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]

2017 Audi Sport TT Cup
Previous: 2016 Next: none
Parent series:
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
DTM Support series:
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
FIA European Formula 3

Drivers
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 Roesner 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
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, Noord-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
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
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 Roesner 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 DNS 0
Pos. Driver HOC
 NÜR
 NOR
 ZAN
 NÜR
 RBR
 HOC
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Non-Championship 'Legends Race'

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 Dindo 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
  1. "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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