2017 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season

2017 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series
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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.

Drivers and Teams

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
DScity Voeckler Renault	Voeckler	VGPOne	Renault RSXXI-17	Template:Pirelli	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	Template:Pirelli	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	Template:Pirelli	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

Driver	Previous Team	Role	New Team	Role	Notes
Marco Bizzarri	Lavezzi IBR (IFRC)	Driver	Revolution Engineering	Driver
Alexey Buyvolov	Dofasco Racing	Driver	Aeroracing Engineering	Driver
Alberto Cara	Simpson Motorsports (F2RWRS)	Driver	Holden Racing Team	Driver	Initial eight-race deal.
Mark Dagnall	/ Melrose Racing Team	Driver	Jones Racing	Driver	Mutually terminated contract.
Geoff Donnelly	The local Greggs	Regular	Fusion Motorsports	Driver
Miko Fäkkinen	Revolution Engineering	Driver	Fusion Motorsports	Driver
Tomo Kazama	Kamaha Motorsports	Driver	Equipe Gauthier	Driver
Andrej Kremnicky	Aeroracing Engineering (F2RWRS)	Driver	Revolution Engineering	Driver
Wouter Lamberigts	Boxtel Engineering	Driver	Dacia F1RWRS Team	Driver
Martin McFry	Foxdale Auto Racing Team	Driver	/ Nurminen Grand Prix	Driver
Daniel Melrose	Horizon Motorsport (F1RICS)	Driver	/ Autodynamics Grand Prix	Driver	Cover for Albertini's eight-race ban.
Daniel Melville	Holden Racing Team	Driver	Kamaha Motorsports	Driver	Late replacement for van Nieuwenhuijzen.
Fredo Mestolio	Jones Racing	Driver	/ Melrose Racing Team	Driver
Barii Mori	Aeroracing Engineering	Driver	Sunshine Daihatsu	Driver
Connor O'Heagan	Jones Racing (IFRC)	Driver	Boxtel Engineering	Driver
Dean O'Lauchlan	Euromotor International (F1RICS)	Driver	Rob Lomas Racing	Driver
Gregor Pascal	Equipe Gauthier	Driver	/ Nurminen Grand Prix	Driver
Jesus Plaza	unattached	N/A	Team Mecha Racing	Driver
Hansuke Shioya	Team Mecha Racing	Driver	ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport	Driver
Eric Swerts	unattached	N/A	Gillet ENB	Driver	I know, right?!
Hiroto Tojo	unattached	N/A	Team Mecha Racing	Driver
Diego Álvarez Torrente	Plus One Racing Engineering (F2RWRS)	Driver	Jones Racing	Driver
Adélaïde Voeckler	The Crusaders (IFRC)	Driver	Rob Lomas Racing	Driver
Pink background denotes a Rookie driver.

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
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

#	Date	Venue	Type	Teams Present	Focus	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team	Fastest Time	Main Article
Pre-season
1	13-14 January	Donington Park	Private	Aeroracing Engineering	Reliability	Kay Lon	Aeroracing Engineering	1:12.207	13-14 January 2017 Donington Park Test
				Fusion Motorsports	Max BHP
				Plus One Kingfisher Racing	Downforce
2	13-14 January	Le Mans Bugatti	Private	DScity Voeckler Renault	Downforce	Ron Mignolet	DScity Voeckler Renault	1:24.853	13-14 January 2017 Le Mans Bugatti Test
3	13-14 January	Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track	Private	Sasol Equipe Gauthier	Reliability	Tomo Kazama	Sasol Equipe Gauthier	1:15.877	13-14 January 2017 Paul Ricard Test
4	13-14 January	Sebring	Private	Rob Lomas Racing	Reliability	Adélaïde Voeckler	Rob Lomas Racing	1:34.766	13-14 January 2017 Sebring Test
5	13-14 January	Suzuka	Private	Sunshine Daihatsu	Reliability	Hagane Shizuka	Kamaha Suzuki	1:40.031	13-14 January 2017 Suzuka Test
				Kamaha Suzuki	Downforce
6	13-14 January	Hockenheimring	Private	/ BASF Nurminen Grand Prix	Handling	Shinobu Katayama	/ BASF Nurminen Grand Prix	1:17.457	13-14 January 2017 Hockenheim Test
7	13-14 January	Rockingham Motor Speedway	Private	Foxdale Auto Racing Team	Reliability	Pippa Mann	Foxdale Auto Racing Team	1:14.937	13-14 January 2017 Rockingham Test
8	13-14 January	Sentul	Private	Team Mecha Racing	Downforce	Jesus Plaza	Team Mecha Racing	1:12.483	13-14 January 2017 Sentul Test
9	20-21 January	Silverstone	Private	Rob Lomas Racing	Downforce	Akira Yamamura	Aeroracing Engineering	1:33.701	20-21 January 2017 Silverstone Test
				Aeroracing Engineering	Downforce
10	20-21 January	Motegi	Private	Sunshine Daihatsu	Reliability	Johannes Rueckert	Sunshine Daihatsu	1:41.442	20-21 January 2017 Motegi Test
				Kamaha Suzuki	Downforce
11	20-21 January	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Private	Sasol Equipe Gauthier	Reliability	James Davies	Sasol Equipe Gauthier	1:21.923	20-21 January 2017 Magny-Cours Test
12	3-4 February	Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track	Private	DScity Voeckler Renault	Reliability	Nathanael Spencer	DScity Voeckler Renault	1:09.468	3-4 February 2017 Paul Ricard Test
13	3-4 February	Hockenheimring	Private	/ BASF Nurminen Grand Prix	Max BHP	Martin McFry	/ BASF Nurminen Grand Prix	1:17.493	3-4 February 2017 Hockenheim Test
14	3-4 February	Suzuka	Private	Kamaha Suzuki	Downforce	Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen	Kamaha Suzuki	1:40.189	3-4 February 2017 Suzuka Test
Private Season Tests
1	8 March	Suzuka	Private	Kamaha Suzuki	Downforce	Hagane Shizuka	Kamaha Suzuki	TBA	8 March 2017 Suzuka Test
2	28-29 March	Le Mans Bugatti	Private	DScity Voeckler Renault	Downforce	TBA	DScity Voeckler Renault	TBA	28-29 March 2017 Le Mans Bugatti Test
3	29 March	Suzuka	Private	Kamaha Suzuki	Downforce	Hagane Shizuka	Kamaha Suzuki	TBA	29 March 2017 Suzuka Test
Mid-Season

Races

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Reject of the Race	Driver of the Race
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
Points	10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos Driver AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NSE BEL MON MAR ARG JPN CHN Pts 1 Alexey Buyvolov 1 13† 10 2 Diego Álvarez Torrente Ret 1 10 3 Nicolas Steele 3 3 10 4 Kay Lon 2 Ret 7 5 Phillippe Nicolas Ret 2 7 6 Ron Mignolet 6 4 4 7 Alberto Cara 4 7 3 8 Jean-Luc Schiller 5 Ret 2 9 Nathanael Spencer Ret 5 2 10 Hagane Shizuka Ret 6 1 11 Douglas Mann 7 8 0 12 Pippa Mann 8 Ret 0 13 Dave Simpson Ret 9 0 14 Martin McFry 9 DNPQ 0 15 Daniel Melville 10 Ret 0 16 Hansuke Shioya Ret 10 0 17 Fredo Mestolio Ret 11 0 18 Eric Swerts 11 DNQ 0 19 Ben Fleet 12 Ret 0 20 Miko Fäkkinen DNPQ 12 0 21 Danny van Rijkens 13† DNPQ 0 22 Mark Dagnall Ret Ret 0 23 Nathan McKane Ret Ret 0 24 David Neuberg Ret Ret 0 25 Wouter Lamberigts Ret Ret 0 26 Thomas De Bock DNQ Ret 0 27 Daniel Melrose DNQ Ret 0 28 Gregor Pascal Ret DNPQ 0 29 Tomo Kazama Ret DNPQ 0 30 Jesus Plaza DNPQ Ret 0 31 Hiroto Tojo DNPQ Ret 0 32 Geoff Donnelly DNPQ DNQ 0 33 Andrej Kremnicky DNPQ DNPQ 0 34 Daniel Martins DNPQ DNPQ 0 35 Barii Mori DNPQ DNPQ 0 36 Marco Bizzarri DNPQ DNPQ 0 37 Benoît Voeckler DNPQ DNPQ 0 38 Dean O'Lauchlan DNPQ DNPQ 0 39 Adélaïde Voeckler DNPQ DNPQ 0 40 Connor O'Heagan DNPQ DNPQ 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructor's Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	BEL	MON	MAR	ARG	JPN	CHN	Pts
1	Aeroracing-Audi	5	1	13†															17
		6	2	Ret
2	Jones-Ford	3	Ret	Ret															10
		4	Ret	1
3	/ Autodynamics-Gillet	9	3	3															10
		10	DNQ	Ret
4	ArrowTech-Gillet	7	Ret	2															7
		8	Ret	10
5	Voeckler-Renault	0	6	4															6
		2	Ret	5
6	Holden	17	7	8															3
		18	4	7
7	/ MRT-BMW	11	5	Ret															2
		12	Ret	11
8	Kamaha-Suzuki	13	Ret	6															1
		14	10	Ret
9	Foxdale-Pure Hart	25	8	Ret															0
		26	12	Ret
10	Simpson-Dacia	29	Ret	9															0
		30	Ret	Ret
11	/ Nurminen-Holden	35	9	DNPQ															0
		36	Ret	DNPQ
12	Gillet	15	DNQ	Ret															0
		16	11	DNQ
13	Fusion-Great Wall	37	DNPQ	12															0
		38	DNPQ	DNQ
14	Gauthier-Pure Hart	21	13†	DNPQ															0
		22	Ret	DNPQ
15	Kingfisher-Ford	19	Ret	Ret															0
		20	Ret	Ret
16	Mecha-Pure Hart	31	DNPQ	Ret															0
		32	DNPQ	Ret
17	Sunshine-Daihatsu	23	DNPQ	DNPQ															0
		24	DNPQ	DNPQ
18	Boxtel-Ford	27	DNPQ	DNPQ															0
		28	DNPQ	DNPQ
19	Revolution-Renault	33	DNPQ	DNPQ															0
		34	DNPQ	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
1	Template:Dunlop	2	1															17
2	Template:Bridgestone	1	4															13
3	Template:Pirelli	3	2															12
4	Template:Michelin	Ret	3															5
5	Template:Goodyear	4	Ret															3