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The2017 TCR International Series was the third and the last season of theTCR International Series .
Stefano Comini entered the season as defending double champion, but finished only third in the standings with 30 points behind the new championJean-Karl Vernay , who won the title with a race to spare in theDubai round , andAttila Tassi . Comini and Tassi were separated by only one point.
In the teams' standings Hungarian teamM1RA managed to secure the title in Dubai, beating the previous championsCraft-Bamboo Racing by 62 points.
Team and driver changes [ edit ] Stefano Comini leftLeopard Racing to join the newly enteredComtoyou Racing withAudi RS3 LMS TCR .Frédéric Vervisch joined the team in the second Audi fromSpa onwards, while for the final two rounds of the season they've entered a third entry for TCR Benelux regularDenis Dupont who was behind the wheel ofSEAT León TCR .
Leopard Racing retainedJean-Karl Vernay and atSpa they've entered a second car forRobert Huff . Huff only entered rounds which did not clashed with his commitments in theWorld Touring Car Championship . AtMonza he was replaced byJaap van Lagen and inDubai byGordon Shedden . Van Lagen entered inOschersleben in a third car. The team also supportedMaxime Potty who entered at Spa under the Michaël Mazurin Sport banner.
Craft-Bamboo Racing retainedPepe Oriola andJames Nash , butSergey Afanasyev was replaced byHugo Valente . Valente left the team after Monza and his seat was taken byDaniel Lloyd .
WestCoast Racing switched fromCivic Type R TCR (FK2) toVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR . As a result, the team ended their association with Sportspromotion – the operation responsible for WestCoast Racing's entry in the series. The team retainedGianni Morbidelli whileGiacomo Altoè was entered in the second car. Altoè would leave the team afterOschersleben and he was replaced by the TCR Asia Series regularKantadhee Kusiri atBuriram ,Rafaël Galiana atZhejiang andBenjamin Leuchter atDubai .
The newly formed team ofM1RA entered the series entering twoCivic Type R TCR (FK2) cars for the veteranRoberto Colciago andAttila Tassi .Norbert Michelisz , who is also co-owner of the team, entered atHungaroring in a third Civic and inBuriram as stand-in for Colciago, who was recovering from injuries sustained during theOschersleben round .Giacomo Altoè entered the team in Buriram in the team's third entry and double ADAC TCR Germany championJosh Files entered in Dubai.
TCR Benelux teamDG Sport Compétition entered the series with twoOpel Astra TCR cars for TCR Trophy Europe winnerPierre-Yves Corthals andMaťo Homola . Corthals was later replaced byGrégoire Demoustier who later left the team after Oschersleben. With the exception of Zhejiang, where the team entered a single car for Homola, the team's second entry was driven byMunkong Sathienthirakul in Buriram and by2017 TCR Trophy Europe winnerAurélien Comte in Dubai.
Davit Kajaia leftLiqui Moly Team Engstler to form GE Force in partnership withRomeo Ferraris who provided the team with twoAlfa Romeo Giulietta TCR cars.Dušan Borković joined the team in the second car. The team also entered a third car forRustavi International Motorpark ownerShota Abkhazava inRustavi and forMichela Cerruti inBahrain .
Duncan Ende made his series début driving for his own team Icarus Motorsports in aSEAT León TCR .
Zengő Motorsport returned to the series after missing out the previous season. The team was supposed to enterCee'd TCR forFerenc Ficza , but due to delays in delivery Ficza was rotating between Zengõ Motorsport andZele Racing drivingSEAT León TCR . In Hungaroring the Cee'd TCR made its debut appearance with Ficza behind the wheel, but after Oschersleben the team withdrew from the season due to reliability issues.
Stian Paulsen andJens Reno Møller entered the series from Spa to Oschersleben rider for their own teams - Stian Paulsen Racing and Reno Racing. The European TCR rounds counted as qualification for the2017 TCR Trophy Europe , but neither of them entered the event.
After fielding two one-off entries for their TCR Benelux driversTom Coronel andBenjamin Lessennes at Spa,Boutsen Ginion Racing entered a singleHonda Civic Type R TCR forAurélien Panis from Oschersleben onwards.
Liqui Moly Team Engstler left the series to concentrate on their campaigns inTCR Asia Series andADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship . The team enteredLuca Engstler in Oschesleben under the Junior Team Engstler banner.
BRC Racing Team made its début in the series for the final two rounds of the season fielding twoHyundai i30 N TCR cars for veteran ridersGabriele Tarquini andAlain Menu The team received support fromHyundai Motorsport . However, as the i30 N TCR was given temporary homologation neither the team, nor its drivers were eligible to score points.
B3 Racing folded after the end of the 2016 season due to financial difficulties. Many of the team's personnel went on to form M1RA.
Target Competition also left the series after 2016 to concentrate on their efforts in ADAC TCR Germany.
The 2017 provisional schedule was announced on 28 November 2016, with ten events scheduled.[ 52]
Rnd. Circuit Date Supporting 1 1 Rustavi International Motorpark ,Tbilisi 1 April stand-alone event 2 2 April 2 1 Bahrain International Circuit ,Sakhir 15 April Bahrain Grand Prix 2 16 April 3 1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ,Stavelot 6 May 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2 7 May 4 1 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza ,Monza 13 May European Le Mans Series 2 14 May 5 1 Salzburgring ,Salzburg 10 June stand-alone event 2 11 June 6 1 Hungaroring ,Budapest 17 June Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2 18 June 7 1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben ,Oschersleben 8 July ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship 2 9 July 8 1 Chang International Circuit ,Buriram 2 September TCR Thailand Series 2 3 September 9 1 Zhejiang International Circuit ,Zhejiang 7 October TCR China Series TCR Asia Series 2 8 October 10 1 Dubai Autodrome ,Dubai 17 November stand-alone event 2 18 November
The rounds held atAutodromo do Estoril ,Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari ,Sochi Autodrom ,Marina Bay Street Circuit ,Sepang International Circuit andGuia Circuit were discontinued.
The series made their debut inGeorgia at theRustavi International Motorpark which opened the season.
The provisional calendar featured a round at theCircuit de Monaco supporting theMonaco Grand Prix , but was removed as it wasn't approved by theMonegasque ASN as they had never entered negotiations to stage the race.[ 53] It was replaced byAutodromo Nazionale di Monza inItaly as supporting series to theEuropean Le Mans Series .
With the release of theTCR China Touring Car Championship the calendar slot for October, which was left vacant, was given to theZhejiang International Circuit . In the previous two seasons the series visitedShanghai International Circuit .
The round inHungaroring was originally scheduled on 1–2 July, but for logistics reasons it was pulled back two weeks earlier than planned. The change also meant that the series would support the Hungarian round of theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters .[ 54]
The season finale which was supposed to be held onYas Marina Circuit supporting theAbu Dhabi Grand Prix was moved toDubai Autodrome with the new date being a week earlier.[ 55]
At the end of every weekend, a panel consisting of the International Series' Promoter and the promotional and media team name three candidates who stood out during the event for any particular reason.
Championship standings [ edit ] Drivers' championship[ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' Championship[ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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