2016 European Touring Car Cup

The 2016 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the twelfth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It consisted of six events in France (twice), Slovakia, Germany, Portugal and Italy.

The championship was split into two categories: Super 2000 (including TC2 Turbo, TC2 and TCN-2 machinery) and Super 1600.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

 
The field of the 2016 ETCC season in Race 1 on the Nürburgring.
 
Niklas Mackschin in Race 1 on Nürburgring Nordschleife of 2016 ETCC season.

The races at the Nürburgring had both WTCC and ETCC competitors. ETCC competitors entered with their usual car numbers, but with 100 added up to it.

Super 2000
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  JSB Compétition[2] SEAT León Cup Racer[2] 2   Pierre Etiene Chaumat[2] 5
  ADAC Team Hessen-Thüringen[3] SEAT León Cup Racer[3] 4   Andreas Pfister[3] 6
7   Pierre Humbert[4] 1
9   Wolfgang Kriegl[5] 2
  Zengő Motorsport[3] SEAT León Cup Racer[3] 8   Norbert Nagy[3] All
  Rikli Motorsport[6] Honda Civic TCR[6] 11   Kris Richard[6] All
12   Peter Rikli[6] All
24   Aku Pellinen[7] 6
72   Claudio Truffer[7] 6
SEAT León Cup Racer 75   Adrian Spescha[7] 6
  ASK Lein Racing[8] SEAT León Cup Racer[8] 14   Igor Stefanovski[9] 6
17   Mladen Lalušić[8] 1–5
  Lema Racing[9] SEAT León Cup Racer[9] 14   Igor Stefanovski[9] 1–4
27   Boštjan Avbelj 6
37   Fábio Mota[9] All
  Krenek Motorsport[10] SEAT León Cup Racer[10] 19   Christjohannes Schreiber[10] All
22   Petr Fulín[10] All
  Speedy Motorsport[11] SEAT León Cup Racer[11] 55   Manuel Pedro Fernandes[11] 4
  Baporo Motorsport[3] SEAT León Cup Racer[3] 73   Alexandr Artemyev[3] 1
  ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[3] Honda Civic TCR[3] 77   René Münnich[3] 1
  Sébastien Loeb Racing[12] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[12] 130   Teddy Clairet[13] 3
138   David Pouget[13] 3
Super 1600
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  RAVENOL Motorsport Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[3] 81   Niklas Mackschin[3] All
82   Ksenia Niks[3] All
83   Daniel Niermann[3] All
84   Ulrike Krafft[3] 1–3, 6
85   Tomáš Korený[14] 1–2, 4–6
  ETH Tuning[15] Peugeot 207 Sport[15] 86   Andreas Rinke[15] All
88   Kevin Hilgenhövel[15] 1–2, 4–6
187   David Griessner[13] 3
  Master KR Racing[3] Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[3] 95   Sergii Kravets[16] 2–3
97   Pavlo Kopylets[16] 2–3
99   Andrii Ievtushenko[3] 1–2

Race calendar and results edit

The first four rounds were supporting the World Touring Car Championship, whereas the final two rounds were jointly with the FFSA GT Tour.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning S2000 Winning S1600
1 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard[1] 3 April   René Münnich   Kris Richard   Petr Fulín   Niklas Mackschin
R2     Petr Fulín   Petr Fulín   Niklas Mackschin
2 R1   Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 17 April   Christjohannes Schreiber   Christjohannes Schreiber   Kris Richard   Ulrike Krafft
R2     Christjohannes Schreiber   Kris Richard   Niklas Mackschin
3 R1   Nürburgring Nordschleife 28 May   Petr Fulín   Kris Richard   Petr Fulín   David Griessner
R2     Kris Richard   Kris Richard   Niklas Mackschin
4 R1   Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 26 June   Norbert Nagy   Norbert Nagy   Manuel Pedro Fernandes   Niklas Mackschin
R2     Petr Fulín   Kris Richard   Niklas Mackschin
5 R1   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 10 July   Kris Richard   Kris Richard   Petr Fulín   Tomáš Korený
R2     Petr Fulín   Kris Richard   Kevin Hilgenhövel
6 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 October   Aku Pellinen   Igor Stefanovski   Igor Stefanovski   Niklas Mackschin
R2     Petr Fulín   Petr Fulín   Niklas Mackschin

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Qualifying points: 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for first race, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1.

Pos Driver LEC
 
SVK
 
NÜR
 
VIL
 
MAG
 
IMO
 
 Pts 
Super 2000
1   Kris Richard 5 Ret 1 1 22 1 4 1 41 1 23 2 109
2   Petr Fulín 12 1 EX2 4 11 3 23 6 12 2 42 1 109
3   Norbert Nagy 43 3 4 7 Ret3 DNS 111 3 3 5 6 8 58
4   Peter Rikli 3 2 2 2 5 6 3 Ret 13 3 10 16 57
5   Manuel Pedro Fernandes 12 2 40
6   Mladen Lalušić 6 5 5 3 8 7 5 5 5 Ret 40
7   Fábio Mota 9 Ret 33 5 7 EX Ret 4 6 Ret 8 4 32
8   Christjohannes Schreiber 7 8 EX1 6 6 2 13† Ret Ret DNS 5 9 28
9   Aku Pellinen 31 3 15
10   Igor Stefanovski 11 7 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 1 Ret 14
11   Pierre Etiene Chaumat 23 4 14
12   René Münnich 21 9 11
13   Teddy Clairet 3 4 11
14   David Pouget 4 5 9
15   Alexandr Artemyev 8 4 6
16   Andreas Pfister 11 5 4
17   Wolfgang Kriegl 6 8 4
18   Boštjan Avbelj 9 6 3
19   Pierre Humbert 10 6 3
20   Adrian Spescha 12 7 2
21   Claudio Truffer 7 Ret 2
Super 1600
1   Niklas Mackschin 121 10 93 9 Ret1 8 61 7 93 7 132 10 138
2   Andreas Rinke 143 14 11 12 103 9 9 8 10 9 16 11 85
3   Kevin Hilgenhövel 16 15 Ret 11 72 9 82 6 141 13 81
4   Tomáš Korený 13 13 10 13 83 Ret 71 8 15 12 71
5   Ksenia Niks 18 Ret 13 16 DNS DNS 10 10 11 10 18 15 38
6   Daniel Niermann 19 16 14 15 12 12 12 11 12 Ret 17 Ret 37
7   Ulrike Krafft 172 12 81 10 DNS DNS Ret 14 36
8   Andrii Ievtushenko 15 11 Ret2 Ret 16
9   David Griessner 92 EX 12
10   Pavlo Kopylets Ret Ret 11 10 12
11   Sergii Kravets 12 14 Ret 11 12
Pos Driver LEC
 
SVK
 
NÜR
 
VIL
 
MAG
 
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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
‡ — Double points were awarded.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Six event calendar for 2016 will include the Nordschleife". TouringCarTimes.net. 4 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "FIA ETCC Magny Cours Entry List 2016" (PDF). TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Hudson, Neil (22 March 2016). "ETCC reveals 19-car line-up for new two-tier 2016 season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. ^ Hudson, Neil (2 April 2016). "René Münnich leads ETCC free practice on a drying track in France". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  5. ^ Hudson, Neil (13 April 2016). "Austrian driver Wolfgang Kriegl confirmed as new sub for Andreas Pfister". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d Hudson, Neil (19 February 2016). "Rikli Motorsport to run two Honda Civic TCRs in ETCC TCN2". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
  7. ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (27 September 2016). "Aku Pellinen joins five-car Rikli assault at Imola". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
  8. ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (11 March 2016). "Mladen Lalusic to compete for full ETCC campaign with Lein Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e Hudson, Neil (17 March 2016). "Slovenian team Lema Racing to run two SEATs in ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d "Krenek Motorsport confirms two drivers for 2016 ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 December 2015.
  11. ^ a b c "FIA ETCC Vila Real Entry List 2016" (PDF). TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Sébastien Loeb Racing will also run Peugeots at the Nordschleife". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 April 2016.
  13. ^ a b c "FIA ETCC Nurburgring Nordschleife Entry List 2016" (PDF). TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  14. ^ Hudson, Neil (25 February 2016). "Tomáš Korený signs for Ravenol San for 2016 ETCC S1600 campaign". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  15. ^ a b c d Hudson, Neil (3 February 2016). "ETH Tuning joins ETCC's Super 1600 class for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
  16. ^ a b "FIA ETCC Slovakia Ring Entry List 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

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