2017 TCR Trophy Europe explained

The 2017 TCR Trophy Europe was the second holding of the TCR Trophy Europe, and the only one held as one-off event on 28–29 October in Adria International Raceway in Italy for drivers from the national and regional European TCR series.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team Car Drivers Class LMS Racing SEAT León TCR 4 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 Antti Buri Tecnodom Sport Opel Astra TCR 5 Kevin Giacon DG Sport Compétition^[2] Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 8 Aurélien Comte Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 7 Luca Engstler 39 Florian Thoma Team Novadriver Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 11 Francisco Abreu Innocenti-AMG Motorsport^[3] SEAT León TCR 15 Lev Tolkachev DSG 77 Denis Grigoriev DSG Target Competition Honda Civic Type R TCR 21 Giacomo Altoè 99 Josh Files V-Action Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 32 Luigi Ferrara Kraf Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 44 Plamen Kralev CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse SEAT León TCR 76 Daniele Cappellari DSG Team WRT Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 88 Maxime Potty Wildcards Wildcards^[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 52 Giovanni Altoè DSG 53 Sandro Pelatti DSG Audi RS3 LMS TCR 54 Ermanno Dionisio DSG 55 Giovanni Berton DSG Guest entries ineligible for points BRC Racing Team^[5] Hyundai i30 N TCR 30 Gabriele Tarquini

Final standings

Pos Driver R1 R2 Pts 1 Aurélien Comte 4 2 45 2 Giacomo Altoè 3^3 3 45 3 Josh Files 1^2 7 43 4 Maxime Potty 6^6 4 31 5 Florian Thoma 7 5 25 6 Luigi Ferrara 9^5 6 20 7 Antti Buri 5 Ret 17 8 Luca Engstler 18^4 9 12 9 Francisco Abreu 16 8 11 10 Giovanni Altoé 8 10 8 11 Plamen Kralev 12 17 5 12 Lev Tolkachev 13 13 5 13 Olli Kangas 14 15 5 14 Denis Grigoriev 15 14 5 15 Daniele Cappellari 17 16 5 16 Kevin Giacon DNS DNS 5 17 Sandro Pelatti 10 11 3 18 Ermano Dionisio 11 12 1 Giovanni Berton WD WD 0 Entries ineligible for points Gabriele Tarquini 2^1 1

Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

Notes

• 14 drivers (Aurélien Comte, Giacomo Altoé, Josh Files, Maxime Potty, Florian Thoma, Antti Buri, Luca Engstler, Francisco Abreu, Plamen Kralev, Lev Tolkachev, Oli Kangas, Denis Grigoriev, Danielle Cappellari and Kevin Giacon) received 5 pre-qualifying points for competing in at least 5 rounds in either their national championships or in the European TCR International Series rounds. Luigi Ferrara was awarded 4 points.
• As the Hyundai i30 N TCR was with temporary homologation, Gabriele Tarquini was ineligible to score points and was considered transparent in the final standings

Teams' Trophy

Pos Team R1 R2 Pts 1 Target Competition 1 3 69 3 7 2 DG Sport Compétition 4 2 40 3 Team WRT 6 4 27 4 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 7 5 24 18 9 5 V-Action Racing 9 6 16 6 LMS Racing 5 15 14 14 Ret 7 Team Novadriver 16 8 6 8 Innocenti-AMG Motorsport 13 13 4 15 14 9 Kraf Racing 12 17 2 Tecnodom Sport DNS DNS CRC - Cappellari Reparto Corse WD WD Entries ineligible for points BRC Racing Team 2 1

Notes and References

1. News: Adria to host the 2017 TCR Trophy Europe . tcr-series.com. 22 December 2016.
2. News: TCR national champions to compete at first TCR Europe Trophy race - TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-24. TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-24. en-US.
3. News: 16 cars entered for the inaugural TCR European Trophy - TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-25. TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-25. en-US.
4. Web site: TCR Trophy Europe drivers. europe.tcr-series.com. en-gb. 26 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171026164053/http://europe.tcr-series.com/index.php/drivers. 26 October 2017. dead.
5. News: Gabriele Tarquini will be unavailable to replace Monteiro in Japan and Macau - TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-16. TouringCarTimes. 2017-10-16. en-US.