2010 European Touring Car Cup
Introduction The '''2010 FIA European Touring Car Cup''' was the sixth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. The cup was expanded to three events for 2010, unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event. The season began at Braga on 28 March, and finished at Franciacorta on 17 October. Each event included two races of  in length, making a total of six rounds awarding points. At the end of the season, three FIA cups were awarded, one for each of the eligible categories: Super 2000, Super 1600 and Super Production. 100,000 euro prize money was awarded at each of the four race meetings: 65,000 euros to Super 2000, 25,000 to Super 1600 and 10,000 to Super Production.In the top Super 2000 class, despite pressure from Michel Nykjær – who won each of the four races he contested at the Salzburgring and Franciacorta – in a SEAT León TDI, Hartmann Honda Racing's James Thompson finished as the class winner, with six top-three finishes in the season's six races, taking a victory in Braga en route to a four-point title win. César Campaniço was the other race winner at Braga, in a one-off outing in the Cup. Super Production was poorly supported with only Vojislav Lekić, Fabio Fabiani and Marcis Birkens competing in any of the races. Lekić won the four races he contested, ahead of Fabiani while Birkens suffered a retirement and a DNS in Braga. Carsten Seifert won the Super 1600 title, finishing with three victories and a total of six top-two finishes. He narrowly beat Jens Löhnig, who also had three wins, by ten points.
Teams and drivers  Super 2000 class Team Car No. Drivers Rounds  Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 1  James Thompson All 2  Tomas Engström 1 4  Wolfgang Treml 2–3  Engström Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 2  Tomas Engström 2–3  Čolak Racing Team SEAT León 2.0 TFSI 3  Marin Čolak1 1–2  Bevz Kostantyn BMW 320i E46 5  Irina Protasova 1–2 6  Yuriy Protasov 1 7  Leonid Protasov 1–2  SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI 8  Timur Sadredinov 1 12  Michaël Rossi 1–2 SEAT León TDI 21  Michel Nykjær 2–3  Novadriver Racing Team BMW 320si 9  César Campaniço 1  Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 11  Kristian Poulsen 1  Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si 10  Aytaç Biter 2–3 13  Ibrahim Okyay All  Sports & You BMW 320si 14  Francisco Carvalho2  Tsunami Racing Team BMW 320i E46 17  Andrii Kruglyk 2  Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 19  Peter Rikli 2–3 Honda Accord Euro R 20  Jörg Schori 2–3  Mayer Motorsport Audi A4 22  Oliver Mayer3 2  Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 23  Rustem Teregulov 2  Promotor Sport BMW 320i E46 29  Massimo Zanin 3 30  Mariano Bellin 3 Super Production class  SC Papa's Racing Team Honda Civic Type-R 51  Marcis Birkens 1  F Motorsport BMW 320i E46 52  Fabio Fabiani 2–3  Djelmas Sport Honda Civic Type-R 54  Vojislav Lekić 2–3 Super 1600 class  NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta ST 71  Carsten Seifert All 73  Florian Heitmeier 1  ATM Racing Ford Fiesta ST 72  Jens Löhnig 1 Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 2–3 Ford Fiesta ST 74  Sergey Krylov 2 Ford Fiesta 1.6 16v 3 Ford Fiesta ST 76  Charlie Geipel 3  Gena Autosport Citroën C2 VTS 75  Zeljko Markovic 31 Despite being on the Salzburgring entry list, Čolak did not compete at the meeting.2 Despite being listed on the  FIA ETCC website, Carvalho did not attend any of the meetings.3 Although he was present at the Salzburgring meeting, Mayer did not take part. Instead he chose to focus on the ADAC Procar championship round which was held at the same event.
Race calendar and results  Round Country Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1  Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga 28 March  James Thompson  Tomas Engström  James Thompson  Hartmann Honda Racing R2  César Campaniço  César Campaniço  Novadriver Racing Team 2 R1  Salzburgring 25 July  James Thompson  Michel Nykjær  Michel Nykjær  SUNRED Engineering R2  Michel Nykjær  Michel Nykjær  SUNRED Engineering 3 R1  Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 5 September ''round cancelled'' R2 4 R1  Autodromo di Franciacorta 17 October  James Thompson  Michel Nykjær  Michel Nykjær  SUNRED Engineering R2  Michel Nykjær  Michel Nykjær  SUNRED Engineering
Championship standings ===Super 2000=== Pos Driver BRA SAL FRA Pts 1  James Thompson '''1''' 3 '''2''' 2 '''3''' 3 '''44''' 2  Michel Nykjær ''1'' ''1'' ''1'' ''1'' '''40''' 3  Tomas Engström ''2'' 7 3 3 2 2 '''38''' 4  Ibrahim Okyay 5 4 7 6 5 5 '''22''' 5  Wolfgang Treml 4 4 4 6 '''18''' 6  César Campaniço 4 ''1'' '''15''' 7  Kristian Poulsen 3 2 '''14''' 8  Peter Rikli NC 16 6 4 '''8''' 9  Michaël Rossi 6 Ret Ret 5 '''7''' 10  Aytaç Biter 5 8 8 '''8''' '''7''' 11  Marin Čolak 7 6 '''5''' 12  Andrii Kruglyk 6 7 '''5''' 13  Timur Sadredinov 9 5 '''4''' 14  Jörg Schori 12 10 7 7 '''4''' 15  Yuriy Protasov 8 '''8''' '''2''' 16  Leonid Protasov 10 9 8 '''9''' '''1''' 17  Irina Protasova 12 12 9 Ret '''0''' 18  Massimo Zanin 9 NC '''0'''   Rustem Teregulov DNS DNS '''0'''   Mariano Bellin DNS DNS '''0''' Pos Driver BRA SAL FRA Pts'''Bold''' - Pole''Italics'' - Fastest Lap===Super Production=== Pos Driver BRA SAL FRA Pts 1  Vojislav Lekić '''''10''''' '''''11''''' '''''11''''' '''''11''''' '''40''' 2  Fabio Fabiani 11 12 14 12 '''32'''   Marcis Birkens '''''Ret''''' DNS '''0''' Pos Driver BRA SAL FRA Pts===Super 1600=== Pos Driver BRA SAL FRA Pts 1  Carsten Seifert 13 11 '''13''' '''14''' '''''10''''' '''''9''''' '''54''' 2  Jens Löhnig '''''11''''' '''''10''''' ''NC'' ''13'' 12 13 '''44''' 3  Sergey Krylov 14 15 13 14 '''25''' 4  Charlie Geipel 16 10 '''12''' 5  Florian Heitmeier 14 13 '''12''' 6  Zeljiko Markovic 15 15 '''9''' Pos Driver BRA SAL FRA Pts
References
External links * Official website of the FIA European Touring Car Cup