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[edit]

The Drivers Championship was won by Thed Björk, pictured in 2015.
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Manufacturer entries
Japan Honda Racing Team JAS[3] Honda Civic WTCC[3] 2 Italy Gabriele Tarquini[4] 7
5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz[3] All
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro[3] 1–6
34 Japan Ryo Michigami[3] All
86 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri[5] 8–10
Sweden Polestar Cyan Racing[6] Volvo S60 Polestar TC1[6] 61 Argentina Néstor Girolami[6] 1–9
62 Sweden Thed Björk[6] All
63 Netherlands Nick Catsburg[6] All
64 France Yvan Müller[7] 10
WTCC Trophy
France Sébastien Loeb Racing[8] Citroën C-Elysée WTCC[8] 3 United Kingdom Tom Chilton[8] All
25 Morocco Mehdi Bennani[9] All
27 France John Filippi[10] All
30 China Ma Qing Hua[11] 9
France RC Motorsport[12] Lada Vesta WTCC[13] 4 Macau Mak Ka Lok[14] 9
22 Portugal Manuel Fernandes[15] 5
24 United States Kevin Gleason[13] 2–10
26 Macau Filipe de Souza[16] 7–8
68 France Yann Ehrlacher[12] All
Hungary Zengő Motorsport[17] Honda Civic WTCC[17] 8 France Aurélien Panis[17] 1–5
66 Hungary Zsolt Szabó[18] 6–10
99 Hungary Dániel Nagy[19] All
Italy ROAL Motorsport[20] Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1[20] 9 Netherlands Tom Coronel[20] All
Spain Campos Racing[21] Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1[21] 11 Switzerland Kris Richard[22] 8, 10
44 Hong Kong Wong Po Wah[14] 9
86 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri[21] 1–7
88 Hong Kong Chan Kin Pong[14] 9
Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport[23] Citroën C-Elysée WTCC[23] 12 United Kingdom Robert Huff[23] All
ETCC Entries ineligible to score points
Hungary Zengő Motorsport SEAT León TCR 105 Hungary Anett György 4
108 Hungary Norbert Nagy 4
166 Hungary Zsolt Szabó 4
Germany Pfister Racing SEAT León TCR 107 Germany Andreas Pfister 4
Switzerland Rikli Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR 112 Switzerland Peter Rikli 4
191 Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber 4
North Macedonia AKK Stefanovski SEAT León TCR 114 North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski 4
Serbia LEIN Racing SEAT León TCR 117 Serbia Mladen Lalušić 4
137 Portugal Fábio Mota 4
Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport SEAT León TCR 122 Czech Republic Petr Fulín 4
Bulgaria Kraf Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 144 Bulgaria Plamen Kralev 4

Team changes[edit]

Driver changes[edit]

Rule changes[edit]

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[edit]

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

Rnd. Race Race Name Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 9 April stand-alone event
2
2 3 OSCARO Race of Italy Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 30 April European Touring Car Cup
4
3 5 JVCKENWOOD Race of Hungary Hungary Hungaroring 14 May
6
4 7 Race of Germany Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 May Nürburgring 24 Hours
European Touring Car Cup
8
5 9 Race of Portugal Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 25 June European Touring Car Cup
10
6 11 Race of Argentina Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo 16 July Campeonato Argentino de Turismo Nacional
12
7 13 Race of China China Ningbo International Circuit 15 October China Touring Car Championship
F4 Chinese Championship
14
8 15 JVCKENWOOD Race of Japan Japan Twin Ring Motegi 29 October stand-alone event
16
9 17 JVCKENWOOD Race of Macau Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 18 November TCR Chinese Racing Cup
FIA F3 World Cup
FIA GT World Cup
18 19 November
10 19 Race of Qatar Qatar Losail International Circuit 1 December stand-alone event
20

Results and standings[edit]

Compensation weights[edit]

  • base weight of 1,100 kg
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 kg 0 kg +60 kg
Honda Civic WTCC 0 kg 0 kg +80 kg +70 kg +50 kg +60 kg +80 kg +80 kg +70 kg +80 kg
Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg +30 kg +20 kg 0 kg 0 kg +10 kg +10 kg +10 kg
Lada Vesta WTCC 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg +10 kg
Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 0 kg 0 kg +80 kg +80 kg +80 kg +60 kg +70 kg +70 kg +80 kg +80 kg

Races[edit]

Race Race Name MAC3 winner Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer Independent winner Report
1 Morocco Race of Morocco Sweden Volvo Hungary Dániel Nagy Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Spain Campos Racing United States Chevrolet Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Report
2 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Portugal Tiago Monteiro Japan Honda Racing Team JAS Japan Honda United Kingdom Tom Chilton
3 Italy Race of Italy Sweden Volvo Sweden Thed Björk United Kingdom Tom Chilton France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Citroën United Kingdom Tom Chilton Report
4 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Polestar Cyan Racing Sweden Volvo United Kingdom Robert Huff
5 Hungary Race of Hungary Japan Honda Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Portugal Tiago Monteiro Japan Honda Racing Team JAS Japan Honda United Kingdom Tom Chilton Report
6 United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Robert Huff Morocco Mehdi Bennani France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Citroën Morocco Mehdi Bennani
7 Germany Race of Germany Sweden Volvo United Kingdom Tom Chilton Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Polestar Cyan Racing Sweden Volvo Morocco Mehdi Bennani Report
8 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Netherlands Nick Catsburg Netherlands Nick Catsburg Sweden Polestar Cyan Racing Sweden Volvo United Kingdom Robert Huff
9 Portugal Race of Portugal Sweden Volvo Hungary Norbert Michelisz Morocco Mehdi Bennani France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Citroën Morocco Mehdi Bennani Report
10 Hungary Norbert Michelisz United Kingdom Robert Huff Hungary Norbert Michelisz Japan Honda Racing Team JAS Japan Honda United Kingdom Robert Huff
11 Argentina Race of Argentina Sweden Volvo Sweden Thed Björk France Yann Ehrlacher France RC Motorsport Russia Lada France Yann Ehrlacher Report
12 Netherlands Nick Catsburg Netherlands Nick Catsburg Hungary Norbert Michelisz Japan Honda Racing Team JAS Japan Honda Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
13 China Race of China Sweden Volvo Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Spain Campos Racing United States Chevrolet Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Report
14 Argentina Néstor Girolami Hungary Zsolt Szabó Argentina Néstor Girolami Sweden Polestar Cyan Racing Sweden Volvo United Kingdom Tom Chilton
15 Japan Race of Japan Japan Honda United Kingdom Tom Chilton United Kingdom Tom Chilton France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Citroën United Kingdom Tom Chilton Report
16 Hungary Norbert Michelisz Netherlands Nick Catsburg Hungary Norbert Michelisz Japan Honda Racing Team JAS Japan Honda Morocco Mehdi Bennani
17 Macau Guia Race of Macau Japan Honda United Kingdom Robert Huff Morocco Mehdi Bennani France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Citroën Morocco Mehdi Bennani Report
18 United Kingdom Robert Huff China Ma Qing Hua United Kingdom Robert Huff Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport France Citroën United Kingdom Robert Huff
19 Qatar Race of Qatar Sweden Volvo Morocco Mehdi Bennani United Kingdom Tom Chilton France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Citroën United Kingdom Tom Chilton Report
20 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Japan Honda Racing Team JAS Japan Honda United Kingdom Robert Huff

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' championship[edit]

China Race 2 was half-points awarded.

Pos. Driver MAR
Morocco 		ITA
Italy 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		PRT
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		CHN‡
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		QAT
Qatar 		 Pts. 
1 Sweden Thed Björk 2 7 5 11 NC 7 1 45 3 23 6 35 NC 22 4 5 4 54 5 44 283.5
2 Hungary Norbert Michelisz 5 23 NC 6 NC 4 7 21 7 11 14 12 DSQ DSQ 7 11 5 22 9 8 255
3 United Kingdom Tom Chilton 7 5 1 Ret 2 3 4 5 4 6 4 7 Ret 34 1 10 8 33 1 5 248.5
4 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 1 13 4 8 6 63 5 8 Ret 8 3 44 1 45 3 44 6 45 10 11 241
5 Netherlands Nicky Catsburg 4 4 8 44 5 24 6 12 5 45 15 161 3 5 9 22 9 13 8 32 238.5
6 Morocco Mehdi Bennani 3 65 NC 7 7 12 2 6 1 7 2 5 NC 11 5 6 1 7 2 Ret 234
7 United Kingdom Robert Huff Ret 94 2 33 3 101 3 33 6 52 7 9 Ret 12†3 8 11 7 11 7 23 215
8 Portugal Tiago Monteiro 6 11 3 22 1 5 15 134 2 34 5 23 200
9 Argentina Néstor Girolami 9 32 NC 55 4 Ret5 Ret DNS 8 9 16 6 Ret 11 11 33 13 9 112
10 France Yann Ehrlacher Ret 12 11 9 8 8 9 9 9 11 1 8 2 8 2 7 12 14 13 12 90
11 Netherlands Tom Coronel 8 8 6 11 9 9 8 7 DNS DNS 9 10 7† 9 13 13 2 6 11 11 69
12 France John Filippi NC 11 7 10 14† 11 10 10 10 10 8 12 4 6 12 9 11 16 4 9 48
13 United States Kevin Gleason 9 13 12 12 12 11 Ret 12 11 13 5 7 6 8 10 8 3 14 47.5
14 Japan Ryo Michigami Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 13 11 Ret Ret 13 10 11 DSQ DSQ 10 Ret5 3 15 14 10 20
15 France Yvan Muller 6 75 16
16 Switzerland Kris Richard 14 12 12 6 10
17 Macau Filipe de Souza 6 10 16 15 8.5
18 France Aurélien Panis 10 Ret DNS 12 10 14 13 12 11 16† 2
19 Hungary Dániel Nagy 11† 14 10 Ret 13 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 12 14 DSQ DSQ 15 14 15 11 15 13 1
20 Hungary Zsolt Szabó 13 15 DSQ DSQ 17 16 16 10 16 15 1
21 China Ma Qinghua 14 12 0
22 Portugal Manuel Fernandes 12 15 0
23 Macau Mak Ka Lok 17 17 0
24 Hong Kong Wong Po Wah 18 DNS 0
- Hong Kong Chan Kin Pong WD WD 0
- Italy Gabriele Tarquini DSQ DSQ -
ETCC entries ineligible for points
- North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski 17 14 -
- Czech Republic Petr Fulín 16 16 -
- Portugal Fábio Mota 18 15 -
- Hungary Norbert Nagy 19 18 -
- Germany Andreas Pfister 23 17 -
- Switzerland Peter Rikli 20 Ret -
- Serbia Mladen Lalušić 21 21 -
- Bulgaria Plamen Kralev 24 19 -
- Hungary Zsolt Szabó 25 20 -
- Hungary Anett György 22 Ret -
- Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Ret DNS -
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

† – 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] 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Main Race Points[35] 30 23 19 16 13 10 7 4 2 1
Notes
  • 1 2 3 4 5 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[edit]

Pos. Manufacturer MAR
Morocco 		ITA
Italy 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		PRT
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		CHN
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		QAT
Qatar 		 Pts. 
M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2 M R1 R2
1 Sweden Volvo Polestar 1 1 32 1 2 11 2 2 11 1 1 12 1 2 22 1 2 31 1 1 11 2 2 22 2 2 32 1 1 22 908.5
2 44 3 33 3 42 2 34 3 44 4 44 NC 22 4 33 4 44 2 33
2 Japan Honda 2 3 11 2 1 22 1 1 23 2 3 21 2 1 11 2 1 12 DSQ DSQ DSQ 1 1 11 1 1 11 2 3 11 880
4 23 4 44 4 34 4 43 4 33 3 23 DSQ DSQ 3 44 3 23 4 4


Notes

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

  • 1 2 3 4 5 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 
Points 12 8 6

WTCC Trophy[edit]

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
Morocco 		ITA
Italy 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		PRT
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		CHN
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		QAT
Qatar 		 Pts. 
1 United Kingdom Tom Chilton 3 1 1 Ret 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 Ret 1 1 5 4 2 1 2 138
2 United Kingdom Robert Huff Ret 4 2 1 2 6 2 1 3 1 5 5 Ret 9 5 6 3 1 5 1 129
3 Morocco Mehdi Bennani 2 2 NC 2 4 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 NC 8 3 1 1 4 2 Ret 128.5
4 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri 1 7 3 3 3 3 4 5 Ret 4 3 1 1 2 85
5 France Yann Ehrlacher Ret 6 8 4 5 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 2 5 2 2 7 9 8 6 80
6 Netherlands Tom Coronel 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 4 DNS DNS 7 6 6 6 7 8 2 3 6 5 68.5
7 France John Filippi NC 5 5 5 10 7 7 7 5 5 6 7 3 3 6 4 6 10 4 4 61
8 United States Kevin Gleason 6 8 8 8 8 8 Ret 7 8 8 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 8 45.5
9 Hungary Dániel Nagy 6† 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 8 9 9 DSQ DSQ 9 9 10 7 9 7 13
10 Switzerland Kris Richard 8 7 7 3 11
11 France Aurélien Panis 5 Ret DNS 7 7 9 9 9 6 10† 11
12 Macau Filipe de Souza 5 7 10 10 5
13 Hungary Zsolt Szabó 10 10 DSQ DSQ 11 11 10 6 10 9 3
14 China Ma Qinghua 8 8 3
15 Portugal Manuel Fernandes 7 9 2
16 Macau Mak Ka Lok 11 12 0
17 Hong Kong Wong Po Wah 12 DNS 0
- Hong Kong Chan Kin Pong WD WD 0

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[edit]

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
Morocco 		ITA
Italy 		HUN
Hungary 		GER
Germany 		PRT
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		CHN
China 		JPN
Japan 		MAC
Macau 		QAT
Qatar 		 Pts. 
1 France Sébastien Loeb Racing 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 175
2 Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Ret 3 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 1 4 4 Ret 5 3 3 3 1 3 1 128
3 Spain Campos Racing 1 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 1 1 2 5 4 6 DNS 5 3 109
4 France RC Motorsport Ret 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 5 109
5 Italy ROAL Motorsport 3 2 4 5 5 4 4 3 DNS DNS 5 5 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 4 91.5
6 Hungary Zengő Motorsport 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 6 6 DSQ DSQ 6 6 5 5 6 6 61

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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