2016 European Touring Car Cup

2016 European Touring Car Cup season
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The 2016 FIA European Touring Car Cup is the twelfth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It will consist of six events in France (twice), Slovakia, Germany, Portugal and Italy. The championship will be split into two categories: Super 2000 (including TC2 Turbo, TC2 and TCN-2 machinery) and Super 1600.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Super 2000
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
ADAC Team Hessen-Thuringen	SEAT León TCR[2]	7	Pierre Humbert	1
		9	Wolfgang Kriegl[3]	2
		TBA	Andreas Pfister[2]	TBA
Zengő Motorsport[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	8	Norbert Nagy[2]	1–2
Rikli Motorsport[4]	Honda Civic TCR[4]	11	Kris Richard[4]	1–2
		12	Peter Rikli[4]	1–2
Lema Racing[5]	SEAT León Cup Racer[5]	14	Igor Stefanovski[5]	1–2
		37	Fábio Mota[5]	1–2
ASK Lein Racing[6]	SEAT León TCR[6]	17	Mladen Lalušić[6]	1–2
		TBA	Milovan Vesnić[6]	TBA
Krenek Motorsport[7]	SEAT León TCR[7]	19	Christ-Johannes Schreiber[7]	1–2
		22	Petr Fulín[7]	1–2
Baporo Motorsport[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer[2]	73	Alexandr Artemyev[2]	1
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[2]	Honda Civic TCR[2]	77	René Münnich[2]	1
Sébastien Loeb Racing[8]	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[8]	TBA	TBA[8]	TBA
		TBA	TBA[8]	TBA
Super 1600
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Gena Autosport[2]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[2]	81	Niklas Mackschin[2]	1–2
		82	Ksenia Niks[2]	1–2
		83	Daniel Niermann[2]	1–2
Arkonic Racing[2]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[2]	84	Ulrike Krafft[2]	1–2
Ravenol Team SAN[9]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[9]	85	Tomáš Korený[9]	1–2
ETH Tuning[10]	Peugeot 207 Sport[10]	86	Andreas Rinke[10]	1–2
		88	Kevin Hilgenhövel[10]	1–2
Master KR Racing[2]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[2]	95	Sergii Kravets[11]	2
		97	Pavlo Kopylets[11]	2
		99	Andrii Ievtushenko[2]	1–2

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning S2000	Winning S1600	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard[1]	3 April	René Münnich	Kris Richard	Petr Fulín	Niklas Mackschin	World Touring Car Championship
	R2				Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Niklas Mackschin
2	R1	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	17 April	Christ-Johannes Schreiber	Christ-Johannes Schreiber	Kris Richard	Ulrike Krafft	World Touring Car Championship
	R2				Christ-Johannes Schreiber	Kris Richard	Niklas Mackschin
3	R1	Nürburgring Nordschleife	28 May					World Touring Car Championship Nürburgring 24 Hours
	R2
4	R1	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real	26 June					World Touring Car Championship
	R2
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	10 July					FFSA GT Championship
	R2
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	2 October					European Formula 3 FFSA GT Championship
	R2

Championship standings

Pos Driver LEC SVK NÜR VIL MAG IMO  Pts  Super 2000 1 Peter Rikli 3 2 2 2 30 2 Petr Fulín 1^2 1 EX^2 4 29 3 Kris Richard 5 Ret 1 1 24 4 Norbert Nagy 4^3 3 4 7 19 5 Mladen Lalušić 6 5 5 3 17 6 René Münnich 2^1 9 11 7 Fábio Mota 9 Ret 3^3 5 11 8 Christ-Johannes Schreiber 7 8 EX^1 6 9 9 Alexandr Artemyev 8 4 6 10 Igor Stefanovski 11 7 7 Ret 4 11 Wolfgang Kriegl 6 8 4 12 Pierre Humbert 10 6 3 Super 1600 1 Niklas Mackschin 12^1 10 9^3 9 42 2 Ulrike Krafft 17^2 12 8^1 10 32 3 Tomáš Korený 13 13 10 13 23 4 Andreas Rinke 14^3 14 11 12 21 5 Andrii Ievtushenko 15 11 Ret^2 Ret 15 6 Kevin Hilgenhövel 16 15 Ret 11 13 7 Daniel Niermann 19 16 14 15 7 8 Sergii Kravets 12 14 7 9 Ksenia Niks 18 Ret 13 16 4 10 Pavlo Kopylets Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver LEC SVK NÜR VIL MAG IMO  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) 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.

References

1. "Six event calendar for 2016 will include the Nordschleife". TouringCarTimes.net. 4 December 2015.
2. 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.
3. Hudson, Neil (13 April 2016). "Austrian driver Wolfgang Kriegl confirmed as new sub for Andreas Pfister". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
4. Hudson, Neil (19 February 2016). "Rikli Motorsport to run two Honda Civic TCRs in ETCC TCN2". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB).
5. Hudson, Neil (17 March 2016). "Slovenian team Lema Racing to run two SEATs in ETCC". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 18 March 2016.
6. Hudson, Neil (11 March 2016). "Mladen Lalusic to compete for full ETCC campaign with Lein Racing". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 11 March 2016.
7. "Krenek Motorsport confirms two drivers for 2016 ETCC". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 10 December 2015.
8. "Sébastien Loeb Racing will also run Peugeots at the Nordschleife". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 20 April 2016.
9. Hudson, Neil (25 February 2016). "Tomáš Korený signs for Ravenol San for 2016 ETCC S1600 campaign". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 29 February 2016.
10. Hudson, Neil (3 February 2016). "ETH Tuning joins ETCC's Super 1600 class for 2016". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB).
11. "FIA ETCC Slovakia Ring Entry List 2016". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 15 April 2016.

External links

• Official website