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.

2017 FIA Formula 3
European Championship
Drivers' champion Lando Norris
Rookies' champion: Lando Norris
Teams' champion: Prema Powerteam
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018

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]

Team Chassis[N 1] Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
Motopark F315/007 Volkswagen 1 Joel Eriksson[7] All
F315/003 10 Petru Florescu[8][N 2] 8–9
4 Jüri Vips[9][N 2] G 10
F314/016 33 Marino Sato[10][N 3] R All
F317/010 47 Keyvan Andres Soori[11][N 4] All
F316/020 55 David Beckmann[12] 4–10
Prema Powerteam[13] F316/016 Mercedes 3 Maximilian Günther[14] All
F315/004 8 Guanyu Zhou[15][N 2] All
F317/003 25 Mick Schumacher[16][N 2] R All
F314/015 53 Callum Ilott[17] All
Van Amersfoort Racing F316/017 Mercedes 5 Pedro Piquet[18][N 5] All
F312/051 17 Harrison Newey[19][N 6] All
F317/005 55 David Beckmann[20][N 2] 1–3
15 Max Defourny[21][N 2] R 8
16 Felipe Drugovich[22][N 2] G 10
F316/010 96 Joey Mawson[23][N 7] R All
Hitech Grand Prix F316/019 Mercedes 7 Ralf Aron[24][N 8] All
F317/011 11 Tadasuke Makino[25][N 9] 1–5, 7–10
F315/010 34 Jake Hughes[26][N 10] All
F316/018 99 Nikita Mazepin[27][N 11] All
Carlin F316/014 Volkswagen 21 Jake Dennis[28] 1–3
F312/010 Ameya Vaidyanathan[29][N 2] 6–8
F312/010 Devlin DeFrancesco[30][N 2] G 9–10
F315/001 27 Jehan Daruvala[31][N 12] R All
F317/001 31 Lando Norris[32] R All
F312/004 37 Sacha Fenestraz[33][N 2] R 8
F316/014 62 Ferdinand Habsburg[34][N 13] All
Icon Legend
R Rookie Cup
G Guest

Driver changes

Calendar

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 30 November 2016.[40] The finalised calendar was announced on 16 December 2016.[41]

R. RN 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
R. RN Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 1 Silverstone Circuit Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
2 Callum Ilott Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Motopark Mick Schumacher
3 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris
2 1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Jehan Daruvala Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
2 Joel Eriksson Callum Ilott Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris
3 Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris
3 1 Circuit de Pau-Ville Callum Ilott Lando Norris Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris
2 Lando Norris Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Lando Norris
3 Lando Norris Lando Norris Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala
4 1 Hungaroring Maximilian Günther Ferdinand Habsburg Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala
2 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Joey Mawson
3 Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris
5 1 Norisring Jake Hughes Ralf Aron Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala
2 Ralf Aron Callum Ilott Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
3 Maximilian Günther Callum Ilott Jehan Daruvala Carlin Jehan Daruvala
6 1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Lando Norris Nikita Mazepin Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
2 Lando Norris Ferdinand Habsburg Ferdinand Habsburg Carlin Jehan Daruvala
3 Callum Ilott Joel Eriksson Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
7 1 Circuit Park Zandvoort Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
2 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris
3 Lando Norris Callum Ilott Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
8 1 Nürburgring Lando Norris Max Defourny Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
2 Jake Hughes Jake Hughes Jake Hughes Hitech GP Lando Norris
3 Callum Ilott Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris
9 1 Red Bull Ring Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris
2 Joel Eriksson Lando Norris Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris
3 Joel Eriksson Jake Hughes Joel Eriksson Motopark Jehan Daruvala
10 1 Hockenheimring Callum Ilott Lando Norris Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris
2 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala
3 Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Lando Norris

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

Drivers' championship
Pos. Driver SIL
 MNZ
 PAU
 HUN
 NOR
 SPA
 ZAN
 NÜR
 RBR
 HOC
 Points
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
Pos. Driver SIL
 MNZ
 PAU
 HUN
 NOR
 SPA
 ZAN
 NÜR
 RBR
 HOC
 Points

Rookies' Championship
Pos. Driver SIL
 MNZ
 PAU
 HUN
 NOR
 SPA
 ZAN
 NÜR
 RBR
 HOC
 Points
1 Lando Norris 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 3 4 1 3 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 628
2 Jehan Daruvala 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 5 539
3 Mick Schumacher 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 4 2 3 Ret 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 2 4 3 3 4 4 436
4 Joey Mawson 2 4 3 5 5 Ret Ret 4 Ret 2 1 2 Ret 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 7 5 3 2 4 3 2 392
5 Marino Sato 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Ret 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 7 Ret 6 4 5 4 5 5 3 304
6 Max Defourny 5 6 3 33
7 Sacha Fenestraz 6 4 4 32

Teams' championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.

Pos Team Points
1 Prema Powerteam 829
2 Carlin 702
3 Motopark 614
4 Hitech GP 463
5 Van Amersfoort Racing 357

Footnotes
  1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[6]
  2. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship.
  3. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 1, 4–10.
  4. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2–10.
  5. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2–5, 7, 9.
  6. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 8, 10.
  7. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 6.
  8. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–2.
  9. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 3–5, 7–10.
  10. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 4.
  11. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2–3, 5–10.
  12. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–5, 7–10.
  13. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–3, 6.

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