2017 TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship explained

The 2017 TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship will be the second season of the TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship. The championship will run within the Thailand Super Series' events.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Sloth Racing^[1]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	7	Paritat Bulbon	PA	1
RMI Racing Team By Sunoco	SEAT León TCR	14	Pasarit Promsombat	PA	All
RMI Racing Team By Sunoco	SEAT León TCR	96	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	AM	2
Billionaire Boys Racing^[2]	Honda Civic TCR	15	Chariya Nuya	AM	All
Yontrakit Racing Team	SEAT León TCR	38	Rattanin Leenutaphong	AM	All
Viper Niza Racing^[3]	SEAT León Cup Racer	65	Douglas Khoo	AM	1–2, 4–5
TBN MK Ihere Racing Team	Honda Civic TCR	66	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	AM	All
Singha Motorsport Team Thailand	SEAT León Cup Racer	89	Kittipol Pramoj Na Ayudhya	PA	1–3, 5
Vattana Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	93	Settasit Boonyakiat	PA	3, 5
Morin Racing Team	SEAT León Cup Racer	96	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	AM	1, 3–5

Calendar and results

The 2017 schedule was announced in January 2017.^[4]

		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	1	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	29 April	Chariya Nuya	Chariya Nuya	Chariya Nuya	Billionaire Boys Racing
1	2	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	30 April		Pasarit Promsombat	Kittipol Pramoj Na Ayudhya	Singha Motorsport Team Thailand
2	3	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Chonburi	1 July	Kittipol Pramoj Na Ayudhya	Pasarit Promsombat	Pasarit Promsombat	RMI Racing Team	TCR Asia Series
2	4	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Chonburi	2 July		Pasarit Promsombat	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	RMI Racing Team	TCR Asia Series
3	5	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	19 August	Pasarit Promsombat	Chariya Nuya	Pasarit Promsombat	RMI Racing Team
3	6	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	20 August		Chariya Nuya	Chariya Nuya	Billionaire Boys Racing
4	7	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	3 September	Chariya Nuya	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	Chariya Nuya	Billionaire Boys Racing	TCR International Series
4	8	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	3 September		Pasarit Promsombat	Chariya Nuya	Billionaire Boys Racing	TCR International Series
5	9	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	24 September	Pasarit Promsombat	Pasarit Promsombat	Pasarit Promsombat	RMI Racing Team
5	10	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	24 September		Chariya Nuya	Chariya Nuya	Billionaire Boys Racing

Drivers' championship

Pro-Am
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BUR		CHO		BUR		BUR		BUR	valign=middle
1	Pasarit Promsombat ‡	2	7	3	5	1	2	*23†*	18	1	2	193
2	Kittipol Pramoj Na Ayudhya	7	1	Ret	DNS	DNS	7			DNS	DNS	58
3	Settasit Boonyakiat					4	4			DNS	DNS	36
4	Paritat Bulbon	DNS	DNS									0
Am
1	Chariya Nuya	1	2	5	13†	5	1	15	16	2	1	208
2	Nattanid Leewattanavaragul	4	4	4	3	2	3	16	17	5	3	189
3	Nattachak Hanjitkasen	3	3	7	9	6†	6	18	20	4	4	135
4	Rattanin Leenutaphong	6	5	Ret	15†	3	5	17	19	3	5	115
5	Douglas Khoo	5	6	Ret	12†			20	21	6	6	62
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	BUR		CHO		BUR		BUR		BUR	valign=middle

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
‡ – Pasarit Promsombat did not score any points at the fourth round of the championship, as he was the only Pro-Am entry.

Notes and References

News: TCR World and Life n.2/17. Italiaracing.net. InPagina. 28 April 2017.
News: TCR Thailand First Practice. 29 April 2017.
News: Viper Niza Racing prepare for 2017 TCR Asia season. asia.tcr-series.com. 27 January 2017. 27 January 2017.
News: Do not wait for the update!! Schedule for TCR Thailand 2017. thailandsuperseries.net. 22 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005342/http://www.thailandsuperseries.net/news-detail.php?newsID=311. 2 February 2017. dead.