The 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the second season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured three rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 5 February and concluding with the Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours on 15 October, after the SRO Motorsports Group chose to cancel the Sepang 12 Hours scheduled for 10 December, due to a lack of entries. Laurens Vanthoor was the defending drivers' champion and Audi was the defending manufacturers' champion.
In contrast to the inaugural season, manufacturers no longer needed to enter their cars separately. In 2017, as long as they held an international licence, all cars and drivers entered in the overall GT3 class, together with the manufacturers in the overall GT4 class were automatically eligible to score points towards the titles.
Calendar Round Event Circuit Date Report 1 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 5 February Report 2 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 29–30 July Report 3 Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States 15 October Report Cancelled due to a lack of entries Race Circuit Original Date Motul Sepang 12 Hours Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 10 December Source:
Entry list
GT3 Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Acura RealTime Racing NSX GT3 43 Dane Cameron P 3 Tom Dyer Ryan Eversley 93 Jules Gounon P 3 Peter Kox Mark Wilkins Aston Martin Miedecke Stone Motorsport Vantage GT3 35 Tony Bates Am 1 George Miedecke Ashley Walsh Oman Racing Team with TF Sport 97 Jonathan Adam PA 2 Euan Hankey Ahmad Al Harthy Salih Yoluç Audi Audi Sport Team WRT Team WRT Belgian Audi Club Team WRT R8 LMS 1 Antonio García P 2 Nico Müller René Rast 2 Christopher Mies P 2 Connor De Phillippi Frédéric Vervisch 3 Josh Caygill PA 2 Richard Lyons Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Jonathan Venter 5 Marcel Fässler P 2 André Lotterer Dries Vanthoor 6 Nathanaël Berthon P 2 Stéphane Richelmi Benoît Tréluyer 11 Jake Dennis P 3 Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard 17 Jake Dennis P 2 Jamie Green Stuart Leonard DJS Racing R8 LMS ultra 2 James Bergmuller Am 1 Samuel Fillmore Daniel Stutterd Team ASR R8 LMS 3 Daniel Gaunt PA 1 Matt Halliday Ash Samadi GT Motorsport 5 Nathan Antunes Am 1 Elliot Barbour Greg Taylor Hallmarc 9 Marc Cini PA 1 Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Saintéloc Racing 25 Jules Gounon P 2 Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock 26 Frédéric Bouvy Am 2 Christian Kelders Marc Rostan Audi Sport Team Land 29 Christopher Haase P 3 Christopher Mies Connor De Phillippi Audi Sport Team Magnus 44 Pierre Kaffer P 3 Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Supabarn 44 Simon Evans Am 1 James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Marcus Marshall Jamec Pem Racing 74 Robin Frijns P 1 Frank Stippler Markus Winkelhock 75 Christopher Haase P 1 Christopher Mies Garth Tander ISR Audi Sport Team ISR 75 Filipe Albuquerque P 2 Filip Salaquarda Clemens Schmid 76 Pierre Kaffer P 2 Kelvin van der Linde Frank Stippler Bentley Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 7 Oliver Jarvis P 1–2 Steven Kane Guy Smith 8 Vincent Abril P 1–2 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Bentley Team ABT 9 Christer Jöns P 2 Jordan Pepper Nico Verdonck BMW Team Castrol Vodafone BMW Team SRM M6 GT3 7 Timo Glock P 1 Russell Ingall Tony Longhurst Mark Skaife 60 Steve Richards P 1 Mark Winterbottom Marco Wittmann Walkenhorst Motorsport Walkenhorst 35 Matias Henkola PA 2 Christian Krognes Nico Menzel Markus Palttala 36 Stef Van Campenhout Am 2 Ralf Oeverhaus David Schiwietz Henry Walkenhorst 99 Ricky Collard P 1 Nico Menzel Jörg Müller MARC Cars Australia 90 Morgan Haber Am 1 Chaz Mostert Max Twigg Rowe Racing 98 Tom Blomqvist P 2 Nick Catsburg Bruno Spengler 99 Philipp Eng P 2 Maxime Martin Alexander Sims Ferrari Kessel Racing 488 GT3 11 Michał Broniszewski PA 2 Matteo Cressoni Giacomo Piccini Andrea Rizzoli 888 Niki Cadei Am 2 Jacques Duyver David Perel Marco Zanuttini Spirit of Race AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport SMP Racing 50 Pasin Lathouras P 2 Alessandro Pier Guidi Michele Rugolo 51 Olivier Beretta PA 2 Lorenzo Bontempelli Francesco Castellacci Motoaki Ishikawa 52 Duncan Cameron PA 2 Matt Griffin Riccardo Ragazzi Aaron Scott 53 Andrea Bertolini PA 2 Rory Butcher Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels 55 James Calado P 2 Marco Cioci Giancarlo Fisichella 72 Miguel Molina P 2 Davide Rigon Viktor Shaytar 961 Alex Demirdjian PA 2 Nicolas Minassian Davide Rizzo Toni Vilander Maranello Motorsport 88 Craig Lowndes P 1 Toni Vilander Jamie Whincup Rinaldi Racing 333 Matteo Malucelli PA 2 Alexander Mattschull Rinat Salikhov Norbert Siedler 488 Pierre Ehret Am 2 Patrick Van Glabeke Gabriele Lancieri Rino Mastronardi Jaguar Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 14 Albert Costa P 2 Lorenz Frey Stéphane Ortelli 114 Jonathan Hirschi P 2 Christian Klien Marco Seefried Lamborghini Ombra Racing Huracán GT3 12 Michele Beretta P 2 Stefano Gattuso Andrea Piccini GRT Grasser Racing Team 19 Raffaele Giammaria P 2 Rolf Ineichen Ezequiel Pérez Companc 63 Mirko Bortolotti P 2 Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart Orange 1 Team Lazarus 27 Fabrizio Crestani P 2 Luca Filippi Nicolas Pohler Trofeo Motorsport 29 Dean Canto Am 1 Ivan Capelli Jim Manolios Ryan Millier Attempto Racing 66 Mikaël Grenier P 2 Jaap van Lagen Max van Splunteren 67 Sarah Bovy Am 2 Jürgen Krebs Giorgio Maggi Clément Mateu Barwell Motorsport 77 Adrian Amstutz PA 2 Oliver Gavin Martin Kodrić Patrick Kujala 78 Richard Abra PA 2 Phil Keen Leo Machitski Miguel Ramos Team HB Racing 777 Bernard Delhez Am 2 Mike Stursberg Gilles Vannelet Christopher Zanella McLaren Tekno Autosports/McLaren GT 650S GT3 1 Rob Bell P 1 Côme Ledogar Álvaro Parente 59 Ben Barnicoat P 1 Jonny Kane Will Davison K-PAX Racing 9 Ben Barnicoat P 3 Álvaro Parente Bryan Sellers Objective Racing 11 Alex Davison PA 1 Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls Keltic Racing 37 Grant Denyer Am 1 Klark Quinn Tony Quinn Andrew Waite Strakka Racing 42 Craig Fleming PA 2 Nick Leventis Oliver Webb Lewis Williamson 43 David Fumanelli P 2 Jonny Kane Sam Tordoff 58 Ben Barnicoat P 2 Rob Bell Côme Ledogar 59 Jazeman Jaafar P 2 Pieter Schothorst Andrew Watson Garage 59 188 Bradley Ellis Am 2 Chris Goodwin Chris Harris Alexander West Mercedes-Benz Good Smile Racing with Team UKYO AMG GT3 00 Tatsuya Kataoka P 2 Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Black Falcon 4 Yelmer Buurman P 2 Adam Christodoulou Luca Stolz 15 Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 2 Dore Chaponick Jr. Scott Heckert Brett Sandberg 16 Maximilian Götz PA 2 Marvin Kirchhöfer Oliver Morley Miguel Toril 18 Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal PA 2 Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana Renger van der Zande Mercedes-AMG Team STM/HTP Motorsport MANN-FILTER Team HTP Motorsport HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport 22 Craig Baird P 1 Maro Engel Shane van Gisbergen 48 Patrick Assenheimer P 2 Indy Dontje Kenneth Heyer 83 Paul Dalla Lana PA 1 Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Bernd Schneider 84 Maximilian Buhk P 2 Jimmy Eriksson Franck Perera 85 Dominik Baumann P 2 Edward Sandström Fabian Schiller Hog's 61 Mark Griffith PA 1 David Reynolds Dominic Storey Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP AKKA ASP 88 Daniel Juncadella P 2 Félix Serrallés Tristan Vautier 89 Ludovic Badey PA 2 Nico Bastian Alex Fontana Daniele Perfetti 90 Raffaele Marciello P 2 Michael Meadows Edoardo Mortara Nissan Motul Team RJN Motorsport Motul Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 22 Struan Moore P 2 Matt Parry Matt Simmons 23 Alex Buncombe P 2 Katsumasa Chiyo Lucas Ordóñez Nissan Motorsport Alex Buncombe P 1 Michael Caruso Katsumasa Chiyo 24 Todd Kelly P 1 Jann Mardenborough Florian Strauss Wall Racing 38 Daniel Bilski Am 1 Adrian Flack Chris Pither 66 Erik Davis Am 1 Brett Hobson Fred Poordad Porsche Competition Motorsports 911 GT3 R 12 David Calvert-Jones PA 1 Matt Campbell Marc Lieb Patrick Long GMG Racing Calvert Dynamics / GMG Racing 17 Wolf Henzler P 3 Sven Müller Alec Udell 77 Preston Calvert PA 3 Andrew Davis Michael Lewis AMAC Motorsport 997 GT3 R 51 Andrew Macpherson Am 1 Tim Miles Neale Muston Black Swan Racing 911 GT3 R 54 Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 3 David Calvert-Jones Tim Pappas Porsche Motorsport North America by Wright Motorsports 58 Jörg Bergmeister P 3 Romain Dumas Patrick Long KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard 117 Michael Christensen P 2 Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Herberth Motorsport 911 Jürgen Häring PA 2 Marc Lieb Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer 912 Daniel Allemann PA 2 Ralf Bohn Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Walkinshaw GT3 911 Earl Bamber P 1 Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor 912 John Martin Am 1 Duvashen Padayachee Liam Talbot Reiter Engineering Lago Racing Gallardo R-EX 32 Roger Lago Am 1 Steve Owen David Russell Kiwi Racing 47 Kevin Bell Am 1 Nick Chester Glenn Smith John De Veth Sources: Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup
GT4 Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Rounds Aston Martin TRG Vantage GT4 07 Michael Davis 3 Derek DeBoer Greg Milzcik 3 Craig Lyons 3 Thomas Merrill Kris Wilson R-Motorsport 62 Andreas Baenziger 1 Peter Leemhuis Jan Struve Automatic Racing 99 Charles Espenlaub 3 Eric Lux Charlie Putman Ginetta Ian Lacy Racing G55 GT4 12 Frank Gannett 3 Ian Lacy Drew Staveley RA Motorsports - Ginetta 55 Tim Berryman 1 Peter Paddon Mike Simpson 69 Zen Low 1 Jake Parsons Aidan Read Shinyo Sano KTM M Motorsport X-Bow GT4 48 Tomáš Enge 1 Reinhard Kofler Justin McMillan Glen Wood Porsche HKG Racing / GMG Racing Cayman GT4 Clubsport 8 Andy Lee 3 Jon Miller Carter Yeung Rearden Racing Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 26 Jeff Kearl 3 Sean McAlister Jeff Westphal 117 Daren Jorgensen 3 Vesko Kozarov Hutton McKenna Brookspeed Cayman GT4 Clubsport 40 David Drinkwater 1 Aaron Mason Adrian Watt 41 Coleby Cowham 1 Ashley Jarvis Lindsay Kearns PROsport Porsche PROsport Performance Cayman PRO4 GT4 18 Charles Espenlaub 1 Joe Foster Andy Pilgrim Charles Putman 19 Max Braams 1 Harri Jones Nicolaj Møller Madsen Jörg Viebahn Sources:
Race results Circuit Pole Position GT3 Winners GT4 Winners GT3 GT4 1 Bathurst No. 88 Maranello Motorsport No. 88 Maranello Motorsport No. 19 PROsport Performance Ferrari PROsport Porsche Craig Lowndes Toni Vilander Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes Toni Vilander Jamie Whincup Max Braams Harri Jones Nicolaj Møller Madsen Jörg Viebahn 2 Spa-Francorchamps No. 55 Kaspersky Motorsport No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc did not participate Audi did not participate James Calado Marco Cioci Giancarlo Fisichella Jules Gounon Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock 3 Laguna Seca No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land No. 44 Audi Sport Team Magnus No. 26 Rearden Racing Audi Porsche Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Connor De Phillippi Pierre Kaffer Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Jeff Kearl Sean McAlister Jeff Westphal
Championship standings Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points, with the exception of Bathurst where a car simply had to cross the finish line to be classified. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A manufacturer only received points for its two highest placed cars in each round. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' championship The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race. For unknown reasons some drivers were ineligible to score points. It is unknown which drivers that did not finish in a points scoring position were ineligible to score points.