2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship

The 2017 Stock Car Brasil Championship is the thirty-ninth season of the Stock Car Brasil. The season marks the exit of Peugeot. The manufacturer entered in the series in 2007 and won the championship five times, including the last two seasons.

Teams and drivers Peugeot retired as manufacturer for the 2017. Therefore, all teams compete with a Chevrolet Cruze Stock Car. Team Driver Rounds Cimed Racing 0 Cacá Bueno All 40 Felipe Fraga 5–1288 1–4 Prati-Donaduzzi 1 Antonio Pizzonia All 4 Júlio Campos All Full Time Academy 3 Bia Figueiredo All 12 Lucas Foresti All Cimed-ProGP 5 Denis Navarro All 80 Marcos Gomes All Cavaleiro Sports 8 Rafael Suzuki All 110 Felipe Lapenna All Bardahl Hot Car 9 Gustavo Lima All 73 Sérgio Jimenez All Shell V-Power 10 Ricardo Zonta All 51 Átila Abreu All Full Time Sports 18 Allam Khodair All 111 Rubens Barrichello All Ipiranga Racing 21 Thiago Camilo All 28 Galid Osman All RCM Motorsport 25 Tuka Rocha All 65 Max Wilson All Eurofarma RC 29 Daniel Serra All 90 Ricardo Maurício All Blau Motorsport 30 César Ramos All 31 Márcio Campos All HERO Motorsport 44 Alberto Valério 1–10 70 Diego Nunes 1–1187 12 444 António Félix da Costa 11 544 Augusto Farfus 12 Eisenbahn Racing Team 46 Vitor Genz All 77 Valdeno Brito All Vogel Motorsport 83 Gabriel Casagrande All 117 Guilherme Salas All Mico's Racing 188 Beto Monteiro 5, 7, 11–12 555 Renato Braga 11–12

Team changes A. Mattheis Motorsport, which had raced under the Red Bull sponsorship and name, will now be sponsored by Ipiranga, which left RCM after five seasons. After five seasons, RX and Shell Racing parted, with R.Mattheis Motorsport receiving the name and sponsor of Prati-Donaduzzi, that did not compete in 2016 and Shell Racing still in the series after concretized a partnership with TMG Motorsport. After only one season, ProGP and Full Time broke up. Duda Pamplona owner of ProGP started a partnership with remaining team's two times champion Cimed Racing. The team is called Cimed Racing Team, a customer team of Cimed Racing. Full Time Sports started a partnership with Bassani Racing (União Quimica Bassani in 2015 and 2016) creating Full Time Bassani (HERO Motorsport for sponsor). FTS also created a new team called Full Time Academy, a junior team of Full Time Sports expanding to six cars. Having sold his cars to FTS, RZ Motorsport of Ricardo Zonta will not return in 2017, after a difficult season in 2016. Blau pharmacy entered the series after purchasing the cars of Boettger Competições that did not compete in 2016 and created a new team called Blau Motorsport. C2 Team and Mico's Racing left the series this season.

Driver changes Átila Abreu and Ricardo Zonta switched from RX Mattheis-Shell Racing to TMG-Shell Racing. Abreu returned from the team that he competed between 2009 and 2014. Cacá Bueno and Daniel Serra left Red Bull Racing-A.Mattheis. Bueno joined remaining two times champion Cimed Racing and Serra after ten seasons with Red Bull joined Eurofarma RC. Thiago Camilo and Galid Osman left Ipiranga-RCM to join Ipiranga-A.Mattheis. Max Wilson was relocated to RCM, the customer team of Eurofarma RC. Júlio Campos will race for RX Mattheis-Prati-Donaduzzi after one year in your own team C2. Antonio Pizzonia returned as a partner of Campos after competing in first round in 2016 as wildcard. Felipe Lappena switched from Bardahl Hot Car to Cavaleiro Racing. Rafael Suzuki will be your partner after moves from Vogel Motorsport Valdeno Brito and Gustavo Lima left TMG Motorsport. Brito will race for Eisenbahn Racing Team and Lima to Bardahl Hot Car. Tuka Rocha raced part-time in 2016 at TMG Motorsport and RZ Motorsport, in 2017 he will race to RCM. Gabriel Casagrande switched from C2 Team to Vogel Motorsport. Guilherme Salas will be the partner of Casagrande after left RZ Motorsport. Felipe Fraga, who won the 2016 championship was relocated to Cimed Racing Team, the satellite team of Cimed Racing. Denis Navarro, who raced for Vogel Motorsport in 2016, will be your partner. Sérgio Jimenez left Cavaleiro Racing to join Bardahl Hot Car. Bia Figueiredo left União Química Bassani to join the Full Time Academy. Lucas Foresti will be your partner. Foresti still in FTS program, but, now in the junior team. Alberto Valério returned for the series after six seasons and joined Full Time Bassani. César Ramos left RZ Motorsport and will race for Blau Motorsport in 2017. Two times Stock Car Brasil second-tier champion, Márcio Campos will be Ramos partner. Nestor Girolami will not return to 2016. He will focus on Polestar Cyan Racing at World Touring Car Championship. Thiago Marques, Luciano Burti, Danilo Dirani, Felipe Guimarães, Raphael Abbate, Alceu Feldmann, Fábio Carbone, Beto Cavaleiro, Popó Bueno and Xandinho Negrão also will not return for the season.

Mid-season changes Mico's Racing returned for the series at 9ª Corrida do Milhão Pirelli with Fórmula Truck driver Beto Monteiro. Renato Braga debut in the series at Goiânia. Felipe Fraga changed his number at 9ª Corrida do Milhão Pirelli, from 88 to 40. Diego Nunes, also changed his number in the last round from 70 to 88. Portuguese driver António Félix da Costa replaced Alberto Valério at 11° round. In the last round Augusto Farfus raced.

Race calendar and results The 2017 schedule was announced on 20 December 2016. On March 20, 2017, the calendar was revised with the return of Cascavel and the announcement that the first race would not be held with wildcard drivers. All races take place in Brazil except one round at Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez in Argentina next to the Super TC2000 Argentina in the 200 km stage of Buenos Aires. For the first time, the Corrida do Milhão took place at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba sponsored by Pirelli, the sponsor of the whole series.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) April 2 Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Eurofarma RC R2 Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Zonta Shell Racing 2 R1 Velopark, Nova Santa Rita April 23 Thiago Camilo Cacá Bueno Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing R2 Daniel Serra Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing Team 3 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul May 21 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports R2 Ricardo Maurício Ricardo Maurício Eurofarma RC 4 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel June 11 Max Wilson Max Wilson Max Wilson RCM R2 Ricardo Zonta Vítor Genz Eisenbahn Racing Team 5 9ª Corrida do Milhão Pirelli 2017, Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba July 2 Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Eurofarma RC 6 R1 Circuito dos Cristais July 23 Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing Team R2 Daniel Serra Gabriel Casagrande Vogel Motorsport 7 R1 Autódromo Velo Città August 6 Átila Abreu Ricardo Zonta Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing Team R2 Gabriel Casagrande Átila Abreu Shell Racing 8 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina) September 10 Thiago Camilo Rubens Barrichello Thiago Camilo Ipiranga Racing R2 Júlio Campos Ricardo Zonta Shell Racing 9 R1 Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires October 1 Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing Team R2 Gabriel Casagrande Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports 10 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã October 22 Galid Osman Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Eurofarma RC R2 Ricardo Maurício Ricardo Maurício Eurofarma RC 11 R1 1º HERO Push Goiânia 500 hp 2017, Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) November 19 Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Daniel Serra Eurofarma RC R2 Júlio Campos Átila Abreu TMG/Shell Racing 12 #AGrandeFinal 2017, Autódromo José Carlos Pace December 10 Ricardo Maurício Marcos Gomes Ricardo Maurício Eurofarma RC

Championship standings 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 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Feature races 30 26 23 21 19 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sprint races 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Million race 30 25 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 5 3 1 Final race 60 52 46 42 38 34 30 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

Feature races: Used for the first race of each event. Sprint races: Used for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid. Million Race: Used for One Million dollars race. Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver GOI VEL SCZ CAS CUR CRI VCA LON ARG TAR GOI INT Pts 1 Daniel Serra 1 6 4 7 6 17 2 15 1 2 6 8 2 2 Ret 3 21 1 22 1 9 3 371 2 Thiago Camilo 2 8 1 9 3 12 4 6 23 8 2 4 4 1 Ret 2 10 4 12 7 4 14 324 3 Max Wilson 3 3 6 Ret 5 Ret 1 17 6 5 9 Ret Ret 12 Ret 17 2 3 Ret 6 2 2 292 4 Átila Abreu 5 2 Ret 4 4 7 3 8 20 12 3 10 1 8 6 10 14 20 2 9 1 28 256 5 Rubens Barrichello Ret 4 7 5 1 18 6 5 4 Ret 14 16 Ret 3 3 21 1 9 18 6 17 5 251 6 Felipe Fraga 8 10 10 1 9 Ret 7 Ret 19 1 4 1 16 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 7 21 Ret 8 250 7 Marcos Gomes 17 20 5 3 2 Ret 10 Ret 2 16 12 DSQ 13 6 2 5 22 7 Ret 4 15 4 242 8 Ricardo Mauricio 4 16 3 8 20 1 5 21 17 3 7 19 21 13 Ret 6 20 16 1 Ret 23 1 241 9 Cacá Bueno 7 9 2 17 10 13 12 14 3 7 8 2 10 7 10 19 5 18 8 12 3 17 225 10 Gabriel Casagrande Ret 22 9 13 16 21 20 Ret 9 10 1 9 3 9 5 9 7 24 5 10 6 18 184 11 Ricardo Zonta Ret 1 Ret 6 7 19 18 DSQ 22 4 10 17 11 16 1 14 12 13 10 2 19 13 174 12 Júlio Campos Ret 15 12 Ret 13 22 11 7 5 6 11 11 5 26 Ret 27 4 8 Ret Ret Ret 9 149 13 Diego Nunes 11 13 23 16 12 23 15 9 14 RetDNS 21 18 11 16 4 15 6 14 13 5 6 148 14 Valdeno Brito 23 18 8 2 18 14 9 DSQ 12 24 Ret 14 15 5 7 7 19 12 19 15 Ret 15 136 15 Vitor Genz 16 14 RetDNS 14 11 Ret 1 8 13 17 3 9 22 DSQ Ret 16 25 11 18 8 10 126 16 Antonio Pizzonia Ret 12 14 Ret Ret 2 22 Ret DSQ 20 15 5 6 10 4 12 8 5 Ret Ret 11 20 126 17 Allam Khodair Ret 7 19 Ret 8 8 19 19 18 14 Ret 13 8 20 9 8 DSQ 17 4 14 12 22 100 18 Rafael Suzuki 13 11 15 15 21 5 14 16 25 9 5 20 17 15 11 20 3 Ret 17 19 14 23 93 19 Galid Osman 6 Ret RetDNS 15 Ret 8 20 21 Ret 21 6 19 21 18 25 Ret 2 13 11 24 Ret 92 20 Tuka Rocha 10 17 11 11 24 4 Ret 4 Ret 19 13 13 14 Ret 15 16 11 22 6 RetDNS 21 90 21 Denis Navarro 22 5 16 Ret 25 Ret 17 12 Ret 15 12 22 Ret 24 Ret 23 13 10 Ret 5 Ret 11 88 22 Guilherme Salas 14 Ret 22 10 22 Ret 21 3 10 17 19 25 12 23 13 13 23 Ret 19 16 22 12 87 23 César Ramos 9 Ret RetDNS 23 10 13 14 7 25 Ret Ret 7 18 17 15 9 21 Ret Ret 13 25 70 24 Felipe Lapenna 12 Ret 24 Ret Ret 3 16 Ret Ret 11DNS Ret Ret 25 Ret 22 Ret 11 15 Ret 10 16 65 25 Sergio Jimenez 18 Ret 13 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 18 16 7 Ret 14 8 18 17 Ret 9 Ret 20 19 59 26 Márcio Campos 21 Ret 17 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 21 23 Ret Ret 17 Ret RetDNS 19 3 RetDNS Ret 43 27 Lucas Foresti 15 19 21 Ret 11 15 23 2 26 RetDNS 15 22 27 Ret 24 Ret 14 21 Ret 7 27 37 28 Alberto Valério 19 21 20 Ret 19 Ret Ret 18 11 26 18 Ret Ret 19 12 11 Ret 15 23 33 29 Bia Figueiredo Ret Ret RetDNS Ret 6 Ret 11 16 23 20 23 21 28 Ret RetDNS Ret 16 17 16 24 28 30 Gustavo Lima 20 Ret 18 14 17 20 Ret 10 24 22 24 18 20 Ret 14 Ret 18 23 24 Ret Ret Ret 19 31 Beto Monteiro 15 24 DSQ Ret 21 26 9 Drivers ineligible to score points António Félix da Costa 3 Ret Augusto Farfus 7 Renato Braga 20 18 29 Pos Driver GOI VEL SCZ CAS CUR CRI VCA LON ARG TAR GOI INT PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified

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