2017 Ferrari Challenge Europe Explained

The 2017 Ferrari Challenge Europe is the 24th season of Ferrari Challenge Europe. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo on May 20 and ending at the Mugello Circuit on October 28.^[1]

Fabienne Wohlwend became the first woman to win any Ferrari Challenge race in class or outright with her victory in the second Coppa Shell race at Imola.^[2]

Calendar

	Circuit	Dates	Map
1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	May 20–21
2	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	June 10–11
3	Hungaroring	June 24–25
4	Circuit Paul Ricard	July 22–23
5	Silverstone Circuit	September 23–24
6	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	October 7–8
7	Mugello Circuit	October 27–28

Entry list

All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 488 Challenge fitted with Pirelli tyres.

Trofeo Pirelli

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Octane126	1	Björn Grossmann	Pro	1, 3–7
	8	Fabio Leimer	Pro	1–3, 7
Formula Racing	11	Nicklas Nielsen	Pro	7
Baron Service	19	Per Nielsen	Pro-Am	All
	45	Christian Overgård	Pro-Am	All
	82	Palle Kjærsgård	Pro-Am	1–2, 5, 7
CDP	20	Andrea Gagliardini	Pro	1–4
	25	Daniele di Amato	Pro	2–6
	69	Marco Zanasi	Pro	7
Rossocorsa	23	"Greg B."	Pro-Am	1
	27	Alessandro Vezzoni	Pro	All
	91	Philipp Baron	Pro	All
	97	Tommaso Rocca	Pro-Am	All
Gohm Motorsport	26	Alexander Nußbaumer	Pro-Am	7
	44	Jens Liebhauser	Pro-Am	All
	47	Gerald Aubock	Pro-Am	3
	51	Thomas Löfflad	Pro-Am	2
Ferrari Budapest	30	Joshua Cartu	Pro-Am	All
Kessel Racing	42	Marc Muzzo	Pro-Am	4
	43	Ettore Contini	Pro-Am	3–4, 6
	48	Volkan Ekinci	Pro-Am	5
Ineco – MP Racing	50	David Gostner	Pro	4
Scuderia Autoropa	70	Martin Nelson	Pro-Am	All
	72	Mats Tidstrand	Pro-Am	1, 4
	73	Robin Jensen	Pro-Am	1–4, 6–7
Graypaul Nottingham	80	Marc Brough	Pro-Am	1–2, 6–7
Stratstone Ferrari	81	Bonamy Grimes	Pro-Am	5–7
	92	Sam Smeeth	Pro	All
HR Owen	93	Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am	All

Coppa Shell

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Formula Racing		Tina Kok	Am	All
	125	Tadakazu Kojima	Am	5–6
		Tani Hanna	Am	1–2, 7
		Johnny Laursen	Am	All
		David Lim	Am	1–2, 4–7
		Per Falholt	Am	2, 7
		Eric Cheung	Am	All
Octane126		Fabienne Wohlwend	Am	2, 6–7
Kessel Racing		Claudio Schiavoni	Am	1–2, 4–7
	108	Deborah Mayer	Am	1–2, 4
	112	Rick Lovat	Am	1–5
		Henrik Kamstrup	Am	3–4, 6–7
		Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Am	1–2, 4, 6–7
		Fons Scheltema	Am	All
	178	Peter Görke	Am	1–2
Scuderia Praha		Dušan Palcr	Am	2–3, 7
Rossocorsa		James Weiland	Am	3–7
	193	Alan Hegyi	Am	4
Penske Sportwagen Hamburg		Thomas Lindroth	Am	All
Gohm Motorsport		Christian Kinch	Am	1–2, 5–7
	169	Karl Oppitzhauser	Am	2, 6
Baron Service		Vladimir Hladik	Am	All
HR Owen		Laurent de Meeus	Am	5–7
Charles Pozzi		Henri Hassid	Am	2, 4–7
Ineco – MP Racing		Thomas Gostner	Am	All
		Erich Prinoth	Am	All
		Manuela Gostner	Am	1, 3–7
Team Zenith Sion – Lausanne		Christophe Hurni	Am	All
Scuderia Autoropa		Ingvar Mattsson	Am	1–2, 4–7

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Trofeo Pirelli Winners	Coppa Shell Winners
1	1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Björn Grossmann : Chris Froggatt : Johnny Laursen	Andrea Gagliardini : Jens Liebhauser : Eric Cheung	Pro: Fabio Leimer Pro-Am: Martin Nelson	Am: Johnny Laursen
	2		Björn Grossmann : Chris Froggatt : Rick Lovat	Björn Grossmann : Joshua Cartu : Rick Lovat	Pro: Björn Grossmann Pro-Am: Martin Nelson	Am: Rick Lovat
2	1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Daniele di Amato : Martin Nelson : Johnny Laursen	Daniele di Amato : Tommaso Rocca : Eric Cheung	Pro: Daniele di Amato Pro-Am: Martin Nelson	Am: Erich Prinoth
	2		Daniele di Amato : Jens Liebhauser : Fons Scheltema	Daniele di Amato : Jens Liebhauser : Henri Hassid	Pro: Daniele di Amato Pro-Am: Martin Nelson	Am: Henri Hassid
3	1	Hungaroring	Daniele di Amato : Martin Nelson : Johnny Laursen	Daniele di Amato : Jens Liebhauser : Eric Cheung	Pro: Daniele di Amato Pro-Am: Jens Liebhauser	Am: Eric Cheung
	2		Daniele di Amato : Martin Nelson : Johnny Laursen	Daniele di Amato : Chris Froggatt : Thomas Gostner	Pro: Daniele di Amato Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Am: Johnny Laursen
4	1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Daniele di Amato : Tommaso Rocca : Johnny Laursen	Daniele di Amato : Tommaso Rocca : Henri Hassid	Pro: Daniele di Amato Pro-Am: Tommaso Rocca	Am: Henri Hassid
	2		Daniele di Amato : Jens Liebhauser : Johnny Laursen	Daniele di Amato : Jens Liebhauser : Henri Hassid	Pro: Björn Grossmann Pro-Am: Jens Liebhauser	Am: Henri Hassid
5	1	Silverstone Circuit	Daniele di Amato : Chris Froggatt : Henri Hassid	Daniele di Amato : Chris Froggatt : Henri Hassid	Pro: Daniele di Amato Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Am: Henri Hassid
	2		Philipp Baron : Chris Froggatt : Henri Hassid	Daniele di Amato : Christian Overgård : Johnny Laursen	Pro: Philipp Baron Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Am: Henri Hassid
6	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Björn Grossmann : Jens Liebhauser : Henri Hassid	Philipp Baron : Chris Froggatt : Henri Hassid	Pro: Björn Grossmann Pro-Am: Martin Nelson	Am: Henri Hassid
	2		Björn Grossmann : Jens Liebhauser : Fabienne Wohlwend	Daniele di Amato : Jens Liebhauser : Henri Hassid	Pro: Sam Smeeth Pro-Am: Jens Liebhauser	Am: Fabienne Wohlwend
7	1	Mugello Circuit	Nicklas Nielsen : Jens Liebhauser : Henri Hassid	Nicklas Nielsen : Jens Liebhauser : Henri Hassid	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Jens Liebhauser	Am: Johnny Laursen
	2		Nicklas Nielsen : Jens Liebhauser : Fabienne Wohlwend	Fabio Leimer : Jens Liebhauser : Henri Hassid	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Jens Liebhauser	Am: Henri Hassid

Championship standings

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

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th or lower
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1	1

Trofeo Pirelli

	Driver	VAL		MNZ		BUD		LEC		SIL		IMO		MUG		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro Class^[3]
1	Daniele di Amato			1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	4			193
2	Sam Smeeth	4	6	2	5	2	5	4	3	5	5	2	1	5	4	155
3	Philipp Baron	2	4	4	2	5	6	2	6	2	1	4	Ret	3	Ret	151
4	Björn Grossmann	3	1			DNS	DNS	3	1	3	3	1	3	4	3	147
5	Alessandro Vezzoni	5	5	3	4	3	3	6	4	4	4	Ret	2	6	5	130
6	Fabio Leimer	1	2	6	3	4	2							2	2	105.5
7	Andrea Gagliardini	Ret	3	5	Ret	6	4	5	5							58
8	Nicklas Nielsen													1	1	34
9	Marco Zanasi													7	6	8
10	David Gostner							DNS	DNS							2
Pro-Am Class^[4]
1	Jens Liebhauser	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	2	2	9	1	1	1	217
2	Martin Nelson	1	1	1	1	8	5	10	5	7	Ret	1	2	2	3	178
3	Chris Froggatt	2	2	Ret	6	9	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	Ret	2	177.5
4	Tommaso Rocca	4	5	2	2	Ret	8	1	6	5	5	6	7	5	9	120
5	Christian Overgård	9	8	5	7	2	4	6	7	3	3	8	10	4	6	98
6	Joshua Cartu	6	4	7	4	6	3	7	9	4	6	7	5	9	5	94
7	Robin Jensen	10	6	Ret	8	4	7	11	8			5	6	3	7	61
8	Bonamy Grimes									6	4	4	4	8	4	45
9	Marc Brough	5	7	Ret	5							3	9	10	8	40.5
=	Per Nielsen	11	10	6	9	7	9	9	11	DNS	8	10	8	6	10	40.5
11	Ettore Contini					5	6	5	3			Ret	DNS			37
12	Marc Muzzo							4	4							21
13	Gerald Aubock					3	Ret									13
14	Mats Tidstrand	8	9					8	10							11
=	Thomas Löfflad			4	Ret											11
16	Palle Kjærsgård	12	Ret	8	10					8	Ret			11	11	10
17	Volkan Ekinci									9	7					6
18	"Greg B."	7	11													5
=	Alexander Nußbaumer													7	Ret	5

Coppa Shell

	Driver	VAL		MNZ		BUD		LEC		SIL		IMO		MUG		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Am Class^[5]
1	Johnny Laursen	1	2	4	4	2	1	2	2	2	Ret	3	3	1	3	199
2	Henri Hassid			Ret	1			1	1	1	1	1	2	10	1	163
3	Eric Cheung	3	4	3	5	1	6	3	Ret	10	Ret	11	9	5	9	102
=	Christophe Hurni	5	DSQ	2	3	5	10	10	3	4	3	9	16	4	5	102
5	Erich Prinoth	8	7	1	Ret	11	3	4	Ret	9	2	7	7	2	20	97
=	Fons Scheltema	7	6	6	2	Ret	4	6	4	5	5	6	4	19	Ret	97
7	Rick Lovat	2	1	8	7	3	7	5	15	17	15					73
8	Fabienne Wohlwend			5	Ret							2	1	3	2	67.5
9	Vladimir Hladik	6	5	7	10	6	Ret	Ret	5	6	DNS	8	8	Ret	12	52
10	Thomas Gostner	15	13	Ret	DNS	4	2	12	10	13	8	5	6	15	10	51.5
11	Manuela Gostner	13	9			7	Ret	7	6	12	9	4	5	Ret	4	47
12	James Weiland					8	5	11	7	3	10	Ret	12	6	8	40.5
13	Tani Hanna	12	3	Ret	6									13	7	23
14	Murat Cuhadaroğlu	9	14	9	Ret			9	8			19	10	7	6	22
15	Claudio Schiavoni	4	8	11	15			17	9	11	Ret	12	19	17	13	21
16	Christian Kinch	10	10	Ret	DNS					8	6	10	11	8	Ret	20
17	Thomas Lindroth	18	11	10	8	10	9	8	11	Ret	11	13	14	12	14	17
18	Tadakazu Kojima									7	4	20	13			16
19	Ingvar Mattsson	11	12	15	Ret			DNS	DNS	14	7	17	15	9	11	12
20	Dušan Palcr			14	11	9	8							11	Ret	8
21	Tina Kok	17	17	16	12	12	11	13	12	18	13	16	17	14	15	7
22	David Lim	19	18	17	13			16	14	16	14	18	20	20	17	6
23	Deborah Mayer	14	16	13	9			14	DNS							5
24	Henrik Kamstrup					13	12	15	13			15	18	16	16	4
25	Laurent de Meeus									15	12	14	21	18	18	3
26	Per Falholt			19	DNS									21	19	2
=	Peter Görke	16	15	12	Ret											2
=	Karl Oppitzhauser			18	14							DNS	22			2
29	Alan Hegyi							18	16							1

See also

• 2017 Finali Mondiali

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli 2017 Calendar. DriverDB AB. 9 January 2020.
2. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Imola 2017, Coppa Shell Race 2. Ferrari on YouTube.
3. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Pro 2017 standings. DriverDB AB. 9 January 2020.
4. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am 2017 standings. DriverDB AB. 9 January 2020.
5. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Coppa Shell Am 2017 standings. DriverDB AB. 9 January 2020.