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.
The championship was split into two categories: Super 2000 (including TC2 Turbo, TC2 and TCN-2 machinery) and Super 1600.
Teams and drivers
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 Drivers Rounds JSB Compétition SEAT León Cup Racer 2 Pierre Etiene Chaumat 5 ADAC Team Hessen-Thüringen SEAT León Cup Racer 4 Andreas Pfister 6 7 Pierre Humbert 1 9 Wolfgang Kriegl 2 Zengő Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 8 Norbert Nagy All Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic TCR 11 Kris Richard All 12 Peter Rikli All 24 Aku Pellinen 6 72 Claudio Truffer 6 SEAT León Cup Racer 75 Adrian Spescha 6 ASK Lein Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 14 Igor Stefanovski 6 17 Mladen Lalušić 1–5 Lema Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 14 Igor Stefanovski 1–4 27 Boštjan Avbelj 6 37 Fábio Mota All Krenek Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 19 Christjohannes Schreiber All 22 Petr Fulín All Speedy Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 55 Manuel Pedro Fernandes 4 Baporo Motorsport SEAT León Cup Racer 73 Alexandr Artemyev 1 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic TCR 77 René Münnich 1 Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 130 Teddy Clairet 3 138 David Pouget 3 Super 1600 Team Car Drivers Rounds RAVENOL Motorsport Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 81 Niklas Mackschin All 82 Ksenia Niks All 83 Daniel Niermann All 84 Ulrike Krafft 1–3, 6 85 Tomáš Korený 1–2, 4–6 ETH Tuning Peugeot 207 Sport 86 Andreas Rinke All 88 Kevin Hilgenhövel 1–2, 4–6 187 David Griessner 3 Master KR Racing Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 95 Sergii Kravets 2–3 97 Pavlo Kopylets 2–3 99 Andrii Ievtushenko 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 1 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard 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:
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thPoints108654321 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 20001 Kris Richard 5 Ret 1 1 22 1 4 1 41 1 23 21092 Petr Fulín 12 1 EX2 4 11 3 23 6 12 2 42 11093 Norbert Nagy 43 3 4 7 Ret3 DNS 111† 3 3 5 6 8584 Peter Rikli 3 2 2 2 5 6 3 Ret 13 3 10 16575 Manuel Pedro Fernandes 12 240 6 Mladen Lalušić 6 5 5 3 8 7 5 5 5 Ret407 Fábio Mota 9 Ret 33 5 7EX Ret 4 6 Ret 8 4328 Christjohannes Schreiber 7 8 EX1 6 6 2 13† Ret Ret DNS 5 9289 Aku Pellinen 31 31510 Igor Stefanovski 11 7 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 1 Ret 1411 Pierre Etiene Chaumat 23 41412 René Münnich 21 9 1113 Teddy Clairet 3 41114 David Pouget 4 5915 Alexandr Artemyev 8 4 616 Andreas Pfister 11 5 417 Wolfgang Kriegl 6 8 418 Boštjan Avbelj 9 6 319 Pierre Humbert 10 6 320 Adrian Spescha 12 7 221 Claudio Truffer 7 Ret 2 Super 1600 1 Niklas Mackschin 121 10 93 9 Ret1 8 61 7 93 7 132 10138 2 Andreas Rinke 143 14 11 12 103 9 9 8 10 9 16 11853 Kevin Hilgenhövel 16 15 Ret 11 72 9 82 6 141 1381 4 Tomáš Korený 13 13 10 13 83 Ret 71 8 15 12715 Ksenia Niks 18 Ret 13 16 DNS DNS 10 10 11 10 18 1538 6 Daniel Niermann 19 16 14 15 12 12 12 11 12 Ret 17 Ret377 Ulrike Krafft 172 12 81 10 DNS DNS Ret 14 368 Andrii Ievtushenko 15 11 Ret2 Ret 169 David Griessner 92 EX 1210 Pavlo Kopylets Ret Ret 11 10 1211 Sergii Kravets 12 14 Ret 11 12 Pos Driver LEC SVK NÜR VIL‡ MAG IMO Pts 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.
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