2022 eTouring Car World Cup

2022 FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup

Drivers' Champion: Adrien Tambay
Manufacturers' Champion: Cupra EKS

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ERA Championship

The 2022 FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup was the second and last season of the touring car series for electric cars known as Pure ETCR Championship in its inaugural season in 2021. The season began on 6 May 2022 at the Circuit de Pau-Ville and ended on 25 September 2022 at Sachsenring. ^[1] Adrien Tambay succeeded teammate Mattias Ekström as the drivers' champion, while Cupra EKS repeated its manufacturers' title. ^{[2] [3]} In March 2023, the promoter announced that the series would not be continued. ^[4]

Teams and drivers

Round 3, Circuito del Jarama (19 Jun 2022); Cupra (#1, Mattias Ekström) leads into the turn, followed closely by Veloster (#96, Mikel Azcona), with Giulia (#36, Maxime Martin) trailing

Team	Car	No	Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
Cupra EKS	CUPRA León e-Racer [5]	1	Mattias Ekström	All	[5]
		10	Tom Blomqvist	All
		27	Adrien Tambay	All
		28	Jordi Gené	All
Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai Veloster N ETCR [6]	5	Norbert Michelisz	All	[6]
		31	Kevin Ceccon	1–2
		69	Jean-Karl Vernay	All
		88	Nicky Catsburg	3–6
		96	Mikel Azcona	All
Romeo Ferraris	Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR [7]	7	Bruno Spengler	All	[8]
		21	Giovanni Venturini	All	[9]
		25	Luca Filippi	All	[10]
		36	Maxime Martin	All	[11]

Calendar

The calendar for the second season featuring seven events across Europe and Asia was revealed in December 2021. ^[1] On 17 May, it was announced that Istanbul round was postponed to November due to the organizational issues: ^[12] On 29 June, it was announced that Inje round was cancelled due to the logistical challenges in Asia: ^[13] On 16 August, it was announced that Sachsenring round replaced Istanbul round as the season finale. ^[14]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Circuit de Pau-Ville	6–8 May
2	Hungaroring	10–12 June
3	Circuito del Jarama	17–19 June
4	Circuit Zolder	8–10 July
5	Vallelunga Circuit (Historic International Circuit)	22–24 July
6	Sachsenring	23–25 September
Cancelled rounds
C	Istanbul Park (Intermediate Circuit)	20–22 May
C	Inje Speedium (North Circuit)	7–9 October

Results and standings

Results

Round	Circuit/Location	Pool Fast Winner	Pool Furious Winner	Overall Winner	Winning Team	Winning Car
1	Circuit de Pau-Ville	Adrien Tambay	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Cupra EKS	CUPRA e-Racer
2	Hungaroring	Maxime Martin	Adrien Tambay	Adrien Tambay	Cupra EKS	CUPRA e-Racer
3	Circuito del Jarama	Adrien Tambay	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Cupra EKS	CUPRA e-Racer
4	Circuit Zolder	Adrien Tambay	Maxime Martin	Maxime Martin	Romeo Ferraris	Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR
5	Vallelunga Circuit	Mikel Azcona	Mattias Ekström	Mikel Azcona	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai Veloster N ETCR
6	Sachsenring	Tom Blomqvist	Adrien Tambay	Tom Blomqvist	Cupra EKS	CUPRA e-Racer

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Qualifying	15	12	9	6	3
Quarter-final 1	20	15	10
Quarter-final 2	15	10	5
Semi-final 1	20	15	10
Semi-final 2	15	10	5
Superfinal	40	30	20	15	10	5

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	FRA	HUN	ESP	BEL	ITA	GER	Points
1	Adrien Tambay	2	1	2	2	4	2	535
2	Mattias Ekström	1	2	1	5	2	4	488
3	Tom Blomqvist	3	6	9	3	3	1	434
4	Maxime Martin	6	3	4	1	5	5	421
5	Mikel Azcona	4	4	5	4	1	8	408
6	Bruno Spengler	5	4	7	8	9	9	306
7	Norbert Michelisz	8	11	6	11	8	3	293
8	Jean-Karl Vernay	7	9	11	6	7	11	254
9	Jordi Gené	9	12	3	12	11	12	218
10	Giovanni Venturini	11	7	10	9	12	6	209
11	Nicky Catsburg			8	7	6	10	188
12	Luca Filippi	12	10	12	10	10	7	181
13	Kevin Ceccon	10	8					67

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Cupra EKS	1076
2	Hyundai Motorsport N	746
3	Romeo Ferraris	732

References

1. "PURE ETCR charges into new era with switch to FIA ETCR - eTouring Car World Cup". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021.
2. "Ekstrom crowned PURE ETCR champion as Vernay wins ultra-dramatic finale". autosport.com. 17 October 2021.
3. "FIA ETCR - Tambay and Cupra EKS take first-ever FIA ETCR titles". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
4. "Following a series of discussions with various stakeholders, Discovery Sports Events announces it will not promote the ETCR, eTouring Car World Cup during 2023". ia-etcr.com. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
5. "CUPRA EKS unveils new livery and FIA ETCR driver line-up". FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup. 19 April 2022.
6. "Hyundai Motorsport reveals five-strong driver line-up for 2022 FIA ETCR campaign". FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022.
7. "Romeo Ferraris confirms 2022 FIA ETCR entry". FIA ETCR. 18 April 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022.
8. "Bruno Spengler joins Romeo Ferraris for FIA ETCR". ETCR. 26 April 2022.
9. "Giovanni Venturini completes Romeo Ferraris FIA ETCR line-up". ETCR. 28 April 2022.
10. "Luca Filippi to stay with Romeo Ferraris in the FIA ETCR". TCR Series. 22 April 2022.
11. "Maxime Martin primo pilota annunciato dalla Romeo Ferraris per il FIA ETCR 2022". Romeo Ferraris. 20 April 2022.
12. "FIA ETCR Race TR Statement". FIA ETCR. 17 May 2022.
13. "FIA ETCR calendar update following FIA World Motor Sport Council decision". FIA ETCR. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
14. "FIA ETCR announces Sachsenring season finale". FIA ETCR. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

External links

• Official website