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]

Teams and drivers

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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
  Zengő Motorsport[3] SEAT León TCR[3] 5   Anett György[3] All
8   Norbert Nagy[3] All
66   Zsolt Szabó[4] 1–4
  Pfister Racing[5] SEAT León TCR[5] 7   Andreas Pfister[5] All
  Rikli Motorsport[6] Honda Civic Type R TCR[6] 12   Peter Rikli[6] All
91   Christjohannes Schreiber[6] All
  AKK Stefanovski[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 14   Igor Stefanovski[4] All
  LEIN Racing[7] SEAT León TCR[7] 17   Mladen Lalušić[4] 1–4, 6
37   Fábio Mota[7] All
  Křenek Motorsport[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 22   Petr Fulín[4] All
  Steibel Motorsport[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 23   Václav Nimč Jr.[8] 6
  Target Competition[9] Honda Civic Type R TCR[9] 27   José Rodrigues[9] 4
  ASK GM Racing[10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[10] 32   Rudolf Pešović[10] 2, 5
  Kraf Racing[11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[11] 44   Plamen Kralev[11] All
  Lema Racing[12] SEAT León TCR[7] 71   Maciej Łaszkiewicz[12] 6
76   Petr Čížek[12] 6
  Baporo Motorsport[10] SEAT Leon TCR[10] 73   Alexandr Artemyev[10] 2
  Fullin Race Academy[13] SEAT León TCR[13] 96   Petr Fulín Jr.[13] 6

Race calendar and results

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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   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 30 April   Peter Rikli   Christjohannes Schreiber   Petr Fulín   Křenek Motorsport
R2   Peter Rikli   Christjohannes Schreiber   Rikli Motorsport
2 R1   Hungaroring 14 May   Zsolt Szabó   Zsolt Szabó   Christjohannes Schreiber   Rikli Motorsport
R2   Norbert Nagy   Christjohannes Schreiber   Rikli Motorsport
3 R1   Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 May   Christjohannes Schreiber   Petr Fulín   Petr Fulín   Křenek Motorsport
R2   Fábio Mota   Igor Stefanovski   AKK Stefanovski
4 R1   Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 25 June   Norbert Nagy   Igor Stefanovski   Petr Fulín   Křenek Motorsport
R2   Zsolt Szabó   Zsolt Szabó   Zengő Motorsport
5 R1   Circuit Zolder 17 September   Norbert Nagy   Christjohannes Schreiber   Christjohannes Schreiber   Rikli Motorsport
R2   Igor Stefanovski   Igor Stefanovski   AKK Stefanovski
6 R1   Autodrom Most 8 October   Norbert Nagy   Plamen Kralev   Norbert Nagy   Zengő Motorsport
R2   Petr Fulín   Petr Fulín   Křenek Motorsport

Championship standings

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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
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
VIL
 
ZOL
 
MST
 
 Pts 
1   Petr Fulín 13 3 6 4 12 3 12 5 9 3 23 1 82
2   Norbert Nagy 5 4 32 3 4 5 21 Ret 31 4 11 3 75
3   Christjohannes Schreiber 22 1 1 3 1 Ret1 DNS NC 11 1 7 32 Ret 65
4   Igor Stefanovski 4 5 4 8 2 1 3 3 82 1 8 5 60
5   Peter Rikli 31 2 5 10 5 Ret 9 8 2 2 5 12 45.5
6   Fábio Mota 9 8 7 11 33 2 5 7 43 9 DSQ 7 31
7   Plamen Kralev 10 6 13 DNS 9 6 8 2 Ret 8 4 2 25
8   Andreas Pfister 7 7 11 6 8 4 11 6 5 5 12 8 23.5
9   Zsolt Szabó 6 Ret 21 Ret 10 7 7 1 23
10   Mladen Lalušić 8 Ret 8 5 6 8 6 9 9 DSQ 13
11   José Rodrigues 43 4 8.5
12   Alexandr Artemyev 10 2 8
13   Petr Fulín Jr. 6 4 8
14   Anett György DNS DNS 9 9 7 Ret 10 10 7 7 Ret 9 6
15   Rudolf Pešović 12 7 6 Ret 5
16   Václav Nimč Jr. 7 6 5
17   Petr Čížek 10 10 0
18   Maciej Łaszkiewicz 11 11 0
Pos Driver MNZ
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
VIL
 
ZOL
 
MST
 
 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
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

References

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  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.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Hudson, Neil (27 April 2017). "11-car entry for the ETCC season opener at Monza". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  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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