1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge

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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 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
Australia	2	Mark Skaife	Nissan Castrol Racing	Nissan Primera	Australian Touring Car Championship
Belgium	3	Éric Bachelart	Peugeot Belgium	Peugeot 405	Belgian Touring Car Championship
	4	Marc Duez	Valier Motorsport	BMW 318i	Belgian Touring Car Championship
	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	Italian Superturismo Championship
	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
Sweden	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

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
40	30	24	20	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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'

v t e TCR World Tour
Championship	1987
Cup / Challenge	1993 1994 1995
Championship	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Cup	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
TCR World Tour	2023 2024 2025
List of World Touring Car Championship drivers List of World Touring Car Cup drivers

v t e Super Touring championships
Australian Super Touring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Belgian Procar Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997
British Touring Car Championship	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Central European Supertouring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996
Czech Supertouring Car Championship	1996 1997
French Supertouring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Super Tourenwagen Cup	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Italian Superturismo Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Japanese Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Guia Race of Macau	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Portuguese Touring Car Championship	1993 1994
Campeonato de España de Turismos	1994 1995 1996 1997
South African Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996
Swedish Touring Car Championship	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	1994 1996 1997 1998 1999
European Touring Car Championship	2000 2001
North American Touring Car Championship	1996 1997
South American Super Touring Car Championship	1997 1998 1999 2000
Touring Car World Cup	1993 1994 1995

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