2017 European Touring Car Cup

The 2017 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the thirteenth and last running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It consists of six events in Italy, Hungary, Germany, Portugal, Belgium and Czech Republic. The championship is again split into two categories: ETCC 1[1] (including TC2 Turbo, TC2, TCN-2 and Super 2000 machinery) and ETCC 2[1] (including Super 1600 machinery).[2]

2017 European Touring Car Cup
Previous: 2016 Next: none
Parent series:
World Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers

The races at the Nürburgring had both WTCC and ETCC competitors. ETCC competitors entered with their usual car numbers, but with 100 added up to it.

ETCC 1
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Zengő Motorsport[3] SEAT León TCR[3] 5 Anett György[3] All
8 Norbert Nagy[3] All
66 Zsolt Szabó[4] 1–4
Pfister Racing[5] SEAT León TCR[5] 7 Andreas Pfister[5] All
Rikli Motorsport[6] Honda Civic Type R TCR[6] 12 Peter Rikli[6] All
91 Christjohannes Schreiber[6] All
AKK Stefanovski[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 14 Igor Stefanovski[4] All
LEIN Racing[7] SEAT León TCR[7] 17 Mladen Lalušić[4] 1–4, 6
37 Fábio Mota[7] All
Křenek Motorsport[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 22 Petr Fulín[4] All
Steibel Motorsport[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 23 Václav Nimč Jr.[8] 6
Target Competition[9] Honda Civic Type R TCR[9] 27 José Rodrigues[9] 4
ASK GM Racing[10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[10] 32 Rudolf Pešović[10] 2, 5
Kraf Racing[11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[11] 44 Plamen Kralev[11] All
Lema Racing[12] SEAT León TCR[7] 71 Maciej Łaszkiewicz[12] 6
76 Petr Čížek[12] 6
Baporo Motorsport[10] SEAT Leon TCR[10] 73 Alexandr Artemyev[10] 2
Fullin Race Academy[13] SEAT León TCR[13] 96 Petr Fulín Jr.[13] 6

Race calendar and results

The first four rounds will support the World Touring Car Championship.[2]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 30 April Peter Rikli Christjohannes Schreiber Petr Fulín Křenek Motorsport
R2 Peter Rikli Christjohannes Schreiber Rikli Motorsport
2 R1 Hungaroring 14 May Zsolt Szabó Zsolt Szabó Christjohannes Schreiber Rikli Motorsport
R2 Norbert Nagy Christjohannes Schreiber Rikli Motorsport
3 R1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 May Christjohannes Schreiber Petr Fulín Petr Fulín Křenek Motorsport
R2 Fábio Mota Igor Stefanovski AKK Stefanovski
4 R1 Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 25 June Norbert Nagy Igor Stefanovski Petr Fulín Křenek Motorsport
R2 Zsolt Szabó Zsolt Szabó Zengő Motorsport
5 R1 Circuit Zolder 17 September Norbert Nagy Christjohannes Schreiber Christjohannes Schreiber Rikli Motorsport
R2 Igor Stefanovski Igor Stefanovski AKK Stefanovski
6 R1 Autodrom Most 8 October Norbert Nagy Plamen Kralev Norbert Nagy Zengő Motorsport
R2 Petr Fulín Petr Fulín Křenek Motorsport

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Qualifying points: 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for first race, where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1.

Pos Driver MNZ
 HUN
 NÜR
 VIL†
 ZOL
 MST
  Pts 
1 Petr Fulín 13 3 6 4 12 3 12 5 9 3 23 1 82
2 Norbert Nagy 5 4 32 3 4 5 21 Ret 31 4 11 3 75
3 Christjohannes Schreiber 22 1 1 3 1 Ret1 DNS NC 11 1 7 32 Ret 65
4 Igor Stefanovski 4 5 4 8 2 1 3 3 82 1 8 5 60
5 Peter Rikli 31 2 5 10 5 Ret 9 8 2 2 5 12 45.5
6 Fábio Mota 9 8 7 11 33 2 5 7 43 9 DSQ 7 31
7 Plamen Kralev 10 6 13 DNS 9 6 8 2 Ret 8 4 2 25
8 Andreas Pfister 7 7 11 6 8 4 11 6 5 5 12 8 23.5
9 Zsolt Szabó 6 Ret 21 Ret 10 7 7 1 23
10 Mladen Lalušić 8 Ret 8 5 6 8 6 9 9 DSQ 13
11 José Rodrigues 43 4 8.5
12 Alexandr Artemyev 10 2 8
13 Petr Fulín Jr. 6 4 8
14 Anett György DNS DNS 9 9 7 Ret 10 10 7 7 Ret 9 6
15 Rudolf Pešović 12 7 6 Ret 5
16 Václav Nimč Jr. 7 6 5
17 Petr Čížek 10 10 0
18 Maciej Łaszkiewicz 11 11 0
Pos Driver MNZ
 HUN
 NÜR
 VIL†
 ZOL
 MST
  Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Half points were awarded for race 2 at Vila Real.

References
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