Cup of Peace and Friendship
| Category | Formula racing (1963-1989) Touring car racing (1973-1989) |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Bloc |
| Inaugural season | 1963 |
| Folded | 1990 |
| Last Drivers' champion |  Alexandr Potekhin Josef Michl |
The Cup of Peace and Friendship (also Friendship Cup of Socialist Countries) was an auto racing championship series dedicated to Eastern Bloc drivers between 1963 and 1990.
History
The Cup of Peace and Friendship was created in 1963 as an initiative of Lech Tulak and Jerzy Jankowski of the Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation. The main purpose of the cup was to promote standard regulations for auto racing in Eastern Bloc countries.[1] In its initial form it was a championship for open-wheel, single seaters and included both individual and national team awards. Heinz Melkus and East Germany were the first champions.[2]
For the inaugural season in 1963, cup races were held to Formula Junior, before its replacement by the new 1-litre Formula Three from 1964. 1972 saw the creation of Formula Easter, which would form the technical basis of the championship for the next seventeen years, before switching to Formula Mondial for the final two seasons in 1989 and 1990. From 1973 a touring car class was also introduced.[2]
After the revolutions of 1989, the championship was made open to western entrants, but mounting financial difficulties made 1990 the final season of the Cup of Peace and Friendship.[3]
Champions
Circuits
| Circuit | Location | Years |
|---|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} Albena Circuit
|
Albena | 1977-1987 |
| Brno Circuit
|
Brno | 1963-1965, 1967 |
| Strahov Circuit
|
Prague | 1966 |
| Štramberk Circuit
|
Štramberk | 1968 |
| Havířov-Šenov
|
Havířov | 1969-1970, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1990 |
| Most Street Circuit
|
Most | 1972-1980, 1982 |
| Autodrom Most
|
Most | 1984-1986, 1988 |
 Sachsenring
|
Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 1963-1965, 1973-1974 |
| Schleizer Dreieck
|
Schleiz | 1966, 1970-1990 |
| Autobahnspinne Dresden
|
Dresden | 1967, 1969 |
 Pécs Circuit
|
Pécs | 1964 |
| Ferihegy
|
Budapest | 1965-1966 |
| Győr Circuit
|
Győr | 1967 |
| Hungaroring
|
Mogyoród | 1986-1987 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Gliwice Circuit
|
Gliwice | 1963 |
| Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport
|
Kraków | 1964, 1967 |
| Warsaw Babice Airport
|
Warsaw | 1965-1966 |
| Magnolia Circuit
|
Szczecin | 1968-1970 |
| Toruń Airport
|
Toruń | 1973-1980 |
| Tor Kielce
|
Kielce | 1981-1982, 1984 |
| Poznań Circuit
|
Poznań | 1983, 1985-1987, 1989-1990 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Reșița Circuit
|
Reșița | 1984, 1986, 1988-1989 |
| Galați Circuit
|
Galați | 1985 |
| Borovaya Circuit
|
Minsk | 1963, 1969-1977 |
| Neva Ring
|
Leningrad | 1966 |
| Biķernieki Circuit
|
Riga | 1968, 1984-1986, 1988-1990 |
| Autodrom Chayka
|
Kiev | 1978-1983 |
| Source: [8] | ||
References
- ^ "Sport Samochodowy" [Motorsport] (PDF). automobilklubpolski.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ^ a b "The Friendship of Socialist Countries Cup (FSCC)". teamdan.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- ^ Shugurov, Lev. "Проект реорганизации Кубков дружбы" [Friendship Cup Reorganization Project]. CarRacer.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ^ "Formula 3 1966 Championship Tables". the-fastlane.co.uk.
- ^ "Formula 3 1968 Championship Tables". the-fastlane.co.uk.
- ^ Dziedātājs, Kaspars. "1968 Soc.valstu Draudzības kauss Kopvērtējums" [1968 Socialist Countries Friendship Cup Overall Results]. Racinghistory.lv (Blog) (in Latvian). Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ Purucker, Ray. "Pokal für Frieden und Freundschaft" [Cup for Peace and Friendship]. Puru's Motorsportseite (Blog) (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170511094940/http://www.formula2.net/index.html