2012 European Touring Car Cup

The 2012 FIA European Touring Car Cup is the eighth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It will consist of four events in Italy, Slovakia and Austria. The events will consist of two races run over a distance of approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) each. For the first time, five FIA categories will be eligible to enter: Super 2000, Super 1600, Super Production, SEAT León Supercopa and Renault Clio Cup.

Teams and drivers edit

Super 2000 class
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Krenek Motorsport BMW 320si 2   Petr Fulín[1] All
  Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport[2] BMW 320si 3   Aytaç Biter[3] All
  Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 4   Igor Skuz[4] 1
  SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 3–4
8   Fernando Monje[3] All
  Rado Central KFT–RCM Motorsport Peugeot 407 5   Gábor Tim[5] 1–2
  Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic FD 6   Peter Rikli[6] All
Honda Accord Euro R 9   Christian Fischer[6] All
  XFX Unicorse Alfa Romeo 156 7   Ferenc Ficza[7] 1–2
10   Csaba Gáspár 3
  Homola Motorsport BMW 320si 11   Maťo Homola 2–3
  SEAT Sport Slovakia SEAT León 2.0 TDI 20   Michal Matějovský 2
Single-makes Trophy
  Pfister Racing SEAT León Supercopa 22   Andreas Pfister[8] All
  Stian Paulsen Racing 23   Stian Paulsen[3] All
  PCR Sport 24   Urs Sonderegger[3] All
  SBM Motorsport 25   Patrick Nemec 2
  Krenek Motorsport 26   Jaromir Štádler 3–4
Super Production class
  ASK Vitro Racing Honda Civic Type R 31   Aleksandar Tošić[3] 1–3
  F Motorsport BMW 320i E46 32   Fabio Fabiani[3] 1, 4
  Nikolay Karamyshev Honda Civic Type R 33   Nikolay Karamyshev[3] All
Super 1600 class
  Ravenol Team Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 42   Ulrike Krafft[9] All
43   Kevin Krammes[9] All
44   Paolo Necchi[10] All
53   Erwin Lukas 2–4
  ATM Racing 45   Klaus Bingler[3] All
  Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Aveo 46   Alexander Frolov[11] 2
47   Vadim Meshcheryakov[11] 2–3
48   Wilson Borgnino[12] 2–4
55   Diego Romanini 4
  Rennsportteam Grossmann Ford Fiesta ST 49   Steffen Grossmann[3] All
  NK Racing Team 50   Ronny Reinsberger[3] All
  Michael Golz 51   Michael Golz[3] 1
  Team LuxMotor 52   Gilles Bruckner[3] All

Race calendar and results edit

Round Country Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 March   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   SUNRED Engineering
R2   Christian Fischer   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   SUNRED Engineering
2 R1   Slovakia Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 29 April   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   Michal Matějovský   SEAT Sport Slovakia
R2   Christian Fischer   Michal Matějovský   Petr Fulín   Krenek Motorsport
3 R1   Austria Salzburgring 20 May   Igor Skuz1   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   SUNRED Engineering
R2   Aytaç Biter   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   SUNRED Engineering
4 R1   Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 24 June   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   SUNRED Engineering
R2   Aytaç Biter   Fernando Monje   Fernando Monje   SUNRED Engineering
Notes
^1 — Fernando Monje originally qualified on pole position, but he received a 10-place grid penalty for a collision with Urs Sonderegger in Slovakia.[13]

Championship standings edit

Super 2000/1600 edit

Pos Driver MNZ
 
SVK
 
SAL
 
IMO
 
 Pts 
Super 2000
1   Fernando Monje 11 1 121 Ret 11 1 11 1 73
2   Peter Rikli 43 4 7 6 5 5 63 Ret 44
3   Petr Fulín DSQ2 EX 3 1 43 3 5 Ret 43
4   Igor Skuz 16 7 92 8 22 2 35
5   Aytaç Biter 7 Ret 11 10 8 7 8 6 25
6   Christian Fischer 8 Ret 8 9 21 DNS 7 4 23
7   Michal Matějovský 12 3 20
8   Ferenc Ficza 5 12 93 7 19
9   Maťo Homola 5 5 DNS DNS 12
10   Csaba Gáspár 7 4 11
  Gábor Tim DNS DNS 21 DNS 0
Super 1600
1   Kevin Krammes 111 8 15 13 121 12 152 11 77
2   Paolo Necchi 14 10 161 14 152 11 121 9 70
3   Ulrike Krafft 123 DNS Ret2 16 163 13 14 13 37
4   Wilson Borgnino DNS DNS 13 14 13 10 29
5   Gilles Bruckner 132 9 Ret3 DNS 17 15 Ret 12 29
6   Klaus Bingler 15 11 17 17 20 18 17 14 26
7   Ronny Reinsberger DNS DNS 22 15 18 16 Ret3 DNS 14
8   Erwin Lukas 20 19 19 17 16 16 13
9   Steffen Grossmann Ret DNS 19 18 Ret DNS 18 15 11
10   Vadim Meshecheriakov NC Ret 14 19 6
11   Alexander Frolov 18 DNS 5
12   Diego Romanini 19 DNS 1
  Michael Golz DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver MNZ
 
SVK
 
SAL
 
IMO
 
 Pts 
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

Super Production/Single-makes Trophy edit

Pos Driver MNZ
 
SVK
 
SAL
 
IMO
 
 Pts 
Super Production
1   Nikolay Karamyshev 102 6 141 11 102 9 10 8 83
2   Aleksandar Tošić 91 Ret 132 12 111 10 52
3   Fabio Fabiani EX EX 111 17 19
Single-Makes Trophy
1   Stian Paulsen 21 2 41 4 32 2 31 3 85
2   Andreas Pfister 32 3 22 2 21 6 42 5 79
3   Urs Sonderegger 63 5 10 Ret 63 Ret DNS3 DNS 26
4   Patrick Nemec 63 8 13
5   Jaromir Štádler Ret DNS 9 7 12
Pos Driver MNZ
 
SVK
 
SAL
 
IMO
 
 Pts 
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

References edit

  1. ^ "Petr Fulín to race in a S2000 BMW". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 10 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport back in the ETCC". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2012 FIA European Touring Car Cup: Rounds 1 & 2 - Monza, 11 March - Entry List" (PDF). European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Engstler's BMW 320 for Igor Skuz". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Gabór To Race In Former WTCC Peugeot". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Rikli Motorsport return to ETCC". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  7. ^ Hudson, Neil (1 March 2012). "XFX Unicorse to enter Alfa Romeo 156 in ETC Cup". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  8. ^ Hudson, Neil (2 March 2012). "Andreas Pfister first confirmed for Supercopa class". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  9. ^ a b Hudson, Neil (4 March 2012). "Team Ravenol to field three cars in S1600". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Kraft leads Ravenol Team's trio". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Maurer to race S1600 Chevrolet Aveo". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Argentine youngster joins Maurer". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Monje and Krafft get grid drops for Salzburgring". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 29 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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