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2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

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The 2017 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship was the second season of the Champions. The season started on 22 April at Zolder and ended on 22 October at Assen. Stéphane Lémeret entered the season as the defending champion.

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Locations of the European racing circuits

Teams and drivers

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Michelin is the official tyre supplier.

TCR

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Team Car No. Drivers Status Rounds
  Boutsen Ginion Racing[1] Honda Civic TCR[1] 1   Stéphane Lémeret[1] 1–2
  Tom Coronel[1] 1
  Aurélien Panis[2] 2
2   Benjamin Lessennes[1] J All
  Enzo Guibbert J 1
  Tom Coronel[2] 2–3, 6
  Stéphane Lémeret 4–5
  Delahaye Racing[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 4   Giacomo Altoè[4] J 1–3, 5
  Romain de Leval[3] J 1
  Guillaume Mondron[3] 2, 4–6
  Frédéric Caprasse 3
  Lorenzo Donniacuo 4
  Edouard Mondron 6
SEAT León TCR[3] 5   Edouard Mondron[3] 1, 3
  Guillaume Mondron[3] 1, 3
  Ferry Monster Autosport[5] SEAT León TCR[5] 6   Danny Kroes[5] J 2
  Pepe Oriola[5] 2
  Team WRT[6] SEAT León TCR[3] 7   Sam Dejonghe[3] All
  Denis Dupont[3] All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[6] 25   Jean-Karl Vernay[7] 1
  Robert Huff[7] 1
52   Maxime Potty[6] J All
  Mathieu Detry[6] J All
  DG Sport Compétition[3] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[3] 8   Aurélien Comte[3] All
  Kevin Abbring[8] All
  DG Sport Opel Team Belgium[3] Opel Astra TCR[9] 21   Maťo Homola[9] 1
  Frédéric Caprasse[9] 1
  Certainty Racing Team[5] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[5] 9   Dillon Koster[5] 2
  Bernhard van Oranje[5] 2
54   Simon Reicher[5] J 2
  Jaap van Lagen[5] 2
  Comtoyou Racing[10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[10] 12   Stefano Comini[10] 1, 3
  Sheldon van der Linde[10] J 1
  Frédéric Vervisch 3
  Milo Racing[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 20   Pierre-Yves Corthals[11] 1
  Armand Fumal[11] 1
  Bas Koeten Racing[12] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[12] 56   Willem Meyer[13] J 1–4, 6
  Paul Sieljes[3] 1–3, 6
  Meindert van Buuren 4
  Lorenzo Donniacuo 5
  Alexis van de Poele 5
66   Mika Morien[13] J 1, 3–6
  Stan van Oord[13] J 1, 3–4
  Willem Meyer[13] J 5
  Rik Breukers 6
SEAT León TCR[5] 99   Simon Knap[5] 2
  Rob Severs[5] 2
  DK Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 64   Jonas de Kimpe 4–5
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J Junior

S2 (Clio Cup Benelux)

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Team Duindistel Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC 104   Gregory Eyckmans 4
  Christoff Cox 4
  Netherlands Koeten Racing[3] Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC[3] 111   Sven van Laere[3] 1–4
  Thomas Piessens[3] 1–2
  Maarten Mus 4
  MRM Racing[3] Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC[3] 112   Brett Lidsey[3] 1–2
  Renault Oudenaarde[3] Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC[3] 196   Filip Uyttendaele[3] 1–3
  Gregory Eyckmans[3] 1–3

Calendar and results

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The 2017 schedule again consists of six rounds in the Benelux region, across Belgium and Netherlands. The round held in Luxembourg at the Circuit Goodyear did not return. Each round includes a qualifying session and five races: a 60-minute-long qualifying race with a mandatory driver change, and four 20-minute-long sprint races. The starting grid for the qualifying race will no longer be established by a popular vote via Facebook, through the Making the Grid application. But will be determined by a traditional qualifying session.[14] Race 1 uses the fastest lap of after the pit stop during the qualifying race to determine the starting grid. Race 3 uses the fastest lap of before the pit stop during qualifying race. Races 2 and 4 include a rolling start using the finishing order, respectively, of Race 1 and 3.[15] The calendar was announced on 25 September 2016,[16] then revised on 15 December 2016.[17]

All races will be run together with Clio Cup Benelux in separate classifications.[18] Rounds 2, 4 and 6 are co-headlined by the GT & Prototype Challenge.

Rnd. Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 QR   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 22 April   Maťo Homola
  Frédéric Caprasse 		  Maťo Homola
  Frédéric Caprasse 		  Edouard Mondron
  Guillaume Mondron 		  Delahaye Racing TCR Benelux Trophy
R1 23 April   Frédéric Caprasse   Benjamin Lessennes   Stefano Comini   Comtoyou Racing
R2   Frédéric Caprasse   Stefano Comini   Comtoyou Racing
R3   Maťo Homola   Sheldon van der Linde   Maťo Homola   DG Sport Compétition
R4   Maxime Potty   Sheldon van der Linde   Comtoyou Racing
2 QR   Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 20 May   Maxime Potty
  Mathieu Detry 		  Stéphane Lémeret
  Aurélien Panis 		  Guillaume Mondron
  Giacomo Altoè 		  Delahaye Racing Race Festival/Family Days
R1 21 May   Stéphane Lémeret   Giacomo Altoè   Stéphane Lémeret   Boutsen Ginion Racing
R2   Giacomo Altoè   Giacomo Altoè   Delahaye Racing
R3   Jaap van Lagen   Jaap van Lagen   Jaap van Lagen   Certainty Racing Team
R4   Jaap van Lagen   Jaap van Lagen   Certainty Racing Team
3 QR   Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 3 June   Maxime Potty
  Mathieu Detry 		  Benjamin Lessennes
  Tom Coronel 		  Benjamin Lessennes
  Tom Coronel 		  Boutsen Ginion Racing New Race Festival
R1 4 June   Tom Coronel   Tom Coronel   Tom Coronel   Boutsen Ginion Racing
R2   Maxime Potty   Tom Coronel   Boutsen Ginion Racing
R3   Benjamin Lessennes   Benjamin Lessennes   Benjamin Lessennes   Boutsen Ginion Racing
R4   Mathieu Detry   Benjamin Lessennes   Boutsen Ginion Racing
4 QR   Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 15 July   Sam Dejonghe
  Denis Dupont 		  Maxime Potty
  Mathieu Detry 		  Sam Dejonghe
  Denis Dupont 		  Team WRT Zolder Superprix
R1 16 July   Jonas de Kimpe   Edouard Mondron   Mathieu Detry   Team WRT
R2   Denis Dupont   Mathieu Detry   Team WRT
R3   Maxime Potty   Aurélien Comte   Aurélien Comte   DG Sport Compétition
R4   Lorenzo Donniacuo   Aurélien Comte   DG Sport Compétition
5 QR   Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet 23–24 September   Stéphane Lémeret
  Benjamin Lessennes 		  Aurélien Comte
  Kevin Abbring 		  Aurélien Comte
  Kevin Abbring 		  DG Sport Compétition Kronos 10 hours of Mettet
R1   Lorenzo Donniacuo   Stéphane Lémeret   Lorenzo Donniacuo   Bas Koeten Racing
R2   Kevin Abbring   Kevin Abbring   DG Sport Compétition
R3   Aurélien Comte   Benjamin Lessennes   Benjamin Lessennes   Boutsen Ginion Racing
R4   Aurélien Comte   Benjamin Lessennes   Boutsen Ginion Racing
6 QR   TT Circuit Assen, Assen 21–22 October   Edouard Mondron
  Guillaume Mondron 		  Mika Morien
  Rik Breukers 		  Willem Meyer
  Paul Sieljes 		  Bas Koeten Racing Formido Finale Races
R1   Mathieu Detry   Willem Meyer   Sam Dejonghe   Team WRT
R2   Mathieu Detry   Sam Dejonghe   Team WRT
R3   Rik Breukers   Paul Sieljes   Denis Dupont   Team WRT
R4   Maxime Potty   Maxime Potty   Team WRT

Drivers' championships

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In sprint races both the competing driver and the co-driver that is not competing score points.

Pos. Driver SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  		Pts.
QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4
1   Benjamin Lessennes 3 2 3 10 3 2 1 1 1 7 3 8 Ret 1 1 5 6 5 420
2   Guillaume Mondron 1 5 5 1 7 5 5 5 6 3 2 2 5 6 5 6 4 4 402
3   Maxime Potty 5 Ret 2 9 7 Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 Ret 1 380
  Mathieu Detry 5 9 6 9 4 3 2 6 4 2 1 1 3 6 4 2 7 2
4   Aurélien Comte 6 7 7 2 3 2 4 5 2 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 DNS 5 3 375
  Kevin Abbring 6 10 Ret 2 5 4 4 4 3 Ret 4 3 1 4 1 DNS 6 7
5   Denis Dupont Ret 13 6 8 8 6 3 2 7 1 Ret 6 2 5 4 3 1 6 316
  Sam Dejonghe Ret 6 Ret 8 10 7 3 3 4 1 4 4 2 3 Ret 3 1 1
6   Tom Coronel 2 Ret Ret 10 2 Ret 1 1 1 5 3 3 253
7   Mika Morien 8 14 10 6 5 3 7 8 7 6 5 5 4 3 Ret 4 2 6 227
8   Willem Meyer Ret 6 5 7 10 10 6 9 5 4 6 5 4 8 7 1 5 4 209
9   Giacomo Altoè 7 7 7 1 2 1 Ret DNS 9 5 2 2 188
10   Edouard Mondron 1 4 4 5 4 3 6 4 5 178
11   Stéphane Lémeret 2 12 Ret Ret 1 Ret 7 3 4 Ret 5 3 175
12   Stefano Comini 4 1 1 Ret 6 5 138
13   Paul Sieljes Ret 11 8 7 9 9 6 7 8 1 3 Ret 126
14   Lorenzo Donniacuo 3 8 3 7 1 5 117
15   Stan van Oord 8 8 Ret 6 7 8 7 8 6 6 5 Ret 116
16   Sheldon van der Linde 4 2 1 105
17   Rik Breukers 4 2 2 74
18   Jonas de Kimpe 5 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 72
19   Jaap van Lagen 3 1 1 67
  Simon Reicher 3 9 Ret
20   Jean-Karl Vernay 10 3 2 64
  Robert Huff 10 3 3
21   Frédéric Caprasse 13 4 4 Ret 7 8 61
22   Enzo Guibbert 3 5 11 58
23   Pepe Oriola 4 6 4 50
  Danny Kroes 4 6 5
24   Maťo Homola 13 1 Ret 49
25   Alexis van de Poele 7 Ret 7 47
26   Meindert van Buuren 4 7 6 46
27   Frédéric Vervisch Ret 3 Ret 33
28   Aurélien Panis Ret 8 10 30
29   Romain de Leval 7 9 9 22
30   Dillon Koster 5 11 6 20
  Bernhard van Oranje 5 16 9
31   Simon Knap 11 12 8 10
  Rob Severs 11 11 7
32   Pierre-Yves Corthals 9 8 8 10
  Armand Fumal 9 Ret Ret
Pos. Driver QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts.
SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  
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

Junior class

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In contrast to the overall Drivers' championship only the driver competing scores points in sprint races.

Pos. Driver SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  		Pts.
QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4
1   Benjamin Lessennes 3 2 3 10 3 2 1 1 1 7 3 8 Ret 180
2   Mathieu Detry 5 9 6 9 4 3 2 6 4 2 1 1 3 2 155
3   Maxime Potty 5 Ret 2 9 7 Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 154
4   Giacomo Altoè 7 7 7 1 2 1 Ret DNS 9 90
5   Mika Morien 8 14 10 6 5 3 7 8 7 6 5 5 4 82
6   Willem Meyer Ret 6 5 7 10 10 6 9 5 4 6 5 4 76
7   Stan van Oord 8 8 Ret 6 7 8 7 8 6 6 5 Ret 62
8   Sheldon van der Linde 4 2 1 55
9   Danny Kroes 4 6 5 30
10   Enzo Guibbert 3 5 11 25
11   Simon Reicher 3 9 Ret 17
12   Romain de Leval 7 9 9 10
Pos. Driver QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts.
SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  

Teams' championship

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Points toward the Teams' championship are only awarded in the qualifying race.

Pos. Team SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  		Pts.
1   Delahaye Racing Team 1 1 4 2 4 4 116
2   Team WRT 4 6 2 1 2 2 99
3   Bas Koeten Racing 6 5 5 3 3 1 83
4   Boutsen Ginion Racing 2 7 1 5 Ret 3 74
5   DG Sport Compétition 5 2 3 Ret 1 DNS 68
6   DK Racing 4 5 22
7   Comtoyou Racing 3 Ret 15
8   Certainty Racing Team 3 15
9   Ferry Monster Autosport 4 12
10   Milo Racing 7 6
11   DG Sport Opel Team Belgium 8 4
Pos. Team SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  		Pts.

Cars' championship

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Points toward the Cars' championship are only awarded in the sprint races.

Pos. Car SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  		Pts.
1 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 3 2 3 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 5 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 3 1 416
2 Honda Civic TCR 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 3 1 1 3 3 5 4 399
3 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 1 1 2 1 5 5 1 1 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 1 4 3 5 2 4 2 2 379
4 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 6 Ret 6 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 5 5 4 3 358
5 SEAT León TCR 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 Ret 5 4 3 3 Ret 5 4 1 1 1 5 305
6 Opel Astra TCR 4 4 1 Ret 49
Pos. Car SPA
  		ZAN
  		ZOL
  		ZOL
  		MET
  		ASS
  		Pts.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Tom Coronel to challenge for 2017 TCR Benelux title with Stéphane Lémeret". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. ^ a b "Aurélien Panis will make TCR Benelux debut at Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "TCR Benelux entry list confirmed ahead of Spa opener". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  4. ^ Hudson, Neil (20 April 2017). "Giacomo Altoè joins Romain de Leval at Delahaye this weekend". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Results Qualifying TCR BeNeLux Round 2 - Zandvoort" (PDF).
  6. ^ a b c d "Team WRT confirm Maxime Potty and Mathieu Detry for 2017". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  7. ^ a b "Rob Huff joins Jean-Karl Vernay at Spa Francorchamps". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  8. ^ Casillo, Pietro (20 April 2017). "WRC driver Kevin Abbring to make touring car debut at Spa-Francorchamps". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Mat'o Homola and Fred Caprasse to race a DG Opel this weekend at Spa". TouringCarTimes.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d "Stefano Comini to share Comtoyou Audi with Sheldon van der Linde in Spa". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  11. ^ a b "Last-minute entry for Pierre-Yves Corthals with Milo Racing". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  12. ^ a b "Bas Koeten Racing first team to confirm Audi for TCR Benelux". TouringCarTimes.com. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d "Bas Koeten Racing confirms drivers for its two-car Audi campaign". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  14. ^ Hudson, Neil (29 October 2016). "TCR Benelux drops fan vote grid for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  15. ^ "TCR Benelux Series 2016 pres video V3" (PDF). tcrbenelux.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  16. ^ Hudson, Neil (25 September 2016). "TCR Benelux series confirms its calendar for the 2017 season". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  17. ^ "TCR Benelux - Zes meetings, vijf verschillende circuits". TCR Benelux. 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Clio Cup Benelux gaat samenwerken met TCR Benelux". TCR Benelux. 2016-12-19. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
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