Round 2 of the 2012 FIA European Touring Car Cup takes place this weekend as the Slovakiaring hosts both the ETC Cup and World Touring Car Championship, with an expanded entry in the ETC Cup.
The circuit near Bratislava was announced as hosts of the second round of the ETC Cup shortly after being confirmed as the replacement for the cancelled WTCC round in Argentina. Initially the ETC Cup’s second round was due to be held in Valencia, Spain, but will now be hosted by the Slovakiaring with the third round taking place in May at the Salzburgring in Austria.
Super 2000 points leader Fernando Monje will be favourite to extend his lead after a dominant pair of victories at the first round in March, but won’t be the only driver equipped with the strong turbo-diesel SEAT this weekend, with Czech driver Michel Matejovský joining him at SUNRED Engineering.
Fellow Czech driver Petr Fulín returns for Krenek Motorsport in the ex-Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si, and will be hoping for a much better weekend after being black flagged after not serving a drive through penalty after three false starts in race one at Monza, and wasn’t allowed to take part in race two when he ignored the black flag.
The Super 2000 class grows with the addition of Matejovský as well as Mat’o Homola in a BMW 320si entered by Homola Motorsport, though also decreases by one with Liqui Moly Team Engstler not entering their BMW for Igor Skuz this weekend.
The Single Make Trophy expands from three SEAT León Supercopas to four with the addition of SBM Motorsport driver Patrick Nemec, with Norwegian Stian Paulsen defending his lead in the class from German Andreas Pfister.
The Super Production class is again the class with the lowest number of entrants, at just two for the reigning ETC Cup Super Production champion Aleksander Tosic from Serbia, and Russian driver Nikolay Karamyshev, who currently leads in the standings. Both are competing in Honda Civic Type-Rs.
The Super 1600 class is due to expand with the arrival of Maurer Motorsport and their three Chevrolet Aveo S1600s, which will join the nine Ford Fiestas which are the mainstay of the German ADAC Procar Series Divison 2 class. This brings the class up to 12 cars with the addition of a nother Fiesta this weekend for Erwin Lukas at the Ravenol Team. After two class wins at Monza, Ravenol Team GENA’s Kevin Krammes currently leads the S1600 standings.
FIA European Touring Car Cup – Slovak Republic Entry List
No – Driver – Nat – Team – Car – Class
2 – Petr Fulín – CZE – Krenek Motorsport – BMW 320si – S2000
3 – Aytaç Biter – TUR – Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport – BMW 320si – S2000
5 – Gábor Tim – HUN – RCM Motorsport – Peugeot 407 – S2000
6 – Peter Rikli – SUI – Rikli Motorsport – Honda Civic FD – S2000
7 – Ferenc Ficza – HUN – XFX Unicorse Team – Alfa Romeo 156 – S2000
8 – Fernando Monje – SPN – SUNRED Engineering – SEAT León TDI – S2000
9 – Christian Fischer – SUI – Rikli Motorsport -Honda Accord Euro R – S2000
11 – Mat’o Homola – SVK – Homola Motorsport – BMW 320si – S2000
20 – Michal Matejovský – CZE – SUNRED Engineering – SEAT León TDI – S2000
22 – Andreas Pfiser – DEU – Pfister Racing – SEAT León Supercopa – SMT
23 – Stian Paulsen – NOR – Stian Paulsen Racing – SEAT León Supercopa – SMT
24 – Urs Sonderegger – SUI – PCR Sport – SEAT León Supercopa – SMT
25 – Patrick Nemec – SVK – SBM Motorsport – SEAT León Supercopa – SMT
31 – Aleksander Tosic – SRB – ASK Vitro Racing – Honda Civic Type-R – SP
33 – Nikolay Karamyshev – RUS – Nikolay Karamyshev – Honda Civic Type-R – SP
42 – Ulrike Krafft – DEU – Ravenol Team SAN – Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V – S1600
43 – Kevin Krammes – DEU – Ravenol Team GENA – Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V – S1600
44 – Paulo Necchi – ITA – Ravenol Team SAN – Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V – S1600
45 – Klaus Bingler – DEU – ATM Racing – Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V – S1600
46 – Alexander Frolov – RUS – Maurer Motorsport – Chevrolet Aveo – S1600
47 – Vadim Meshcheryakov – RUS – Maurer Motorsport – Chevrolet Aveo – S1600
48 – Wilson Borgnino – ARG – Maurer Motorsport – Chevrolet Aveo – S1600
49 – Steffen Grossmann – DEU – Rennsportteam Grossmann – Ford Fiesta ST – S1600
50 – Ronny Reinsberger – DEU – NK Racing Team – Ford Fiesta ST – S1600
51 – Michael Golz – DEU – NK Racing Team – Ford Fiesta ST – S1600
52 – Gilles Bruckner – LUX – Team LuxMotor – Ford Fiesta ST – S1600
53 – Erwin Lukas – DEU – Ravenol Team – Ford Fiesta ST – S1600
