1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge

1993 FIA Touring Car World Cup

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The 1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge was the first running of the FIA Touring Car World Cup. It was held on 17 October 1993 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy. Paul Radisich won the event after winning both races, while Italy was the winning nation.

Entry list

Nation	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	1993 Championship
Australia	1	Tony Longhurst	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi	BMW 318i	Australian Touring Car Championship
	2	Mark Skaife	Nissan Castrol Racing	Nissan Primera
Belgium	3	Éric Bachelart	Peugeot Belgium	Peugeot 405	Belgian Touring Car Championship
	4	Marc Duez	Valier Motorsport	BMW 318i
	5	Eric van de Poele	Nissan Castrol Racing	Nissan Primera	French Supertouring Championship
	7	Thierry Tassin	BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	Belgian Touring Car Championship
Switzerland	9	Bernard Thuner	Eggenberger Motorsport	Peugeot 405	unknown
Germany	11	Frank Biela	ROC Competition	Audi 80	French Supertouring Championship
	12	Alexander Burgstaller	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi	BMW 318i	Italian Superturismo Championship
	13	Christian Danner	Schubel Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
	14	Franz Engstler	Schubel Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155	German Touring Car Championship (Class 2)
	15	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ROC Competition	Audi 80	24 Hours of Le Mans
	16	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i	British Touring Car Championship
France	17	Laurent Aïello	FINA Team Oreca	BMW 318i	French Supertouring Championship
	18	Paul Belmondo	Opel France	Opel Vectra
	19	Christophe Bouchut	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405
	20	Alain Cudini	Opel France	Opel Vectra
	21	Phillipe Gache	Fiat Auto France	Alfa Romeo 155
	22	Yannick Dalmas	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405
	23	Jean-Pierre Malcher	FINA Team Oreca	BMW 318i
	24	Marc Sourd	ROC Competition	Audi 80
Great Britain	25	Julian Bailey	Team Securicor Toyota	Toyota Carina	British Touring Car Championship
	26	John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Vauxhall Cavalier
	27	Robb Gravett	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405
	28	Will Hoy	Team Securicor Toyota	Toyota Carina
	29	David Leslie	Ecurie Ecosse	Vauxhall Cavalier
	30	Kieth O'Dor	Nissan Castrol Racing	Nissan Primera
	31	Andy Rouse	Ford Team Mondeo	Ford Mondeo
	32	Steve Soper	BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer	BMW 318i
Italy	33	Ivan Capelli	Nissan Castrol Racing	Nissan Primera	Italian Superturismo Championship
	34	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Peugeot Talbot Italia	Peugeot 405
	35	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 155	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
	36	Stefano Modena	Euroteam	BMW 318i	Italian Superturismo Championship
	37	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 155
	38	Emanuele Pirro	CiBiEmme	BMW 318i
	39	Roberto Ravaglia	CiBiEmme	BMW 318i
	40	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 155
New Zealand	41	Paul Radisich	Ford Team Mondeo	Ford Mondeo	British Touring Car Championship
Portugal	42	Ni Amorim	TPM Opel Motorsport	Opel Astra	Portuguese Touring Car Championship
Sweden	43	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Peggen Motorsport	BMW 318i	Nordic Touring Car Championship
	44	Slim Borgudd	Mazda Cars	Mazda Xedos 6	none
Venezuela	45	Johnny Cecotto	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi	BMW 318i	Italian Superturismo Championship
South Africa	49	Deon Joubert	BMW South Africa	BMW 318i	South African Touring Car Championship

• Alain Menu was unable to compete for Switzerland due to injury. He would have driven a Renault 19.
• Vaclav Bervid appeared on the entry list for the Czech Republic, but did not participate.
• Jean-Pierre Jabouille originally appeared on the entry list for France, but was replaced by Yannick Dalmas for an unknown reason.

Results

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver Race 1 Race 2 Pts 1 Paul Radisich 1 1 80 2 Nicola Larini 3 2 54 3 Philippe Gache 12 3 33 4 Alain Cudini 2 21 30 5 Alexander Burgstaller 11 4 30 6 John Cleland 4 17 24 7 Christophe Bouchut 10 9 23 8 Yannick Dalmas 6 16 20 9 Eric van de Poele 18 5 19 10 Jean-Pierre Malcher 16 8 18 11 Alessandro Nannini 5 Ret 16 12 Emanuele Pirro 35 6 15 13 Stefano Modena 26 7 14 14 Joachim Winkelhock 7 Ret 14 15 Robb Gravett 8 Ret 13 16 Julian Bailey 9 Ret 12 17 Gabriele Tarquini 22 10 11 18 Christian Danner 37 11 10 19 Marc Duez 24 12 9 20 Ivan Capelli 25 13 8 21 Johnny Cecotto 13 26 8 22 Tony Longhurst 29 14 7 23 Franz Engstler 14 Ret 7 24 Roberto Ravaglia 38 15 6 25 Fabrizio Giovanardi 15 27 6 26 Frank Biela 19 18 5 27 Will Hoy 17 30 4 28 Andy Rouse Ret 19 2 29 Hans-Joachim Stuck 21 20 1 30 Marc Sourd 20 22 1 31 Slim Borgudd 23 Ret 32 Éric Bachelart Ret 23 33 Per-Gunnar Andersson 32 24 34 Bernard Thuner 27 25 35 Mark Skaife 33 28 36 Ni Amorim 28 Ret 37 Kieth O'Dor 31 29 38 Paul Belmondo 30 Ret 39 Laurent Aïello Ret 31 40 Thierry Tassin 34 32 41 David Leslie 36 Ret 42 Deon Joubert 39 Ret Steve Soper Ret NS Pos Driver Race 1 Race 2 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

Nations' standings

Pos	Nation	Points
1	Italy	86
2	France	86
3	New Zealand	80
4	Germany	64
5	Belgium	28
6	Great Britain	15
7	Venezuela	8
8	Australia	7

• Each nation nominated up to 5 point-scoring drivers.

Points System

Points awarded to top 20 finishers as follows: 40-30-24-20-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

References

Images from 'Motorsport Aktuell'

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