# 2017 Mercedes-Benz Challenge season

The 2017 Mercedes-Benz Challenge is the seventh season of the Mercedes-Benz Challenge.
Fernando Júnior finished the season as the champion.

## Entry list

* CLA AMG Cup drivers compete utilising the Mercedes-Benz CLA AMG while C250 Cup drivers use the Mercedes-Benz C250. All drivers were Brazilian-registered, excepting Jared Wilson, who raced under American racing license, and João Lemos, who raced under Portuguese racing license.
2017 Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| CLA AMG Cup ||||
| WCR | 3 | Cristian Mohr | 1–2 |
| WCR | 6 | Fernando Júnior | All |
| WCR | 90 | José Vitte | All |
| Cordova Motorsports | 10 | Pierre Ventura | 1–6, 8 |
| Cordova Motorsports | 27 | Paulo Varassin | 1–5 |
| Cordova Motorsports | 33 | Adriano Rabelo | 1, 3–5, 7–8 |
| Cordova Motorsports | 37 | Lorenzo Varassin | 1–6 |
| Cordova Motorsports | 76 | Danílo Pinto | 1–5, 8 |
| L3 Motorsport | 11 | Neto de Nigris | 1 |
| Mottin Racing | 15 | Raijan Mascarello | All |
| Mottin Racing | 20 | Roger Sandoval | All |
| Mottin/Sul Racing | 18 | Fernando Poeta | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Mottin/Sul Racing | 18 | Alexandre Buneder | 2, 6 |
| Mottin/Sul Racing | 88 | Fernando Amorim | All |
| Mottin/Sul Racing | 118 | Sergio Ribas | 8 |
| Ourocar | 19 | Luis Carlos Ribeiro | All |
| Bardahl Hot Car | 55 | Fábio Escorpioni | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 60 | Betão Fonseca | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 61 | César Fonseca | 1 |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 62 | Jared Wilson | 8 |
| Comark Racing | 77 | Arnaldo Diniz Filho | 4, 8 |
| RSports Racing | 110 | Bruno Alvarenga | 7–8 |
| RSports Racing | 110 | Leandro Romera | 8 |
| RSports Racing | 555 | Renato Braga | 1–6 |
| C250 Cup ||||
| RSports Racing | 9 | Alexandre Navarro | All |
| RSports Racing | 40 | Ydenis Roberto de Souza | 1–3 |
| RSports Racing | 40 | Bruno Alvarenga | 1–4 |
| RSports Racing | 51 | Leandro Reis | 7 |
| RSports Racing | 84 | Cello Nunes | 1–7 |
| RSports Racing | 155 | Marcelo Lozasso | 8 |
| RSports Racing | 225 | Max Mohr | 1 |
| PGL Racing | 12 | André Moraes Jr. | All |
| PGL Racing | 41 | João Lemos | All |
| Paioli Racing | 13 | Beto Rossi | All |
| Paioli Racing | 21 | Peter Michael Gottschalk | 1, 3–8 |
| Paioli Racing | 111 | Marcos Paioli | 1, 3–8 |
| Paioli Racing | 111 | Peter Gottschalk Jr. | 1, 3–5 |
| Bardahl Hot Car | 26 | Flávio Andrade | All |
| Bardahl Hot Car | 225 | Max Mohr | 2 |
| Friato/DCM | 45 | Guiseppe Vecci | 1 |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 63 | Ciro Lobo | 1–6, 8 |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 63 | Fabio Peterson | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 64 | Carlos Alberto Guilherme | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 64 | Sérgio Kuba | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 65 | Claudio Simão | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 66 | Fernando Pessoa | 1–2 |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 67 | Luiz Barcelos | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 68 | Carlos Machado | All |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 69 | Rudinei Sabino | 1–2 |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 166 | Angelo Giombelli | 8 |
| Center Bus Sambaiba Racing | 169 | Sergio Maggi | 8 |
| Brandão Motorsport | 29 | Vinicius Fugi | 7–8 |
| Brandão Motorsport | 73 | Raphael Teixeira | All |
| Brandão Motorsport | 73 | Rodrigo Cruvinel | All |

## Race calendar and results

All races were held in Brazil.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | C250 Cup winner |
| 1 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | April 2 | Lorenzo Varassin | Fernando Júnior | Fernando Júnior | WCR | Claudio Simão |
| 2 | Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul | May 21 | Lorenzo Varassin | Fernando Junior | Lorenzo Varassin | Cordova Motorsports | Max Mohr |
| 3 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | July 2 | Adriano Rabelo | Paulo Varassim | Fernando Júnior | WCR | Raphael Teixeira Rodrigo Cruvinel |
| 4 | Autódromo Velo Città | August 6 | Fernando Júnior | Fernando Júnior | Fernando Júnior | WCR | André Moraes Jr |
| 5 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | September 10 | Betão Fonseca | Raijan Mascarello | Raijan Mascarello | Mottin Racing | Claudio Simão |
| 6 | Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã | October 22 | Betão Fonseca | Lorenzo Varassim | Luiz Carlos Ribeiro | Charruá Ourocar | Marcos Paioli |
| 7 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) | November 19 | Adriano Rabelo | José Vitte | José Vitte | WCR | Marcos Paioli |
| 8 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | December 10 | Roger Sandoval | Roger Sandoval | Roger Sandoval | Mottin Racing | Marcos Paioli |

## Championship standings
### Points system

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.
| Points format | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position |
| Points format | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Pole |
| Race | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Final race | 40 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
* Race: Used for the first to seventh round.
* Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | GOI | SCZ | CUR | VCA | LON | TAR | GOI | INT | Pts |
| CLA AMG Cup |||||||||||
| 1 | Fernando Júnior | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 98 |
| 2 | Betão Fonseca | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 79 |
| 3 | José Vitte | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 14 | 1 | 2 | 78 |
| 4 | Roger Sandoval | Ret | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 75 |
| 5 | Raijan Mascarello | 12 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 68 |
| 6 | Luiz Carlos Ribeiro | Ret | 2 | DSQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 8 | 61 |
| 7 | Pierre Ventura | 8 | DSQ | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 59 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Varassin | 10 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | Ret | | | 52 |
| 9 | Adriano Rabelo | 2 | | DSQ | 4 | Ret | | 2 | 6 | 49 |
| 10 | Fernando Poeta | 11 | 8 | 11 | | 8 | 3 | 8 | | 49 |
| 11 | Fernando Amorim | 6 | Ret | 10 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | | 49 |
| 12 | Fabio Escorpioni | 9 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 3 | | 48 |
| 13 | Renato Braga | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 16 | | | 45 |
| 14 | Paulo Varassin | 13 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | | | | 30 |
| 15 | Alexandre Buneder | | 8 | | | | 3 | | | 23 |
| 16 | Cristian Mohr | 4 | 27 | | | | | | | 17 |
| 17 | Danilo Pinto | Ret | 10 | 22 | 9 | Ret | | | | 16 |
| 18 | Bruno Alvarenga | | | | | | | 21 | | 2 |
| 19 | Cesar Fonseca | 18 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| | Arnaldo Diniz Filho | | | | DSQ | | | | | |
| | Neto de Nigris | DNS | | | | | | | | |
| C250 Cup |||||||||||
| 1 | Claudio Simão | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 17 | | 103 |
| 2 | Marcos Paioli | 17 | | 16 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 10 | | 92 |
| 3 | André Moraes Jr. | 16 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | | 92 |
| 4 | Flávio Andrade | 20 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 11 | | 86 |
| 5 | João Lemos | 26 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 15 | | 80 |
| 6 | Raphael Teixeira Rodrigo Cruvinel | 18 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 19 | Ret | | 73 |
| 7 | Cello Nunes | 28 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 22 | | 56 |
| 8 | Peter Gottschalk Jr. | 17 | | 16 | 15 | 19 | | | | 50 |
| 9 | Beto Rossi | 22 | 22 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 18 | 14 | | 49 |
| 10 | Peter Michel Gottschalk | 19 | | DSQ | 12 | 25 | 22 | 13 | | 48 |
| 11 | Carlos Machado | 27 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 20 | | 44 |
| 12 | Alexandre Navarro | 23 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 26 | | 42 |
| 13 | Max Mohr | 21 | 11 | | | | | | | 29 |
| 14 | Fabio Peterson | 31 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 19 | | 25 |
| 15 | Luiz Barcellos | 24 | 25 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 24 | | 23 |
| 16 | Carlos Alberto Guilherme Sérgio Kuba | 25 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 24 | 21 | 25 | | 22 |
| 17 | Ciro Lobo | 31 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | | | 18 |
| 18 | Bruno Alvarenga | 33 | 19 | 21 | Ret | | | | | 15 |
| 19 | Ydenis Roberto de Souza | 33 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | 15 |
| 20 | Leandro Reis | | | | | | | 18 | | 6 |
| 21 | Fernando Pessoa | 32 | 21 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 22 | Rudinei Sabino | 30 | 23 | | | | | | | 4 |
| 23 | Vinicius Fugi | | | | | | | 23 | | 4 |
| 24 | Giusepe Vecci | 29 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | GOI | SCZ | CUR | VCA | LON | TAR | GOI | INT | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |