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 Brazil Constantino Jr. 3 C
2 Brazil Marcio Basso 1–2 C
3 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista All C
4 Brazil Beto Leite 4–6 C
6 Brazil Alceu Feldmann 1 C
7 Brazil Miguel Paludo All C
Argentina Dominique Teysseyre 5 CH
8 Brazil Werner Neugebauer All C
Brazil Marco Billi All CH
9 Brazil Guilherme Firguerôa All C
10 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 1–4, 6 C
11 Brazil Marcio Mauro All C
12 Argentina Dario Giustozzi All C
Argentina Pablo Delponte 2, 4–6 CH
13 Brazil Pedro Queirolo All C
17 Brazil Marcelo Parodi 1, 3–6 CH
Brazil Marcelo Stallone 2 C
19 Brazil Tom Filho 2–5 CH
18 Brazil Carlos Ambrósio 1–2, 4, 6 C
20 Brazil Marcel Visconde 1–3, 5–6 C
21 Brazil Eloi Khouri All CH
6 C
25 Brazil Mauricio Salla 1–5 CH
27 Brazil Ricardo Baptista All C
Brazil Luís Fernando Elias All CH
29 Brazil Rodrigo Mello All CH
30 Brazil Cleber Faria All C
31 Brazil Lucas Seripieri All CH
32 Brazil Fernando Fortes All C
33 Argentina Pablo Otero 4–5 C
34 Brazil Maurizio Billi All C
37 Brazil Guilherme Reischl 1–4 CH'
5–6 C
43 Sweden Matte Karlsson 6 C
44 Brazil Paulo Pomelli 3–4, 6 C
45 Brazil Paulo Totaro All CH
50 Brazil Ramon Alcaraz 1, 6 CH
2, 4–5 C
51 Brazil Cristiano Piquet 1–2 C
53 Brazil Ronaldo Kastropil 1–2, 4, 6 CH
54 Brazil Pedro Costa All CH
55 Panama Marcus Vario All CH
56 Argentina Fabian Taraborelli 6 CH
63 Brazil Lico Kaesemodel All C
71 Brazil Raulino Kreis Jr. 6 CH
74 Paraguay Odair Dos Santos 2–3 CH
76 Brazil Fernando Guerra 4–6 CH
77 Brazil Francisco Horta All CH
78 Brazil Lucas Peres 5 CH
79 Brazil Marcos Peres All CH
80 Brazil Rouman Ziemkiewicz All CH
88 Brazil Eduardo Rocha Azevedo 2, 6 C
90 Brazil João Paulo Mauro All C
99 Brazil Tom Vale 1–3, 6 C
105 Brazil Vanuê Faria All C
155 Brazil Rodrigo Mendes 3 CH
544 Brazil 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 Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba 18 March Brazil Lico Kaesemodel Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
2 Brazil Marcel Visconde Brazil Marcel Visconde
3 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 6 May Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
4 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Ricardo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
5 Brazil Pedro Queirolo Brazil Pedro Queirolo
6 Brazil Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 3 June Brazil Lico Kaesemodel Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Lico Kaesemodel
7 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Miguel Paludo
8 Argentina Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 5 August Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
9 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
10 Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 26 August Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
11 Brazil Werner Neugebauer Brazil Werner Neugebauer
12 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 11 November Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
13 12 November Brazil Rodrigo Baptista Brazil 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 Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 18 March Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Eloi Khouri Brazil Marçal Muller
2 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace 6 May Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Rodrigo Mello Brazil Marçal Muller
3 Brazil Autódromo Vello Città 3 June Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Marçal Muller
4 Argentina Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires 5 August Brazil Eloi Khouri Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Eloi Khouri
5 Brazil Eloi Khouri Brazil Eloi Khouri Brazil Eloi Khouri
6 Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 27 August Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Marçal Muller
7 Brazil Marçal Muller Brazil Eloi Khouri Brazil Eloi Khouri
8 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace 12 November Brazil Eloi Khouri Panama Marcus Vario Panama Marcus Vario

Endurance Series

All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil.

Round Circuit, Location Date Pole Position Cup winners Challenge winners
1 Brazil Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 300 km Velo Citta 16 September Brazil Ricardo Baptista
Brazil Valdeno Brito 		Brazil Lico Kaesemodel
Brazil Ricardo Zonta 		Brazil Rodolfo Toni
Brazil Dennis Dirani
2 Brazil Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) 300 km Goiania 7 October Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
Brazil Sergio Jimenez 		Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
Brazil Sergio Jimenez 		Brazil Alan Hellmeister
Brazil Luca Seripieri
3 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace 500 km Interlagos 2 December Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
Brazil Sergio Jimenez 		Brazil João Paulo Mauro
Brazil Felipe Fraga 		Brazil Alan Hellmeister
Brazil 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 Brazil Rodrigo Baptisa 1 8 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 Ret 1 3 210
2 Brazil Miguel Paludo 2 7 5 3 3 3 1 7 3 2 3 4 1 194 (208,5)
3 Brazil Ricardo Baptista 5 4 3 2 4 4 3 5 Ret 3 4 3 5 174 (181)
4 Brazil Lico Kaesemodel 3 6 2 7 9 1 7 4 2 5 9 2 2 172 (184)
5 Brazil Werner Neugebauer 6 3 7 Ret DNS 9 2 3 Ret 4 1 7 12 124
6 Brazil Pedro Queirolo 14 14 4 6 1 5 6 8 Ret 8 5 9 6 123 (124)
7 Brazil João Paulo Mauro 4 5 Ret 13 8 7 Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 5 4 106
8 Brazil Marcel Visconde 8 1 9 8 7 8 4 7 6 11 10 100
9 Brazil Fernando Fortes 10 10 6 5 6 13 6 15 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 92
10 Brazil Maurizio Billi Ret 15 10 10 10 8 8 10 8 13 10 10 11 72.5 (73)
11 Brazil Tom Valle 7 2 12 18 Ret 11 Ret 8 8 47
12 Brazil Vanuê Faria 12 12 17 14 11 15 11 12 10 11 11 16 Ret 45
13 Brazil Carlos Ambrósio DSQ DSQ Ret 9 14 6 5 14 9 44
14 Brazil Márcio Mauro Ret 16 11 11 15 18 13 9 6 Ret DSQ 12 Ret 39
15 Brazil Adalberto Baptista Ret 17 16 4 5 Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 13 36
16 Argentina Dario Giustozzi Ret 18 Ret 19 16 10 9 14 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 33
17 Brazil Guilherme Figueirôa 9 9 20 15 12 17 Ret 11 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret 29,5
18 Brazil Eduardo Rocha Azevedo 8 DNS DNS 6 14 23
19 Brazil Constantino Jr. 5 10 20
20 Brazil Ramon Alcaraz 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 10 8 20
21 Brazil Cleber Faria 13 13 14 17 18 16 12 18 13 15 Ret 19 15 18.5
22 Brazil Marcio Basso 11 11 13 12 17 17,5
23 Argentina Pablo Otero 17 7 14 12 9
24 Brazil Eloi Khouri 13 7 13
25 Brazil Guilherme Reischl 12 Ret 18 Ret 5
26 Brazil Beto Leite 13 15 Ret DNS 21 Ret 5
27 Brazil Paulo Pomelli 14 Ret Ret 14 20 Ret 5
28 Brazil Marcelo Stallone 19 16 13 3
29 Brazil Cristiano Piquet Ret 19 15 Ret Ret 2
Sweden Matte Karlsson 17 Ret 0
Brazil 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 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

Challenge

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

Endurance

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

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.