2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge
The 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge will be the second season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season features four rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 5 February and the season concludes with the Sepang 12 Hours on 10 December. Laurens Vanthoor is the defending drivers' champion and Audi is the defending manufacturers' champion.
In contrast to the inaugural season, manufacturers no longer need to enter their cars separately. In 2017, as long as they hold an international licence, all cars and drivers entered in the overall GT3 class, together with the manufacturers in the overall GT4 class are automatically eligible to score points towards the titles.
Calendar
Round | Event | Circuit | Date | Report |
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1 | Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour | Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia | 5 February | Report |
2 | Total 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | 29–30 July | Report |
3 | Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States | 15 October | Report |
4 | Motul Sepang 12 Hours | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia | 10 December | Report |
Source:[1] |
Entry list
GT3
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GT4
Manufacturer | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Aston Martin | R-Motorsport | Vantage GT4 | 62 | Andreas Baenziger | 1 |
Peter Leemhuis | |||||
Jan Struve | |||||
Ginetta | RA Motorsports - Ginetta | G55 GT4 | 55 | Tim Berryman | 1 |
Peter Paddon | |||||
Mike Simpson | |||||
69 | Zen Low | 1 | |||
Jake Parsons | |||||
Shinyo Sano | |||||
KTM | M Motorsport | X-Bow GT4 | 48 | Tomáš Enge | 1 |
Reinhard Kofler | |||||
Justin McMillan | |||||
Glen Wood | |||||
Porsche | Brookspeed | Cayman GT4 Clubsport | 40 | David Drinkwater | 1 |
Aaron Mason | |||||
Adrian Watt | |||||
41 | Coleby Cowham | 1 | |||
Ashley Jarvis | |||||
Lindsay Kearns | |||||
PROsport Porsche | PROsport Performance | Cayman PRO4 GT4 | 18 | Charles Espenlaub | 1 |
Joe Foster | |||||
Andy Pilgrim | |||||
Charles Putman | |||||
19 | Max Braams | 1 | |||
Harrison Jones | |||||
Nicolaj Møller Madsen | |||||
Jörg Viebahn | |||||
Sources:[2] |
Race results
Rnd. | Circuit | Pole Position | GT3 Winners | GT4 Winners | Winning Manufacturers | |
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GT3 | GT4 | |||||
1 | Bathurst | No. 88 Maranello Motorsport | No. 88 Maranello Motorsport | No. 19 PROsport Performance | Ferrari | PROsport Porsche |
Craig Lowndes Toni Vilander Jamie Whincup |
Craig Lowndes Toni Vilander Jamie Whincup |
Max Braams Harrison Jones Nicolaj Møller Madsen Jörg Viebahn | ||||
2 | Spa-Francorchamps | Did not participate | Did not participate | |||
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3 | Laguna Seca | |||||
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4 | Sepang | |||||
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Championship standings
- Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points, with the exception of Bathurst where a car simply had to cross the finish line to be classified. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A manufacturer only received points for its two highest placed cars in each round.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race. For unknown reasons some drivers were ineligible to score points. It is unknown which drivers that did not score points for the championship were ineligible to score points.
Bold – Pole |
Manufacturers' championship
Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT |
SPA |
LGA |
SEP |
Points |
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1 | Ferrari | 488 GT3 | 1 | 25 | |||
2 | Porsche | 991 GT3 R 997 GT3 R |
2 | 18 | |||
Ret | |||||||
3 | Bentley | Continental GT3 | 3 | 17 | |||
12 | |||||||
4 | McLaren | 650S GT3 | 5 | 12 | |||
15 | |||||||
5 | Reiter Engineering | Gallardo R-EX | 6 | 10 | |||
Ret | |||||||
6 | Audi | R8 LMS | 7 | 9 | |||
13 | |||||||
7 | Nissan | GT-R Nismo GT3 | 8 | 6 | |||
16 | |||||||
8 | Lamborghini | Huracán GT3 | 10 | 4 | |||
BMW | M6 GT3 | 14 | 0 | ||||
Ret | |||||||
Mercedes-Benz | AMG GT3 | Ret | 0 | ||||
Ret | |||||||
Aston Martin | Vantage GT3 | Ret | 0 | ||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT |
SPA |
LGA |
SEP |
Points |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar". SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. Retrieved 4 February 2017.