2017 World Touring Car Championship
The 2017 World Touring Car Championship was the fourteenth and last season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the thirteenth since the series was revived in 2005. For this season, there were a few rules changes. Rule changes. More points will be awarded for the winners of the Manufacturers Against the Clock (MAC3) team time trials (12 rather than 10), optional rallycross-style "joker laps" will be introduced in street-circuits, the second or "main race" on a race weekend will be increased in length to two laps longer than the opening races  (with the exception of the Race of Germany at Nürburgring Nordschleife), the points scoring structure will be revised with more points awarded in the main race, and the length of race meetings will be reduced to two days, with testing on Fridays to be abolished and the Free Practice 1 and 2 sessions being increased from 30 to 45 minutes to compensate. Calendar. The Monza and Macau circuits return to the WTCC, whereas France, Russia and Slovakia are dropped. Results and standings. Championship standings. Drivers' championship. China Race 2 was half-points awarded. † – Drivers did not finish the race, but  were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. ‡ – Honda Racing Team JAS was disqualified from the Race of China because of non-compliant fuel injectors. Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows: Only the two best placed cars of each manufacturer earned points. Manufacturers' Championship. In MAC3 points are awarded if 3 cars of the same manufacturer within a 15 seconds gap. MAC3 points were awarded as follows: WTCC Trophy. WTCC Trophy points are awarded to the first eight drivers classified in each race on the following scale: 10 -8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One point is awarded to the highest-placed WTCC Trophy competitor in qualifying and another for the fastest lap in each race. † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. WTCC Teams' Trophy. All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Teams' Trophy, with the exception of manufacturer teams, with the first car from each team scoring points in each race on the following scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. 2017 World Touring