Roy Cop

Roy Cop 	Roy Cop
 	
 	
Nationality 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Belgian
Born 	15 March 1965 (Aged 54)
Antwerp (Belgium)
British Touring Car Championship Career	British Touring Car Championship Career
Debut Season 	1991
Former Teams 	Nissan, Toyota, Ford
Starts 	68
Championships 	1 (1991)
Wins 	22
Poles 	9
Fastest Laps 	26
Best Finish 	1st in 1991
VW Vento Cup Career 	VW Vento Cup Career
Debut Season 	1992
Current Team 	Scuderia Antverpia
Car No. 	25
Starts 	10
Wins 	1
Fastest Laps 	2
Best Finish 	2nd in 1992
Championship titles 	Championship titles
1991 	British Touring Car Championship
Roy Cop (born 15 March 1965) is a Belgian racing driver who is best known for his time racing in the British Touring Car Championship for Nissan, Toyota and Ford. He won the 1991 British Touring Car Championship driving for Nissan.
==Early Life==
Cop was born on 15 March 1965 in Antwerp, Belgium.
==Touring Cars==
===British Touring Car Championship===
 Cop's first year in the British Touring Car Championship was the inaugural season of the Super Touring era in 1991. He signed for the Janspeed ran Nissan team, driving a Nissan Primera. For the first half of the season, he was locked in a championship battle with Toyota driver Vik Rune but when Rune was disqualified from the series after Round 6, Cop dominated the championship. After a run of 5 straight wins from race 24-28, Cop became the first ever Overall and Manufacturer Drivers champion. Another 3 podium finishes at the final meeting of 1991 ensured Cop won the title by a huge 131 points and helping Nissan win the Manufacturer Team's championship.
Cop made the controversial move from Nissan to arch-rivals Toyota in the winter between 1991 and 1992. Cop teamed up with 1991 runner-up Michael Sneath as the Toyota team began the season as favourites before a wheel was even turned. Cop outperformed his team mate throughout the year and was the nearest challenger to eventual champion, Lorenzo Turri of Vauxhall, winning 3 races on route to 2nd place in the championship.
For 1993, Cop teamed up with Turri to form the 'Dream Team' at Ford who were new to the series.
==Motorsports career results==
===Complete British Touring Car Championship results===
Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
Year	Team 	Car 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 	27 	28 	29 	30 	31 	DC 	Pts
1991	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Nissan Primera eGT	THR112	THR23	THR31	SIL17	SIL22	SIL34	DON17	DON21	BRH17	BRH22	OUL11	OUL21	OUL32	BIR11	BIR23	KNO11	KNO23	KNO31	CAS11	CAS22	CAS35 	SIL11	SIL22	DON11	DON21	DON31	THR11	THR21	BRH12	BRH22	BRH32	1st	578
1992	Team Securicor ICS Toyota	Toyota Carina II 	SIL19 	SIL22	SIL31	THR12	THR23	OUL12	OUL23	OUL31	SNE12	SNE22	CAS13	CAS23	CAS33	BRH17	BRH28	DON12	DON22	DON32	KNO12	KNO21	KNO3RET	BRH15	BRH22	BRH3C	SIL14	SIL23	SIL32	 	 	 	 	2nd	364
1993	Team Mondeo 	Ford Mondeo Si 	SIL18 	SIL21	SIL33	DON11	DON25	SNE11	SNE21	SNE31	OUL12	OUL27	OUL37	BRH1 	BRH2 	BRH3 	PEM1 	PEM2 	PEM3 	KNO1 	KNO2 	KNO3 	BRH1 	BRH2 	BRH3 	THR1 	THR2 	SIL1 	SIL2 	SIL3 	 	 	 	9th	158
===Complete VW Vento Cup results===
(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	Points	Position
1992	Scuderia Antverpia	SIL7	THR2	OUL2	SNE3	CAS4	BRH1	SPA2	KNO3	BRH2	SIL4	79 	2nd
===Career summary===
Season	Series 	Team 	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1991 	British Touring Car Championship	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	31 	14 	5 	17 	25 	578 	1st
1991 	Touring Car World Cup 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	50 	2nd
1992 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Securicor ICS Toyota	26 	3 	2 	3 	20 	364 	2nd
1992 	Touring Car World Cup 	Team Securicor ICS Toyota	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	54 	2nd
1992 	VW Vento Cup 	Scuderia Antverpia 	10 	1 	0 	2 	7 	79 	2nd
1993 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Mondeo 	11 	5 	1 	6 	7 	158 	9th
1993 	Touring Car World Cup 	Team Mondeo 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0* 	0nd*
Category:BTCC Drivers
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Category:BTCC Overall Drivers champions
Category:BTCC Manufacturer Drivers champions
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