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-
Template:GBR National Jones Ford Juniors	3	Luke Gilson-Clarke	1-
	4	Template:GBR James Jones	1-
Template:BEL RonDen Racing Engineering	5	Template:USA Chuck Barrett	1-5
		Justin Case 3	6-
	6	Tommi Hämäläinen	1-
Template:FRA Voeckler Grand Prix Engineering	7	Mineiro	1-6
		Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier 5	7-
	8	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	1-6
		Mineiro 5	7-
Template:FRA Écurie Prenois	9	Gary Pacer	1-
	10	Roger Ibe	1-
Template:AUS Ansett Australia Racing	11	Template:FRA Manon Blanchett	1-
	12	Iakopo Fuamatu	1-
Template:FRA Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix	13	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	1-
	14	Nino Barlini	1-
Schröder	15	Template:GBR Thomas Butler	1-
	16	James Wilmington	1-
Template:GBR Chris Short Racing	17	Pablo Galaz	1-6
		Alessandro Marchesi 6	7-
	18	Volker Scrattenheim	1-
Minarae	19	Andrea Massini	1-6
		Template:AUS Mitchell Macklin 4	7
		TBA	8-
	20	Template:GBR Thomas Yorke	1-
De Friis Motorsport	21	Björn Ekdal	1-
	22	Urmas Pärn	1-
Template:AUS Simpson Motorsports	23	Template:AUS Michael Robertson	1-
	24	Template:SUI Daniela Anger	1-
Template:AUT Speedworld Racing 1	25	Template:FRA Gilles Massinion	None
	26	N/A	None
Euromotor International	27	Darko Kuzmanovic	1-
	28	Fredson Santos	1-
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	29	Template:GBR Jordan Davies	1-
	30	Anu Võsu	1-
Template:USA Clockwork Racing	31	Silvia Renaldi	1-
	32	Template:AUT Verna Klien	1-7
		TBA 7	8-
Takagi Racing Enterprises	33	Template:USA Jerry de Boer 2	1-
	34	Simon Garfünkel	1-
Template:FRA Equipe Gauthier	35	Template:AUS Rick Simpson	1-
	36	Template:BEL Laurent Seron	1-
ICE-3 Racing	37	Jari Lappalainen	1-
	38	Template:FRA Mathilde Thybes	1-
Template:GBR Peak Aeroracing Engineering	39	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	1-
	40	Pierre St. Laurent	1-7
		TBA 8	8-
Template:GBR Rob Lomas Racing	41	Template:FRA 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.
• 4 - Andrea Massini was fired from Minarae following a string of poor results. He was supposed to be replaced by Mitchell Macklin from the Dutch round onwards, however Macklin was found to be ineligible for driving in the series due to competing full-time in F5000 at the same time.
• 5 - The Voeckler Grand Prix Engineering drivers swapped places after the Round of Austria in hopes of getting a better points turnout in the semifinal heats.
• 6 - Alessandro Marchesi replaced the poorly-performing Pablo Galaz after the Round of Austria.
• 7 - Verna Klien was injured at the Round of the Netherlands and was forced to miss the German and Belgian rounds as a result.
• 8 - Likewise, Pierre St. Laurent was also injured at Zandvoort and missed the rest of the season while recovering from his injuries.

Calendar

Championship races

#	Round	Track	With	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Template:AUS 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	Template:FRA 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	Template:USA Round of the United States	Phoenix Street Circuit	ARWS	May 19	HA	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	Template:FRA Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix
				May 20	HB	Anu Võsu	Nino Barlini	Roger Ibe	Template:FRA Écurie Prenois
				May 20	F	Cancelled 1
5	Template:GBR Round of the United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	ARWS AR 2.0	June 23	HA	Kenan Ardaoglu	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	Gary Pacer	Template:FRA Écurie Prenois
				June 23	HB	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Hwok Kwol-Cho	Anu Võsu	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport
				June 24	F	Mineiro	Tommi Hämäläinen	Tommi Hämäläinen	Template:BEL RonDen Racing Engineering
6	Template:AUT Round of Austria	Red Bull Ring	ARWS AR 2.0	July 7	HA	Kenan Ardaoglu	Silvia Renaldi	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
				July 7	HB	Anu Võsu	Tommi Hämäläinen	Anu Võsu	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport
				July 8	F	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
7	Round of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	AR 2.0	July 28	HA	Template:GBR Jordan Davies	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	Gary Pacer	Template:FRA Écurie Prenois
				July 28	HB	Mineiro	Anu Võsu	Anu Võsu	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport
				July 29	F	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
8	Round of Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	AR 2.0	August 18	HA
				August 18	HB
				August 19	F
9	Template:BEL 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 Template:AUS		ITA		FRA Template:FRA		USA Template:USA		GBR Template:GBR		AUT Template:AUT		NED		GER		BEL Template: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	A:4	8	A:1	1									113
2	Gary Pacer	A:2	2	A:12	1	A:14	3	A:4	C	A:1	3	A:4	23									88
3	Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron	A:3	3	A:1	3	A:11	4	A:1	C	A:5	Ret	A:2	3									78
4	Template:GBR Jordan Davies	A:4	4	A:6	4	A:1	2	A:13	C	A:3	Ret	A:3	5									69
5	Tommi Hämäläinen	B:1	12	B:1	24†	B:7	18	B:3	C	B:4	1	B:4	15									63
6	Template:GBR Thomas Butler	A:7	5	A:3	2	A:15	DNQ	A:2	C	A:11	6	A:5	4									53
7	Mineiro	A:5	7	A:4	5	A:7	Ret	A:6	C	A:6	Ret	A:7	2									46
8	Anu Võsu	B:13	Ret	B:6	10	B:1	20	B:11	C	B:1	4	B:1	10									45
9	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	B:9	11	B:7	17	B:6	DNS	B:17	C	B:2	2	B:2	8									39
10	Roger Ibe	B:6	Ret	B:2	16	B:2	Ret	B:1	C	B:3	Ret	B:8	26									38
11	Template:FRA Manon Blanchett	A:6	9	A:7	13	A:2	14	A:8	C	A:2	Ret	A:9	12									25
12	Iakopo Fuamatu	B:10	6	B:3	Ret	B:4	16	B:7	C	B:Ret	DNQ	B:3	14									25
13	Nino Barlini	B:3	17	B:8	8	B:5	7	B:5	C	B:13	Ret	B:7	11									23
14	Template:SUI Daniela Anger	B:11	24	B:12	7	B:3	13	B:Ret	C	B:10	5	B:5	20									20
15	Silvia Renaldi	A:9	Ret	A:8	11	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	C	A:9	7	A:8	6									18
16	Jari Lappalainen	A:Ret	DNQ	A:5	23	A:5	5	A:15	C	A:7	18	A:11	17									16
17	Template:GBR Thomas Yorke	B:7	16	B:15	DNQ	B:9	9	B:2	C	B:8	10	B:9	16									14
18	Template:AUS Michael Robertson	A:10	8	A:10	14	A:6	15	A:Ret	C	A:8	17	A:6	7									14
19	Eduardo Armando	B:4	19	B:14	6	B:12	10	B:15	C	B:12	14	B:11	9									13
20	Volker Scrattenheim	B:12	13	B:5	22	B:8	6	B:13	C	B:7	13	B:13	25									12
21	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	A:8	14	A:18	DNQ	A:3	22†	A:7	C	A:10	9	A:12	27									11
22	Template:GBR James Jones	B:5	21	B:11	Ret	B:16	DNQ	B:12	C	B:5	12	B:6	Ret									11
23	Hwok Kwol-Cho	B:16	DNQ	B:4	12	B:11	Ret	B:Ret	C	B:6	19	B:12	18									10
24	Pierre St. Laurent	B:2	20	B:9	15	B:10	17	B:9	C	B:18†	DNQ	B:10	24									8
25	Template:FRA Mathilde Thybes	B:8	18	B:10	18	B:15	DNQ	B:4	C	B:9	18	B:16	DNQ									6
26	Template:AUS Rick Simpson	A:11	25†	A:9	Ret	A:4	Ret	A:Ret	C	A:15	DNQ	A:15	DNQ									5
27	Template:USA Jerry de Boer	A:12	22	A:17	DNQ	A:10	12	A:5	C	A:12	15	A:10	22									4
28	Template:BEL Laurent Seron	B:17	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:13	21	B:6	C	B:16	DNQ	B:15	DNQ									3
29	Luke Gilson-Clarke	A:13	15	A:15	DNQ	A:12	8	A:12	C	A:13	11	A:13	21									3
30	Template:AUT Verna Klien	B:Ret	DNQ	B:13	25	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	C	B:11	21	B:14	13									1
31	Darko Kuzmanovic	A:14	10	A:11	20	A:9	11	A:9	C	A:14	Ret	A:16	DNQ									1
32	James Wilmington	B:14	23	B:18	DNQ	B:14	19	B:10	C	B:15	DNQ	B:18	DNQ									0
33	Andrea Massini	A:15	DNQ	A:14	19	A:13	Ret	A:11	C	A:DNS	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ									0
34	Pablo Galaz	A:18	DNQ	A:13	21	A:16	DNQ	A:14	C	A:16	DNQ	A:18	DNQ									0
35	Fredson Santos	B:15	DNQ	B:16	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ	B:14	C	B:14	20	B:17	DNQ									0
36	Justin Case											A:14	19									0
37	Template:USA Chuck Barrett	A:17	DNQ	A:16	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:16	C	A:18	DNQ											0
38	Template:FRA Benoît Voeckler	A:16	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:18	DNQ	A:17	C	A:17	DNQ	A:17	DNQ									0
39	Simon Garfünkel	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:16	C	B:17	DNQ	B:19	DNQ									0
40	Template:AUS Mitchell Macklin																					0

Teams

Pos	Team	#	AUS Template:AUS		ITA		FRA Template:FRA		USA Template:USA		GBR Template:GBR		AUT Template:AUT		NED		GER		BEL Template:BEL		JAP		Pts.
			H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F	H	F
1	Template:FRA Écurie Prenois	9	A:2	2	A:12	1	A:14	3	A:4	C	A:1	3	A:4	23									126
		10	B:6	Ret	B:2	16	B:2	Ret	B:1	C	B:3	Ret	B:8	26
2	Falik Arrows	1	A:1	1	B:2	9	A:8	1	A:10	C	A:4	8	A:1	1									123
		2	B:16	DNQ	B:4	12	B:11	Ret	B:Ret	C	B:6	19	B:12	18
3	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	29	A:4	4	A:6	4	A:1	2	A:13	C	A:3	Ret	A:3	5									114
		30	B:13	Ret	B:6	10	B:1	20	B:11	C	B:1	4	B:1	10
4	Template:FRA Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix	13	A:3	3	A:1	3	A:11	4	A:1	C	A:5	Ret	A:2	3									101
		14	B:3	17	B:8	8	B:5	7	B:5	C	B:13	Ret	B:7	11
5	Template:FRA Voeckler Grand Prix Engineering	7	A:5	7	A:4	5	A:7	Ret	A:6	C	A:6	Ret	A:7	2									85
		8	B:9	11	B:7	17	B:6	DNS	B:17	C	B:2	2	B:2	8
6	Template:BEL RonDen Racing Engineering	5	A:17	DNQ	A:16	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:16	C	A:18	DNQ	A:14	19									63
		6	B:1	12	B:1	24†	B:7	18	B:3	C	B:4	1	B:4	15
7	Template:AUS Ansett Australia Racing	11	A:6	9	A:7	13	A:2	14	A:8	C	A:2	Ret	A:9	12									50
		12	B:10	6	B:3	Ret	B:4	16	B:7	C	B:Ret	DNQ	B:3	14
8	Schröder	15	A:7	5	A:3	2	A:15	DNQ	A:2	C	A:11	6	A:5	4									53
		16	B:14	23	B:18	DNQ	B:14	19	B:10	C	B:15	DNQ	B:18	DNQ
9	Template:AUS Simpson Motorsports	23	A:10	8	A:10	14	A:6	15	A:Ret	C	A:8	17	A:6	7									34
		24	B:11	24	B:12	7	B:3	13	B:Ret	C	B:10	5	B:5	20
10	ICE-3 Racing	37	A:Ret	DNQ	A:5	23	A:5	5	A:15	C	A:7	18	A:11	17									22
		38	B:8	18	B:10	18	B:15	DNQ	B:4	C	B:9	18	B:16	DNQ
11	Template:GBR Peak Aeroracing Engineering	39	A:8	14	A:18	DNQ	A:3	22†	A:7	C	A:10	9	A:12	27									19
		40	B:2	20	B:9	15	B:10	17	B:9	C	B:18†	DNQ	B:10	24
12	Template:USA Clockwork Racing	31	A:9	Ret	A:8	11	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	C	A:9	7	A:8	6									19
		32	B:Ret	DNQ	B:13	25	B:Ret	DNQ	B:8	C	B:11	21	B:14	13
13	Minarae	19	A:15	DNQ	A:14	19	A:13	Ret	A:11	C	A:DNS	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ									14
		20	B:7	16	B:15	DNQ	B:9	9	B:2	C	B:8	10	B:9	16
14	Template:GBR National Jones Ford Juniors	3	A:13	15	A:15	DNQ	A:12	8	A:12	C	A:13	11	A:13	21									14
		4	B:5	21	B:11	Ret	B:16	DNQ	B:12	C	B:5	12	B:6	Ret
15	Template:GBR Rob Lomas Racing	41	A:16	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:18	DNQ	A:17	C	A:17	DNQ	A:17	DNQ									13
		42	B:4	19	B:14	6	B:12	10	B:15	C	B:12	14	B:11	9
16	Template:GBR Chris Short Racing	17	A:18	DNQ	A:13	21	A:16	DNQ	A:14	C	A:16	DNQ	A:18	DNQ									12
		18	B:12	13	B:5	22	B:8	6	B:13	C	B:7	13	B:13	25
17	Template:FRA Equipe Gauthier	35	A:11	25†	A:9	Ret	A:4	Ret	A:Ret	C	A:15	DNQ	A:15	DNQ									8
		36	B:17	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:13	21	B:6	C	B:17	DNQ	B:15	DNQ
18	Takagi Racing Enterprises	33	A:12	22	A:17	DNQ	A:10	12	A:5	C	A:12	15	A:10	22									4
		34	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:16	C	B:17	DNQ	B:19	DNQ
19	Euromotor International	27	A:14	10	A:11	20	A:9	11	A:9	C	A:14	Ret	A:16	DNQ									1
		28	B:15	DNQ	B:16	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ	B:14	C	B:14	20	B:17	DNQ