Английская Википедия:2017 in motorsport

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Шаблон:Year nav sports topic5 The following is an overview of the events of 2017 in motorsport, including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
2–14 January	39th Dakar Rally
21–22 January	28th Race of Champions
28–29 January	55th 24 Hours of Daytona
26 February	59th Daytona 500
18 March	65th 12 Hours of Sebring
22–23 April	40th 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto
27–28 May	45th 24 Hours of Nürburgring
28 May	75th Monaco Grand Prix
	101st Indianapolis 500
3–9 June	99th Isle of Man TT
17–18 June	85th 24 Hours of Le Mans
25 June	95th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
29–30 July	69th 24 Hours of Spa
30 July	40th Suzuka 8 Hours
16–17 September	81st Bol d'Or
8 October	60th Bathurst 1000
14–18 November	50th Baja 1000
19 November	64th Macau Grand Prix

Established championships/events

First race	Championship	Ref
10–11 January	24H Proto Series
13 January	TCR Middle East Series
8 April	Blancpain GT Series Asia
15 April	FIA Formula 2 Championship
	GT4 European Series Southern Cup
29 April	TCR Iberico Touring Car Series
17 June	TCR China Touring Car Championship
1 October	FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup

Disestablished championships/events

Last race	Championship	Ref
18 November	TCR International Series
	World Series Formula V8 3.5
1 December	World Touring Car Championship

Opened motorsport venues

Date	Venue	First event	Ref
15 July	Brooklyn Street Circuit	New York ePrix
29 July	Montreal Street Circuit	Montreal ePrix

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
24	January	Chuck Weyant	93	American	Racing driver
10	March	John Surtees	83	British	Motorcycle racer Racing driver	World champion in MotoGP (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960) and Formula One (1964)
12		Patrick Nève	67	Belgian	Racing driver
2	April	Sam Ard	78	American	Racing driver	NASCAR Late Model champion
5		Tim Parnell	84	British	Racing driver
27		Joe Leonard	84	American	Motorcycle racer Racing driver	1954, 1956 and 1967 AMA Grand National champion 1971 and 1972 USAC champion
28		Billy Scott	68	American	Racing driver
30		Preston Henn	86	American	Racing driver	Also known as entrepreneur (Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop)
4	May	Timo Mäkinen	79	Finnish	Rally driver	One of the Flying Finns
18		Jim McElreath	89	American	Racing driver	1966 USAC runner-up
22		Nicky Hayden	35	American	Motorcycle racer	2006 MotoGP champion
18	July	Erich Waxenberger	86	German	Engineer and racing driver	Creator of the Rote Sau.
26	July	Leo Kinnunen	73	Finnish	Racing driver	First Finnish Formula One driver.
1	August	Bud Moore	75	American	Racing driver	Raced in NASCAR.
3		Ángel Nieto	70	Spanish	Motorcycle racer	Winner of 13 Grand Prix World Championships.
19		Shane Sieg	34	American	Racing driver	Raced in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
21		Don Nichols	92	American	Team owner	Founded Shadow Racing Cars.
15	September	Bruce Leven	79	American	Racing driver/team owner	Triple 12 Hours of Sebring winner (1981, 1987 and 1988)
19		John Nicholson	75	New Zealander	Racing driver	Founded Nicholson-McLaren engines, classified in 1975 British Grand Prix.
9	October	Bill Puterbaugh	81	American	Racing driver	1975 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.
25	October	Gaspar Ronda	91	American	Drag racer and restaurateur
17	December	Bob Glidden	73	American	Drag racer

See also

• List of 2017 motorsport champions