The 2021 Pure ETCR Championship was the inaugural season of Pure ETCR, a touring car series for electric cars. It started on 18 June and featured cars from three manufacturers racing at five different locations.[1] Swedish driver Mattias Ekström was crowned champion of the season, while Cupra won the manufacturer's championship.[2]

Race format

Because only six cars are ready for the first season (two for each team), the twelve drivers are randomly drawn into two groups ("Pool A" and "Pool B") for each race weekend. Throughout the weekend, a driver never directly faces a driver from the other pool. Points are collected in a series of short races and the driver with the most points will be the overall winner, called "king of the weekend".

The first two rounds are short races with two or three cars (called "battles"): Round 1 consists of four battles (two per pool) of three randomly drawn drivers each. In each pool, the two winners of each round 1 battle face each other in round 2, so do the two runner-ups and the two third-place drivers, for a total of six battles of 2 cars. Points are award in both rounds.

Round 3 are time trials to determine the grid for the final. No points are awarded in this round. Round 4 are the "superfinals" where the six cars from each pool race against each other.[3]

Teams and drivers

Three teams are participate in the first season, each developing a different car.[4]

Team Car No Drivers Rounds Ref.
South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai Veloster N ETCR[5] 3 United Kingdom Tom Chilton All [6]
8 Brazil Augusto Farfus All [6]
27 France John Filippi All [6]
69 France Jean-Karl Vernay All [6]
Hungary Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer[7] 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström All [8]
28 Spain Jordi Gené All [8]
96 Spain Mikel Azcona All [9]
99 Hungary Dániel Nagy All [10]
Italy Romeo Ferraris - M1RA Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR[11] 6 United Kingdom Oliver Webb 1–3, 5 [12]
13 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista All [13]
15 Austria Philipp Eng 3–5 [14]
16 Italy Luigi Ferrara 4 [15]
25 Italy Luca Filippi All [16]
88 Monaco Stefano Coletti 1–2 [17]


Calendar

The calendar for the inaugural season featuring five races across Europe and Asia was revealed in February 2021.[1]

Round Circuit Date
1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit 18–20 June
2 Spain MotorLand Aragón (National Layout) 9–11 July
3 Denmark Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix 6–8 August
4 Hungary Hungaroring 20–22 August
5 France Circuit Pau-Arnos 15–17 October
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
C South Korea Inje Speedium 16–17 October

Results and standings

Results

Round Circuit/Location Pool A Winner Pool B Winner Overall Winner Winning Team Winning Car
1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit Spain Mikel Azcona France Jean-Karl Vernay Spain Mikel Azcona Hungary Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer
2 Spain MotorLand Aragón Brazil Augusto Farfus Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden Mattias Ekström Hungary Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer
3 Denmark Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Italy Luca Filippi Austria Philipp Eng Austria Philipp Eng Italy Romeo Ferraris - M1RA Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR
4 Hungary Hungaroring Austria Philipp Eng Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Hungary Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer
5 France Circuit Pau-Arnos Brazil Augusto Farfus France Jean-Karl Vernay France Jean-Karl Vernay South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai Veloster N ETCR
Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Round 1 15 10 4
Round 2 12 6
Round 3 no points
Superfinal 50 42 35 27 20 15

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		DEN
Denmark 		HUN
Hungary 		FRA
France 		Points
1 Sweden Mattias Ekström 3 1 3 3 8 320
2 France Jean-Karl Vernay 2 4 4 4 1 316
3 Spain Mikel Azcona 1 10 6 1 3 300
4 Spain Jordi Gené 4 6 5 6 7 260
5 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista 6 3 9 5 6 248
6 Brazil Augusto Farfus 11 2 8 11 2 224
7 Italy Luca Filippi 5 11 2 12 4 218
8 Hungary Dániel Nagy 9 9 10 8 10 178
9 United Kingdom Oliver Webb 8 5 7 9 177
10 France John Filippi 7 8 11 7 11 177
11 Austria Philipp Eng 1 2 12 159
12 United Kingdom Tom Chilton 12 7 12 10 5 145
13 Italy Luigi Ferrara 9 36
14 Monaco Stefano Coletti 10 12 22
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Hungary Cupra X Zengő Motorsport 646
2 Italy Romeo Ferraris - M1RA 579
3 South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N 578

References

  1. ^ a b "Five-star schedule revealed for inaugural PURE ETCR season". pure-etcr.com. 2021-02-01.
  2. ^ "Ekstrom crowned PURE ETCR champion as Vernay wins ultra-dramatic finale". autosport.com. 2021-10-17.
  3. ^ "PURE ETCR's world debut set to electrify Vallelunga". pure-etcr.com. 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ "New electric series ETCR set for first demo race in 2020". motorsport.com. 2020-05-27.
  5. ^ "Hyundai Motorsport set to go electric". Hyundai. 2018-08-06.
  6. ^ a b c d "Hyundai names Fab Four for PURE ETCR campaign". pure-etcr.com. 2021-04-27.
  7. ^ "SEAT Unveils Cupra e-Racer; E TCR Platform Launched". Archived from the original on 2018-04-21.
  8. ^ a b "Cupra confirm Mattias Ekström and Jordi Gené for inaugural PURE ETCR season". touringcartimes.com. 2020-02-20.
  9. ^ "Mikel Azcona confirmed for ETCR with Cupra". touringcartimes.com. 2021-02-22. Archived from the original on 2021-02-22.
  10. ^ "Dániel Nagy completes Cupra line-up for inaugural season". touringcartimes.com. 2021-06-15. Archived from the original on 2021-06-15.
  11. ^ "Romeo Ferraris announce Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR project". touringcartimes.com. 2019-12-06.
  12. ^ "Oli Webb joins Romeo Ferraris for PURE ETCR season". pure-etcr.com. 2021-06-03.
  13. ^ "Rodrigo Baptista joins Romeo Ferraris for 2021 PURE ETCR season". pure-etcr.com. 2021-05-27.
  14. ^ "Philipp Eng to make PURE ETCR debut in Denmark with Romeo Ferraris-M1RA". pure-etcr.com. 2021-07-19. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  15. ^ "Luigi Ferrara to make PURE ETCR debut with Romeo Ferraris-M1RA". pure-etcr.com. 2021-08-18.
  16. ^ "Italian ace Luca Filippi joins PURE ETCR with Romeo Ferraris". pure-etcr.com. 2021-05-04. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  17. ^ "Stefano Coletti to race stunning new Giulia ETCR in PURE ETCR for Romeo Ferraris". pure-etcr.com. 2021-03-19.

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