2015 European Touring Car Cup

The 2015 FIA European Touring Car Cup is the eleventh running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It will consist of six events in Hungary, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Belgium and Italy.^[1] The championship will be split into three categories: Super 2000 for TC2 Turbo and TC2 machinery, Super 1600, and the Single-Make Trophy for cars such as the SEAT León Supercopa.

2015 European Touring Car Cup

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Nikolay Karamyshev, Petr Fulín, Gilles Bruckner and Dmitry Bragin will be the defending champions in TC2 Turbo, TC2, Super 1600 and Single-makes Trophy respectively. From these four only Bruckner will be able to defend his title as Fulín moved to the Single-makes Trophy, while Karamyshev and Bragin left the series.

Teams and drivers

TC2 Turbo
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ülkü Motorsport[2]	BMW 320 TC	2	Ümit Ülkü[2]	All
		3	Galip Atar[2]	All
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport[2]		4	Aytaç Biter[2]	All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[2]		5	Davit Kajaia[2]	All
		6	Franz Engstler[3]	6
TC2
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Rikli Motorsport[2]	Honda Civic FD	12	Peter Rikli[2]	All
		24	Daniel Conrad[2]	All
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport[4]	BMW 320si	13	Ibrahim Okyay[4]	All
Krenek Motorsport[5]		20	Michal Matějovský[5]	All
Super 1600
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Gilles Bruckner[2]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	31	Gilles Bruckner[2]	All
Ben Lintgen	Ford Fiesta ST	32	Ben Lintgen[6]	5
Ravenol Team[2]	Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V	33	Ulrike Krafft[2]	All
		34	Erwin Lukas	3–6
		35	Christian Kranenberg[2]	1
Niklas Mackschin[2]		36	Niklas Mackschin[2]	All
Florian Hildner[2]		38	Florian Hildner[2]	All
Single-Make Trophy
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
ADAC Team Hessen-Thüringen e.V[2]	SEAT León Cup Racer	55	Andreas Pfister[7]	All
LEIN Racing[8][9]		62	Dejan Bulatovič[9]	2–4
		77	Mladen Lalušić[9]	2–4
Topcar Sport[2]		66	Ronny Jost[2]	All
Homola Motorsport[2]		70	Maťo Homola[10]	All
Krenek Motorsport[5]		72	Petr Fulín[5]	All
Baporo Motorsport[2]		73	Alexandr Artemyev[2]	1
Zengő Motorsport[2]		96	Ferenc Ficza[2]	1–2
		99	Norbert Tóth[9]	2
NIS Petrol B3 Racing Team[2]		98	Dušan Borković[2]	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Overall winner	Winning SMT	Winning TC2T	Winning TC2	Winning S1600
1	R1	Hungaroring	3 May	Dušan Borković	Ferenc Ficza	Ferenc Ficza	Ferenc Ficza	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
	R2				Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Peter Rikli	Niklas Mackschin
2	R1	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	21 June	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Ulrike Krafft
	R2				Davit Kajaia	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	28 June	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Peter Rikli	Niklas Mackschin
	R2				Dušan Borković	Andreas Pfister	Andreas Pfister	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
4	R1	Masaryk Circuit	6 September	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
	R2				Dejan Bulatovič	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Davit Kajaia	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
5	R1	Circuit Zolder	20 September	Davit Kajaia	Davit Kajaia	Maťo Homola	Maťo Homola	Aytaç Biter	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
	R2				Maťo Homola	Dušan Borković	Dušan Borković	Ümit Ülkü	Michal Matějovský	Niklas Mackschin
6	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	11 October	Dušan Borković	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Petr Fulín	Davit Kajaia	Peter Rikli	Gilles Bruckner
	R2				Davit Kajaia	Franz Engstler	Petr Fulín	Franz Engstler	Peter Rikli	Niklas Mackschin

Championship standings

Pos Driver HUN SVK LEC BRN ZOL PER  Pts  TC2 Turbo 1 Davit Kajaia 21 4 51 2 31 6 31 3 101 9 22 2 149 2 Aytaç Biter 93 6 162 Ret 92 10 102 11 52 10 8 8 100 3 Ümit Ülkü 132 10 13 12 123 9 123 15 DSQ3 7 93 9 90 4 Galip Atar 12 14 153 14 14 14 15 17 9 12 11 12 73 5 Franz Engstler 31 1 42 TC2 1 Michal Matějovský 81 9 81 6 111 8 81 5 41 6 62 7 147 2 Peter Rikli 102 8 9 7 103 11 113 10 7 8 51 6 130 3 Ibrahim Okyay 143 NC 112 8 132 13 132 9 62 Ret 73 10 86 4 Daniel Conrad 11 13 14 13 17† Ret 14 12 Ret3 11 10 11 64 Super 1600 1 Niklas Machschin 151 15 182 15 151 15 161 13 111 13 143 14 150 2 Gilles Bruckner 173 17 193 16 202 19† 173 14 122 Ret 132 15 105 3 Ulrike Krafft 162 16 171 17 163 16 182 Ret 143 14 Ret1 16 94 4 Florian Hildner 18 19 Ret DNS 19 17 19 16 15 16 15 17 62 5 Erwin Lukas 18 18 DNS DNS 13 15 16 18 41 6 Christian Kranenberg Ret 18 5 7 Ben Lintgen Ret DNS 0 Single-Make Trophy 1 Dušan Borković 51 1 33 1 11 2 22 1 32 1 Ret1 13 110 2 Petr Fulín 32 3 11 4 2 12 4 DNS 23 4 13 3 107 3 Andreas Pfister 43 12 6 5 42 1 5 6 Ret 5 12 4 78 4 Maťo Homola Ret 5 22 3 73 3 11 2 11 3 Ret2 DNS 77 5 Ronny Jost 6 7 7 9 5 4 7 4 8 2 4 5 75 6 Dejan Bulatovič 10 11 6 5 63 8 20 7 Ferenc Ficza 1 2 20† Ret 18 8 Mladen Lalušić 12 10 8 7 9 7 15 9 Alexandr Artemyev 7 11 6 10 Norbert Tóth 4 Ret 5 Pos Driver HUN SVK LEC BRN ZOL PER  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

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

References

1. "FIA ETCC schedule confirmed for 2015". Official site of the FIA ETCC. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
2. "20 cars entered for ETCC season opener in Hungary". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
3. "Engstler to double up in the ETCC". FIA ETCC. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
4. Casillo, Pietro (15 April 2015). "Ibrahim Okyay announced for ETCC comeback". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
5. Hudson, Neil (28 January 2015). "Petr Fulín switches to new SEAT León for 2015 campaign". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
6. Hudson, Neil (17 September 2015). "Titles on offer at penultimate round of the ETCC in Zolder this weekend". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
7. Hudson, Neil (15 February 2015). "Andreas Pfister upgrades to new SEAT León for his fourth ETCC year". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
8. "New team joins the ETCC ranks in Slovakia". European Touring Car Cup. Eurosport Events Limited. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
9. Hudson, Neil (15 June 2015). "Expanded line-up for ETCC's second round at the Slovakiaring". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
10. "Mat'o Homola changes to SEAT for 2015 ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links

• Official website