1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge

The 1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge was the first running of the FIA Touring Car World Cup. It was held on 17 October 1993 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy. Paul Radisich won the event after winning both races, while Italy was the winning nation.

Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (1976-1993)

Entry list

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Nation No Driver Entrant Car 1993 Championship
  Australia 1 Tony Longhurst BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Australian Touring Car Championship
2 Mark Skaife Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera
  Belgium 3 Éric Bachelart Peugeot Belgium Peugeot 405 Belgian Touring Car Championship
4 Marc Duez Valier Motorsport BMW 318i
5 Eric van de Poele Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera French Supertouring Championship
7 Thierry Tassin BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i Belgian Touring Car Championship
  Switzerland 9 Bernard Thuner Eggenberger Motorsport Peugeot 405 unknown
  Germany 11 Frank Biela ROC Competition Audi 80 French Supertouring Championship
12 Alexander Burgstaller BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Italian Superturismo Championship
13 Christian Danner Schubel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
14 Franz Engstler Schubel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 German Touring Car Championship (Class 2)
15 Hans-Joachim Stuck ROC Competition Audi 80 24 Hours of Le Mans
16 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i British Touring Car Championship
  France 17 Laurent Aïello FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i French Supertouring Championship
18 Paul Belmondo Opel France Opel Vectra
19 Christophe Bouchut Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 405
20 Alain Cudini Opel France Opel Vectra
21 Phillipe Gache Fiat Auto France Alfa Romeo 155
22 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 405
23 Jean-Pierre Malcher FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i
24 Marc Sourd ROC Competition Audi 80
  Great Britain 25 Julian Bailey Team Securicor Toyota Toyota Carina British Touring Car Championship
26 John Cleland Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall Cavalier
27 Robb Gravett Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 405
28 Will Hoy Team Securicor Toyota Toyota Carina
29 David Leslie Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Cavalier
30 Kieth O'Dor Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera
31 Andy Rouse Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo
32 Steve Soper BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i
  Italy 33 Ivan Capelli Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera Italian Superturismo Championship
34 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot Talbot Italia Peugeot 405
35 Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
36 Stefano Modena Euroteam BMW 318i Italian Superturismo Championship
37 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155
38 Emanuele Pirro CiBiEmme BMW 318i
39 Roberto Ravaglia CiBiEmme BMW 318i
40 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155
  New Zealand 41 Paul Radisich Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo British Touring Car Championship
  Portugal 42 Ni Amorim TPM Opel Motorsport Opel Astra Portuguese Touring Car Championship
  Sweden 43 Per-Gunnar Andersson Peggen Motorsport BMW 318i Nordic Touring Car Championship
44 Slim Borgudd Mazda Cars Mazda Xedos 6 none
  Venezuela 45 Johnny Cecotto BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Italian Superturismo Championship
  South Africa 49 Deon Joubert BMW South Africa BMW 318i South African Touring Car Championship

Results

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Two sessions of qualifying were held one for cars with even and one for cars with odd numbers.

Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Car Lap Time
1 41   Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo Si 1:54.520
2 22   Yannick Dalmas Peugeot 405 1:54.600
3 35   Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:55.032
4 20   Alain Cudini Opel Vectra Gt 1:54.897
5 27   Rob Gravett Peugeot 405 1:55.162
6 16   Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i 1:55.276
7 19   Christophe Bouchut Peugeot 405 1:55.281
8 34   Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot 405 1:55.770
9 31   Andy Rouse Ford Mondeo Si 1:55.329
10 38   Emanuele Pirro BMW 318i 1:55.643
11 5   Eric Van de Poele Nissan Primera Gte 1:55.484
12 30   Kieth O'Dor Nissan Primera Gte 1:55.484
13 29   David Leslie Vauxhall Cavalier Gsi 1:55.484
14 32   Steve Soper BMW 318i 1:55.835
15 17   Laurent Aiello BMW 318i 1:55.594
16 12   Alexander Burgstaller BMW 318i 1:56.207
17 45   Johnny Cecotto BMW 318i 1:55.657
18 26   John Cleland Vauxhall Cavalier Gsi 1:56.233
19 39   Roberto Ravaglia BMW 318i 1:55.720
20 24   Marc Sourd Audi 80 Quattro 1:56.979
21 37   Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:56.099
22 18   Paul Belmondo Opel Vectra Gt 1:54.897
23 33   Ivan Capelli Nissan Primera Gte 1:56.662
24 2   Mark Skaife Nissan Primera Gte 1:56.662
25 25   Julian Bailey Toyota Carina E GT 1:56.764
26 28   Will Hoy Toyota Carina E GT 1:57.139
27 21   Philippe Gache Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:56.913
28 36   Stefano Modena BMW 318iS 1:57.182
29 1   Tony Longhurst BMW 318iS 1:56.970
30 4   Marc Duez BMW 318i 1:57.380
31 13   Christian Danner Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:56.991
32 43   Deon Joubert BMW 318i 1:57.516
33 23   Jean-Pierre Malcher BMW 318i 1:57.009
34 44   Slim Borgudd Mazda Xedos 6 1:57.665
35 11   Frank Biela Audi 80 Quattro 1:57.111
36 42   Ni Amorim Opel Astra 1:58.019
37 15   Hans Joachim Stuck Audi 80 Quattro 1:57.692
38 14   Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:58.141
39 7   Thierry Tassin BMW 318i 1:57.929
40 40   Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:58.436
41 3   Éric Bachelart Peugeot 405 1:58.275
42 9   Bernard Thuner Peugeot 405 1:58.377
43 43   Per-Gunnar Andersson BMW 318i 1:58.815

Races

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Drivers' standings

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Scoring system

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
40 30 24 20 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver Race
1
Race
2
Pts
1   Paul Radisich 1 1 80
2   Nicola Larini 3 2 54
3   Philippe Gache 12 3 33
4   Alain Cudini 2 21 30
5   Alexander Burgstaller 11 4 30
6   John Cleland 4 17 24
7   Christophe Bouchut 10 9 23
8   Yannick Dalmas 6 16 20
9   Eric van de Poele 18 5 19
10   Jean-Pierre Malcher 16 8 18
11   Alessandro Nannini 5 Ret 16
12   Emanuele Pirro 35 6 15
13   Stefano Modena 26 7 14
14   Joachim Winkelhock 7 Ret 14
15   Robb Gravett 8 Ret 13
16   Julian Bailey 9 Ret 12
17   Gabriele Tarquini 22 10 11
18   Christian Danner 37 11 10
19   Marc Duez 24 12 9
20   Ivan Capelli 25 13 8
21   Johnny Cecotto 13 26 8
22   Tony Longhurst 29 14 7
23   Franz Engstler 14 Ret 7
24   Roberto Ravaglia 38 15 6
25   Fabrizio Giovanardi 15 27 6
26   Frank Biela 19 18 5
27   Will Hoy 17 30 4
28   Andy Rouse Ret 19 2
29   Hans-Joachim Stuck 21 20 1
30   Marc Sourd 20 22 1
31   Slim Borgudd 23 Ret
32   Éric Bachelart Ret 23
33   Per-Gunnar Andersson 32 24
34   Bernard Thuner 27 25
35   Mark Skaife 33 28
36   Ni Amorim 28 Ret
37   Kieth O'Dor 31 29
38   Paul Belmondo 30 Ret
39   Laurent Aïello Ret 31
40   Thierry Tassin 34 32
41   David Leslie 36 Ret
42   Deon Joubert 39 Ret
  Steve Soper Ret DNS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Nations' standings

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Pos Nation Points
1   Italy 86
2   France 86
3   New Zealand 80
4   Germany 64
5   Belgium 28
6   Great Britain 15
7   Venezuela 8
8   Australia 7
  • Each nation nominated up to 5 point-scoring drivers.

References

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Images from 'Motorsport Aktuell'