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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 km 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 | Super Production class | Super 1600 class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | R2 | 2 | R1 | R2 | 3 | R1 | R2 | 4 | R1 | R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga | 28 March | GBR James Thompson | SWE Tomas Engström | GBR James Thompson | DNK Hartmann Honda Racing | ||||||||||||||
| PRT César Campaniço | PRT César Campaniço | PRT Novadriver Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||
| Salzburgring | 25 July | GBR James Thompson | DNK Michel Nykjær | DNK Michel Nykjær | ESP SUNRED Engineering | ||||||||||||||
| DNK Michel Nykjær | DNK Michel Nykjær | ESP SUNRED Engineering | |||||||||||||||||
| Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 5 September | *round cancelled* | |||||||||||||||||
| Autodromo di Franciacorta | 17 October | GBR James Thompson | DNK Michel Nykjær | DNK Michel Nykjær | ESP SUNRED Engineering | ||||||||||||||
| DNK Michel Nykjær | DNK Michel Nykjær | ESP SUNRED Engineering |
Championship standings
Super 2000
| Pos | Driver | BRA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRT | SAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT | FRA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Driver | BRA | |||||||
| PRT | SAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT | FRA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR James Thompson | **1** | 3 | **2** | 2 | **3** | 3 | **44** | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNK Michel Nykjær | *1* | *1* | *1* | *1* | **40** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE Tomas Engström | *2* | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | **38** | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TUR Ibrahim Okyay | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | **22** | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT Wolfgang Treml | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | **18** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRT César Campaniço | 4 | *1* | **15** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNK Kristian Poulsen | 3 | 2 | **14** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Peter Rikli | NC | 16 | 6 | 4 | **8** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Michaël Rossi | 6 | Ret | Ret | 5 | **7** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TUR Aytaç Biter | 5 | 8 | 8 | **8** | **7** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HRV Marin Čolak | 7 | 6 | **5** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UKR Andrii Kruglyk | 6 | 7 | **5** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RUS Timur Sadredinov | 9 | 5 | **4** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Jörg Schori | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | **4** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UKR Yuriy Protasov | 8 | **8** | **2** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UKR Leonid Protasov | 10 | 9 | 8 | **9** | **1** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UKR Irina Protasova | 12 | 12 | 9 | Ret | **0** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Massimo Zanin | 9 | NC | **0** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RUS Rustem Teregulov | DNS | DNS | **0** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Mariano Bellin | DNS | DNS | **0** |
Bold - Pole
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Super Production
| Pos | Driver | BRA | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRT | SAL | ||||||||||||
| AUT | FRA | ||||||||||||
| ITA | Pts | 1 | 2 | Pos | Driver | BRA | |||||||
| PRT | SAL | ||||||||||||
| AUT | FRA | ||||||||||||
| ITA | Pts | ||||||||||||
| SRB Vojislav Lekić | ***10*** | ***11*** | ***11*** | ***11*** | **40** | ||||||||
| ITA Fabio Fabiani | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | **32** | ||||||||
| LVA Marcis Birkens | ***Ret*** | DNS | **0** |
Super 1600
| Pos | Driver | BRA | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRT | SAL | ||||||||||||||||
| AUT | FRA | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Driver | BRA | |||||||
| PRT | SAL | ||||||||||||||||
| AUT | FRA | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
| DEU Carsten Seifert | 13 | 11 | **13** | **14** | ***10*** | ***9*** | **54** | ||||||||||
| DEU Jens Löhnig | ***11*** | ***10*** | *NC* | *13* | 12 | 13 | **44** | ||||||||||
| RUS Sergey Krylov | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | **25** | ||||||||||||
| DEU Charlie Geipel | 16 | 10 | **12** | ||||||||||||||
| DEU Florian Heitmeier | 14 | 13 | **12** | ||||||||||||||
| HRV Zeljko Marković | 15 | 15 | **9** |
References
References
- (2010-03-11). "ETCC event in Oschersleben was cancelled". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].
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