2017 TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series explained

The 2017 TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series season was the first season of the TCR Iberico Touring Car Series, a merger of the TCR Spain and TCR Portugal series. The championship started at Autódromo do Estoril in Portugal on 30 April and ended at Algarve International Circuit in Portugal on 22 October.

Teams and drivers

Hankook is the official tyre supplier.

TCR
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Vettramotorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	2^[1]	Manuel Gião	All
Vettramotorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	2^[1]	Ricardo Gomes	1–3
Veloso Motorsport^[2]	SEAT León TCR	5	Eduardo Leitão	1–4
			Ricardo Leitão	1, 5
			João Carvalho^[3]	2–5
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	8	Patrick Cunha	All
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	8	Rafael Lobato	All
	SEAT León TCR	26	Francisco Mora	All
CRM Motorsport	Kia Cee'd TCR	7	José Pedro Faria	1–4
			João Baptista	All
			Eduardo Leitão	5
Baporo Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	9	Amalia Vinyes	1–3
		27	Gustavo Moura	1–4
		27	Faust Salom	1–3
Team Novadriver	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	11	Francisco Abreu	All
Speedy Motorsport	SEAT León TCR	13	Nuno Batista	1–3
	SEAT León TCR	13	Edgar Florindo	All
	SEAT León Cup Racer	22	César Machado	1–4
	SEAT León Cup Racer	22	Manuel Pedro Fernandes	1–3
PCR Sport	SEAT León Cup Racer	15	José Monroy	1
PCR Sport	SEAT León Cup Racer	15	Francesc Gutiérrez	1
RC2 Junior Team	SEAT León Cup Racer	25	Lluis Llobet	1
RC2 Junior Team	SEAT León Cup Racer	25	Max Llobet	1
TCR 2
João Sousa	SEAT León Mk2	31	João Sousa	2–4
João Sousa	SEAT León Mk2	31	Rita Graça	2–4
Francisco Marrão^[4]	SEAT León Mk2	32	Francisco Marrão	3

Calendar and results

The 2017 schedule was announced on 8 November 2016, with four event in Portugal and three events in Spain. The Portuguese rounds will count towards the TCR Portugal standings, while the Spanish rounds will cound towards the TCR Spain standings. An overall title will also be available.

	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	29 April	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Rafael Lobato	Veloso Motorsport	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship
1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	30 April	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship
2	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	11 June	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
2	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	11 June	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
3	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real	9 July	Francisco Mora	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
3	Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Vila Real	9 July	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Team Novadriver
4	Circuito Vasco Sameiro, Braga	2 September	Rafael Lobato	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
		2 September		César Machado	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
		3 September	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Francisco Mora	Veloso Motorsport
		3 September		Francisco Mora	Edgar Florindo	Speedy Motorsport
-	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	16-17 September	Round canceled due to low number of entries^[5]
5	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	22 October	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Team Novadriver	European Le Mans Series
				Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Team Novadriver
			Francisco Abreu	Francisco Abreu	Rafael Lobato	Veloso Motorsport
				Francisco Abreu	Edgar Florindo	Speedy Motorsport

Championship standings

TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series

Drivers' championship

Scoring systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	PP	FL
Points	35	25	20	16	14	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	EST		ALG		VIL		ALG			valign=middle
1	Francisco Abreu	2	3	2	8†	3	1	1	1	5	2	164
2	Patrick Cunha Rafael Lobato	1	Ret	7	2	2	3	2	5	1	4	145
3	Francisco Mora	3	1	1	1	1	2	10†	DNS	DNS	DNS	120
4	Edgar Florindo	8	5	6	9†	11†	9	3	2	3	1	96
5	Manuel Gião	4	10	3	6	8†	DNS	9†	4	2	3	46
6	João Carvalho			5	3	6†	5	4	3	4	5	74
7	César Machado Manuel Pedro Fernandes	5	2	8	4	7†	4					57
8	Eduardo Leitão	9	9	5	3	6†	5	8	DNS	DNS	DNS	55
9	Ricardo Leitão	9	9					4	3	4	5	47
10	Ricardo Gomes	4	10	3	6	8†	DNS					46
11	Gustavo Moura	11	8	4	5	4	6					40
12	Nuno Batista	8	5	6	9†	11†	9					36
12	José Cautela							9†	4	2	3	36
13	João Baptista	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	10†	DNS	8	DNS	DNS	DNS	28
14	Faust Salom	11	8	4	5	DNS	DNS					24
15	Amalia Vinyes	6	4	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS					16
16	José Pedro Faria	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	10†	DNS					14
17	José Monroy Francesc Gutiérrez	7	7									12
18	Lluis Llobet Max Llobet	12	6									12
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	EST		ALG		VIL		ALG			valign=middle

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Class 2

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	EST	ALG	VIL	BAR	valign=middle
1	Joao Sousa Rita Grasa		1	1	C	73
2	Francisco Marrao			2	C	26

TCR Portugal Touring Car Championship

Drivers' championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	EST		ALG		VIL		BRA				ALG			valign=middle
1	Francisco Mora	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	10†	DNS	DNS	DNS	251
2	Francisco Abreu	2	3	2	8†	3	1	4	5	4	4	1	1	5	2	224
3	Patrick Cunha Rafael Lobato	1	Ret	7	2	2	3	8†	4	3	3	2	5	1	4	206
4	Edgar Florindo	8	5	6	9†	11†	9	3	2	2	1	3	2	3	1	198
5	João Carvalho			5	3	6†	5	5	7	6	6	4	3	4	5	149
6	César Machado	5	2	8	4	7†	4	2	3	5	5					142
7	Eduardo Leitão	9		5	3	6†	5	5	7	6	6	8	DNS	DNS	DNS	123
8	Gustavo Moura	11	8	4	5	4	6	6	6	8	7					103
9	Manuel Pedro Fernandes	5	2	8	4	7†	4									80
10	Nuno Batista	8	5	6	9†	11†	9									56
11	Faust Salom	11	8	4	5	DNS	DNS									43
12	João Baptista	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	10†	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	8	DNS	DNS	DNS	32
13	Amalia Vinyes	6	4	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS									26
14	José Pedro Faria	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	10†	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS					20
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	EST		ALG		VIL		BRA				ALG			valign=middle

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

TCR Spain Touring Car Championship

Drivers' championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	EST		ALG		VIL		BAR	valign=middle
1	Francisco Mora	3	1	1	1	1	2	C	C	113
2	Francisco Abreu	2	3	2	8†	3	1	C	C	96
3	Rafael Lobato	1			2	2		C	C	87
4	César Machado		2		4		4	C	C	57
5	Gustavo Moura		8		5	4	6	C	C	38
6	Manuel Gião	4		3			DNS	C	C	36
7	Eduardo Leitão	9		5			5	C	C	35
8	Manuel Pedro Fernandes	5		8		7†		C	C	34
8	João Carvalho				3	6†		C	C	34
8	Patrick Cunha		Ret	7			3	C	C	34
9	Nuno Batista		5		9†		11†	C	C	23
10	Faust Salom	11		4		DNS	DNS	C	C	21
11	Edgar Florindo	8		6		9		C	C	20
12	Ricardo Gomes		10		6	8†		C	C	18
13	Amalia Vinyes	6	4	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	C	C	16
14	José Monroy	7						C	C	12
14	Lluis Llobet		6					C	C	12
15	Francesc Gutiérrez		7					C	C	10
16	Ricardo Leitão		9					C	C	7
17	José Pedro Faria	10		DNS		Ret		C	C	6
18	João Baptista		Ret		DNS		DNS	C	C	5
19	Max Llobet	12						C	C	4
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	EST		ALG		VIL		BAR	valign=middle

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Notes and References

News: C. N. de Velocidade Turismos + Troféu Ibérico Race 1. 7 May 2017.
News: Ibérico/CNVT - Estoril: Lista de Inscritos com 13 carros. sportmotores.com. 24 April 2017.
News: TCR Ibérico/CNVT - AIA: Poucos mas bons. sportmotores.com. 6 June 2017.
News: TCR Ibérico/CNVT - Vila Real: Apenas uma novidade entre os inscritos. sportmotores.com. 4 July 2017.
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