# 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.

## Teams and drivers

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

## Race calendar and results

| Round | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Italy | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 11 March | 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 |
| 2 | R2 | Slovakia | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring | 29 April | Christian Fischer | Michal Matějovský | Petr Fulín | Krenek Motorsport |
| 3 | R1 | Austria | Salzburgring | 20 May | Igor Skuz | Fernando Monje | Fernando Monje | SUNRED Engineering |
| 3 | R2 | Austria | Salzburgring | 20 May | 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 |
| 4 | R2 | Italy | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 24 June | 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.

## Championship standings
### Super 2000/1600

| Pos | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | SVK | SVK | SAL | SAL | IMO | IMO | Pts |
| Super 2000 |||||||||||
| 1 | Fernando Monje | 1$^1$ | 1 | 12$^1$ | Ret | 1$^1$ | 1 | 1$^1$ | 1 | 73 |
| 2 | Peter Rikli | 4$^3$ | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6$^3$ | Ret | 44 |
| 3 | Petr Fulín | DSQ$^2$ | EX | 3 | 1 | 4$^3$ | 3 | 5 | Ret | 43 |
| 4 | Igor Skuz | 16 | 7 | | | 9$^2$ | 8 | 2$^2$ | 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 | | | 1$^2$ | 3 | | | | | 20 |
| 8 | Ferenc Ficza | 5 | 12 | 9$^3$ | 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 | 11$^1$ | 8 | 15 | 13 | 12$^1$ | 12 | 15$^2$ | 11 | 77 |
| 2 | Paolo Necchi | 14 | 10 | 16$^1$ | 14 | 15$^2$ | 11 | 12$^1$ | 9 | 70 |
| 3 | Ulrike Krafft | 12$^3$ | DNS | Ret$^2$ | 16 | 16$^3$ | 13 | 14 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Wilson Borgnino | | | DNS | DNS | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Gilles Bruckner | 13$^2$ | 9 | Ret$^3$ | 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 | Ret$^3$ | 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 | MNZ | SVK | SVK | SAL | SAL | IMO | IMO | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Super Production/Single-makes Trophy

| Pos | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | SVK | SVK | SAL | SAL | IMO | IMO | Pts |
| Super Production |||||||||||
| 1 | Nikolay Karamyshev | 10$^2$ | 6 | 14$^1$ | 11 | 10$^2$ | 9 | 10 | 8 | 83 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Tošić | 9$^1$ | Ret | 13$^2$ | 12 | 11$^1$ | 10 | | | 52 |
| 3 | Fabio Fabiani | EX | EX | | | | | 11$^1$ | 17 | 19 |
| Single-Makes Trophy |||||||||||
| 1 | Stian Paulsen | 2$^1$ | 2 | 4$^1$ | 4 | 3$^2$ | 2 | 3$^1$ | 3 | 85 |
| 2 | Andreas Pfister | 3$^2$ | 3 | 2$^2$ | 2 | 2$^1$ | 6 | 4$^2$ | 5 | 79 |
| 3 | Urs Sonderegger | 6$^3$ | 5 | 10 | Ret | 6$^3$ | Ret | DNS$^3$ | DNS | 26 |
| 4 | Patrick Nemec | | | 6$^3$ | 8 | | | | | 13 |
| 5 | Jaromir Štádler | | | | | Ret | DNS | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| Pos | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | SVK | SVK | SAL | SAL | IMO | IMO | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |