2017 World Touring Car Championship

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The 2017 FIA World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile for Super 2000 Cars. [1] It was the fourteenth and last season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, [2] and the thirteenth since the series was revived in 2005.

The Drivers Championship was won by Thed Björk and the Manufacturers Championship by Volvo Polestar.

Teams and drivers

The Drivers Championship was won by Thed Bjork, pictured in 2015. Thed Bjork at Falkenbergs Motorbana in 2015.JPG
The Drivers Championship was won by Thed Björk, pictured in 2015.
TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Manufacturer entries
Flag of Japan.svg Honda Racing Team JAS [3] Honda Civic WTCC [3] 2 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini [4] 7
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz [3] All
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro [3] 1–6
34 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami [3] All
86 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri [5] 8–10
Flag of Sweden.svg Polestar Cyan Racing [6] Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 [6] 61 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami [6] 1–9
62 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk [6] All
63 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg [6] All
64 Flag of France.svg Yvan Müller [7] 10
WTCC Trophy
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing [8] Citroën C-Elysée WTCC [8] 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton [8] All
25 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani [9] All
27 Flag of France.svg John Filippi [10] All
30 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua [11] 9
Flag of France.svg RC Motorsport [12] Lada Vesta WTCC [13] 4 Flag of Macau.svg Mak Ka Lok [14] 9
22 Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Fernandes [15] 5
24 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Gleason [13] 2–10
26 Flag of Macau.svg Filipe de Souza [16] 7–8
68 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher [12] All
Flag of Hungary.svg Zengő Motorsport [17] Honda Civic WTCC [17] 8 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Panis [17] 1–5
66 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó [18] 6–10
99 Flag of Hungary.svg Dániel Nagy [19] All
Flag of Italy.svg ROAL Motorsport [20] Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 [20] 9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel [20] All
Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing [21] Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 [21] 11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kris Richard [22] 8, 10
44 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Po Wah [14] 9
86 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri [21] 1–7
88 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chan Kin Pong [14] 9
Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport [23] Citroën C-Elysée WTCC [23] 12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff [23] All
ETCC Entries ineligible to score points
Flag of Hungary.svg Zengő Motorsport SEAT León TCR 105 Flag of Hungary.svg Anett György 4
108 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Nagy 4
166 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó 4
Flag of Germany.svg Pfister Racing SEAT León TCR 107 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Pfister4
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR 112 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Rikli4
191 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christjohannes Schreiber4
Flag of North Macedonia.svg AKK Stefanovski SEAT León TCR 114 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Igor Stefanovski 4
Flag of Serbia.svg LEIN Racing SEAT León TCR 117 Flag of Serbia.svg Mladen Lalušić4
137 Flag of Portugal.svg Fábio Mota4
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Křenek Motorsport SEAT León TCR 122 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Fulín 4
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kraf Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 144 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Plamen Kralev 4

Team changes

Driver changes

Rule changes

More points will be awarded for the winners of the Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3) team time trials (12 rather than 10), optional rallycross-style "joker laps" will be introduced in street-circuits, the second or "main race" on a race weekend will be increased in length to two laps longer than the opening races (with the exception of the Race of Germany at Nürburgring Nordschleife), the points scoring structure will be revised with more points awarded in the main race, and the length of race meetings will be reduced to two days, with testing on Fridays to be abolished and the Free Practice 1 and 2 sessions being increased from 30 to 45 minutes to compensate. [35]

Calendar

The Monza and Macau circuits return to the WTCC, whereas France, Russia and Slovakia are dropped.

Rnd.RaceRace NameCircuitDateSupporting
11 AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco Flag of Morocco.svg Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 9 Aprilstand-alone event
2
23 OSCARO Race of Italy Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 30 April European Touring Car Cup
4
35 JVCKENWOOD Race of Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring 14 May
6
47 Race of Germany Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 May Nürburgring 24 Hours
European Touring Car Cup
8
59 Race of Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 25 June European Touring Car Cup
10
611 Race of Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo 16 July Campeonato Argentino de Turismo Nacional
12
713 Race of China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ningbo International Circuit 15 October China Touring Car Championship
F4 Chinese Championship
14
815 JVCKENWOOD Race of Japan Flag of Japan.svg Twin Ring Motegi 29 Octoberstand-alone event
16
917 JVCKENWOOD Race of Macau Flag of Macau.svg Guia Circuit, Macau 18 November TCR Chinese Racing Cup
FIA F3 World Cup
FIA GT World Cup
1819 November
1019 Race of Qatar Flag of Qatar.svg Losail International Circuit 1 Decemberstand-alone event
20

Results and standings

Compensation weights

Car Marrakech Monza Hungaroring Nürburgring Vila Real Termas de
Río Hondo
Ningbo Motegi Macau Losail
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC +50 kg+50 kg+60 kg+80 kg+80 kg+80 kg+50 kg+40 kg0 kg+60 kg
Honda Civic WTCC 0 kg0 kg+80 kg+70 kg+50 kg+60 kg+80 kg+80 kg+70 kg+80 kg
Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 0 kg0 kg0 kg+30 kg+20 kg0 kg0 kg+10 kg+10 kg+10 kg
Lada Vesta WTCC 0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg+10 kg
Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 0 kg0 kg+80 kg+80 kg+80 kg+60 kg+70 kg+70 kg+80 kg+80 kg

Races

RaceRace NameMAC3 winnerPole PositionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning manufacturerIndependent winnerReport
1 Flag of Morocco.svg Race of Morocco Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of Hungary.svg Dániel Nagy Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Report
2 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Flag of Japan.svg Honda Racing Team JAS Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton
3 Flag of Italy.svg Race of Italy Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Report
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Polestar Cyan Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Race of Hungary Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Flag of Japan.svg Honda Racing Team JAS Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Report
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani
7 Flag of Germany.svg Race of Germany Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of Sweden.svg Polestar Cyan Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Report
8 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg Flag of Sweden.svg Polestar Cyan Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff
9 Flag of Portugal.svg Race of Portugal Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Report
10 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Japan.svg Honda Racing Team JAS Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff
11 Flag of Argentina.svg Race of Argentina Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Flag of France.svg RC Motorsport Flag of Russia.svg Lada Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Report
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Japan.svg Honda Racing Team JAS Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri
13 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Race of China Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Report
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami Flag of Sweden.svg Polestar Cyan Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton
15 Flag of Japan.svg Race of Japan Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Report
16 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz Flag of Japan.svg Honda Racing Team JAS Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani
17 Flag of Macau.svg Guia Race of Macau Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Report
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qing Hua Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff
19 Flag of Qatar.svg Race of Qatar Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton Report
20 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Japan.svg Honda Racing Team JAS Flag of Japan.svg Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

China Race 2 was half-points awarded.

Pos.Driver MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
ARG
Flag of Argentina.svg
CHN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
QAT
Flag of Qatar.svg
 Pts. 
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk 27511NC7145323635NC2245454544283.5
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Michelisz 523NC6NC47217111412DSQDSQ71152298255
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton 751Ret23454647Ret3411083315248.5
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 1134866358Ret83441453446451011241
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicky Catsburg 448445246125451516135922913832238.5
6 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani 365NC7712261725NC1156172Ret234
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Ret94233310133365279Ret12†3811711723215
8 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro 6113221515134234523200
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Néstor Girolami 932NC554Ret5RetDNS89166Ret111133139112
10 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Ret1211988999111828271214131290
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel 886119987DNSDNS9107†9131326111169
12 Flag of France.svg John Filippi NC117101411101010108124612911164948
13 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Gleason 91312121211Ret121113576810831447.5
14 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami Ret10RetRet111311RetRet131011DSQDSQ10Ret5315141020
15 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller 67516
16 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kris Richard 141212610
17 Flag of Macau.svg Filipe de Souza 61016158.5
18 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Panis 10RetDNS12101413121116†2
19 Flag of Hungary.svg Dániel Nagy 111410Ret13Ret14Ret13141214DSQDSQ1514151115131
20 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó 1315DSQDSQ1716161016151
21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qinghua 14120
22 Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Fernandes12150
23 Flag of Macau.svg Mak Ka Lok 17170
24 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Po Wah18DNS0
- Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chan Kin PongWDWD0
- Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini DSQDSQ-
ETCC entries ineligible for points
- Flag of North Macedonia.svg Igor Stefanovski 1714-
- Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Fulín 1616-
- Flag of Portugal.svg Fábio Mota1815-
- Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Nagy 1918-
- Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Pfister2317-
- Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Rikli20Ret-
- Flag of Serbia.svg Mladen Lalušić2121-
- Flag of Bulgaria.svg Plamen Kralev 2419-
- Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó 2520-
- Flag of Hungary.svg Anett György 22Ret-
- Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christjohannes SchreiberRetDNS-
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

 – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. ‡ – Honda Racing Team JAS was disqualified from the Race of China because of non-compliant fuel injectors.

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position [35]  1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Opening Race Points [35] 251815121086421
Main Race Points [35] 3023191613107421
Notes
  • 12345 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for the main race (second race), where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1.

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.Manufacturer MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
ARG
Flag of Argentina.svg
CHN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
QAT
Flag of Qatar.svg
 Pts. 
MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2MR1R2
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo Polestar 1132121122111112122212311111222222321122908.5
244333342234344444NC22433444233
2 Flag of Japan.svg Honda 231121221123232121112112DSQDSQDSQ111111112311880
423444434443433323DSQDSQ34432344


Notes

Only the two best placed cars of each manufacturer earned points.

  • 12345 refers to the classification of the drivers in the main race qualification, where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1. Points were only awarded to the fastest two cars from each manufacturer.

In MAC3 points are awarded if 3 cars of the same manufacturer within a 15 seconds gap. MAC3 points were awarded as follows:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd 
Points1286

WTCC Trophy

WTCC Trophy points are awarded to the first eight drivers classified in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One point is awarded to the highest-placed WTCC Trophy competitor in qualifying and another for the fastest lap in each race.

Pos.Driver MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
ARG
Flag of Argentina.svg
CHN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
QAT
Flag of Qatar.svg
 Pts. 
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton 311Ret12322243Ret1154212138
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Ret42126213155Ret9563151129
3 Flag of Morocco.svg Mehdi Bennani 22NC241131322NC831142Ret128.5
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri 17333345Ret4311285
5 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher Ret684546646142522798680
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel 43466554DNSDNS766678236568.5
7 Flag of France.svg John Filippi NC55510777556733646104461
8 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Gleason 688888Ret7884443553845.5
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Dániel Nagy 687Ret9Ret10Ret8899DSQDSQ991079713
10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kris Richard 877311
11 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Panis 5RetDNS77999610†11
12 Flag of Macau.svg Filipe de Souza 5710105
13 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Szabó 1010DSQDSQ11111061093
14 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qinghua 883
15 Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Fernandes 792
16 Flag of Macau.svg Mak Ka Lok 11120
17 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Po Wah 12DNS0
- Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chan Kin Pong WDWD0

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

 – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

WTCC Teams' Trophy

All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Teams' Trophy, with the exception of manufacturer teams, with the first car from each team scoring points in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Pos.Team MAR
Flag of Morocco.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
PRT
Flag of Portugal.svg
ARG
Flag of Argentina.svg
CHN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
JPN
Flag of Japan.svg
MAC
Flag of Macau.svg
QAT
Flag of Qatar.svg
 Pts. 
1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Racing 21121112122231111212175
2 Flag of Germany.svg ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Ret32125212144Ret5333131128
3 Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 15333234Ret33112546DNS53109
4 Flag of France.svg RC Motorsport Ret4544355341323224425109
5 Flag of Italy.svg ROAL Motorsport 32455443DNSDNS554445234491.5
6 Flag of Hungary.svg Zengő Motorsport 466666664566DSQDSQ66556661

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