2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
The 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for third-tier single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe . The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the sixth edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship .
The season saw the début of the Dallara F317 chassis package. Although it is only an aero-upgraded F312 chassis, the F317 was built as a replacement for the aging F312 chassis package which débuted in the first season of the championship back in 2012 .
Prema Powerteam successfully defended the teams' championship for the fifth time in row. While the drivers' and rookies' title was secured with two races to spare by Carlin 's driver Lando Norris . He became the first non-Prema driver to win the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.[ 1] Joel Eriksson on his second year with Motopark improved his performance to the runner-up place in the standings. While Prema's Maximilian Günther was not able to get better in the championship, but remained in the top-three at the end of the season. His teammate Callum Ilott was the last driver who was a championship contender and won on the different types of circuits. Jake Hughes , Jehan Daruvala and Ferdinand Habsburg took their wins at Nürburgring , Norisring and Spa respectively.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Guanyu Zhou , Ralf Aron and Nikita Mazepin completed the top-ten in the standings and all of them had more than one podium.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed during the 2017 season:[ 5]
Driver changes
Force India junior and 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 driver Jehan Daruvala and 2016 Euroformula Open runner-up Ferdinand Habsburg joined the series with Carlin.[ 31] 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 champion Lando Norris , who competed in the last round of the 2016 season with Carlin, raced full-time with the team.[ 32] 2016 GP3 Series driver Jake Dennis returned to Carlin, with which he previously raced in the championship in 2014 .[ 28] Carlin .[ 34] Ralf Aron switched from Prema Powerteam to HitechGP .[ 24] Jake Hughes , who competed in the final round of the 2016 season with Carlin, will race full-time with Hitech GP . They were joined by 2015 F4 Japanese runner-up Tadasuke Makino .[ 25] Italian F4 driver Marino Sato and Euroformula Open driver Keyvan Andres Soori joined the series with Motopark .[ 10] Sérgio Sette Câmara stepped up to 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport .[ 35] Red Bull Junior driver Niko Kari , who finished tenth in the 2016 European Formula 3, competed in the GP3 Series with Arden International .[ 36] [ 37]
Callum Ilott and Guanyu Zhou , who raced for Van Amersfoort Racing and Motopark in 2016 respectively, switched to Prema Powerteam .[ 17] [ 15] Mick Schumacher , runner-up in the 2016 ADAC F4 and Italian F4 championships, and son of seven time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher , joined the series with Prema Powerteam . 2016 champion Lance Stroll graduated to Formula One with Williams F1 , leaving his Prema's seat vacant.[ 38] David Beckmann , who competed for Mücke Motorsport in 2016 from round 3 onwards, joined Van Amersfoort Racing .[ 20] ADAC F4 champion Joey Mawson continued his collaboration with Van Amersfoort Racing.[ 23] Anthoine Hubert and Mercedes F1 junior driver George Russell , who finished eighth and third in the 2016 European Formula 3 season respectively, joined the GP3 Series with ART Grand Prix .[ 39]
Calendar
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 30 November 2016.[ 40] [ 41]
Circuit
Date
Supporting
1
1
Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone
14 April
6 Hours of Silverstone
2
15 April
3
16 April
2
4
Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza
29 April
WTCC Race of Italy
5
30 April
6
3
7
Circuit de Pau-Ville , Pau
20 May
Pau Grand Prix
8
21 May
9
4
10
Hungaroring , Mogyoród
17 June
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
11
18 June
12
5
13
Norisring , Nuremberg
1 July
14
2 July
15
6
16
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Francorchamps
28 July
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
17
18
29 July
7
19
Circuit Park Zandvoort , Zandvoort
19 August
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
20
20 August
21
8
22
Nürburgring , Rhineland-Palatinate
9 September
23
10 September
24
9
25
Red Bull Ring , Spielberg
23 September
26
24 September
27
10
28
Hockenheimring , Baden-Württemberg
14 October
29
30
15 October
Results
Championship standings
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
Driver
SIL MNZ PAU HUN NOR SPA ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
1
Lando Norris
1 9
3
1
2
2
2
2
Ret 8
14
3
11
1
3
1
Ret
1
1 3
1
1
2
1
4
2
17
2
11
4
441
2
Joel Eriksson
4
1
2
4
1
4 1
Ret
5
10
2
1 4
10
7
9
2
2
2
12
12
10
9
8
2
1
1
1
4
2
388
3
Maximilian Günther
3
4
4
7
4
3
3
1
1
1
6
6
1
3
2
3
3
Ret
3
7
3
13
12
7
3
7
5
10
2
1 383
4
Callum Ilott
Ret
2
1 9
7
1
Ret
3
2
5
1 2
Ret
9
9
14
6
4
5
1 19
4
3
4
1 4
Ret
4
1 5
344
5
Jake Hughes
13
3
13
10
13
Ret
Ret
6
Ret
2
4
7
Ret
2
5
Ret
4
Ret
8
2
5
2
1 2
11
13
16
12
5
8
207
6
Jehan Daruvala
10
8
6
2
8
9
10
9
11
3
8
9
6
4
1
4
5
5
9
16
14
6
10
5
13
5
6
5
8
20
191
7
Ferdinand Habsburg
12
13
12
3
5
5
8
8
6
15
10
12
Ret
15
8
8
1
6
4
6
2
5
6
Ret
6
9
4
3
20
Ret
187
8
Guanyu Zhou
7
7
Ret
5
6
10
Ret
Ret
10
7
3
4
3
8
12
12
17
3
16
8
4
9
14
Ret
9
19
14
13
3
3
149
9
Ralf Aron
Ret
16
10
8
9
8
5
5
3
Ret
12
13
9
5
4
11
8
7
Ret
10
8
14
5
3
12
6
18
8
10
19
123
10
Nikita Mazepin
Ret
15
7
11
10
11
4
7
Ret
12
11
10
10
18
10
2
7
11
11
11
10
Ret
11
16
Ret
3
2
6
6
7
108
11
Harrison Newey
6
10
9
17
Ret
15
6
4
4
6
15
18
5
7
15
7
13
9
10
4
7
12
8
6
19
12
11
14
14
17
106
12
Mick Schumacher
8
6
18
6
3
6
9
11
12
9
9
11
7
12
Ret
6
9
8
6
9
11
8
15
11
7
10
8
11
18
18
94
13
Joey Mawson
5
11
8
14
16
Ret
Ret
16
Ret
4
7
8
Ret
13
11
5
10
10
14
14
9
3
7
20
18
8
7
15
15
9
83
14
Pedro Piquet
9
18
11
16
Ret
7
7
13
8
17
13
14
2
6
Ret
10
16
12
7
Ret
6
Ret
17
13
10
15
15
7
7
6
80
15
Tadasuke Makino
11
19
15
12
14
13
13
12
7
13
17
17
8
14
Ret
Ret
15
16
7
4
19
5
17
3
9
9
11
57
16
David Beckmann
14
17
14
Ret
15
14
11
14
Ret
11
5
5
12
11
6
Ret
15
16
Ret
5
13
Ret
16
15
8
11
9
17
13
10
45
17
Jake Dennis
2
5
5
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
10
9
41
18
Max Defourny
11
18
9
2
19
Marino Sato
16
12
17
13
11
12
14
Ret
13
16
16
15
13
16
13
15
11
14
15
18
17
16
Ret
12
14
16
10
18
19
16
1
20
Sacha Fenestraz
15
13
10
1
21
Keyvan Andres Soori 15
14
16
15
12
Ret
12
15
Ret
14
18
16
14
17
14
13
12
13
12
13
15
17
19
14
15
14
Ret
20
Ret
14
0
22
Ameya Vaidyanathan
16
14
15
13
17
18
19
21
18
0
23
Petru Florescu
18
20
17
17
18
13
0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Jüri Vips
21
12
12
0
Devlin DeFrancesco
16
20
12
19
17
14
0
Felipe Drugovich
16
16
15
0
Driver
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
Points
SIL MNZ PAU HUN NOR SPA ZAN NÜR RBR HOC
Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.
^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[ 6]
^ a b c d e f g h i j Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 1, 4–10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2–10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2–5, 7, 9.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 8, 10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 6.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–2.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 3–5, 7–10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 4.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2–3, 5–10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–5, 7–10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–3, 6.
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