1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge

The 1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge was the first running of the FIA Touring Car World Cup. It was held on 17 October 1993 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy. Paul Radisich won the event after winning both races, while Italy was the winning nation.

Entry list Nation No Driver Entrant Car 1993 Championship Australia 1 Tony Longhurst BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Australian Touring Car Championship 2 Mark Skaife Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera Belgium 3 Éric Bachelart Peugeot Belgium Peugeot 405 Belgian Touring Car Championship 4 Marc Duez Valier Motorsport BMW 318i 5 Eric van de Poele Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera French Supertouring Championship 7 Thierry Tassin BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i Belgian Touring Car Championship Switzerland 9 Bernard Thuner Eggenberger Motorsport Peugeot 405 unknown Germany 11 Frank Biela ROC Competition Audi 80 French Supertouring Championship 12 Alexander Burgstaller BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Italian Superturismo Championship 13 Christian Danner Schubel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 14 Franz Engstler Schubel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 German Touring Car Championship (Class 2) 15 Hans-Joachim Stuck ROC Competition Audi 80 24 Hours of Le Mans 16 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i British Touring Car Championship France 17 Laurent Aïello FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i French Supertouring Championship 18 Paul Belmondo Opel France Opel Vectra 19 Christophe Bouchut Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 405 20 Alain Cudini Opel France Opel Vectra 21 Phillipe Gache Fiat Auto France Alfa Romeo 155 22 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 405 23 Jean-Pierre Malcher FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i 24 Marc Sourd ROC Competition Audi 80 Great Britain 25 Julian Bailey Team Securicor Toyota Toyota Carina British Touring Car Championship 26 John Cleland Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall Cavalier 27 Robb Gravett Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 405 28 Will Hoy Team Securicor Toyota Toyota Carina 29 David Leslie Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Cavalier 30 Kieth O'Dor Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera 31 Andy Rouse Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo 32 Steve Soper BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i Italy 33 Ivan Capelli Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera Italian Superturismo Championship 34 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot Talbot Italia Peugeot 405 35 Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 36 Stefano Modena Euroteam BMW 318i Italian Superturismo Championship 37 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 38 Emanuele Pirro CiBiEmme BMW 318i 39 Roberto Ravaglia CiBiEmme BMW 318i 40 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 New Zealand 41 Paul Radisich Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo British Touring Car Championship Portugal 42 Ni Amorim TPM Opel Motorsport Opel Astra Portuguese Touring Car Championship Sweden 43 Per-Gunnar Andersson Peggen Motorsport BMW 318i Nordic Touring Car Championship 44 Slim Borgudd Mazda Cars Mazda Xedos 6 none Venezuela 45 Johnny Cecotto BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Italian Superturismo Championship South Africa 49 Deon Joubert BMW South Africa BMW 318i South African Touring Car Championship

Alain Menu was unable to compete for Switzerland due to injury. He would have driven a Renault 19. Vaclav Bervid appeared on the entry list for the Czech Republic, but did not participate. Jean-Pierre Jabouille originally appeared on the entry list for France, but was replaced by Yannick Dalmas for an unknown reason.

Results Two sessions of qualifying were held one for cars with even and one for cars with odd numbers.

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Car Lap Time 1 41 Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo Si 1:54.520 2 22 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot 405 1:54.600 3 35 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:55.032 4 20 Alain Cudini Opel Vectra Gt 1:54.897 5 27 Robb Gravett Peugeot 405 1:55.162 6 16 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i 1:55.276 7 19 Christophe Bouchut Peugeot 405 1:55.281 8 34 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot 405 1:55.770 9 31 Andy Rouse Ford Mondeo Si 1:55.329 10 38 Emanuele Pirro BMW 318i 1:55.643 11 5 Eric van de Poele Nissan Primera Gte 1:55.484 12 30 Kieth O'Dor Nissan Primera Gte 1:55.484 13 29 David Leslie Vauxhall Cavalier Gsi 1:55.484 14 32 Steve Soper BMW 318i 1:55.835 15 17 Laurent Aiello BMW 318i 1:55.594 16 12 Alexander Burgstaller BMW 318i 1:56.207 17 45 Johnny Cecotto BMW 318i 1:55.657 18 26 John Cleland Vauxhall Cavalier Gsi 1:56.233 19 39 Roberto Ravaglia BMW 318i 1:55.720 20 24 Marc Sourd Audi 80 Quattro 1:56.979 21 37 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:56.099 22 18 Paul Belmondo Opel Vectra Gt 1:54.897 23 33 Ivan Capelli Nissan Primera Gte 1:56.662 24 2 Mark Skaife Nissan Primera Gte 1:56.662 25 25 Julian Bailey Toyota Carina E GT 1:56.764 26 28 Will Hoy Toyota Carina E GT 1:57.139 27 21 Philippe Gache Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:56.913 28 36 Stefano Modena BMW 318iS 1:57.182 29 1 Tony Longhurst BMW 318iS 1:56.970 30 4 Marc Duez BMW 318i 1:57.380 31 13 Christian Danner Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:56.991 32 43 Deon Joubert BMW 318i 1:57.516 33 23 Jean-Pierre Malcher BMW 318i 1:57.009 34 44 Slim Borgudd Mazda Xedos 6 1:57.665 35 11 Frank Biela Audi 80 Quattro 1:57.111 36 42 Ni Amorim Opel Astra 1:58.019 37 15 Hans Joachim Stuck Audi 80 Quattro 1:57.692 38 14 Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:58.141 39 7 Thierry Tassin BMW 318i 1:57.929 40 40 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 1:58.436 41 3 Éric Bachelart Peugeot 405 1:58.275 42 9 Bernard Thuner Peugeot 405 1:58.377 43 43 Per-Gunnar Andersson BMW 318i 1:58.815

Races

Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo 15 32:17.790 1 40 2 20 Alain Cudini Opel Vectra 15 +1.517 4 30 3 35 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +3.607 3 24 4 26 John Cleland Vauxhall Cavalier 15 +3.716 18 20 5 37 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +5.679 21 16 6 22 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot 405 15 +16.505 2 15 7 16 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i 15 +17.596 6 14 8 27 Robb Gravett Peugeot 405 15 +17.596 5 13 9 25 Julian Bailey Toyota Carina 15 +20.498 25 12 10 19 Christophe Bouchut Peugeot 405 15 +21.165 7 11 11 12 Alexander Burgstaller BMW 318i 15 +28.688 16 10 12 21 Philippe Gache Alfa Romeo 155 15 +31.202 27 9 13 45 Johnny Cecotto BMW 318i 15 +31.899 17 8 14 14 Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 15 +35.990 38 7 15 34 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot 405 15 +40.553 86 16 23 Jean-Pierre Malcher BMW 318i 15 +41.277 335 17 28 Will Hoy Toyota Carina 15 +46.546 26 4 18 5 Eric van de Poele Nissan Primera 15 +47.552 11 3 19 11 Frank Biela Audi 80 Quattro 15 +48.682 35 2 20 24 Marc Sourd Audi 80 Quattro 15 +57.615 20 1 21 15 Hans Joachim Stuck Audi 80 Quattro 15 +59.214 37 23 44 Slim Borgudd Mazda Xedos 6 15 +1.04.944 34 24 4 Marc Duez BMW 318i 15 +1.06.444 30 25 33 Ivan Capelli Nissan Primera 15 +1.08.643 23 26 36 Stefano Modena BMW 318i 15 +1.11.493 28 27 9 Bernard Thuner Peugeot 405 15 +1.12.275 42 28 42 Ni Amorim Opel Astra 15 +1.18.508 36 29 1 Tony Longhurst BMW 318i 15 +1.24.203 29 30 18 Paul Belmondo Opel Vectra 15 +1.25.040 22 31 30 Kieth O'Dor Nissan Primera 15 +1.28.556 12 32 43 Per-Gunnar Andersson BMW 318i 15 +1.29.545 43 33 2 Mark Skaife Nissan Primera 15 +1.55.984 24 34 7 Thierry Tassin BMW 318i 14 +1 lap 39 35 38 Emanuele Pirro BMW 318i 14 +1 lap 10 36 29 David Leslie Vauxhall Cavalier 11 +4 lap 13 37 13 Christian Danner Alfa Romeo 155 10 +5 lap 31 38 39 Roberto Ravaglia BMW 318i 9 +6 lap 19 39 43 Deon Joubert BMW 318i 9 +6 lap 32 Ret 31 Andy Rouse Ford Mondeo 1 +15 laps 9 Ret 3 Eric Bachelart Peugeot 405 1 +15 laps 41 Ret 17 Laurent Aiello BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 15 Ret 32 Steve Soper BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 14

Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo 15 34:52.203 1 40 2 35 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +0.662 3 30 3 21 Philippe Gache Alfa Romeo 155 15 +2.142 12 24 4 12 Alexander Burgstaller BMW 318i 15 +4.891 11 20 5 5 Eric van de Poele Nissan Primera 15 +5.619 18 16 6 38 Emanuele Pirro BMW 318i 15 +6.241 35 15 7 36 Stefano Modena BMW 318i 15 +6.774 26 14 8 23 Jean-Pierre Malcher BMW 318i 15 +6.932 1613 9 19 Christophe Bouchut Peugeot 405 15 +7.074 10 12 10 40 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +7.486 22 11 11 13 Christian Danner Alfa Romeo 155 15 +7.520 37 10 12 4 Marc Duez BMW 318i 15 +9.214 24 9 13 33 Ivan Capelli Nissan Primera 15 +9.261 25 8 14 1 Tony Longhurst BMW 318i 15 +10.656 29 7 15 39 Roberto Ravaglia BMW 318i 15 +10.717 38 6 16 22 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot 405 15 +10.960 6 5 17 26 John Cleland Vauxhall Cavalier 15 +12.574 4 4 18 11 Frank Biela Audi 80 Quattro 15 +13.621 19 3 19 31 Andy Rouse Ford Mondeo 15 +15.923s Ret 2 20 15 Hans Joachim Stuck Audi 80 Quattro 15 +16.234 21 1 21 20 Alain Cudini Opel Vectra 15 +16.359 2 22 24 Marc Sourd Audi 80 Quattro 15 +16.412 20 23 3 Eric Bachelart Peugeot 405 15 +17.129 Ret 24 43 Per-Gunnar Andersson BMW 318i 15 +18.437 32 25 9 Bernard Thuner Peugeot 405 15 +19.666 27 26 45 Johnny Cecotto BMW 318i 14 +1 lap 13 27 34 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot 405 14 +1 lap 15 28 2 Mark Skaife Nissan Primera 14 +1 lap 33 29 30 Kieth O'Dor Nissan Primera 14 +1 lap 31 30 28 Will Hoy Toyota Carina 14 +1 Lap 17 31 17 Laurent Aiello BMW 318i 9 +6 laps Ret 32 7 Thierry Tassin BMW 318i 9 +6 laps 6 Ret 37 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 155 1 +15 laps 5 Ret 29 David Leslie Vauxhall Cavalier 1 +15 laps 36 Ret 43 Deon Joubert BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 39 Ret 14 Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 1 +15 laps 14 Ret 16 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 7 Ret 27 Robb Gravett Peugeot 405 1 +15 laps 8 Ret 25 Julian Bailey Toyota Carina 1 +15 laps 9 Ret 42 Ni Amorim Opel Astra 1 +15 laps 28 Ret 18 Paul Belmondo Opel Vectra 1 +15 laps 30 Ret 44 Slim Borgudd Mazda Xedos 6 1 +15 laps 23 DNS 32 Steve Soper BMW 318i Ret

Drivers' standings Scoring system Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 4030242016151413121110987654321 Pos Driver Race1 Race2 Pts 1 Paul Radisich 1 1 80 2 Nicola Larini 3 2 54 3 Philippe Gache 12 3 33 4 Alain Cudini 2 21 30 5 Alexander Burgstaller 11 4 30 6 John Cleland 4 17 24 7 Christophe Bouchut 10 9 23 8 Yannick Dalmas 6 16 20 9 Eric van de Poele 18 5 19 10 Jean-Pierre Malcher 16 8 18 11 Alessandro Nannini 5 Ret 16 12 Emanuele Pirro 35 6 15 13 Stefano Modena 26 7 14 14 Joachim Winkelhock 7 Ret 14 15 Robb Gravett 8 Ret 13 16 Julian Bailey 9 Ret 12 17 Gabriele Tarquini 22 10 11 18 Christian Danner 37 11 10 19 Marc Duez 24 12 9 20 Ivan Capelli 25 13 8 21 Johnny Cecotto 13 26 8 22 Tony Longhurst 29 14 7 23 Franz Engstler 14 Ret 7 24 Roberto Ravaglia 38 15 6 25 Fabrizio Giovanardi 15 27 6 26 Frank Biela 19 18 5 27 Will Hoy 17 30 4 28 Andy Rouse Ret 19 2 29 Hans-Joachim Stuck 21 20 1 30 Marc Sourd 20 22 1 31 Slim Borgudd 23 Ret 32 Éric Bachelart Ret 23 33 Per-Gunnar Andersson 32 24 34 Bernard Thuner 27 25 35 Mark Skaife 33 28 36 Ni Amorim 28 Ret 37 Kieth O'Dor 31 29 38 Paul Belmondo 30 Ret 39 Laurent Aïello Ret 31 40 Thierry Tassin 34 32 41 David Leslie 36 Ret 42 Deon Joubert 39 Ret Steve Soper Ret DNSBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Nations' standings Pos Nation Points1 Italy 862 France 863 New Zealand 804 Germany 645 Belgium 286 Great Britain 157 Venezuela 88 Australia 7

Each nation nominated up to 5 point-scoring drivers.

References

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