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.

2010 European Touring Car Cup
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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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
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
  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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