2017 FIA R-GT Cup

The 2017 FIA R-GT Cup was the third edition of the FIA rally cup for GT cars in Group R-GT. The cup was contested over 5 tarmac rounds from the WRC, the ERC and the Rallye International du Valais.^[1]

Thanks to the new Fiat 124 R-GT more drivers participated in the R-GT cup than in previous season. The overall winner was Romain Dumas driving a Porsche 997 GT3.^[2]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2017 season featured five tarmac rallies: two selected tarmac rounds from the WRC, two selected rounds from the ERC and the 58. Rallye International du Valais from the TER series.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Series
1	18–22 January	85ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	WRC
2	6–9 April	59. Tour de Corse	WRC
3	25–27 August	47. Barum Czech Rally Zlín	ERC
4	15–17 September	5. Rally di Roma Capitale	ERC
5	26–28 October	58. Rallye International du Valais	TER

Entries

Driver	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
Fabio Andolfi	Manuel Fenoli	Abarth 124 R-GT	1
Fabrizio Andolfi Jr.	Elia Ungaro	Abarth 124 R-GT	4–5
François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	Abarth 124 R-GT	1–2
Romain Dumas	Gilles De Turckheim	Porsche 997 GT3	1
	Patrick Chiappe		2
	Denis Giraudet		3–5
Gabriele Noberasco	Daniele Michi	Abarth 124 R-GT	1
Andrea Nucita	Marco Vozzo	Abarth 124 R-GT	4–5
Andrea Modanesi	Daniele Renzetti	Abarth 124 R-GT	4

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers					Statistics
		Pos.	Ovl.	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	85ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (18–22 January) — Results and report	1	26	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	4:53:55.0	(17)1 15	(382.65 km)1 335.90 km	4	2
		2	45	Gabriele Noberasco	Abarth 124 R-GT	+26:14.2
2	60ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France (7–9 April) — Results and report	1	18	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	3:45:49.7	10	316.76 km	2	2
		2	19	François Delecour	Abarth 124 R-GT	+4:44.0
3	47. Barum Czech Rally Zlín (25–27 August) — Results and report	1	59	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	2:25:45.5	15	205.57 km	1	1
4	5. Rally di Roma Capitale (15–19 September) — Results and report	1	11	Fabrizio Andolfi Jr.	Abarth 124 R-GT	2:09:30.4	12	202.48 km	4	4
		2	15	Andrea Nucita	Abarth 124 R-GT	+1:34.5
		3	21	Andrea Modanesi	Abarth 124 R-GT	+6:09.5
5	58. Rallye International du Valais (26–28 October) — Results and report	1	7	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	2:12:05.3	13	203.72 km	3	3
		2	20	Fabrizio Andolfi Jr.	Abarth 124 R-GT	+5:20.8
		3	64	Andrea Nucita	Abarth 124 R-GT	+55:14.2

Notes

• ^1  – The Monte Carlo Rally was shortened: the first stage was cancelled after an accident involving Hayden Paddon and a spectator.^[3] Overcrowding caused the sixteenth stage to be cancelled for safety reasons.

Standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Source:^[4]

Pos. Driver MON FRA CZE ITA SUI Points 1 Romain Dumas 1 1 1 4 1 112 2 Fabrizio Andolfi Jr. 1 2 43 3 Andrea Nucita 2 3 33 4 Gabriele Noberasco 2 18 = François Delecour Ret 2 18 6 Andrea Modanesi 3 15

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

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