2017 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season
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The 2017 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season will be the 8th season of F1RWRS competition. Defending Drivers' Champion Rhys Davies retired from F1RWRS competition at the conclusion of the 2016 season and switched to sportscars, signing with Audi to race in the 2017 ACO Le Mans Cup.
Contents
Drivers and Teams
Team | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | # | Race Drivers | Rounds | Test Driver(s) |
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DScity Voeckler Renault | Voeckler | VGPOne | Renault RSXXI-17 | 0 | Ron Mignolet | 1- | Jari Kekkonen Rhys Davies | |
2 | Nathanael Spencer | 1- | ||||||
National Jones Ford Team | Jones | 109 | Ford XR8C | 3 | Mark Dagnall | 1- | Terry Hawkin Marko Jantscher | |
4 | Diego Álvarez Torrente | 1- | ||||||
Rothmans Pan Am Aeroracing Engineering | Aeroracing | Clipper ARE01-3 | Audi AF1-4B | 5 | Alexey Buyvolov | 1- | Akira Yamamura | |
6 | Kay Lon | 1- | ||||||
ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport | ArrowTech | AT-07 | Gillet GV11B | 7 | Phillippe Nicolas | 1- | Marie Simon Rosco Vantini | |
8 | Hansuke Shioya | 1- | ||||||
/ BOC Autodynamics Grand Prix | Autodynamics | AGP17 | Gillet GV11B | 9 | Nicolas Steele | 1- | Cave Johnson Sebastian Prost | |
10 | Daniel Melrose | 1-8 | ||||||
Jean-Vincent Albertini | 9- | |||||||
/ PDVSA Melrose Racing Team | MRT | M8 | BMW P90/17 | 11 | Jean-Luc Schiller | 1- | Gianluigi Pazzini Takuma Taki | |
12 | Fredo Mestolio | 1- | ||||||
Kamaha Motorsports | Kamaha | KM-7 | Suzuki AF1-4B 1 | 13 | Hagane Shizuka | 1- | Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen Barii Mori | |
14 | Daniel Melville | 1- | ||||||
Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge | Gillet ENB | ENB117 | Gillet GV11B | 15 | Thomas De Bock | 1- | Alexandre Dorval Aurelien Moll | |
16 | Eric Swerts | 1- | ||||||
Mobil Holden Racing Team | Holden | HRT-007 | Holden LSF1-17 | 17 | Douglas Mann | 1- | Carter Simpson Renato Bulku | |
18 | Alberto Cara | 1-8 | ||||||
Plus One Kingfisher Racing | Kingfisher | KR-04B | Ford XR8C | 19 | David Neuberg | 1- | Martyn Rietacher Martin van der Maeyede | |
20 | Nathan McKane | 1- | ||||||
Sasol Equipe Gauthier | Gauthier | G2.17 | Pure-Hart PHRWRS-1-17 | 21 | Danny van Rijkens | 1- | Jordan Davies James Davies Aimée Gauthier | |
22 | Tomo Kazama | 1- | ||||||
Sunshine Daihatsu | Sunshine | SD-03 | Daihatsu Zeetec-R1/17 | 23 | Daniel Martins | 1- | Yuka Katayama Johannes Rueckert | |
24 | Barii Mori | 1- | ||||||
Foxdale Auto Racing Team | Foxdale | F1-6 | Pure-Hart PHRWRS-1-17 | 25 | Pippa Mann | 1- | Peter Port | |
26 | Ben Fleet | 1- | ||||||
Boxtel Engineering | Boxtel | BOX-017 | Ford XR8C | 27 | Benoît Voeckler | 1- | Saeed Al Faisal | |
28 | Connor O'Heagan | 1- | ||||||
Dacia F1RWRS Team | Simpson | GSM-030 | Dacia RSXXI-17 2 | 29 | Dave Simpson | 1- | Michael Robertson | |
30 | Wouter Lamberigts | 1- | ||||||
Team Mecha Racing | Mecha | FM-17 | Pure-Hart PHRWRS-1-17 | 31 | Jesus Plaza | 1- | Dave Anderson | |
32 | Hiroto Tojo | 1- | ||||||
Revolution Engineering | Revolution | HS17 | Renault RSXXI-17 | 33 | Marco Bizzarri | 1- | Dean O'Lauchlan | |
34 | Andrej Kremnicky | 1- | ||||||
/ BASF Nurminen Grand Prix | Nurminen | NRE Type 01 | Holden LSF1-17 | 35 | Martin McFry | 1- | Shinobu Katayama Thomas Yorke | |
36 | Gregor Pascal | 1- | ||||||
Energy T.I. Fusion Motorsports | Fusion | CL1/17 | Great Wall GWRS 17 | 37 | Miko Fäkkinen | 1- | Franc Piscine | |
38 | Geoff Donnelly | 1- | ||||||
Rob Lomas Racing 3 | Lomas | RLR-P01 | Audi AF1-4 | 39 | Adélaïde Voeckler | 1- | Phil McCracken | |
40 | Dean O'Lauchlan | 1- |
Notes
- 1 - Kamaha will run Audi engines but they will be rebadged as Suzuki engines for commercial reasons.
- 2 - Simpson were renamed Dacia for commercial reasons, which the Renault engines being renamed too.
- 3 - Prospec were wound up before the season started and Rob Lomas Racing were given their slot.
Driver and team changes
Driver Changes
Season Review
Testing
The two official F1RWRS pre-season tests took place at Jerez on the 27th-28th January, and at Estoril on the 10th-11th February. With the omission of a third test, teams were encourage to organise their own pre-season tests with the majority of the teams choosing home locations.
Official Pre-Season Tests
# | Date | Venue | Type | Teams Present | Focus | Fastest Driver | Fastest Team | Fastest Time | Main Article |
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1 | 27-28 January | Circuito de Jerez | Public | All | None | Alexey Buyvolov | Aeroracing Engineering | 1:24.837 | F1RWRS 2017 Pre-Season Test 1 |
16 | 10-11 February | Autódromo do Estoril | Public | All | None | Rhys Davies | DScity Voeckler Renault | 1:29.368 | F1RWRS 2017 Pre-Season Test 2 |
Private Tests
Races
Race | Track | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning constructor | Reject of the Race | Driver of the Race | |
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1 | Australian Grand Prix | Adelaide Street Circuit | 5 March | Alexey Buyvolov | Mark Dagnall | Alexey Buyvolov | Aeroracing-Audi | Diego Álvarez Torrente Eric Swerts |
Alexey Buyvolov |
2 | New South Wales Grand Prix | Mount Panorama Circuit | 12 March | Alexey Buyvolov | Mark Dagnall | Diego Álvarez Torrente | Jones-Ford | Nathanael Spencer | Phillippe Nicolas |
3 | British Grand Prix | Brands Hatch | 2 April | ||||||
4 | Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 16 April | ||||||
5 | Austrian Grand Prix | Red Bull Ring | 7 May | ||||||
6 | Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 28 May | ||||||
7 | Southern US Grand Prix | Phoenix Street Circuit | 11 June | ||||||
8 | Northern US Grand Prix | Road America | 25 June | ||||||
9 | German Grand Prix | Norisring | 16 July | ||||||
10 | North Sea Grand Prix | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 30 July | ||||||
11 | Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 September | ||||||
12 | Monaco Grand Prix | Circuit de Monaco | 17 September | ||||||
13 | Moroccan Grand Prix | Marrakech Circuit | 1 October | ||||||
14 | Argentine Grand Prix | Autodromo Juan y Oscar Galvez | 15 October | ||||||
15 | Japanese Grand Prix | Fuji Speedway | 29 October | ||||||
16 | Chinese Grand Prix | Guia Circuit | 12 November |
Note : Pink background denotes a Temporary Circuit, which may not be tested on at any time.
Standings
Driver's Championship
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Constructor's Championship
Pos | Constructor | # | AUS |
NSW |
GBR |
ITA |
AUT |
CAN |
SUS |
NUS |
GER |
NSE |
BEL |
MON |
MAR |
ARG |
JPN |
CHN |
Pts |
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1 | Aeroracing-Audi | 5 | 1 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | / Autodynamics-Gillet | 9 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
10 | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Holden | 17 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
18 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | / MRT-BMW | 11 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Voeckler-Renault | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Foxdale-Pure Hart | 25 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
26 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | / Nurminen-Holden | 35 | 9 | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
36 | Ret | DNPQ | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Kamaha-Suzuki | 13 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
14 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Gillet | 15 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||||
16 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Gauthier-Pure Hart | 21 | 13† | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
22 | Ret | DNPQ | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Jones-Ford | 3 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | ArrowTech-Gillet | 7 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Kingfisher-Ford | 19 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
20 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | Simpson-Dacia | 29 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
30 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sunshine-Daihatsu | 23 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
24 | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Boxtel-Ford | 27 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
28 | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||||||||||||||
17 | Mecha-Pure Hart | 31 | DNPQ | 0 | |||||||||||||||
32 | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | Revolution-Renault | 33 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
34 | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Fusion-Great Wall | 37 | DNPQ | 0 | |||||||||||||||
38 | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | Rob Lomas-Audi | 39 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
40 | DNPQ | DNPQ |
Harvey Jones Memorial Trophy
Pos | Constructor | AUS |
NSW |
GBR |
ITA |
AUT |
CAN |
SUS |
NUS |
GER |
NSE |
BEL |
MON |
MAR |
ARG |
JPN |
CHN |
Pts |
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1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Ret | 0 |
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