2010 European Touring Car Cup

The 2010 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the sixth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. The cup was expanded to three events for 2010, unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event. The season began at Braga on 28 March, and finished at Franciacorta on 17 October. Each event included two races of 50 kilometres (31 miles) in length, making a total of six rounds awarding points. At the end of the season, three FIA cups were awarded, one for each of the eligible categories: Super 2000, Super 1600 and Super Production. 100,000 euro prize money was awarded at each of the four race meetings: 65,000 euros to Super 2000, 25,000 to Super 1600 and 10,000 to Super Production.

In the top Super 2000 class, despite pressure from Michel Nykjær – who won each of the four races he contested at the Salzburgring and Franciacorta – in a SEAT León TDI, Hartmann Honda Racing's James Thompson finished as the class winner, with six top-three finishes in the season's six races, taking a victory in Braga en route to a four-point title win. César Campaniço was the other race winner at Braga, in a one-off outing in the Cup. Super Production was poorly supported with only Vojislav Lekić, Fabio Fabiani and Marcis Birkens competing in any of the races. Lekić won the four races he contested, ahead of Fabiani while Birkens suffered a retirement and a DNS in Braga. Carsten Seifert won the Super 1600 title, finishing with three victories and a total of six top-two finishes. He narrowly beat Jens Löhnig, who also had three wins, by ten points.

Teams and drivers edit

Super 2000 class
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 1   James Thompson All
2   Tomas Engström 1
4   Wolfgang Treml 2–3
  Engström Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 2   Tomas Engström 2–3
  Čolak Racing Team SEAT León 2.0 TFSI 3   Marin Čolak1 1–2
  Bevz Kostantyn BMW 320i E46 5   Irina Protasova 1–2
6   Yuriy Protasov 1
7   Leonid Protasov 1–2
  SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI 8   Timur Sadredinov 1
12   Michaël Rossi 1–2
SEAT León TDI 21   Michel Nykjær 2–3
  Novadriver Racing Team BMW 320si 9   César Campaniço 1
  Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 11   Kristian Poulsen 1
  Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si 10   Aytaç Biter 2–3
13   Ibrahim Okyay All
  Sports & You BMW 320si 14   Francisco Carvalho2
  Tsunami Racing Team BMW 320i E46 17   Andrii Kruglyk 2
  Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 19   Peter Rikli 2–3
Honda Accord Euro R 20   Jörg Schori 2–3
  Mayer Motorsport Audi A4 22   Oliver Mayer3 2
  Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 23   Rustem Teregulov 2
  Promotor Sport BMW 320i E46 29   Massimo Zanin 3
30   Mariano Bellin 3
Super Production class
  SC Papa's Racing Team Honda Civic Type-R 51   Marcis Birkens 1
  F Motorsport BMW 320i E46 52   Fabio Fabiani 2–3
  Djelmas Sport Honda Civic Type-R 54   Vojislav Lekić 2–3
Super 1600 class
  NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST 71   Carsten Seifert All
73   Florian Heitmeier 1
  ATM Racing Ford Fiesta ST 72   Jens Löhnig 1
Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 2–3
Ford Fiesta ST 74   Sergey Krylov 2
Ford Fiesta 1.6 16v 3
Ford Fiesta ST 76   Charlie Geipel 3
  Gena Autosport Citroën C2 VTS 75   Zeljko Markovic 3

1 Despite being on the Salzburgring entry list, Čolak did not compete at the meeting.

2 Despite being listed on the FIA ETCC website, Carvalho did not attend any of the meetings.

3 Although he was present at the Salzburgring meeting, Mayer did not take part. Instead he chose to focus on the ADAC Procar championship round which was held at the same event.

Race calendar and results edit

Round Country Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Portugal Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga 28 March   James Thompson   Tomas Engström   James Thompson   Hartmann Honda Racing
R2   César Campaniço   César Campaniço   Novadriver Racing Team
2 R1   Austria Salzburgring 25 July   James Thompson   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær   SUNRED Engineering
R2   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær   SUNRED Engineering
3 R1   Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 5 September round cancelled[1]
R2
4 R1   Italy Autodromo di Franciacorta 17 October   James Thompson   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær   SUNRED Engineering
R2   Michel Nykjær   Michel Nykjær   SUNRED Engineering

Championship standings edit

Super 2000 edit

Pos Driver BRA
 
SAL
 
FRA
 
Pts
1   James Thompson 1 3 2 2 3 3 44
2   Michel Nykjær 1 1 1 1 40
3   Tomas Engström 2 7 3 3 2 2 38
4   Ibrahim Okyay 5 4 7 6 5 5 22
5   Wolfgang Treml 4 4 4 6 18
6   César Campaniço 4 1 15
7   Kristian Poulsen 3 2 14
8   Peter Rikli NC 16 6 4 8
9   Michaël Rossi 6 Ret Ret 5 7
10   Aytaç Biter 5 8 8 8 7
11   Marin Čolak 7 6 5
12   Andrii Kruglyk 6 7 5
13   Timur Sadredinov 9 5 4
14   Jörg Schori 12 10 7 7 4
15   Yuriy Protasov 8 8 2
16   Leonid Protasov 10 9 8 9 1
17   Irina Protasova 12 12 9 Ret 0
18   Massimo Zanin 9 NC 0
  Rustem Teregulov DNS DNS 0
  Mariano Bellin DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver BRA
 
SAL
 
FRA
 
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 edit

Pos Driver BRA
 
SAL
 
FRA
 
Pts
1   Vojislav Lekić 10 11 11 11 40
2   Fabio Fabiani 11 12 14 12 32
  Marcis Birkens Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver BRA
 
SAL
 
FRA
 
Pts

Super 1600 edit

Pos Driver BRA
 
SAL
 
FRA
 
Pts
1   Carsten Seifert 13 11 13 14 10 9 54
2   Jens Löhnig 11 10 NC 13 12 13 44
3   Sergey Krylov 14 15 13 14 25
4   Charlie Geipel 16 10 12
5   Florian Heitmeier 14 13 12
6   Zeljiko Markovic 15 15 9
Pos Driver BRA
 
SAL
 
FRA
 
Pts

References edit

  1. ^ "ETCC event in Oschersleben was cancelled". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2010-03-11. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-07-25.

External links edit