Fabrizio Giovanardi has won the FIA European Touring Car Championship for Alfa Romeo. He won the final round of the series in Estoril, Portugal, taking the drivers’ championship for the second successive year.
The 34-year-old Italian, in his Team NordAuto Alfa Romeo 156, finished the 10-round, 20-race series with 620 points, ahead of team mate Nicola Larini who finished second overall with 604 points. Giovanardi was ETCC Champion for Alfa Romeo last year, and won the Italian Touring Car Championship in 1998 and 1999. He has now won five successive major touring car titles in five years, all in Alfa Romeos.