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| 2017 Mercedes-Benz Challenge | |||
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The 2017 Mercedes-Benz Challenge is the seventh season of the Mercedes-Benz Challenge.
| 2017 Entry List | ||||||
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| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds | |||
| CLA AMG Cup | ||||||
| WCR | 3 | Cristian Mohr | 1–2 | |||
| 6 | Fernando Júnior | All | ||||
| 90 | José Vitte | All | ||||
| Cordova Motorsports | 10 | Pierre Ventura | 1–6, 8 | |||
| 27 | Paulo Varassin | 1–5 | ||||
| 33 | Adriano Rabelo | 1, 3–5, 7–8 | ||||
| 37 | Lorenzo Varassin | 1–6 | ||||
| 76 | Danílo Pinto | 1–5, 8 | ||||
| L3 Motorsport | 11 | Neto de Nigris | 1 | |||
| Mottin Racing | 15 | Raijan Mascarello | All | |||
| 20 | Roger Sandoval | All | ||||
| Mottin/Sul Racing | 18 | Fernando Poeta | 1–3, 5–7 | |||
| Alexandre Buneder | 2, 6 | |||||
| 88 | Fernando Amorim | All | ||||
| 118 | Sergio Ribas | 8 | ||||
| Ourocar | 19 | Luis Carlos Ribeiro | All | |||
| Bardahl Hot Car | 55 | Fábio Escorpioni | All | |||
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 60 | Betão Fonseca | All | |||
| 61 | César Fonseca | 1 | ||||
| 62 | Jared Wilson | 8 | ||||
| Comark Racing | 77 | Arnaldo Diniz Filho | 4, 8 | |||
| RSports Racing | 110 | Bruno Alvarenga | 7–8 | |||
| Leandro Romera | 8 | |||||
| 555 | Renato Braga | 1–6 | ||||
| C250 Cup | ||||||
| RSports Racing | 9 | Alexandre Navarro | All | |||
| 40 | Ydenis Roberto de Souza | 1–3 | ||||
| Bruno Alvarenga | 1–4 | |||||
| 51 | Leandro Reis | 7 | ||||
| 84 | Cello Nunes | 1–7 | ||||
| 155 | Marcelo Lozasso | 8 | ||||
| 225 | Max Mohr | 1 | ||||
| PGL Racing | 12 | André Moraes Jr. | All | |||
| 41 | João Lemos | All | ||||
| Paioli Racing | 13 | Beto Rossi | All | |||
| 21 | Peter Michael Gottschalk | 1, 3–8 | ||||
| 111 | Marcos Paioli | 1, 3–8 | ||||
| Peter Gottschalk Jr. | 1, 3–5 | |||||
| Bardahl Hot Car | 26 | Flávio Andrade | All | |||
| 225 | Max Mohr | 2 | ||||
| Friato/DCM | 45 | Guiseppe Vecci | 1 | |||
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 63 | Ciro Lobo | 1–6, 8 | |||
| Fabio Peterson | All | |||||
| 64 | Carlos Alberto Guilherme | All | ||||
| Sérgio Kuba | All | |||||
| 65 | Claudio Simão | All | ||||
| 66 | Fernando Pessoa | 1–2 | ||||
| 67 | Luiz Barcelos | All | ||||
| 68 | Carlos Machado | All | ||||
| 69 | Rudinei Sabino | 1–2 | ||||
| 166 | Angelo Giombelli | 8 | ||||
| 169 | Sergio Maggi | 8 | ||||
| Brandão Motorsport | 29 | Vinicius Fugi | 7–8 | |||
| 73 | Raphael Teixeira | All | ||||
| Rodrigo Cruvinel | All | |||||
All races were held in Brazil.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | C250 Cup winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | April 2 | Lorenzo Varassin | Fernando Júnior | Fernando Júnior | WCR | Claudio Simão |
| 2 | Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul | May 21 | Lorenzo Varassin | Fernando Junior | Lorenzo Varassin | Cordova Motorsports | Max Mohr |
| 3 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | July 2 | Adriano Rabelo | Paulo Varassim | Fernando Júnior | WCR | Raphael Teixeira Rodrigo Cruvinel |
| 4 | Autódromo Velo Città | August 6 | Fernando Júnior | Fernando Júnior | Fernando Júnior | WCR | André Moraes Jr |
| 5 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | September 10 | Betão Fonseca | Raijan Mascarello | Raijan Mascarello | Mottin Racing | Claudio Simão |
| 6 | Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã | October 22 | Betão Fonseca | Lorenzo Varassim | Luiz Carlos Ribeiro | Charruá Ourocar | Marcos Paioli |
| 7 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) | November 19 | Adriano Rabelo | José Vitte | José Vitte | WCR | Marcos Paioli |
| 8 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | December 10 | Roger Sandoval | Roger Sandoval | Roger Sandoval | Mottin Racing | Marcos Paioli |
Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.
| Points format | Position | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Pole | ||||||
| Race | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Final race | 40 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
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