2017 TCR Trophy Europe

The 2017 TCR Trophy Europe was the second holding of the TCR Trophy Europe, and the only one held as one-off event on 28–29 October in Adria International Raceway in Italy for drivers from the national and regional European TCR series.[1]

Layout of the Adria International Raceway

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class
  LMS Racing[2] SEAT León TCR[2] 4   Olli Parhankangas[2]
Audi RS3 LMS TCR[2] 10   Antti Buri[2]
  Tecnodom Sport[3] Opel Astra TCR[3] 5   Kevin Giacon[3]
  DG Sport Compétition[4] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup[4] 8   Aurélien Comte[4]
  Liqui Moly Team Engstler[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] 7   Luca Engstler[4]
39   Florian Thoma[4]
  Team Novadriver[2] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[2] 11   Francisco Abreu[2]
  Innocenti-AMG Motorsport[2] SEAT León TCR[2] 15   Lev Tolkachev[2] DSG
77   Denis Grigoriev[2] DSG
  Target Competition[4] Honda Civic Type R TCR[4] 21   Giacomo Altoè[4]
99   Josh Files[4]
  V-Action Racing[2] Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR[2] 32   Luigi Ferrara[2]
  Kraf Racing[2] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[2] 44   Plamen Kralev[2]
  CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse[3] SEAT León TCR[3] 76   Daniele Cappellari[3] DSG
  Team WRT[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] 88   Maxime Potty[4]
Wildcards
  Wildcards[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[3] 52   Giovanni Altoè[3] DSG
53   Sandro Pelatti[3] DSG
Audi RS3 LMS TCR[3] 54   Ermanno Dionisio[3] DSG
55   Giovanni Berton[3] DSG
Guest entries ineligible for points
  BRC Racing Team[5] Hyundai i30 N TCR[5] 30   Gabriele Tarquini[5]
Icon Class
DSG DSG Trophy

Final standings edit

Pos Driver R1 R2 Pts
1   Aurélien Comte 4 2 45
2   Giacomo Altoè 33 3 45
3   Josh Files 12 7 43
4   Maxime Potty 66 4 31
5   Florian Thoma 7 5 25
6   Luigi Ferrara 95 6 20
7   Antti Buri 5 Ret 17
8   Luca Engstler 184 9 12
9   Francisco Abreu 16 8 11
10   Giovanni Altoé 8 10 8
11   Plamen Kralev 12 17 5
12   Lev Tolkachev 13 13 5
13   Olli Kangas 14 15 5
14   Denis Grigoriev 15 14 5
15   Daniele Cappellari 17 16 5
16   Kevin Giacon DNS DNS 5
17   Sandro Pelatti 10 11 3
18   Ermano Dionisio 11 12 1
  Giovanni Berton WD WD 0
Entries ineligible for points
  Gabriele Tarquini 21 1
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes edit

  • 14 drivers (Aurélien Comte, Giacomo Altoé, Josh Files, Maxime Potty, Florian Thoma, Antti Buri, Luca Engstler, Francisco Abreu, Plamen Kralev, Lev Tolkachev, Oli Kangas, Denis Grigoriev, Danielle Cappellari and Kevin Giacon) received 5 pre-qualifying points for competing in at least 5 rounds in either their national championships or in the European TCR International Series rounds. Luigi Ferrara was awarded 4 points.
  • As the Hyundai i30 N TCR was with temporary homologation, Gabriele Tarquini was ineligible to score points and was considered transparent in the final standings

Teams' Trophy edit

Pos Team R1 R2 Pts
1   Target Competition 1 3 69
3 7
2   DG Sport Compétition 4 2 40
3   Team WRT 6 4 27
4   Liqui Moly Team Engstler 7 5 24
18 9
5   V-Action Racing 9 6 16
6   LMS Racing 5 15 14
14 Ret
7   Team Novadriver 16 8 6
8   Innocenti-AMG Motorsport 13 13 4
15 14
9   Kraf Racing 12 17 2
  Tecnodom Sport DNS DNS
  CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse WD WD
Entries ineligible for points
  BRC Racing Team 2 1
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

References edit

  1. ^ "Adria to host the 2017 TCR Trophy Europe". tcr-series.com. 22 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "16 cars entered for the inaugural TCR European Trophy - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "TCR Trophy Europe drivers". europe.tcr-series.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "TCR national champions to compete at first TCR Europe Trophy race - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. ^ a b c "Gabriele Tarquini will be unavailable to replace Monteiro in Japan and Macau - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16.

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