The 2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup was the tenth season of the GT4 European Series Northern Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). It was the first season after it was renamed from GT4 European Series to GT4 European Series Northern Cup.
At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The final calendar was announced on 23 December. [1] The series started at Misano on 1 April and ended at the Nürburgring on 17 September. Misano and the Nürburgring made their return on the schedule after a one-year absence, while Brands Hatch was on the schedule for the first time in the series' history. The rounds at Monza and Silverstone were discontinued and the round in Pau would be part of the Southern Cup. [2]
Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy | 1–2 April | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
2 | Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain | 6–7 May | |
3 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria | 10–11 June | ADAC GT Masters |
4 | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia | 15–16 July | European Truck Racing Championship |
5 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | 19–20 August | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
6 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 16–17 September | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
Starting from the third round at the Red Bull Ring, the series decided to introduce a Silver Cup category, splitting Silver-Silver pairings from the Pro (now Pro-Am) category. This was done with retroactive character to apply for the already held rounds in Misano and Brands Hatch, with fully revised results and standings released. [3]
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Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Silver Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | |
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1 | R1 | Misano | No. 9 Las Moras Racing | No. 34 RYS Team KISKA | No. 111 RN Vision STS | No. 76 Autorlando Sport |
Luc Braams Duncan Huisman | Jonathan Cecotto Lennart Marioneck | Gabriele Piana Răzvan Umbrărescu | Giuseppe Ghezzi Manuele Mengozzi | |||
R2 | No. 62 Academy Motorsport | No. 92 PROsport Performance | No. 91 PROsport Performance | No. 88 HP Racing | ||
Will Moore Matt Nicoll-Jones | Alessio Picariello Kevin Rossel | Nicolaj Møller Madsen Jörg Viebahn | Peter Ebner Wolfgang Risch | |||
2 | R1 | Brands Hatch | No. 100 Ginetta Cars | No. 100 Ginetta Cars | No. 56 Tolman Motorsport | No. 76 Autorlando Sport |
Tom Hibbert Charlie Robertson | Tom Hibbert Charlie Robertson | Joe Osborne David Pattison | Giuseppe Ghezzi Manuele Mengozzi | |||
R2 | No. 100 Ginetta Cars | No. 100 Ginetta Cars | No. 26 CMR | No. 93 Scuderia Villorba Corse | ||
Tom Hibbert Charlie Robertson | Tom Hibbert Charlie Robertson | Soheil Ayari Nyls Stievenart | Manuela Gostner | |||
3 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | No. 33 Bullitt Racing and Race | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 9 Las Moras Racing | No. 94 RYS Team Schönramer / Racecom |
Andy Meyrick Stephen Pattrick | Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Luc Braams Duncan Huisman | Achim Mörtl | |||
R2 | No. 54 RYS Team Pankl | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 9 Las Moras Racing | No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport by BADI | ||
Arne Hoffmeister Benjamin Mazatis | Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Luc Braams Duncan Huisman | Eduard Anton | |||
4 | R1 | Slovakia Ring | No. 22 Allied-Racing | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 111 RN Vision STS | No. 76 Autorlando Sport |
Jan Kasperlik Tim Stupple | Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Gabriele Piana Răzvan Umbrărescu | Giuseppe Ghezzi Alessandro Giovanelli | |||
R2 | No. 111 RN Vision STS | No. 14 RYS Team KTM | No. 111 RN Vision STS | No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport | ||
Gabriele Piana Răzvan Umbrărescu | Eike Angermayr Reinhard Kofler | Gabriele Piana Răzvan Umbrărescu | Ivan Vlachkov | |||
5 | R1 | Zandvoort | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 60 Ebor GT Motorsport | No. 22 Allied-Racing | No. 94 RYS Team Schönramer / Racecom |
Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Charlie Fagg Phil Glew | Jan Kasperlik Jörg Viebahn | Eduard Anton Achim Mörtl | |||
R2 | No. 60 Ebor GT Motorsport | No. 60 Ebor GT Motorsport | No. 111 RN Vision STS | No. 77 Scuderia Villorba Corse | ||
Charlie Fagg Phil Glew | Charlie Fagg Phil Glew | Gabriele Piana Răzvan Umbrărescu | Romy Dall'Antonia Giuseppe Fascicolo | |||
6 | R1 | Nürburgring | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 4 Energy by ART | No. 76 Autorlando Sport |
Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Grégoire Demoustier Alain Ferté | Giuseppe Ghezzi Manuele Mengozzi | |||
R2 | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 8 Ekris Motorsport | No. 4 Energy by ART | No. 76 Autorlando Sport | ||
Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Ricardo van der Ende Max Koebolt | Grégoire Demoustier Alain Ferté | Giuseppe Ghezzi Manuele Mengozzi |
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MIS | BRH | RBR | SVK | ZAN | NÜR | Points | ||||||
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Silver Cup Class | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ekris Motorsport | BMW | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 240 |
2 | Academy Motorsport | Aston Martin | 2 | 9 | Ret | 3 | Ret | DNS | 2 | 15 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 2 | 109 |
3 | RYS Team KISKA | KTM | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 99 | ||
4 | Equipe Verschuur | McLaren | 4 | 16 | 19 | 19 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 97 |
5 | Street Art Racing | Aston Martin | 9 | 7 | 13 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 17 | 14 | 26 | DNS | 4 | 9 | 86 |
6 | RN Vision STS | Porsche | 13 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 78 |
7 | RYS Team True Racing | KTM | 21 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 5 | Ret | DSQ | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 77 |
8 | RYS Team KTM | KTM | 14 | Ret | Ret | 6 | DSQ | 1 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 70 | ||
9 | RYS Team InterNetX | KTM | 17 | DSQ | 6 | 14 | DSQ | Ret | 2 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 63 | ||
10 | Ginetta Cars | Ginetta | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||
11 | Scuderia Villorba Corse | Maserati | 12 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 50 |
12 | RYS Team Holinger | KTM | 22 | 20 | Ret | 7 | DSQ | Ret | 5 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 35 | ||
13 | PROsport Performance | Porsche | 7 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 33 | ||||||||
14 | Sean Walkinshaw Racing | Nissan | 10 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 22 | ||||||||
15 | RYS Team Pankl | KTM | 19 | Ret | 8 | 26 | DSQ | 10 | 20 | ||||||
16 | RYS Team WP | KTM | DSQ | 22 | 13 | Ret | DSQ | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 19 | ||
17 | Reiter Engineering | KTM | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||
18 | Brookspeed International Motorsport | Porsche | 10 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||
19 | Allied-Racing | Porsche | 9 | Ret | 10 | ||||||||||
RYS Team Schönramer / Neptun / Racecom | KTM | Ret | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||
Guest teams ineligible to score Silver Cup class points | |||||||||||||||
Ebor GT Motorsport | Maserati | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Pro-Am Class | |||||||||||||||
1 | Las Moras Racing | McLaren | Ret | 10 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 29 | 9 | 10 | 166 |
2 | RN Vision STS | Porsche | 5 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 150 | ||
3 | Allied-Racing | Porsche | 8 | 5 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 27 | Ret | 17 | 145 |
4 | Energy by ART | Porsche | 15 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 93 | ||||||
5 | Terting Mueskens Racing | Porsche | 26 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 81 | ||||
6 | Bullitt Racing and Race | McLaren | 25 | 18 | 26 | Ret | DSQ | 8 | 21 | 20 | 25 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 65 |
7 | TFT Racing | Porsche | 5 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 7 | Ret | 64 | ||||||
8 | Scuderia Villorba Corse | Maserati | 12 | DSQ | 22 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 52 | ||||||
9 | Generation AMR Super Racing | Aston Martin | 8 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 48 | ||||||||
10 | Tolman Motorsport | McLaren | 3 | 8 | 43 | ||||||||||
11 | RYS Team Pankl | KTM | 11 | 12 | 30 | Ret | 41 | ||||||||
12 | PROsport Performance | Porsche | Ret | 1 | 20 | 16 | 39 | ||||||||
13 | CD Sport | Porsche | 15 | 12 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 15 | 39 | ||||||
14 | CMR | Ginetta | 18 | 5 | DNS | Ret | 31 | ||||||||
15 | Sean Walkinshaw Racing | Nissan | Ret | 20 | 8 | ||||||||||
16 | Brookspeed International Motorsport | Porsche | Ret | 19 | 4 | ||||||||||
Guest teams ineligible to score Pro-Am class points | |||||||||||||||
Schwede Motorsport | Porsche | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||||
MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax | Porsche | 15 | 19 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||
Am Class | |||||||||||||||
1 | Autorlando Sport | Porsche | 11 | 21 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 216 |
2 | Scuderia Villorba Corse | Maserati | 20 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 210 |
3 | Sofia Car Motorsport (by BADI) | SIN | 23 | 24 | 27 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 18 | 175 |
4 | Besagroup Racing Team | Porsche | 25 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 88 | ||
5 | Allied-Racing | Porsche | 12 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 80 | ||||||
6 | HP Racing | Porsche | Ret | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 69 | ||||||
7 | PROsport Performance | Porsche | 16 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 68 | ||||||
8 | RYS Team Schönramer / Racecom | KTM | 3 | 13 | DSQ | Ret | DSQ | 28 | 45 | ||||||
9 | eSky AKVO Racing Team | Maserati | 13 | 11 | 27 | ||||||||||
10 | Sellite Racing Team | Maserati | DNS | WD | 20 | 23 | 19 | Ret | 18 | ||||||
Guest teams ineligible to Am class score points | |||||||||||||||
CMR | Ginetta | 14 | 16 | ||||||||||||
Primus Racing | Ginetta | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Ricknäs Motorsport | Porsche | 23 | 25 | ||||||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MIS | BRH | RBR | SVK | ZAN | NÜR | Points |
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