2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil

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.

No. 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 Muller All 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 Fastest lap Race winner
1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 18 March Marçal Muller Eloi Khouri Marçal Muller
2 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 6 May Marçal Muller Rodrigo Mello Marçal Muller
3 Autódromo Vello Città 3 June Marçal Muller Marçal Muller Marçal Muller
4 Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 5 August Eloi Khouri Marçal Muller Eloi Khouri
5 Eloi Khouri Eloi Khouri Eloi Khouri
6 Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 27 August Marçal Muller Marçal Muller Marçal Muller
7 Marçal Muller 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[N 1] INT VEC BUA TRH INT Pts
1 Rodrigo Baptisa 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 Ret DNS 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 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

Challenge

Pos Driver CUR INT VEC BUA[N 2] TRH[N 3] 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 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

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 [N 4] 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 Muller 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 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Half points were awarded for the second race as less than 50% of the race distance had been completed.
  2. ^ Only the best result at Buenos Aires round count for the championship in challenge class.
  3. ^ Only the best result at Termas de Río Hondo count for the championship in challenge class.
  4. ^ Gresse is part of a different pairing at Interlagos because Pauldo's sponsor, Brandt Agriculture Products, has a co-driver from the sponsor's headquarters available that weekend.