2002 European Touring Car Championship

2002 European Touring Car Championship
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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.

Teams and drivers

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

Icon Class I Independents' Championship * Guest drivers ineligible for points

Results and standings

Races

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

Standings

Drivers' Championship

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

Pos Driver MAG SIL BRN JAR AND OSC SPA PER DON EST Pts 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 11 5 11† 1 1 4 4 1 Ret 122 2 Jörg Müller 5 5 3 8 5 4 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 4 1 93 3 Nicola Larini 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 5 6 6 1 9 2 4 Ret DNS Ret 6 86 4 Dirk Müller 3 3 5 4 2 2 4 3 Ret 6 1 1 Ret DNS 3 6 1 5 Ret DNS 70 5 Rickard Rydell 4 4 4 3 Ret 6 10 14† 3 2 3 3 4 2 10 11 2 Ret 2 4 56 6 Fredrik Ekblom 6 6 10 6 7 Ret 8 5 11 3 Ret 9 3 Ret 5 5 Ret 3 21 7 Tom Coronel 12 Ret 8 Ret 12 8 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 8 9 3 7 6 3 2 16 8 Jordi Gené 11 8 Ret DNS 16 10 9 8 5 9 7 4 Ret 4 8 10 13 3 Ret 14† 12 9 Duncan Huisman 18 11 Ret Ret 6 2 Ret 5 9 10 James Hanson 14 Ret Ret Ret 4 5 11 11† 10 Ret NC 14† 10 6 Ret DNS 9 Ret 6 11 7 11 Paolo Ruberti Ret DNS 6 5 9 7 5 7 15 Ret 12 15† 7 5 7 12 Roberto Colciago 15 2 Ret 9 6 13 Fabrizio de Simone 9 9 12 9 14 9 14 Ret 7 14† 5 5 Ret DNS 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 5 14 Gabriele Tarquini 3 7 4 15 Tommy Rustad Ret 10 11 Ret 11 15† DNS 10 14 Ret 10 10 11 Ret 16 15 Ret DNS 5 10 2 16 Luis Villamil 7 11 9 7 6 16† Ret DNS 12 12 8 7 14† DNS 12 13 11 11 Ret DNS 1 17 Peter Kox 8 Ret Ret DNS 8 Ret 7 6 8 8 1 18 Tom Ferrier Ret 14† Ret DNS 13 12 13 13† 6 10 Ret DNS DNS 8 14 14 8 Ret Ret 7 1 19 Pierre-Yves Corthals 6 Ret 15† DNS 1 - Éric Cayrolle Ret 13† 7 12† 10 11 12 9 13 Ret 9 Ret 8 7 11 9 Ret Ret 8 8 0 - Salvatore Tavano 15 12 13 10 17 13 17† Ret 16 DNS Ret 12 Ret DNS 7 7 10 8 Ret 9 0 - Gianni Morbidelli 10 7 15† DNS Ret DNS 16 Ret 0 - Marco Antonelli 7 Ret 0 - Gianluca de Lorenzi Ret 8 0 - Sandro Sardelli DNS DNS 18 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret 13 10† 9 Ret 12 10 0 - Romana Bernardoni 13 15 14 11 15 Ret 15† 12† 17 13 DNS 13 12 Ret NC Ret 9 13† 0 - Rob Collard Ret DNS 14 12 10 12 0 - Chris Buncombe Ret 12 0 - Domenico Guagliardo 13 12 0 - Jens Edman 19† DNS 0 - Thomas Klenke Ret Ret 0 - Chris Goodwin [2][3] Ret DNS 0 - Iain Inglis DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MAG SIL BRN JAR AND OSC SPA PER DON EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) 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

1. "2002 European Touring Car Championship Calendar". italiaspeed.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
2. "European Touring Car Championship 2002". Driver Database. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
3. "European Touringcar Championship — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

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