2017 FIA R-GT Cup

The 2017 FIA R-GT Cup was the third edition of the FIA rally cup for GT cars in Group R-GT. The cup was contested over 5 tarmac rounds from the WRC, the ERC and the Rallye International du Valais.^[1]

Thanks to the new Fiat 124 R-GT more drivers participated in the R-GT cup than in previous season. The overall winner was Romain Dumas driving a Porsche 997 GT3.^[2]

The calendar for the 2017 season featured five tarmac rallies: two selected tarmac rounds from the WRC, two selected rounds from the ERC and the 58. Rallye International du Valais from the TER series.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Series
1	18–22 January	85ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	WRC
2	6–9 April	59. Tour de Corse	WRC
3	25–27 August	47. Barum Czech Rally Zlín	ERC
4	15–17 September	5. Rally di Roma Capitale	ERC
5	26–28 October	58. Rallye International du Valais	TER

Driver	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
Fabio Andolfi	Manuel Fenoli	Abarth 124 R-GT	1
Fabrizio Andolfi Jr.	Elia Ungaro	Abarth 124 R-GT	4–5
François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	Abarth 124 R-GT	1–2
Romain Dumas	Gilles De Turckheim	Porsche 997 GT3	1
	Patrick Chiappe		2
	Denis Giraudet		3–5
Gabriele Noberasco	Daniele Michi	Abarth 124 R-GT	1
Andrea Nucita	Marco Vozzo	Abarth 124 R-GT	4–5
Andrea Modanesi	Daniele Renzetti	Abarth 124 R-GT	4

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers					Statistics
		Pos.	Ovl.	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	85ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (18–22 January) — Results and report	1	26	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	4:53:55.0	(17)1 15	(382.65 km)1 335.90 km	4	2
		2	45	Gabriele Noberasco	Abarth 124 R-GT	+26:14.2
2	60ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France (7–9 April) — Results and report	1	18	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	3:45:49.7	10	316.76 km	2	2
		2	19	François Delecour	Abarth 124 R-GT	+4:44.0
3	47. Barum Czech Rally Zlín (25–27 August) — Results and report	1	59	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	2:25:45.5	15	205.57 km	1	1
4	5. Rally di Roma Capitale (15–19 September) — Results and report	1	11	Fabrizio Andolfi Jr.	Abarth 124 R-GT	2:09:30.4	12	202.48 km	4	4
		2	15	Andrea Nucita	Abarth 124 R-GT	+1:34.5
		3	21	Andrea Modanesi	Abarth 124 R-GT	+6:09.5
5	58. Rallye International du Valais (26–28 October) — Results and report	1	7	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	2:12:05.3	13	203.72 km	3	3
		2	20	Fabrizio Andolfi Jr.	Abarth 124 R-GT	+5:20.8
		3	64	Andrea Nucita	Abarth 124 R-GT	+55:14.2

Notes

• ^1  – The Monte Carlo Rally was shortened: the first stage was cancelled after an accident involving Hayden Paddon and a spectator.^[3] Overcrowding caused the sixteenth stage to be cancelled for safety reasons.

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Source:^[4]

Pos. Driver MON FRA CZE ITA SUI Points 1 Romain Dumas 1 1 1 4 1 112 2 Fabrizio Andolfi Jr. 1 2 43 3 Andrea Nucita 2 3 33 4 Gabriele Noberasco 2 18 = François Delecour Ret 2 18 6 Andrea Modanesi 3 15

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Pos. Entrant MON FRA CZE ITA SUI Points 1 Porsche 1 1 1 4 1 112 2 Abarth 2 2 1 2 79 Pos. Entrant MON FRA CZE ITA SUI Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)