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2017 World Touring Car Championship

The 2017 FIA World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile for Super 2000 Cars.[1] It was the fourteenth and last season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship,[2] and the thirteenth since the series was revived in 2005.

The Drivers Championship was won by Thed Björk and the Manufacturers Championship by Volvo Polestar.

Teams and drivers edit

 
The Drivers Championship was won by Thed Björk, pictured in 2015.
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Manufacturer entries
  Honda Racing Team JAS[3] Honda Civic WTCC[3] 2   Gabriele Tarquini[4] 7
5   Norbert Michelisz[3] All
18   Tiago Monteiro[3] 1–6
34   Ryo Michigami[3] All
86   Esteban Guerrieri[5] 8–10
  Polestar Cyan Racing[6] Volvo S60 Polestar TC1[6] 61   Néstor Girolami[6] 1–9
62   Thed Björk[6] All
63   Nick Catsburg[6] All
64   Yvan Müller[7] 10
WTCC Trophy
  Sébastien Loeb Racing[8] Citroën C-Elysée WTCC[8] 3   Tom Chilton[8] All
25   Mehdi Bennani[9] All
27   John Filippi[10] All
30   Ma Qing Hua[11] 9
  RC Motorsport[12] Lada Vesta WTCC[13] 4   Mak Ka Lok[14] 9
22   Manuel Fernandes[15] 5
24   Kevin Gleason[13] 2–10
26   Filipe de Souza[16] 7–8
68   Yann Ehrlacher[12] All
  Zengő Motorsport[17] Honda Civic WTCC[17] 8   Aurélien Panis[17] 1–5
66   Zsolt Szabó[18] 6–10
99   Dániel Nagy[19] All
  ROAL Motorsport[20] Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1[20] 9   Tom Coronel[20] All
  Campos Racing[21] Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1[21] 11   Kris Richard[22] 8, 10
44   Wong Po Wah[14] 9
86   Esteban Guerrieri[21] 1–7
88   Chan Kin Pong[14] 9
  ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[23] Citroën C-Elysée WTCC[23] 12   Robert Huff[23] All
ETCC Entries ineligible to score points
  Zengő Motorsport SEAT León TCR 105   Anett György 4
108   Norbert Nagy 4
166   Zsolt Szabó 4
  Pfister Racing SEAT León TCR 107   Andreas Pfister 4
  Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR 112   Peter Rikli 4
191   Christjohannes Schreiber 4
  AKK Stefanovski SEAT León TCR 114   Igor Stefanovski 4
  LEIN Racing SEAT León TCR 117   Mladen Lalušić 4
137   Fábio Mota 4
  Křenek Motorsport SEAT León TCR 122   Petr Fulín 4
  Kraf Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 144   Plamen Kralev 4

Team changes edit

Driver changes edit

Rule changes edit

More points will be awarded for the winners of the Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3) team time trials (12 rather than 10), optional rallycross-style "joker laps" will be introduced in street-circuits, the second or "main race" on a race weekend will be increased in length to two laps longer than the opening races (with the exception of the Race of Germany at Nürburgring Nordschleife), the points scoring structure will be revised with more points awarded in the main race, and the length of race meetings will be reduced to two days, with testing on Fridays to be abolished and the Free Practice 1 and 2 sessions being increased from 30 to 45 minutes to compensate.[35]

Calendar edit

The Monza and Macau circuits return to the WTCC, whereas France, Russia and Slovakia are dropped.

Rnd. Race Race Name Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco   Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 9 April stand-alone event
2
2 3 OSCARO Race of Italy   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 30 April European Touring Car Cup
4
3 5 JVCKENWOOD Race of Hungary   Hungaroring 14 May
6
4 7 Race of Germany   Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 May Nürburgring 24 Hours
European Touring Car Cup
8
5 9 Race of Portugal   Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 25 June European Touring Car Cup
10
6 11 Race of Argentina   Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo 16 July Campeonato Argentino de Turismo Nacional
12
7 13 Race of China   Ningbo International Circuit 15 October China Touring Car Championship
F4 Chinese Championship
14
8 15 JVCKENWOOD Race of Japan   Twin Ring Motegi 29 October stand-alone event
16
9 17 JVCKENWOOD Race of Macau   Guia Circuit, Macau 18 November TCR Chinese Racing Cup
FIA F3 World Cup
FIA GT World Cup
18 19 November
10 19 Race of Qatar   Losail International Circuit 1 December stand-alone event
20

Results and standings edit

Compensation weights edit

  • base weight of 1,100 kg
Car Marrakech Monza Hungaroring Nürburgring Vila Real Termas de
Río Hondo 		Ningbo Motegi Macau Losail
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC +50 kg +50 kg +60 kg +80 kg +80 kg +80 kg +50 kg +40 kg 0 kg +60 kg
Honda Civic WTCC 0 kg 0 kg +80 kg +70 kg +50 kg +60 kg +80 kg +80 kg +70 kg +80 kg
Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg +30 kg +20 kg 0 kg 0 kg +10 kg +10 kg +10 kg
Lada Vesta WTCC 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg +10 kg
Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 0 kg 0 kg +80 kg +80 kg +80 kg +60 kg +70 kg +70 kg +80 kg +80 kg

Races edit

Race Race Name MAC3 winner Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer Independent winner Report
1   Race of Morocco   Volvo   Dániel Nagy   Esteban Guerrieri   Campos Racing   Chevrolet   Esteban Guerrieri Report
2   Tiago Monteiro   Esteban Guerrieri   Tiago Monteiro   Honda Racing Team JAS   Honda   Tom Chilton
3   Race of Italy   Volvo   Thed Björk   Tom Chilton   Sébastien Loeb Racing   Citroën   Tom Chilton Report
4   Thed Björk   Thed Björk   Thed Björk   Polestar Cyan Racing   Volvo   Robert Huff
5   Race of Hungary   Honda   Esteban Guerrieri   Tiago Monteiro   Honda Racing Team JAS   Honda   Tom Chilton Report
6   Robert Huff   Robert Huff   Mehdi Bennani   Sébastien Loeb Racing   Citroën   Mehdi Bennani
7   Race of Germany   Volvo   Tom Chilton   Thed Björk   Polestar Cyan Racing   Volvo   Mehdi Bennani Report
8   Norbert Michelisz   Nick Catsburg   Nick Catsburg   Polestar Cyan Racing   Volvo   Robert Huff
9   Race of Portugal   Volvo   Norbert Michelisz   Mehdi Bennani   Sébastien Loeb Racing   Citroën   Mehdi Bennani Report
10   Norbert Michelisz   Robert Huff   Norbert Michelisz   Honda Racing Team JAS   Honda   Robert Huff
11   Race of Argentina   Volvo   Thed Björk   Yann Ehrlacher   RC Motorsport   Lada   Yann Ehrlacher Report
12   Nick Catsburg   Nick Catsburg   Norbert Michelisz   Honda Racing Team JAS   Honda   Esteban Guerrieri
13   Race of China   Volvo   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Campos Racing   Chevrolet   Esteban Guerrieri Report
14   Néstor Girolami   Zsolt Szabó   Néstor Girolami   Polestar Cyan Racing   Volvo   Tom Chilton
15   Race of Japan   Honda   Tom Chilton   Tom Chilton   Sébastien Loeb Racing   Citroën   Tom Chilton Report
16   Norbert Michelisz   Nick Catsburg   Norbert Michelisz   Honda Racing Team JAS   Honda   Mehdi Bennani
17   Guia Race of Macau   Honda   Robert Huff   Mehdi Bennani   Sébastien Loeb Racing   Citroën   Mehdi Bennani Report
18   Robert Huff   Ma Qing Hua   Robert Huff   ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport   Citroën   Robert Huff
19   Race of Qatar   Volvo   Mehdi Bennani   Tom Chilton   Sébastien Loeb Racing   Citroën   Tom Chilton Report
20   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Esteban Guerrieri   Honda Racing Team JAS   Honda   Robert Huff

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

China Race 2 was half-points awarded.

Pos. Driver MAR
  		ITA
  		HUN
  		GER
  		PRT
  		ARG
  		CHN‡
  		JPN
  		MAC
  		QAT
  		 Pts. 
1   Thed Björk 2 7 5 11 NC 7 1 45 3 23 6 35 NC 22 4 5 4 54 5 44 283.5
2   Norbert Michelisz 5 23 NC 6 NC 4 7 21 7 11 14 12 DSQ DSQ 7 11 5 22 9 8 255
3   Tom Chilton 7 5 1 Ret 2 3 4 5 4 6 4 7 Ret 34 1 10 8 33 1 5 248.5
4   Esteban Guerrieri 1 13 4 8 6 63 5 8 Ret 8 3 44 1 45 3 44 6 45 10 11 241
5   Nicky Catsburg 4 4 8 44 5 24 6 12 5 45 15 161 3 5 9 22 9 13 8 32 238.5
6   Mehdi Bennani 3 65 NC 7 7 12 2 6 1 7 2 5 NC 11 5 6 1 7 2 Ret 234
7   Robert Huff Ret 94 2 33 3 101 3 33 6 52 7 9 Ret 12†3 8 11 7 11 7 23 215
8   Tiago Monteiro 6 11 3 22 1 5 15 134 2 34 5 23 200
9   Néstor Girolami 9 32 NC 55 4 Ret5 Ret DNS 8 9 16 6 Ret 11 11 33 13 9 112
10   Yann Ehrlacher Ret 12 11 9 8 8 9 9 9 11 1 8 2 8 2 7 12 14 13 12 90
11   Tom Coronel 8 8 6 11 9 9 8 7 DNS DNS 9 10 7† 9 13 13 2 6 11 11 69
12   John Filippi NC 11 7 10 14† 11 10 10 10 10 8 12 4 6 12 9 11 16 4 9 48
13   Kevin Gleason 9 13 12 12 12 11 Ret 12 11 13 5 7 6 8 10 8 3 14 47.5
14   Ryo Michigami Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 13 11 Ret Ret 13 10 11 DSQ DSQ 10 Ret5 3 15 14 10 20
15   Yvan Muller 6 75 16
16   Kris Richard 14 12 12 6 10
17   Filipe de Souza 6 10 16 15 8.5
18   Aurélien Panis 10 Ret DNS 12 10 14 13 12 11 16† 2
19   Dániel Nagy 11† 14 10 Ret 13 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 12 14 DSQ DSQ 15 14 15 11 15 13 1
20   Zsolt Szabó 13 15 DSQ DSQ 17 16 16 10 16 15 1
21   Ma Qinghua 14 12 0
22   Manuel Fernandes 12 15 0
23   Mak Ka Lok 17 17 0
24   Wong Po Wah 18 DNS 0
-   Chan Kin Pong WD WD 0
-   Gabriele Tarquini DSQ DSQ -
ETCC entries ineligible for points
-   Igor Stefanovski 17 14 -
-   Petr Fulín 16 16 -
-   Fábio Mota 18 15 -
-   Norbert Nagy 19 18 -
-   Andreas Pfister 23 17 -
-   Peter Rikli 20 Ret -
-   Mladen Lalušić 21 21 -
-   Plamen Kralev 24 19 -
-   Zsolt Szabó 25 20 -
-   Anett György 22 Ret -
-   Christjohannes Schreiber Ret DNS -
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
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. ‡ – Honda Racing Team JAS was disqualified from the Race of China because of non-compliant fuel injectors.

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position[35]  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Opening Race Points[35] 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Main Race Points[35] 30 23 19 16 13 10 7 4 2 1
Notes
  • 1 2 3 4 5 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for the main race (second race), where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1.

Manufacturers' Championship edit

Pos. Manufacturer MAR
  		ITA
  		HUN
  		GER
  		PRT
  		ARG
  		CHN
  		JPN
  		MAC
  		QAT
  		 Pts. 
M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2
1   Volvo Polestar 1 1 32 1 2 11 2 2 11 1 1 12 1 2 22 1 2 31 1 1 11 2 2 22 2 2 32 1 1 22 908.5
2 44 3 33 3 42 2 34 3 44 4 44 NC 22 4 33 4 44 2 33
2   Honda 2 3 11 2 1 22 1 1 23 2 3 21 2 1 11 2 1 12 DSQ DSQ DSQ 1 1 11 1 1 11 2 3 11 880
4 23 4 44 4 34 4 43 4 33 3 23 DSQ DSQ 3 44 3 23 4 4


Notes

Only the two best placed cars of each manufacturer earned points.

  • 1 2 3 4 5 refers to the classification of the drivers in the main race qualification, where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1. Points were only awarded to the fastest two cars from each manufacturer.

In MAC3 points are awarded if 3 cars of the same manufacturer within a 15 seconds gap. MAC3 points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd 
Points 12 8 6

WTCC Trophy edit

WTCC Trophy points are awarded to the first eight drivers classified in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One point is awarded to the highest-placed WTCC Trophy competitor in qualifying and another for the fastest lap in each race.

Pos. Driver MAR
  		ITA
  		HUN
  		GER
  		PRT
  		ARG
  		CHN
  		JPN
  		MAC
  		QAT
  		 Pts. 
1   Tom Chilton 3 1 1 Ret 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 Ret 1 1 5 4 2 1 2 138
2   Robert Huff Ret 4 2 1 2 6 2 1 3 1 5 5 Ret 9 5 6 3 1 5 1 129
3   Mehdi Bennani 2 2 NC 2 4 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 NC 8 3 1 1 4 2 Ret 128.5
4   Esteban Guerrieri 1 7 3 3 3 3 4 5 Ret 4 3 1 1 2 85
5   Yann Ehrlacher Ret 6 8 4 5 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 2 5 2 2 7 9 8 6 80
6   Tom Coronel 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 4 DNS DNS 7 6 6 6 7 8 2 3 6 5 68.5
7   John Filippi NC 5 5 5 10 7 7 7 5 5 6 7 3 3 6 4 6 10 4 4 61
8   Kevin Gleason 6 8 8 8 8 8 Ret 7 8 8 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 8 45.5
9   Dániel Nagy 6† 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 8 9 9 DSQ DSQ 9 9 10 7 9 7 13
10   Kris Richard 8 7 7 3 11
11   Aurélien Panis 5 Ret DNS 7 7 9 9 9 6 10† 11
12   Filipe de Souza 5 7 10 10 5
13   Zsolt Szabó 10 10 DSQ DSQ 11 11 10 6 10 9 3
14   Ma Qinghua 8 8 3
15   Manuel Fernandes 7 9 2
16   Mak Ka Lok 11 12 0
17   Wong Po Wah 12 DNS 0
-   Chan Kin Pong WD WD 0

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

WTCC Teams' Trophy edit

All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Teams' Trophy, with the exception of manufacturer teams, with the first car from each team scoring points in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Pos. Team MAR
  		ITA
  		HUN
  		GER
  		PRT
  		ARG
  		CHN
  		JPN
  		MAC
  		QAT
  		 Pts. 
1   Sébastien Loeb Racing 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 175
2   ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Ret 3 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 1 4 4 Ret 5 3 3 3 1 3 1 128
3   Campos Racing 1 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 1 1 2 5 4 6 DNS 5 3 109
4   RC Motorsport Ret 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 5 109
5   ROAL Motorsport 3 2 4 5 5 4 4 3 DNS DNS 5 5 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 4 91.5
6   Zengő Motorsport 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 6 6 DSQ DSQ 6 6 5 5 6 6 61

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "WTCC targets major cost reduction programme for 2017". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Honda confirm Monteiro, Michelisz and Michigami for 2017". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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  5. ^ "Esteban Guerrieri confirmed at Honda for Japan - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Hudson, Neil (27 February 2017). "Volvo adds Catsburg, Girolami to WTCC roster". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  7. ^ SZ., T. A. I. (29 November 2017). "WTCC: rossz hír Michelisznek – a Volvo szerződtette a mumust - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "Tom Chilton re-signs with Sébastien Loeb Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Mehdi Bennani back with Sébastien Loeb Racing for the 2017 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b "John Filippi confirms he'll be back on track in the 2017 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  11. ^ Hudson, Neil (22 September 2017). "Ma Qing Hua to race at Macau with Sébastien Loeb Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d "Yann Ehrlacher, nephew of Yvan Muller, to race Lada Vesta". TouringCar Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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  17. ^ a b c d "Zengő Motorsport sign Olivier Panis' son for 2017 WTCC season". TouringCar Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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External links edit

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