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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 Monza in Italy. Paul Radisich won the event after winning both races, while Italy was the winning nation.

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Entry list

  • 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.

    • Drivers' standings

    - After 16 years, Nicola Larini, that in 2009 militated in the RML team who ran the Ford Mondeo of Paul Radisich in 1993, was informed by the technicians that the New Zealand ran the two rounds of the Touring Car World Cup at Monza with a car equipped with engine of 2200 cc rather than 2000 cc.

    Nations' standings

  • 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

    1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge Wikipedia
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