2017 TCR China Touring Car Championship

The 2017 TCR China season was the first season of the TCR's Chinese Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  New Faster Team[1] Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR[1] 21   Lin Li Feng[1] 1–4
  Wang Hao[1] All
Audi RS3 LMS TCR[1] 81   Huang Chu Han[1] All
82   Andy Yan[1] All
  Teamwork Motorsport[2] Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR[2] 26   Filipe de Souza[2] 1–3
  Samuel Hsieh[2] 1–3
31   Alex Hui[2] All
  Paul Poon[2] 1
  Ma Qing Hua[1] 2
  Jean-Karl Vernay[3] 3
62   Alex Fung[2] 1–4
  Sunny Wong[2] All
  HE Racing[1] Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR[1] 58   Han Hui Lin 1
  Tian Li Ying 1
  He Xiao Le[1] 2
  Lu Chuan[1] 2
  Lo Kai Bong[4] 3–4
68   Gu Xiao Gang 5
  Li Fei 5
  Linky Racing Team[1] Audi RS3 LMS TCR[1] 66   Cai Hong Yu[1] 1–3
  Zhang Ya Qi[1] 1
  Bai Ya Xin[1] 2
  Leo 109 Racing[1] Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR[1] 77   Hu Hao[1] 1–3
  Li Hui Wei 1
  Li Lin[1] 4
Audi RS3 LMS TCR[1] 99   Deng Bao Wei[1] All
  Li Lin[1] 1–2
  Henry Lee Junior 4
  AVM Racing[1] SEAT León TCR[1] 79   Qi Pei Wen[1] 1–4
  Zhou Hao Wen[1] 1–4
  Elegant Racing Team[5] SEAT León TCR[5] 98   Eric Kwong[5] 2–3
  Kenneth Look[5] 2
  Stian Paulsen[6] 3
99   Alex Liu[5] 2
  Andrew Kim[5] 2
  Henry Ho[6] 3
  Kenneth Look[6] 3

Calendar and results

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The 2017 schedule was announced on 18 December 2016, with five events scheduled one invitation round in Macau.[7][8] Yet all cars from TCR China withdrew from the Macau race due to freight delay.[9]

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 1   Shanghai International Circuit 5 August   Alex Hui   Huang Chu Han   Huang Chu Han   New Faster Team China Touring Car Championship
2   Huang Chu Han   Alex Fung   Andy Yan   New Faster Team
3 6 August   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   New Faster Team
2 4   Shanghai International Circuit 26 August   Andy Yan   Huang Chu Han   Huang Chu Han   New Faster Team TCR Asia Series
5 27 August   Sunny Wong   Huang Chu Han   Sunny Wong   TeamWork Motorsport
6   Alex Fung
  Sunny Wong
  Alex Hui
  Qing Hua Ma
  Huang Chu Han   New Faster Team
3 7   Zhejiang International Circuit 7 October   Jean-Karl Vernay   Jean-Karl Vernay   Jean-Karl Vernay   TeamWork Motorsport TCR International Series
TCR Asia Series
8   Andy Yan   Huang Chu Han   Andy Yan   New Faster Team
9 8 October   Jean-Karl Vernay
  Alex Hui
  Jean-Karl Vernay
  Alex Hui
  Huang Chu Han   New Faster Team
4 10   Ningbo International Circuit 28 October   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   New Faster Team China F4 Championship
11   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   New Faster Team
12 29 October   Andy Yan   Alex Fung
  Sunny Wong
  Andy Yan   New Faster Team
5 13   Guangdong International Circuit 30-31 December   Andy Yan   Alex Hui   Andy Yan   New Faster Team
14   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   Sunny Wong   TeamWork Motorsport
15   Sunny Wong   Andy Yan   Andy Yan   New Faster Team
Inv.   Guia Circuit, Macau 16-19 November No championship drivers took part.[9] World Touring Car Championship

Championship standings

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Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver SHA
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
NIN
 
GUA
 
 Pts. 
1   Andy Yan 3 1 1 2 3 10 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 294
2   Huang Chu Han 1 4 7 1 Ret 1 3 3 1 3 Ret 3 4 2 5 218
3   Alex Hui 5 3 Ret 2 2 2 3 4 6 7 3 4 2 205
4   Sunny Wong 2 2 1 3 8 10 8 2 2 1 4 201
5   Alex Fung 5 2 3 3 Ret 10 2 2 146
6   Wang Hao 6 10 4 5 4 6 Ret 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 140
7   Lin Li Feng 4 4 4 5 5 105
8   Deng Bao Wei 8 5 7 7 4 5 12 8 2 6 Ret 6 Ret 92
9   Qi Pei Wen 10 9 6 6 7 6 9 8 65
  Zhou Hao Wen 7 9 5 6 8 6 7 8
10   Jean-Karl Vernay 1 3 58
11   Li Lin 7 5 Ret 7 7 3 9 55
12   Filipe de Souza 2 Ret 4 DNS 4 11 54
  Samuel Hsieh 4 Ret Ret DNS Ret 11
13   Lo Kai Bong 5 7 9 6 5 4 48
14   Paul Poon 3 3 40
15   Ma Qing Hua 2 36
16   Henry Lee Junior 6 30
17   He Xiao Le 5 24
  Lu Chuan 7 6 5
18   Hu Hao Ret 8 8 8 9 9 Ret 7 22
19   Gu Xiao Gang 6 6 22
  Li Fei 7 6
20   Han Hui Lin 8 6 20
  Tian Li Ying 6 6
21   Kenneth Look Ret 2 18
22   Henry Ho 2 18
23   Cai Hong Yu 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 13 16
24   Li Hui Wei 11 8 4
25   Bai Ya Xin Ret 8 4
26   Eric Kwong Ret 8 4
27   Stian Paulsen 8 4
28   Zhang Ya Qi 9 Ret 2
29   Alex Liu Ret 0
  Andrew Kim Ret
Pos. Driver SHA
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
NIN
 
GUA
 
 Pts. 
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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "TCR Asia/TCR China Series Shanghai Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Teamwork Motorsport enter three Volkswagens for TCR China". TouringCarTimes. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Jean-Karl Vernay joins Teamwork for TCR China outing". TouringCarTimes. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. ^ "TCR Asia/TCR China Series Zhejiang Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "TCR China Series Shanghai Race 3" (PDF). 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (8 October 2017). "Huang Chu Han wins TCR China endurance race at Zhejiang". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. ^ "TCR China series launched in Shanghai". tcr-series.com. 18 December 2016.
  8. ^ "TCR China series launched in Shanghai". asia.tcr-series.com. 19 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b Casillo, Pietro (16 November 2017). "Teamwork Motorsport and NewFaster Racing pulled from Chinese Racing Cup". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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