FIA ETCR - eTouring Car World Cup 2022

**FIRE** · 14 Apr 2022, 18:46 (Ref:4106868)

2022 CALENDAR
ROUND 1 PAU VILLE, FRANCE - MAY. 6-8
ROUND 2 ISTANBUL PARK, TURKEY MAY - 20-22
ROUND 3 HUNGARORING, HUNGARY - JUN. 10-12
ROUND 4 CIRCUITO DEL JARAMA, SPAIN - JUN. 17-19
ROUND 5 CIRCUIT ZOLDER*, BELGIUM - JUL. 8-10
ROUND 6 AUTODROMO VALLELUNGA*, ITALY - JUL. 22-24
ROUND 7 INJE SPEEDIUM, KOREA - OCT. 7-9

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CUPRA Racing has formed a brand-new partnership with the ultra-successful EKS team, owned by Mattias Ekström, while also becoming the first brand to confirm its plans for the inaugural FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup this year.

Ekström and CUPRA claimed last year’s all-electric touring car crown under its previous guise as PURE ETCR and have now strengthened their partnership as the series gains FIA World Cup status for the first time.

CUPRA EKS will be responsible for the operation and development of the CUPRA eRacer, which won three of the five events in 2021 with Ekström and Mikel Azcona under the CUPRA X Zengo Motorsport name and aims for more title success.

Created by Ekström in 2014, the Swedish squad has been one of the front-runners in rallycross, claiming the FIA WRX Drivers’ and Teams’ titles in ’16 and more recently branching out into rally raids, where it scored a one-two result in the T3 class of this year’s Dakar Rally.

The CUPRA EKS driver line-up will be announced on April 19.
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Source: https://www.fia-etcr.com/cupra-first...-team-partner/

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Hyundai Motorsport has become the first manufacturer to reveal its driver line-up for the FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup in 2022.

Five drivers, including touring car heavyweight Jean-Karl Vernay, will race the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR in the seven-event series – which began last year under the PURE ETCR name and now assumes FIA World Cup status for the first time.

The Frenchman will be joined by fellow global superstars Norbert Michelisz and Mikel Azcona on a full-time basis while Nicky Catsburg and Kevin Ceccon will share the final entry.

Vernay was one of the stars of electric touring car racing in 2021, heading a Hyundai one-two at the final event of the season on home soil at Pau-Arnos to seal the runner-up spot in the series.

Spaniard Azcona, who moved to Hyundai from CUPRA during the winter, was just one place behind Vernay in the standings and was the only driver to take more than one PURE ETCR round victory last year.

They are joined by 2019 WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup winner Michelisz, from Hungary, who gave the Veloster N ETCR its public track debut at MotorLand Aragón in November 2020, and who has been a fixture during pre-season testing.

Italian ace Ceccon – a WTCR race winner – is set to contest the opening three rounds of the series, having won four times on his way to second place in TCR Italy last year at the wheel of a Hyundai.

Dutchman Catsburg will make his FIA ETCR debut at Jarama, Spain, in June, and brings a CV that includes a WTCR victory with Hyundai plus multiple international victories and major race wins in GT racing.
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Source: https://www.fia-etcr.com/hyundai-mot...etcr-campaign/

Csaba · 18 Apr 2022, 13:12 (Ref:4107142)

Romeo Ferraris also confirmed their return, but we are still waiting for the drivers.
Also I don't know if they will continue the partnership with M1RA.

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2022...ia-etcr-entry/

**FIRE** · 19 Apr 2022, 18:31 (Ref:4107308)

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CUPRA EKS announces Blomqvist, Ekström, Gené and Tambay for 2022 FIA ETCR season
CUPRA EKS has announced the driver line-up for its debut FIA ETCR season, fielding four Cupra e-Racers for Mattias Ekström, Jordi Gené and newcomers Tom Blomqvist and Adrien Tambay.

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https://www.touringcartimes.com/2022...a-etcr-season/

**FIRE** · 19 Apr 2022, 18:33 (Ref:4107309)

So I assume 10 to 12 cars.

Matt K · 19 Apr 2022, 21:38 (Ref:4107325)

Didn't expect to see Tambay there. Am I right to think it'll be his return to racing? After he left DTM I can't remember him racing anywhere to be honest.

Racing Harz · 19 Apr 2022, 23:59 (Ref:4107330)

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Originally Posted by Matt K

Didn't expect to see Tambay there. Am I right to think it'll be his return to racing? After he left DTM I can't remember him racing anywhere to be honest.

Last year GT World Challenge Europe and much GT4 stuff in france in the last years. 24h Le Mans 2020 with a LMP2, more LMP2 stuff in ELMS, 2018 Blancpain GT with Mercedes.
He raced every year after his DTM exit. Maybe you should watch more racing.

Matt K · 20 Apr 2022, 10:24 (Ref:4107364)

Ok so now I know why I haven't heard much about him recently.

Alessio · 20 Apr 2022, 15:26 (Ref:4107399)

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Originally Posted by Racing Harz

Last year GT World Challenge Europe and much GT4 stuff in france in the last years. 24h Le Mans 2020 with a LMP2, more LMP2 stuff in ELMS, 2018 Blancpain GT with Mercedes.
He raced every year after his DTM exit. Maybe you should watch more racing.

In all fairness, his results (even in FFSA GT) were so forgettable, it’s easy not to have been aware he was there even as an avid viewer of those championships.

**FIRE** · 20 Apr 2022, 18:06 (Ref:4107420)

Maxime Martin will drive the Alfa Romeo.

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Originally Posted by Racing Harz

Last year GT World Challenge Europe and much GT4 stuff in france in the last years. 24h Le Mans 2020 with a LMP2, more LMP2 stuff in ELMS, 2018 Blancpain GT with Mercedes.
He raced every year after his DTM exit. Maybe you should watch more racing.

Someone should have updated his Wikipedia page.

Don't expect much from him.

Racing Harz · 20 Apr 2022, 18:17 (Ref:4107421)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Maxime Martin will drive the Alfa Romeo.

Someone should have updated his Wikipedia page.

Don't expect much from him.

Why watch on Wikipedia, DriverDB exists...
https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/adrien-tambay/

Matt K · 20 Apr 2022, 19:01 (Ref:4107427)

Anyway, let's be honest, his only full-time programme last year (or was it full-time?) was in a minor championship in a Pro-Am class. This doesn't attract a lot of interest for a guy who used to be a factory Audi driver and raced in DTM...

Racing Harz · 20 Apr 2022, 19:19 (Ref:4107432)

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Originally Posted by Matt K

Anyway, let's be honest, his only full-time programme last year (or was it full-time?) was in a minor championship in a Pro-Am class. This doesn't attract a lot of interest for a guy who used to be a factory Audi driver and raced in DTM...

The biggest european GT-Series is a minor Series for you? He drove in the GTWC Endurance Cup the Sainteloc Pro-Car the Full Endurance Season with Christopher Haase.

Matt K · 20 Apr 2022, 20:20 (Ref:4107441)

No, I meant the French GT actually. Alright, he raced all Endurance races of GTWC, that might also be considered a full season.

NaBUru38 · 27 Apr 2022, 15:01 (Ref:4108247)

Romeo Ferraris' third driver is Bruno Spengler (!)

Evantra · 27 Apr 2022, 15:02 (Ref:4108248)

Very strong driver line-ups!

**FIRE** · 27 Apr 2022, 17:11 (Ref:4108254)

Quality for Romeo Ferraris!

**FIRE** · 28 Apr 2022, 18:26 (Ref:4108342)

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Giovanni Venturini completes Romeo Ferraris’ four-car line-up for the 2022 FIA ETCR season, joining already confirmed team-mates Luca Filippi, Maxime Martin and Bruno Spengler.

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https://www.touringcartimes.com/2022...ferraris-line/

Alessio · 29 Apr 2022, 15:42 (Ref:4108429)

Strong line-up, I kind of forgot Venturini has made a bit of a name for himself in GT3. I mostly remember him for his rather inconsistent GP3/AutoGP days.

markf8691 · 7 May 2022, 18:59 (Ref:4109171)

Quarter Final Winners

Pool Fast - Tom Blomqvist & Maxime Martin

Pool Furious -Mattias Ekström & Bruno Spengler

Alessio · 8 May 2022, 13:13 (Ref:4109225)

I must not have been paying enough attention, but I thought that we would have a grid of 13 cars rather than the gimmicky 'pool' racing again. Not that it's an outright awful format, I just would prefer traditional racing.

**FIRE** · 8 May 2022, 17:30 (Ref:4109238)

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Originally Posted by Alessio

I must not have been paying enough attention, but I thought that we would have a grid of 13 cars rather than the gimmicky 'pool' racing again. Not that it's an outright awful format, I just would prefer traditional racing.

I also assumed they would switch to normal racing format this season, something I prefer.
The cars itself don't look bad on track.

Racing Harz · 16 Aug 2022, 16:08 (Ref:4122968)

New finale with the ADAC GT Masters at the Sachsenring.
https://gt-place.com/2022/08/16/deut...m-sachsenring/

markf8691 · 4 Oct 2022, 19:20 (Ref:4128681)

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2022...2023-fia-etcr/

Haven't seen this discussed on here and it was written 4 months ago. Any idea who the new manufacturer will be?

Also 14 car grid for next year, I wonder if it will be the same time trial format that it currently is or will they try and actual races?

NaBUru38 · 5 Oct 2022, 17:27 (Ref:4128786)

Maybe Lynk?

**FIRE** · 7 Oct 2022, 17:41 (Ref:4129037)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Maybe Lynk?

Or sister company Polestar with Cyan Racing?

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