2017 Elite Racing League season

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2017 Elite Racing League season
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The 2017 Elite Racing League season was the 2nd Elite Racing League season, competed over 10 races in 10 rounds. It is a non canon season (Like all Elite Racing League Seasons) Drivers and teams throughout the season battled for the Drivers and Manufacturer Championships. It started on the 19th March in the USA at the Circuit of the Americas and ended on the 13 August in Great Britain at Silverstone. It was simulated using Forza Motorsport 7. This season saw the end of the 2016 test season with BMW, Ferrari and Mercedes all withdrawing from the series whilst also considering future offers, Renault left the series to focus on their Formula One programme whilst Chevrolet returned once again to partner Honda and Toyota as Constructors. The defending Drivers Champion was Shane Wray and the Defending Manufacturers Champions were Renault but the title was vacated after their leave. The series continued its corporate relationship with IndyCar meaning, if they so wished, IndyCar drivers would be able to participate. Whilst a few drivers from 2016 remained. Michelin remained as the Tyre Supplier.

Drivers and Season Calendar

Driver Changes

- Several Drivers changed manufacturer in hope for a performance boost.

- On May 20, Sébastien Bourdais suffered multiple pelvic fractures and a fractured hip after a severe incident during qualifying for the IndyCar Indy 500, forcing him to sit out the remainder of the season, before his crash he was able to complete the Watkins Glen round which was earlier in the day. However on August 23 his IndyCar team announced that he had made a full recover and had extended his ERL contract by a season as he said the he wasn't going to miss the opportunity to race in a new series.

Calendar Changes

A new race at Watkins Glen was added to the calendar however, much like the Lincoln race last season, this would be the only season to date to have a race there, the race was also a Saturday race due to IndyCar's Indy 500 Qualifying the day after with the series providing transport from the track in New York to Indianapolis, however both series saw this as unproductive so the race was scrapped after this season and if were to return it would have a different date. Many other races switched dates.

Calendar Notes

A race with a W next to it like this (W) indicates a wet race.

Manufacturar	Driver
Chevrolet
	Template:AUS Will Power
	Template:USA Josef Newgarden
	Template:GBR Jenson Button
	Juan Pablo Montoya
	Template:GBR Kyle Macleod
	Andrew King
	Helio Castroneves
Honda	Fernando Alonso
	Template:GBR Shane Wray
	Template:AUS Mark Webber
	Scott Dixon
	Template:USA Taylor Anderson
	Template:GBR Josh Beardmore
	Template:FRA Sebastien Bourdais
Toyota	Template:USA David Land
	Template:GBR Josh Smith
	Mitch Evans
	Takuma Sato
	Template:GBR Lando Norris
	Template:USA Alexander Rossi

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other Classified	Pole	Fastest Lap
Indy Oval Points	50	45	40	35	30	25	20	15	12	10	5	2	1

Round	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer
1	Template:USA Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas	19 March	Helio Castroneves	Helio Castroneves	Fernando Alonso	Honda
2	Template:USA Long Beach Grand Prix	Long Beach Street Circuit	2 April	Helio Castroneves	Template:AUS Will Power	Template:GBR Kyle Macleod	Template:USA Chevrolet
3	Template:USA Sonoma Grand Prix	Sonoma Raceway	16 April	Template:GBR Josh Smith	Template:AUS Will Power	Template:AUS Will Power	Template:USA Chevrolet
4	Template:USA Maple Valley Grand Prix	Maple Valley Raceway	6 May	Fernando Alonso	Template:GBR Josh Smith	Fernando Alonso	Honda
5	Template:USA Grand Prix of New York	Watkins Glen	20 May	Template:GBR Josh Smith	Template:GBR Shane Wray	Template:USA Josef Newgarden	Template:USA Chevrolet
6	Template:USA 2017 Indianapolis Oval Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval)	18 June	Template:USA Josef Newgarden	Template:GBR Shane Wray	Template:GBR Shane Wray	Honda
7	Template:USA Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course)	2 July	Template:USA Josef Newgarden	Scott Dixon	Template:AUS Will Power	Template:USA Chevrolet
8	Template:USA Road America Grand Prix	Road America	23 July	Template:GBR Josh Smith
9	Template:GBR Brands Hatch Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	6 August	Template:AUS Will Power
10	Template:GBR Grand Prix of Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	13 August	Template:AUS Will Power

Pos Driver AME Template:USA LBE Template:USA SON (W) Template:USA MPV Template:USA WKG Template:USA INO Template:USA IND Template:USA RDA Template:USA BRA Template:GBR GBR Template:GBR Pts 1 Template:GBR Josh Smith 5 3 4 3 3 3 4 119 2 Template:GBR Shane Wray 8 6 5 4 2 1 3 117 3 Helio Castroneves 9 4 11 2 6 4 5 85 4 Template:AUS Will Power 13 2 1 9 17 16 1 75 5 Template:USA Josef Newgarden 3 9 8 8 1 8 11 65 6 Fernando Alonso 1 16 10 1 11 11 6 64 7 Scott Dixon 4 5 9 16 4 15 2 59 8 Template:GBR Kyle Macleod 7 1 7 10 16 14 7 49 9 Mitch Evans 14 15 13 14 13 2 19 45 10 Andrew King 15 13 16 11 5 5 18 40 11 Template:USA David Land 12 7 14 6 14 6 17 39 12 Template:USA Taylor Anderson 6 10 2 7 18 13 15 38 13 Template:FRA Sebastien Bourdais 2 11 3 12 15 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 33 14 Template:USA Alexander Rossi 19 17 17 5 8 9 8 30 15 Takuma Sato 18 14 19 17 9 7 12 22 16 Template:GBR Josh Beardmore 10 8 6 13 19 12 9 20 17 Template:GBR Lando Norris 17 19 18 18 10 10 13 11 18 Template:GBR Jenson Button 16 20 15 20 7 19 14 11 19 Juan Pablo Montoya 11 12 12 15 20 18 10 6 20 Template:AUS Mark Webber 20 18 20 19 12 17 16 5 Pos Manufacturer AME Template:USA LBE Template:USA SON (W) Template:USA MPV Template:USA WKG Template:USA INO Template:USA IND Template:USA RDA Template:USA BRA Template:GBR GBR Template:GBR Pts 1 Template:USA Chevrolet 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 168 2 Honda 1 5 2 1 2 1 2 164 3 Toyota 5 3 4 3 3 2 4 124