2017 World Touring Car Championship

The 2017 World Touring Car Championship[1] was the fourteenth and last season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship,[2] and the thirteenth since the series was revived in 2005. For this season, there were a few rules changes.[3]

2017 World Touring Car Championship
World Drivers' Champion:
Thed Björk
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Volvo Polestar
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018
Support series:
European Touring Car Cup

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

Calendar

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

Results and standings

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

Drivers' championship

China Race 2 was half-points awarded.

Pos. Driver MAR
 ITA
 HUN
 GER
 PRT
 ARG
 CHN‡
 JPN
 MAC
 QAT
  Pts. 
1 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 Norbert Michelisz 5 23 NC 6 NC 4 7 21 7 11 14 12 DSQ DSQ 7 11 5 22 9 8 255
3 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 Esteban Guerrieri 1 13 4 8 6 63 5 8 Ret 8 3 44 1 45 3 44 6 45 10 11 241
5 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 Mehdi Bennani 3 65 NC 7 7 12 2 6 1 7 2 5 NC 11 5 6 1 7 2 Ret 234
7 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 Tiago Monteiro 6 11 3 22 1 5 15 134 2 34 5 23 200
9 Néstor Girolami 9 32 NC 55 4 Ret5 Ret DNS 8 9 16 6 Ret 11 11 33 13 9 112
10 Yann Ehrlacher Ret 12 11 9 8 8 9 9 9 11 1 8 2 8 2 7 12 14 13 12 90
11 Tom Coronel 8 8 6 11 9 9 8 7 DNS DNS 9 10 7† 9 13 13 2 6 11 11 69
12 John Filippi NC 11 7 10 14† 11 10 10 10 10 8 12 4 6 12 9 11 16 4 9 48
13 Kevin Gleason 9 13 12 12 12 11 Ret 12 11 13 5 7 6 8 10 8 3 14 47.5
14 Ryo Michigami Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 13 11 Ret Ret 13 10 11 DSQ DSQ 10 Ret5 3 15 14 10 20
15 Yvan Muller 6 75 16
16 Kris Richard 14 12 12 6 10
17 Filipe de Souza 6 10 16 15 8.5
18 Aurélien Panis 10 Ret DNS 12 10 14 13 12 11 16† 2
19 Dániel Nagy 11† 14 10 Ret 13 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 12 14 DSQ DSQ 15 14 15 11 15 13 1
20 Zsolt Szabó 13 15 DSQ DSQ 17 16 16 10 16 15 1
21 Ma Qinghua 14 12 0
22 Manuel Fernandes 12 15 0
23 Mak Ka Lok 17 17 0
24 Wong Po Wah 18 DNS 0
- Chan Kin Pong WD WD 0
- Gabriele Tarquini DSQ DSQ -
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)
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[3]  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Opening Race Points[3] 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Main Race Points[3] 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
Pos. Manufacturer MAR
 ITA
 HUN
 GER
 PRT
 ARG
 CHN
 JPN
 MAC
 QAT
  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 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 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

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
 ITA
 HUN
 GER
 PRT
 ARG
 CHN
 JPN
 MAC
 QAT
  Pts. 
1 Tom Chilton 3 1 1 Ret 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 Ret 1 1 5 4 2 1 2 138
2 Robert Huff Ret 4 2 1 2 6 2 1 3 1 5 5 Ret 9 5 6 3 1 5 1 129
3 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 Esteban Guerrieri 1 7 3 3 3 3 4 5 Ret 4 3 1 1 2 85
5 Yann Ehrlacher Ret 6 8 4 5 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 2 5 2 2 7 9 8 6 80
6 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 John Filippi NC 5 5 5 10 7 7 7 5 5 6 7 3 3 6 4 6 10 4 4 61
8 Kevin Gleason 6 8 8 8 8 8 Ret 7 8 8 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 8 45.5
9 Dániel Nagy 6† 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 8 9 9 DSQ DSQ 9 9 10 7 9 7 13
10 Kris Richard 8 7 7 3 11
11 Aurélien Panis 5 Ret DNS 7 7 9 9 9 6 10† 11
12 Filipe de Souza 5 7 10 10 5
13 Zsolt Szabó 10 10 DSQ DSQ 11 11 10 6 10 9 3
14 Ma Qinghua 8 8 3
15 Manuel Fernandes 7 9 2
16 Mak Ka Lok 11 12 0
17 Wong Po Wah 12 DNS 0
- 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

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
 ITA
 HUN
 GER
 PRT
 ARG
 CHN
 JPN
 MAC
 QAT
  Pts. 
1 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 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 Campos Racing 1 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 Ret 3 3 1 1 2 5 4 6 DNS 5 3 109
4 RC Motorsport Ret 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 5 109
5 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 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

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