2016-17 Melrose Racing Team Academy Caribbean League season

The 2016-17 Melrose Racing Team Academy Caribbean League season is the first season of the Caribbean Racing League, formed after a partnership between Melrose Racing Team owner Daniel Melrose and Nigerian magnate and F1RWRS team owner Prince Falik.

Teams and drivers

Championship Class

All teams use a Zytek chassis formerly used by the F1RDS, as well as the BMW F31/6 engine

Team	Car #	Driver	Rounds
PDVSA Motorsport	4	Sofia Bonaventura	All
	13	Antonio Didac Puerta	All
Starforce Engineering	6	Leon de Teodoro	All
	66	Roger Gabrielson	2-3, 8
		Dean Murphy	4-7
Silver Line Racing	11	Eduardo Armando	All
	30	Eualia Viteri	All
Tropico Grand Prix powered by Carlin	31	Josue Loyola	All
	32	Renato Herrero	1, 9
	50	Victoria Marcia Belmonte	All
Horizon Motorsport	37	Pietronella Addiks	All
	47	Marlin Hortin	All
	73	Heberto Santana	All
	74	Alvaro Montero	All

Challenge Class

All teams use a Zytek chassis formerly used by the F1RDS, as well as the Mini JCW-F31/5 engine

Team	Car #	Driver	Rounds
T-Zero Motorsport	00	Albert Jolyon Evanson	5
		Mitchell Anderson	6
Bradley Motorsport	9	Scott Bradley	7
RafaSport	12	Rafa Martinez	All
Hemogoblin Autowerks	15	Aurele Duval	All
Team Panamax	16	David Alamila	All
	32	Fabio García	8
Narvaez Family Racing	17	Tulio Franco	4
	21	Miguel Colon	All
Nederlandse Antillen Wedren	18	Bernhard Hummel	2-3, 9
	68	Freek Aaldenberg	2-3
Cypher Group	24	Clive Lynn	All
	25	Lindon Keys	All
Malher Autosport	34	Tito Márquez	8
Equipo de Carreras de Universidad de El Salvador	41	Olivia Mendoza	8
Gonzalez Motorsport	46	Angel Gonzalez	1-4, 8-9
		Lemuel Bannock	6
Pèl Kous Asosyasyon	55	Éloïse Bouchard	5
Darrell Racing Team	62	Michael Darrell	1, 4-7
Cubana Racing	78	Félix Rivera	7
Kingston Autosport	84	Royce Hewitt	1, 4-7, 9
Equipe Daviau	95	Thomas Daviau	1-3, 9

Calender

Championship races

#	Round	Track	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Championship Winning driver	Championship Winning team	Challenge Winning driver
1	PDVSA 115 at Marfield	Circuito Internacional Daniel Melrose	November 11	1	Sofia Bonaventura	Eduardo Armando	Leon de Teodoro	Starforce Engineering	Royce Hewitt
			November 12	2		Leon de Teodoro	Antonio Didac Puerta	PDVSA Motorsport	Michael Darrell
				3		Royce Hewitt	Herberto Santana	Horizon Motorsport	Royce Hewitt
2	MRT CL Round of Trinidad and Tobago	Essington Park Cricuit	November 26	1	Victoria Marcia Belmonte	Leon de Teodoro	Leon de Teodoro	Starforce Engineering	Bernhard Hummel
			November 27	2		Leon de Teodoro	Leon de Teodoro	Starforce Engineering	Bernhard Hummel
				3		Antonio Didac Puerta	Herberto Santana	Horizon Motorsport	Bernhard Hummel
3	MRT CL Round of Aruba	Aruba Motorsport Park	December 3	1	Leon de Teodoro	Victoria Marcia Belmonte	Leon de Teodoro	Starforce Engineering	Clive Lynn
			December 4	2		Leon de Teodoro	Pietronella Addiks	Horizon Motorsport	Aurele Duval
				3		Antonio Didac Puerta	Josue Loyola	Tropico Grand Prix	Lindon Keys
4	MRT CL Round of Puerto Rico presented by American Airlines	San Juan Street Circuit	December 17	1	Leon de Teodoro	Dean Murphy	Dean Murphy	Starforce Engineering	Royce Hewitt
			December 18	2		Dean Murphy	Dean Murphy	Starforce Engineering	Michael Darrell
				3		Eduardo Armando	Eualia Viteri	Silver Line Racing	Michael Darrell
5	MRT CL Round of the Dominican Republic	Pinamera Raceway	January 7	1	Leon de Teodoro	Dean Murphy	Leon de Teodoro	Starforce Engineering	Éloïse Bouchard
			January 8	2		Pietronella Addiks	Herberto Santana	Horizon Motorsport	Éloïse Bouchard
				3		Dean Murphy	Herberto Santana	Horizon Motorsport	Albert Jolyon Evanson
6	MRT CL Round of Jamaica	Quattro Raceway Kingston	January 14	1	Pietronella Addiks	Pietronella Addiks	Antonio Didac Puerta	PDVSA Motorsport	Miguel Colon
			January 15	2		Antonio Didac Puerta	Herberto Santana	Horizon Motorsport	Royce Hewitt
				3		Antonio Didac Puerta	Antonio Didac Puerta	PDVSA Motorsport	Royce Hewitt
7	MRT CL Round of the Bahamas	Uqbar Raceway	January 28	1	Pietronella Addiks	Josue Loyola	Pietronella Addiks	Horizon Motorsport	Félix Rivera
			January 29	2		Leon de Teodoro	Leon de Teodoro	Starforce Engineering	Royce Hewitt
				3		Antonio Didac Puerta	Antonio Didac Puerta	PDVSA Motorsport	Félix Rivera
8	MRT CL Round of Panama	Circuito Colina del Balanceo	February 11	1	Pietronella Addiks	Josue Loyola	Sofia Bonaventura	PDVSA Motorsport	Olivia Mendoza
			February 12	2		Antonio Didac Puerta	Herberto Santana	Horizon Motorsport	Clive Lynn
				3		Antonio Didac Puerta	Antonio Didac Puerta	PDVSA Motorsport	Rafa Martinez
9	P-Minus MRT CL Round of Tropico	Circuito Internacional Daniel Melrose	February 25	1	Pietronella Addiks	Sofia Bonaventura	Sofia Bonaventura	PDVSA Motorsport	Bernhard Hummel
			February 26	2		Eualia Viteri	Josue Loyola	Tropico Grand Prix	Rafa Martinez
				3		Pietronella Addiks	Pietronella Addiks	Horizon Motorsport	Royce Hewitt

Championship standings

Points systems

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL	PP
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

The Challenge class uses the same points system, except no points are awarded for challenge class pole or fastest lap.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	115			TRN			ARB			PUE			DOM			JAM			BAH			PAN			TRO			Pts.
		1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
1	Antonio Didac Puerta	4	1	2	5	4	2	Ret	18	8	10	9	6	10	3	2	1	2	1	Ret	8	1	7	3	1	Ret	9	5	249
2	Heberto Santana	5	2	1	8	5	1	Ret	9	6	13	5	7	9	1	1	8	1	2	10	6	18*	3	1	2	Ret	5	4	246
3	Pietronella Addiks	2	10	4	14	6	4	2	1	2	4	3	3	2	Ret	5	Ret	5	6	1	3	4	Ret	12	6	Ret	6	1	244
4	Sofia Bonaventura	3	14	Ret	2	2	Ret	9	2	5	2	18	17*	4	Ret	Ret	18*	7	7	Ret	16	6	1	2	3	1	2	16*	190
5	Leon de Teodoro	1	12	Ret	1	1	11	1	19	10	Ret	12	Ret	1	Ret	10	Ret	13	Ret	4	1	2	9	5	18*	Ret	8	7	172
6	Marlin Hortin	7	5	Ret	3	3	3	10	7	7	3	6	4	6	4	16*	12	3	4	8	9	3	Ret	14	5	Ret	10	9	151
7	Victoria Marcia Belmonte	16	8	6	7	11	6	8	3	3	9	19	Ret	5	2	Ret	6	4	3	3	5	19*	2	Ret	8	4	Ret	DNS	149
8	Eualia Viteri	Ret	NC	12*	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	6	2	1	Ret	Ret	4	5	9	5	6	4	Ret	4	4	4	3	Ret	8	136
9	Josue Loyola	Ret	6	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	1	17*	21	12	11	14	Ret	Ret	17*	Ret	2	2	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	2	1	3	133
10	Dean Murphy										1	1	2	19*	5	3	13	12	9	5	Ret	DNS							89
11	Eduardo Armando	18	7	Ret	17	14	Ret	Ret	6	4	Ret	7	8	3	Ret	12	15	14	12	Ret	11	5	Ret	9	7	5	4	2	88
12	Royce Hewitt	8	4	3							5	8	9	12	7	7	17	6	8	13	7	9				13	Ret	10	63
13	Alvaro Montero	6	Ret	14	6	7	5	Ret	10	11	8	13	Ret	8	Ret	11	10	10	15	7	18*	10	8	6	Ret	Ret	7	6	57
14	Clive Lynn	20	15	Ret	11	Ret	9	3	Ret	13	15	Ret	14	13	Ret	8	3	8	Ret	Ret	13	11	6	8	Ret	9	Ret	14	43
15	Michael Darrell	9	3	Ret							7	4	5	20*	11	Ret	7	Ret	14	16	Ret	17							40
16	Miguel Colon	15	13	9	10	Ret	14	5	12	15	12	10	10	16	10	13	2	Ret	16	12	15	14	10	10	11	8	Ret	13	34
17	Aurele Duval	12	18	7	Ret	10	16	4	8	14	14	16	Ret	14	9	Ret	Ret	16	18	18*	Ret	13	Ret	16	10	10	16	Ret	22
18	Bernhard Hummel				9	9	7	6	Ret	16																6	Ret	15	20
19	Rafa Martinez	13	Ret	11	12	Ret	10	13	14	19	Ret	17	16*	17	12	15	4	Ret	13	14	17	8	13	13	9	14	11	Ret	16
20	Roger Gabrielson				Ret	15	15	12	5	9													16*	7	17*				14
21	Renato Herrero	11	19	13																						Ret	3	17*	12
22	Éloïse Bouchard													7	6	17*													10
23	Albert Jolyon Evanson													15	8	6													9
24	Olivia Mendoza																						5	19*	Ret				8
25	Thomas Daviau	14	17	8	13	17	Ret	7	Ret	18																12	13	Ret	7
26	David Alamila	17	11	10	Ret	12*	13*	Ret	16	17	Ret	11	13	Ret	13	9	16	15	11	17	Ret	16	15	17	14	7	12	12	7
27	Félix Rivera																			9	10	7							7
28	Lindon Keys	19	16	Ret	16	16	8	11	13	12	Ret	14	11	18	Ret	14	9	Ret	10	11	12	12	11	Ret	13	Ret	14	11	6
29	Angel Gonzalez	10	9	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	15	21	11	20	Ret										Ret	18	16	11	15	Ret	3
30	Mitchell Anderson																11	11	Ret										0
31	Freek Aaldenberg				15	Ret	12	14	17	20																			0
32	Tito Márquez																						14	15	12				0
33	Fabio Garcia																						12	Ret	15				0
34	Scott Bradley																			15	14	15							0
35	Lemuel Bannock																14	Ret	17										0
36	Tulio Franco										16	15	15																0

Challenge Class Drivers

Pos	Driver	115			TRN			ARB			PUE			DOM			JAM			BAH			PAN			TRO			Pts.
		1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
1	Royce Hewitt	8	4	3							5	8	9	12	7	7	17	6	8	13	7	9				13	Ret	10	257
2	Miguel Colon	15	13	9	10	Ret	14	5	12	15	12	10	10	16	10	13	2	Ret	16	12	15	14	10	10	11	8	Ret	13	243
3	Clive Lynn	20	15	Ret	11	Ret	9	3	Ret	13	15	Ret	14	13	Ret	8	3	8	Ret	Ret	13	11	6	8	Ret	9	Ret	14	205
4	Lindon Keys	19	16	Ret	16	16	8	11	13	12	Ret	14	11	18	Ret	14	9	Ret	10	11	12	12	11	Ret	13	Ret	14	11	197
5	Aurele Duval	12	18	7	Ret	10	16	4	8	14	14	16	Ret	14	9	Ret	Ret	16	18	18*	Ret	13	Ret	16	10	10	16	Ret	180
6	Rafa Martinez	13	Ret	11	12	Ret	10	13	14	19	Ret	17	16*	17	12	15	4	Ret	13	14	17	8	13	13	9	14	11	Ret	178
7	David Alamila	17	11	10	Ret	12*	13*	Ret	16	17	Ret	11	13	Ret	13	9	16	15	11	17	Ret	16	15	17	14	7	12	12	169
8	Michael Darrell	9	3	Ret							7	4	5	20*	11	Ret	7	Ret	14	16	Ret	17							121
9	Bernhard Hummel				9	9	7	6	Ret	16																6	Ret	15	104
10	Angel Gonzalez	10	9	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	15	21	11	20	Ret										Ret	18	16	11	15	Ret	80
11	Thomas Daviau	14	17	8	13	17	Ret	7	Ret	18																12	13	Ret	63
12	Félix Rivera																			9	10	7							55
13	Éloïse Bouchard													7	6	17*													43
14	Albert Jolyon Evanson													15	8	6													43
15	Tito Márquez																						14	15	12				24
16	Olivia Mendoza																						5	19*	Ret				23
17	Freek Aaldenberg				15	Ret	12	14	17	20																			23
18	Mitchell Anderson																11	11	Ret										18
19	Scott Bradley																			15	14	15							17
20	Tulio Franco										16	15	15																14
21	Fabio Garcia																						12	Ret	15				12
22	Lemuel Bannock																14	Ret	17										8