2014 European Touring Car Cup
The 2014 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the tenth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It consisted of five events in France, Slovakia, Austria, Belgium and Italy.[1] The championship was split into three categories: Super 2000 for TC2 Turbo and TC2 machinery, Super 1600, and the Single-Make Trophy for cars such as the SEAT León Supercopa.
In the Super 2000 class, TC2 Turbo honours were taken by Nikolay Karamyshev, who won six of the season's races. He won the championship by 10 points ahead of Maťo Homola, while Igor Skuz finished in 3rd position, taking 2 victories. Mikhail Grachev was the only other driver to take a class victory, at the Slovakia Ring. For normally-aspirated cars, the TC2 class saw Petr Fulín take the honours; he won seven races and finished the other three races on the podium. He finished 44 points ahead of his nearest challenger Michal Matějovský, who took a win at the Salzburgring. Third place in class was taken by Peter Rikli; other race victories were taken by Christian Fischer and Norbert Kiss, the latter taking an overall win at the Slovakia Ring.
In the Super 1600 class, six successive victories for Gilles Bruckner saw him overhaul Ulrike Krafft for class honours, despite missing the opening round of the season at Le Castellet. Krafft won the other four races during the season, before a scoreless round at Spa-Francorchamps stunted her progress for the title. With five second-place finishes, Christian Kranenberg finished in third place. Dmitry Bragin won the Single-Makes Trophy, after achieving two victories as well as two second-place finishes at the double-points finale at Enna. Second place went to Andreas Pfister, who also won two races, while four-time race winner Aku Pellinen finished in third place. The only other driver to take a class win was Norbert Nagy, who won both races at Enna in a one-off appearance; he had previously competed in the TC2 class at the first two meetings.
Teams and drivers
Race calendar and results
Championship standings
Super 2000 / Super 1600
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Single-makes Trophy
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† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Footnotes
- Nikolay Karamyshev had claimed the pole by setting the fastest time, ahead of team-mate Igor Skuz and Maťo Homola.[21] Karamyshev eventually lost his pole position after his car was found to be underweight. Skuz was promoted to pole position.[22]
References
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- Kabanovsky, Aleksander (28 February 2014). "Nikolay Karamishev plans partial WTCC campaign in 2014". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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- "RIKLI AND GUGGER TOGETHER AGAIN". FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- Hudson, Neil (27 February 2014). "Norbert Nagy to step-up to S2000 class with a Cruze". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- "ENGSTLER TO RUN TWO BMW CARS". FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- Hudson, Neil (4 November 2013). "Milovan Vesnić plans ETCC entry in 2014 with a BMW". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- Hudson, Neil (1 April 2014). "Team Unicorse to field an Alfa Romeo 156 for Norbert Kiss". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- "2014 FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP - Rounds 7 & 8, Spa-Francorchamps - Entry List" (PDF). FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "FILIP SLÁDEČKA JOINS TEAM UNICORSE". FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- "17-YEAR OLD ÖNDER JOINS BORUSAN". FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-01. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- "KRENEK TO FIELD TWO BMW CARS". FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- Hudson, Neil (29 March 2014). "Petr Fulín will defend title with Krenek Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- "FATHER AND SON WITH PRO MOTORSPORT". FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- "2014 FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP - Rounds 9 & 10, Pergusa - Entry List" (PDF). FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- Hudson, Neil (9 December 2013). "Pfister Racing expands to two cars for the 2014 ETCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- "PELLINEN IN THE SINGLE-MAKE TROPHY". FIAETCC.com. European Touring Car Cup. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- Hudson, Neil (24 May 2014). "Nikolay Karamyshev takes last gasp pole at the Salzburgring". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- Hudson, Neil (25 May 2014). "Igor Skuz gets pole position as Karamyshev is excluded". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 25 May 2014.