2017 International Touring Cup season

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2017 International Touring Cup season
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Competition International Touring Cup
Platform Used 397rFactor2.png rFactor 2
Rounds 8
Mod Used NGTC Custom
Vehicle(s) Honda, Ford, Toyota, Chevrolet, BMW
Tyre Supplier(s) Dunlop D
Drivers
Teams
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
International Touring Cup Seasons
2013/14 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018
GPVWC series in 2017
Career Ladder

Superleague
Supercup
Formula Challenge

Independent Series

Masters Series
International Touring Cup
World GT

The 2017 International Touring Cup will be the fifth running of the GPVWC International Touring Cup. Adrian Holm enters as the reigning Drivers' Champion and Enterprise GP as the reigning Teams' Champions.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:15 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race One Start
20:20 GMT ~ Warmup
20:30 GMT ~ Race Two Start
20:50 GMT ~ Warmup
21:00 GMT ~ Race Three Start

Second and Third race start times dependent on the finishing time of the preceding race, with roughly a 10 minute warmup/break period in-between.

Teams and drivers

International Touring Cup Team Base Team Car Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
England Vod:Bul Racing

England Liverpool, England

Vod:Bul TBC G 0   TBC
2   TBC
Sweden Ice Cold Racing

Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden

Ice Cold TBC G 3   TBC
4   TBC
England Aurora Motorsports

England Ramsgate, England

Aurora Honda Civic G 5   TBC
6   TBC
England Epic Racing Team

England Banbury, England

Epic TBC G 7   TBC
8   TBC
England Zedderick Racing

England Portishead, England

Zedderick TBC G 9   TBC
10   TBC
England Kernow Sport

England St. Austell, England

Kernow Honda Civic G 11   TBC
12   TBC
Japan Cosmo Seiki Japan

 

Cosmo Honda Civic G 14   TBC
15   TBC
  Doug Henson Racing

 

DHR TBC G 16   TBC
17   TBC
Wales Fanatec Draig Racing

Wales Hirwaun, Wales

Draig TBC G 18   TBC
19   TBC
  Elite Racing Motorsport

 

ERM TBC G 20   TBC
21   TBC
  Idos Motorsport

 

Idos Ford Focus G 22   TBC
23   TBC
England MDR Motorsport

England England

MDR BMW 125i G 24   TBC
25   TBC
Netherlands Racing Team Schroten

Netherlands Bennekom, The Netherlands

RTS TBC G 26   TBC
27   TBC
England Revolution Motorsport

England

Revolution TBC G 28   TBC
29   TBC
  Rowen GP

 

Rowen TBC G 30   TBC
31   TBC
  THR

 

THR TBC G 32   TBC
33   TBC
England YTF1

England Bath, England

YTF1 Toyota Avensis G 34   TBC
35   TBC

Team Changes

New and returning entries

2017 Calendar

Round Race Title Event Circuit Conditions Platform Date Time
Laps GMT/BST
1 British Touring Cup 2017 British Touring Cup United Kingdom Donington Park, North West Leicestershire TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 17th August 12 19:00
2 Belgian Touring Cup 2017 Belgian Touring Cup Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 31st August 12 19:00
3 Polish Touring Cup 2017 Polish Touring Cup Poland Tor Poznań, Poznań TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 14th September 12 19:00
4 Dutch Touring Cup 2017 Dutch Touring Cup Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 28th September TBC 19:00
5 French Touring Cup 2017 French Touring Cup France Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti Circuit), Le Mans TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 12th October 11 19:00
6 Australian Touring Cup 2017 Australian Touring Cup Australia Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide
(V8 Circuit)
TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 26th October 14 19:00
7 American Touring Cup 2017 American Touring Cup United States Portland International Raceway, Portland TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 9th November 15 19:00
8 Brazilian Touring Cup 2017 Brazilian Touring Cup Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBC RFactor2.png rFactor 2 23rd November 11 19:00
each round consists of three races of equal length.

Calendar changes

  • The calander was expanded back to 8 rounds in length having regressed to 6 rounds for 2016.
  • The British, Polish, French and Brazilian Touring Cups were all retained at their 2016 venues for the 2017 season.
  • The Belgian and American Touring Cups returned to the calander after a 1-year absence and the Australian Touring cup also returned, having been absent since 2014.
  • The Dutch Touring Cup would be held for the first time in 2017.