2012 European Touring Car Cup

The 2012 FIA European Touring Car Cup is the eighth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It will consist of four events in Italy, Slovakia and Austria. The events will consist of two races run over a distance of approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) each. For the first time, five FIA categories will be eligible to enter: Super 2000, Super 1600, Super Production, SEAT León Supercopa and Renault Clio Cup.

2012 European Touring Car Cup
Previous: 2011 Next: 2013

Teams and drivers
Super 2000 class
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Krenek Motorsport BMW 320si 2 Petr Fulín[1] All
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport[2] BMW 320si 3 Aytaç Biter[3] All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 4 Igor Skuz[4] 1
SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 3–4
8 Fernando Monje[3] All
Rado Central KFT–RCM Motorsport Peugeot 407 5 Gábor Tim[5] 1–2
Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic FD 6 Peter Rikli[6] All
Honda Accord Euro R 9 Christian Fischer[6] All
XFX Unicorse Alfa Romeo 156 7 Ferenc Ficza[7] 1–2
10 Csaba Gáspár 3
Homola Motorsport BMW 320si 11 Maťo Homola 2–3
SEAT Sport Slovakia SEAT León 2.0 TDI 20 Michal Matějovský 2
Single-makes Trophy
Pfister Racing SEAT León Supercopa 22 Andreas Pfister[8] All
Stian Paulsen Racing 23 Stian Paulsen[3] All
PCR Sport 24 Urs Sonderegger[3] All
SBM Motorsport 25 Patrick Nemec 2
Krenek Motorsport 26 Jaromir Štádler 3–4
Super Production class
ASK Vitro Racing Honda Civic Type R 31 Aleksandar Tošić[3] 1–3
F Motorsport BMW 320i E46 32 Fabio Fabiani[3] 1, 4
Nikolay Karamyshev Honda Civic Type R 33 Nikolay Karamyshev[3] All
Super 1600 class
Ravenol Team Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 42 Ulrike Krafft[9] All
43 Kevin Krammes[9] All
44 Paolo Necchi[10] All
53 Erwin Lukas 2–4
ATM Racing 45 Klaus Bingler[3] All
Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Aveo 46 Alexander Frolov[11] 2
47 Vadim Meshecheriakov[11] 2–3
48 Wilson Borgnino[12] 2–4
55 Diego Romanini 4
Rennsportteam Grossmann Ford Fiesta ST 49 Steffen Grossmann[3] All
NK Racing Team 50 Ronny Reinsberger[3] All
Michael Golz 51 Michael Golz[3] 1
Team LuxMotor 52 Gilles Bruckner[3] All

Race calendar and results
Round Country Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1  Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 March Fernando Monje Fernando Monje Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering
R2 Christian Fischer Fernando Monje Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering
2 R1  Slovakia Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 29 April Fernando Monje Fernando Monje Michal Matějovský SEAT Sport Slovakia
R2 Christian Fischer Michal Matějovský Petr Fulín Krenek Motorsport
3 R1  Austria Salzburgring 20 May Igor Skuz1 Fernando Monje Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering
R2 Aytaç Biter Fernando Monje Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering
4 R1  Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 24 June Fernando Monje Fernando Monje Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering
R2 Aytaç Biter Fernando Monje Fernando Monje SUNRED Engineering
Notes
^1 — Fernando Monje originally qualified on pole position, but he received a 10-place grid penalty for a collision with Urs Sonderegger in Slovakia.[13]

Championship standings

Super 2000/1600
Pos Driver MNZ
 SVK
 SAL
 IMO
  Pts 
Super 2000
1 Fernando Monje 11 1 121 Ret 11 1 11 1 73
2 Peter Rikli 43 4 7 6 5 5 63 Ret 44
3 Petr Fulín DSQ2 EX 3 1 43 3 5 Ret 43
4 Igor Skuz 16 7 92 8 22 2 35
5 Aytaç Biter 7 Ret 11 10 8 7 8 6 25
6 Christian Fischer 8 Ret 8 9 21 DNS 7 4 23
7 Michal Matějovský 12 3 20
8 Ferenc Ficza 5 12 93 7 19
9 Maťo Homola 5 5 DNS DNS 12
10 Csaba Gáspár 7 4 11
Gábor Tim DNS DNS 21 DNS 0
Super 1600
1 Kevin Krammes 111 8 15 13 121 12 152 11 77
2 Paolo Necchi 14 10 161 14 152 11 121 9 70
3 Ulrike Krafft 123 DNS Ret2 16 163 13 14 13 37
4 Wilson Borgnino DNS DNS 13 14 13 10 29
5 Gilles Bruckner 132 9 Ret3 DNS 17 15 Ret 12 29
6 Klaus Bingler 15 11 17 17 20 18 17 14 26
7 Ronny Reinsberger DNS DNS 22 15 18 16 Ret3 DNS 14
8 Erwin Lukas 20 19 19 17 16 16 13
9 Steffen Grossmann Ret DNS 19 18 Ret DNS 18 15 11
10 Vadim Meshecheriakov NC Ret 14 19 6
11 Alexander Frolov 18 DNS 5
12 Diego Romanini 19 DNS 1
Michael Golz DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver MNZ
 SVK
 SAL
 IMO
  Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Super Production/Single-makes Trophy
Pos Driver MNZ
 SVK
 SAL
 IMO
  Pts 
Super Production
1 Nikolay Karamyshev 102 6 141 11 102 9 10 8 83
2 Aleksandar Tošić 91 Ret 132 12 111 10 52
3 Fabio Fabiani EX EX 111 17 19
Single-Makes Trophy
1 Stian Paulsen 21 2 41 4 32 2 31 3 85
2 Andreas Pfister 32 3 22 2 21 6 42 5 79
3 Urs Sonderegger 63 5 10 Ret 63 Ret DNS3 DNS 26
4 Patrick Nemec 63 8 13
5 Jaromir Štádler Ret DNS 9 7 12
Pos Driver MNZ
 SVK
 SAL
 IMO
  Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
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  8. Hudson, Neil (2 March 2012). "Andreas Pfister first confirmed for Supercopa class". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  9. Hudson, Neil (4 March 2012). "Team Ravenol to field three cars in S1600". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  10. "Kraft leads Ravenol Team's trio". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  11. "Maurer to race S1600 Chevrolet Aveo". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  12. "Argentine youngster joins Maurer". European Touring Car Cup. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
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