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It was created when the European Touring Car Championship finished at the end of 2004, being superseded by the World Touring Car Championship.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 and who 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, SEAT León Supercopa and Super 1600 cars are allowed.
Further changes were made in 2015 - the Single Make Trophy and Super 2000 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 was renamed ETCC-1 while the Super 1600 cars were renamed ETCC-2.
The event is organised by Eurosport Events, which also organises the World Touring Car Championship and European Rally Championship. The races are occasionally broadcast live or via 30 minute highlights on Eurosport.

Event format

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:
The points scored count towards the following trophies :

Event winners

European Touring Car Cup

DriverTotal
1 Petr Fulín12
2 Nikolay Karamyshev7
3 Maťo Homola5
4 Dušan Borković6
4 Fernando Monje6
4 Michel Nykjær6
7 Kris Richard4
8 Igor Skuz2
8 James Thompson2
8 Ryan Sharp2
10 Igor Stefanovski1
10 Franz Engstler1
10 Andreas Pfister1
10 Ferenc Ficza1
10 Norbert Kiss1
10 Mario Dablander1
10 Jordi Oriola1
10 Michal Matějovský1
10 Fabrizio Giovanardi1
10 Pepe Oriola1
10 César Campaniço1
10 Norbert Michelisz1
10 Oscar Nogués1
10 Tomas Engström1
10 Jason Plato1
10 Alex Zanardi1

ConstructorTotal
1 SEAT39
2 BMW11
3 Chevrolet9
4 Honda8
5 Alfa Romeo1

CarTotal
1SEAT León Cup Racer17
2SEAT León11
3Cruze 1.6T8
3BMW 320si8
5SEAT León TDI5
6Honda Civic TCR4
6Honda Accord Euro R4
7SEAT León Supercopa3
9BMW 320 TC2
10Alfa Romeo 1561
10SEAT León TFSI1
10SEAT León 2.0 TDI1
10Chevrolet Lacetti1
10SEAT Toledo Cupra1
10BMW 320i1