2010 European Touring Car Cup

Motorsport contest 2010 European Touring Car Cup 2009 2011 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 km off 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 Super 2000 class Team Car No. Drivers Rounds DNK Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 1 GBR James Thompson All 2 SWE Tomas Engström 1 4 AUT Wolfgang Treml 2–3 SWE Engström Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 2 SWE Tomas Engström 2–3 HRV Čolak Racing Team SEAT León 3 HRV Marin Čolak1 1–2 UKR Bevz Kostantyn BMW 320i E46 5 UKR Irina Protasova 1–2 6 UKR Yuriy Protasov 1 7 UKR Leonid Protasov 1–2 ESP SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 8 RUS Timur Sadredinov 1 12 FRA Michaël Rossi 1–2 SEAT León TDI 21 DNK Michel Nykjær 2–3 PRT Novadriver Racing Team BMW 320si 9 PRT César Campaniço 1 DNK Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 11 DNK Kristian Poulsen 1 TUR Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si 10 TUR Aytaç Biter 2–3 13 TUR Ibrahim Okyay All PRT Sports & You BMW 320si 14 PRT Francisco Carvalho2 UKR Tsunami Racing Team BMW 320i E46 17 UKR Andrii Kruglyk 2 CHE Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 19 CHE Peter Rikli 2–3 Honda Accord Euro R 20 CHE Jörg Schori 2–3 DEU Mayer Motorsport Audi A4 22 DEU Oliver Mayer3 2 DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 23 RUS Rustem Teregulov 2 ITA Promotor Sport BMW 320i E46 29 ITA Massimo Zanin 3 30 ITA Mariano Bellin 3 Super Production class LVA SC Papa's Racing Team Honda Civic Type-R 51 LVA Marcis Birkens 1 ITA F Motorsport BMW 320i E46 52 ITA Fabio Fabiani 2–3 SRB Đelmaš Sport Honda Civic Type-R 54 SRB Vojislav Lekić 2–3 Super 1600 class DEU NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST 71 DEU Carsten Seifert All 73 DEU Florian Heitmeier 1 DEU ATM Racing Ford Fiesta ST 72 DEU Jens Löhnig 1 Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 2–3 Ford Fiesta ST 74 RUS Sergey Krylov 2 Ford Fiesta 1.6 16v 3 Ford Fiesta ST 76 DEU Charlie Geipel 3 HRV Gena Autosport Citroën C2 VTS 75 HRV Zeljko Marković 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 Round Country Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga 28 March GBR James Thompson SWE Tomas Engström GBR James Thompson DNK Hartmann Honda Racing R2 PRT César Campaniço PRT César Campaniço PRT Novadriver Racing Team 2 R1 Salzburgring 25 July GBR James Thompson DNK Michel Nykjær DNK Michel Nykjær ESP SUNRED Engineering R2 DNK Michel Nykjær DNK Michel Nykjær ESP SUNRED Engineering 3 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 5 September round cancelledhttp://www.fiaetcc.com/html/Read_News.asp?idNews=147 European Touring Car Cup Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 2010-03-11 2010-07-25 ETCC event in Oschersleben was cancelled https://web.archive.org/web/20110711000255/http://www.fiaetcc.com/html/Read_News.asp?idNews=147 2011-07-11 dead R2 4 R1 Autodromo di Franciacorta 17 October GBR James Thompson DNK Michel Nykjær DNK Michel Nykjær ESP SUNRED Engineering R2 DNK Michel Nykjær DNK Michel Nykjær ESP SUNRED Engineering Championship standings Super 2000 Pos Driver BRAPRT SALAUT FRAITA Pts 1 GBR James Thompson 1 3 2 2 3 3 44 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 1 1 1 1 40 3 SWE Tomas Engström 2 7 3 3 2 2 38 4 TUR Ibrahim Okyay 5 4 7 6 5 5 22 5 AUT Wolfgang Treml 4 4 4 6 18 6 PRT César Campaniço 4 1 15 7 DNK Kristian Poulsen 3 2 14 8 CHE Peter Rikli NC 16 6 4 8 9 FRA Michaël Rossi 6 Ret Ret 5 7 10 TUR Aytaç Biter 5 8 8 8 7 11 HRV Marin Čolak 7 6 5 12 UKR Andrii Kruglyk 6 7 5 13 RUS Timur Sadredinov 9 5 4 14 CHE Jörg Schori 12 10 7 7 4 15 UKR Yuriy Protasov 8 8 2 16 UKR Leonid Protasov 10 9 8 9 1 17 UKR Irina Protasova 12 12 9 Ret 0 18 ITA Massimo Zanin 9 NC 0 RUS Rustem Teregulov DNS DNS 0 ITA Mariano Bellin DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver BRAPRT SALAUT FRAITA PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap Super Production Pos Driver BRAPRT SALAUT FRAITA Pts 1 SRB Vojislav Lekić 10 11 11 11 40 2 ITA Fabio Fabiani 11 12 14 12 32 LVA Marcis Birkens Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver BRAPRT SALAUT FRAITA Pts Super 1600 Pos Driver BRAPRT SALAUT FRAITA Pts 1 DEU Carsten Seifert 13 11 13 14 10 9 54 2 DEU Jens Löhnig 11 10 NC 13 12 13 44 3 RUS Sergey Krylov 14 15 13 14 25 4 DEU Charlie Geipel 16 10 12 5 DEU Florian Heitmeier 14 13 12 6 HRV Zeljko Marković 15 15 9 Pos Driver BRAPRT SALAUT FRAITA Pts References External links Official website of the FIA European Touring Car Cup Category:European Touring Car Cup European Touring Car Cup Category:2010 in European sport