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-
	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.

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	Template:BEL 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	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	Kenan Ardaoglu	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	Template:FRA Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix
				April 7	HB	Tommi Hämäläinen	Iakopo Fuamatu	Tommi Hämäläinen	Template:BEL RonDen Racing Engineering
				April 8	F	Gary Pacer	Template:GBR Jordan Davies	Gary Pacer	Template:FRA Écurie Prenois
3	Round of France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	AR 2.0	April 28	HA	Template:GBR Jordan Davies	Template:FRA Manon Blanchett	Template:GBR 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
				May 20	HB
				May 20	F
5	Round of the United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	ARWS AR 2.0	June 23	HA
				June 23	HB
				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

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

Driver's Championship

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	B:2	9	A:8	1															67
2	Gary Pacer	A:2	2	A:12	1	A:14	3															58
3	Template:GBR Jordan Davies	A:4	4	A:6	4	A:1	2															51
4	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	A:3	3	A:1	3	A:11	4															45
5	Template:GBR Thomas Butler	7	5	A:3	2	A:15	DNQ															28
6	Tommi Hamäläinen	B:1	12	B:1	24†	B:7	18															24
7	Mineiro	A:5	7	A:4	5	A:7	Ret															22
8	Roger Ibe	B:6	Ret	2	16	B:2	Ret															21
9	Nino Barlini	B:3	17	B:8	8	B:5	7															18
10	Iakopo Fuamatu	B:10	6	B:3	Ret	B:4	16															17
11	Template:FRA Manon Blanchett	A:6	9	A:7	13	A:2	14															16
12	Jari Lappalainen	A:Ret	DNQ	A:5	23	A:5	5															14
13	Eduardo Armando	B:4	19	B:14	6	B:12	10															11
14	Anu Võsu	B:13	Ret	B:6	10	B:1	20															14
15	Volker Scrattenheim	B:12	13	B:5	22	B:8	6															10
16	Template:SUI Daniela Anger	B:11	24	B:12	7	B:3	13															10
17	Pierre St. Laurent	B:2	20	B:9	15	B:10	17															8
18	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	A:8	14	A:18	DNQ	A:3	22†															7
19	Template:AUS Michael Robertson	A:10	8	A:10	14	A:6	15															6
20	Hwok Kwol-Cho	B:16	DNQ	B:4	12	B:11	Ret															6
21	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	B:9	11	B:7	17	B:6	DNS															5
22	Template:AUS Rick Simpson	A:11	25†	A:9	Ret	A:4	Ret															5
23	Template:GBR Thomas Yorke	B:7	16	B:15	DNQ	B:9	9															4
24	Template:GBR James Jones	B:5	21	B:11	Ret	B:16	DNQ															4
25	Luke Gilson-Clarke	A:13	15	A:15	DNQ	A:12	8															3
26	Darko Kuzmanovic	A:14	10	A:11	20	A:9	11															1
27	Silvia Renaldi	A:9	Ret	A:8	11	A:Ret	DNQ															1
28	Template:FRA Mathilde Thybes	B:8	18	B:10	18	B:15	DNQ															1
29	Template:USA Jerry de Boer	A:12	22	A:17	DNQ	A:10	12															0
30	James Wilmington	B:14	23	B:18	DNQ	B:14	19															0
30	Andrea Massini	A:15	DNQ	A:14	19	A:13	Ret															0
31	Pablo Galaz	A:18	DNQ	A:13	21	A:16	DNQ															0
32	Template:BEL Laurent Seron	B:17	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:13	21															0
34	Template:AUT Verna Klien	B:Ret	DNQ	B:13	25	B:Ret	DNQ															0
35	Fredson Santos	B:15	DNQ	B:16	DNQ	DNS	DNQ															0
36	Template:USA Chuck Barrett	A:17	DNQ	A:16	DNQ	A:17	DNQ															0
37	Template:FRA Benoît Voeckler	A:16	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	A:18	DNQ															0
38	Simon Garfünkel	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:17	DNQ															0