2017 AutoReject 3.5 season

2017 AutoReject 3.5
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The 2017 AutoReject 3.5 season will be the second season of AutoReject 3.5. The series was rebranded from International Formula Reject Challenge due to a charity organization already using the same abbreviation (IFRC). Many loopholes from the previous set of regulations were ironed out, with the aim of the series being held in a higher regard in the motorsport world. The rebranding would also see a move to establish the former F1 Rejects Development Series as a direct feeder series, AutoReject 2.0.

The regular season was preceded by the non-championship Middle Eastern Cup, which was organised to properly test the new technical package's capabilities.

Teams and Drivers

All engines are of 3.5 V8 configuration

Team	Engine	#	Drivers	Rounds
DScity Voeckler	Renault	1	Michael Robertson	1-
		2	Nino Barlini	1-
Aeroracing Engineering	Audi	3	Akira Yamamura	1-
		4	Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson	1-
National Jones AutoReject Racing	Ford	5	Alessandro Marchesi	1-
		6	Marko Jantscher	1
De Friis Motorsport	Scania	7	Urmas Pärn	1-
		8	Jari Lappalainen	1-
Tarantino Autosport	Ford	9	Hobson Tarantino	1-
		10	Patrick Feldhoffer	1-
Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix	Mazda	11	Victoria Desai	1-
		12	Björn Ekdal	1-
Ansett Australia Racing	Holden	13	Emma Kickert	1-
		14	Silvia Renaldi	1-
Racing Team Solvalou	Assoluto	15	Luc Pellerin	1-
		16	Markus Jacobson	1-
Falik Arrows	Cosworth	17	Rosco Vantini	1-
		18	Kenan Ardaoglu	1-
Takagi Racing Enterprises	Mugen-Honda	19	Mustafa Kurniawan	1-
		20	Toru Fukui	1-
Chris Short Racing	Gillet	21	Andrea Battani	1-
		22	Pablo Galaz	1-
Plus One Racing Engineering	Triumph	23	Martin van der Maeyede	1-
		24	Joe Harmsky	1-
RonDen Racing Engineering	Van Hool	25	Jerry de Boer	1-
		26	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	1-
Restov Racing	Lada	27	Waisale Serevi	1-
		28	Abdel Genazzi	1-
Ural Racing	Lada	29	Yuki Matsudate	1-
		30	Ivan Lanin	1-
Écurie Prenois	Cosworth	31	Tuomas Suomanen	1-
		32	Gary Pacer	1-
Speedworld Racing	TBA	33	Janne Kagström	1-
		34	TBA	1-
Clockwork Racing	Ford	35	Verna Klien	1-
		36	James Morgan	1-
Minarae	Cosworth	37	Andrea Massini	1-
Euromotor International	Porsche	38	Darko Kuzmanovic	1-
		39	Fredson Santos	1-
Schröder	Cosworth	40	Thomas Butler	1-
		41	Jiri Komárek	1-
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	RUF	42	Tanner Jason	1-

Calendar

Testing

Date	Track	Fastest driver	Fastest team
March 11	Sandown International Raceway
March 12

#	Round	Track	With	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Round of Australia	Hidden Valley Raceway	None	March 18	HA
				March 18	HB
				March 19	F
2	Round of France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	AR 2.0 E AR ST AR GTi	April 15	HA
				April 15	HB
				April 16	F
3	Round of Austria	Red Bull Ring	AR 2.0 E AR GTi F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	May 6	HA
				May 6	HB
				May 7	F
4	Round of Italy	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	AR 2.0 E	June 10	HA
				June 10	HB
				June 11	F
5	Round of the United Kingdom	Oulton Park Circuit	AR 2.0 E	June 24	HA
				June 24	HB
				June 25	F
6	Round of the United States	Road Atlanta	AR 2.0 NA	July 1	HA
				July 1	HB
				July 2	F
7	Round of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	AR 2.0 E F1RWRS	July 30	HA
				July 30	HB
				July 31	F
8	Round of Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	AR 2.0 E AR GTi	August 19	HA
				August 19	HB
				August 20	F
9	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	AR ST AR GTi F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	September 2	HA
				September 2	HB
				September 3	F
10	TBA	TBA	None	September 16	HA
				September 16	HB
				September 17	F
11	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	GT-R WC	October 7	HA
				October 7	HB
				October 8	F

Non-championship races

Name	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
Nobushige Fukuda Memorial Trophy	Autopolis International Racing Course	October 15