1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge

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 di 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

Two sessions of qualifying were held one for cars with even and one for cars with odd numbers.

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Lap Time
1	41	Paul Radisich	Ford Mondeo Si	1:54.520
2	22	Yannick Dalmas	Peugeot 405	1:54.600
3	35	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 Ts	1:55.032
4	20	Alain Cudini	Opel Vectra Gt	1:54.897
5	27	Rob Gravett	Peugeot 405	1:55.162
6	16	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW 318i	1:55.276
7	19	Christophe Bouchut	Peugeot 405	1:55.281
8	34	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Peugeot 405	1:55.770
9	31	Andy Rouse	Ford Mondeo Si	1:55.329
10	38	Emanuele Pirro	BMW 318i	1:55.643
11	5	Eric Van de Poele	Nissan Primera Gte	1:55.484
12	30	Kieth O'Dor	Nissan Primera Gte	1:55.484
13	29	David Leslie	Vauxhall Cavalier Gsi	1:55.484
14	32	Steve Soper	BMW 318i	1:55.835
15	17	Laurent Aiello	BMW 318i	1:55.594
16	12	Alexander Burgstaller	BMW 318i	1:56.207
17	45	Johnny Cecotto	BMW 318i	1:55.657
18	26	John Cleland	Vauxhall Cavalier Gsi	1:56.233
19	39	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW 318i	1:55.720
20	24	Marc Sourd	Audi 80 Quattro	1:56.979
21	37	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 Ts	1:56.099
22	18	Paul Belmondo	Opel Vectra Gt	1:54.897
23	33	Ivan Capelli	Nissan Primera Gte	1:56.662
24	2	Mark Skaife	Nissan Primera Gte	1:56.662
25	25	Julian Bailey	Toyota Carina E GT	1:56.764
26	28	Will Hoy	Toyota Carina E GT	1:57.139
27	21	Philippe Gache	Alfa Romeo 155 Ts	1:56.913
28	36	Stefano Modena	BMW 318iS	1:57.182
29	1	Tony Longhurst	BMW 318iS	1:56.970
30	4	Marc Duez	BMW 318i	1:57.380
31	13	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 Ts	1:56.991
32	43	Deon Joubert	BMW 318i	1:57.516
33	23	Jean-Pierre Malcher	BMW 318i	1:57.009
34	44	Slim Borgudd	Mazda Xedos 6	1:57.665
35	11	Frank Biela	Audi 80 Quattro	1:57.111
36	42	Ni Amorim	Opel Astra	1:58.019
37	15	Hans Joachim Stuck	Audi 80 Quattro	1:57.692
38	14	Franz Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 Ts	1:58.141
39	7	Thierry Tassin	BMW 318i	1:57.929
40	40	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 Ts	1:58.436
41	3	Éric Bachelart	Peugeot 405	1:58.275
42	9	Bernard Thuner	Peugeot 405	1:58.377
43	43	Per-Gunnar Andersson	BMW 318i	1:58.815

Races

Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo 15 32:17.790 1 40 2 20 Alain Cudini Opel Vectra 15 +1.517 4 30 3 35 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +3.607 3 24 4 26 John Cleland Vauxhall Cavalier 15 +3.716 18 20 5 37 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +5.679 21 16 6 22 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot 405 15 +16.505 2 15 7 16 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i 15 +17.596 6 14 8 27 Rob Gravett Peugeot 405 15 +17.596 5 13 9 25 Julian Bailey Toyota Carina 15 +20.498 25 12 10 19 Christophe Bouchut Peugeot 405 15 +21.165 7 11 11 12 Alexander Burgstaller BMW 318i 15 +28.688 16 10 12 21 Philippe Gache Alfa Romeo 155 15 +31.202 27 9 13 45 Johnny Cecotto BMW 318i 15 +31.899 17 8 14 14 Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 15 +35.990 38 7 15 34 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot 405 15 +40.553 8 6 16 23 Jean-Pierre Malcher BMW 318i 15 +41.277 33 5 17 28 Will Hoy Toyota Carina 15 +46.546 26 4 18 5 Eric Van de Poele Nissan Primera 15 +47.552 11 3 19 11 Frank Biela Audi 80 Quattro 15 +48.682 35 2 20 24 Marc Sourd Audi 80 Quattro 15 +57.615 20 1 21 15 Hans Joachim Stuck Audi 80 Quattro 15 +59.214 37 23 44 Slim Borgudd Mazda Xedos 6 15 +1.04.944 34 24 4 Marc Duez BMW 318i 15 +1.06.444 30 25 33 Ivan Capelli Nissan Primera 15 +1.08.643 23 26 36 Stefano Modena BMW 318i 15 +1.11.493 28 27 9 Bernard Thuner Peugeot 405 15 +1.12.275 42 28 42 Ni Amorim Opel Astra 15 +1.18.508 36 29 1 Tony Longhurst BMW 318i 15 +1.24.203 29 30 18 Paul Belmondo Opel Vectra 15 +1.25.040 22 31 30 Kieth O'Dor Nissan Primera 15 +1.28.556 12 32 43 Per-Gunnar Andersson BMW 318i 15 +1.29.545 43 33 2 Mark Skaife Nissan Primera 15 +1.55.984 24 34 7 Thierry Tassin BMW 318i 14 +1 lap 39 35 38 Emanuele Pirro BMW 318i 14 +1 lap 10 36 29 David Leslie Vauxhall Cavalier 11 +4 lap 13 37 13 Christian Danner Alfa Romeo 155 10 +5 lap 31 38 39 Roberto Ravaglia BMW 318i 9 +6 lap 19 39 43 Deon Joubert BMW 318i 9 +6 lap 32 Ret 31 Andy Rouse Ford Mondeo 1 +15 laps 9 Ret 3 Eric Bachelart Peugeot 405 1 +15 laps 41 Ret 17 Laurent Aiello BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 15 Ret 32 Steve Soper BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 14

Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo 15 34:52.203 1 40 2 35 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +0.662 3 30 3 21 Philippe Gache Alfa Romeo 155 15 +2.142 12 24 4 12 Alexander Burgstaller BMW 318i 15 +4.891 11 20 5 5 Eric Van de Poele Nissan Primera 15 +5.619 18 16 6 38 Emanuele Pirro BMW 318i 15 +6.241 35 15 7 36 Stefano Modena BMW 318i 15 +6.774 26 14 8 23 Jean-Pierre Malcher BMW 318i 15 +6.932 16 13 9 19 Christophe Bouchut Peugeot 405 15 +7.074 10 12 10 40 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 155 15 +7.486 22 11 11 13 Christian Danner Alfa Romeo 155 15 +7.520 37 10 12 4 Marc Duez BMW 318i 15 +9.214 24 9 13 33 Ivan Capelli Nissan Primera 15 +9.261 25 8 14 1 Tony Longhurst BMW 318i 15 +10.656 29 7 15 39 Roberto Ravaglia BMW 318i 15 +10.717 38 6 16 22 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot 405 15 +10.960 6 5 17 26 John Cleland Vauxhall Cavalier 15 +12.574 4 4 18 11 Frank Biela Audi 80 Quattro 15 +13.621 19 3 19 31 Andy Rouse Ford Mondeo 15 +15.923s Ret 2 20 15 Hans Joachim Stuck Audi 80 Quattro 15 +16.234 21 1 21 20 Alain Cudini Opel Vectra 15 +16.359 2 22 24 Marc Sourd Audi 80 Quattro 15 +16.412 20 23 3 Eric Bachelart Peugeot 405 15 +17.129 Ret 24 43 Per-Gunnar Andersson BMW 318i 15 +18.437 32 25 9 Bernard Thuner Peugeot 405 15 +19.666 27 26 45 Johnny Cecotto BMW 318i 14 +1 lap 13 27 34 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peugeot 405 14 +1 lap 15 28 2 Mark Skaife Nissan Primera 14 +1 lap 33 29 30 Kieth O'Dor Nissan Primera 14 +1 lap 31 30 28 Will Hoy Toyota Carina 14 +1 Lap 17 31 17 Laurent Aiello BMW 318i 9 +6 laps Ret 32 7 Thierry Tassin BMW 318i 9 +6 laps 6 Ret 37 Alessandro Nannini Alfa Romeo 155 1 +15 laps 5 Ret 29 David Leslie Vauxhall Cavalier 1 +15 laps 36 Ret 43 Deon Joubert BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 39 Ret 14 Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 1 +15 laps 14 Ret 16 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i 1 +15 laps 7 Ret 27 Rob Gravett Peugeot 405 1 +15 laps 8 Ret 25 Julian Bailey Toyota Carina 1 +15 laps 9 Ret 42 Ni Amorim Opel Astra 1 +15 laps 28 Ret 18 Paul Belmondo Opel Vectra 1 +15 laps 30 Ret 44 Slim Borgudd Mazda Xedos 6 1 +15 laps 23 DNS 32 Steve Soper BMW 318i Ret

Drivers' standings

Scoring system

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 DNS

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.

References

Images from 'Motorsport Aktuell'

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