2010 the European Touring Car Cup was expanded to include a small racing series of three events. The ETCC made another guest appearance in Braga and on the Salzburgring as well as in Franciacorta . The two race wins in Braga were achieved by James Thompson and César Campaniço . Michel Nykjær won the following four races. Nevertheless, Thompson was able to defend his title because, unlike Nykjær, he had already taken part in the first event and thus got a lead in the standings that Nykjær could no longer catch up.

In the 2011 season , a single event was held again, the venue was the Austrian Salzburgring on July 24, 2011. Both Fabrizio Giovanardi and Pepe Oriola were able to win one race and finish the other in second place, but the title went to Giovanardi, there he was credited one point more for his pole position than the Spaniard, who won the second race.

In 2012 the ETC Cup will be held as a series with four race weekends. For the first time the Single-Make-Trophy was held, in which Seat Leons from the Seat Leon Eurocup can participate. Fernando Monje won six out of eight races and was the superior champion.

Racetracks

Racetracks

Timeline of the racetracks of the European Touring Car Cup

2000s

2010s

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6th

7th

8th

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6th

7th

Spa Francorchamps

Zolder

North loop

Magny-Cours

Paul Ricard

Adriatic

Franciacorta

Imola

Monza

Pergusa

Vallelunga

Salzburgring

Braga

Estoril

Vila Real

Slovakia Ring

Brno

Must

Hungaroring

██ Individual event ██ Racing series ██ Racing series (in the supporting program of the WTCC)

Overall winner

year	route		Super 2000			Super production			Super 1600			Single-Make-Trophy
			driver	vehicle		driver	vehicle		driver	vehicle		driver	vehicle
2005	Vallelunga		Richard Göransson	BMW 320i		Lorenzo Falessi	Alfa Romeo 147 SP
2006	Estoril		Ryan Sharp	Seat Leon TFSI		Alexander Lvov	Honda Civic Type R
2007	Adriatic		Michel Nykjær	Seat Leon TFSI		Aleksey Basov	Honda Civic Type R
2008	Salzburgring		Michel Nykjær	Chevrolet Lacetti		Fabio Fabiani	BMW 320i		Ralf Martin	Ford Fiesta ST
2009	Braga		James Thompson	Honda Accord Euro R.		Marcis Birkens	Honda Civic Type R		Carsten Seifert	Ford Fiesta ST
2010	Braga Salzburgring Franciacorta		James Thompson	Honda Accord Euro R.		Vojislav Lekić	Honda Civic Type R		Carsten Seifert	Ford Fiesta ST
2011	Salzburgring		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Honda Accord Euro R.		Aleksandar Tošić	Honda Civic Type R		Thomas Mühlenz	Ford Fiesta ST
2012	Monza Slovakiaring Salzburgring Imola		Fernando Monje	Seat Leon 2.0 TDI		Nikolay Karamyshev	Honda Civic Type-R		Kevin Krammes	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V		Stian Paulsen	Seat Leon Supercopa
2013	Monza Slovakiaring Salzburgring Pergusa Brno		Petr Fulin	BMW 320si		-	-		Kevin Krammes	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V		Mario Dablander	Seat Leon Supercopa
year			Super 2000 TC2			Super 2000 TC2T			Super 1600			Single-Make-Trophy
			driver	vehicle		driver	vehicle		driver	vehicle		driver	vehicle
2014			Petr Fulin	BMW 320si		Nikolay Karamyshev	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T		Gilles Bruckner	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V		Dmitry Bragin	Seat Leon Supercopa
2015			Michal Matějovský	BMW 320si		Davit Kajaia	BMW 320 TC		Niklas Mackschin	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V		Dušan Borković	Seat Leon Cup Racer
year			ETCC 1 / Super 2000						ETCC 2 / Super 1600
			driver	vehicle					driver	vehicle
2016			Kris Richard	Honda Civic TCR					Niklas Mackschin	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V
2017			Petr Fulin	Seat León TCR					-	-

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Markus Lüttgens & Jack Cozens: Change to TCR regulations: WTCC loses world championship status. Motorsport-Total.com, December 6, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .