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	TBA	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

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	TBA	1-
Pirtek Racing by Pulsar	Chevrolet Corvette C5.R	7	Leandro Moreira	TBA	1-
Fulcrum Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	8	TBA	TBA	3, 6-7, 9
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	TBA	TBA	1-
		18	Chiara Rossi	Ludvig Kristoffersen	1-
Kiwi Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	22	Nazreena Nasser	Maktub Al Nahyan	1, 10-12
Trueba Racing Team	Ferrari 575 GTC	24	Tristan Jung	Jari Kekkonen	3-5, 9
Onyx Racing	Saleen S7-R	30	Milan Vukovic	Shane Morris	1-
Valerian Racing Engines	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	42	Gretchen Suarez	Takuma Nakamura	3-4, 6-7
Kjellerup Racing	Saleen S7-R	39	José Pablo Mazzacane	TBA	1-
		40	Mattias Kjellerup	TBA	1-
Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International	Lister Storm GT	50	Dawn Granger	Randall Wade	1-5, 8, 12
				Jamarian Woods	6-7
				TBA	9-11, 13
		51	Quentin Bisping	Ragnar Larsen	1-4, 8, 11-12
				Antonio Bizzarri	5
				Andrew Myers	6-7
				TBA	9-10, 13
CWG Data Collection	Chevrolet Corvette C5.R	56	Darren Older Jr.	Ito Shidehara	3-5, 12
Luxray Engineering	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	69	Kastazumo Nakaya	Roger Ibe	6, 12
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-
		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
Chris Short Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	97	TBA	TBA	1-

Calendar

Testing

Date	Track	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team	Fastest Time	Main Article
February 4	Bahrain International Circuit				2017 GT-R WC Pre-Season Test
February 5
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.