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2010 European Touring Car Cup

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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

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

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

Championship standings

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Super 2000

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

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

Super 1600

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Pos Driver BRA
Portugal
SAL
Austria
FRA
Italy
Pts
1 Germany Carsten Seifert 13 11 13 14 10 9 54
2 Germany Jens Löhnig 11 10 NC 13 12 13 44
3 Russia Sergey Krylov 14 15 13 14 25
4 Germany Charlie Geipel 16 10 12
5 Germany Florian Heitmeier 14 13 12
6 Croatia Zeljko Marković 15 15 9
Pos Driver BRA
Portugal
SAL
Austria
FRA
Italy
Pts

References

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  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.
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