2017 TCR Asia Series

The 2017 TCR Asia Series season is the third season of the TCR Asia Series.

Teams and drivers

Team

Car

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Liqui Moly Team Engstler^[1]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[1]

2

Kantadhee Kusiri^[2]

All

32

Diego Moran^[2]

All

	Audi Hong Kong^[3]^{[N 1]}
	Phoenix Racing Asia^[4]^{[N 1]}

Audi RS3 LMS TCR^[3]

3

Shaun Thong^[5]

3–4

5

Jasper Thong^[3]

Cup

All

6

Alex Fong^[6]

Cup

2

8

Tong Siu Kau^[4]

Cup

1–2

Viper Niza Racing^[7]

SEAT León TCR^[7]

65

Douglas Khoo^[7]

Cup

All

Team Thailand^[4]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[4]

9

Tin Sritrai^[4]

1

Honda Civic TCR^[8]

79

2–6

R Engineering^[4]

Honda Civic TCR^[4]

23

Abdul Kaathir^[4]

Cup

All

39

Lai Wee Sing^[4]

All

Elegant Racing Team^[4]

SEAT León TCR^[4]

98

Eric Kwong^[4]

Cup

All

99

Alex Liu^[4]

Cup

All

991

Wong Kiang Kuan^[9]

Cup

5

Entries ineligible to score points

Viper Niza Racing^[7]

SEAT León TCR^[7]

7

William O'Brien^[5]

Cup

3

Leo 109 Racing^[9]

Audi RS3 LMS TCR^[9]

9

Deng Bao Wei^[9]

5–6

Li Lin^[9]

5

Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR

77

Hu Hao^[9]

5–6

	RMI Racing Team By Sunoco^[10]^{[N 2]}
	RMI Racing Team^[10]^{[N 2]}

SEAT León TCR^[10]

14

Pasarit Promsombat^[10]

4

SEAT León Cup Racer^[10]

96

Nattanid Leewattanavaragul^[10]

4

Billionaire Boy Racing^[10]

Honda Civic TCR^[10]

15

Chariya Nuya^[10]

4

New Faster Team^[9]

Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR^[9]

21

Lin Li Feng^[9]

5–6

Wang Hao^[9]

Audi RS3 LMS TCR^[9]

81

Huang Chu Han^[9]

5–6

82

Andy Yan^[9]

5–6

Macau David Racing Team^[6]

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR^[6]

26

Filipe de Souza^[6]

2

TeamWork Motorsport^[9]

Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR^[9]

26

Filipe de Souza^[9]

5–6

Samuel Hsieh^[9]

31

Alex Hui^[9]

5–6

Ma Qing Hua^[9]

5

Jean-Karl Vernay^[11]

6

62

Alex Fung^[9]

5–6

Sunny Wong^[9]

Yontrakit Racing^[10]

SEAT León TCR^[10]

38

Rattanin Leenutaphong^[10]

4

HE Racing^[9]

Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR^[9]

58

He Xiao Le^[9]

5

Lu Chuan^[9]

Lo Kai Bong^[11]

6

TrackFun-Linky Racing Team^[9]

Audi RS3 LMS TCR^[9]

66

Cai Hong Yu^[9]

5–6

Bai Ya Xin^[9]

5

TBN MK Ihere Racing Team^[10]

Honda Civic TCR^[10]

66

Nattachak Hanjitkasen^[10]

4

TianShi Racing Team^[6]

Audi RS3 LMS TCR^[6]

66

Huang Chu Han^[6]

2

88

Chen Wei An^[6]

2

Singha Motorsport Team Thailand^[10]

SEAT León Cup Racer^[10]

89

Kittipol Ayudhya^[10]

4

AVM Racing^[9]

SEAT León TCR^[9]

791

Qi Pei Wen^[9]

5–6

Zhou Hao Wen^[9]

Calendar and results

The 2017 initial schedule was announced on 8 November 2016, with six events scheduled.^[12]^[13] On 2 February 2017, the 2017 schedule has changed with the entry of Zhuhai events.^[14] On 29 March 2017, the calendar was once again changed with Zhuhai replacing the round in Thailand held at the Chang International Circuit, Zhejiang and Shanghai will also switch places on the calendar. The Macau round was also removed.^[15]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	12 March	Kantadhee Kusiri	Kantadhee Kusiri	Kantadhee Kusiri	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
1	2	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	12 March		Kantadhee Kusiri	Diego Moran	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2	3	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	23 April	Jasper Thong	Tin Sritrai	Jasper Thong	Audi Hong Kong
2	4	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	23 April		Huang Chu Han	Tin Sritrai	Team Thailand
3	5	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	14 May	Kantadhee Kusiri	Shaun Thong	Abdul Kaathir	R Engineering
3	6	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	14 May		Kantadhee Kusiri	Eric Kwong	Elegant Racing Team
4	7	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Chonburi	1 July	Kantadhee Kusiri	Tin Sritrai^{[N 3]}	Tin Sritrai	Team Thailand	TCR Thailand Series
4	8	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Chonburi	2 July		Tin Sritrai	Tin Sritrai	Team Thailand	TCR Thailand Series
5	9	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	26 August	Kantadhee Kusiri	Kantadhee Kusiri	Kantadhee Kusiri	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	TCR China Series
5	10	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	27 August		Kantadhee Kusiri	Kantadhee Kusiri	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	TCR China Series
6	11	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	7 October	Kantadhee Kusiri^{[N 4]}	Kantadhee Kusiri^{[N 5]}	Kantadhee Kusiri^{[N 6]}	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	TCR China Series TCR International Series
6	12	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	7 October		Diego Moran	Tin Sritrai	Team Thailand	TCR China Series TCR International Series

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	SEP		ZHU		ZHU		BNG†		SHA		ZHE		Pts.
1	Kantadhee Kusiri	1¹	9	2³	4	9¹	6	Ret¹	7	1¹	1	4	4	188
2	Tin Sritrai	3³	5	5⁴	1	Ret	Ret	1²	1	4⁵	6	10	1	176.5
3	Diego Moran	2²	1	4	8	3⁴	NC	Ret⁵	2	2²	2	13	3	167
4	Lai Wee Sing	4	2	8²	3	2³	4	2⁴	Ret	16	8	15	Ret	137
5	Abdul Kaathir	6	3	6⁵	6	1²	7	Ret	8	9³	9	9	5	131
6	Jasper Thong	5⁴	4	1¹	11	4	Ret	DSQ	Ret	13	10	Ret	11	94
7	Eric Kwong	Ret⁵	DNS	10	9	5	1	8	Ret	Ret	16	6	12	86
8	Alex Liu	7	7	9	Ret	6	2	Ret	4	WD	WD	DNS	10	61.5
9	Douglas Khoo	9	8	11	10	8	5	Ret	Ret	14⁴	12	Ret	16	46
10	Shaun Thong					Ret⁵	3	6³	6					40
11	Wong Kiang Kuan									8	11			18
12	Tong Siu Kau	8	6	Ret	Ret									12
13	Alex Fong			Ret	12									2
Drivers ineligible to score points
	Alex Hui									Ret	4	1	6
	Jean-Karl Vernay											1	6
	Andy Yan									5	5	2	2
	Filipe de Souza			7	2					7	Ret	Ret	8
	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul							4	3
	Huang Chu Han			3	5					3	Ret	3	7
	Pasarit Promsombat							3	5
	Alex Fung Sunny Wong									6	3	12	Ret
	Ma Qing Hua									Ret	4
	Deng Bao Wei									Ret	15	5	9
	Chariya Nuya							5	Ret
	Lin Li Feng Wang Hao									10	7	8	Ret
	Samuel Hsieh									7	Ret	Ret	8
	Nattachak Hanjitkasen							7	8
	Lo Kai Bong											7	14
	Chen Wei An			Ret	7
	William O'Brien					7	Ret
	Qi Pei Wen Zhou Hao Wen									11	13	11	15
	He Xiao Le Lu Chuan									12	14
	Cai Hong Yu									Ret	Ret	Ret	13
	Hu Hao									15	17	14	Ret
	Li Lin									Ret	15
	Rattanin Leenutaphong							Ret	Ret
	Bai Ya Xin									Ret	Ret
	Kittipol Ayudhya							Ret	DNS
Pos.	Driver	SEP		ZHU		ZHU		BNG†		SHA		ZHE		Pts.

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

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	SEP		ZHU		ZHU		BNG†		SHA		ZHE		Pts.
1	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	1¹	1	2³	4	3¹	6	Ret¹	2	1¹	1	4	3	357
1	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2²	9	4	8	9⁴	NC	Ret⁵	7	2²	2	13	4	357
2	R Engineering	4	2	6²	3	1²	4	2⁴	8	9³	8	9	5	272
2	R Engineering	6	3	8⁵	6	2³	7	Ret	Ret	16	9	15	Ret	272
3	Team Thailand	3³	5	5⁴	1	Ret	Ret	1²	1	4⁵	6	10	1	176,5
4	Elegant Racing Team	7	7	9	9	5	1	8	4	8	11	6	10	165,5
4	Elegant Racing Team	Ret⁵	DNS	10	Ret	6	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	DNS	12	165,5
5	Audi Hong Kong	5⁴	4	1¹	11	4⁵	3	6³	6	13	10	Ret	11	136
5	Audi Hong Kong			Ret	12	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret					136
6	Viper Niza Racing	9	8	11	10	8	5	Ret	Ret	14⁴	12	Ret	16	46
7	Phoenix Racing Asia	8	6	Ret	Ret									12
Teams ineligible to score points
	Teamwork Motorsport									6	3	1	6
	Teamwork Motorsport									7	4	12	8
	New Faster Team									3	5	2	2
	New Faster Team									5	7	3	7
	Macau David Racing Team			7	2
	Morin Racing Team							4	3
	TianShi Racing Team			3	5
	TianShi Racing Team			Ret	7
	RMI Racing Team By Sunoco							3	5
	Leo 109 Racing									15	15	5	9
	Leo 109 Racing									Ret	17	14	Ret
	Billionaire Boy Racing							5	Ret
	TBN MK Ihere Racing Team							7	8
	HE Racing									12	14	7	14
	Viper Niza Racing					7	Ret
	AVM Racing									11	13	11	15
	Linky Racing Team									Ret	Ret	Ret	13
	Yontrakit Racing							Ret	Ret
	Singha Motorsport Team Thailand							Ret	DNS
Pos.	Driver	SEP		ZHU		ZHU		BNG†		SHA		ZHE		Pts.

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

Car model of the year

Pos.	Team	SEP		ZHU		ZHU		BNG†		SHA		ZHE		Pts.
1	Honda Civic TCR	4	2	5	1	1	4	1	1	4	6	9	1	384.5
1	Honda Civic TCR	6	3	6	3	2	7	2	8	9	8	10	5	384.5
2	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	1	1	2	4	3	6	Ret	2	1	1	4	3	371
2	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	2	5	4	8	9	NC	Ret	7	2	2	13	4	371
3	SEAT León TCR	7	7	9	9	5	1	8	4	8	11	6	10	205.5
3	SEAT León TCR	9	8	10	10	6	2	Ret	Ret	14	12	Ret	12	205.5
4	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	5	4	1	11	4	3	6	6	13	10	Ret	11	160
4	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	8	6	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret					160
Pos.	Driver	SEP		ZHU		ZHU		BNG†		SHA		ZHE		Pts.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Car No. 3, 5 and 6 entered as Audi Hong Kong and car No. 8 entered as Phoenix Racing Asia.
^ ^a ^b Car No. 14 entered as RMI Racing Team By Sunoco and car No. 96 entered as RMI Racing Team.
^ Actual fastest lap of race recorded by TCR Thailand Series driver Pasarit Promsombat.
^ Actual pole position taken by TCR China Series driver Jean-Karl Vernay.
^ Actual fastest lap of race recorded by TCR China Series driver Jean-Karl Vernay.
^ Actual victory in race scored by TCR China Series driver Jean-Karl Vernay.

References

^ ^a ^b "Engstler Motorsport confirmed for TCR Asia and Germany in 2017". touringcars.net. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Team Engstler confirm two-car programme in TCR Asia". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Audi Hong Kong to enter TCR Asia with new RS 3 LMS". touringcartimes.com. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "TCR Asia Series Sepang Practice 1" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "2017 TCR Asia Series Second Zhuhai Round Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2017 TCR Asia Series makes Chinese return in Zhuhai". asia.tcr-series.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Viper Niza Racing prepare for 2017 TCR Asia season". asia.tcr-series.com. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ "TCR Asia Series Zhuhai Test 2" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag "TCR Asia/TCR China Series Shanghai Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "TCR Asia Series Bangsaen Free Practice 1" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "TCR Asia/TCR China Series Zhejiang Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
^ "TCR Asia Series unveils expanded calendar for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 November 2016.
^ "TCR Asia – 2017 calendar unveiled". tcr-series.com. 8 November 2016.
^ sean. "Zhuhai joins 2017 TCR Asia Series programme". www.asia.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "2017 TCR Asia calendar amended". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

External links

TCR Asia Series Official website

[Phoenix-4] Car No. 3, 5 and 6 entered as Audi Hong Kong and car No. 8 entered as Phoenix Racing Asia.

[RMI-12] Car No. 14 entered as RMI Racing Team By Sunoco and car No. 96 entered as RMI Racing Team.

[ProFLI-18] Actual fastest lap of race recorded by TCR Thailand Series driver Pasarit Promsombat.

[VerPPI-19] Actual pole position taken by TCR China Series driver Jean-Karl Vernay.

[VerFLI-20] Actual fastest lap of race recorded by TCR China Series driver Jean-Karl Vernay.

[VerWinI-21] Actual victory in race scored by TCR China Series driver Jean-Karl Vernay.

[Engstler-1] "Engstler Motorsport confirmed for TCR Asia and Germany in 2017". touringcars.net. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

[:0-2] "Team Engstler confirm two-car programme in TCR Asia". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-02-15.

[AudiHKG-3] "Audi Hong Kong to enter TCR Asia with new RS 3 LMS". touringcartimes.com. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[Round1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "TCR Asia Series Sepang Practice 1" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Round3-6] "2017 TCR Asia Series Second Zhuhai Round Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Round2-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2017 TCR Asia Series makes Chinese return in Zhuhai". asia.tcr-series.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[ViperNiza-8] "Viper Niza Racing prepare for 2017 TCR Asia season". asia.tcr-series.com. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[9] "TCR Asia Series Zhuhai Test 2" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

[Round5-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag "TCR Asia/TCR China Series Shanghai Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[Round4-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "TCR Asia Series Bangsaen Free Practice 1" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[Round6-13] "TCR Asia/TCR China Series Zhejiang Entry List" (PDF). asia.tcr-series.com. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[14] "TCR Asia Series unveils expanded calendar for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 November 2016.

[15] "TCR Asia – 2017 calendar unveiled". tcr-series.com. 8 November 2016.

[16] sean. "Zhuhai joins 2017 TCR Asia Series programme". www.asia.tcr-series.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[17] "2017 TCR Asia calendar amended". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

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