2018 AutoReject 3.5 Africa Cup

The 2018 AutoReject 3.5 Africa Cup was a winter series that took place at the start of 2018. Like last year's Middle Eastern Cup, it was an extension of the regular 2018 season, serving as an expanded form of pre-season testing. Teams were entitled to bring only one car to the four-race series which took place in South Africa, Namibia and Angola.

Teams and Drivers

Team	#	Drivers	Rounds
Falik Arrows	2	Turki al Faisal	All
National Jones Ford Juniors	4	Nelson Odewa	All
RonDen Racing Engineering	5	Jukka-Pekka Kankaanpää	All
Voeckler Grand Prix Engineering	7	Mineiro	2, 4
	8	Aimée Gauthier	1, 3
Écurie Prenois	9	Gary Pacer	4
	10	Roger Ibe	1-3
Ansett Australia Racing	11	Manon Blanchett	All
Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix	13	Nathanael Cameron	All
Schröder	16	James Wilmington	All
Chris Short Racing	18	Volker Scrattenheim	All
Minarae	20	Thomas Yorke	All
De Friis Motorsport1	22	Urmas Pärn	None
Simpson Motorsports	23	Michael Robertson	All
Speedworld Racing2	25	Gilles Massinion	None
	26	Janne Kagström	None
Euromotor International	28	Fredson Santos	All
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	29	Jordan Davies	1
	30	Anu Võsu	2-4
Clockwork Racing	31	Silvia Renaldi	All
Takagi Racing Enterprises	33	Chacko Palaniappan	All
Equipe Gauthier	35	Rick Simpson	All
ICE-3 Racing	37	Jari Lappalainen	All
Peak Aeroracing Engineering	39	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	All
Rob Lomas Racing	41	Benoît Voeckler	1-3
	42	Eduardo Armando	4

Notes:

• 1 - De Friis' entry to the Cup was withdrawn shortly before the first race after a fire destroyed the team's base in the Netherlands.
• 2 - Although being on the initial entry list, Speedworld Racing failed to appear at any of the off-season events due to not paying their travel fees.

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Reject of the Race
1	Kyalami Racing Circuit	January 12-14	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Template:FRA Manon Blanchett	Template:AUS Ansett Australia Racing	Turki al Faisal
2	Phakisa Freeway	January 19-21	Silvia Renaldi	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	Roger Ibe	Template:FRA Écurie Prenois	Turki al Faisal
3	Tony Rust Race Track	January 26-28	Silvia Renaldi	Template:AUS Michael Robertson	Silvia Renaldi	Template:USA Clockwork Racing	Pitlane Chaos
4	Autódromo Internacional de Benguela	February 2-4

Final standings

Points system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL	PP
Points	20	14	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	2

Pos	Driver	KYA	PHA	NAM	ANG	Pts.
1	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	4	2	Ret	1	42
2	Silvia Renaldi	6	Ret	1	5	35
3	Michael Robertson	2	7	3	7	34
4	Anu Võsu		4	2	4	30
5	Manon Blanchett	1	5	8	13	29
6	Roger Ibe	7	1	6		29
7	Fredson Santos	10	14†	5	2	21
8	Thomas Yorke	Ret	3	Ret	6	15
9	Rick Simpson	8	12	10	3	14
10	Jordan Davies	3				10
11	Nathanael Cameron	13†	8	Ret	12	9
12	James Wilmington	Ret	13†	4	16	8
13	Aimée Gauthier	5		Ret		8
14	Jari Lappalainen	9	11	9	8	7
15	Mineiro		6		Ret	5
16	Nelson Odewa	11	DNS	7	15	4
17	Volker Scrattenheim	Ret	9	Ret	9	4
18	Jukka-Pekka Kankaanpää	12	10	11	10	4
19	Eduardo Armando				11	0
20	Benoît Voeckler	Ret	Ret	12		0
21	Chacko Palaniappan	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
22	Turki al Faisal	14†	14†	Ret	14	0
23	Gary Pacer				17†	0

† Driver did not finish, but was classified due to completing 90% of the race distance.