2017 TCR China Touring Car Championship explained

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

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
New Faster Team^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	21	Lin Li Feng	1–4
	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	21	Wang Hao	All
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	81	Huang Chu Han	All
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	82	Andy Yan	All
Teamwork Motorsport^[2]	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	26	Filipe de Souza	1–3
		26	Samuel Hsieh	1–3
		31	Alex Hui	All
			Paul Poon	1
			Ma Qing Hua	2
			Jean-Karl Vernay^[3]	3
		62	Alex Fung	1–4
		62	Sunny Wong	All
HE Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	58	Han Hui Lin	1
			Tian Li Ying	1
			He Xiao Le	2
			Lu Chuan	2
			Lo Kai Bong^[4]	3–4
		68	Gu Xiao Gang	5
		68	Li Fei	5
Linky Racing Team	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	66	Cai Hong Yu	1–3
			Zhang Ya Qi	1
			Bai Ya Xin	2
Leo 109 Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	77	Hu Hao	1–3
			Li Hui Wei	1
			Li Lin	4
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR		Deng Bao Wei	All
			Li Lin	1–2
			Henry Lee Junior	4
AVM Racing	SEAT León TCR		Qi Pei Wen	1–4
AVM Racing	SEAT León TCR		Zhou Hao Wen	1–4
Elegant Racing Team^[5]	SEAT León TCR	98	Eric Kwong	2–3
			Kenneth Look	2
			Stian Paulsen^[6]	3
		99	Alex Liu	2
			Andrew Kim	2
			Henry Ho	3
			Kenneth Look	3

Calendar and results

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]

		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		5 August	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		27 August	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		7 October	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		28 October	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
	Guia Circuit, Macau	16-19 November	No championship drivers took part.	World Touring Car Championship

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

	Driver	SHA			SHA			ZHE			NIN			GUA
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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
9	Zhou Hao Wen		7	9		5	6		8	6		7	8				65
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
12	Samuel Hsieh	4		Ret		Ret	DNS	Ret		11							54
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
17	Lu Chuan				7	6	5										24
18	Hu Hao	Ret		8	8	8	9	9	Ret	7							22
19	Gu Xiao Gang													6		6	22
19	Li Fei														7	6	22
20	Han Hui Lin	8		6													20
20	Tian Li Ying		6	6													20
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
29	Andrew Kim						Ret										0
	Driver	SHA			SHA			ZHE			NIN			GUA

Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

External links

Notes and References

News: TCR Asia/TCR China Series Shanghai Entry List. 26 August 2017. asia.tcr-series.com. 26 August 2017.
Web site: Teamwork Motorsport enter three Volkswagens for TCR China. TouringCarTimes. 31 July 2017. 31 July 2017.
Web site: Jean-Karl Vernay joins Teamwork for TCR China outing. TouringCarTimes. 6 October 2017. 6 October 2017.
News: TCR Asia/TCR China Series Zhejiang Entry List. 7 October 2017. asia.tcr-series.com. 7 October 2017.
News: TCR China Series Shanghai Race 3. 27 August 2017. 29 August 2017.
Web site: Huang Chu Han wins TCR China endurance race at Zhejiang. TouringCarTimes. 8 October 2017. 8 October 2017. Neil. Hudson.
News: TCR China series launched in Shanghai. tcr-series.com. 18 December 2016.
News: TCR China series launched in Shanghai. asia.tcr-series.com. 19 December 2016.
Web site: Teamwork Motorsport and NewFaster Racing pulled from Chinese Racing Cup. TouringCarTimes. 16 November 2017. 7 December 2017. Pietro. Casillo.