2017 European Touring Car Cup
The 2017 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the thirteenth and last running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It consists of six events in Italy, Hungary, Germany, Portugal, Belgium and Czech Republic. The championship is again split into two categories: ETCC 1[1] (including TC2 Turbo, TC2, TCN-2 and Super 2000 machinery) and ETCC 2[1] (including Super 1600 machinery).[2]
2017 European Touring Car Cup | |||
Previous: | 2016 | Next: | none |
Parent series: World Touring Car Championship |
Teams and drivers
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.
ETCC 1 | |||||
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds | |
SEAT León TCR[3] | 5 | All | |||
8 | All | ||||
66 | 1–4 | ||||
SEAT León TCR[5] | 7 | All | |||
Honda Civic Type R TCR[6] | 12 | All | |||
91 | All | ||||
SEAT León TCR[4] | 14 | All | |||
SEAT León TCR[7] | 17 | 1–4, 6 | |||
37 | All | ||||
SEAT León TCR[4] | 22 | All | |||
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] | 23 | 6 | |||
Honda Civic Type R TCR[9] | 27 | 4 | |||
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[10] | 32 | 2, 5 | |||
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[11] | 44 | All | |||
SEAT León TCR[7] | 71 | 6 | |||
76 | 6 | ||||
SEAT Leon TCR[10] | 73 | 2 | |||
SEAT León TCR[13] | 96 | 6 | |||
Race calendar and results
The first four rounds will support the World Touring Car Championship.[2]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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1 | R1 | 30 April | |||||
R2 | |||||||
2 | R1 | 14 May | |||||
R2 | |||||||
3 | R1 | 27 May | |||||
R2 | |||||||
4 | R1 | 25 June | |||||
R2 | |||||||
5 | R1 | 17 September | |||||
R2 | |||||||
6 | R1 | 8 October | |||||
R2 |
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Qualifying points: 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for first race, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1.
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Bold – Pole |
† - Half points were awarded for race 2 at Vila Real.
References
- "ETCC category name change confirmed for 2017". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- "European Touring Car Cup calendar revealed for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- "Fiatal és tehetséges; György Anett velünk folytatja!". facebook.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- Hudson, Neil (27 April 2017). "11-car entry for the ETCC season opener at Monza". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- "Andreas Pfister plans to contest the 2017 ETCC with his SEAT". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- "Rikli Motorsport signs Schreiber for ETCC title defence". fiaetcc.com. 24 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- "Mota vows to be even mightier on ETCC return". fiaetcc.com. 20 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- Hudson, Neil (21 September 2017). "First Volkswagen Golf entered for ETCC finale at Most". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- Aller, Tamara (16 June 2017). "Jose Rodrigues will make ETCC debut at Vila Real". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- Hudson, Neil (8 May 2017). "Alexandr Artemyev and Rudolf Pesovic added to Hungary line-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- "Motorsport News: Пламен Кралев ще кара в Европейския шампионат за туристически автомобили" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- Hudson, Neil (3 October 2017). "Lema Racing add two SEATs to the ETCC finale grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- Hudson, Neil (5 October 2017). "Petr Fulín heads to Most chasing third title with son's support on track". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 6 October 2017.