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2017 International Touring Cup season

Competition	International Touring Cup
Platform Used	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

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
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	Honda Civic	G	0	TBC
					2	TBC
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	Honda Civic	G	3	TBC
					4	TBC
Aurora Motorsports	Salisbury, England	Aurora	Honda Civic	G	5	Lewis McGlade
					6	Nicolas Hillebrand	1
						James Wilson
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	BMW 125i	G	7	TBC
					8	TBC
Zedderick Racing	Portishead, England	Zedderick	Ford Focus	G	9	TBC
					10	TBC
Kernow Sport	St. Austell, England	Kernow	Honda Civic	G	11	Mark Wicks
					12	TBC
Cosmo Seiki Japan	Hamamatsu, Japan	Cosmo	Honda Civic	G	14	TBC
					15	TBC
Doug Henson Racing	England	DHR	Honda Civic	G	16	Adam Hodgkinson
					17	Neils Brugman
Fanatec Draig Racing	Hirwaun, Wales	Draig	BMW 125i	G	18	Matt Richards
					19	Stefan McCready
Elite Racing Motorsport	Leeds, England	ERM	Honda Civic	G	20	Eric Stanford
					21	TBC
Idos Motorsport	Sussex, England	Idos	Ford Focus	G	22	TBC
					23	TBC
MDR Motorsports	Huntingdon, England	MDR	BMW 125i	G	24	Ryan Nash
					25	Wesley Stefano
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, The Netherlands	RTS	BMW 125i	G	26	TBC
					27	TBC
Rowen GP	Gorinchem, The Netherlands	Rowen	Honda Civic	G	28	Tristen Potters
					29	Fabian Rudde
SlipStream Racing	England	SlipStream	Honda Civic	G	30	TBC
					31	TBC
THR	Leeds, England	THR	BMW 125i	G	32	Chris Butcher
					33	TBC
YTF1	Bath, England	YTF1	Toyota Corolla	G	34	Matthew Allington
					35	TBC

Team Changes

• The reigning champion team, Enterprise GP did not defend their title in 2017. EVAL Simracing Team, Edonis Engineering, Holland Racing Team, Origin Front Row Racing, STAX Racing, Woods Racing, Streamline Engineering and Hinss Motorsport also did not continue into 2017.

New and returning entries

• Cosmo Autosport, THR and YTF1 all returned to the series after being absent in 2016. Racing Team Schroten and SlipStream Racing also returned to the series after a 3-year abscence.
• Doug Henson Racing, Draig Racing, Eite Racing Motorsport, Idos Motorsport, MDR Motorsports and Rowen GP all entered for the first time in 2017.

2017 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Event	Circuit	Conditions	Platform	Date	Time
							Laps†	GMT/BST
1	British Touring Cup	2017 British Touring Cup	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire	TBC	rFactor 2	17th August	12	19:00
2	Belgian Touring Cup	2017 Belgian Touring Cup	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	TBC	rFactor 2	31st August	12	19:00
3	Polish Touring Cup	2017 Polish Touring Cup	Tor Poznań, Poznań	TBC	rFactor 2	14th September	12	19:00
4	Dutch Touring Cup	2017 Dutch Touring Cup	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	TBC	rFactor 2	28th September	TBC	19:00
5	French Touring Cup	2017 French Touring Cup	Circuit de la Sarthe (Bugatti Circuit), Le Mans	TBC	rFactor 2	12th October	11	19:00
6	Australian Touring Cup	2017 Australian Touring Cup	Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide (V8 Circuit)	TBC	rFactor 2	26th October	14	19:00
7	American Touring Cup	2017 American Touring Cup	Portland International Raceway, Portland	TBC	rFactor 2	9th November	15	19:00
8	Brazilian Touring Cup	2017 Brazilian Touring Cup	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	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.