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| Category | Touring cars |
|---|---|
| Country |  Europe |
| Inaugural season | 2005 |
| Folded | 2017 |
| Last Drivers' champion |  Petr Fulín |
| Official website | fiaetcc.com/ |
TheFIA European Touring Car Cup was an annualtouring car racing event, which had been held at various locations acrossEurope from 2005 to 2017. Unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event, in 2010 the series was a three-round event.
It was created when theEuropean Touring Car Championship finished at the end of 2004, being superseded by theWorld Touring Car Championship.
The cars that are eligible are those complying with the FIA Super 2000, Super 2000 Diesel,Super Production andSuper 1600 technical regulations. The drivers must either have competed in a minimum of 50% of their own National Championships; been designated by their ASN (National Sporting Authority) and have not taken part in the FIA WTCC with a Manufacturer's team or belong to a country in which there is no national Championship and been designated by their ASN.[1]In 2012 the Single Make Trophy was introduced for cars such asSEAT León Supercopa andRenault Clio Cup. From the 2013 season Diesel engines and the Super Production regulations were outlawed and thus only petrol enginedSuper 2000 (in 2014 the older 1.6 turbocharged Super 2000 spec cars were also allowed),SEAT León Supercopa (replaced in 2015 by the newSEAT León Cup Racer) andSuper 1600 cars are allowed.
Further changes were made in 2015 (with effect from the 2016 season) - the Single Make Trophy (renamedTCN-2) andSuper 2000 (TC2 & TC2T) classes were merged into single category, whileSuper 1600 was retained as a standalone category. In January 2016 it was revealed the new branding of the series with the introduction of new logo similar to the styling of recent FIA series such asFIA World Endurance Championship. For the 2017 season the unified Super 2000 (TCN-2/TCR, TC2 and TC2-T) was renamed ETCC-1 while the Super 1600 cars were renamed ETCC-2.
The event was organised byEurosport Events, which has also organised theWorld Touring Car Championship andEuropean Rally Championship. The races were occasionally broadcast live or via 30 minute highlights onEurosport.[1]
In 2010 the event format will change from a one-off event to four separate events over the year.[2]
In each class - Super 2000 and Super 1600 points are awarded in each of the two races in the following way:
The points scored count towards the following trophies (as of 2016):[1]
