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History It was created when the European Touring Car Championship finished at the end of 2004, being superseded by the World Touring Car Championship.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. Official Website of the European Touring Car Cup - Home Page 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 YearSuper 2000/TC2 Turbo/ETCC1Super Production/TC2Super 1600/ETCC2Single Makes TrophyDriverCarDriverCarDriverCarDriverCar 2005 Richard Göransson BMW 320i Lorenzo Falessi Alfa Romeo 147 SP not held not held 2006 Ryan Sharp SEAT León Aleksandr Lvov Honda Civic Type R not held not held 2007 Michel Nykjær SEAT León Aleksey Basov Honda Civic Type R not held not held 2008 Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Lacetti Fabio Fabiani BMW 320i Ralf Martin Ford Fiesta ST not held 2009 James Thompson Honda Accord Euro R Marcis Birkens Honda Civic Type R Carsten Seifert Ford Fiesta ST not held 2010 James Thompson Honda Accord Euro R Vojislav Lekić Honda Civic Type R Carsten Seifert Ford Fiesta ST not held 2011 Fabrizio Giovanardi Honda Accord Euro R Aleksandar Tosić Honda Civic Type R Thomas Mühlenz Ford Fiesta ST 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 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 Niklas Mackschin Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V not held 2017 Petr Fulín SEAT León TCR not held not held not held
Event winners
European Touring Car Cup (Super 2000/TC2 Turbo/ETCC1)
+DriversDriverTotal1 Petr Fulín 122 Nikolay Karamyshev 73 Maťo Homola 54 Dušan Borković 6 Fernando Monje 6 Michel Nykjær 67 Kris Richard 48 Igor Skuz 2 James Thompson 2 Ryan Sharp 210 Igor Stefanovski 1 Franz Engstler 1 Andreas Pfister 1 Ferenc Ficza 1 Norbert Kiss 1 Mario Dablander 1 Jordi Oriola 1 Michal Matějovský 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 Pepe Oriola 1 César Campaniço 1 Norbert Michelisz 1 Oscar Nogués 1 Tomas Engström 1 Jason Plato 1 Alex Zanardi 1 Manuel Pedro Fernandes 1
+ManufacturersConstructorTotal1 SEAT 392 BMW 113 Chevrolet 94 Honda 85 Alfa Romeo 1
+CarsCarTotal1 SEAT León Cup Racer 172 SEAT León 113 Cruze 1.6T 8 BMW 320si 85 SEAT León TDI 56 Honda Civic TCR 4 Honda Accord Euro R 47 SEAT León Supercopa 39 BMW 320 TC 210 Alfa Romeo 156 1 SEAT León TFSI 1 SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1 Chevrolet Lacetti 1 SEAT Toledo Cupra 1 BMW 320i 1
See also List of European Touring Car Cup drivers
References
External links Official Website of the FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP ETCC provides double Nordschleife touring car action Cupra Leasing Angebote und Fragen (in German) ETCC title chase resumes with home heroes in the mix