2017 Audi Sport TT Cup

The 2017 Audi Sport TT Cup was the third and the final season of the Audi Sport TT Cup. It began on 6 May at Hockenheim and finished on 15 October at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings,[1] all of which were support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and 24 Hours Nürburgring.[1]

Drivers

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No. Driver Rounds
Permanent Entries
2   Finlay Hutchison[2] 1–3
3   Gosia Rdest All
4   Drew Ridge All
5   Fabienne Wohlwend All
7   Vivien Keszthelyi All
8   Yannik Brandt All
9   Mike Beckhusen 1–5
11   Tommaso Mosca All
14   Josh Caygill 6–7
15   Jack Manchester 1–3
17   Keagan Masters 1–4, 6–7
23   Philip Ellis All
24   Simon Wirth All
25   Mikel Azcona All
31   Kevin Arnold All
43   Milan Dontje All
55   Fabian Vettel[3] All
Guest Entries
96   Roman Wittemeier 4
97   Linus Straßer 3
  Daniel Rösner 4
  Marco Melandri 5
98   Benoît Tréluyer 1
  Johnny Cecotto, Sr. 2
  Daniel Geradtz 3
  Bernhard van Oranje 4
  Matthias Dolderer 5
  Max Franz 6
  Daniel Grunenberg 7
99   James Taylor 1
  Sönke Brederlow 2
  Giedo van der Garde 4
  Felix von der Laden 5
  Benjamin Raich 6
  "Mr. Goodlife" 7

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 R1   Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg
(Grand Prix Circuit)
5 May   Yannik Brandt   Philip Ellis   Philip Ellis
R2 6 May   Milan Dontje   Philip Ellis   Philip Ellis
2 R1   Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate
(Grand Prix Circuit)
27 May   Mikel Azcona Race abandoned before half-distance
R2 28 May   Philip Ellis   Mikel Azcona   Philip Ellis
3 R1   Norisring, Nuremberg 1 July   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona
R2 2 July   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona
4 R1   Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 19 August   Philip Ellis   Philip Ellis   Philip Ellis
R2 20 August   Tommaso Mosca   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona
5 R1   Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate
(Sprint Circuit)
10 September   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona
R2 11 September   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona   Mikel Azcona
6 R1   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23 September   Mikel Azcona   Milan Dontje   Keagan Masters
R2 24 September   Keagan Masters   Mikel Azcona   Keagan Masters
7 R1   Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg
(Grand Prix Circuit)
14 October   Philip Ellis   Keagan Masters   Philip Ellis
R2 15 October   Philip Ellis   Simon Wirth   Mikel Azcona

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top eighteen classified finishers as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th 
Points 25 21 18 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver HOC
 
NÜR
 
NOR
 
ZAN
 
NÜR
 
RBR
 
HOC
 
Points
1   Philip Ellis 1 1 C 1 2 3 1 2 Ret 5 2 3 1 2 259
2   Mikel Azcona Ret 10 C 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 Ret 7 2 1 235
3   Tommaso Mosca 7 5 C 11 5 2 3 5 4 2 4 4 11 5 196
4   Milan Dontje 4 6 C 3 3 5 7 4 5 Ret 3 2 4 4 193
5   Drew Ridge 12 11 C 6 10 Ret 8 6 3 4 7 8 5 3 153
6   Gosia Rdest 2 2 C 4 6 Ret 4 13 8 6 Ret 10 6 10 149
7   Keagan Masters 6 7 C 15 Ret 4 5 3 1 1 3 Ret 148
8   Yannik Brandt 3 9 C 5 4 11 6 Ret 6 7 5 9 Ret 8 141
9   Fabian Vettel 13 8 C 14 7 10 9 10 2 8 Ret 6 10 Ret 122
10   Simon Wirth DNS DNS C 9 9 7 14 8 7 9 11 Ret 7 7 105
11   Fabienne Wohlwend 8 12 C 13 12 Ret 13 11 11 Ret 9 11 9 9 97
12   Kevin Arnold Ret Ret C 10 14 Ret 10 9 Ret 3 8 14 Ret Ret 71
13   Vivien Keszthelyi DNS Ret C DNS Ret 8 11 12 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 12 65
14   Mike Beckhusen Ret 13 C 8 8 6 Ret Ret 13 Ret 51
15   Josh Caygill 6 5 Ret 6 40
16   Finlay Hutchison 9 3 C Ret 11 Ret 37
17   Jack Manchester 11 15 C 12 13 Ret 30
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
  Benoît Tréluyer 5 4 0
  Johnny Cecotto, Sr. C 7 0
  Giedo van der Garde 12 7 0
  Linus Straßer Ret 9 0
  James Taylor 10 14 0
  Marco Melandri 10 Ret 0
  Felix von der Laden 12 10 0
  “Mr. Goodlife” 12 11 0
  Matthias Dolderer 14 11 0
  Max Franz 12 12 0
  Benjamin Raich 13 13 0
  Daniel Rösner 15 14 0
  Roman Wittemeier 16 15 0
  Sönke Brederlow C 16 0
  Daniel Grunenberg Ret Ret 0
  Bernhard van Oranje Ret DNS 0
  Daniel Geradtz DNS DNQ 0
Pos. Driver HOC
 
NÜR
 
NOR
 
ZAN
 
NÜR
 
RBR
 
HOC
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Non-Championship 'Legends Race'

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At the final round of the championship in Hockenheim, a non-championship "Legends Race" took place in which drivers with 'legendary' connections took over the series regulars' cars for a 12 lap race.

Pos. No. Driver Grid Time/Retired
1 17   Frank Stippler 1 12 Laps
2 25   Lucas di Grassi 10 +0.821
3 7   Marcel Fässler 11 +6.174
4 11   Emanuele Pirro 12 +12.419
5 55   Rinaldo Capello 8 +12.916
6 8   Jean-Marc Gounon 16 +15.903
7 3   Vanina Ickx 15 +19.719
8 44   Hans-Joachim Stuck 14 +20.519
9 43   Lucas Luhr 9 +2 laps
Ret 31   Marco Werner 6 Crash damage
Ret 24   Christian Abt 13 Puncture
Ret 5   Rahel Frey 7 Crash damage
Ret 9   Stéphane Ortelli 5 Crash
Ret 4   Frank Biela 2 Crash damage
Ret 14   Tom Kristensen 3 Crash
Ret 23   Filipe Albuquerque 4 Crash

References

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  1. ^ a b "2017 Audi Sport TT Cup calendar". Audi. Audi. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Fired Up for TT Cup". Audi.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Sebastian Vettel's brother Fabian joins Audi TT Cup". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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