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]

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
Hungary Zengő Motorsport[3] SEAT León TCR[3] 5 Hungary Anett György[3] All
8 Hungary Norbert Nagy[3] All
66 Hungary Zsolt Szabó[4] 1–4
Germany Pfister Racing[5] SEAT León TCR[5] 7 Germany Andreas Pfister[5] All
Switzerland Rikli Motorsport[6] Honda Civic Type R TCR[6] 12 Switzerland Peter Rikli[6] All
91 Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber[6] All
North Macedonia AKK Stefanovski[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 14 North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski[4] All
Serbia LEIN Racing[7] SEAT León TCR[7] 17 Serbia Mladen Lalušić[4] 1–4, 6
37 Portugal Fábio Mota[7] All
Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 22 Czech Republic Petr Fulín[4] All
Germany Steibel Motorsport[8] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[8] 23 Czech Republic Václav Nimč Jr.[8] 6
Italy Target Competition[9] Honda Civic Type R TCR[9] 27 Portugal José Rodrigues[9] 4
Serbia ASK GM Racing[10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[10] 32 Serbia Rudolf Pešović[10] 2, 5
Bulgaria Kraf Racing[11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[11] 44 Bulgaria Plamen Kralev[11] All
Slovenia Lema Racing[12] SEAT León TCR[7] 71 Poland Maciej Łaszkiewicz[12] 6
76 Czech Republic Petr Čížek[12] 6
Spain Baporo Motorsport[10] SEAT Leon TCR[10] 73 Kazakhstan Alexandr Artemyev[10] 2
Czech Republic Fullin Race Academy[13] SEAT León TCR[13] 96 Czech Republic 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 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 30 April Switzerland Peter Rikli Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport
R2 Switzerland Peter Rikli Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
2 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 14 May Hungary Zsolt Szabó Hungary Zsolt Szabó Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
R2 Hungary Norbert Nagy Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
3 R1 Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 27 May Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport
R2 Portugal Fábio Mota North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski North Macedonia AKK Stefanovski
4 R1 Portugal Circuito Internacional de Vila Real 25 June Hungary Norbert Nagy North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Křenek Motorsport
R2 Hungary Zsolt Szabó Hungary Zsolt Szabó Hungary Zengő Motorsport
5 R1 Belgium Circuit Zolder 17 September Hungary Norbert Nagy Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber Switzerland Rikli Motorsport
R2 North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski North Macedonia AKK Stefanovski
6 R1 Czech Republic Autodrom Most 8 October Hungary Norbert Nagy Bulgaria Plamen Kralev Hungary Norbert Nagy Hungary Zengő Motorsport
R2 Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic Petr Fulín Czech Republic 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
Italy		 HUN
Hungary		 NÜR
Germany		 VIL†
Portugal		 ZOL
Belgium		 MST
Czech Republic		  Pts 
1 Czech Republic Petr Fulín 13 3 6 4 12 3 12 5 9 3 23 1 82
2 Hungary Norbert Nagy 5 4 32 3 4 5 21 Ret 31 4 11 3 75
3 Switzerland Christjohannes Schreiber 22 1 1 3 1 Ret1 DNS NC 11 1 7 32 Ret 65
4 North Macedonia Igor Stefanovski 4 5 4 8 2 1 3 3 82 1 8 5 60
5 Switzerland Peter Rikli 31 2 5 10 5 Ret 9 8 2 2 5 12 45.5
6 Portugal Fábio Mota 9 8 7 11 33 2 5 7 43 9 DSQ 7 31
7 Bulgaria Plamen Kralev 10 6 13 DNS 9 6 8 2 Ret 8 4 2 25
8 Germany Andreas Pfister 7 7 11 6 8 4 11 6 5 5 12 8 23.5
9 Hungary Zsolt Szabó 6 Ret 21 Ret 10 7 7 1 23
10 Serbia Mladen Lalušić 8 Ret 8 5 6 8 6 9 9 DSQ 13
11 Portugal José Rodrigues 43 4 8.5
12 Kazakhstan Alexandr Artemyev 10 2 8
13 Czech Republic Petr Fulín Jr. 6 4 8
14 Hungary Anett György DNS DNS 9 9 7 Ret 10 10 7 7 Ret 9 6
15 Serbia Rudolf Pešović 12 7 6 Ret 5
16 Czech Republic Václav Nimč Jr. 7 6 5
17 Czech Republic Petr Čížek 10 10 0
18 Poland Maciej Łaszkiewicz 11 11 0
Pos Driver MNZ
Italy		 HUN
Hungary		 NÜR
Germany		 VIL†
Portugal		 ZOL
Belgium		 MST
Czech Republic		  Pts 
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)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

References
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