2017 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season

2017 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series
Previous: 2016	Next: 2018

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		0	Ron Mignolet	1-3	Jari Kekkonen Rhys Davies
						Thomas De Bock	4-
					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	1-3	Alexandre Dorval Aurelien Moll
						Ron Mignolet	4-
					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	1-3
						Du Lei	4
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	1-2
						Shinobu Katayama	3-4

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	1:40.669	8 March 2017 Suzuka Test
2	28-29 March	Le Mans Bugatti	Private	DScity Voeckler Renault	Downforce	Rhys Davies	DScity Voeckler Renault	1:25.100	28-29 March 2017 Le Mans Bugatti Test
3	28-29 March	Hockenheimring	Private	/ PDVSA Melrose Racing Team	Downforce	Daniel Melrose	/ PDVSA Melrose Racing Team	1:17.777	28-29 March 2017 Hockenheim Test
4	29 March	Suzuka	Private	Kamaha Suzuki	Downforce	Hagane Shizuka	Kamaha Suzuki	1:40.669	29 March 2017 Suzuka Test
5	3-4 April	Brands Hatch	Private	Aeroracing Engineering	Reliability	TBA	TBA	TBA	3-4 April 2017 Brands Hatch Test
				ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport	Downforce
				/ Autodynamics GP	Downforce
				Foxdale Auto Racing Team	Reliability
				Fusion Motorsports	Handling
				Jones Racing	Handling
				Rob Lomas Racing	Handling
				Sasol Equipe Gauthier	Reliability
				Team Mecha Racing	Reliability
6	10-11 April	Magny-Cours	Private	DScity Voeckler Renault	Reliability	TBA	TBA	TBA	10-11 April 2017 Magny-Cours 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	Alexey Buyvolov	Kay Lon	Alexey Buyvolov	Aeroracing-Audi	Kamaha-Suzuki	Alexey Buyvolov
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† 1 20 2 Kay Lon 2 Ret 3 12 3 Diego Álvarez Torrente Ret 1 Ret 10 4 Nicolas Steele 3 3 8 10 5 Nathanael Spencer Ret 5 2 9 6 Phillippe Nicolas Ret 2 Ret 7 7 Ron Mignolet 6 4 Ret 4 8 Alberto Cara 4 7 Ret 3 9 Mark Dagnall Ret Ret 4 3 10 Jean-Luc Schiller 5 Ret 14† 2 11 Daniel Melrose DNQ Ret 5 2 12 Fredo Mestolio Ret 11 6 1 13 Hagane Shizuka Ret 6 Ret 1 14 Douglas Mann 7 8 9 0 15 Wouter Lamberigts Ret Ret 7 0 16 Pippa Mann 8 Ret 11 0 17 Dave Simpson Ret 9 12† 0 18 Martin McFry 9 DNPQ DNPQ 0 19 Danny van Rijkens 13† DNPQ 10 0 20 Daniel Melville 10 Ret Ret 0 21 Hansuke Shioya Ret 10 Ret 0 22 Eric Swerts 11 DNQ DNPQ 0 23 Ben Fleet 12 Ret Ret 0 24 Miko Fäkkinen DNPQ 12 DNPQ 0 25 Marco Bizzarri DNPQ DNPQ 13 0 26 Nathan McKane Ret Ret Ret 0 27 David Neuberg Ret Ret Ret 0 28 Thomas De Bock DNQ Ret DNPQ 0 29 Tomo Kazama Ret DNPQ Ret 0 30 Gregor Pascal Ret DNPQ DNPQ 0 31 Jesus Plaza DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 32 Hiroto Tojo DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 33 Shinobu Katayama Ret 0 34 Geoff Donnelly DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 0 35 Andrej Kremnicky DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 0 36 Adélaïde Voeckler DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 0 37 Daniel Martins DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 38 Barii Mori DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 39 Benoît Voeckler DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 40 Connor O'Heagan DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 41 Dean O'Lauchlan DNPQ DNPQ 0 42 Jean-Vincent Albertini EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX -

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† 1 32 6 2 Ret 3 2 Jones-Ford 3 Ret Ret 4 13 4 Ret 1 Ret 3 Voeckler-Renault 0 6 4 Ret 13 2 Ret 5 2 4 / Autodynamics-Gillet 9 3 3 8 12 10 DNQ Ret 5 5 ArrowTech-Gillet 7 Ret 2 Ret 7 8 Ret 10 Ret 6 Holden 17 7 8 9 3 18 4 7 Ret 7 / MRT-BMW 11 5 Ret 14† 3 12 Ret 11 6 8 Kamaha-Suzuki 13 Ret 6 Ret 1 14 10 Ret Ret 9 Simpson-Dacia 29 Ret 9 12† 0 30 Ret Ret 7 10 Foxdale-Pure Hart 25 8 Ret 11 0 26 12 Ret Ret 11 / Nurminen-Holden 35 9 DNPQ DNPQ 0 36 Ret DNPQ DNPQ 12 Gauthier-Pure Hart 21 13† DNPQ 10 0 22 Ret DNPQ Ret 13 Gillet 15 DNQ Ret DNPQ 0 16 11 DNQ DNPQ 14 Fusion-Great Wall 37 DNPQ 12 DNPQ 0 38 DNPQ DNQ DNPQ 15 Revolution-Renault 33 DNPQ DNPQ 13 0 34 DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 16 Kingfisher-Ford 19 Ret Ret Ret 0 20 Ret Ret Ret 17 Mecha-Pure Hart 31 DNPQ Ret DNPQ 0 32 DNPQ Ret DNPQ 18 Rob Lomas-Audi 39 DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 0 40 DNPQ DNPQ Ret 19 Sunshine-Daihatsu 23 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 24 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 20 Boxtel-Ford 27 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 28 DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ

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

Pre-Qualifying Cup

The Pre-Qualifying Cup was a competition for teams and drivers competing in Pre-Qualifying throughout the season. Pre-Qualifying pole sitters would receive 10 points, second place 8, third place 6, fourth 5 and so on, until 8th position. For teams, there was monetary gain at stake with the Commission handing out prize money.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Driver's Cup

Pos Driver AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NSE BEL MON MAR ARG JPN CHN Pts 1 Danny van Rijkens 2 4 4 18 2 Wouter Lamberigts 4 8 2 14 3 Nicolas Steele 1 10 4 Andrej Kremnicky 1 12 17 10 5 Marco Bizzari 14 11 1 10 6 Jesus Plaza DNST 3 6 9 7 Daniel Melrose 2 8 8 Dave Simpson 10 5 5 8 9 Ben Fleet 3 6 10 Shinobu Katayama 3 9 11 Martin McFry 5 DNST 9 4 12 Gregor Pascal 8 6 15 4 13 Daniel Martins 6 DNST 14 3 14 Pippa Mann 7 2 15 Miko Fäkkinen 11 7 10 2 16 Adélaïde Voeckler 18 9 7 2 17 Geoff Donnelly 17 9 8 1 18 Tomo Kazama 9 DNST 12 0 19 Hiroto Tojo 12 14 18 0 20 Barii Mori 13 DNST 11 0 21 Connor O'Heagan DNST 13 16 0 22 Benoît Voeckler 15 DNST 13 0 23 Dean O'Lauchlan 16 DNST 0 24 Eric Swerts 19 0 25 Thomas De Bock DNST 0

Key Colour Result Gold Pre-Q pole Silver 2nd position Bronze 3rd position Green Points position Blue Non-points position Orange Did not set a time (DNST) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Light blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Compete (No text) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ)

Constructor's Cup

Pos Constructor # AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NSE BEL MON MAR ARG JPN CHN Pts 1 Simpson-Dacia 29 10 5 5 22 30 4 8 2 2 Revolution-Renault 33 14 11 1 20 34 1 12 17 3 / Autodynamics-Gillet 9 1 18 10 2 4 Gauthier-Pure Hart 21 2 4 4 18 22 9 DNST 12 7 Mecha-Pure Hart 31 DNST 3 6 9 32 12 14 18 6 Foxdale-Pure Hart 25 7 8 26 3 7 Rob Lomas-Audi 39 18 9 7 8 40 16 DNST 3 8 / Nurminen-Holden 35 5 DNST 9 8 36 8 6 15 9 Sunshine-Daihatsu 23 6 DNST 14 3 24 13 DNST 11 10 Fusion-Great Wall 37 11 7 10 3 38 17 9 8 11 Gillet 15 DNST 0 16 19

Key Colour Result Gold Pre-Q pole Silver 2nd position Bronze 3rd position Green Points position Blue Non-points position Orange Did not set a time (DNST) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Light blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Compete (No text) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ)

Teams in Pre-Qualifying

Constructor AUS NSW GBR ITA AUT CAN SUS NUS GER NSE BEL MON MAR ARG JPN CHN Gillet Autodynamics-Gillet Gauthier-Pure-Hart Sunshine-Daihatsu Foxdale-Pure-Hart Boxtel-Ford Simpson-Renault Mecha-Pure-Hart Revolution-Renault / Nurminen-Holden Fusion-Great Wall Rob Lomas-Audi

Key Colour Result Yellow Avoided Pre-Qualifying From Next Round Green Progressed From Pre-Qualifying Red Did Not Progrss From Pre-Qualifying

Harvey Jones Memorial Trophy

Pos	Constructor	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS	GER	NSE	BEL	MON	MAR	ARG	JPN	CHN	Pts
1		1	4	1														23
2		2	1	3														22
3		3	2	2														19
4		Ret	3	4														8
5		4	Ret	DNPQ														3