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2017 Audi Sport TT Cup

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The 2017 Audi Sport TT Cup was the third and the final season of the Audi Sport TT Cup. It began on 6 May at Hockenheim and finished on 15 October at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings,[1] all of which were support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and 24 Hours Nürburgring.[1]

Drivers

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No. Driver Rounds
Permanent Entries
2 United Kingdom Finlay Hutchison[2] 1–3
3 Poland Gosia Rdest All
4 Australia Drew Ridge All
5 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend All
7 Hungary Vivien Keszthelyi All
8 Switzerland Yannik Brandt All
9 Germany Mike Beckhusen 1–5
11 Italy Tommaso Mosca All
14 United Kingdom Josh Caygill 6–7
15 United Kingdom Jack Manchester 1–3
17 South Africa Keagan Masters 1–4, 6–7
23 United Kingdom Philip Ellis All
24 Germany Simon Wirth All
25 Spain Mikel Azcona All
31 Germany Kevin Arnold All
43 Netherlands Milan Dontje All
55 Germany Fabian Vettel[3] All
Guest Entries
96 Germany Roman Wittemeier 4
97 Germany Linus Straßer 3
Germany Daniel Rösner 4
Italy Marco Melandri 5
98 France Benoît Tréluyer 1
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto, Sr. 2
Germany Daniel Geradtz 3
Netherlands Bernhard van Oranje 4
Germany Matthias Dolderer 5
Austria Max Franz 6
Germany Daniel Grunenberg 7
99 United Kingdom James Taylor 1
Germany Sönke Brederlow 2
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 4
Germany Felix von der Laden 5
Austria Benjamin Raich 6
Germany "Mr. Goodlife" 7

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg
(Grand Prix Circuit)
5 May Switzerland Yannik Brandt United Kingdom Philip Ellis United Kingdom Philip Ellis
R2 6 May Netherlands Milan Dontje United Kingdom Philip Ellis United Kingdom Philip Ellis
2 R1 Germany Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate
(Grand Prix Circuit)
27 May Spain Mikel Azcona Race abandoned before half-distance
R2 28 May United Kingdom Philip Ellis Spain Mikel Azcona United Kingdom Philip Ellis
3 R1 Germany Norisring, Nuremberg 1 July Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona
R2 2 July Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona
4 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 19 August United Kingdom Philip Ellis United Kingdom Philip Ellis United Kingdom Philip Ellis
R2 20 August Italy Tommaso Mosca Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona
5 R1 Germany Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate
(Sprint Circuit)
10 September Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona
R2 11 September Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona
6 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23 September Spain Mikel Azcona Netherlands Milan Dontje South Africa Keagan Masters
R2 24 September South Africa Keagan Masters Spain Mikel Azcona South Africa Keagan Masters
7 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg
(Grand Prix Circuit)
14 October United Kingdom Philip Ellis South Africa Keagan Masters United Kingdom Philip Ellis
R2 15 October United Kingdom Philip Ellis Germany Simon Wirth Spain Mikel Azcona

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top eighteen classified finishers as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th 
Points 25 21 18 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver HOC
Germany
NÜR
Germany
NOR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
NÜR
Germany
RBR
Austria
HOC
Germany
Points
1 United Kingdom Philip Ellis 1 1 C 1 2 3 1 2 Ret 5 2 3 1 2 259
2 Spain Mikel Azcona Ret 10 C 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 Ret 7 2 1 235
3 Italy Tommaso Mosca 7 5 C 11 5 2 3 5 4 2 4 4 11 5 196
4 Netherlands Milan Dontje 4 6 C 3 3 5 7 4 5 Ret 3 2 4 4 193
5 Australia Drew Ridge 12 11 C 6 10 Ret 8 6 3 4 7 8 5 3 153
6 Poland Gosia Rdest 2 2 C 4 6 Ret 4 13 8 6 Ret 10 6 10 149
7 South Africa Keagan Masters 6 7 C 15 Ret 4 5 3 1 1 3 Ret 148
8 Switzerland Yannik Brandt 3 9 C 5 4 11 6 Ret 6 7 5 9 Ret 8 141
9 Germany Fabian Vettel 13 8 C 14 7 10 9 10 2 8 Ret 6 10 Ret 122
10 Germany Simon Wirth DNS DNS C 9 9 7 14 8 7 9 11 Ret 7 7 105
11 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend 8 12 C 13 12 Ret 13 11 11 Ret 9 11 9 9 97
12 Germany Kevin Arnold Ret Ret C 10 14 Ret 10 9 Ret 3 8 14 Ret Ret 71
13 Hungary Vivien Keszthelyi DNS Ret C DNS Ret 8 11 12 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 12 65
14 Germany Mike Beckhusen Ret 13 C 8 8 6 Ret Ret 13 Ret 51
15 United Kingdom Josh Caygill 6 5 Ret 6 40
16 United Kingdom Finlay Hutchison 9 3 C Ret 11 Ret 37
17 United Kingdom Jack Manchester 11 15 C 12 13 Ret 30
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
France Benoît Tréluyer 5 4 0
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto, Sr. C 7 0
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 12 7 0
Germany Linus Straßer Ret 9 0
United Kingdom James Taylor 10 14 0
Italy Marco Melandri 10 Ret 0
Germany Felix von der Laden 12 10 0
Germany “Mr. Goodlife” 12 11 0
Germany Matthias Dolderer 14 11 0
Austria Max Franz 12 12 0
Austria Benjamin Raich 13 13 0
Germany Daniel Rösner 15 14 0
Germany Roman Wittemeier 16 15 0
Germany Sönke Brederlow C 16 0
Germany Daniel Grunenberg Ret Ret 0
Netherlands Bernhard van Oranje Ret DNS 0
Germany Daniel Geradtz DNS DNQ 0
Pos. Driver HOC
Germany
NÜR
Germany
NOR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
NÜR
Germany
RBR
Austria
HOC
Germany
Points
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

Non-Championship 'Legends Race'

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At the final round of the championship in Hockenheim, a non-championship "Legends Race" took place in which drivers with 'legendary' connections took over the series regulars' cars for a 12 lap race.

Pos. No. Driver Grid Time/Retired
1 17 Germany Frank Stippler 1 12 Laps
2 25 Brazil Lucas di Grassi 10 +0.821
3 7 Switzerland Marcel Fässler 11 +6.174
4 11 Italy Emanuele Pirro 12 +12.419
5 55 Italy Rinaldo Capello 8 +12.916
6 8 France Jean-Marc Gounon 16 +15.903
7 3 Belgium Vanina Ickx 15 +19.719
8 44 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 14 +20.519
9 43 Germany Lucas Luhr 9 +2 laps
Ret 31 Germany Marco Werner 6 Crash damage
Ret 24 Germany Christian Abt 13 Puncture
Ret 5 Switzerland Rahel Frey 7 Crash damage
Ret 9 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli 5 Crash
Ret 4 Germany Frank Biela 2 Crash damage
Ret 14 Denmark Tom Kristensen 3 Crash
Ret 23 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 4 Crash

References

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  1. ^ a b "2017 Audi Sport TT Cup calendar". Audi. Audi. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Fired Up for TT Cup". Audi.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Sebastian Vettel's brother Fabian joins Audi TT Cup". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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