2017 European Touring Car Cup

2017 European Touring Car Cup

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Parent series:
World Touring Car Championship

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
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

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

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: ¹²³ 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  RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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.

Television coverage

The Races of the TCR South America are broadcast on Cable Television including: ESPN, Fox Sports, Movistar+, CBS Sports y NBC Sports.

Coverage in Brazil

Transmission [14]
BandSports	Narration: Márcio Pozzan
	Narration: Eduardo Veríssimo
	Comments: Duda Pompermayer
	Comments: Rafael Pasqualotto

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RedeTV!	Narration: Alexandre Eiras
	Narration: Thiago Fabris
	Comments: Ivar Castagnetti
	Comments: Henrique Gava

Other countries

• Colombia: RCN Televisión y RCN HD2
• Portugal: Sport TV
• Reino Unido: BT Sport
• Canadá: Sportsnet
• España: Movistar+
• Hispanoamérica: ESPN y Star+

Streaming links

Internet (Global)
YouTube
Motorsport.tv
Facebook
Zoome
Catve.com
Auto Videos
Twitch

References

1. "ETCC category name change confirmed for 2017". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
2. "European Touring Car Cup calendar revealed for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
3. "Fiatal és tehetséges; György Anett velünk folytatja!". facebook.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
4. Hudson, Neil (27 April 2017). "11-car entry for the ETCC season opener at Monza". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
5. "Andreas Pfister plans to contest the 2017 ETCC with his SEAT". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
6. "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. "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. Hudson, Neil (21 September 2017). "First Volkswagen Golf entered for ETCC finale at Most". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
9. Aller, Tamara (16 June 2017). "Jose Rodrigues will make ETCC debut at Vila Real". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
10. Hudson, Neil (8 May 2017). "Alexandr Artemyev and Rudolf Pesovic added to Hungary line-up". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
11. "Motorsport News: Пламен Кралев ще кара в Европейския шампионат за туристически автомобили" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2017-04-24.
12. Hudson, Neil (3 October 2017). "Lema Racing add two SEATs to the ETCC finale grid". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
13. 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.
14. Redação, Da. "Moto1000GP e BandSports renovam parceria para temporada 2024". bandsports.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-21.

External links

• Official website