2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil

The 2017 Porsche Império GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil is the first one-make Porsche racing championship in South America for 911 GT3 Cup cars and this was the thirteenth season. It started on March 18 with a Sprint race in Curitiba and finished on December 2 with an Endurance race in São Paulo. It was first held in 2005 and follows the same formula basis used in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup championships held around the world.

Drivers

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All cars are overseen by the Dener Motorsport team. Cup, that uses the same cars of the European series; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991) and Challenge, that uses Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) cars with a less-powerful engine.

No. Driver Rounds Class
00   Constantino Jr. 3 C
2   Marcio Basso 1–2 C
3   Rodrigo Baptista All C
4   Beto Leite 4–6 C
6   Alceu Feldmann 1 C
7   Miguel Paludo All C
  Dominique Teysseyre 5 CH
8   Werner Neugebauer All C
  Marco Billi All CH
9   Guilherme Firguerôa All C
10   Adalberto Baptista 1–4, 6 C
11   Marcio Mauro All C
12   Dario Giustozzi All C
  Pablo Delponte 2, 4–6 CH
13   Pedro Queirolo All C
17   Marcelo Parodi 1, 3–6 CH
  Marcelo Stallone 2 C
19   Tom Filho 2–5 CH
18   Carlos Ambrósio 1–2, 4, 6 C
20   Marcel Visconde 1–3, 5–6 C
21   Eloi Khouri All CH
6 C
25   Mauricio Salla 1–5 CH
27   Ricardo Baptista All C
  Luís Fernando Elias All CH
29   Rodrigo Mello All CH
30   Cleber Faria All C
31   Lucas Seripieri All CH
32   Fernando Fortes All C
33   Pablo Otero 4–5 C
34   Maurizio Billi All C
37   Guilherme Reischl 1–4 CH'
5–6 C
43   Matte Karlsson 6 C
44   Paulo Pomelli 3–4, 6 C
45   Paulo Totaro All CH
50   Ramon Alcaraz 1, 6 CH
2, 4–5 C
51   Cristiano Piquet 1–2 C
53   Ronaldo Kastropil 1–2, 4, 6 CH
54   Pedro Costa All CH
55   Marcus Vario All CH
56   Fabian Taraborelli 6 CH
63   Lico Kaesemodel All C
71   Raulino Kreis Jr. 6 CH
74   Odair Dos Santos 2–3 CH
76   Fernando Guerra 4–6 CH
77   Francisco Horta All CH
78   Lucas Peres 5 CH
79   Marcos Peres All CH
80   Rouman Ziemkiewicz All CH
88   Eduardo Rocha Azevedo 2, 6 C
90   João Paulo Mauro All C
99   Tom Vale 1–3, 6 C
105   Vanuê Faria All C
155   Rodrigo Mendes 3 CH
544   Marçal Muller All CH
Icon Class
C Cup
CH Challenge

Race Calendar and Results

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Races Cup Sprint

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All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil and Argentina.

Race Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver
1   Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba 18 March   Lico Kaesemodel   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista
2   Marcel Visconde   Marcel Visconde
3   Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 6 May   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista
4   Rodrigo Baptista   Ricardo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista
5   Pedro Queirolo   Pedro Queirolo
6   Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 3 June   Lico Kaesemodel   Rodrigo Baptista   Lico Kaesemodel
7   Rodrigo Baptista   Miguel Paludo
8   Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 5 August   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista
9   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista
10   Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 26 August   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista
11   Werner Neugebauer   Werner Neugebauer
12   Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 11 November   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista   Rodrigo Baptista
13 12 November   Rodrigo Baptista   Miguel Paludo

Races Challenge Sprint

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All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil and Argentina.

Race Circuit, Location Date Pole Position Fastest lap Race winner
1   Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 18 March   Marçal Muller   Eloi Khouri   Marçal Muller
2   Autódromo José Carlos Pace 6 May   Marçal Muller   Rodrigo Mello   Marçal Muller
3   Autódromo Vello Città 3 June   Marçal Muller   Marçal Muller   Marçal Muller
4   Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 5 August   Eloi Khouri   Marçal Muller   Eloi Khouri
5   Eloi Khouri   Eloi Khouri   Eloi Khouri
6   Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 27 August   Marçal Muller   Marçal Muller   Marçal Muller
7   Marçal Muller   Eloi Khouri   Eloi Khouri
8   Autódromo José Carlos Pace 12 November   Eloi Khouri   Marcus Vario   Marcus Vario

Endurance Series

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All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil.

Round Circuit, Location Date Pole Position Cup winners Challenge winners
1   Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 300 km Velo Citta 16 September   Ricardo Baptista
  Valdeno Brito
  Lico Kaesemodel
  Ricardo Zonta
  Rodolfo Toni
  Dennis Dirani
2   Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) 300 km Goiania 7 October   Rodrigo Baptista
  Sergio Jimenez
  Rodrigo Baptista
  Sergio Jimenez
  Alan Hellmeister
  Luca Seripieri
3   Autódromo José Carlos Pace 500 km Interlagos 2 December   Rodrigo Baptista
  Sergio Jimenez
  João Paulo Mauro
  Felipe Fraga
  Alan Hellmeister
  Luca Seripieri
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Drivers' Championship

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Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 70% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. The sprint races has the partially top 6 or 10 grid depending on a draw. Only the best 11 results in cup class counts toward the championship, while in challenge class only the best 5 results.

Points format Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Cup feature race 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Cup reserve grid race 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Challenge race 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver CUR[N 1] INT VEC BUA TRH INT Pts
1   Rodrigo Baptisa 1 8 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 Ret 1 3 210
2   Miguel Paludo 2 7 5 3 3 3 1 7 3 2 3 4 1 194 (208,5)
3   Ricardo Baptista 5 4 3 2 4 4 3 5 Ret 3 4 3 5 174 (181)
4   Lico Kaesemodel 3 6 2 7 9 1 7 4 2 5 9 2 2 172 (184)
5   Werner Neugebauer 6 3 7 Ret DNS 9 2 3 Ret 4 1 7 12 124
6   Pedro Queirolo 14 14 4 6 1 5 6 8 Ret 8 5 9 6 123 (124)
7   João Paulo Mauro 4 5 Ret 13 8 7 Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 5 4 106
8   Marcel Visconde 8 1 9 8 7 8 4 7 6 11 10 100
9   Fernando Fortes 10 10 6 5 6 13 6 15 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 92
10   Maurizio Billi Ret 15 10 10 10 8 8 10 8 13 10 10 11 72.5 (73)
11   Tom Valle 7 2 12 18 Ret 11 Ret 8 8 47
12   Vanuê Faria 12 12 17 14 11 15 11 12 10 11 11 16 Ret 45
13   Carlos Ambrósio DSQ DSQ Ret 9 14 6 5 14 9 44
14   Márcio Mauro Ret 16 11 11 15 18 13 9 6 Ret DSQ 12 Ret 39
15   Adalberto Baptista Ret 17 16 4 5 Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 13 36
16   Dario Giustozzi Ret 18 Ret 19 16 10 9 14 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 33
17   Guilherme Figueirôa 9 9 20 15 12 17 Ret 11 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret 29,5
18   Eduardo Rocha Azevedo 8 DNS DNS 6 14 23
19   Constantino Jr. 5 10 20
20   Ramon Alcaraz 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 10 8 20
21   Cleber Faria 13 13 14 17 18 16 12 18 13 15 Ret 19 15 18.5
22   Marcio Basso 11 11 13 12 17 17,5
23   Pablo Otero 17 7 14 12 9
24   Eloi Khouri 13 7 13
25   Guilherme Reischl 12 Ret 18 Ret 5
26   Beto Leite 13 15 Ret DNS 21 Ret 5
27   Paulo Pomelli 14 Ret Ret 14 20 Ret 5
28   Marcelo Stallone 19 16 13 3
29   Cristiano Piquet Ret 19 15 Ret Ret 2
  Matte Karlsson 17 Ret 0
  Alceu Feldmann DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA TRH INT Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole position

Italics – Fastest lap

† – Retired, but classified

Challenge

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Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA[N 2] TRH[N 3] INT Pts
1   Marçal Müller 1 1 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 98 (116)
2   Eloi Khouri 3 3 7 1 1 2 1 4 86 (95)
3   Marcus Vario 5 2 2 4 Ret 9 15 1 82 (89)
4   Tom Filho 7 3 3 16 3 2 9 66
5   Rodrigo Mello 2 4 Ret 5 17 15 5 8 64
6   Pedro Costa 6 10 5 10 3 4 3 6 64 (70)
7   Luiz Fernando Elias 10 6 6 9 4 6 Ret 5 56 (62)
8   Rouman Ziemkiewicz 8 Ret 4 Ret 10 7 4 Ret 42
9   Ronaldo Kastropil 4 9 8 7 3 39 (46)
10   Pablo Delponte 11 Ret 5 5 6 13 32
11   Mauricio Salla 13 12 8 7 11 13 8 32
12   Paulo Totaro 9 18 9 12 12 12 11 12 27
13   Luca Seripieri Ret 14 16 13 2 10 10 Ret 26
14   Marcus Peres Ret 5 Ret 6 8 Ret 22
15   Ramon Alcaraz 7 10 10 21
16   Francisco Horta 11 13 15 15 6 Ret Ret 15 20
17   Marco Billi Ret 15 12 14 9 Ret 7 Ret 19
18   Marcelo Parodi 12 16 14 16 14 14 14 14 12
19   Guilherme Reischl Ret 17 11 11 13 10
20   Lucas Peres 8 7 9
21   Raulino Kreis Jr. 7 9
22   Odair dos Santos 8 Ret 8
23   Dominique Teysseyre 11 13 5
24   Fabian Taraborelli 11 5
25   Fernando Guerra Ret 15 Ret 12 Ret 5
26   Ricardo Mendes 13 3
Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA TRH INT Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole position

Italics – Fastest lap

† – Retired, but classified

Endurance

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Pos Driver VEC GOI INT Pts
Cup
1=   Miguel Paludo 2 5 7 168
2=   Lico Kaesemodel
  Ricardo Zonta
1 7 9 154
3=   Eduardo Azevedo
  Ricardo Maurício
Ret 4 2 154
4   Noberto Gresse 2 5 10 [N 4] 151
5=   Ricardo Baptista
  Valdeno Brito
DSQ 3 3 149
6=   João Paulo Mauro
  Felipe Fraga
11 Ret 1 142
7   Sergio Jimenez 8 1 12 137
8=   Sylvio de Barros
  Cacá Bueno
20 2 8 135
9=   Pedro Queirolo
  Clemente Lunardi
14 9 5 129
10=   Rodrigo Baptista 1 12 68
10=   Adalberto Baptista
  Bruno Baptista
7 6 104
11   Daniel Schneider 8 6 14 102
12=   Beto Leite
  Nonô Figueiredo
5 15 13 101
13=   Tom Valle
  Daniel Serra
4 85
14=   Marcel Visconde 6 11 80
15=   Felipe Nasr 4 Ret 18 73
16=   Ramon Alcaraz
  Bia Figueiredo
19 10 65
17=   Justin Allgaier 7 62
17=   Marcus Vario 9 8 Ret 62
17=   Alberto Valério 9 8 62
17=   Werner Neugebauer 18 Ret 11 62
18=   Marçal Muller 3 Ret Ret 55
18=   Pedro Piquet 3 Ret 55
19=   Guilherme Reischl 11 15 52
20=   Ingo Hoffmann 4 50
21=   Fernando Fortes 6 40
21=   Nelson Piquet Jr. 6 40
22=   Marcos Gomes 13 40
23=   Thomas Preining 14 29
24=   Juliano Moro 11 26
24=   Francisco Horta
  Fabio Carbone
15 26
25   Carlos Ambrósio Ret 18 23
26=   Allam Khodair 18 22
27=   Marcelo Stallone
  Beto Posses
  Rodolfo Ometto
26 21
28=   Kreis Jr.
  Giulio Borlenghi
  Lucas Foresti
28 19
  Renan Guerra Ret
  Denis Navarro Ret
  Dennis Olsen Ret
  Júlio Campos
  Guilherme Figueirôa
DSQ 0
Challenge
1=   Luca Seripieri
  Alan Hellmeister
16 11 16 108
2=   Marcus Peres
  Lucas Peres
12 14 19 97
3=   Tom Filho
  Rodrigo Mello
13 17 17 95
4=   Rodolfo Toni
  Dennis Dirani
10 19 22 79
5=   Marco Billi
  Maurizio Billi
21 16 23 67
6=   Eloi Khouri 17 13 27 66
6=   Nando Elias
  Rouman Ziemkiewicz
23 21 20 66
7=   Paulo Totaro 15 Ret 21 59
7=   Ronaldo Kastropil 15 21 59
8   João Gonçalves 17 50
9   Dominique Teysseyre 22 12 44
10=   Marco Cozzi 17 27 40
10=   Ricardo Mendes 18 25 40
11   Laszlo Piquet 21 36
12   Danilo Dirani 22 32
13   Fábio Carbone 12 29
14=   Esteban Guerrieri 13 26
14=   Mario Chomalí
  Carlos Ruiz
24 26
15=   Leandro Romera
  Alexandre Auler
25 23
16   Diego Nunes 27 21
17   Sérgio Maggi 18 17
18   Giuliano Losacco 22 15
  Fernando Fortes Ret 0
Pos Driver VEC GOI INT Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole position

Italics – Fastest lap

† – Retired, but classified

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Half points were awarded for the second race as less than 50% of the race distance had been completed.
  2. ^ Only the best result at Buenos Aires round count for the championship in challenge class.
  3. ^ Only the best result at Termas de Río Hondo count for the championship in challenge class.
  4. ^ Gresse is part of a different pairing at Interlagos because Pauldo's sponsor, Brandt Agriculture Products, has a co-driver from the sponsor's headquarters available that weekend.
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