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2017 Mercedes-Benz Challenge season

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The 2017 Mercedes-Benz Challenge is the seventh season of the Mercedes-Benz Challenge.

Entry list

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  • CLA AMG Cup drivers compete utilising the Mercedes-Benz CLA AMG while C250 Cup drivers use the Mercedes-Benz C250. All drivers were Brazilian-registered, excepting Jared Wilson, who raced under American racing license, and João Lemos, who raced under Portuguese racing license.
2017 Entry List
Team No. Driver Rounds
CLA AMG Cup
WCR 3 Cristian Mohr 1–2
6 Fernando Júnior All
90 José Vitte All
Cordova Motorsports 10 Pierre Ventura 1–6, 8
27 Paulo Varassin 1–5
33 Adriano Rabelo 1, 3–5, 7–8
37 Lorenzo Varassin 1–6
76 Danílo Pinto 1–5, 8
L3 Motorsport 11 Neto de Nigris 1
Mottin Racing 15 Raijan Mascarello All
20 Roger Sandoval All
Mottin/Sul Racing 18 Fernando Poeta 1–3, 5–7
Alexandre Buneder 2, 6
88 Fernando Amorim All
118 Sergio Ribas 8
Ourocar 19 Luis Carlos Ribeiro All
Bardahl Hot Car 55 Fábio Escorpioni All
Center Bus Sambaiba Racing 60 Betão Fonseca All
61 César Fonseca 1
62 Jared Wilson 8
Comark Racing 77 Arnaldo Diniz Filho 4, 8
RSports Racing 110 Bruno Alvarenga 7–8
Leandro Romera 8
555 Renato Braga 1–6
C250 Cup
RSports Racing 9 Alexandre Navarro All
40 Ydenis Roberto de Souza 1–3
Bruno Alvarenga 1–4
51 Leandro Reis 7
84 Cello Nunes 1–7
155 Marcelo Lozasso 8
225 Max Mohr 1
PGL Racing 12 André Moraes Jr. All
41 João Lemos All
Paioli Racing 13 Beto Rossi All
21 Peter Michael Gottschalk 1, 3–8
111 Marcos Paioli 1, 3–8
Peter Gottschalk Jr. 1, 3–5
Bardahl Hot Car 26 Flávio Andrade All
225 Max Mohr 2
Friato/DCM 45 Guiseppe Vecci 1
Center Bus Sambaiba Racing 63 Ciro Lobo 1–6, 8
Fabio Peterson All
64 Carlos Alberto Guilherme All
Sérgio Kuba All
65 Claudio Simão All
66 Fernando Pessoa 1–2
67 Luiz Barcelos All
68 Carlos Machado All
69 Rudinei Sabino 1–2
166 Angelo Giombelli 8
169 Sergio Maggi 8
Brandão Motorsport 29 Vinicius Fugi 7–8
73 Raphael Teixeira All
Rodrigo Cruvinel All

Race calendar and results

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All races were held in Brazil.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team C250 Cup winner
1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna April 2 Lorenzo Varassin Fernando Júnior Fernando Júnior WCR Claudio Simão
2 Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul May 21 Lorenzo Varassin Fernando Junior Lorenzo Varassin Cordova Motorsports Max Mohr
3 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba July 2 Adriano Rabelo Paulo Varassim Fernando Júnior WCR Raphael Teixeira
Rodrigo Cruvinel
4 Autódromo Velo Città August 6 Fernando Júnior Fernando Júnior Fernando Júnior WCR André Moraes Jr
5 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna September 10 Betão Fonseca Raijan Mascarello Raijan Mascarello Mottin Racing Claudio Simão
6 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã October 22 Betão Fonseca Lorenzo Varassim Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Charruá Ourocar Marcos Paioli
7 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) November 19 Adriano Rabelo José Vitte José Vitte WCR Marcos Paioli
8 Autódromo José Carlos Pace December 10 Roger Sandoval Roger Sandoval Roger Sandoval Mottin Racing Marcos Paioli

Championship standings

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Points system

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.

Points format Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Pole
Race 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Final race 40 34 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 2
  • Race: Used for the first to seventh round.
  • Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver GOI SCZ CUR VCA LON TAR GOI INT Pts
CLA AMG Cup
1 Fernando Júnior 1 3 1 1 3 Ret 9 4 98
2 Betão Fonseca 3 4 6 17 2 10 7 7 79
3 José Vitte 5 6 3 3 Ret 14 1 2 78
4 Roger Sandoval Ret 5 2 2 6 8 5 1 75
5 Raijan Mascarello 12 Ret 8 7 1 2 6 3 68
6 Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Ret 2 DSQ 5 4 1 Ret 8 61
7 Pierre Ventura 8 DSQ 5 6 5 4 16 5 59
8 Lorenzo Varassin 10 1 7 10 7 Ret 52
9 Adriano Rabelo 2 DSQ 4 Ret 2 6 49
10 Fernando Poeta 11 8 11 8 3 8 49
11 Fernando Amorim 6 Ret 10 25 10 5 4 49
12 Fabio Escorpioni 9 9 12 Ret 11 6 3 48
13 Renato Braga 7 7 4 22 12 16 45
14 Paulo Varassin 13 13 9 8 9 30
15 Alexandre Buneder 8 3 23
16 Cristian Mohr 4 27 17
17 Danilo Pinto Ret 10 22 9 Ret 16
18 Bruno Alvarenga 21 2
19 Cesar Fonseca 18 2
Arnaldo Diniz Filho DSQ
Neto de Nigris DNS
C250 Cup
1 Claudio Simão 15 17 15 13 13 12 17 103
2 Marcos Paioli 17 16 15 19 6 10 92
3 André Moraes Jr. 16 15 Ret 11 15 13 12 92
4 Flávio Andrade 20 14 17 14 18 15 11 86
5 João Lemos 26 20 14 20 14 9 15 80
6 Raphael Teixeira
Rodrigo Cruvinel
18 12 13 16 22 19 Ret 73
7 Cello Nunes 28 18 19 23 17 11 22 56
8 Peter Gottschalk Jr. 17 16 15 19 50
9 Beto Rossi 22 22 Ret 18 20 18 14 49
10 Peter Michel Gottschalk 19 DSQ 12 25 22 13 48
11 Carlos Machado 27 24 20 19 21 17 20 44
12 Alexandre Navarro 23 16 18 Ret 16 Ret 26 42
13 Max Mohr 21 11 29
14 Fabio Peterson 31 26 24 24 23 23 19 25
15 Luiz Barcellos 24 25 23 Ret Ret 20 24 23
16 Carlos Alberto Guilherme
Sérgio Kuba
25 Ret Ret 21 24 21 25 22
17 Ciro Lobo 31 26 24 24 23 23 18
18 Bruno Alvarenga 33 19 21 Ret 15
19 Ydenis Roberto de Souza 33 19 21 15
20 Leandro Reis 18 6
21 Fernando Pessoa 32 21 6
22 Rudinei Sabino 30 23 4
23 Vinicius Fugi 23 4
24 Giusepe Vecci 29 1
Pos Driver GOI SCZ CUR VCA LON TAR GOI INT Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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 position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Retired, but classified

References

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