2017 GT-R World Championship season

2017 GT-R World Championship
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The 2017 GT-R World Championship season will be the second season of the GT-R WC, following a highly successful inaugural season.

Teams and drivers

Entry List

Factory-Backed Teams

Team	Car	#	Starting Driver	Second Driver	Rounds
Union Saver Developments	Chevrolet Corvette C5.R	1	Ricardo Llosa	Jordan McKenna	1-
		2	Karl Lichter Shultz	Alphonse Ribeiro	1-
Racing Team Solvalou	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	02	Stefan Kuntz	Aurelien Moll	1-
		03	Antonio Fazio	Enrico Molinaro	1-
Delacroix-Serrano Compétition	Maserati MC12 GT1	3	Rafael Modena	James Davies	1-
		4	Giovanni Roda	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	1-
Gerald Pereria-Pan Asia Alliance	Lister Storm GT	19	Fabian Rei	Ryota Wong	1-
		20	Shane Sparks	Owen Carvill	1-
TIM Scuderia Vittore	Ferrari 550 Maranello	27	Lorenzo Crescenzi	Denis van Walwijk	1-
		28	Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler	Natalia Valenti	1-
Ansett Australia Pagani-Rosenforth	Pagani Zonda GR	31	Pieter Kickert	Jimmy Rosenforth	1-
		62	Frank Zimmer	Mike Stern	1-

Independent Teams

Full-Time Teams

Team	Car	#	Starting Driver	Second Driver	Rounds
Scuderia Belgio	Ferrari 550 Maranello	5	Gia Van Dycke	Massimo Munari	1-
Gulf Racing	Saleen S7-R	6	Roland Davidson	Antonio Bizzarri	1-
Pirtek Racing by Pulsar	Chevrolet Corvette C5.R	7	Leandro Moreira	Cezary Samelko	1-
Best In The World Motorsport	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	11	Anita Horford	Bob Lomas	1-
		41	Asim Adhikari	Marlin Hortin	1-
Aeroracing Engineering	Ferrari 575 GTC	12	John Magnus	Olivier Gardin	1-
		13	Andoni Garrido	Roy Mellows	1-
ICE-3 Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	17	Helena Boveri	Julia Schilling	1-
		18	Chiara Rossi	Ludvig Kristoffersen	1-
Onyx Racing	Saleen S7-R	30	Milan Vukovic	Shane Morris	1-
Kjellerup Racing	Saleen S7-R	39	José Pablo Mazzacane	Ashok Sitoula	1-
		40	Mattias Kjellerup	Steffen Belsø	1-
Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International	Lister Storm GT	50	Dawn Granger	Randall Wade	1-5, 8, 12
				Jamarian Woods	6-7
				Aramis Santon	9-11, 13
		51	Quentin Bisping	Ragnar Larsen	1-4, 8, 11-12
				Helena Bertinelli	5-7, 9-10, 13
JLD Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	73	Tom Douglas	Joel Melrose	1-
		87	Diego Mauricio Batistuta	Gonzalo Solari	1-
Minarae	Ferrari 550 Maranello	77	Heizo Takekawa	Nathan Scott	1-
Globex Scorpio Racing	Lister Storm GT	91	Nikolas Hirvonen	David Simmons	1-
Chris Short Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	97	Alexi Melvanov	Vitaly Kabirov	1-

Part-Time Teams

Team	Car	#	Starting Driver	Second Driver	Rounds
Fulcrum Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	8	Ben Hughes	Noriaki Tokio	3, 6-7, 9
Kiwi Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	22	Nazreena Nasser	Maktub Al Nahyan	1, 10-12
Trueba Racing Team	Ferrari 575 GTC	24	Tristan Jung	John Bovy	3-5, 9
Valerian Racing Engines	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	42	Gretchen Suarez	Takuma Nakamura	3-4, 6-7
CWG Data Collection	Chevrolet Corvette C5.R	56	Darren Older Jr.	Ito Shidehara	3-5, 12
Apollonia GT Racing by Hydook	Ferrari 575 GTC	58	Falck-Ottmar Hoefler	Branko Ristic	5
Luxray Engineering	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	69	Kastazumo Nakaya	Roger Ibe	6, 12
Katayama Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	80	Kenji Katayama	Didier Honore	3, 9
				Kyoko Katayama	11-12
Globex Scorpio Racing	Lister Storm GT	92	Paul Jenkins	Sylvain Fabron	3-5, 8
Lego Racing Team by Loyer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	94	Niklas Svanberg	J.C. Wolf	3,5,10,12
Himalayas Racing	Saleen S7-R	98	Raju Chalise	Ganesh Basnet	11

Fly-Away Guest Entries

Team	Car	#	Starting Driver	Second Driver
GM Sport Trophy Team Brazil	Chevrolet Corvette C5.R	0	Pablo da Silva	Paulo Serafim
Scuderia Naza Italia	Ferrari 550 Maranello	9	Nestra Aya	Dimitri Aya
Best In The World Team China	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	61	Li Qi	Yu Hiang-Hao
Japanese Lamborghini Owners Club	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	88	Yuka Katayama	Mizuki Ukawa

Calendar

Testing

Date	Track	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team	Fastest Time	Main Article
February 4	Bahrain International Circuit	Frank Zimmer	Ansett Australia Pagani-Rosenforth	1:47.952	2017 GT-R WC Pre-Season Test
February 5		Randall Wade	Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International	1:48.481
October 11	Suzuka Circuit				2017 GT-R WC Super GP Test
October 12

Races

	Race	Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Car	Independent Winner
1	Round of Argentina	Potrero de los Funes Circuit	5 March
2	Round of Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	12 March
3	RAC Tourist Trophy	Silverstone Circuit	9 April
4	Round of France	Paul Ricard HTTT	23 April
5	Round of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 May
6	Round of the United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	25 June
7	Round of Canada	Road Gatineau	2 July
8	Round of Germany	Nürburgring GP-Strecke	23 July
9	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 August
10	Round of Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	3 September
11	Round of China	Zhuhai International Circuit	17 September
12	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	8 October
13	Super GP at High Speed Ring	High Speed Ring	23 October

Each race is two hours of length with the exception being the Super GP, lasting three hours and rewarding double points.