The FIA European Touring Car Cup was an annual
touring car racing
Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States.
While the cars do not mov ...
event, which had been held at various locations across
Europe
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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
The European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second between 2000 and 2004. In 2005 it was superseded by the World ...
finished at the end of 2004, being superseded by the
World Touring Car Championship
The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...
.
The cars that are eligible are those complying with the FIA Super 2000, Super 2000 Diesel,
Super Production and
Super 1600
Super 1600, also known as S1600, is a rally car formula that was primarily used in the Junior World Rally Championship between 2001 and 2010, as well as international rallycross championships and various national rally championships. Any automobil ...
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 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.
[ 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
The Renault Clio Cup Series is a one-make racing series created and managed by Alpine Racing (until 2020 known as Renault Sport). The championship was born after merge the 4 active Renault Clio national cups at that moment plus the Clio Cup E ...
. 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
Super 1600, also known as S1600, is a rally car formula that was primarily used in the Junior World Rally Championship between 2001 and 2010, as well as international rallycross championships and various national rally championships. Any automobil ...
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
Super 1600, also known as S1600, is a rally car formula that was primarily used in the Junior World Rally Championship between 2001 and 2010, as well as international rallycross championships and various national rally championships. Any automobil ...
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
The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...
and
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship (officially FIA European Rally Championship) is an automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The championship has b ...
. The races were occasionally broadcast live or via 30 minute highlights on
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its international sports unit, it operates two main channels— Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, ...
.
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
Event winners
European Touring Car Cup
See also
*
List of European Touring Car Cup drivers
References
External links
Official Website of the FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP
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