2017 World Touring Car Championship
The 2017 World Touring Car Championship[1] was the fourteenth and last season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship,[2] and the thirteenth since the series was revived in 2005. For this season, there were a few rules changes.[3]
Teams and drivers[]
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Manufacturer entries | ||||
Honda Racing Team JAS[4] | Honda Civic WTCC[4] | 2 | Gabriele Tarquini[5] | 7 |
5 | Norbert Michelisz[4] | All | ||
18 | Tiago Monteiro[4] | 1–6 | ||
34 | Ryo Michigami[4] | All | ||
86 | Esteban Guerrieri[6] | 8–10 | ||
Polestar Cyan Racing[7] | Volvo S60 Polestar TC1[7] | 61 | Néstor Girolami[7] | 1–9 |
62 | Thed Björk[7] | All | ||
63 | Nick Catsburg[7] | All | ||
64 | Yvan Müller[8] | 10 | ||
WTCC Trophy | ||||
Sébastien Loeb Racing[9] | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC[9] | 3 | Tom Chilton[9] | All |
25 | Mehdi Bennani[10] | All | ||
27 | John Filippi[11] | All | ||
30 | Ma Qing Hua[12] | 9 | ||
[13] | Lada Vesta WTCC[14] | 4 | Mak Ka Lok[15] | 9 |
22 | [16] | 5 | ||
24 | Kevin Gleason[14] | 2–10 | ||
26 | Filipe de Souza[17] | 7–8 | ||
68 | Yann Ehrlacher[13] | All | ||
Zengő Motorsport[18] | Honda Civic WTCC[18] | 8 | Aurélien Panis[18] | 1–5 |
66 | Zsolt Szabó[19] | 6–10 | ||
99 | Dániel Nagy[20] | All | ||
ROAL Motorsport[21] | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1[21] | 9 | Tom Coronel[21] | All |
Campos Racing[22] | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1[22] | 11 | Kris Richard[23] | 8, 10 |
44 | [15] | 9 | ||
86 | Esteban Guerrieri[22] | 1–7 | ||
88 | [15] | 9 | ||
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[24] | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC[24] | 12 | Robert Huff[24] | 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[]
- Citroën withdrew their factory team from the series in 2016 to concentrate on their 2017 World Rally Championship campaign with the C3 WRC. The C-Elysée WTCC was still available to private entries.[25]
- Lada also withdrew their factory team at the end of the 2016 season. then entered the Championship running a pair of Vesta WTCC cars before adding third car at selected rounds.[26][13]
- Volvo will expand its campaign to three full-time entries from two full-time entries. All the three cars will be entered by Polestar Cyan Racing.[7]
- Münnich Motorsport switched to a Citroën C-Elysée WTCC for the 2017 season after racing with a Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 for the last three seasons.[24]
Driver changes[]
- Four time champion Yvan Muller retired after 2016.[27] But has been brought out of retirement by Polestar Cyan Racing in order to assist Volvo’s challenge for the season finale in Qatar.[28]
- Three time champion José María López left WTCC to join Toyota's WEC team[29] in conjunction with a Formula E programme.[30]
- Following the withdrawal of Lada, Gabriele Tarquini was unable to find a seat and left the series to join Hyundai's development of the i30 TCR.[31] However he made a return at the Race of China for Honda after Tiago Monteiro was forced to withdraw after suffering from the after-effects of a crash in testing in early September.[32]
- Following the withdrawal of Lada, Hugo Valente left WTCC for TCR.[33]
- Fredrik Ekblom left Polestar Cyan Racing and returned to the STCC with Kristoffersson Motorsport.[34]
- Following the withdrawal of Lada, Nick Catsburg joined Polestar Cyan Racing.[7]
- After competing in two rounds in 2015 and one round in 2016, Néstor Girolami will make his full-time World Touring Car Championship debut in 2017, racing for Polestar Cyan Racing.[7]
- Ryo Michigami joined Honda Racing Team JAS for a full-season campaign after making his World Touring Car Championship debut at his home race in Japan during the 2016 season.[4]
- Robert Huff left the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team to join Münnich Motorsport.[24]
- John Filippi left Campos Racing to join Sébastien Loeb Racing.[11]
- Aurélien Panis entered the series, driving for Zengő Motorsport.[18]
- Yann Ehrlacher entered the series, driving for RC Motorsport.[13]
- Kevin Gleason entered the series, driving for RC Motorsport.[35]
Rule changes[]
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.[3]
Calendar[]
The Monza and Macau circuits return to the WTCC, whereas France, Russia and Slovakia are dropped.
Rnd. | Race | Race Name | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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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 | 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 | |
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 | 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[]
Compensation weights[]
- base weight of 1,100 kg
Car | ||||||||||
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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[]
Championship standings[]
Drivers' championship[]
China Race 2 was half-points awarded.
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Bold – Pole |
† – 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[3] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opening Race Points[3] | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Main Race Points[3] | 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[]
Pos. | Manufacturer | Pts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
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.
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
WTCC Teams' Trophy[]
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 | Pts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 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[]
References[]
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- ^ a b c "Tom Coronel back for seventh straight season with ROAL". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Esteban Guerrieri back for part-season with Campos". TouringCarTimes. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Prize-winner Richard to make WTCC debut in Japan". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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- ^ Klein, Jamie (19 November 2015). "Citroen to pull out of WTCC after 2016". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ Cozens, Jack (10 November 2016). "Lada officially confirms World Touring Car Championship exit". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Yvan Muller announces his retirement from the WTCC". TouringCarTimes. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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- ^ "Kevin Gleason to make WTCC debut with Lada at Monza". 25 April 2017.
External links[]
- 2017 World Touring Car Championship season