.JPG)
The 2017 Supercars Championship (formally known as the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship)[1] was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars, which prior to July 2016 had been known as V8 Supercars. It was the nineteenth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-first series in which Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title.
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. Despite this, all teams continued within the previous regulations.[2]
DJR Team Penske was awarded the Teams Championship and Ford won the Manufacturers Championship. Jamie Whincup claimed his seventh title in controversial circumstances when Scott McLaughlin was penalized in the title-deciding race.[3]
- ^ "V8 Supercars confirm Virgin as primary backer". Speedcafe. 27 April 2016.
- ^ Fogarty, Mark (31 December 2016). "Within a few years, the Supercars grid will be a very different place". Motor. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Supercars defends McLaughlin speeding penalty". 6 December 2017.