The 2016 FIA European Touring Car Cup is the twelfth running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It will consist of six events in France (twice), Slovakia, Germany, Portugal and Italy.
The championship will be split into two categories: Super 2000 (including TC2 Turbo, TC2 and TCN-2 machinery) and Super 1600.
The races at the Nürburgring had both WTCC and ETCC competitors. ETCC competitors entered with their usual car numbers, but with 100 added up to it.
The first four rounds were supporting the World Touring Car Championship, whereas the final two rounds were jointly with the FFSA GT Tour.
Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:
Qualifying points: 123 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for first race, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1.
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
‡ — Double points were awarded.