SEAT León Supercopa




The SEAT León Supercopa is a one-make racing series, organised by SEAT Sport, the motorsport division of Spanish car manufacturer SEAT. It uses a modified version of the SEAT León road car, and championships are currently run in Spain, Germany, Italy and France. Championships have previously been run in the United Kingdom, Turkey and Hungary.




The original Mk1 Cupra R model.




The current SEAT León Supercopa car.




Contents






  • 1 Car


  • 2 Championships


    • 2.1 Eurocup


    • 2.2 United Kingdom


    • 2.3 Spain


    • 2.4 Germany


    • 2.5 Italy


    • 2.6 France


    • 2.7 Mexico


    • 2.8 Hungary




  • 3 Champions


  • 4 External links





Car


The Supercopa originally used a car based on the Mk1 León Cupra R model. This was replaced for 2006 in Spain and Germany and 2007 in Britain by the Mk2 model.



Championships



Eurocup



The SEAT León Eurocup was first held from 2008 to 2010, supporting the World Touring Car Championship. It was revived in 2014, in this case supporting the International GT Open.



United Kingdom



SEAT introduced the championship to the UK in 2003 under the name SEAT Cupra Championship, as a support series for the British Touring Car Championship, which SEAT Sport UK would go on to enter in 2004. The series was very popular and produced future touring car winners such as Rob Huff, James Pickford and Mat Jackson. The series was ended at the end of 2008 due to SEAT UK's withdrawal from motorsport activities. Plans for an independent Supercopa Challenge to be held in the UK in 2009 were scrapped due to a lack of entries.



Spain



The Supercopa was started by SEAT Sport in Spain in 2002, ahead of the brand's move into the European Touring Car Championship for 2003. Oscar Nouges and Marc Carol have won the most championships in the series, both have driven in WTCC SUNREDs as well as the 2007 champion Jose Perez-Aircairt driving in WTCC.



Germany


The German series began in 2004 and was held until 2011. Sebastian Stahl won the first edition, beating Peter Terting, who went on to race in the World Touring Car Championship for SEAT the following year. Aston Martin Racing won in 2008 and later became a Porsche factory driver.



Italy


The Trofeo León Supercopa began in 2008 as part of the Campionato Italiano Turismo Endurance series, and is run by SEAT Motorsport Italia.



France


The French Supercopa was run from 2010 to 2012, organised by Oreca as part of the GT Tour, supporting the FFSA GT Championship.



Mexico




Hungary


The Hungarian Seat Leon Supercopa started in 2007.



Champions


















































































































Year

Europe Europe

France France

Germany Germany

Italy Italy

Spain Spain

United Kingdom UK

Mexico Mexico

Hungary Hungary
2002





Andorra Joan Vinyes



2003

Spain Luis Miguel Reyes

United Kingdom Robert Huff
2004

Germany Sebastian Stahl

Spain Marc Carol

United Kingdom James Pickford
2005

Germany Thomas Marschall

Spain Oscar Nogués

United Kingdom Tom Boardman
2006

Germany Florian Gruber

Spain Oscar Nogués

United Kingdom Mat Jackson
2007

Germany Thomas Marschall

Spain José Manuel Pérez-Aicart

United Kingdom Jonathan Adam

Hungary Norbert Kiss
2008

Spain Oscar Nogués

Denmark Nicki Thiim

Italy Roberto Russo

United Kingdom Tom Boardman

United Kingdom Jonathan Adam

Hungary Norbert Kiss
2009

Hungary Norbert Michelisz

Germany Thomas Marschall

Italy Luca Trevisol
Italy Matteo Zucchi

Spain Marc Carol


Hungary Norbert Michelisz
2010

Hungary Gábor Wéber

France Julien Briche

Sweden Andreas Simonsen

Italy Simone Iacone

Spain Marc Carol

Hungary Miklos Kazar
2011


France Gaël Castelli

Germany Elia Erhart



Mexico Ricardo Pérez de Lara

Hungary Norbert Kiss
2012

Switzerland Jimmy Antunes


Mexico Ricardo Pérez de Lara

Hungary Norbert Nagy
2013


Mexico Ricardo Pérez de Lara

2014

Spain Pol Rosell

2015

Spain Pol Rosell


External links



  • León Supercopa at SEAT Sport


  • Germany SEAT Deutschland (in German)


  • Italy SEAT Motorsport Italia (in Italian)


  • France SEAT Supercopa France (in French)


  • Europe SEAT León Eurocup









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