2018 AutoReject 3.5 season

2018 AutoReject 3.5
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Related: Africa Cup

The 2018 AutoReject 3.5 season will be the third season of AutoReject 3.5. This is the first season of the series as a direct feeder category to ARWS (previously known as F1RWRS).

Like in the previous year, the regular season was preceded by a non-championship cup, this time in Africa as an extended form of pre-season testing.

RonDen Racing Engineering are the defending drivers' champion team and Falik Arrows are the defending teams' champions.

Teams and Drivers

Team	#	Drivers	Rounds
Falik Arrows	1	Kenan Ardaoglu	1-
	2	Hwok Kwol-Cho	1-
National Jones Ford Juniors	3	Luke Gilson-Clarke	1-
	4	James Jones	1-
RonDen Racing Engineering	5	Chuck Barrett	1-5
		Justin Case 3	6-
	6	Tommi Hämäläinen	1-
Voeckler Grand Prix Engineering	7	Mineiro	1-
	8	Aimée Gauthier	1-
Écurie Prenois	9	Gary Pacer	1-
	10	Roger Ibe	1-
Ansett Australia Racing	11	Manon Blanchett	1-
	12	Iakopo Fuamatu	1-
Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix	13	Nathanael Cameron	1-
	14	Nino Barlini	1-
Schröder	15	Thomas Butler	1-
	16	James Wilmington	1-
Chris Short Racing	17	Pablo Galaz	1-
	18	Volker Scrattenheim	1-
Minarae	19	Andrea Massini	1-
	20	Thomas Yorke	1-
De Friis Motorsport	21	Björn Ekdal	1-
	22	Urmas Pärn	1-
Simpson Motorsports	23	Michael Robertson	1-
	24	Daniela Anger	1-
Speedworld Racing 1	25	Gilles Massinion	None
	26	N/A	None
Euromotor International	27	Darko Kuzmanovic	1-
	28	Fredson Santos	1-
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	29	Jordan Davies	1-
	30	Anu Võsu	1-
Clockwork Racing	31	Silvia Renaldi	1-
	32	Verna Klien	1-
Takagi Racing Enterprises	33	Jerry de Boer 2	1-
	34	Simon Garfünkel	1-
Equipe Gauthier	35	Rick Simpson	1-
	36	Laurent Seron	1-
ICE-3 Racing	37	Jari Lappalainen	1-
	38	Mathilde Thybes	1-
Peak Aeroracing Engineering	39	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	1-
	40	Pierre St. Laurent	1-
Rob Lomas Racing	41	Benoît Voeckler	1-
	42	Eduardo Armando	1-

Notes:

• 1 - Although being on the initial entry list, Speedworld Racing failed to appear at the first race of the season due to not paying their travel fees. A further investigation into the team's finances revealed that they were essentially bankrupt and were banned from the series as a result.
• 2 - Chacko Palaniappan accumulated too many penalty points during the pre-season Africa Cup and was banned from completing at the Round of Australia as a result. Jerry de Boer stood in as his replacement, and after impressing the team in Australia they decided that he should do the whole season instead of Palaniappan.
• 3 - Chuck Barrett was sacked from RonDen Racing Engineering due to poor results after the Round of the United Kingdom. He was replaced by Justin Case.

Calendar

Championship races

#	Round	Track	With	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Round of Australia	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit		March 17	HA	Kenan Ardaoglu	Mineiro	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
				March 17	HB	Tommi Hämäläinen	Roger Ibe	Tommi Hämäläinen	RonDen Racing Engineering
				March 18	F	Kenan Ardaoglu	Gary Pacer	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
2	Round of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	ARWS AR 2.0	April 7	HA	Nathanael Cameron	Kenan Ardaoglu	Nathanael Cameron	Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix
				April 7	HB	Tommi Hämäläinen	Iakopo Fuamatu	Tommi Hämäläinen	RonDen Racing Engineering
				April 8	F	Gary Pacer	Jordan Davies	Gary Pacer	Écurie Prenois
3	Round of France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	AR 2.0	April 28	HA	Jordan Davies	Manon Blanchett	Jordan Davies	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport
				April 28	HB	Roger Ibe	Hwok Kwol-Cho	Anu Võsu	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport
				April 29	F	Gary Pacer	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
4	Round of the United States	Phoenix Street Circuit	ARWS	May 19	HA	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Nathanael Cameron	Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix
				May 20	HB	Anu Võsu	Nino Barlini	Roger Ibe	Écurie Prenois
				May 20	F	Cancelled 1
5	Round of the United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	ARWS AR 2.0	June 23	HA	Kenan Ardaoglu	Nathanael Cameron	Gary Pacer	Écurie Prenois
				June 23	HB	Aimée Gauthier	Hwok Kwol-Cho	Anu Võsu	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport
				June 24	F
6	Round of Austria	Red Bull Ring	ARWS AR 2.0	July 7	HA
				July 7	HB
				July 8	F
7	Round of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	AR 2.0	July 28	HA
				July 28	HB
				July 29	F
8	Round of Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	AR 2.0	August 18	HA
				August 18	HB
				August 19	F
9	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	ARWS AR 2.0	September 1	HA
				September 1	HB
				September 2	F
10	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit		October 6	HA
				October 6	HB
				October 7	F

Notes:

• 1 - The feature race of the US round was cancelled due to safety concerns

Non-championship races

Name	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
Nobushige Fukuda Memorial Trophy	Autopolis International Racing Course	October 14

Championship standings

Points system

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

Drivers

Pos	Driver	AUS		ITA		FRA		USA		GBR		AUT		NED		GER		BEL		JAP		Pts.
		H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F
1	Kenan Ardaoglu	A:1	1	A:2	9	A:8	1	A:10	C													69
2	Gary Pacer	A:2	2	A:12	1	A:14	3	A:4	C													63
3	Nathanael Cameron	A:3	3	A:1	3	A:11	4	A:1	C													55
4	Jordan Davies	A:4	4	A:6	4	A:1	2	A:13	C													51
5	Thomas Butler	A:7	5	A:3	2	A:15	DNQ	A:2	C													36
6	Roger Ibe	B:6	Ret	B:2	16	B:2	Ret	B:1	C													31
7	Tommi Hämäläinen	B:1	12	B:1	24†	B:7	18	B:3	C													30
8	Mineiro	A:5	7	A:4	5	A:7	Ret	A:6	C													25
9	Nino Barlini	B:3	17	B:8	8	B:5	7	B:5	C													23
10	Iakopo Fuamatu	B:10	6	B:3	Ret	B:4	16	B:7	C	B:Ret	DNQ											19
11	Manon Blanchett	A:6	9	A:7	13	A:2	14	A:8	C													17
12	Anu Võsu	B:13	Ret	B:6	10	B:1	20	B:11	C													15
13	Jari Lappalainen	A:Ret	DNQ	A:5	23	A:5	5	A:15	C													14
14	Thomas Yorke	B:7	16	B:15	DNQ	B:9	9	B:2	C													12
15	Eduardo Armando	B:4	19	B:14	6	B:12	10	B:15	C													11
16	Daniela Anger	B:11	24	B:12	7	B:3	13	B:Ret	C													10
17	Volker Scrattenheim	B:12	13	B:5	22	B:8	6	B:13	C													10
18	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	A:8	14	A:18	DNQ	A:3	22†	A:7	C													9
19	Pierre St. Laurent	B:2	20	B:9	15	B:10	17	B:9	C	B:18†	DNQ											8
20	Silvia Renaldi	A:9	Ret	A:8	11	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	C													7
21	Mathilde Thybes	B:8	18	B:10	18	B:15	DNQ	B:4	C													6
22	Hwok Kwol-Cho	B:16	DNQ	B:4	12	B:11	Ret	B:Ret	C													6
23	Michael Robertson	A:10	8	A:10	14	A:6	15	A:Ret	C													6
24	Rick Simpson	A:11	25†	A:9	Ret	A:4	Ret	A:Ret	C	A:15	DNQ											5
25	Aimée Gauthier	B:9	11	B:7	17	B:6	DNS	B:17	C													5
26	Jerry de Boer	A:12	22	A:17	DNQ	A:10	12	A:5	C													4
27	James Jones	B:5	21	B:11	Ret	B:16	DNQ	B:12	C													4
28	Laurent Seron	B:17	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:13	21	B:6	C	B:16	DNQ											3
29	Luke Gilson-Clarke	A:13	15	A:15	DNQ	A:12	8	A:12	C													3
30	Verna Klien	B:Ret	DNQ	B:13	25	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	C													1
31	Darko Kuzmanovic	A:14	10	A:11	20	A:9	11	A:9	C													1
32	James Wilmington	B:14	23	B:18	DNQ	B:14	19	B:10	C	B:15	DNQ											0
33	Andrea Massini	A:15	DNQ	A:14	19	A:13	Ret	A:11	C	A:DNS	DNQ											0
34	Pablo Galaz	A:18	DNQ	A:13	21	A:16	DNQ	A:14	C	A:16	DNQ											0
35	Fredson Santos	B:15	DNQ	B:16	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ	B:14	C													0
36	Chuck Barrett	A:17	DNQ	A:16	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:16	C	A:18	DNQ											0
37	Simon Garfünkel	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:16	C	B:17	DNQ											0
38	Benoît Voeckler	A:16	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:18	DNQ	A:17	C	A:17	DNQ											0
39	Justin Case																					0

Teams

Pos	Team	#	AUS		ITA		FRA		USA		GBR		AUT		NED		GER		BEL		JAP		Pts.
			H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F
1	Écurie Prenois	9	A:2	2	A:12	1	A:14	3	A:4	C													94
		10	B:6	Ret	B:2	16	B:2	Ret	B:1	C
2	Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix	13	A:3	3	A:1	3	A:11	4	A:1	C													78
		14	B:3	17	B:8	8	B:5	7	B:5	C
3	Falik Arrows	1	A:1	1	B:2	9	A:8	1	A:10	C													75
		2	B:16	DNQ	B:4	12	B:11	Ret	B:Ret	C
4	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	29	A:4	4	A:6	4	A:1	2	A:13	C													66
		30	B:13	Ret	B:6	10	B:1	20	B:11	C
5	Schröder	15	A:7	5	A:3	2	A:15	DNQ	A:2	C													36
		16	B:14	23	B:18	DNQ	B:14	19	B:10	C	B:15	DNQ
6	Ansett Australia Racing	11	A:6	9	A:7	13	A:2	14	A:8	C													36
		12	B:10	6	B:3	Ret	B:4	16	B:7	C	B:Ret	DNQ
7	RonDen Racing Engineering	5	A:17	DNQ	A:16	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:16	C	A:18	DNQ											30
		6	B:1	12	B:1	24†	B:7	18	B:3	C
8	Voeckler Grand Prix Engineering	7	A:5	7	A:4	5	A:7	Ret	A:6	C													30
		8	B:9	11	B:7	17	B:6	DNS	B:17	C
9	ICE-3 Racing	37	A:Ret	DNQ	A:5	23	A:5	5	A:15	C													20
		38	B:8	18	B:10	18	B:15	DNQ	B:4	C
10	Peak Aeroracing Engineering	39	A:8	14	A:18	DNQ	A:3	22†	A:7	C													17
		40	B:2	20	B:9	15	B:10	17	B:9	C	B:18†	DNQ
11	Simpson Motorsports	23	A:10	8	A:10	14	A:6	15	A:Ret	C													16
		24	B:11	24	B:12	7	B:3	13	B:Ret	C
12	Minarae	19	A:15	DNQ	A:14	19	A:13	Ret	A:11	C	A:DNS	DNQ											12
		20	B:7	16	B:15	DNQ	B:9	9	B:2	C
13	Rob Lomas Racing	41	A:16	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:18	DNQ	A:17	C	A:17	DNQ											11
		42	B:4	19	B:14	6	B:12	10	B:15	C
14	Chris Short Racing	17	A:18	DNQ	A:13	21	A:16	DNQ	A:14	C	A:16	DNQ											10
		18	B:12	13	B:5	22	B:8	6	B:13	C
15	Clockwork Racing	31	A:9	Ret	A:8	11	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	C													8
		32	B:Ret	DNQ	B:13	25	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	C
16	Equipe Gauthier	35	A:11	25†	A:9	Ret	A:4	Ret	A:Ret	C	A:15	DNQ											8
		36	B:17	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:13	21	B:6	C	B:17	DNQ
17	National Jones Ford Juniors	3	A:13	15	A:15	DNQ	A:12	8	A:12	C													7
		4	B:5	21	B:11	Ret	B:16	DNQ	B:12	C
18	Takagi Racing Enterprises	33	A:12	22	A:17	DNQ	A:10	12	A:5	C													4
		34	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:16	C	B:17	DNQ
19	Euromotor International	27	A:14	10	A:11	20	A:9	11	A:9	C													1
		28	B:15	DNQ	B:16	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ	B:14	C