The 2021 Pure ETCR Championship was the inaugural season of Pure ETCR, a touring car series for electric cars. It started on 18 June and featured cars from three manufacturers racing at five different locations. Swedish driver Mattias Ekström was crowned champion of the season, while Cupra won the manufacturer's championship.
Race format
Because only six cars are ready for the first season (two for each team), the twelve drivers are randomly drawn into two groups ("Pool A" and "Pool B") for each race weekend. Throughout the weekend, a driver never directly faces a driver from the other pool. Points are collected in a series of short races and the driver with the most points will be the overall winner, called "king of the weekend".
The first two rounds are short races with two or three cars (called "battles"): Round 1 consists of four battles (two per pool) of three randomly drawn drivers each. In each pool, the two winners of each round 1 battle face each other in round 2, so do the two runner-ups and the two third-place drivers, for a total of six battles of 2 cars. Points are award in both rounds.
Round 3 are time trials to determine the grid for the final. No points are awarded in this round. Round 4 are the "superfinals" where the six cars from each pool race against each other.
Teams and drivers
Three teams are participate in the first season, each developing a different car.
TeamCarNoDriversRoundsRef. Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai Veloster N ETCR 3 Tom Chilton All 8 Augusto Farfus All 27 John Filippi All 69 Jean-Karl Vernay All Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer 5 Mattias Ekström All 28 Jordi Gené All 96 Mikel Azcona All 99 Dániel Nagy All Romeo Ferraris - M1RA Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR 6 Oliver Webb 1–3, 5 13 Rodrigo Baptista All 15 Philipp Eng 3–5 16 Luigi Ferrara 4 25 Luca Filippi All 88 Stefano Coletti 1–2
Calendar The calendar for the inaugural season featuring five races across Europe and Asia was revealed in February 2021.
Round Circuit Date 1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 18–20 June 2 MotorLand Aragón (National Layout) 9–11 July 3 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix 6–8 August 4 Hungaroring 20–22 August 5 Circuit Pau-Arnos 15–17 October Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic C Inje Speedium 16–17 October
Results and standings
Results Round Circuit/Location Pool A Winner Pool B Winner Overall Winner Winning Team Winning Car 1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit Mikel Azcona Jean-Karl Vernay Mikel Azcona Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer 2 MotorLand Aragón Augusto Farfus Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer 3 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Luca Filippi Philipp Eng Philipp Eng Romeo Ferraris - M1RA Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR 4 Hungaroring Philipp Eng Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer 5 Circuit Pau-Arnos Augusto Farfus Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai Veloster N ETCR
Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Round 1 15 10 4 Round 2 12 6 Round 3 no points Superfinal 50 42 35 27 20 15
Drivers' championship Driver ITA ESP DEN HUN FRA Points 1 Mattias Ekström 3 1 3 3 8 320 2 Jean-Karl Vernay 2 4 4 4 1 316 3 Mikel Azcona 1 10 6 1 3 300 4 Jordi Gené 4 6 5 6 7 260 5 Rodrigo Baptista 6 3 9 5 6 248 6 Augusto Farfus 11 2 8 11 2 224 7 Luca Filippi 5 11 2 12 4 218 8 Dániel Nagy 9 9 10 8 10 178 9 Oliver Webb 8 5 7 9 177 10 John Filippi 7 8 11 7 11 177 11 Philipp Eng 1 2 12 159 12 Tom Chilton 12 7 12 10 5 145 13 Luigi Ferrara 9 36 14 Stefano Coletti 10 12 22 Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C)
Manufacturers' championship Manufacturer Points 1 Cupra X Zengő Motorsport 646 2 Romeo Ferraris - M1RA 579 3 Hyundai Motorsport N 578
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