The 2017 Porsche Império GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil is the first one-make Porsche racing championship in South America for 911 GT3 Cup cars and this was the thirteenth season. It started on March 18 with a Sprint race in Curitiba and finished on December 2 with an Endurance race in São Paulo. It was first held in 2005 and follows the same formula basis used in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup championships held around the world.

Drivers All cars are overseen by the Dener Motorsport team. Cup, that uses the same cars of the European series; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991) and Challenge, that uses Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) cars with a less-powerful engine. Driver Rounds Class 00 Constantino Jr. 3 C 2 Marcio Basso 1–2 C 3 Rodrigo Baptista All C 4 Beto Leite 4–6 C 6 Alceu Feldmann 1 C 7 Miguel Paludo All C Dominique Teysseyre 5 CH 8 Werner Neugebauer All C Marco Billi All CH 9 Guilherme Firguerôa All C 10 Adalberto Baptista 1–4, 6 C 11 Marcio Mauro All C 12 Dario Giustozzi All C Pablo Delponte 2, 4–6 CH 13 Pedro Queirolo All C 17 Marcelo Parodi 1, 3–6 CH Marcelo Stallone 2 C 19 Tom Filho 2–5 CH 18 Carlos Ambrósio 1–2, 4, 6 C 20 Marcel Visconde 1–3, 5–6 C 21 Eloi Khouri All CH 6 C 25 Mauricio Salla 1–5 CH 27 Ricardo Baptista All C Luís Fernando Elias All CH 29 Rodrigo Mello All CH 30 Cleber Faria All C 31 Lucas Seripieri All CH 32 Fernando Fortes All C 33 Pablo Otero 4–5 C 34 Maurizio Billi All C 37 Guilherme Reischl 1–4 CH' 5–6 C 43 Matte Karlsson 6 C 44 Paulo Pomelli 3–4, 6 C 45 Paulo Totaro All CH 50 Ramon Alcaraz 1, 6 CH 2, 4–5 C 51 Cristiano Piquet 1–2 C 53 Ronaldo Kastropil 1–2, 4, 6 CH 54 Pedro Costa All CH 55 Marcus Vario All CH 56 Fabian Taraborelli 6 CH 63 Lico Kaesemodel All C 71 Raulino Kreis Jr. 6 CH 74 Odair Dos Santos 2–3 CH 76 Fernando Guerra 4–6 CH 77 Francisco Horta All CH 78 Lucas Peres 5 CH 79 Marcos Peres All CH 80 Rouman Ziemkiewicz All CH 88 Eduardo Rocha Azevedo 2, 6 C 90 João Paulo Mauro All C 99 Tom Vale 1–3, 6 C 105 Vanuê Faria All C 155 Rodrigo Mendes 3 CH 544 Marçal Müller All CH Endurance season entries Drivers Rounds Class 0 Cacá Bueno Sylvio de Barros All C 3 Rodrigo Baptista Sérgio Jimenez 2–3 C 4 Beto Leite Nonô Figueiredo Marcos Gomes All3 C 5 Marçal Muller Pedro Piquet Denis Navarro All23 C 7 Miguel Paludo Norberto Gresse Justin Allgaier All23 C 8 Werner Neugebauer Allam Khodair Renan Guerra 1–212 C 9 Júlio Campos Guilherme Figueiroa 2 C 10 Adalberto Baptista Bruno Baptista 1, 3 C 13 Pedro Queirolo Clemente Lunardi All C 15 Carlos Ruiz Mario Chomali 3 CH 17 Felipe Nasr Ingo Hoffmann Carlos Ambrosio 1–212 C 18 Felipe Nasr Carlos Ambrosio 3 CH 19 Tom Filho Rodrigo Mello João Gonçalves All3 CH 20 Marcel Visconde Fernando Fortes Werner Neugebauer 1, 33 C 21 Eloi Khouri Marco Cozzi Esteban Guerrieri Diego Nunes All123 CH 27 Ricardo Baptista Valdeno Brito All C 31 Luca Seripieri Alan Hellmeister All CH 33 Dominique Teysseyre Giuliano Losacco Fábio Carbone 1–212 CH 34 Marco Billi Maurizio Billi All CH 37 Juliano Moro Guilherme Reischl Franscisco Horta Fabio Carbone 22–333 C 44 Marcus Vario Alberto Valério Dennis Olsen All23 C 45 Paulo Totaro Ronaldo Kastropil Laszlo Piquet All3 CH 50 Ramon Alcaraz Bia Figueiredo Noberto Gresse Filho 1, 33 C 52 Beto Posses Marcelo Stallone Rodolfo Ometto 3 C 53 Rodolfo Toni Dennis Dirani Danilo Dirani All3 CH 63 Lico Kaesemodel Ricardo Zonta All C 71 Raulino Kreis Jr. Giulio Borlenghi Lucas Foresti 3 C 77 Daniel Schneider Sergio Jimenez Nelson Piquet Jr. Thomas Preining All123 C 79 Marcus Peres Lucas Peres All CH 80 Nando Elias Rouman Ziemkiewicz All CH 88 Eduardo Rocha Azevedo Ricardo Maurício All C 90 João Paulo Mauro Felipe Fraga All C 99 Tom Valle Daniel Serra 3 C 155 Sérgio Maggi Ricardo Mendes Leandro Romera Alexandre Auler 2333 CH Icon Class C Cup CH Challenge

Race Calendar and Results Races Cup Sprint All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil and Argentina. Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba 18 March Lico Kaesemodel Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista 2 Marcel Visconde Marcel Visconde 3 Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 6 May Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista 4 Rodrigo Baptista Ricardo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista 5 Pedro Queirolo Pedro Queirolo 6 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 3 June Lico Kaesemodel Rodrigo Baptista Lico Kaesemodel 7 Rodrigo Baptista Miguel Paludo 8 Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 5 August Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista 9 Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista 10 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 26 August Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista 11 Werner Neugebauer Werner Neugebauer 12 Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 11 November Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista Rodrigo Baptista 13 12 November Rodrigo Baptista Miguel Paludo

Races Challenge Sprint All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil and Argentina. Race Circuit, location Date Pole position Race winner 1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 18 March Marçal Müller Eloi Khouri Marçal Müller 2 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 6 May Marçal Müller Rodrigo Mello Marçal Müller 3 Autódromo Vello Città 3 June Marçal Müller Marçal Müller Marçal Müller 4 Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 5 August Eloi Khouri Marçal Müller Eloi Khouri 5 Eloi Khouri Eloi Khouri Eloi Khouri 6 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 27 August Marçal Müller Marçal Müller Marçal Müller 7 Marçal Müller Eloi Khouri Eloi Khouri 8 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 12 November Eloi Khouri Marcus Vario Marcus Vario

Endurance Series All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil. Round Circuit, location Date Pole position Cup winners Challenge winners 1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 300 km Velo Citta 16 September Ricardo Baptista Valdeno Brito Lico Kaesemodel Ricardo Zonta Rodolfo Toni Dennis Dirani 2 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) 300 km Goiania 7 October Rodrigo Baptista Sergio Jimenez Rodrigo Baptista Sergio Jimenez Alan Hellmeister Luca Seripieri 3 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 500 km Interlagos 2 December Rodrigo Baptista Sergio Jimenez João Paulo Mauro Felipe Fraga Alan Hellmeister Luca Seripieri Notes

Drivers' Championship

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 70% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. The sprint races has the partially top 6 or 10 grid depending on a draw. Only the best 11 results in cup class counts toward the championship, while in challenge class only the best 5 results.

Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Cup feature race 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Cup reserve grid race 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Challenge race 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Cup

Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA TRH INT Pts 1 Rodrigo Baptista 1 8 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 Ret 1 3 210 2 Miguel Paludo 2 7 5 3 3 3 1 7 3 2 3 4 1 194 (208,5) 3 Ricardo Baptista 5 4 3 2 4 4 3 5 Ret 3 4 3 5 174 (181) 4 Lico Kaesemodel 3 6 2 7 9 1 7 4 2 5 9 2 2 172 (184) 5 Werner Neugebauer 6 3 7 Ret DNS 9 2 3 Ret 4 1 7 12 124 6 Pedro Queirolo 14 14 4 6 1 5 6 8 Ret 8 5 9 6 123 (124) 7 João Paulo Mauro 4 5 Ret 13 8 7 Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 5 4 106 8 Marcel Visconde 8 1 9 8 7 8 4 7 6 11 10 100 9 Fernando Fortes 10 10 6 5 6 13 6 15 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 92 10 Maurizio Billi Ret 15 10 10 10 8 8 10 8 13 10 10 11 72.5 (73) 11 Tom Valle 7 2 12 18 Ret 11 Ret 8 8 47 12 Vanuê Faria 12 12 17 14 11 15 11 12 10 11 11 16 Ret 45 13 Carlos Ambrósio DSQ DSQ Ret 9 14 6 5 14 9 44 14 Márcio Mauro Ret 16 11 11 15 18 13 9 6 Ret DSQ 12 Ret 39 15 Adalberto Baptista Ret 17 16 4 5 Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 13 36 16 Dario Giustozzi Ret 18 Ret 19 16 10 9 14 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 33 17 Guilherme Figueirôa 9 9 20 15 12 17 Ret 11 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret 29,5 18 Eduardo Rocha Azevedo 8 DNS DNS 6 14 23 19 Constantino Jr. 5 10 20 20 Ramon Alcaraz 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 10 8 20 21 Cleber Faria 13 13 14 17 18 16 12 18 13 15 Ret 19 15 18.5 22 Marcio Basso 11 11 13 12 17 17,5 23 Pablo Otero 17 7 14 12 9 24 Eloi Khouri 13 7 13 25 Guilherme Reischl 12 Ret 18 Ret 5 26 Beto Leite 13 15 RetDNS 21 Ret 5 27 Paulo Pomelli 14 Ret Ret 14 20 Ret 5 28 Marcelo Stallone 19 16 13 3 29 Cristiano Piquet Ret 19 15 Ret Ret 2 Matte Karlsson 17 Ret 0 Alceu Feldmann DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA TRH INT PtsBold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap † – Retired, but classified

Challenge

Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA TRH INT Pts 1 Marçal Müller 1 1 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 2 98 (116) 2 Eloi Khouri 3 3 7 1 1 2 1 4 86 (95) 3 Marcus Vario 5 2 2 4 Ret 9 15 1 82 (89) 4 Tom Filho 7 3 3 16 3 2 9 66 5 Rodrigo Mello 2 4 Ret 5 17 15 5 8 64 6 Pedro Costa 6 10 5 10 3 4 3 6 64 (70) 7 Luiz Fernando Elias 10 6 6 9 4 6 Ret 5 56 (62) 8 Rouman Ziemkiewicz 8 Ret 4 Ret 10 7 4 Ret 42 9 Ronaldo Kastropil 4 9 8 7 3 39 (46) 10 Pablo Delponte 11 Ret 5 5 6 13 32 11 Mauricio Salla 13 12 8 7 11 13 8 32 12 Paulo Totaro 9 18 9 12 12 12 11 12 27 13 Luca Seripieri Ret 14 16 13 2 10 10 Ret 26 14 Marcus Peres Ret 5 Ret 6 8 Ret 22 15 Ramon Alcaraz 7 10 10 21 16 Francisco Horta 11 13 15 15 6 Ret Ret 15 20 17 Marco Billi Ret 15 12 14 9 Ret 7 Ret 19 18 Marcelo Parodi 12 16 14 16 14 14 14 14 12 19 Guilherme Reischl Ret 17 11 11 13 10 20 Lucas Peres 8 7 9 21 Raulino Kreis Jr. 7 9 22 Odair dos Santos 8 Ret 8 23 Dominique Teysseyre 11 13 5 24 Fabian Taraborelli 11 5 25 Fernando Guerra Ret 15 Ret 12 Ret 5 26 Ricardo Mendes 13 3 Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA TRH INT PtsBold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap † – Retired, but classified

Endurance

Pos Driver VEC GOI INT Pts Cup 1= Miguel Paludo 2 5 7 168 2= Lico Kaesemodel Ricardo Zonta 1 7 9 154 3= Eduardo Azevedo Ricardo Maurício Ret 4 2 154 4 Noberto Gresse 2 5 10 151 5= Ricardo Baptista Valdeno Brito DSQ 3 3 149 6= João Paulo Mauro Felipe Fraga 11 Ret 1 142 7 Sergio Jimenez 8 1 12 137 8= Sylvio de Barros Cacá Bueno 20 2 8 135 9= Pedro Queirolo Clemente Lunardi 14 9 5 129 10= Rodrigo Baptista 1 12 68 10= Adalberto Baptista Bruno Baptista 7 6 104 11 Daniel Schneider 8 6 14 102 12= Beto Leite Nonô Figueiredo 5 15 13 101 13= Tom Valle Daniel Serra 4 85 14= Marcel Visconde 6 11 80 15= Felipe Nasr 4 Ret 18 73 16= Ramon Alcaraz Bia Figueiredo 19 10 65 17= Justin Allgaier 7 62 17= Marcus Vario 9 8 Ret 62 17= Alberto Valério 9 8 62 17= Werner Neugebauer 18 Ret 11 62 18= Marçal Müller 3 Ret Ret 55 18= Pedro Piquet 3 Ret 55 19= Guilherme Reischl 11 15 52 20= Ingo Hoffmann 4 50 21= Fernando Fortes 6 40 21= Nelson Piquet Jr. 6 40 22= Marcos Gomes 13 40 23= Thomas Preining 14 29 24= Juliano Moro 11 26 24= Francisco Horta Fabio Carbone 15 26 25 Carlos Ambrósio Ret 18 23 26= Allam Khodair 18 22 27= Marcelo Stallone Beto Posses Rodolfo Ometto 26 21 28= Kreis Jr. Giulio Borlenghi Lucas Foresti 28 19 Renan Guerra Ret Denis Navarro Ret Dennis Olsen Ret Júlio Campos Guilherme Figueirôa DSQ 0 Challenge 1= Luca Seripieri Alan Hellmeister 16 11 16 108 2= Marcus Peres Lucas Peres 12 14 19 97 3= Tom Filho Rodrigo Mello 13 17 17 95 4= Rodolfo Toni Dennis Dirani 10 19 22 79 5= Marco Billi Maurizio Billi 21 16 23 67 6= Eloi Khouri 17 13 27 66 6= Nando Elias Rouman Ziemkiewicz 23 21 20 66 7= Paulo Totaro 15 Ret 21 59 7= Ronaldo Kastropil 15 21 59 8 João Gonçalves 17 50 9 Dominique Teysseyre 22 12 44 10= Marco Cozzi 17 27 40 10= Ricardo Mendes 18 25 40 11 Laszlo Piquet 21 36 12 Danilo Dirani 22 32 13 Fábio Carbone 12 29 14= Esteban Guerrieri 13 26 14= Mario Chomalí Carlos Ruiz 24 26 15= Leandro Romera Alexandre Auler 25 23 16 Diego Nunes 27 21 17 Sérgio Maggi 18 17 18 Giuliano Losacco 22 15 Fernando Fortes Ret 0 Pos Driver VEC GOI INT PtsBold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap † – Retired, but classified

Footnotes

External links

Porsche GT3 Cup Brazil at Driver Database