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]

Drivers[edit]

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 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[edit]

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
1	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg (Grand Prix Circuit)	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
2	R2	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate (Grand Prix Circuit)	28 May	Philip Ellis	Mikel Azcona	Philip Ellis
3	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	1 July	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona
3	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	2 July	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona
4	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	19 August	Philip Ellis	Philip Ellis	Philip Ellis
4	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	20 August	Tommaso Mosca	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona
5	R1	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate (Sprint Circuit)	10 September	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona
5	R2	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate (Sprint Circuit)	11 September	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona
6	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	23 September	Mikel Azcona	Milan Dontje	Keagan Masters
6	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	24 September	Keagan Masters	Mikel Azcona	Keagan Masters
7	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg (Grand Prix Circuit)	14 October	Philip Ellis	Keagan Masters	Philip Ellis
7	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg (Grand Prix Circuit)	15 October	Philip Ellis	Simon Wirth	Mikel Azcona

Championship standings[edit]

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[edit]

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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'[edit]

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