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	Denis van Walwijk	Lorenzo Crescenzi	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	1-2, 4-
			Tomo Kazama		3
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	1-12
			Kay Lon		13
		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
				Jamarian Woods	6-7
				Aramis Santon	9-
			Randall Wade	Dawn Granger	2-5, 8
		51	Quentin Bisping	Ragnar Larsen	1
				Helena Bertinelli	5-7, 9-
			Ragnar Larsen	Quentin Bisping	2-4, 8
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	1-4
			Nathan Scott	Heizo Takekawa	5-
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	Federico Navarro	Lucio Ricchetti	3, 6-7, 9, 13
Kiwi Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	22	Nazreena Nasser	Maktub Al Nahyan	1, 10-12, 13
Trueba Racing Team	Ferrari 575 GTC	24	Jans Zeitner	Oliviero Cinotti	3-5, 9
	Ferrari 550 Maranello		Tristan Jung	Jans Zeitner	13
Moldova et Bérgeron Grand Prix	Porsche 911 GT2	33	Olivier Gagné	Noah Thompson	4, 7
Equipo Cabrera	Porsche 911 GT2	38	Federico Torres	Eliana Diaz	1
Valerian Racing Engines	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	42	Gretchen Suarez	Takuma Nakamura	3-4, 6-7, 13
Westburne Engineering	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	44	Tarquin Beverly	Harvey Fletcher	3, 8-9
Clockwork Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	49	Morgan Le Fay	Owain mab Urien	6-7
Antegra Ayari Autosport	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	52	Raymond Dupuis	Matthias Gafner	4-5
Starforce Engineering	Saleen S7-R	54	Dean Murphy	Roger Gabrielson	2, 6-7, 13
Winton Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	55	Sam Winton	Karen Faraday	3-4, 8-9, 13
CWG Data Collection	Chevrolet Corvette C5.R	56	Darren Older Jr.	Ito Shidehara	3-5, 12-13
Apollonia GT Racing by Hydook	Ferrari 575 GTC	58	Falck-Ottmar Hoefler	Branko Ristic	5
Team Takahashi	Porsche 911 GT2	64	Ronnie Fitzgerald	Bradley Snyder	12
Scuderia Librizzi	Ferrari 575 GTC	67	Andrea Costantini	Lorenzo Mancini	4-5, 13
Gasoline Alley Autosport	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	68	Logan Cooper	Isaac Gibson	6
Luxray Engineering	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	69	Kastazumo Nakaya	Roger Ibe	6, 12-13
Jameson Brothers Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	70	Ryan Jameson	William Jameson	6-7
Silver Line Racing	Saleen S7-R	72	Eualia Viteri	Lindon Keys	2
Katayama Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	80	Kenji Katayama	Didier Honore	3, 9
				Kyoko Katayama	11-13
Rhinesport	Porsche 911 GT2	81	Fabian Müller	Walther Lexal	8-9
Porsche Dealer Team	Porsche 911 GT2	86	Mǐn Jūn Sūn	Valeri Kozar	10-11
Team LKM	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	89	Carlton Cho	Harrison Wilkinson	10-13
Globex Scorpio Racing	Lister Storm GT	92	Paul Jenkins	Sylvain Fabron	3-5, 8, 13
Lego Racing Team by Loyer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	94	Niklas Svanberg	J.C. Wolf	3, 5, 10, 12-13
Himalayas Racing	Saleen S7-R	98	Raju Chalise	Ganesh Basnet	11
Toshio Race Team	Ferrari 575 GTC	99	Yuya Kurosawa	Ryota Saito	12-13

Super GP Entries

Team	Car	#	Starting Driver	Second Driver
Ying 20 Racing	Saleen S7-R	120	Andy Tseung	Qiáng Fong
RMR Motorsport	Ferrari 575 GTC	127	Morten Pedersen	Kjeld Axelsen
Aero Kings Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	149	Ernest Bruno	George Bruno
Baasch Auto Sport	Lister Storm GT	165	Chris Winter	Olivia Geiszler
FAR Horizon Motorsport	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	166	Vidal Reyna-Sanchez	Antonio Reyna-Sanchez
Renzo Engineering	Ferrari 575 GTC	187	Marco Bizzarri	Oliviero Cinotti
Blokkmonsta Motorsport	Lister Storm GT	188	Travis Crabtree	Michael Rohnstock

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	Dimitri Aya	Nestra 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	Darren Older Jr.	CWG Data Collection	1:52.159	2017 GT-R WC Super GP Test
October 12		Sylvain Fabron	Globex Scorpio Racing	1:52.094

Races

	Race	Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Car	Independent Winner
1	Round of Argentina	Potrero de los Funes Circuit	5 March	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Asim Adhikari Marlin Hortin
2	Round of Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	12 March	Frank Zimmer Mike Stern	Stefan Kuntz Aurelien Moll	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Dean Murphy Roger Gabrielson
3	RAC Tourist Trophy	Silverstone Circuit	9 April	Shane Sparks Owen Carvill	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Asim Adhikari Marlin Hortin	Asim Adhikari Marlin Hortin
4	Round of France	Paul Ricard HTTT	23 April	Frank Zimmer Mike Stern	Frank Zimmer Mike Stern	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Asim Adhikari Marlin Hortin
5	Round of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 May	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Denis van Walwijk Lorenzo Crescenzi	Darren Older Jr. Ito Shidehara
6	Round of the United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	25 June	Frank Zimmer Mike Stern	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler Natalia Valenti	Nathan Scott Heizo Takekawa
7	Round of Canada	Road Gatineau	2 July	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Nathan Scott Heizo Takekawa
8	Round of Germany	Nürburgring GP-Strecke	23 July	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Frank Zimmer Mike Stern	Stefan Kuntz Aurelien Moll	Anita Horford Bob Lomas
9	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 August	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Denis van Walwijk Lorenzo Crescenzi	Stefan Kuntz Aurelien Moll	Asim Adhikari Marlin Hortin
10	Round of Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	3 September	Frank Zimmer Mike Stern	Nikolas Hirvonen David Simmons	Shane Sparks Owen Carvill	Nikolas Hirvonen David Simmons
11	Round of China	Zhuhai International Circuit	17 September	Frank Zimmer Mike Stern	Shane Sparks Owen Carvill	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Nathan Scott Heizo Takekawa
12	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	8 October	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	Darren Older Jr. Ito Shidehara
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.