2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship was the second season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria and the Netherlands.

2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018
Parent series:
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC support series:
ADAC Formula 4

Josh Files successfully managed to defend his title, beating Mike Halder in Race 1 of the Hockenheim.

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Target Competition UK-SUI[1] Honda Civic Type R TCR[1] 1 Josh Files[2] All
94 Kris Richard[1] All
Target Competition AUT-POR[1] 11 Jürgen Schmarl[3] All
27 José Rodrigues[4] 1–5
Target Competition SWE-POL[1] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[5] 3 Gosia Rdest[6] 1–5
12 Simon Larsson[7] All
Target Competition GER[1] 98 Tom Lautenschlager[8] All
99 Tim Zimmermann[9] All
Wolf-Power Racing[10] SEAT León TCR[10] 2 Alex Morgan[10] All
6 Urs Sonderegger[10] 1
7 Mike Halder[11] All
Team Engstler Dänemark[12] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[12] 4 Roland Poulsen[13] 1
5 Kristian Poulsen[13] 1
Junior Team Engstler[12] 8 Luca Engstler[12] All
39 Florian Thoma[14] All
Team Engstler USA[12] 9 Stefan Goede[14] All
38 Jason Wolfe[14] All
LMS Racing[15] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[15] 10 Antti Buri[16] 1–2, 4–7
20 Niko Kankkunen[16] All
RacingOne[17] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[18] 13 Kai Jordan[18] 1–5
Audi RS3 LMS TCR[17] 14 Niels Langeveld[17] All
31 Floris Dullaart 3
84 Maurits Sandberg[18] 1–2, 4–7
Lubner Motorsport[19] Opel Astra TCR[19] 17 Jasmin Preisig[20] All
36 Dino Calcum[21] 1–3
50 Georg Braun 6
AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC[22]
(PROsport Performance)		 Audi RS3 LMS TCR[22] 18 Sheldon van der Linde[22] All
19 Max Hofer[23] All
HP Racing[15] SEAT León TCR[15] 22 Harald Proczyk[15] 1–6
Opel Astra TCR 7
Steibel Motorsport[24] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[24] 23 Sebastian Steibel[24] All
SEAT León TCR[5] 28 Pascal Eberle[5] All
Aust Motorsport[25] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[25] 24 Robin Brezina[25] 1–3
25 Loris Hezemans 4
26 Toni Wolf 5
29 Max Hesse 6–7
44 Sandro Kaibach[26] All
TOPCAR Sport[27] SEAT León TCR[27] 35 Rudolf Rhyn[27] 1–5
37 Manuel Brinkmann 6
66 Ronny Jost[5] All
73 Fredy Barth 7
Schläppi Race-Tec Opel Astra TCR[19] 36 Dino Calcum[21] 4–7
SEAT León TCR[28] 78 Fabian Danz[28] All
Certainty Racing Team[29] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[29] 40 Dillon Koster[5] 1–5
54 Simon Reicher[29] 1–5, 7
56 Jaap van Lagen 7
Honda ADAC Sachsen[30] Honda Civic Type R TCR[30] 41 Steve Kirsch[30] All
88 Moritz Oestreich[31] All
Niedertscheider MSP[15] SEAT León TCR[15] 42 Lukas Niedertscheider[15] 2–7
83 Martin Niedertscheider[32] 1
GermanFLAVOURS Racing [33] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[33] 64 Sven Markert[34] 1–5
82 Thomas Kramwinkel[33] 1–5
Positione Motorsport[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] 71 Juuso-Matti Pajuranta[4] 1–2
Entries ineligible to score points
V-Action Racing[35] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[35] 15 Cosimo Barberini[35] 7
16 Luigi Ferrara[35] 7
Young Driver Challenge SEAT León TCR 32 Gustavo Xavier 5
33 Oliver Holdener 6
34 Orhan Vouilloz 7
Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR 35 Rudolf Rhyn[27] 7
Bas Koeten Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 56 Jaap van Lagen 4
57 Michael Verhagen 4
SEAT León TCR[15] 58 Rik Breukers 4

Calendar and results

The 2017 schedule was announced on 23 November 2016, with two events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The second Oschersleben round will support the International Series along with ADAC Formula 4, while the rest of the rounds will be part of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.[36]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 29 April Kris Richard Josh Files Josh Files Target Competition UK-SUI ADAC GT Masters
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
2 30 April Florian Thoma Florian Thoma Junior Team Engstler
2 3 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 June Dino Calcum Josh Files Josh Files Target Competition UK-SUI ADAC GT Masters
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
GT4 European Series Northern Cup
4 11 June Dino Calcum Josh Files Target Competition UK-SUI
3 5 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 9 July Niels Langeveld Max Hofer Moritz Oestreich Honda ADAC Sachsen TCR International Series
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
6 Niels Langeveld Niels Langeveld RacingOne
4 7 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 23 July Harald Proczyk Sandro Kaibach Jason Wolfe Team Engstler USA ADAC GT Masters
8 Niels Langeveld Niels Langeveld RacingOne
5 9 Nürburgring, Nürburg 6 August Mike Halder Mike Halder Josh Files Target Competition UK-SUI ADAC GT Masters
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
10 Mike Halder Antti Buri LMS Racing
6 11 Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 17 September Luca Engstler Sheldon van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC
12 Sheldon van der Linde Josh Files Target Competition UK-SUI
7 13 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 24 September Harald Proczyk Harald Proczyk Harald Proczyk HP Racing
14 Steve Kirsch Josh Files Target Competition UK-SUI

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th PP FL
Points 40 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 5 1
Pos. Driver OSC
 RBR
 OSC
 ZAN
 NÜR
 SAC
 HOC
  Pts. 
1 Josh Files 1 3 1 1 10 2 3 14 13 Ret 4 1 10 1 411
2 Mike Halder 15 Ret 25 3 14 8 152 4 21 4 3 2 24 4 346
3 Sheldon van der Linde 3 5 6 9 Ret DNS 26 2 8 2 13 5 42 5 315
4 Harald Proczyk 13 10 10 36 9 5 211 7 6 3 22 7 11 11 279
5 Niels Langeveld 12 Ret 12 Ret 6 1 13 1 32 5 9 13 6 3 276
6 Moritz Oestreich Ret 37 134 2 1 4 Ret 17 9 8 54 11 Ret 12 205
7 Steve Kirsch 2 12 43 29 12 Ret 194 5 7 Ret Ret5 4 33 24 205
8 Antti Buri 34 8 5 6 183 16 5 1 7 9 7 30 202
9 Pascal Eberle 6 6 30 25 2 10 28 8 13 12 11 12 12 6 187
10 Kris Richard 4 7 222 4 31 13 Ret 12 12 26 8 3 8 Ret 178
11 Max Hofer 8 22 18 17 7 7 14 11 10 23 10 10 11 2 177
12 Luca Engstler 17 16 Ret 34 3 3 165 9 15 11 191 6 55 20 175
13 Sandro Kaibach 11 9 7 7 11 12 23 6 145 6 13 22 9 Ret 168
14 Florian Thoma 10 1 11 18 4 9 Ret Ret 21 13 20 8 14 10 164
15 Tim Zimmermann 7 2 Ret 15 5 11 17 30 11 29 6 26 30 31 141
16 Dino Calcum 19 13 31 5 15 14 27 15 44 Ret 15 Ret 13 DNS 137
17 Alex Morgan 16 14 9 Ret 18 16 4 10 25 Ret 12 Ret 28 9 110
18 Jason Wolfe Ret 20 Ret 14 16 30 1 3 Ret 18 14 24 34 15 102
19 Tom Lautenschlager 9 11 Ret 13 17 6 Ret 19 18 15 18 14 16 16 95
20 Jürgen Schmarl 5 18 8 Ret Ret Ret 25 24 31 7 16 15 22 22 81
21 Niko Kankkunen 23 26 Ret 32 Ret 17 7 23 Ret 19 27 18 15 8 59
22 José Rodrigues 20 4 28 8 13 21 DNS DNS 20 Ret 57
23 Ronny Jost Ret 23 21 12 23 15 8 21 32 Ret 17 20 20 Ret 46
24 Lukas Niedertscheider WD WD 15 16 8 Ret DNS Ret Ret 28 21 16 21 18 41
25 Thomas Kramwinkel 24 21 27 21 20 26 5 26 23 16 35
26 Kai Jordan 18 15 16 23 29 18 DNS 13 Ret 14 32
27 Fabian Danz 25 32 24 20 32 20 22 Ret 17 9 22 21 Ret 19 28
28 Simon Reicher Ret 19 14 22 24 28 10 22 26 20 26 29 28
29 Juuso-Matti Pajuranta 14 17 17 11 27
30 Gosia Rdest 31 27 Ret 30 22 Ret 6 Ret DNS DNS 26
31 Jasmin Preisig 22 30 31 19 33 Ret Ret Ret 16 10 25 27 33 DNS 21
32 Robin Brezina Ret 33 20 10 19 31 17
33 Maurits Sandberg 28 35 25 28 11 25 28 21 32 30 27 28 16
34 Dillon Koster 32 Ret 19 26 27 25 12 Ret 29 22 16
35 Fredy Barth 18 14 12
36 Jaap van Lagen 31 13 10
37 Toni Wolf 19 17 6
38 Loris Hezemans 29 18 3
39 Manuel Brinkmann 31 19 3
40 Simon Larsson 27 25 26 31 Ret 22 20 28 Ret 30 23 29 29 Ret 3
41 Rudolf Rhyn 29 Ret 23 33 21 19 Ret Ret 22 Ret 2
42 Sebastian Steibel 21 24 29 27 28 27 WD WD 24 24 28 23 24 23 1
41 Max Hesse 24 28 23 25 0
42 Floris Dullaart 30 23 0
43 Stefan Goede 26 34 Ret 24 25 29 30 29 27 27 29 Ret 25 27 0
44 Sven Markert 35 29 Ret 35 26 24 24 27 Ret Ret 0
45 Georg Braun 26 25 0
46 Kristian Poulsen 30 28 0
47 Martin Niedertscheider 33 31 0
48 Roland Poulsen Ret 36 0
Urs Sonderegger WD WD
Rik Breukers 2 20
Luigi Ferrara 17 7
Michael Verhagen 9 Ret
Rudolf Rhyn 19 17
Oliver Holdener 30 17
Cosimo Barberini Ret 21
Gustavo Xavier 30 25
Orhan Vouilloz 32 26
Jaap van Lagen DNS DNS
Pos. Driver OSC
 RBR
 OSC
 ZAN
 NÜR
 SAC
 HOC
  Pts. 

Teams' Championship
Pos. Team OSC
 RBR
 OSC
 ZAN
 NÜR
 SAC
 HOC
  Pts. 
1 Target Competition UK-SUI 1 3 1 1 10 2 3 12 1 26 4 1 8 1 424
3 AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC[22]
(PROsport Performance)		 3 5 6 9 7 7 14 2 8 2 1 5 4 2 378
4 Wolf-Power Racing 2 15 14 2 3 14 8 4 4 21 4 3 2 2 4 376
4 Honda ADAC Sachsen 2 12 4 2 1 4 19 5 7 8 5 4 3 12 361
5 RacingOne 12 15 12 23 6 1 13 1 3 5 9 13 6 3 306
6 HP Racing 13 10 10 36 9 5 211 7 6 3 2 7 11 11 290
7 Junior Team Engstler 10 1 11 18 3 3 16 9 15 11 191 6 5 10 272
8 LMS Racing 23 8 5 6 Ret 17 7 16 5 1 7 9 7 8 269
9 Steibel Motorsport 6 6 29 25 2 10 28 8 13 12 11 12 12 6 222
10 Target Competition GER 7 2 Ret 13 5 6 17 19 11 15 6 14 16 16 218
11 Aust Motorsport 11 9 7 7 11 12 23 6 14 6 13 22 9 25 209
12 Target Competition AUT-POR 5 4 8 8 13 21 25 24 20 7 16 15 22 22 180
13 Team Engstler USA 26 20 Ret 14 16 29 1 3 27 18 14 24 25 15 140
14 Lubner Motorsport 19 13 31 5 15 14 Ret Ret 16 10 25 25 33 DNS 132
15 Schläppi Race-Tec 25 32 24 20 32 20 22 15 4 9 15 21 13 19 121
16 TOPCAR Sport 29 23 21 12 21 15 8 21 22 Ret 17 19 18 14 107
17 Certainty Racing Team 32 19 14 22 24 25 10 22 26 20 26 13 76
18 GermanFLAVOURS Racing 24 21 27 21 20 24 5 26 23 16 70
19 Niedertscheider Motorsport 33 31 15 16 8 Ret DNS Ret Ret 28 21 16 21 18 67
20 Target Competition POL-SWE 27 25 26 30 22 22 6 28 Ret 30 23 29 29 Ret 55
21 RacingOne 2 28 35 25 28 30 23 11 25 28 21 32 30 27 28 47
22 Positione Motorsport 14 17 17 11 42
23 Team Engstler Dänemark 30 28 1
- Wolf-Power Racing WD WD -
Bas Koeten Racing 2 2 20
V-Action Racing 17 7
Bas Koeten Racing 9 Ret
Rikli Motorsport 19 17
Young Driver Challenge 30 25 30 17 32 26
Pos. Team OSC
 RBR
 OSC
 ZAN
 NÜR
 SAC
 HOC
  Pts. 

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