2017–18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

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The 2017–18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the fifth running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. It began on 16 November 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain and ended on 4 February 2018 at the Madras Motor Racing Track in Chennai, India. The series consisted of 16 races spread across four meetings, with the first round in Bahrain being a support event to the FIA World Endurance Championship.[1]

Drivers[]

No. Driver Rounds
3 Australia Dylan Young[1] All
4 Sweden Henning Enqvist[1] All
5 France Louis Gachot[1] 2–4
8 Belgium Michelangelo Amendola[1] All
9 United States Robert Megennis[1] All
10 Germany Richard Wagner[1] All
11 Brazil Felipe Drugovich[1] All
12 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[1] All
14 France Christophe Mariot 1
17 Malaysia Nazim Azman[1] All
20 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout[1] All
21 Australia Harri Jones[1] All
22 Poland Alex Karkosik[1] All
26 France Julien Falchero[1] All
28 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar[1] All
32 Indonesia Presley Martono[1] All
69 Indonesia Perdana Putra Minang[1] All
88 Singapore Danial Frost[1] All
96 Australia Kurt Hill[1] All

Calendar and results[]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
2017
1 R1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 17 November Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Indonesia Presley Martono Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R2 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R3 18 November Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout
R4 France Julien Falchero France Julien Falchero
2 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai 8 December Indonesia Presley Martono Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R2 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout
R3 9 December Indonesia Presley Martono Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R4 Indonesia Presley Martono Indonesia Presley Martono
3 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 14 December Brazil Felipe Drugovich Brazil Felipe Drugovich Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R2 15 December Brazil Felipe Drugovich Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R3 Brazil Felipe Drugovich Brazil Felipe Drugovich Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R4 Brazil Felipe Drugovich Brazil Felipe Drugovich
2018
4 R1 India Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai 3 February Indonesia Presley Martono Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout
R2 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Indonesia Presley Martono
R3 4 February Indonesia Presley Martono Brazil Felipe Drugovich Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R4 Indonesia Presley Martono Brazil Felipe Drugovich

Championship standings[]

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th R1 PP FL
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 2
Drivers' standings
Pos. Driver BHR
Bahrain
DUB
United Arab Emirates
YMC
United Arab Emirates
CHE
India
Points
1 Brazil Felipe Drugovich 1 1 2 4 1 9 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 335
2 Indonesia Presley Martono 2 2 5 3 5 4 2 1 2 4 15 4 2 1 2 3 254
3 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Ret 4 1 2 3 1 9 3 Ret 6 3 2 1 2 3 2 245
4 France Julien Falchero 6 3 3 1 4 3 DSQ 5 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 6 7 194
5 Poland Alex Karkosik 4 12 4 5 2 8 3 DSQ 5 3 Ret 5 6 Ret 7 9 122
6 Singapore Danial Frost 14 9 9 DSQ 9 5 DSQ Ret 6 Ret 7 6 5 3 4 6 83
7 Australia Harri Jones Ret 14 10 13 7 6 DSQ 4 13 8 6 9 9 4 10 5 66
8 Australia Dylan Young 3 7 6 Ret 10 11 12 11 7 7 10 7 8 5 9 11 65
9 France Louis Gachot 6 2 10 8 4 16 DNS DNS Ret 7 5 8 63
10 United States Robert Megennis 7 5 13 12 17 14 4 7 8 17 9 14 11 9 11 4 54
11 Belgium Michelangelo Amendola 10 8 12 NC 8 7 5 6 Ret 11 4 8 10 8 13 18 54
12 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 5 DSQ 15 6 Ret 13 6 10 11 10 5 11 12 Ret 12 10 39
13 Malaysia Nazim Azman 8 Ret 11 7 12 10 7 Ret 12 5 13 17 15 13 Ret 15 27
14 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar 9 6 7 9 16 15 8 DSQ 14 14 14 16 14 Ret 8 12 26
15 Sweden Henning Enqvist 11 15 8 Ret 11 12 15 9 10 9 8 10 10 10 14 13 16
16 Indonesia Perdana Putra Minang 13 10 17 8 13 17 11 12 9 15 16 13 13 Ret 16 14 7
17 Germany Richard Wagner 12 17 16 10 15 16 13 14 Ret 12 11 15 16 11 15 17 1
18 Australia Kurt Hill Ret Ret 14 14 14 18 14 13 15 13 12 12 17 12 Ret 16 0
19 France Christophe Mariot 15 16 18 15 0
Pos. Driver BHR
Bahrain
DUB
United Arab Emirates
YMC
United Arab Emirates
CHE
India
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "MRF Challenge unveils 2017-18 entry list". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

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