2016 European Touring Car Cup

The 2016 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the twelfth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It consisted of six events in France (twice), Slovakia, Germany, Portugal and Italy.

2016 European Touring Car Cup
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017
Parent series:
World Touring Car Championship

The championship was split into two categories: Super 2000 (including TC2 Turbo, TC2 and TCN-2 machinery) and Super 1600.[1]

Teams and drivers

The field of the 2016 ETCC season in Race 1 on the Nürburgring.
Niklas Mackschin in Race 1 on Nürburgring Nordschleife of 2016 ETCC season.

The races at the Nürburgring had both WTCC and ETCC competitors. ETCC competitors entered with their usual car numbers, but with 100 added up to it.

Super 2000
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
JSB Compétition[2] SEAT León Cup Racer[2] 2 Pierre Etiene Chaumat[2] 5
ADAC Team Hessen-Thuringen[3] SEAT León Cup Racer[3] 4 Andreas Pfister[3] 6
7 Pierre Humbert[4] 1
9 Wolfgang Kriegl[5] 2
Zengő Motorsport[3] SEAT León Cup Racer[3] 8 Norbert Nagy[3] All
Rikli Motorsport[6] Honda Civic TCR[6] 11 Kris Richard[6] All
12 Peter Rikli[6] All
24 Aku Pellinen[7] 6
72 Claudio Truffer[7] 6
SEAT León Cup Racer 75 Adrian Spescha[7] 6
ASK Lein Racing[8] SEAT León Cup Racer[8] 14 Igor Stefanovski[9] 6
17 Mladen Lalušić[8] 1–5
Lema Racing[9] SEAT León Cup Racer[9] 14 Igor Stefanovski[9] 1–4
27 Boštjan Avbelj 6
37 Fábio Mota[9] All
Krenek Motorsport[10] SEAT León Cup Racer[10] 19 Christjohannes Schreiber[10] All
22 Petr Fulín[10] All
Speedy Motorsport[11] SEAT León Cup Racer[11] 55 Manuel Pedro Fernandes[11] 4
Baporo Motorsport[3] SEAT León Cup Racer[3] 73 Alexandr Artemyev[3] 1
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[3] Honda Civic TCR[3] 77 René Münnich[3] 1
Sébastien Loeb Racing[12] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[12] 130 Teddy Clairet[13] 3
138 David Pouget[13] 3
Super 1600
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
RAVENOL Motorsport Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[3] 81 Niklas Mackschin[3] All
82 Ksenia Niks[3] All
83 Daniel Niermann[3] All
84 Ulrike Krafft[3] 1–3, 6
85 Tomáš Korený[14] 1–2, 4–6
ETH Tuning[15] Peugeot 207 Sport[15] 86 Andreas Rinke[15] All
88 Kevin Hilgenhövel[15] 1–2, 4–6
187 David Griessner[13] 3
Master KR Racing[3] Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V[3] 95 Sergii Kravets[16] 2–3
97 Pavlo Kopylets[16] 2–3
99 Andrii Ievtushenko[3] 1–2

Race calendar and results

The first four rounds were supporting the World Touring Car Championship, whereas the final two rounds were jointly with the FFSA GT Tour.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning S2000 Winning S1600
1 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard[1] 3 April René Münnich Kris Richard Petr Fulín Niklas Mackschin
R2 Petr Fulín Petr Fulín Niklas Mackschin
2 R1 Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 17 April Christjohannes Schreiber Christjohannes Schreiber Kris Richard Ulrike Krafft
R2 Christjohannes Schreiber Kris Richard Niklas Mackschin
3 R1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 28 May Petr Fulín Kris Richard Petr Fulín David Griessner
R2 Kris Richard Kris Richard Niklas Mackschin
4 R1 Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 26 June Norbert Nagy Norbert Nagy Manuel Pedro Fernandes Niklas Mackschin
R2 Petr Fulín Kris Richard Niklas Mackschin
5 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 10 July Kris Richard Kris Richard Petr Fulín Tomáš Korený
R2 Petr Fulín Kris Richard Kevin Hilgenhövel
6 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 October Aku Pellinen Igor Stefanovski Igor Stefanovski Niklas Mackschin
R2 Petr Fulín Petr Fulín Niklas Mackschin

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Qualifying points: 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for first race, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1.

Pos Driver LEC
SVK
NÜR
VIL
MAG
IMO
 Pts 
Super 2000
1 Kris Richard 5 Ret 1 1 22 1 4 1 41 1 23 2 109
2 Petr Fulín 12 1 EX2 4 11 3 23 6 12 2 42 1 109
3 Norbert Nagy 43 3 4 7 Ret3 DNS 111 3 3 5 6 8 58
4 Peter Rikli 3 2 2 2 5 6 3 Ret 13 3 10 16 57
5 Manuel Pedro Fernandes 12 2 40
6 Mladen Lalušić 6 5 5 3 8 7 5 5 5 Ret 40
7 Fábio Mota 9 Ret 33 5 7 EX Ret 4 6 Ret 8 4 32
8 Christjohannes Schreiber 7 8 EX1 6 6 2 13† Ret Ret DNS 5 9 28
9 Aku Pellinen 31 3 15
10 Igor Stefanovski 11 7 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 1 Ret 14
11 Pierre Etiene Chaumat 23 4 14
12 René Münnich 21 9 11
13 Teddy Clairet 3 4 11
14 David Pouget 4 5 9
15 Alexandr Artemyev 8 4 6
16 Andreas Pfister 11 5 4
17 Wolfgang Kriegl 6 8 4
18 Boštjan Avbelj 9 6 3
19 Pierre Humbert 10 6 3
20 Adrian Spescha 12 7 2
21 Claudio Truffer 7 Ret 2
Super 1600
1 Niklas Mackschin 121 10 93 9 Ret1 8 61 7 93 7 132 10 138
2 Andreas Rinke 143 14 11 12 103 9 9 8 10 9 16 11 85
3 Kevin Hilgenhövel 16 15 Ret 11 72 9 82 6 141 13 81
4 Tomáš Korený 13 13 10 13 83 Ret 71 8 15 12 71
5 Ksenia Niks 18 Ret 13 16 DNS DNS 10 10 11 10 18 15 38
6 Daniel Niermann 19 16 14 15 12 12 12 11 12 Ret 17 Ret 37
7 Ulrike Krafft 172 12 81 10 DNS DNS Ret 14 36
8 Andrii Ievtushenko 15 11 Ret2 Ret 16
9 David Griessner 92 EX 12
10 Pavlo Kopylets Ret Ret 11 10 12
11 Sergii Kravets 12 14 Ret 11 12
Pos Driver LEC
SVK
NÜR
VIL
MAG
IMO
 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

 — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
 — Double points were awarded.

References

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  5. Hudson, Neil (13 April 2016). "Austrian driver Wolfgang Kriegl confirmed as new sub for Andreas Pfister". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  6. Hudson, Neil (19 February 2016). "Rikli Motorsport to run two Honda Civic TCRs in ETCC TCN2". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
  7. Hudson, Neil (27 September 2016). "Aku Pellinen joins five-car Rikli assault at Imola". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
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  9. Hudson, Neil (17 March 2016). "Slovenian team Lema Racing to run two SEATs in ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  10. "Krenek Motorsport confirms two drivers for 2016 ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 December 2015.
  11. "FIA ETCC Vila Real Entry List 2016" (PDF). TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  12. "Sébastien Loeb Racing will also run Peugeots at the Nordschleife". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 April 2016.
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  14. Hudson, Neil (25 February 2016). "Tomáš Korený signs for Ravenol San for 2016 ETCC S1600 campaign". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  15. Hudson, Neil (3 February 2016). "ETH Tuning joins ETCC's Super 1600 class for 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
  16. "FIA ETCC Slovakia Ring Entry List 2016". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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