ETCC Archive

  • Thompson and Hartmann Honda split

    Thompson and Hartmann Honda split

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    British star James Thompson is not going to defend his European Touring Car Cup title after announcing that he has stopped the programme with Danish outfit Hartmann Honda on the eve of the opening round of the Danish Touring Car Championship and the Scandinavian Touring...

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  • ETCC 2010 Round 1: Driver Reactions

    ETCC 2010 Round 1: Driver Reactions

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    The opening round of the 2010 FIA European Touring Car Cup took place this weekend at the Braga facility in Portugal. The ETCC was a single, one off event which happened in October of every year, before this year which sees it become a 3...

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  • ETCC 2010 Round 1: Race 2 – Local hero Campanico wins, Thompson leads overall

    ETCC 2010 Round 1: Race 2 – Local hero Campanico wins, Thompson leads overall

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Local hero Cesar Campanico has taken victory in the second race of the day at Braga, in Portugal, as he led home race one rivals Kristian Poulsen (Poulsen Motorsport) and reigning Champion James Thompson. Off the line, pole man Yuriy Protasov (Bevz Kostantyn) made a...

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  • ETCC 2010 Round 1: Race 1 – Thompson continues title defence

    ETCC 2010 Round 1: Race 1 – Thompson continues title defence

    Posted on March 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Hartmann Honda had the best start possible to the 2010 FIA European Touring Car Cup after reigning Champion James Thompson led home a 1, 2 with Tomas Engstrom pulling off a brave move to secure second. At the start, Thompson defended from the BMW’s of...

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  • Thompson has perfect start to ETCC Title Defence

    Thompson has perfect start to ETCC Title Defence

    Posted on March 28, 2010 | No Comments
    British driver James Thompson made the perfect start to the defence of his FIA European Touring Car Cup title after he grabbed pole position for the opening race of the series at Braga in Portugal. Thompson, who won the one off race at the wheel...

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  • 2010 European Touring Car Cup Preview

    2010 European Touring Car Cup Preview

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
    The sixth running of the annual FIA European Touring Car Cup starts this weekend at the Portuguese circuit of Braga, the opening round of 3 weekend series. 2010 sees the annual event expand from a single, stand alone race weekend towards the end of the...

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  • Honda Teams Join Forces for WTCC and ETCC

    Honda Teams Join Forces for WTCC and ETCC

    Posted on March 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Leading Scandinavian Honda teams Hartmann Honda (Denmark) and Engstrom Motorsport from Sweden have announced that they are joining forces for this year’s FIA European Touring Car Cup and selected FIA World Touring Car Championship events. Tomas Engstrom will be racing a Honda Accord alongside the...

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  • FIA announce European Touring Car Cup changes

    FIA announce European Touring Car Cup changes

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments
    The FIA have announced changes to the European Touring Car Cup ahead of the 2010 season. Run as a one-off event since 2005, it will be switching to a four-event series, including two 50km races per event, with a 400,000 Euro prize awarded to the...

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  • Charging Thompson Takes ETCC Glory

    Charging Thompson Takes ETCC Glory

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments
    James Thompson drove his Honda Accord through the field in the second race to take the S2000 European Touring Car Cup. The opening race was dominated by Hungarian Norbert Michelisz, who took the victory (and ten points) from the pole position he earned yesterday, grabbing...

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  • Young Gun Michelisz Takes Surprise European Touring Car Cup Pole

    Young Gun Michelisz Takes Surprise European Touring Car Cup Pole

    Posted on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Norbert Michelisz will start on pole for the 2009 European Touring Car Cup, after the Hungarian SEAT Leon Eurocup champion beat off the more established names in the field. The qualifying session for the now annual event took place under difficult conditions as the weather...

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  • Thompson, Vaulkhard to Contest European Touring Car Cup

    Thompson, Vaulkhard to Contest European Touring Car Cup

    Posted on October 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Englishmen James Thompson and Harry Vaulkhard will hope to bring back the 2009 European Touring Car Cup to the UK by winning the annual race held this year at the Circuit of Braga in Portugal. Both Thompson and Vaulkhard will compete in the premier Super...

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