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. Three FIA cups were awarded at the end of the season, one per 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, with six top-two finishes including three wins, and won the class by ten points from Jens Löhnig, who took the other three wins during the season.

Teams and drivers

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

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

Super 2000

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 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

Super Production

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

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

External links

• Official website of the FIA European Touring Car Cup