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	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
		8	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
Scuderia Bigazzi	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	16	Éric Cayrolle	All
CiBiEmme Team	Honda Civic Type-R	18	Salvatore Tavano	All
CiBiEmme Team	Honda Civic Type-R	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
BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	43	Dirk Müller	All
Volvo S60 Racing Team	Volvo S60	60	Rickard Rydell	All
Volvo S60 Racing Team	Volvo S60	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	Magny-Cours	21 April		Nicola Larini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
3	Silverstone	5 May	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rickard Rydell	Nicola Larini	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
4	Silverstone	5 May		Nicola Larini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
5	Brno	19 May	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rickard Rydell	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
6	Brno	19 May		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
7	Jarama	2 June	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
8	Jarama	2 June		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nicola Larini	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
9	Anderstorp	30 June	Nicola Larini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nicola Larini	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
10	Anderstorp	30 June		Nicola Larini	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland
11	Oschersleben	14 July	Tom Coronel	Jörg Müller	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland
12	Oschersleben	14 July		Dirk Müller	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland
13	Spa-Francorchamps	3 August	Nicola Larini	Fredrik Ekblom	Nicola Larini	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
14	Spa-Francorchamps	3 August		Nicola Larini	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland
15	Pergusa	22 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
16	Pergusa	22 September		Roberto Colciago	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
17	Donington Park	6 October	Dirk Müller	Jörg Müller	Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland
18	Donington Park	6 October		Gabriele Tarquini	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland
19	Estoril	20 October	Rickard Rydell	Jörg Müller	Fabrizio Giovanardi	GTA Racing Team Nordauto
20	Estoril	20 October		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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

External links

[italia-1] "2002 European Touring Car Championship Calendar". italiaspeed.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

[driver-2] "European Touring Car Championship 2002". Driver Database. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

[speed-3] "European Touringcar Championship — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

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