2018 AutoReject World Series season

2018 AutoReject World Series
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The 2018 AutoReject World Series season will be the 9th season of ARWS competition, but the first since the rebrand from the former F1RWRS moniker. The new season marked a substantial shift in the sport, with five teams vanishing from the series at the end of 2017, and another being involved in a takeover deal (Aeroracing Engineering). It also saw a changing of the guard in drivers, with no less than three former champions disappearing from the sport. Rhys Davies, the 2016 winner, packed his bags for Formula 1, Pippa Mann retired from both driving and team ownership, and Nathanael Spencer was left on the sidelines without a race drive. Other notable retirees included Kay Lon and Hagane Shizuka, leaving a large influx of both rookies and former fringe drivers returning to the sport.

Drivers and Teams

See Also: AutoReject World Series Chassis and Engine List

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Template:FRA DScity Voeckler Renault [?]	Voeckler	VGPTwo	Renault RSXXII		1	Template:BEL Thomas De Bock	1-	Template:GBR Nathanael Spencer Template:GBR Pippa Mann
					2	Template:USA Dan Greenlaw	1-
Template:GBR National Jones Ford Team [?]	Jones	114	Ford XR8D		3	Template:GBR Mark Dagnall	1	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin
						Template:GBR Sammy Jones	2
					4	Diego Álvarez Torrente	1-
Template:GBR Peak Aeroracing Engineering [?]	PAE	PAE Mk.1	Audi AF1-5		5	Template:GBR Ashley Watkinson	1-	Daniel Martins Tommi Hämäläinen
					6	Renaldo Jiménez	1-2
						Daniel Martins	3-
Template:AUS/ Dunlop Melrose Racing Team [?]	MRT	M9	BMW P92		7	Template:FRA Phillippe Nicolas	1-	Gianluigi Pazzini Template:AUS Mitchell Macklin
					8	Alberto Cara	1-
Template:AUS Simpson Motorsports [?]	Simpson	DSM-040	Yamaha OX64		9	Alexey Buyvolov	1-	Template:AUS Dave Simpson
					10	Template:SUI Jean-Luc Schiller	1-
Template:FRA Equipe Gauthier [?]	Gauthier	G3.18	Pure-Hart PHWS-2		11	Danny van Rijkens	1-	TBA
					12	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	1-
Template:GBR Rosenforth Engineering [?]	Rosenforth	RF18	Holden LSWS-18		13	Template:AUS Carter Simpson	1-	TBA
					14	Template:SUI Gregor Pascal	1-
Template:GBR Plus One Kingfisher Racing [?]	Kingfisher	KR-05	Great Wall GW18		15	David Neuberg	1-	TBA
					16	Template:GBR Quentin Reatherson	1-
Revolution Engineering [?]	Revolution	HS18	Pure-Hart PHWS-18		17	Andrej Kremnicky	1-	TBA
					18	Marco Bizzarri	1-
/ Nurminen Grand Prix [?]	Nurminen	NRE Type 02	Holden LSWS-18		19	Template:GBR Martin McFry	1-	Template:GBR Thomas Yorke
					20	Template:AUT Marko Jantscher	1-
Kamaha Motorsports [?]	Kamaha	KM-7Y	Yamaha OX64		21	Rosco Vantini	1-	Barii Mori
					22	Template:AUS Daniel Melville	1-
Template:GBR Rob Lomas Racing [?]	Lomas	RLR-P02	Audi AF1-5		23	Hansuke Shioya	1-	TBA
					24	Miko Fäkkinen	1-
Template:GBR Coca-Cola Fusion Infiniti [?]	Fusion	CL1/18	Infiniti RSXXII		25	Fredo Mestolio	1-	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron Nino Barlini
					26	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	1-
Template:BEL Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge [?]	Gillet ENB	ENB118	Gillet GV12		27	Template:BEL Aurelien Moll	1-	TBA
					28	Template:USA Shane Walsh	1-
Team Mecha Racing [?]	Mecha	FM-18	Pure-Hart PHWS-2		29	Template:GBR John Bean	1-	Template:USA Dave Anderson
					30	Kazuki Fushida	1-4
						Jesus Plaza	4-
Template:DEN/Template:FRA Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois [?]	Kjellerup	017 018	Renault RSXXII		31	Alessandro Lucarelli	1-	Template:GBR James Davies
					32	Nick Nurmester	1-
Template:AUS Tassie Racing [?]	Tassie	TR-18	Audi AF1-5		33	Akira Yamamura	1-	Hans Einhrin
					34	Tomo Kazama	1-
Template:AUT Union Saver Developments [?]	USD	KS-01	Daihatsu Zeetec-R2		35	Jari Kekkonen	1-	Template:USA John D. Sullivan
					36	Naoki Shinjo	1-
RUF Blokkmonsta Grand Prix Team [?]	Blokkmonsta	GPR-01	Holden LSWS-18		37	Template:BEL Wouter Lamberigts	1-	Connor O'Heagan
					38	Template:USA Nicolas Steele	1-
Template:FRA Venturi Formula [?]	Venturi	V2-001	Yamaha OX64		39	Shinobu Katayama	1-	Jesus Plaza Andrej Kremnicky
					40	Jean-Vincent Albertini	1-

Driver and team changes

Teams leaving the sport

Team Name	CEO	Reason
ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport	The Fox Andrea Acuri	Missed registration deadline (AWOL)
Template:AUS Autodynamics Grand Prix	Unknown	Financial difficulties
Sunshine Daihatsu	Daniel Martins	Wound down (voluntary)
Foxdale Auto Racing Team	Douglas Mann Template:GBR Pippa Mann	Financial difficulties
Boxtel Engineering	Template:DEN Mattias Kjellerup Template:FRA Jean-Marc Hadamard	Liquidated

Teams joining the sport

Team Name	Base	CEO
Template:DEN/Template:FRA Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois	Dijon-Prenois, France	Template:DEN Mattias Kjellerup Template:FRA Jean-Marc Hadamard
Template:AUS Tassie Racing	Hobart, Australia	Template:AUS Matthew Saoea
Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	Vienna, Austria	Template:AUT Karl Lichter Shultz
RUF Blokkmonsta Grand Prix Team	Pfaffenhausen, Germany	Andrea Schnass
Template:FRA Venturi Formula	Paris, France	Template:FRA Samuel De Sauveterre

Team ownership changes

Former team	Purchaser	New team name
Template:AUS Holden F1RWRS Racing Team [?]	Template:GBR Jimmy Rosenforth	Template:GBR Rosenforth Engineering [?]
Template:GBR Aeroracing Engineering [?]	Peak Motorsport Group	Template:GBR Peak Aeroracing Engineering [?]

Testing

Full Article: 2018 AutoReject World Series Tests

The 2018 season is comprised of two official pre-season tests, one apiece at Jerez and Estoril, along with a mid-season Young Drivers Test at Paul Ricard. Teams are also allowed to arrange their own private testing sessions during the year at any permanent racing facility.

Races

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Reject of the Race	Driver of the Race
1	Template:AUS Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	11 March	Alberto Cara	Template:USA Dan Greenlaw	Template:FRA Phillippe Nicolas	/Template:AUS MRT-BMW	Template:GBR Jones Racing	Template:SUI Jean-Luc Schiller
2	New South Wales Grand Prix	Mount Panorama Circuit	18 March	Alberto Cara	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	Alberto Cara	/Template:AUS MRT-BMW	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	Template:USA Dan Greenlaw
3	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	8 April	Alberto Cara	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin / Template:GBR Mark Dagnall	Template:GBR Terry Hawkin	Template:GBR Fusion-Infiniti	Revolution Engineering	Naoki Shinjo
4	Moroccan Grand Prix	Circuit Moulay El Hassan	22 April	Alberto Cara	Template:GBR Mark Dagnall	Template:GBR Mark Dagnall	Template:GBR Jones-Ford	Alessandro Lucarelli	Andrej Kremnicky
5	Template:USA California Grand Prix	Long Beach	13 May
6	Template:USA United States Grand Prix	Phoenix Street Circuit	20 May
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Toronto Exhibition Place	3 June
8	Template:GBR British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	24 June
9	Template:AUT Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	8 July
10	German Grand Prix	Norisring	16 July
11	Scandinavian Grand Prix	Ås Fartway	29 July
12	Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2 September
13	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	9 September
14	South African Grand Prix	Rand Phakisa Raceway	30 September
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Sao Paulo Anhembi	14 October
16	Argentine Grand Prix	Autodromo Juan y Oscar Galvez	21 October
17	Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	4 November
18	Chinese Grand Prix	Guia Circuit	11 November

Note : Pink background denotes a Temporary Circuit, which may not be tested on at any time.

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos Driver AUS Template:AUS NSW ITA MAR CAL Template:USA USA Template:USA CAN GBR Template:GBR AUT Template:AUT GER SCA BEL Template:BEL MON SAF BRA ARG JPN CHN Pts 1 Template:FRA Phillippe Nicolas 1 2 4 2 27 2 Alberto Cara Ret 1 2 Ret 17 3 Template:GBR Mark Dagnall Ret EX 5 1 EX 12 4 Template:GBR Terry Hawkin 13† 6 1 Ret 11 5 Fredo Mestolio Ret 4 3 4 11 6 Template:SUI Jean-Luc Schiller 2 5 Ret Ret 9 7 Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen 3 7 6 Ret 6 8 Template:USA Dan Greenlaw Ret 3 Ret 12† 5 9 Template:BEL Thomas De Bock Ret Ret Ret 3 5 10 Nick Nurmester 4 9 Ret Ret 3 11 Alexey Buyvolov Ret 8 Ret 5 2 12 Template:AUT Marko Jantscher 5 12 Ret 9 2 13 Andrej Kremnicky DNQ 13 Ret 6 1 14 Template:SUI Gregor Pascal 6 Ret Ret DNQ 1 15 Alessandro Lucarelli 7 10 7 Ret 0 16 Danny van Rijkens Ret 15 Ret 7 0 17 Template:GBR Martin McFry 11 17† Ret 8 0 18 Naoki Shinjo DNPQ 18 8 DNQ 0 19 Diego Álvarez Torrente 8 Ret Ret Ret 0 20 Template:AUS Carter Simpson 12 Ret 9 11 0 21 Template:GBR Ashley Watkinson 9 11 DNQ DNPQ 0 22 Jean-Vincent Albertini Ret DNPQ 10 14† 0 23 Template:USA Nicolas Steele 10 Ret DNPQ Ret 0 24 Template:AUS Daniel Melville DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 10 0 25 Daniel Martins 11 DNPQ 0 26 Jari Kekkonen DNPQ 16 Ret 13† 0 27 Marco Bizzarri Ret 14 Ret Ret 0 28 Shinobu Katayama 14† DNPQ Ret Ret 0 29 Template:GBR Quentin Reatherson Ret 19 DNPQ DNPQ 0 30 Template:GBR Sammy Jones 20† 0 31 Template:BEL Wouter Lamberigts Ret Ret DNPQ Ret 0 32 David Neuberg Ret DNQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 33 Akira Yamamura DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 34 Rosco Vantini DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 35 Renaldo Jiménez DNQ DNQ 0 36 Tomo Kazama DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 0 37 Template:USA Shane Walsh DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 38 Miko Fäkkinen DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 39 Kazuki Fushida DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 40 Hansuke Shioya DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 41 Template:BEL Aurelien Moll DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 42 Template:GBR John Bean DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructors' Championship

Pos Constructor # AUS Template:AUS NSW ITA MAR CAL Template:USA USA Template:USA CAN GBR Template:GBR AUT Template:AUT GER SCA BEL Template:BEL MON SAF BRA ARG JPN CHN Pts 1 Template:AUS/ MRT-BMW 7 1 2 4 2 44 8 Ret 1 2 Ret 2 Template:GBR Fusion-Infiniti 25 Ret 4 3 4 22 26 13† 6 1 Ret 3 Template:GBR Jones-Ford 3 Ret 20† 5 1 12 4 8 Ret Ret Ret 4 Template:AUS Simpson-Yamaha 9 2 5 Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 8 Ret 5 5 Template:FRA Voeckler-Renault 1 Ret Ret Ret 3 10 2 Ret 3 Ret 12† 6 Template:FRA Gauthier-Pure Hart 11 Ret 15 Ret 7 6 12 3 7 6 Ret 7 Template:DEN/Template:FRA Kjellerup-Renault 31 7 10 7 Ret 3 32 4 9 Ret Ret 8 / Nurminen-Holden 19 11 17† Ret 8 2 20 5 12 Ret 9 9 Template:GBR Rosenforth-Holden 13 12 Ret 9 11 1 14 6 Ret Ret DNQ 10 Revolution-Pure Hart 17 DNQ 13 Ret 6 1 18 Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 Template:AUT USD-Daihatsu 35 DNPQ 16 Ret 13† 0 36 DNPQ 18 8 DNQ 12 Template:GBR PAE-Audi 5 9 11 DNQ DNPQ 0 6 DNQ DNQ 11 DNPQ 13 Template:FRA Venturi-Yamaha 39 14† DNPQ Ret Ret 0 40 Ret DNPQ 10 14† 14 Blokkmonsta-Holden 37 Ret Ret DNPQ Ret 0 38 10 Ret DNPQ Ret 15 Kamaha-Yamaha 21 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 22 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 10 16 Template:GBR Plus One-Great Wall 15 Ret DNQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 16 Ret 19 DNPQ DNPQ 17 Template:AUS Tassie-Audi 33 DNPQ DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 34 DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 18 Template:BEL Gillet 27 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 28 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 19 Template:GBR RLR-Audi 23 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 24 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 20 Mecha-Pure Hart 29 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 30 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance