European Touring Car Cup
# European Touring Car Cup

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It was created when the European Touring Car Championship finished at the end of 2004, being superseded by the World Touring Car Championship.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

## Event format

* Saturday: two 30-minute practice sessions; one 30-minute qualifying session
* Sunday: one 15-minute warm-up session; two back-to-back 50 km races
* The grid of Race 2 is determined by Race 1 results, with top-8 in reverse order

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

## Point scoring system

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

* 1st 10 points; 2nd 8 points; 3rd 6 points; 4th 5 points; 5th 4 points; 6th 3 points; 7th 2 points; 8th 1 point

## Titles

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

* FIA Drivers’ European Touring Car Cup Super 2000
* FIA Drivers’ European Touring Car Cup Super 1600

## Champions

| Year | Super 2000/TC2 Turbo/ETCC1 | Super 2000/TC2 Turbo/ETCC1 | Super Production/TC2 | Super Production/TC2 | Super 1600/ETCC2 | Super 1600/ETCC2 | Single Makes Trophy | Single Makes Trophy |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Driver | Car | Driver | Car | Driver | Car | Driver | Car |
| 2005 | Richard Göransson | BMW 320i | Lorenzo Falessi | Alfa Romeo 147 SP | not held | not held | not held | not held |
| 2006 | Ryan Sharp | SEAT León | Aleksandr Lvov | Honda Civic Type R | not held | not held | not held | not held |
| 2007 | Michel Nykjær | SEAT León | Aleksey Basov | Honda Civic Type R | not held | not held | not held | not held |
| 2008 | Michel Nykjær | Chevrolet Lacetti | Fabio Fabiani | BMW 320i | Ralf Martin | Ford Fiesta ST | not held | not held |
| 2009 | James Thompson | Honda Accord Euro R | Marcis Birkens | Honda Civic Type R | Carsten Seifert | Ford Fiesta ST | not held | not held |
| 2010 | James Thompson | Honda Accord Euro R | Vojislav Lekic | Honda Civic Type R | Carsten Seifert | Ford Fiesta ST | not held | not held |
| 2011 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Honda Accord Euro R | Aleksandar Tosić | Honda Civic Type R | Thomas Mühlenz | Ford Fiesta ST | not held | not held |
| 2012 | Fernando Monje | SEAT León | Nikolay Karamyshev | Honda Civic Type R | Kevin Krammes | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | Stian Paulsen | SEAT León Supercopa |
| 2013 | Petr Fulín | BMW 320si | not held | not held | Kevin Krammes | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | Mario Dablander | SEAT León Supercopa |
| 2014 | Nikolay Karamyshev | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | Petr Fulín | BMW 320si | Gilles Bruckner | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | Dmitry Bragin | SEAT León Supercopa |
| 2015 | Davit Kajaia | BMW 320 TC | Michal Matějovský | BMW 320si | Niklas Mackschin | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | Dušan Borković | SEAT León Cup Racer |
| 2016 | Kris Richard | Honda Civic TCR | not held | not held | Niklas Mackschin | Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V | not held | not held |
| 2017 | Petr Fulín | SEAT León TCR | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held |

## Event winners

### European Touring Car Cup

Drivers :

| | Driver | Total |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Petr Fulín | 12 |
| 2 | Nikolay Karamyshev | 7 |
| 3 | Maťo Homola | 5 |
| 4 | Dušan Borković | 6 |
| 4 | Fernando Monje | 6 |
| 4 | Michel Nykjær | 6 |
| 7 | Kris Richard | 4 |
| 8 | Igor Skuz | 2 |
| 8 | James Thompson | 2 |
| 8 | Ryan Sharp | 2 |
| 10 | Igor Stefanovski | 1 |
| 10 | Franz Engstler | 1 |
| 10 | Andreas Pfister | 1 |
| 10 | Ferenc Ficza | 1 |
| 10 | Norbert Kiss | 1 |
| 10 | Mario Dablander | 1 |
| 10 | Jordi Oriola | 1 |
| 10 | Michal Matějovský | 1 |
| 10 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | 1 |
| 10 | Pepe Oriola | 1 |
| 10 | César Campaniço | 1 |
| 10 | Norbert Michelisz | 1 |
| 10 | Oscar Nogués | 1 |
| 10 | Tomas Engström | 1 |
| 10 | Jason Plato | 1 |
| 10 | Alex Zanardi | 1 |
| 10 | Manuel Pedro Fernandes | 1 |

Manufacturers :

| | Constructor | Total |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | SEAT | 39 |
| 2 | BMW | 11 |
| 3 | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 4 | Honda | 8 |
| 5 | Alfa Romeo | 1 |

Cars :

| | Car | Total |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | SEAT León Cup Racer | 17 |
| 2 | SEAT León | 11 |
| 3 | Cruze 1.6T | 8 |
| 3 | BMW 320si | 8 |
| 5 | SEAT León TDI | 5 |
| 6 | Honda Civic TCR | 4 |
| 6 | Honda Accord Euro R | 4 |
| 7 | SEAT León Supercopa | 3 |
| 9 | BMW 320 TC | 2 |
| 10 | Alfa Romeo 156 | 1 |
| 10 | SEAT León TFSI | 1 |
| 10 | SEAT León 2.0 TDI | 1 |
| 10 | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1 |
| 10 | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 1 |
| 10 | BMW 320i | 1 |
