Caterham Winter Series

Caterham Winter Series
Category	Sportscars
Country/Region	Bahrain Qatar United Arab Emirates
Founder(s)	Caterham Cars
Inaugural Season	2017-18
Last season	2017-18
Engine supplier(s)	Ford Duratec
Tyre supplier(s)
Records
Driver's Champion	Shad Griffith
Team's Champion	Team Red

The Caterham Winter Series, commonly refered to as CWS, was a sprint-type racing series held by the WMS Group, together with Caterham, in the Middle-East. The car used was the Caterham SP/300R, a prototype-like car that features an engine developed by Cosworth's Ford Duratec division, putting out 300HP.

Format

The series featured an "arrive and drive" concept. 18 drivers were entered for the CWS inaugural season, with them beeing split into teams of 2. For each race weekend, 4 wildcars were given to drivers who whiched to participate in the series. The race weekened featured a 20 minutes practice session, so the drivers could get up to speed with the cars, a 20 minutes qualifying session, which determined the grid for both races, and two 30 minute races. Points were handed out to the top 10 drivers, with a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points scheme. There were four separate championships to compete for: an overall one, one for the Pro drivers, one for the Am drivers, and one for the teams.

List of Champions

Drivers'

Season	Driver	Team	Wins	Podiums	Points
2017-18	Shad Griffith	Team Red	4	6	96

Pro Champion

Season	Driver	Wins	Podiums	Points
2017-18	Shad Griffith	5	7	103

Am Champion

Season	Driver	Wins	Podiums	Points
2017-18	Chad Brooks	3	6	89

Teams' Champion

Season	Team	Wins	Podiums	Points
2017-18	Team Red	4	7	132