2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

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Parent series:
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC support series:
ADAC Formula 4

The 2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship was the second season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominantly in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria and the Netherlands.

Josh Files successfully managed to defend his title, beating Mike Halder in Race 1 of the Hockenheim.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Target Competition UK-SUI [1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR [1]	1	Josh Files [2]	All
		94	Kris Richard [1]	All
Target Competition AUT-POR [1]		11	Jürgen Schmarl [3]	All
		27	José Rodrigues [4]	1–5
Target Competition SWE-POL [1]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [5]	3	Gosia Rdest [6]	1–5
		12	Simon Larsson [7]	All
Target Competition GER [1]		98	Tom Lautenschlager [8]	All
		99	Tim Zimmermann [9]	All
Wolf-Power Racing [10]	SEAT León TCR [10]	2	Alex Morgan [10]	All
		6	Urs Sonderegger [10]	1
		7	Mike Halder [11]	All
Team Engstler Dänemark [12]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [12]	4	Roland Poulsen [13]	1
		5	Kristian Poulsen [13]	1
Junior Team Engstler [12]		8	Luca Engstler [12]	All
		39	Florian Thoma [14]	All
Team Engstler USA [12]		9	Stefan Goede [14]	All
		38	Jason Wolfe [14]	All
LMS Racing [15]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [15]	10	Antti Buri [16]	1–2, 4–7
		20	Niko Kankkunen [16]	All
RacingOne [17]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [18]	13	Kai Jordan [18]	1–5
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [17]	14	Niels Langeveld [17]	All
		31	Floris Dullaart	3
		84	Maurits Sandberg [18]	1–2, 4–7
Lubner Motorsport [19]	Opel Astra TCR [19]	17	Jasmin Preisig [20]	All
		36	Dino Calcum [21]	1–3
		50	Georg Braun	6
AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC [22] (PROsport Performance)	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [22]	18	Sheldon van der Linde [22]	All
		19	Max Hofer [23]	All
HP Racing [15]	SEAT León TCR [15]	22	Harald Proczyk [15]	1–6
	Opel Astra TCR			7
Steibel Motorsport [24]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [24]	23	Sebastian Steibel [24]	All
	SEAT León TCR [5]	28	Pascal Eberle [5]	All
Aust Motorsport [25]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [25]	24	Robin Brezina [25]	1–3
		25	Loris Hezemans	4
		26	Toni Wolf	5
		29	Max Hesse	6–7
		44	Sandro Kaibach [26]	All
TOPCAR Sport [27]	SEAT León TCR [27]	35	Rudolf Rhyn [27]	1–5
		37	Manuel Brinkmann	6
		66	Ronny Jost [5]	All
		73	Fredy Barth	7
Schläppi Race-Tec	Opel Astra TCR [19]	36	Dino Calcum [21]	4–7
	SEAT León TCR [28]	78	Fabian Danz [28]	All
Certainty Racing Team [29]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [29]	40	Dillon Koster [5]	1–5
		54	Simon Reicher [29]	1–5, 7
		56	Jaap van Lagen	7
Honda ADAC Sachsen [30]	Honda Civic Type R TCR [30]	41	Steve Kirsch [30]	All
		88	Moritz Oestreich [31]	All
Niedertscheider MSP [15]	SEAT León TCR [15]	42	Lukas Niedertscheider [15]	2–7
		83	Martin Niedertscheider [32]	1
GermanFLAVOURS Racing [33]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR [33]	64	Sven Markert [34]	1–5
		82	Thomas Kramwinkel [33]	1–5
Positione Motorsport [4]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [4]	71	Juuso-Matti Pajuranta [4]	1–2
Entries ineligible to score points
V-Action Racing [35]	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR [35]	15	Cosimo Barberini [35]	7
		16	Luigi Ferrara [35]	7
Young Driver Challenge	SEAT León TCR	32	Gustavo Xavier	5
		33	Oliver Holdener	6
		34	Orhan Vouilloz	7
Rikli Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	35	Rudolf Rhyn [27]	7
Bas Koeten Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	56	Jaap van Lagen	4
		57	Michael Verhagen	4
	SEAT León TCR [15]	58	Rik Breukers	4

Calendar and results

The 2017 schedule was announced on 23 November 2016, with two events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The second Oschersleben round will support the International Series along with ADAC Formula 4, while the rest of the rounds will be part of the ADAC GT Masters weekends. ^[36]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	29 April	Kris Richard	Josh Files	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	2		30 April		Florian Thoma	Florian Thoma	Junior Team Engstler
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	10 June	Dino Calcum	Josh Files	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship GT4 European Series Northern Cup
	4		11 June		Dino Calcum	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI
3	5	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	9 July	Niels Langeveld	Max Hofer	Moritz Oestreich	Honda ADAC Sachsen	TCR International Series ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	6				Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	RacingOne
4	7	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	23 July	Harald Proczyk	Sandro Kaibach	Jason Wolfe	Team Engstler USA	ADAC GT Masters
	8				Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	RacingOne
5	9	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6 August	Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	10				Mike Halder	Antti Buri	LMS Racing
6	11	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	17 September	Luca Engstler	Sheldon van der Linde	Sheldon van der Linde	AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC
	12				Sheldon van der Linde	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI
7	13	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	24 September	Harald Proczyk	Harald Proczyk	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing
	14				Steve Kirsch	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	PP	FL
Points	40	36	32	29	26	23	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	5	1

Pos.	Driver	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.
1	Josh Files	1	3	1	1	10	2	3	14	13	Ret	4	1	10	1	411
2	Mike Halder	15	Ret	25	3	14	8	152	4	21	4	3	2	24	4	346
3	Sheldon van der Linde	3	5	6	9	Ret	DNS	26	2	8	2	13	5	42	5	315
4	Harald Proczyk	13	10	10	36	9	5	211	7	6	3	22	7	11	11	279
5	Niels Langeveld	12	Ret	12	Ret	6	1	13	1	32	5	9	13	6	3	276
6	Moritz Oestreich	Ret	37	134	2	1	4	Ret	17	9	8	54	11	Ret	12	205
7	Steve Kirsch	2	12	43	29	12	Ret	194	5	7	Ret	Ret5	4	33	24	205
8	Antti Buri	34	8	5	6			183	16	5	1	7	9	7	30	202
9	Pascal Eberle	6	6	30	25	2	10	28	8	13	12	11	12	12	6	187
10	Kris Richard	4	7	222	4	31	13	Ret	12	12	26	8	3	8	Ret	178
11	Max Hofer	8	22	18	17	7	7	14	11	10	23	10	10	11	2	177
12	Luca Engstler	17	16	Ret	34	3	3	165	9	15	11	191	6	55	20	175
13	Sandro Kaibach	11	9	7	7	11	12	23	6	145	6	13	22	9	Ret	168
14	Florian Thoma	10	1	11	18	4	9	Ret	Ret	21	13	20	8	14	10	164
15	Tim Zimmermann	7	2	Ret	15	5	11	17	30	11	29	6	26	30	31	141
16	Dino Calcum	19	13	31	5	15	14	27	15	44	Ret	15	Ret	13	DNS	137
17	Alex Morgan	16	14	9	Ret	18	16	4	10	25	Ret	12	Ret	28	9	110
18	Jason Wolfe	Ret	20	Ret	14	16	30	1	3	Ret	18	14	24	34	15	102
19	Tom Lautenschlager	9	11	Ret	13	17	6	Ret	19	18	15	18	14	16	16	95
20	Jürgen Schmarl	5	18	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	25	24	31	7	16	15	22	22	81
21	Niko Kankkunen	23	26	Ret	32	Ret	17	7	23	Ret	19	27	18	15	8	59
22	José Rodrigues	20	4	28	8	13	21	DNS	DNS	20	Ret					57
23	Ronny Jost	Ret	23	21	12	23	15	8	21	32	Ret	17	20	20	Ret	46
24	Lukas Niedertscheider	WD	WD	15	16	8	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	28	21	16	21	18	41
25	Thomas Kramwinkel	24	21	27	21	20	26	5	26	23	16					35
26	Kai Jordan	18	15	16	23	29	18	DNS	13	Ret	14					32
27	Fabian Danz	25	32	24	20	32	20	22	Ret	17	9	22	21	Ret	19	28
28	Simon Reicher	Ret	19	14	22	24	28	10	22	26	20			26	29	28
29	Juuso-Matti Pajuranta	14	17	17	11											27
30	Gosia Rdest	31	27	Ret	30	22	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	DNS					26
31	Jasmin Preisig	22	30	31	19	33	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	10	25	27	33	DNS	21
32	Robin Brezina	Ret	33	20	10	19	31									17
33	Maurits Sandberg	28	35	25	28			11	25	28	21	32	30	27	28	16
34	Dillon Koster	32	Ret	19	26	27	25	12	Ret	29	22					16
35	Fredy Barth													18	14	12
36	Jaap van Lagen													31	13	10
37	Toni Wolf									19	17					6
38	Loris Hezemans							29	18							3
39	Manuel Brinkmann											31	19			3
40	Simon Larsson	27	25	26	31	Ret	22	20	28	Ret	30	23	29	29	Ret	3
41	Rudolf Rhyn	29	Ret	23	33	21	19	Ret	Ret	22	Ret					2
42	Sebastian Steibel	21	24	29	27	28	27	WD	WD	24	24	28	23	24	23	1
43	Max Hesse											24	28	23	25	0
44	Floris Dullaart					30	23									0
45	Stefan Goede	26	34	Ret	24	25	29	30	29	27	27	29	Ret	25	27	0
46	Sven Markert	35	29	Ret	35	26	24	24	27	Ret	Ret					0
47	Georg Braun											26	25			0
48	Kristian Poulsen	30	28													0
49	Martin Niedertscheider	33	31													0
50	Roland Poulsen	Ret	36													0
-	Urs Sonderegger	WD	WD													0
	Rik Breukers							2	20							0
	Luigi Ferrara													17	7	0
	Michael Verhagen							9	Ret							0
	Rudolf Rhyn													19	17	0
	Oliver Holdener											30	17			0
	Cosimo Barberini													Ret	21	0
	Gustavo Xavier									30	25					0
	Orhan Vouilloz													32	26	0
	Jaap van Lagen							DNS	DNS							0
Pos.	Driver	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.
1	Target Competition UK-SUI	1	3	1	1	10	2	3	12	1	26	4	1	8	1	424
3	AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC [22] (PROsport Performance)	3	5	6	9	7	7	14	2	8	2	1	5	4	2	378
4	Wolf-Power Racing 2	15	14	2	3	14	8	4	4	21	4	3	2	2	4	376
4	Honda ADAC Sachsen	2	12	4	2	1	4	19	5	7	8	5	4	3	12	361
5	RacingOne	12	15	12	23	6	1	13	1	3	5	9	13	6	3	306
6	HP Racing	13	10	10	36	9	5	211	7	6	3	2	7	11	11	290
7	Junior Team Engstler	10	1	11	18	3	3	16	9	15	11	191	6	5	10	272
8	LMS Racing	23	8	5	6	Ret	17	7	16	5	1	7	9	7	8	269
9	Steibel Motorsport	6	6	29	25	2	10	28	8	13	12	11	12	12	6	222
10	Target Competition GER	7	2	Ret	13	5	6	17	19	11	15	6	14	16	16	218
11	Aust Motorsport	11	9	7	7	11	12	23	6	14	6	13	22	9	25	209
12	Target Competition AUT-POR	5	4	8	8	13	21	25	24	20	7	16	15	22	22	180
13	Team Engstler USA	26	20	Ret	14	16	29	1	3	27	18	14	24	25	15	140
14	Lubner Motorsport	19	13	31	5	15	14	Ret	Ret	16	10	25	25	33	DNS	132
15	Schläppi Race-Tec	25	32	24	20	32	20	22	15	4	9	15	21	13	19	121
16	TOPCAR Sport	29	23	21	12	21	15	8	21	22	Ret	17	19	18	14	107
17	Certainty Racing Team	32	19	14	22	24	25	10	22	26	20			26	13	76
18	GermanFLAVOURS Racing	24	21	27	21	20	24	5	26	23	16					70
19	Niedertscheider Motorsport	33	31	15	16	8	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	28	21	16	21	18	67
20	Target Competition POL-SWE	27	25	26	30	22	22	6	28	Ret	30	23	29	29	Ret	55
21	RacingOne 2	28	35	25	28	30	23	11	25	28	21	32	30	27	28	47
22	Positione Motorsport	14	17	17	11											42
23	Team Engstler Dänemark	30	28													1
-	Wolf-Power Racing	WD	WD													0
	Bas Koeten Racing 2							2	20							0
	V-Action Racing													17	7	0
	Bas Koeten Racing							9	Ret							0
	Rikli Motorsport													19	17	0
	Young Driver Challenge									30	25	30	17	32	26	0
Pos.	Team	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.

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External links

• ADAC TCR Germany Official website