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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, all of which were support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and 24 Hours Nürburgring.

Drivers

No.	Driver	Rounds
Permanent Entries
2	Finlay Hutchison	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	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

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

Scoring system

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

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 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'

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

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.

External links

• The official website of the Audi Sport TT Cup

• Audi Sport TT Cup seasons
• 2017 in German motorsport