The SEAT León Supercopa was a one-make racing series, organised by
SEAT Sport
Cupra Racing, formerly known as SEAT Sport, is the high-performance motorsport subsidiary of the Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT, founded in 1985, succeeding the "SEAT Special Vehicles department" which had been formed in 1971 with the mi ...
, the motorsport division of Spanish car manufacturer
SEAT. It used a modified version of the
SEAT León road car, and championships have been run in
Spain
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Germany
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,
Italy
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,
France
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, the
United Kingdom
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,
Turkey
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and
Hungary
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.
Car
The Supercopa originally used a car based on the Mk1 León Cupra R model. This was replaced for 2006 in Spain and Germany and 2007 in Britain by the Mk2 model.
Championships
Eurocup
The
SEAT León Eurocup was first held from 2008 to 2010, supporting 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 ...
. It was revived in 2014, in this case supporting the
International GT Open
The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It was a spin-off of the now-defunct Spanish GT Championship, but is now a distinct series featuring FIA GT3-spec ca ...
.
United Kingdom
SEAT introduced the championship to the UK in 2003 under the name SEAT Cupra Championship, as a support series for the
British Touring Car Championship
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as ...
, which SEAT Sport UK would go on to enter in 2004. The series was very popular and produced future touring car winners such as
Rob Huff
Robert Peter "Rob" Huff (born 25 December 1979) is a British professional racing driver. He currently competes in the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) driving for Zengő Motorsport. He was the 2012 World Touring Car Championship champion and the ...
,
Gordon Shedden
Gordon Shedden (born 15 February 1979) is a Scottish auto racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for the Halfords Racing with Cataclean team. He has previously won the series on three occasions; in 2012, 201 ...
and
Mat Jackson
Mat Jackson (born 10 June 1981) is a British racing driver.
Racing career
Early years
Born in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, Jackson started racing in karts in his teens, before finishing 4th in the 2000 Renault Clio Cup, his first attempt ...
. The series was ended at the end of 2008 due to SEAT UK's withdrawal from motorsport activities. Plans for an independent Supercopa Challenge to be held in the UK in 2009 were scrapped due to a lack of entries.
Spain
The Supercopa was started by SEAT Sport in Spain in 2002, ahead of the brand's move into 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 ...
for 2003. Oscar Nouges and Marc Carol have won the most championships in the series, both have driven in WTCC SUNREDs as well as the 2007 champion José Manuel Pérez-Aicart driving in WTCC.
Germany
The German series began in 2004 and was held until 2011.
Sebastian Stahl won the first edition, beating
Peter Terting
Peter Terting is a German auto racing driver, born on 19 February 1984 in Kempten. He won the Volkswagen Lupo Cup in 2002, earning him a DTM drive for Abt Sportsline in 2003, although this proved to be too big a step up, and the teenager struggle ...
, who went on to race in 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 ...
for SEAT the following year.
Nicki Thiim
Nicki Thiim (born 17 April 1989 in Sønderborg, Denmark) is a Danish professional racing driver, and Aston Martin Racing works driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Biography
After competing in karting, Thiim won the 2006 Danish For ...
won in 2008 and later became a Porsche factory driver.
Italy
The Trofeo León Supercopa began in 2008 as part of the
Campionato Italiano Turismo Endurance
The Italian Superturismo Championship (Campionato Italiano Superturismo) is Italy's national motorsport series for touring cars. It was established in 1987 and its drivers' title has been held by such notable drivers as Le Mans winner Emanuele Pi ...
series, and is run by SEAT Motorsport Italia.
France
The French Supercopa was run from 2010 to 2012, organised by
Oreca
ORECA (Organisation Exploitation Compétition Automobiles) is a French racing team and race car constructor, founded in 1973 and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport. ...
as part of the
GT Tour The GT Tour is a format which contains different motorsports championships in France.
They are 8 different series at GT Tour events:
*FFSA GT Championship
The FFSA GT Championship (''Championnat de France FFSA GT'') is a French Grand Touring-sty ...
, supporting the
FFSA GT Championship
The FFSA GT Championship (''Championnat de France FFSA GT'') is a French Grand Touring-style sports car racing series that began in 1997. It is the main event of the ''Championnat de France des Circuits'' (formerly called ''Super Série FFSA'' a ...
.
Mexico
Hungary
The Hungarian Seat Leon Supercopa started in 2007.
Champions
External links
León Supercopa at SEAT Sport*
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SEAT Motorsport Italia
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SEAT Supercopa France
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SEAT León Eurocup
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Touring car racing series
SEAT
One-make series