2021 Pure ETCR Championship

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.
Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai Veloster N ETCR[5] 3 Tom Chilton All [6]
8 Augusto Farfus All [6]
27 John Filippi All [6]
69 Jean-Karl Vernay All [6]
Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer[7] 5 Mattias Ekström All [8]
28 Jordi Gené All [8]
96 Mikel Azcona All [9]
99 Dániel Nagy All [10]
Romeo Ferraris - M1RA Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR[11] 6 Oliver Webb 1–3, 5 [12]
13 Rodrigo Baptista All [13]
15 Philipp Eng 3–5 [14]
16 Luigi Ferrara 4 [15]
25 Luca Filippi All [16]
88 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 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 18–20 June
2 MotorLand Aragón (National Layout) 9–11 July
3 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix 6–8 August
4 Hungaroring 20–22 August
5 Circuit Pau-Arnos 15–17 October
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
C 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 ACI Vallelunga Circuit Mikel Azcona Jean-Karl Vernay Mikel Azcona Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer
2 MotorLand Aragón Augusto Farfus Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer
3 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Luca Filippi Philipp Eng Philipp Eng Romeo Ferraris - M1RA Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR
4 Hungaroring Philipp Eng Mikel Azcona Mikel Azcona Cupra X Zengő Motorsport Cupra e-Racer
5 Circuit Pau-Arnos Augusto Farfus Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl Vernay 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
 ESP
 DEN
 HUN
 FRA
 Points
1 Mattias Ekström 69 77 64 63 47 320
2 Jean-Karl Vernay 72 52 62 58 72 316
3 Mikel Azcona 77 27 57 77 62 300
4 Jordi Gené 58 51 58 45 48 260
5 Rodrigo Baptista 43 63 43 48 51 248
6 Augusto Farfus 21 72 47 21 63 224
7 Luca Filippi 56 22 66 16 58 218
8 Dániel Nagy 31 37 36 37 37 178
9 Oliver Webb 36 51 48 42 177
10 John Filippi 37 41 25 43 31 177
11 Philipp Eng 71 72 16 159
12 Tom Chilton 10 43 10 30 52 145
13 Luigi Ferrara 36 36
14 Stefano Coletti 22 0 22
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)

Manufacturers' championship
Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Cupra X Zengő Motorsport 646
2 Romeo Ferraris - M1RA 579
3 Hyundai Motorsport N 578

References
  1. "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. "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. "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.
  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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