2017 Formula Renault Eurocup

The 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 season is the 27th Formula Renault Eurocup season organized by the Renault Sport and the second season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The series will visit ten circuits around the Europe, including Monaco.[1]

2017 Formula Renault Eurocup
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Teams and drivers

Twelve teams were preselected on 12 September 2016.[1] ASM Motorsport, Cram Motorsport and Duqueine Engineering were dropped from the final teams' list that was published on 9 November 2016.[2]

Team No. Driver name Status Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing[2] 1 Ye Yifei[3] R All
2 Luis Leeds[4] R All
11 Sacha Fenestraz[5] All
Tech 1 Racing[2] 4 Gabriel Aubry[6] All
5 Thomas Maxwell[6] R All
6 Thomas Neubauer[6] R All
7 Max Fewtrell[6] R All
R-ace GP[2] 8 Will Palmer[7] All
9 Max Defourny[8] All
10 Robert Shwartzman[9] All
12 Raúl Guzmán[10] R All
40 Charles Milesi[11] 6,8-10
41 Théo Coicaud[11] 6,8-9
42 Michael Benyahia[12] 8-9
43 Logan Sargeant[13] 10
44 Gilles Magnus[14] 9
AVF by Adrián Vallés[2] 13 Henrique Chaves[15] All
14 Rodrigo Pflucker[16] 1–5
Xavier Lloveras[17] R 7–10
15 Axel Matus[16] R All
16 Gregoire Saucy[18] R 1–4
Thomas Randle[19] R 5–10
Fortec Motorsports[2] 17 Alex Peroni[20] All
18 Aleksey Korneev[21] All
19 Frank Bird[22] R All
20 Najiy Razak[23] All
JD Motorsport[2] 21 Sun Yueyang[24] R All
22 Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[25] R All
23 Aleksandr Vartanyan[26] R All
Mark Burdett Motorsport[2] 25 Julia Pankiewicz[23] All
26 Presley Martono[23] R All
MP Motorsport[2] 29 Richard Verschoor[27] R All
30 Jarno Opmeer[28] R All
31 Neil Verhagen[27] R All
Arden[2] 33 Dan Ticktum[27] R All
34 Ghislain Cordeel[29] 1-7,10
93 Zane Goddard[29] R All
BM Racing Team 96 Bartłomiej Mirecki[19] 5,9
Icon Status
R Rookie

Driver changes

Race calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 17 October 2016. The series will return Silverstone Circuit, Hungaroring, Nürburgring and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and add Pau Circuit in its schedule. While Ciudad del Motor de Aragón for the first time since 2009 will be not present in the 2017 calendar, as well as 2016 returnee Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva.[39] On 3 February 2017 was confirmed the number of the races during the rounds.[40]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 22 April Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
R2 23 April
2 R1 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 May
R2 14 May
3 R1 Pau Circuit, Pau 20 May Pau Grand Prix
R2 21 May
4 R1 Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo 27 May Monaco Grand Prix
R2 28 May
5 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 1 July International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
R2 2 July
R3
6 R1 Nürburgring, Nürburg 15 July FIA World Endurance Championship
R2 16 July
7 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 22 July European Le Mans Series
R2 23 July
8 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 26 August
R2 27 August
9 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 23 September
R2
R3 24 September
10 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 28 October International GT Open
R2 29 October
R3

Results
Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner
1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Robert Shwartzman Sacha Fenestraz Robert Shwartzman R-ace GP Max Fewtrell
R2 Gabriel Aubry Sacha Fenestraz Will Palmer R-ace GP Neil Verhagen
2 R1 Silverstone Circuit Max Defourny Will Palmer Will Palmer R-ace GP Max Fewtrell
R2 Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman R-ace GP Dan Ticktum
3 R1 Pau Circuit Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman R-ace GP Max Fewtrell
R2 Alex Peroni Robert Shwartzman Alex Peroni Fortec Motorsports Max Fewtrell
4 R1 Circuit de Monaco Will Palmer Max Defourny Will Palmer R-ace GP Dan Ticktum
R2 Sacha Fenestraz Max Defourny Sacha Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing Dan Ticktum
5 R1 Hungaroring Dan Ticktum Dan Ticktum Dan Ticktum Arden Dan Ticktum
R2 Sacha Fenestraz Ye Yifei Gabriel Aubry Tech 1 Racing Max Fewtrell
R3 Gabriel Aubry Gabriel Aubry Gabriel Aubry Tech 1 Racing Ye Yifei
6 R1 Nürburgring Robert Shwartzman Max Defourny Robert Shwartzman R-ace GP Dan Ticktum
R2 Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing Dan Ticktum
7 R1 Red Bull Ring Max Defourny Dan Ticktum Max Fewtrell Tech 1 Racing Max Fewtrell
R2 Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing Max Fewtrell
8 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard Sacha Fenestraz Robert Shwartzman Max Defourny R-ace GP Ye Yifei
R2 Robert Shwartzman Max Defourny Sacha Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing Dan Ticktum
9 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Sacha Fenestraz Michael Benyahia[N 1] Sacha Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing Ye Yifei
R2 Sacha Fenestraz Max Defourny Gabriel Aubry Tech 1 Racing Max Fewtrell
R3 Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing Neil Verhagen
10 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman R-ace GP Richard Verschoor
R2 Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman R-ace GP Richard Verschoor
R3 Sacha Fenestraz Robert Shwartzman Sacha Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing Richard Verschoor

Footnotes
  1. The fastest lap by Eurocup regular was achieved by Luis Leeds.

Championship standings

The first race at Spa which held in fog conditions was red-flagged after three laps were completed behind the safety car, but before 75% of the scheduled distance in laps, the necessary distance required for a race to pay full points. Race paid half points to all classified finishers.[41]

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

(key)

Pos. Driver MNZ
 SIL
 PAU
 MON
 HUN
 NÜR
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 CAT
 Points
1 Sacha Fenestraz 2 2 5 Ret 6 2 2 1 2 3 8 3 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 3 1 4 2 1 367.5
2 Will Palmer 4 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 18 2 4 8 5 12 2 3 4 9 6 2 2 6 4 298
3 Robert Shwartzman 1 Ret 3 1 1 3 4 2 7 5 2 1 8 6 9 23 DSQ 2 25 Ret 1 1 2 285
4 Max Defourny 5 3 Ret 12 2 6 3 4 14 4 3 2 6 3 8 1 2 4 2 3 6 Ret 3 255
5 Gabriel Aubry 3 Ret 8 Ret 3 7 7 7 4 1 1 9 4 5 3 15 3 6 1 4 3 Ret 6 232
6 Max Fewtrell 8 8 4 4 7 5 16 13 13 6 9 6 7 1 4 5 6 5 4 9 Ret 4 7 164
7 Dan Ticktum 11 Ret 10 3 10 Ret 5 5 1 9 7 4 2 9 5 Ret 5 18 11 7 20 7 12 134
8 Ye Yifei 9 6 9 14 8 10 11 19 24 7 5 7 3 8 7 2 8 3 7 8 12 10 11 106.5
9 Richard Verschoor 10 7 7 6 13 8 8 8 Ret 25 18 20 14 11 26 4 7 7 12 Ret 5 3 5 89
10 Alex Peroni 6 Ret 6 21 5 1 6 6 Ret 12 19 13 15 14 12 24 Ret 15 16 15 18 11 8 72
11 Neil Verhagen 17 4 Ret 16 DNS 9 12 12 3 11 24 18 Ret 18 25 7 12 8 8 5 7 Ret 17 59
12 Henrique Chaves 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 6 17 16 5 Ret 7 10 Ret Ret 12 9 14 11 12 16 53
13 Aleksandr Vartanyan 14 9 11 25 12 23 10 9 5 8 6 12 23 16 15 8 Ret 22 19 10 10 8 18 42
14 Thomas Randle Ret 13 10 11 9 4 6 9 10 10 5 11 DSQ Ret 14 39.5
15 Jarno Opmeer 18 21 Ret 15 11 22 13 Ret 8 14 12 16 16 13 Ret 11 11 11 10 6 16 5 9 27
16 Thomas Maxwell 13 5 22 8 15 13 25 14 Ret 24 22 23 18 15 Ret 13 17 13 13 12 13 Ret 13 14
17 Raúl Guzmán 22 10 12 5 9 11 19 22 12 16 13 21 13 22 18 12 13 16 32 16 26 Ret 22 13
18 Aleksey Korneev 20 14 14 9 17 14 9 10 15 10 11 17 19 10 14 DNS 23 19 15 21 17 16 10 8
19 Luis Leeds 25 Ret 23 7 18 16 14 11 Ret Ret 26 14 10 19 24 18 18 29 23 Ret 29 Ret 23 7
20 Zane Goddard 15 20 13 13 19 15 18 17 9 15 17 10 11 29 16 10 28 24 18 13 15 Ret DNS 5
21 Presley Martono 16 Ret 15 10 16 Ret Ret 15 16 21 21 24 25 23 Ret Ret 27 20 17 17 22 15 Ret 1
22 Najiy Razak 21 18 24 26 23 19 DNQ 23 10 19 Ret 27 20 24 22 Ret 22 33 28 27 27 Ret DNS 1
23 Thomas Neubauer 23 11 18 17 24 24 Ret Ret 17 27 15 15 Ret 17 11 16 14 25 33 29 Ret Ret 19 0
24 Axel Matus 26 13 26 11 14 12 24 18 22 26 23 19 12 Ret Ret Ret 15 17 14 19 14 14 21 0
25 Ghislain Cordeel Ret Ret 21 19 Ret 18 21 16 11 23 25 25 Ret 28 21 23 17 Ret 0
26 Gregoire Saucy 12 12 Ret DNS DNS DNS 20 DNS 0
27 Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 24 19 25 20 Ret 20 22 DNQ 20 18 14 22 17 20 13 20 20 26 22 24 21 Ret DNS 0
28 Xavier Lloveras 27 19 19 19 21 21 22 19 13 15 0
29 Rodrigo Pflucker Ret Ret 19 18 21 Ret 15 21 WD WD WD 0
30 Julia Pankiewicz Ret 15 20 23 22 25 DNQ 20 21 29 29 28 26 26 20 Ret 26 31 29 28 28 Ret 25 0
31 Sun Yueyang 27 16 16 24 Ret 21 23 DNQ 19 28 28 26 21 21 17 21 24 34 26 Ret 25 Ret 24 0
32 Frank Bird 19 17 17 22 20 17 Ret Ret 23 22 27 29 24 25 23 22 25 32 27 20 24 Ret 20 0
guest drivers ineligible to score points
Charles Milesi Ret Ret 6 9 23 20 Ret 9 Ret DNS 0
Logan Sargeant 8 9 Ret 0
Michael Benyahia 14 15 27 24 23 0
Gilles Magnus 14 Ret 18 0
Théo Coicaud 30 22 17 21 28 31 25 0
Bartłomiej Mirecki Ret 20 20 30 30 26 0
Pos. Driver MNZ
 SIL
 PAU
 MON
 HUN
 NÜR
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 CAT
 Points

Teams' championship

Only two best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.

Pos. Team MNZ
 SIL
 PAU
 MON
 HUN
 NÜR
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 CAT
 Points
1 R-ace GP 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 7 2 2 1 5 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 731
4 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 12 4 3 2 6 6 8 3 4 4 6 3 2 6 3
2 Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 2 5 7 6 2 2 1 2 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 1 480
9 6 9 14 8 10 11 11 24 7 8 7 3 8 7 18 8 3 7 8 12 10 11
3 Tech 1 Racing 3 5 4 4 3 5 7 7 4 1 1 6 4 1 3 5 3 5 1 4 3 4 6 410
8 8 8 8 7 7 16 13 13 6 9 9 7 5 4 13 6 6 4 9 13 Ret 7
4 MP Motorsport 10 4 7 6 11 8 8 8 3 11 12 16 14 11 25 4 7 7 8 5 5 3 5 174
17 7 Ret 15 13 9 12 12 8 14 18 18 16 13 26 7 11 8 10 6 7 5 9
5 Arden 11 20 10 3 10 15 5 5 1 9 7 4 2 9 5 10 5 18 11 7 15 7 12 139
15 Ret 13 13 19 18 18 16 9 15 17 10 11 28 16 Ret 28 24 18 13 20 17 Ret
6 AVF by Adrián Vallés 7 12 2 11 14 12 15 18 6 13 10 5 9 4 6 9 10 10 5 11 11 12 16 92.5
12 13 19 18 21 Ret 17 21 23 17 16 11 12 7 10 19 16 12 9 14 14 13 15
7 Fortec Motorsports 6 14 6 9 5 1 6 6 10 10 11 13 15 10 12 22 22 15 15 15 18 11 8 81
19 17 14 21 17 14 9 10 15 12 19 17 19 14 14 24 23 19 16 20 17 16 10
8 JD Motorsport 14 9 11 20 12 20 10 9 5 8 6 12 17 16 13 8 20 22 19 10 10 8 18 42
24 16 16 24 Ret 21 22 DNQ 19 18 14 22 23 20 15 20 24 26 22 24 21 Ret 24
9 Mark Burdett Motorsport Ret 15 15 10 16 25 Ret 15 16 21 21 24 25 23 20 Ret 26 20 17 17 22 15 25 1
16 Ret 20 23 22 Ret DNQ 20 21 29 29 28 26 26 Ret Ret 27 31 29 28 28 Ret Ret
guest teams ineligible to score points
BM Racing Team Ret 20 20 30 30 26 0
Pos. Driver MNZ
 SIL
 PAU
 MON
 HUN
 NÜR
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 CAT
 Points

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