2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

The 2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the second season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria and the Netherlands.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Target Competition UK-SUI[1]	Honda Civic Type R TCR[1]	1	Josh Files[2]	1–5
		94	Kris Richard[1]	1–5
Target Competition AUT-POR[1]		11	Jürgen Schmarl[3]	1–5
		27	José Rodrigues[4]	1–5
Target Competition SWE-POL[1]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[5]	3	Gosia Rdest[6]	1–5
		12	Simon Larsson[7]	1–5
Target Competition GER[1]		98	Tom Lautenschlager[8]	1–5
		99	Tim Zimmermann[9]	1–5
Wolf-Power Racing[10]	SEAT León TCR[10]	2	Alex Morgan[10]	1–5
		6	Urs Sonderegger[10]	1
		7	Mike Halder[11]	1–5
Team Engstler Dänemark[12]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[12]	4	Roland Poulsen[13]	1
		5	Kristian Poulsen[13]	1
Junior Team Engstler[12]		8	Luca Engstler[12]	1–5
		39	Florian Thoma[14]	1–5
Team Engstler USA[12]		9	Stefan Goede[14]	1–5
		38	Jason Wolfe[14]	1–5
LMS Racing[15]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[15]	10	Antti Buri[16]	1–2, 4–5
		20	Niko Kankkunen[16]	1–5
RacingOne[17]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[18]	13	Kai Jordan[18]	1–5
	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[17]	14	Niels Langeveld[17]	1–5
		31	Floris Dullaart	3
		84	Maurits Sandberg[18]	1–2, 4–5
Lubner Motorsport[19]	Opel Astra TCR[19]	17	Jasmin Preisig[20]	1–5
		36	Dino Calcum[21]	1–3
PROsport Performance[22]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[22]	18	Sheldon van der Linde[22]	1–5
		19	Max Hofer[23]	1–5
HP Racing[15]	SEAT León TCR[15]	22	Harald Proczyk[15]	1–5
Steibel Motorsport[24]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[24]	23	Sebastian Steibel[24]	1–5
	SEAT León TCR[5]	28	Pascal Eberle[5]	1–5
Aust Motorsport[25]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[25]	24	Robin Brezina[25]	1–3
		25	Loris Hezemans	4
		26	Toni Wolf	5
		44	Sandro Kaibach[26]	1–5
Young Driver Challenge	SEAT León TCR[27]	32	Gustavo Xavier	5
TOPCAR Sport[27]		35	Rudolf Rhyn[27]	1–5
		66	Ronny Jost[5]	1–5
Schläppi Race-Tec	Opel Astra TCR[28]	36	Dino Calcum[29]	4–5
	SEAT León TCR[30]	78	Fabian Danz[31]	1–5
Certainty Racing Team[32]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[32]	40	Dillon Koster[5]	1–5
		54	Simon Reicher[32]	1–5
Honda ADAC Sachsen[33]	Honda Civic Type R TCR[33]	41	Steve Kirsch[33]	1–5
		88	Moritz Oestreich[34]	1–5
Niedertscheider MSP[15]	SEAT León TCR[15]	42	Lukas Niedertscheider[15]	2–5
		83	Martin Niedertscheider[35]	1
GermanFLAVOURS Racing [36]	Audi RS3 LMS TCR[36]	64	Sven Markert[37]	1–5
		82	Thomas Kramwinkel[36]	1–5
Positione Motorsport[4]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4]	71	Juuso-Matti Pajuranta[4]	1–5
Botka Rally Team[15]	Kia Cee'd GT TCR[15]	77	Balázs Fekete[5]	TBA
		90	István Bernula[5]	TBA
Entries ineligble to score points
Bas Koeten Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	56	Jaap van Lagen	4
		57	Michael Verhagen	4
	SEAT León TCR[38]	58	Rik Breukers	4

Calendar and results

The 2017 schedule was announced on 23 November 2016, with two events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The second Oschersleben round will support the International Series along with ADAC Formula 4, while the rest of the rounds will be part of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.^[39]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	29 April	Kris Richard	Josh Files	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	2		30 April		Florian Thoma	Florian Thoma	Junior Team Engstler
2	3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	10 June	Dino Calcum	Josh Files	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship GT4 European Series Northern Cup
	4		11 June		Dino Calcum	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI
3	5	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	9 July	Niels Langeveld	Max Hofer	Moritz Oestreich	Honda ADAC Sachsen	TCR International Series ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	6				Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	RacingOne
4	7	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	23 July	Harald Proczyk	Sandro Kaibach	Jason Wolfe	Team Engstler USA	ADAC GT Masters
	8				Niels Langeveld	Niels Langeveld	RacingOne
5	9	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6 August	Mike Halder	Mike Halder	Josh Files	Target Competition UK-SUI	ADAC GT Masters ADAC Formula 4 Championship
	10				Mike Halder	Antti Buri	LMS Racing
6	11	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	17 September
	12
7	13	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	24 September
	14

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.
1	Josh Files	1	3	1	1	10	2	3	14	13	Ret					288
2	Mike Halder	15	Ret	25	3	14	8	152	4	21	4					211
3	Niels Langeveld	12	Ret	12	Ret	6	1	13	1	32	5					197
4	Sheldon van der Linde	3	5	6	9	Ret	DNS	26	2	8	2					187
5	Harald Proczyk	13	10	10	36	9	5	211	7	6	3					160
6	Moritz Oestreich	Ret	37	134	2	1	4	Ret	17	9	8					153
7	Antti Buri	34	8	5	6			183	16	5	1					146
8	Sandro Kaibach	11	9	7	7	11	12	23	6	145	6					144
9	Steve Kirsch	2	12	43	29	12	Ret	194	5	7	Ret					140
10	Pascal Eberle	6	6	30	25	2	10	28	8	13	12					132
11	Dino Calcum	19	13	31	5	15	14	27	15	44	Ret					123
12	Florian Thoma	10	1	11	18	4	9	Ret	Ret	21	13					122
13	Tim Zimmermann	7	2	Ret	15	5	11	17	30	11	29					118
14	Luca Engstler	17	16	Ret	34	3	3	165	9	15	11					115
15	Kris Richard	4	7	222	4	31	13	Ret	12	12	26					110
16	Max Hofer	8	22	18	17	7	7	14	11	10	23					101
17	Jason Wolfe	Ret	20	Ret	14	16	30	1	3	Ret	18					88
18	Alex Morgan	16	14	9	Ret	18	16	4	10	25	Ret					82
19	Tom Lautenschlager	9	11	Ret	13	17	6	Ret	19	18	15					74
20	Jürgen Schmarl	5	18	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	25	24	31	7					67
21	José Rodrigues	20	4	28	8	13	21	DNS	DNS	20	Ret					57
22	Ronny Jost	Ret	23	21	12	23	15	8	21	32	Ret					37
23	Thomas Kramwinkel	24	21	27	21	20	26	5	26	23	16					35
24	Kai Jordan	18	15	16	23	29	18	DNS	13	Ret	14					32
25	Niko Kankkunen	23	26	Ret	32	Ret	17	7	23	Ret	19					29
26	Lukas Niedertscheider	WD	WD	15	16	8	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	28					29
27	Simon Reicher	Ret	19	14	22	24	28	10	22	26	20					28
28	Juuso-Matti Pajuranta	14	17	17	11											27
29	Gosia Rdest	31	27	Ret	30	22	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	DNS					26
30	Fabian Danz	25	32	24	20	32	20	22	Ret	17	9					23
31	Jasmin Preisig	22	30	31	19	33	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	10					21
32	Robin Brezina	Ret	33	20	10	19	31									17
33	Maurits Sandberg	28	35	25	28			11	25	28	21					16
34	Dillon Koster	32	Ret	19	26	27	25	12	Ret	29	22					16
35	Toni Wolf									19	17					6
36	Loris Hezemans							29	18							3
37	Simon Larsson	27	25	26	31	Ret	22	20	28	Ret	30					3
38	Rudolf Rhyn	29	Ret	23	33	21	19	Ret	Ret	22	Ret					2
39	Sebastian Steibel	21	24	29	27	28	27	WD	WD	24	24					0
40	Floris Dullaart					30	23									0
41	Stefan Goede	26	34	Ret	24	25	29	30	29	27	27					0
42	Sven Markert	35	29	Ret	35	26	24	24	27	Ret	Ret					0
43	Gustavo Xavier									30	25					0
44	Kristian Poulsen	30	28													0
45	Martin Niedertscheider	33	31													0
46	Roland Poulsen	Ret	36													0
	Urs Sonderegger	WD	WD
	Rik Breukers							2	20
	Michael Verhagen							9	Ret
	Jaap van Lagen							DNS	DNS
Pos.	Driver	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.
1	Target Competition UK-SUI	1	3	1	1	10	2	3	12							254
2	Honda ADAC Sachsen	2	12	4	2	1	4	19	5							217
3	PROsport Performance	3	5	6	9	7	7	14	2							190
4	Wolf-Power Racing 2	15	14	2	3	14	8	4	4							177
5	Junior Team Engstler	10	1	11	18	3	3	16	9							171
6	RacingOne	12	15	12	23	6	1	13	1							159
7	Target Competition GER	7	2	Ret	13	5	6	17	19							139
8	Aust Motorsport	11	9	7	7	11	12	23	6							134
9	Steibel Motorsport	6	6	29	25	2	10	28	8							124
10	Target Competition AUT-POR	5	4	8	8	13	21	25	24							122
11	LMS Racing	23	8	5	6	Ret	17	7	16							120
12	HP Racing	13	10	10	36	9	5	211	7							117
13	Lubner Motorsport	19	13	31	5	15	14	Ret	Ret							102
14	Team Engstler USA	26	20	Ret	14	16	29	1	3							99
15	TOPCAR Sport	29	23	21	12	21	15	8	21							66
16	GermanFLAVOURS Racing	24	21	27	21	20	24	5	26							58
17	Certainty Racing Team	32	19	14	22	24	25	10	22							49
18	Target Competition POL-SWE	27	25	26	30	22	22	6	28							45
19	Positione Motorsport	14	17	17	11											42
20	Schläppi Race-Tec	25	32	24	20	32	20	22	15							41
21	Niedertscheider Motorsport	33	31	15	16	8	Ret	DNS	Ret							36
22	RacingOne 2	28	35	25	28	30	23	11	25							33
23	Team Engstler Dänemark	30	28													1
-	Wolf-Power Racing	WD	WD													-
	Bas Koeten Racing 2							2	20
	Bas Koeten Racing							9	Ret
Pos.	Team	OSC		RBR		OSC		ZAN		NÜR		SAC		HOC		Pts.

Notes

References

External links

• ADAC TCR Germany Official website