2017 World Touring Car Championship


The 2017 FIA World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile for Super 2000 Cars. It was the fourteenth and last season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the thirteenth since the series was revived in 2005.
The Drivers Championship was won by Thed Björk and the Manufacturers Championship by Volvo Polestar.

Teams and drivers

Team changes

Driver changes

Rule changes

More points will be awarded for the winners of the Manufacturers Against the Clock team time trials, optional rallycross-style "joker laps" will be introduced in street-circuits, the second or "main race" on a race weekend will be increased in length to two laps longer than the opening races, the points scoring structure will be revised with more points awarded in the main race, and the length of race meetings will be reduced to two days, with testing on Fridays to be abolished and the Free Practice 1 and 2 sessions being increased from 30 to 45 minutes to compensate.

Calendar

The Monza and Macau circuits return to the WTCC, whereas France, Russia and Slovakia are dropped.
RaceRace nameCircuitDateSupporting
11AFRIQUIA Race of Morocco

Results and standings

Compensation weights

  • base weight of 1,100 kg
Car2017 [FIA WTCC Race of Morocco|Marrakech]MonzaHungaroringNürburgringVila RealTermas de
Río Hondo		NingboMotegi2017 [Guia Race of Macau|Macau]Losail
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC+50 kg+50 kg+60 kg+80 kg+80 kg+80 kg+50 kg+40 kg0 kg+60 kg
Honda Civic WTCC0 kg0 kg+80 kg+70 kg+50 kg+60 kg+80 kg+80 kg+70 kg+80 kg
Chevrolet RML Cruze TC10 kg0 kg0 kg+30 kg+20 kg0 kg0 kg+10 kg+10 kg+10 kg
Lada Vesta WTCC0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg0 kg+10 kg
Volvo S60 Polestar TC10 kg0 kg+80 kg+80 kg+80 kg+60 kg+70 kg+70 kg+80 kg+80 kg

Races

RaceRace namePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning manufacturerReport
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Championship standings

Drivers' championship

China Race 2 was half-points awarded.
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
‡ – Honda Racing Team JAS was disqualified from the Race of China because of non-compliant fuel injectors.
Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Opening Race Points251815121086421
Main Race Points3023191613107421

;Notes:
  • 1 2 3 4 5 refers to the classification of the drivers after the qualifying for the main race, where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1.

Manufacturers' Championship

;Notes
Only the two best placed cars of each manufacturer earned points.
  • 1 2 3 4 5 refers to the classification of the drivers in the main race qualification, where bonus points are awarded 5–4–3–2–1. Points were only awarded to the fastest two cars from each manufacturer.
In MAC3 points are awarded if 3 cars of the same manufacturer within a 15 seconds gap.
MAC3 points were awarded as follows:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd
Points1286

WTCC Trophy

WTCC Trophy points are awarded to the first eight drivers classified in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One point is awarded to the highest-placed WTCC Trophy competitor in qualifying and another for the fastest lap in each race.
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

WTCC Teams' Trophy

All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Teams' Trophy, with the exception of manufacturer teams, with the first car from each team scoring points in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.