2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

The 2017 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship was the second season of the Champions. The season started on 22 April at Zolder and ended on 22 October at Assen. Stéphane Lémeret entered the season as the defending champion.

Teams and drivers Michelin is the official tyre supplier.

TCR Team Car DriversStatus Rounds Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic TCR 1 Stéphane Lémeret 1–2 Tom Coronel 1 Aurélien Panis2 2 Benjamin Lessennes All Enzo Guibbert 1 Tom Coronel 2–3, 6 Stéphane Lémeret 4–5 Delahaye Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 4 Giacomo Altoè 1–3, 5 Romain de Leval 1 Guillaume Mondron 2, 4–6 Frédéric Caprasse 3 Lorenzo Donniacuo 4 Edouard Mondron6 SEAT León TCR 5 Edouard Mondron 1, 3 Guillaume Mondron 1, 3 Ferry Monster Autosport SEAT León TCR 6 Danny Kroes 2 Pepe Oriola 2 Team WRT SEAT León TCR 7 Sam DejongheAll Denis DupontAll Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 25 Jean-Karl Vernay 1 Robert Huff 1 52 Maxime Potty All Mathieu Detry All DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 8 Aurélien ComteAll Kevin AbbringAll Opel Astra TCR 21 Maťo Homola 1 Frédéric Caprasse 1 Certainty Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 9 Dillon Koster 2 Bernhard van Oranje 2 54 Simon Reicher 2 Jaap van Lagen 2 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 12 Stefano Comini 1, 3 Sheldon van der Linde 1 Frédéric Vervisch 3 Milo Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 20 Pierre-Yves Corthals 1 Armand Fumal 1 Bas Koeten Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 56 Willem Meyer 1–4, 6 Paul Sieljes 1–3, 6 Meindert van Buuren 4 Lorenzo Donniacuo 5 Alexis van de Poele 5 66 Mika Morien 1, 3–6 Stan van Oord 1, 3–4 Willem Meyer 5 Rik Breukers6 SEAT León TCR 99 Simon Knap 2 Rob Severs 2 DK Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 64 Jonas de Kimpe 4–5IconLegendJunior

S2 (Clio Cup Benelux)

Team Car Drivers Rounds Team Duindistel Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC 104 Gregory Eyckmans 4 Christoff Cox 4 Netherlands Koeten Racing Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC 111 Sven van Laere 1–4 Thomas Piessens 1–2 Maarten Mus 4 MRM Racing Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC 112 Brett Lidsey 1–2 Renault Oudenaarde Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC 196 Filip Uyttendaele 1–3 Gregory Eyckmans 1–3

Calendar and results The 2017 schedule again consists of six rounds in the Benelux region, across Belgium and Netherlands. The round held in Luxembourg at the Circuit Goodyear did not return. Each round includes a qualifying session and five races: a 60-minute-long qualifying race with a mandatory driver change, and four 20-minute-long sprint races. The starting grid for the qualifying race will no longer be established by a popular vote via Facebook, through the Making the Grid application. But will be determined by a traditional qualifying session. Race 1 uses the fastest lap of after the pit stop during the qualifying race to determine the starting grid. Race 3 uses the fastest lap of before the pit stop during qualifying race. Races 2 and 4 include a rolling start using the finishing order, respectively, of Race 1 and 3. The calendar was announced on 25 September 2016, then revised on 15 December 2016.

All races will be run together with Clio Cup Benelux in separate classifications. Rounds 2, 4 and 6 are co-headlined by the GT & Prototype Challenge.

Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 22 April Maťo Homola Frédéric Caprasse Maťo Homola Frédéric Caprasse Edouard Mondron Guillaume Mondron Delahaye Racing TCR Benelux Trophy 23 April Frédéric Caprasse Benjamin Lessennes Stefano Comini Comtoyou Racing Frédéric Caprasse Stefano Comini Comtoyou Racing Maťo Homola Sheldon van der Linde Maťo Homola DG Sport Compétition Maxime Potty Sheldon van der Linde Comtoyou Racing 2 QR Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 20 May Maxime Potty Mathieu Detry Stéphane Lémeret Aurélien Panis Guillaume Mondron Giacomo Altoè Delahaye Racing Race Festival/Family Days R1 21 May Stéphane Lémeret Giacomo Altoè Stéphane Lémeret Boutsen Ginion Racing R2 Giacomo Altoè Giacomo Altoè Delahaye Racing R3 Jaap van Lagen Jaap van Lagen Jaap van Lagen Certainty Racing Team R4 Jaap van Lagen Jaap van Lagen Certainty Racing Team 3 QR Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 3 June Maxime Potty Mathieu Detry Benjamin Lessennes Tom Coronel Benjamin Lessennes Tom Coronel Boutsen Ginion Racing New Race Festival R1 4 June Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Tom Coronel Boutsen Ginion Racing R2 Maxime Potty Tom Coronel Boutsen Ginion Racing R3 Benjamin Lessennes Benjamin Lessennes Benjamin Lessennes Boutsen Ginion Racing R4 Mathieu Detry Benjamin Lessennes Boutsen Ginion Racing 4 QR Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 15 July Sam Dejonghe Denis Dupont Maxime Potty Mathieu Detry Sam Dejonghe Denis Dupont Team WRT Zolder Superprix R1 16 July Jonas de Kimpe Edouard Mondron Mathieu Detry Team WRT R2 Denis Dupont Mathieu Detry Team WRT R3 Maxime Potty Aurélien Comte Aurélien Comte DG Sport Compétition R4 Lorenzo Donniacuo Aurélien Comte DG Sport Compétition 5 QR Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet 23–24 September Stéphane Lémeret Benjamin Lessennes Aurélien Comte Kevin Abbring Aurélien Comte Kevin Abbring DG Sport Compétition Kronos 10 hours of Mettet R1 Lorenzo Donniacuo Stéphane Lémeret Lorenzo Donniacuo Bas Koeten Racing R2 Kevin Abbring Kevin Abbring DG Sport Compétition R3 Aurélien Comte Benjamin Lessennes Benjamin Lessennes Boutsen Ginion Racing R4 Aurélien Comte Benjamin Lessennes Boutsen Ginion Racing 6 QR TT Circuit Assen, Assen 21–22 October Edouard Mondron Guillaume Mondron Mika Morien Rik Breukers Willem Meyer Paul Sieljes Bas Koeten Racing Formido Finale Races R1 Mathieu Detry Willem Meyer Sam Dejonghe Team WRT R2 Mathieu Detry Sam Dejonghe Team WRT R3 Rik Breukers Paul Sieljes Denis Dupont Team WRT R4 Maxime Potty Maxime Potty Team WRT

Drivers' championships In sprint races both the competing driver and the co-driver that is not competing score points. Driver SPA ZAN ZOL ZOL MET ASS QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Benjamin Lessennes 3 2 3 10 3 2 1 1 1 7 3 8 Ret 1 1 5 6 5 420 2 Guillaume Mondron 1 5 5 1 7 5 5 5 6 3 2 2 5 6 5 6 4 4 402 3 Maxime Potty 5 Ret 2 9 7 Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 Ret 1 380 Mathieu Detry 5 9 6 9 4 3 2 6 4 2 1 1 3 6 4 2 7 2 4 Aurélien Comte 6 7 7 2 3 2 4 5 2 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 DNS 5 3 375 Kevin Abbring 6 10 Ret 2 5 4 4 4 3 Ret 4 3 1 4 1 DNS 6 7 5 Denis Dupont Ret 13 6 8 8 6 3 2 7 1 Ret 6 2 5 4 3 1 6 316 Sam Dejonghe Ret 6 Ret 8 10 7 3 3 4 1 4 4 2 3 Ret 3 1 1 6 Tom Coronel 2 Ret Ret 10 2 Ret 1 1 1 5 3 3 253 7 Mika Morien 8 14 10 6 5 3 7 8 7 6 5 5 4 3 Ret 4 2 6227 8 Willem Meyer Ret 6 5 7 10 10 6 9 5 4 6 5 4 8 7 1 5 4 209 9 Giacomo Altoè 7 7 7 1 2 1 Ret DNS 9 5 2 2 188 10 Edouard Mondron 1 4 4 5 4 3 6 4 5 178 11 Stéphane Lémeret 2 12 Ret Ret 1 Ret 7 3 4 Ret 5 3 175 12 Stefano Comini 4 1 1 Ret 6 5 138 13 Paul Sieljes Ret 11 8 7 9 9 6 7 8 1 3 Ret 12614 Lorenzo Donniacuo 3 8 3 7 1 5 117 15 Stan van Oord 8 8 Ret 6 7 8 7 8 6 6 5 Ret116 16 4 2 1 105 17 Rik Breukers 4 2 274 18 Jonas de Kimpe 5 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 72 19 Jaap van Lagen 3 1 1 67 Simon Reicher 3 9 Ret 20 Jean-Karl Vernay 10 3 2 64 Robert Huff 10 3 3 21 Frédéric Caprasse 13 4 4 Ret 7 8 61 22 Enzo Guibbert 3 5 11 58 23 Pepe Oriola 4 6 4 50 Danny Kroes 4 6 5 24 Maťo Homola 13 1 Ret 4925 Alexis van de Poele 7 Ret 7 47 26 Meindert van Buuren 4 7 6 46 27 Frédéric Vervisch Ret 3 Ret 33 28 Aurélien Panis Ret 8 10 30 29 Romain de Leval 7 9 9 22 30 Dillon Koster 5 11 6 20 Bernhard van Oranje 5 16 9 31 Simon Knap 11 12 8 10 Rob Severs 11 11 7 32 Pierre-Yves Corthals 9 8 8 10 Armand Fumal 9 Ret Ret Driver QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 SPA ZAN ZOL ZOL MET ASS Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Junior class In contrast to the overall Drivers' championship only the driver competing scores points in sprint races. Driver SPA ZAN ZOL ZOL MET ASS QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Benjamin Lessennes 3 2 3 10 3 2 1 1 1 7 3 8 Ret1802 Mathieu Detry 5 9 6 9 4 3 2 6 4 2 1 1 3 2155 3 Maxime Potty 5 Ret 2 9 7 Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 21544 Giacomo Altoè 7 7 7 1 2 1 Ret DNS 9905 Mika Morien 8 14 10 6 5 3 7 8 7 6 5 5 4826 Willem Meyer Ret 6 5 7 10 10 6 9 5 4 6 5 4767 Stan van Oord 8 8 Ret 6 7 8 7 8 6 6 5 Ret62 8 Sheldon van der Linde 4 2 1559 Danny Kroes 4 6 53010 Enzo Guibbert 3 5 112511 Simon Reicher 3 9 Ret1712 Romain de Leval 7 9 910 Driver QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 QR R1 R2 R3 R4 SPA ZAN ZOL ZOL MET ASS 

Teams' championship Points toward the Teams' championship are only awarded in the qualifying race. TeamSPAZANZOLZOLMETASS1 Delahaye Racing Team 1 1 4 2 4 41162 Team WRT 4 6 2 1 2 2993 Bas Koeten Racing 6 5 5 3 3 1834 Boutsen Ginion Racing 2 7 1 5 Ret 3745 DG Sport Compétition 5 2 3 Ret 1 DNS686 DK Racing 4 5227 Comtoyou Racing 3 Ret158 Certainty Racing Team 3159 Ferry Monster Autosport 41210 Milo Racing 7611 DG Sport Opel Team Belgium 84TeamSPAZANZOLZOLMETASS

Cars' championship Points toward the Cars' championship are only awarded in the sprint races. CarSPAZANZOLZOLMETASS RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD41Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 3 2 3 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 5 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 3 14162Honda Civic TCR 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 3 1 1 3 3 5 43993Audi RS3 LMS TCR 1 1 2 1 5 5 1 1 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 1 4 3 5 2 4 2 23794Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 6 Ret 6 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 5 5 4 33585SEAT León TCR 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 Ret 5 4 3 3 Ret 5 4 1 1 1 53056Opel Astra TCR 4 4 1 Ret49CarSPAZANZOLZOLMETASS

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