2017 European Touring Car Cup

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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]

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
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Hungary Zengő Motorsport[3] SEAT León TCR[3] 5 Hungary Anett György[3] All
8 Hungary Norbert Nagy[3] All
66 Hungary Zsolt Szabó[4] 1–4
Germany Pfister Racing[5] SEAT León TCR[5] 7 Germany Andreas Pfister[5] All
Switzerland Rikli Motorsport[6] Honda Civic Type R TCR[6] 12 Switzerland Peter Rikli[6] All
91 Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber[6] All
North Macedonia AKK Stefanovski[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 14 North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski[4] All
Serbia LEIN Racing[7] SEAT León TCR[7] 17 Serbia Mladen Lalušić[4] 1–4, 6
37 Portugal Fábio Mota[7] All
Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 22 Czech Republic Petr Fulín[4] All
Germany Steibel Motorsport[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 23 Czech Republic Václav Nimč Jr.[8] 6
Italy Target Competition[9] Honda Civic Type R TCR[9] 27 Portugal José Rodrigues[9] 4
Serbia ASK GM Racing[10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[10] 32 Serbia Rudolf Pešović[10] 2, 5
Bulgaria Kraf Racing[11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[11] 44 Bulgaria Plamen Kralev[11] All
Slovenia Lema Racing[12] SEAT León TCR[7] 71 Poland Maciej Łaszkiewicz[12] 6
76 Czech Republic Petr Čížek[12] 6
Spain Baporo Motorsport[10] SEAT Leon TCR[10] 73 Kazakhstan Alexandr Artemyev[10] 2
Czech Republic Fullin Race Academy[13] SEAT León TCR[13] 96 Czech Republic Petr Fulín Jr.[13] 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
1 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 30 April Switzerland Peter Rikli Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport
R2 Switzerland Peter Rikli Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
2 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 14 May Hungary Zsolt Szabó Hungary Zsolt Szabó Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
R2 Hungary Norbert Nagy Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
3 R1 Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 May Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport
R2 Portugal Fábio Mota North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski North Macedonia AKK Stefanovski
4 R1 Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 25 June Hungary Norbert Nagy North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport
R2 Hungary Zsolt Szabó Hungary Zsolt Szabó Hungary Zengő Motorsport
5 R1 Belgium Circuit Zolder 17 September Hungary Norbert Nagy Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
R2 North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski North Macedonia AKK Stefanovski
6 R1 Czech Republic Autodrom Most 8 October Hungary Norbert Nagy Bulgaria Plamen Kralev Hungary Norbert Nagy Hungary Zengő Motorsport
R2 Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport

Championship standings[]

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
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.

Pos Driver MNZ
Italy 		HUN
Hungary 		NÜR
Germany 		VIL†
Portugal 		ZOL
Belgium 		MST
Czech Republic 		 Pts 
1 Czech Republic Petr Fulín 13 3 6 4 12 3 12 5 9 3 23 1 82
2 Hungary Norbert Nagy 5 4 32 3 4 5 21 Ret 31 4 11 3 75
3 Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber 22 1 1 3 1 Ret1 DNS NC 11 1 7 32 Ret 65
4 North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski 4 5 4 8 2 1 3 3 82 1 8 5 60
5 Switzerland Peter Rikli 31 2 5 10 5 Ret 9 8 2 2 5 12 45.5
6 Portugal Fábio Mota 9 8 7 11 33 2 5 7 43 9 DSQ 7 31
7 Bulgaria Plamen Kralev 10 6 13 DNS 9 6 8 2 Ret 8 4 2 25
8 Germany Andreas Pfister 7 7 11 6 8 4 11 6 5 5 12 8 23.5
9 Hungary Zsolt Szabó 6 Ret 21 Ret 10 7 7 1 23
10 Serbia Mladen Lalušić 8 Ret 8 5 6 8 6 9 9 DSQ 13
11 Portugal José Rodrigues 43 4 8.5
12 Kazakhstan Alexandr Artemyev 10 2 8
13 Czech Republic Petr Fulín Jr. 6 4 8
14 Hungary Anett György DNS DNS 9 9 7 Ret 10 10 7 7 Ret 9 6
15 Serbia Rudolf Pešović 12 7 6 Ret 5
16 Czech Republic Václav Nimč Jr. 7 6 5
17 Czech Republic Petr Čížek 10 10 0
18 Poland Maciej Łaszkiewicz 11 11 0
Pos Driver MNZ
Italy 		HUN
Hungary 		NÜR
Germany 		VIL†
Portugal 		ZOL
Belgium 		MST
Czech Republic 		 Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd 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

† - Half points were awarded for race 2 at Vila Real.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "ETCC category name change confirmed for 2017". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "European Touring Car Cup calendar revealed for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Fiatal és tehetséges; György Anett velünk folytatja!". facebook.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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  5. ^ a b c "Andreas Pfister plans to contest the 2017 ETCC with his SEAT". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "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.
  7. ^ a b c d "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.
  8. ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (21 September 2017). "First Volkswagen Golf entered for ETCC finale at Most". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Aller, Tamara (16 June 2017). "Jose Rodrigues will make ETCC debut at Vila Real". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Hudson, Neil (8 May 2017). "Alexandr Artemyev and Rudolf Pesovic added to Hungary line-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "Motorsport News: Пламен Кралев ще кара в Европейския шампионат за туристически автомобили" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  12. ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (3 October 2017). "Lema Racing add two SEATs to the ETCC finale grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  13. ^ a b c 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.

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