The 2002 FIA European Touring Car Championship was the 29th season of European touring car racing and the second season of the European Touring Car Championship.

The season began at Magny-Cours on 20 April, and finished at Estoril on 20 October after twenty races over ten meetings.

It was the first European Touring Car season to be run according to Super 2000 regulations, replacing Super Touring.

Teams and drivers TeamCarNo.DriversRounds GTA Racing Team Nordauto Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi All 2 Nicola Larini All 3 Romana Bernardoni 1–8, 10 4 Roberto Colciago 8–9 56 Gabriele Tarquini 9 BMW Team Spain Ravaglia Motorsport BMW 320i 5 Jordi Gené All 6 Fabrizio de Simone All 24 Gianluca de Lorenzi 8 BMW Team Belgium 10 Fredrik Ekblom 1–8, 10 BMW Team Deutschland 42 Jörg Müller All 43 Dirk Müller All Carly Motors Team Isert BMW 320i 7 Tom Coronel 1–7, 9–10 8 Gianni Morbidelli 1–4 Duncan Huisman 5, 7, 9–10 9 Peter Kox 1–5 22 Pierre-Yves Corthals 7, 9 RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera 11 Tommy Rustad All 12 Chris Goodwin 5 23 Chris Buncombe 7 26 Rob Collard 8–10 AGS Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 14 Paolo Ruberti 1–7 25 Domenico Guagliardo 8 27 Iain Inglis 9 28 Marco Antonelli 10 Scuderia Bigazzi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 15 Luis Villamil All 16 Éric Cayrolle All CiBiEmme Team Honda Civic Type-R 18 Salvatore Tavano All 19 Sandro Sardelli 2–9 DART Racing Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 20 Tom Ferrier All Flash Engineering Volvo S60 30 Jens Edman 5 32 Jan 'Flash' Nilsson 5 Team Hotfielt Sport Ford Focus ST170 31 Thomas Klenke 6 Volvo S60 Racing Team Volvo S60 60 Rickard Rydell All 61 James Hanson All

Results and standings

Races Race Race name Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Magny-Cours 21 April Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 2 Nicola Larini Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 3 Silverstone 5 May Fabrizio Giovanardi Rickard Rydell Nicola Larini GTA Racing Team Nordauto 4 Nicola Larini Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 5 Brno 19 May Fabrizio Giovanardi Rickard Rydell Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 6 Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 7 Jarama 2 June Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 8 Fabrizio Giovanardi Nicola Larini GTA Racing Team Nordauto 9 Anderstorp 30 June Nicola Larini Fabrizio Giovanardi Nicola Larini GTA Racing Team Nordauto 10 Nicola Larini Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland 11 Oschersleben 14 July Tom Coronel Jörg Müller Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland 12 Dirk Müller Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland 13 Spa-Francorchamps 4 August Nicola Larini Fredrik Ekblom Nicola Larini GTA Racing Team Nordauto 14 Nicola Larini Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland 15 Pergusa 22 September Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 16 Roberto Colciago Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 17 Donington Park 6 October Dirk Müller Jörg Müller Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland 18 Gabriele Tarquini Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland 19 Estoril 20 October Rickard Rydell Jörg Müller Fabrizio Giovanardi GTA Racing Team Nordauto 20 Fabrizio Giovanardi Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland

Round 1 Magny-Cours

Qualifying Grid 1 Pos No Driver Car Lap Time 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1.47.113 2 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1.47.326 3 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i 1.48.075 4 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1.48.239 5 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1.48.289 6 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera 1.48.380 7 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i 1.48.487 8 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 1.48.711 9 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i 1.48.788 10 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1.48.838 11 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i 1.48.878 12 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 1.48.891 13 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1.48.912 14 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 1.49.320 15 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i 1.49.377 16 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i 1.49.492 17 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1.49.608 18 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i 1.50.028 19 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R 2.01.240

Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 12 laps in 21:50.77910 2 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +1.789s6 3 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i +2.324s 4 4 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 +7.756s 3 5 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i +8.999s2 6 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i +9.500s 1 7 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +21.427s 8 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i +25.255s 9 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +28.774s 10 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i +29.326s 11 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i +32.062s 12 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i +33.826s 13 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +35.540s 14 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 +40.215s 15 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R +1 lap DNF 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +10 laps DNF 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera +10 laps DNF 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +11 laps DNF 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +11 laps

Grid 2 Pos No Driver Car 1 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i 2 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i 3 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 4 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i 5 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 6 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 7 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 8 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i 9 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 10 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i 11 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i 12 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i 13 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 14 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 15 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R 16 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 17 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 18 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 19 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera

Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 12 laps in 22:03.62210 2 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +0.868s6 3 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i +6.245s 4 4 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 +7.493s 3 5 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i +8.041s2 6 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i +10.144s 1 7 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i +23.930s 8 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i +24.380s 9 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +27.013s 10 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera +29.328s 11 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +30.315s 12 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R +1.56.509s 13 DNF 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +1 lap 14 DNF 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +1 lap 15 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +1 lap DNF 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i +7 laps DNF 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i +9 laps DNF 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 +11 laps DNS 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA

Championship standings after Round 1

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 20 2 Nicola Larini 12 3 Dirk Müller 8 4 Rickard Rydell 6 5 Jörg Müller 4

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Alfa Romeo 32 2 BMW 12 3 Volvo 6 4 Nissan 0

Round 2 Silverstone

Qualifying Grid 1 Pos No Driver Car Lap Time 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.00.153 2 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.00.349 3 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 2.00.693 4 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.01.150 5 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i 2.01.198 6 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i 2.01.265 7 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i 2.01.271 8 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i 2.01.424 9 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.01.708 10 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i 2.01.829 11 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera 2.01.958 12 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.02.249 13 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.02.412 14 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i 2.02.540 15 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 2.02.574 16 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 2.02.959 17 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i 2.03.029 18 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.03.136 19 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R 2.05.168

Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 10 laps in 20:43.16210 2 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +1.259s6 3 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i +2.483s4 4 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 +2.689s 3 5 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i +3.335s 2 6 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +11.330s 1 7 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +11.574s 8 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i +14.414s 9 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +16.286s 10 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i +19.051s 11 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera +21.463s 12 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +25.063s 13 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R +52.984s 14 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +58.293s 15 DNF 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i +3 laps DNF 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +9 laps DNF 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i +10 laps DNF 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i +10 laps DNF 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 +10 laps

Grid 2 Pos No Driver Car 1 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i 3 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 4 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i 5 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 6 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 7 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 8 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i 9 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 10 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i 11 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera 12 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 13 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R 14 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 15 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i 16 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 17 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i 18 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i 19 61 James Hanson Volvo S60

Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 10 laps in 20:35.18810 2 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +0.418s6 3 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 +4.689s 4 4 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i +5.271s 3 5 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +9.721s2 6 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i +10.400s 1 7 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +11.230s 8 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i +11.658s 9 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +23.164s 10 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R +45.383s 11 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +1 lap 12 DNF 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA +2 laps DNF 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i +9 laps DNF 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 +9 laps DNF 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera +10 laps DNS 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i DNS 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i DNS 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA DNS 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i

Championship standings after Round 2

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 36 2 Nicola Larini 28 3 Dirk Müller 13 3 Rickard Rydell 13 5 Jörg Müller 8

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Alfa Romeo 64 2 BMW 22 3 Volvo 13 4 Nissan 0

Round 3 Brno

Qualifying Grid 1 Pos No Driver Car Lap Time 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.13.144 2 60 Rickard Rydell Volvo S60 2.13.195 3 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.14.016 4 43 Dirk Müller BMW 320i 2.14.154 5 61 James Hanson Volvo S60 2.14.270 6 10 Fredrik Ekblom BMW 320i 2.14.337 7 14 Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.14.497 8 15 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.14.555 9 42 Jörg Müller BMW 320i 2.14.646 10 7 Tom Coronel BMW 320i 2.14.679 11 5 Jordi Gene BMW 320i 2.14.753 12 9 Peter Kox BMW 320i 2.14.900 13 16 Eric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.14.962 14 8 Gianni Morbidelli BMW 320i 2.15.431 15 6 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 2.15.588 16 20 Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.15.627 17 3 Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2.16.265 18 18 Salvatore Tavano Honda Civic Type-R 2.17.006 19 19 Sandro Sardelli Honda Civic Type-R 2.19.408 20 11 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera 2.15.978* Rustad times disallowed due to engine change

Race 1