The 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 season was the 27th Formula Renault Eurocup season organized by the Renault Sport and the second season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The series would visit ten circuits around Europe, including Monaco.[1]
Twelve teams were preselected on 12 September 2016.[1] ASM Motorsport, Cram Motorsport and Duqueine Engineering were dropped from the final teams' list that was published on 9 November 2016.[2]
The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 17 October 2016. The series will return Silverstone Circuit, Hungaroring, Nürburgring and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and add Pau Circuit in its schedule. While Ciudad del Motor de Aragón for the first time since 2009 will be not present in the 2017 calendar, as well as 2016 returnee Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva.[39] On 3 February 2017 was confirmed the number of the races during the rounds.[40]
Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 22 April | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
R2 | 23 April | |||
2 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | 13 May | |
R2 | 14 May | |||
3 | R1 | Pau Circuit, Pau | 20 May | Pau Grand Prix |
R2 | 21 May | |||
4 | R1 | Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo | 27 May | |
R2 | 28 May | |||
5 | R1 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 1 July | International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship |
R2 | 2 July | |||
R3 | ||||
6 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 15 July | FIA World Endurance Championship |
R2 | 16 July | |||
7 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 22 July | European Le Mans Series |
R2 | 23 July | |||
8 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 26 August | |
R2 | 27 August | |||
9 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 23 September | |
R2 | ||||
R3 | 24 September | |||
10 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 28 October | International GT Open |
R2 | 29 October | |||
R3 |
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | ||||||
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1 | 1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Robert Shwartzman | Sacha Fenestraz | Robert Shwartzman | R-ace GP | Max Fewtrell | ||||
R2 | Gabriel Aubry | Sacha Fenestraz | Will Palmer | R-ace GP | Neil Verhagen | ||||||
2 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | Max Defourny | Will Palmer | Will Palmer | R-ace GP | Max Fewtrell | ||||
R2 | Robert Shwartzman | Robert Shwartzman | Robert Shwartzman | R-ace GP | Dan Ticktum | ||||||
3 | R1 | Pau Circuit | Robert Shwartzman | Robert Shwartzman | Robert Shwartzman | R-ace GP | Max Fewtrell | ||||
R2 | Alex Peroni | Robert Shwartzman | Alex Peroni | Fortec Motorsports | Max Fewtrell | ||||||
4 | R1 | Circuit de Monaco | Will Palmer | Max Defourny | Will Palmer | R-ace GP | Dan Ticktum | ||||
R2 | Sacha Fenestraz | Max Defourny | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Dan Ticktum | ||||||
5 | R1 | Hungaroring | Dan Ticktum | Dan Ticktum | Dan Ticktum | Arden | Dan Ticktum | ||||
R2 | Sacha Fenestraz | Yifei Ye | Gabriel Aubry | Tech 1 Racing | Max Fewtrell | ||||||
R3 | Gabriel Aubry | Gabriel Aubry | Gabriel Aubry | Tech 1 Racing | Yifei Ye | ||||||
6 | R1 | Nürburgring | Robert Shwartzman | Max Defourny | Robert Shwartzman | R-ace GP | Dan Ticktum | ||||
R2 | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Dan Ticktum | ||||||
7 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | Max Defourny | Dan Ticktum | Max Fewtrell | Tech 1 Racing | Max Fewtrell | ||||
R2 | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Max Fewtrell | ||||||
8 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Sacha Fenestraz | Robert Shwartzman | Max Defourny | R-ace GP | Yifei Ye | ||||
R2 | Robert Shwartzman | Max Defourny | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Dan Ticktum | ||||||
9 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Sacha Fenestraz | nowrap | Michael Benyahia | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Yifei Ye | |||
R2 | Sacha Fenestraz | Max Defourny | Gabriel Aubry | Tech 1 Racing | Max Fewtrell | ||||||
R3 | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | nowrap | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Neil Verhagen | |||||
10 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | nowrap | Robert Shwartzman | nowrap | Robert Shwartzman | nowrap | Robert Shwartzman | R-ace GP | nowrap | Richard Verschoor |
R2 | Robert Shwartzman | Robert Shwartzman | Robert Shwartzman | R-ace GP | Richard Verschoor | ||||||
R3 | Sacha Fenestraz | Robert Shwartzman | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Richard Verschoor |
The first race at Spa which held in fog conditions was red-flagged after three laps were completed behind the safety car, but before 75% of the scheduled distance in laps, the necessary distance required for a race to pay full points. Race paid half points to all classified finishers.[41]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
(key)
Driver | MNZ | SIL | PAU | MON | HUN | NÜR | RBR | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | |||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
1 | Sacha Fenestraz | 2 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 367.5 | |
2 | Will Palmer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 298 | |
3 | Robert Shwartzman | 1 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | DSQ | 2 | 25 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 285 | |
4 | Max Defourny | 5 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 255 | |
5 | Gabriel Aubry | 3 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 232 | |
6 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Max Fewtrell | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 164 |
7 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Dan Ticktum | 11 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 134 |
8 | Yifei Ye | 9 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 106.5 | |
9 | Richard Verschoor | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 25 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 5 | 89 | |
10 | Alex Peroni | 6 | Ret | 6 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 24 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 72 | |
11 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Neil Verhagen | 17 | 4 | Ret | 16 | DNS | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 18 | Ret | 18 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 17 | 59 |
12 | Henrique Chaves | 7 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 6 | 17 | 16 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 53 | |
13 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Aleksandr Vartanyan | 14 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 8 | Ret | 22 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
14 | Thomas Randle | Ret | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 11 | DSQ | Ret | 14 | 39.5 | |||||||||
15 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Jarno Opmeer | 18 | 21 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 22 | 13 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
16 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Thomas Maxwell | 13 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 14 | Ret | 24 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 14 |
17 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Raúl Guzmán | 22 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 26 | Ret | 22 | 13 |
18 | Aleksey Korneev | 20 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 14 | DNS | 23 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 8 | |
19 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Luis Leeds | 25 | Ret | 23 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 26 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 23 | Ret | 29 | Ret | 23 | 7 |
20 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Zane Goddard | 15 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 5 |
21 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Presley Martono | 16 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 27 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 15 | Ret | 1 |
22 | Najiy Razak | 21 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 19 | DNQ | 23 | 10 | 19 | Ret | 27 | 20 | 24 | 22 | Ret | 22 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 27 | Ret | DNS | 1 | |
23 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Thomas Neubauer | 23 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 24 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 27 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 33 | 29 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 0 |
24 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Axel Matus | 26 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 0 |
25 | Ghislain Cordeel | Ret | Ret | 21 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 25 | Ret | 28 | 21 | 23 | 17 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
26 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Gregoire Saucy | 12 | 12 | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | 20 | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||
27 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" nowrap | Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | 24 | 19 | 25 | 20 | Ret | 20 | 22 | DNQ | 20 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 21 | Ret | DNS | 0 |
28 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Xavier Lloveras | 27 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
29 | Rodrigo Pflucker | Ret | Ret | 19 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 15 | 21 | WD | WD | WD | 0 | |||||||||||||
30 | Julia Pankiewicz | Ret | 15 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 25 | DNQ | 20 | 21 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 20 | Ret | 26 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | Ret | 25 | 0 | |
31 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Sun Yueyang | 27 | 16 | 16 | 24 | Ret | 21 | 23 | DNQ | 19 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 26 | Ret | 25 | Ret | 24 | 0 |
32 | align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Frank Bird | 19 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 23 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 20 | 24 | Ret | 20 | 0 |
guest drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Charles Milesi | Ret | Ret | 6 | 9 | 23 | 20 | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||
align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Logan Sargeant | 8 | 9 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Benyahia | 14 | 15 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gilles Magnus | 14 | Ret | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" | Théo Coicaud | 30 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bartłomiej Mirecki | Ret | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Points | ||
MNZ | SIL | PAU | MON | HUN | NÜR | RBR | LEC | SPA | CAT |
Only two best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.
Team | MNZ | SIL | PAU | MON | HUN | NÜR | RBR | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | |||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
1 | align=left rowspan=2 | R-ace GP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 731 |
4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||
2 | align=left rowspan=2 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 480 |
9 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | ||||
3 | align=left rowspan=2 | Tech 1 Racing | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 410 |
8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 7 | ||||
4 | align=left rowspan=2 | MP Motorsport | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 174 |
17 | 7 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | ||||
5 | align=left rowspan=2 | Arden | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 139 |
15 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 16 | Ret | 28 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 17 | Ret | ||||
6 | align=left rowspan=2 | AVF by Adrián Vallés | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 92.5 |
12 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 17 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | ||||
7 | align=left rowspan=2 | Fortec Motorsports | 6 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 81 |
19 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 10 | ||||
8 | align=left rowspan=2 | JD Motorsport | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
24 | 16 | 16 | 24 | Ret | 21 | 22 | DNQ | 19 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 21 | Ret | 24 | ||||
9 | align=left rowspan=2 | Mark Burdett Motorsport | Ret | 15 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 25 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 20 | Ret | 26 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 1 |
16 | Ret | 20 | 23 | 22 | Ret | DNQ | 20 | 21 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | Ret | Ret | 27 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | Ret | Ret | ||||
guest teams ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BM Racing Team | Ret | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Points | ||
MNZ | SIL | PAU | MON | HUN | NÜR | RBR | LEC | SPA | CAT |