2017 AutoReject 3.5 season

2017 AutoReject 3.5
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The 2017 AutoReject 3.5 season will be the second season of AutoReject 3.5. The series was rebranded from International Formula Reject Challenge due to a charity organization already using the same abbreviation (IFRC). Many loopholes from the previous set of regulations were ironed out, with the aim of the series being held in a higher regard in the motorsport world. The rebranding would also see a move to establish the former F1 Rejects Development Series as a direct feeder series, AutoReject 2.0.

The regular season was preceded by the non-championship Middle Eastern Cup, which was organised to properly test the new technical package's capabilities.

Teams and Drivers

All engines are of 3.5 V8 configuration

Team	Engine	#	Drivers	Rounds
DScity Voeckler	Renault	1	Michael Robertson	1-5
			Jordan Davies 4	6-
		2	Nino Barlini	1-
Aeroracing Engineering	Audi	3	Akira Yamamura	1-
		4	Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson	1-
National Jones AutoReject Racing	Ford	5	Alessandro Marchesi	1-
		6	Marko Jantscher	1
De Friis Motorsport	Scania	7	Urmas Pärn	1-
		8	Jari Lappalainen	1-
Tarantino Autosport	Ford	9	Hobson Tarantino	1-
		10	Patrick Feldhoffer	1-4, 7-
			Hayato Kazami 3	5-6
Airwaves Nebula Grand Prix	Mazda	11	Victoria Desai	1-
		12	Björn Ekdal	1-
Ansett Australia Racing	Holden	13	Emma Kickert	1-
		14	Silvia Renaldi	1-
Racing Team Solvalou	Assoluto	15	Luc Pellerin	1-
		16	Markus Jacobson	1-
Falik Arrows	Cosworth	17	Rosco Vantini	1-
		18	Kenan Ardaoglu	1-6, 8
			TBA 5	7
Takagi Racing Enterprises	Mugen-Honda	19	Mustafa Kurniawan	1-3
			Adélaïde Voeckler 2	4-
		20	Toru Fukui	1-3
			Kalliope Spiros 2	4-
Chris Short Racing	Gillet	21	Andrea Battani	1-
		22	Pablo Galaz	1-
Plus One Racing Engineering	Triumph	23	Martin van der Maeyede	1-
		24	Joe Harmsky	1-
RonDen Racing Engineering	Van Hool	25	Jerry de Boer	1-
		26	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	1-
Restov Racing	Lada	27	Waisale Serevi	1-
		28	Abdel Genazzi	1-
Ural Racing	Lada	29	Yuki Matsudate	1-
		30	Ivan Lanin	1-
Écurie Prenois	Cosworth	31	Tuomas Suomanen	1-2, 4-
			Mineiro 1	3
		32	Gary Pacer	1-
Speedworld Racing	Cummins	33	Janne Kagström	1-
		34	Gilles Massinion	1-
Clockwork Racing	Ford	35	Verna Klien	1-
		36	James Morgan	1-
Minarae	Cosworth	37	Andrea Massini	1-2, 4-
			Andrea Acuri 1	3
Euromotor International	Porsche	38	Darko Kuzmanovic	1-
		39	Fredson Santos	1-
Schröder	Cosworth	40	Thomas Butler	1-
		41	Jiri Komárek	1-
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	RUF	42	Tanner Jason	1-

Notes:

• 1 - Tuomas Suomanen was injured in a collision with Andrea Massini, with Massini being excluded from the Round of Austria for his actions. They were replaced by Mineiro and Andrea Acuri, respectively.
• 2 - Due to performance issues, Takagi Racing Enterprises sacked both Toru Fukui and Mustafa Kurniawan and replaced them with Adélaïde Voeckler and Kalliope Spiros prior to the Round of Italy.
• 3 - Patrick Feldhoffer was injured in an accident at the Round of Italy, and was replaced by Hayato Kazami for the Rounds of the United Kingdom and the United States.
• 4 - Michael Robertson signed for the HRT F1RWRS team halfway through the season, and was replaced with Jordan Davies, who had left his F2RWRS team only weeks previously.
• 5 - Kenan Ardaouglu was excluded from the Round of the Netherlands for accumulating too many penalty points following a collision at the previous round at Road Atlanta.

Calendar

Testing

Date	Track	Fastest driver	Fastest team
March 11	Sandown International Raceway	Rosco Vantini	Falik Arrows
March 12		Marko Jantscher	Jones Racing

#	Round	Track	With	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Round of Australia	Hidden Valley Raceway	None	March 18	HA	Michael Robertson	Rosco Vantini	Rosco Vantini	Falik Arrows
				March 18	HB	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Nino Barlini	DScity Voeckler
				March 19	F	Alessandro Marchesi	Michael Robertson	Alessandro Marchesi	Jones Racing
2	Round of France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	AR 2.0 E AR ST AR GTi	April 15	HA	Andrea Battani	Michael Robertson	Michael Robertson	DScity Voeckler
				April 15	HB	Gary Pacer	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	RonDen Racing Engineering
				April 16	F	Kenan Ardaoglu	Akira Yamamura	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
3	Round of Austria	Red Bull Ring	AR 2.0 E AR GTi F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	May 6	HA	Victoria Desai	Rosco Vantini	Victoria Desai	Nebula Grand Prix
				May 6	HB	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Kenan Ardaoglu	Falik Arrows
				May 7	F	Rosco Vantini	Gary Pacer	Rosco Vantini	Falik Arrows
4	Round of Italy	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	AR 2.0 E	June 10	HA	Akira Yamamura	Rosco Vantini	Akira Yamamura	Aeroracing Engineering
				June 10	HB	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	RonDen Racing Engineering
				June 11	F	Marko Jantscher	Marko Jantscher	Marko Jantscher	Jones Racing
5	Round of the United Kingdom	Oulton Park Circuit	AR 2.0 E	June 24	HA	Michael Robertson	Akira Yamamura	Rosco Vantini	Falik Arrows
				June 24	HB	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Marko Jantscher	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	RonDen Racing Engineering
				June 25	F	Marko Jantscher	Marko Jantscher	Marko Jantscher	Jones Racing
6	Round of the United States	Road Atlanta	AR 2.0 NA	July 1	HA	Rosco Vantini	Akira Yamamura	Rosco Vantini	Falik Arrows
				July 1	HB	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	RonDen Racing Engineering
				July 2	F	Jordan Davies	Rosco Vantini	Jordan Davies	DScity Voeckler
7	Round of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	AR 2.0 E F1RWRS	July 30	HA
				July 30	HB
				July 31	F
8	Round of Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	IWC AR 2.0 E AR GTi F3RWRS	August 19	HA
				August 19	HB
				August 20	F
9	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	AR ST AR GTi F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	September 2	HA
				September 2	HB
				September 3	F
10	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	GT-R WC	October 7	HA
				October 7	HB
				October 8	F

Non-championship races

Name	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
Nobushige Fukuda Memorial Trophy	Autopolis International Racing Course	October 15

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	0	0	1	1
Final	20	14	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	2

Drivers

Pos	Driver	AUS		FRA		AUT		ITA		GBR		USA		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	Marko Jantscher	B:2	11	B:4	4	B:2	2	B:2	1	B:2	1											108
2	Akira Yamamura	A:4	17	A:3	2	A:4	5	A:1	3	A:4	2											79
3	Rosco Vantini	A:1	15	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	1	A:3	7	A:1	4											69
4	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	B:Ret	DNQ	B:1	13	B:6	8	B:1	2	B:1	3											66
5	Kenan Ardaoglu	B:7	18	B:10	1	B:1	3	B:4	6	B:4	7											65
6	Michael Robertson	A:2	7	A:1	9	A:Ret	DNQ	A:2	4	A:2	Ret											52
7	Gary Pacer	B:3	3	B:5	5	B:4	4	B:6	12	B:5	DNS											48
8	Thomas Butler	B:4	2	B:6	3	B:9	9	B:9	21	B:3	5											46
9	Victoria Desai	A:8	13	A:9	12	A:1	6	A:4	5	A:5	10											33
10	Andrea Battani	A:6	8	A:2	Ret	A:2	Ret	A:5	11	A:3	11											33
11	Silvia Renaldi	B:11	Ret	B:2	11	B:8	7	B:3	9	B:6	6											29
12	Alessandro Marchesi	A:3	1	A:15	DNQ	A:13	20	A:15	DNQ	A:11	17											28
13	Nino Barlini	B:1	Ret	B:7	14	B:3	11	B:7	8	B:9	8											26
14	Joe Harmsky	B:5	22	B:3	6	B:12	Ret	B:8	19	B:12	16											16
15	Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson	B:8	6	B:17	DNQ	B:5	22	B:11	10	B:7	12											13
16	Andrea Massini	A:5	19	A:4	DSQ	EX	EX	A:6	22	A:9	23											12
17	Jerry de Boer	A:12	4	A:7	15	A:15	DNQ	A:13	20	A:8	15											11
18	Emma Kickert	A:7	9	A:13	7	A:7	16	A:18	DNQ	A:14	21											10
19	Tuomas Suomanen	A:13	Ret	A:5	Ret	INJ	INJ	A:7	13	A:7	18											8
20	Gilles Massinion	B:12	5	B:8	18	B:DNS	DNQ	B:10	14	B:17	DNQ											7
21	Jari Lappalainen	B:6	16	B:14	17	B:7	15	B:17	DNQ	B:8	13											6
22	Urmas Pärn	A:18	DNQ	A:14	Ret	A:5	19	A:17	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ											4
23	Patrick Feldhoffer	B:Ret	DNQ	B:20	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:5	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ									4
24	Martin van der Maeyede	A:9	Ret	A:6	23	A:8	21	A:10	17	A:19	DNQ											4
25	Jiri Komárek	A:10	Ret	A:10	19	A:20†	DNQ	A:8	16	A:6	20											4
26	Mineiro					A:6	10															4
27	Björn Ekdal	B:10	20	B:9	8	B:14	18	B:15	DNQ	B:15	DNQ											3
28	Markus Jacobson	B:9	21	B:12	21	B:11	13	B:16	DNQ	B:11	9											2
29	Hobson Tarantino	A:15	DNQ	A:8	Ret	A:19†	DNQ	A:9	23	A:10	Ret											1
30	Luc Pellerin	A:11	12	A:11	10	A:16	DNQ	A:14	Ret	A:13	22											1
31	Abdel Genazzi	B:14	10	B:15	DNQ	B:16	DNQ	B:13	Ret	B:14	Ret											1
32	Andrea Acuri					A:9	23															0
33	Verna Klien	A:16	DNQ	A:12	16	A:10	12	A:11	18	A:12	19											0
34	James Morgan	B:13	Ret	B:16	DNQ	B:10	Ret	B:12	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ											0
35	Darko Kuzmanovic	B:16	DNQ	B:13	22	B:15	DNQ	B:18	DNQ	B:10	14											0
36	Waisale Serevi	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:11	14	A:12	15	A:18	DNQ											0
37	Pablo Galaz	B:Ret	DNQ	B:11	20	B:13	25	B:21†	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ											0
38	Janne Kagström	A:14	14	A:16	DNQ	A:12	17	A:16	DNQ	A:17	DNQ											0
39	Hayato Kazami									B:13	DNS											0
40	Fredson Santos	A:17	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:14	24	A:20	DNQ	A:16	DNQ											0
41	Tanner Jason	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ	B:14	Ret	B:16	DNQ											0
42	Toru Fukui	B:15	DNQ	B:18	DNQ	B:17	DNQ															0
43	Yuki Matsudate	A:19	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:19	DNQ	A:15	DNQ											0
44	Ivan Lanin	B:17	DNQ	B:21	DNQ	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:18	DNQ											0
45	Mustafa Kurniawan	A:Ret	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:18	DNQ															0
46	Kalliope Spiros							B:20	DNQ	B:19	DNQ											0
47	Adélaïde Voeckler							A:21	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ											0

Teams

Pos	Team	#	AUS		FRA		AUT		ITA		GBR		USA		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	Jones-Ford	5	A:3	1	A:15	DNQ	A:13	20	A:15	DNQ	A:11	17											136
		6	B:2	11	B:4	4	B:2	2	B:2	1	B:2	1
2	Falik-Cosworth	17	A:1	15	A:Ret	DNQ	A:3	1	A:3	7	A:1	4											134
		18	B:7	18	B:10	1	B:1	3	B:4	6	B:4	7
3	Aeroracing-Audi	3	A:4	17	A:3	2	A:4	5	A:1	3	A:4	2											92
		4	B:8	6	B:17	DNQ	B:5	22	B:11	10	B:7	12
4	Voeckler-Renault	1	A:2	7	A:1	9	A:Ret	DNQ	A:2	4	A:2	Ret											78
		2	B:1	Ret	B:7	14	B:3	11	B:7	8	B:9	8
5	RonDen-Van Hool	25	A:12	4	A:7	15	A:15	DNQ	A:13	20	A:8	15											77
		26	B:Ret	DNQ	B:1	13	B:6	8	B:1	2	B:1	3
6	Prenois-Cosworth	31	A:13	Ret	A:5	Ret	A:6	10	A:7	13	A:7	18											60
		32	B:3	3	B:5	5	B:4	4	B:6	12	B:5	DNS
7	Schröder-Cosworth	40	B:4	2	B:6	3	B:9	9	B:9	21	B:3	5											50
		41	A:10	Ret	A:10	19	A:20†	DNQ	A:8	16	A:6	20
8	Ansett-Holden	13	A:7	9	A:13	7	A:7	16	A:18	DNQ	A:14	21											39
		14	B:11	Ret	B:2	11	B:8	7	B:3	9	B:6	6
9	Nebula-Mazda	11	A:8	13	A:9	12	A:1	6	A:4	5	A:5	10											36
		12	B:10	20	B:9	8	B:14	18	B:15	DNQ	B:15	DNQ
10	Chris Short-Gillet	21	A:6	8	A:2	Ret	A:2	Ret	A:5	11	A:3	11											33
		22	B:Ret	DNQ	B:11	20	B:13	25	B:21†	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ
11	Plus One-Triumph	23	A:9	Ret	A:6	23	A:8	21	A:10	17	A:19	DNQ											20
		24	B:5	22	B:3	6	B:12	Ret	B:8	19	B:12	16
12	Minarae-Cosworth	37	A:5	19	A:4	DSQ	A:9	A:23	A:6	22	A:9	23											12
13	De Friis-Scania	7	A:18	DNQ	A:14	Ret	A:5	19	A:17	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ											10
		8	B:6	16	B:14	17	B:7	15	B:17	DNQ	B:8	13
14	Speedworld-Cummins	33	A:14	14	A:16	DNQ	A:12	17	A:16	DNQ	A:17	DNQ											7
		34	B:12	5	B:8	18	B:DNS	DNQ	B:10	14	B:17	DNQ
15	Tarantino-Ford	9	A:15	DNQ	A:8	Ret	A:19†	DNQ	A:9	23	A:10	Ret											5
		10	B:Ret	DNQ	B:20	DNQ	B:Ret	DNQ	B:5	Ret	B:13	DNS
16	RTS-Assoluto	15	A:11	12	A:11	10	A:16	DNQ	A:14	Ret	A:13	22											3
		16	B:9	21	B:12	21	B:11	13	B:16	DNQ	B:11	9
17	Restov-Lada	27	A:Ret	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ	A:11	14	A:12	15	A:18	DNQ											1
		28	B:14	10	B:15	DNQ	B:16	DNQ	B:13	Ret	B:14	Ret
18	Clockwork-Ford	35	A:16	DNQ	A:12	16	A:10	12	A:11	18	A:12	19											0
		36	B:13	Ret	B:16	DNQ	B:10	Ret	B:12	Ret	B:Ret	DNQ
19	Euromotor-Porsche	38	B:16	DNQ	B:13	22	B:15	DNQ	B:18	DNQ	B:10	14											0
		39	A:17	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:14	24	A:20	DNQ	A:16	DNQ
20	Blokkmonsta-RUF	42	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:DNS	DNQ	B:14	Ret	B:16	DNQ											0
21	Takagi-Mugen	19	A:Ret	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:18	DNQ	A:21	DNQ	A:Ret	DNQ											0
		20	B:15	DNQ	B:18	DNQ	B:17	DNQ	B:20	DNQ	B:19	DNQ
22	Ural-Lada	29	A:19	DNQ	A:DNS	DNQ	A:17	DNQ	A:19	DNQ	A:15	DNQ											0
		30	B:17	DNQ	B:21	DNQ	B:18	DNQ	B:19	DNQ	B:18	DNQ

† Driver did not finish, but was classified due completing at least 90% of the race distance