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Shane van Gisbergen is the defending drivers' champion and is currently second in the championship.
Triple Eight Race Engineering started the season as the defending teams' champions.

The 2017 Supercars Championship (formally known as the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship)[1] is a FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars, which prior to July 2016 had been known as V8 Supercars. It is the nineteenth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-first series Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. Shane van Gisbergen started the season as the defending drivers' champion with is team, Triple Eight Race Engineering, defending teams' champions.

The 2017 season saw the category undergo a substantial revision of its technical regulations, with the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar rules which opened the championship up to a wider range of body shapes and engine configurations.

Teams and drivers

Holden and Nissan are represented by factory-backed teams.[2][3]

The following drivers are currently under contract for 2017.

Season entries
Team Vehicle No. Driver Events Endurance Cup Co-driver
Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 2 Australia Scott Pye[4] 1–5 Australia Warren Luff[5]
22 Australia James Courtney[4] 1–5 Australia Jack Perkins[5]
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 3 Australia Taz Douglas[6] 1–3, 5 TBA
Australia Matthew Brabham[7] 4
Australia Cameron McConville[8] 6
62 Australia Alex Rullo[9] 1–5 TBA
Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom[10] 1–5 Australia Dean Canto[11]
6 Australia Cameron Waters[12] 1–5 New Zealand Richie Stanaway[13]
Rod Nash Racing (PRA)[14] 55 Australia Chaz Mostert[10] 1–5 Australia Steve Owen[11]
Britek Motorsport (PRA)[15] 56 Australia Jason Bright[16] 1–5 Australia Garry Jacobson[17]
Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 7 Australia Todd Kelly[18] 1–5 Australia Jack Le Brocq[19]
15 Australia Rick Kelly[18] 1–5 Australia David Wall[20]
23 Australia Michael Caruso[21] 1–5 Australia Dean Fiore[20]
78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro[18] 1–5 Australia David Russell[20]
Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 8 Australia Nick Percat[22] 1–5 TBA
14 Australia Tim Slade[22] 1–5 TBA
Tim Blanchard Racing (BJR) 21 Australia Tim Blanchard[23] 1–5 TBA
Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 9 Australia David Reynolds[24] 1–5 Australia Luke Youlden[25]
99 Australia Dale Wood[26] 1–5 New Zealand Chris Pither[25]
DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard[27] 1–5 Australia Tony D'Alberto[28]
17 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin[29] 1–5 France Alexandre Prémat[28]
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden VF Commodore 18 Australia Lee Holdsworth[30] 1–5 Australia Karl Reindler[31]
Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 19 Australia Will Davison[32] 1–5 TBA
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore[33] 33 Australia Garth Tander[34] 1–5 Australia James Golding[35]
34 Australia James Moffat[36] 1–5 Australia Richard Muscat[35]
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 88 Australia Jamie Whincup[37] 1–5 Australia Paul Dumbrell[38]
97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen[39] 1–5 Australia Matt Campbell[40]
888 Australia Craig Lowndes[39] 1–5 New Zealand Steven Richards[41]
Wildcard entries
Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 4 Australia Macauley Jones[42][43] 5, 6 —
MW Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 26 Australia Shae Davies[43] 5, 8 —
28 Australia Jack Le Brocq[19][43] 6, 8 —
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 31 Australia James Golding[43][44] 5, 8 —
Matt Stone Racing Holden VF Commodore 35 Australia Todd Hazelwood[43] 8 —
Source:[45]

Team changes

Simona de Silvestro became the first female driver in 19 years to compete in the series full-time.

Driver changes

Mid-season changes

Calendar

The following fourteen events are scheduled to take place in 2017:

Event Event name Circuit Location Date
1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 4–5 March
2 Tasmania Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 8–9 April
3 Victoria (state) WD-40 Phillip Island 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 22–23 April
4 Western Australia Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 6–7 May
5 Victoria (state) Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 20–21 May
6 Northern Territory CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 17–18 June
7 Queensland Watpac Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–9 July
8 Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 29–30 July
9 New South Wales Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 19–20 August
10 Victoria (state) Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 17 September
11 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8 October
12 Queensland Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21–22 October
13 New Zealand ITM Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 4–5 November
14 New South Wales Coates Hire Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 25–26 November
Source:[51][52]

Calendar changes

Format changes

  • The Adelaide 500 returned to its original format of two races of 250 kilometres, which was last used in 2013. Event organisers cited the unpopularity of the format used between 2014 and 2016—two races of 125 km followed by one 250 km race—as the reason for the change.[58] The top ten shootout was also re-introduced for qualifying for the Saturday race.[59]
  • The Phillip Island 500 will consist of two races of 250 km.[59]
  • The Auckland SuperSprint will adopt a new format, with its four 100 km races being replaced with two races of 200 km, and will include mandatory pit stops.[59]

Rule changes

Technical regulations

The 2017 season saw the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar regulations. Two-door coupé body styles are permitted alongside four-door sedans, while the engine regulations were opened up to include turbocharged four or six-cylinder engines. However, cars are still be required to be based on front-engined, rear wheel drive, four-seater production cars that are sold in Australia. The chassis and control components carried over from the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations used since 2013.[60] However all teams are continuing to use New Generation specification cars until the beginning of 2018 when Triple Eight Race Engineering will debut the Holden Commodore (NG) built to the new specifications.[61]

Two new control Dunlop tyres were introduced, marking the first change in tyre construction since 2003.[62] Whereas in previous seasons, the two compounds were designated hard and soft, in 2017 these are named soft and super soft respectively.[63] All teams attended a test session on 21 February 2017 at Sydney Motorsport Park to evaluate the new tyre.[64]

Sporting regulations

  • Starting in 2017, drivers must earn a racing licence sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) in order to be eligible to compete in the category. The licence system was restructured similarly to the Superlicence used in Formula One, with drivers earning points towards their licence by placing in feeder series accredited by CAMS. This system drew controversy almost immediately because it is based on CAMS series. Some international drivers needed special exemptions to participate, most notably Matthew Brabham, for whom most of his career was sanctioned by ACCUS member sanctioning bodies, and not CAMS. [65]
  • Teams from Supercars' support category, the Dunlop Super2 Series are allowed to compete as wildcards in the main series in five events of the 2017 season, at Barbagallo, Winton, Hidden Valley, Ipswich and Bathurst. The 250 kilometre race held specifically for the Super2 Series at Bathurst will also become a non-championship round, to encourage more applicants.[66][67]
  • The redress rules—outlining the expectations of drivers following on-track contact—were changed for 2017. Drivers deemed responsible for contact are no longer required to return a position to the driver or drivers they hit, but redress instead is voluntary, with drivers who voluntarily return a position being given more favourable treatment than drivers who do not when the incident is reviewed by race officials.[68] The change was introduced following a controversial incident at the 2016 Bathurst 1000 in which Jamie Whincup tried to redress a position to Scott McLaughlin as required by the rules without losing a second position to Garth Tander; the subsequent collision saw McLaughlin and Tander collide and retire from the race.


Results and standings

Season summary

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
2 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
2 3 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering[N 1] Report
4 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Craig Lowndes New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske
3 5 WD-40 Phillip Island 500 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Fabian Coulthard[N 2] DJR Team Penske Report
6 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing
4 7 Perth SuperSprint New Zealand Fabian Coulthard Australia Nick Percat New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
8 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Fabian Coulthard New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
5 9 Winton SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia David Reynolds New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
10 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
6 11 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown Australia Rick Kelly Australia James Moffat New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Report
12 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
7 13 Townsville 400 Report
14
8 15 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Report
16
9 17 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint Report
18
10 19 Sandown 500


Report
11 20 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000


Report
12 21 Gold Coast 600 Report
22
13 23 ITM Auckland SuperSprint Report
24
14 25 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 Report
26

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.[69]

Points format Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
Standard format + Gold Coast Races 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27
Sandown and Bathurst 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54
  • Standard format: Used for all SuperSprint and SuperStreet races and for both races of the Gold Coast 600.
  • Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAR
Western Australia 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		TOW
Queensland 		QLD
Queensland 		SMP
New South Wales 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		PUK
New Zealand 		NEW
New South Wales 		Pen. Pts.
1 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 12 2 5 11 1 1 17 2 7 3 3 1 4 35 1330
2 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 17 17 2 14 2 10 14 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 1320
3 Australia Jamie Whincup 88 6 6 2 3 2 18 3 3 2 2 4 2 0 1314
4 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 97 1 1 1 9 4 16 4 6 8 1 Ret 3 0 1152
5 Australia Chaz Mostert 55 9 3 5 7 11 1 6 2 Ret 8 5 17 0 1026
6 Australia Mark Winterbottom 5 15 14 7 13 8 2 5 4 9 13 14 14 0 924
7 Australia Craig Lowndes 888 8 10 3 4 12 23 7 8 6 15 7 6 15 924
8 Australia David Reynolds 9 18 12 4 5 Ret 3 9 16 4 7 8 7 0 903
9 Australia Cameron Waters 6 4 8 10 6 19 6 19 12 22 4 6 9 35 889
10 Australia Garth Tander 33 12 11 Ret 10 3 7 10 9 7 6 26 16 0 888
11 Australia Tim Slade 14 14 7 Ret 8 18 19 13 17 27 11 11 5 0 747
12 Australia James Moffat 34 10 16 Ret 19 14 4 12 11 19 16 9 25 0 726
13 Australia Lee Holdsworth 18 13 18 12 17 22 5 15 20 11 10 10 12 0 723
14 Australia Will Davison 19 Ret 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 8 5 5 9 13 11 0 684
15 Australia Nick Percat 8 7 Ret Ret 11 Ret 21 22 10 10 12 3 15 0 663
16 Australia Todd Kelly 7 22 9 9 18 6 11 11 18 12 17 18 20 35 655
17 Australia Rick Kelly 15 5 17 Ret DNS 16 9 14 15 15 14 Ret 10 0 630
18 Australia Michael Caruso 23 11 22 13 16 5 10 18 19 13 Ret 16 19 0 627
19 Australia Scott Pye 2 16 19 Ret 12 17 12 20 14 14 22 23 8 0 601
20 Australia James Courtney 22 3 4 Ret DNS 21 20 17 22 Ret 19 22 18 0 570
21 Australia Jason Bright 56 21 15 6 Ret 7 25 16 13 26 18 15 13 0 555
22 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro 78 20 23 15 15 13 13 23 24 23 20 20 28 0 489
23 Australia Tim Blanchard 21 19 21 Ret Ret 15 15 26 23 17 21 12 21 0 480
24 Australia Dale Wood 99 Ret 20 8 14 Ret 8 21 21 21 26 25 27 25 380
25 Australia Alex Rullo 62 23 25 Ret Ret Ret 22 24 25 25 27 21 23 0 294
26 Australia Taz Douglas 3 24 24 Ret DNS 20 24 24 28 0 198
27 Australia Macauley Jones 4 20 23 24 24 0 147
28 Australia Jack Le Brocq 19 22 0 87
29 Australia James Golding 31 16 25 0 87
30 Australia Shae Davies 26 18 24 0 84
31 Australia Cameron McConville 3 17 26 0 81
32 Australia Matthew Brabham 3 25 26 0 57
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAR
Western Australia 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		TOW
Queensland 		QLD
Queensland 		SMP
New South Wales 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		PUK
New Zealand 		NEW
New South Wales 		Pen. 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

  Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAR
Western Australia 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		TOW
Queensland 		QLD
Queensland 		SMP
New South Wales 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		PUK
New Zealand 		NEW
New South Wales 		Pen. Pts.
1 DJR Team Penske 12 2 5 11 1 1 17 2 7 3 3 0 2127
17 17 2 14 2 10 14 1 1 1 5
2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 6 6 2 3 2 18 3 3 2 2 0 2079
97 1 1 1 9 4 16 4 6 8 1
3 Prodrive Racing Australia 5 15 14 7 13 8 2 5 4 9 13 0 1536
6 4 8 10 6 19 6 19 12 22 4
4 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 12 11 Ret 10 3 7 10 9 7 6 0 1416
34 10 16 Ret 19 14 4 12 11 19 16
5 Erebus Motorsport 9 18 12 4 5 Ret 3 9 16 4 7 0 1068
99 Ret 20 8 14 Ret 8 21 21 21 26
6 Nissan Motorsport 7 22 9 9 18 6 11 11 18 12 17 84 1062
15 5 17 Ret DNS 16 9 14 15 15 14
7 Walkinshaw Racing 2 16 19 Ret 12 17 12 20 14 14 22 0 984
22 3 4 Ret DNS 21 20 17 22 Ret 19
8 Nissan Motorsport 23 11 22 13 16 5 10 18 19 13 Ret 0 945
78 20 23 15 15 13 13 23 24 23 20
9 Brad Jones Racing 8 7 Ret Ret 11 Ret 21 22 10 10 12 96 942
14 14 7 Ret 8 18 19 13 17 27 11
10 Rod Nash Racing (PRA)‡ 55 9 3 5 7 11 1 6 2 Ret 8 0 861
11 Triple Eight Race Engineering‡ 888 8 10 3 4 12 23 7 8 6 15 0 741
12 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing‡ 18 13 18 12 17 22 5 15 20 11 10 0 576
13 Tekno Autosports‡ 19 Ret 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 8 5 5 9 0 546
14 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 24 24 Ret DNS 20 24 24 28 0 477
62 23 25 Ret Ret Ret 22 24 25 25 27
15 Britek Motorsport (PRA)‡ 56 21 15 6 Ret 7 25 16 13 26 18 0 429
16 Tim Blanchard Racing (BJR)‡ 21 19 21 Ret Ret 15 15 26 23 17 21 0 369
Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia 		SYM
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAR
Western Australia 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		TOW
Queensland 		QLD
Queensland 		SMP
New South Wales 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		PUK
New Zealand 		NEW
New South Wales 		Pen. 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

Notes:

  • ‡ — Denotes a single-car team.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Race 3 was shortened when an accident involving multiple cars forced an extended race stoppage. As a result, no points were awarded.
  2. ^ Craig Lowndes finished the race in first position, but was demoted to twelfth when fifteen seconds were added to his race time for a pit lane violation.

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