2002 European Touring Car Championship

The 2002 FIA European Touring Car Championship was the 29th season of European touring car racing and the second season of the European Touring Car Championship.[1]

The season began at Magny-Cours on 20 April, and finished at Estoril on 20 October after twenty races over ten meetings.

It was the first European Touring Car season to be run according to Super 2000 regulations, replacing Super Touring.[2]

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 1 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi All
2 Italy Nicola Larini All
3 Italy Romana Bernardoni 1–8, 10
4 Italy Roberto Colciago 8–9
Spain BMW Team Spain
Italy Ravaglia Motorsport 		BMW 320i 5 Spain Jordi Gené All
6 Italy Fabrizio de Simone All
24 Italy Gianluca de Lorenzi 8
Netherlands Carly Motors Team Isert BMW 320i 7 Netherlands Tom Coronel 1–7, 9–10
8 Italy Gianni Morbidelli 1–4
Netherlands Duncan Huisman 5, 7, 9–10
9 Netherlands Peter Kox 1–5
Belgium BMW Team Belgium BMW 320i 10 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 1–8, 10
United Kingdom RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera 11 Norway Tommy Rustad All
12 United Kingdom Chris Goodwin 5
Italy AGS Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 14 Italy Paolo Ruberti 1–7
25 Italy Domenico Guagliardo 8
27 United Kingdom Iain Inglis 9
28 Italy Marco Antonelli 10
Italy Scuderia Bigazzi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 15 Spain Luis Villamil All
16 France Éric Cayrolle All
Italy CiBiEmme Team Honda Civic Type-R 18 Italy Salvatore Tavano All
19 Italy Sandro Sardelli 2–9
United Kingdom DART Racing Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 20 United Kingdom Tom Ferrier All
Netherlands Carly Motors Team Isert BMW 320i 22 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals 7, 9
United Kingdom RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera 23 United Kingdom Chris Buncombe 7
26 United Kingdom Rob Collard 8–10
Sweden Flash Engineering Volvo S60 30 Sweden Jens Edman 5
32 Sweden Jan 'Flash' Nilsson 5
Germany Team Hotfielt Sport Ford Focus ST170 31 Germany Thomas Klenke 6
Germany BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 42 Germany Jörg Müller All
43 Germany Dirk Müller All
Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 56 Italy Gabriele Tarquini 9
Sweden Volvo S60 Racing Team Volvo S60 60 Sweden Rickard Rydell All
61 United Kingdom James Hanson All
Icon Class
I Independents' Championship
* Guest drivers ineligible for points

Results and standings

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Races

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Race Race Name Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 France Magny-Cours 21 April Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
2 Italy Nicola Larini Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
3 United Kingdom Silverstone 5 May Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Sweden Rickard Rydell Italy Nicola Larini Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
4 Italy Nicola Larini Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
5 Czech Republic Brno 19 May Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Sweden Rickard Rydell Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
6 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
7 Spain Jarama 2 June Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
8 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Nicola Larini Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
9 Sweden Anderstorp 30 June Italy Nicola Larini Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Nicola Larini Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
10 Italy Nicola Larini Germany Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Deutschland
11 Germany Oschersleben 14 July Netherlands Tom Coronel Germany Jörg Müller Germany Dirk Müller Germany BMW Team Deutschland
12 Germany Dirk Müller Germany Dirk Müller Germany BMW Team Deutschland
13 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 3 August Italy Nicola Larini Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Italy Nicola Larini Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
14 Italy Nicola Larini Germany Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Deutschland
15 Italy Pergusa 22 September Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
16 Italy Roberto Colciago Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
17 United Kingdom Donington Park 6 October Germany Dirk Müller Germany Jörg Müller Germany Dirk Müller Germany BMW Team Deutschland
18 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Germany Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Deutschland
19 Portugal Estoril 20 October Sweden Rickard Rydell Germany Jörg Müller Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy GTA Racing Team Nordauto
20 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Germany Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Deutschland

Round 1 France Magny-Cours

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Championship standings after Round 1

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Round 2 United Kingdom Silverstone

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Championship standings after Round 2

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Round 3 Czech Republic Brno

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Championship standings after Round 3

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Round 4 Spain Jarama

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Championship standings after Round 4

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Championship standings

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Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
10 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver Car MAG
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		BRN
Czech Republic 		JAR
Spain 		AND
Sweden 		OSC
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		PER
Italy 		DON
United Kingdom 		EST
Portugal 		Pts
1 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 11 5 11† 1 1 4 4 1 Ret 122
2 Germany Jörg Müller BMW 5 5 3 8 5 4 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 4 1 93
3 Italy Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 5 6 6 1 9 2 4 Ret DNS Ret 6 86
4 Germany Dirk Müller BMW 3 3 5 4 2 2 4 3 Ret 6 1 1 Ret DNS 3 6 1 5 Ret DNS 70
5 Sweden Rickard Rydell Volvo 4 4 4 3 Ret 6 10 14† 3 2 3 3 4 2 10 11 2 Ret 2 4 56
6 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom BMW 6 6 10 6 7 Ret 8 5 11 3 Ret 9 3 Ret 5 5 Ret 3 21
7 Netherlands Tom Coronel BMW 12 Ret 8 Ret 12 8 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 8 9 3 7 6 3 2 16
8 Spain Jordi Gené BMW 11 8 Ret DNS 16 10 9 8 5 9 7 4 Ret 4 8 10 13 3 Ret 14† 12
9 Netherlands Duncan Huisman BMW 18 11 Ret Ret 6 2 Ret 5 9
10 United Kingdom James Hanson Volvo 14 Ret Ret Ret 4 5 11 11† 10 Ret NC 14† 10 6 Ret DNS 9 Ret 6 11 7
11 Italy Paolo Ruberti Alfa Romeo Ret DNS 6 5 9 7 5 7 15 Ret 12 15† 7 5 7
12 Italy Roberto Colciago Alfa Romeo 15 2 Ret 9 6
13 Italy Fabrizio de Simone BMW 9 9 12 9 14 9 14 Ret 7 14† 5 5 Ret DNS 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 5
14 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 3 7 4
15 Norway Tommy Rustad Nissan Ret 10 11 Ret 11 15† DNS 10 14 Ret 10 10 11 Ret 16 15 Ret DNS 5 10 2
16 Spain Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo 7 11 9 7 6 16† Ret DNS 12 12 8 7 14† DNS 12 13 11 11 Ret DNS 1
17 Netherlands Peter Kox BMW 8 Ret Ret DNS 8 Ret 7 6 8 8 1
18 United Kingdom Tom Ferrier Alfa Romeo Ret 14† Ret DNS 13 12 13 13† 6 10 Ret DNS DNS 8 14 14 8 Ret Ret 7 1
19 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals BMW 6 Ret 15† DNS 1
- France Éric Cayrolle Alfa Romeo Ret 13† 7 12† 10 11 12 9 13 Ret 9 Ret 8 7 11 9 Ret Ret 8 8 0
- Italy Salvatore Tavano Honda 15 12 13 10 17 13 17† Ret 16 DNS Ret 12 Ret DNS 7 7 10 8 Ret 9 0
- Italy Gianni Morbidelli BMW 10 7 15† DNS Ret DNS 16 Ret 0
- Italy Marco Antonelli Alfa Romeo 7 Ret 0
- Italy Gianluca de Lorenzi BMW Ret 8 0
- Italy Sandro Sardelli Honda DNS DNS 18 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret 13 10† 9 Ret 12 10 0
- Italy Romana Bernardoni Alfa Romeo 13 15 14 11 15 Ret 15† 12† 17 13 DNS 13 12 Ret NC Ret 9 13† 0
- United Kingdom Rob Collard Nissan Ret DNS 14 12 10 12 0
- United Kingdom Chris Buncombe Nissan Ret 12 0
- Italy Domenico Guagliardo Alfa Romeo 13 12 0
- Sweden Jens Edman Volvo 19† DNS 0
- Germany Thomas Klenke Ford Ret Ret 0
- United Kingdom Chris Goodwin[3][4] Nissan Ret DNS 0
- United Kingdom Iain Inglis Alfa Romeo DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver Car MAG
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		BRN
Czech Republic 		JAR
Spain 		AND
Sweden 		OSC
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		PER
Italy 		DON
United Kingdom 		EST
Portugal 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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  1. ^ "2002 European Touring Car Championship Calendar". italiaspeed.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. ^ TouringCarTimes (2020-01-22). "A look back at the introduction of S2000 in 2002". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  3. ^ "European Touring Car Championship 2002". Driver Database. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. ^ "European Touringcar Championship — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
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