World Series Formula V8-3.5 2017

The World Series Formula V8-3.5 2017 was the 20th and final season of the World Series Formula V8 3.5 . The year before the championship was called Formula V8 3.5 . It began on April 15th at Silverstone and ended on November 18th in as-Sachir . After the season, the organizer decided to discontinue the series due to insufficient numbers of participants. Pietro Fittipaldi won the drivers' championship and Lotus the team championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams used the Dallara T12 chassis , engines from Gibson Technology and tires from Michelin .

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
lotus	03	René Binder	1-9
	04th	Pietro Fittipaldi	1-9
SMP Racing by AVF	05	Yegor Orudschew	1-8
		Konstantin Tereshchenko	9
	06th	Matewos Issaakjan	1-9
Fortec Motorsport	07th	Alfonso Celis Jr.	1-9
	08th	Diego Menchaca	1-9
Teo Martín Motorsport	09	Konstantin Tereshchenko	1-8
	010	Nelson Mason	1-5
		Alex Palou	6-8
RP Motorsport	11	Roy Nissany	1-9
	12	Yū Kanamaru	1-9
	21st	Damiano Fioravanti	2-6
		Tatiana Calderón	9
Il Barone Rampante	15th	Giuseppe Cipriani	1-8
	16	Damiano Fioravanti	1
AV Formula	17th	Henrique Chaves Jr.	9

Changes in the teams

There were some changes in the teams compared to the previous season: two racing teams withdrew from the championship, a new one entered the championship, and two merged.

Exits

• Arden Motorsport got out of the championship after five years in which it last won the team championship, as it did not believe that the racing series could exist alongside the FIA Formula 2 championship . The team announced the exit in March 2017.
• Strakka Racing did not register for the new season. The racing team had not completed any races in the previous season, but was on the entry list.

Entrances

• Il Barone Rampante entered the series under the direction of Giuseppe Cipriani .

additional

• SMP Racing joined forces with AVF after a disappointing 2016 season and started the new season under the name SMP Racing by AVF.
• Comtec Racing and the Durango Racing Team are on the entry list, but have not yet announced any drivers.

Racing calendar

The racing calendar for the 2017 season includes nine racing weekends, each with two races. The events in Jerez and Alcañiz are not part of any other racing series. All other events are held together with the FIA World Endurance Championship .

Compared to last year, the races in Mogyoród , Le Castellet , Spielberg and Barcelona have been replaced by the Nürburgring , Mexico City , Austin and as-Sachir .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	April 15th	Silverstone	Pietro Fittipaldi	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Matewos Issaakjan
02.	April 16		Pietro Fittipaldi	Yegor Orudschew	Roy Nissany
03.	05th of May	Spa Francorchamps	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Roy Nissany	Yegor Orudschew
04th	0May 6th		Matewos Issaakjan	René Binder	Alfonso Celis Jr.
05.	May 13th	Monza	René Binder	Roy Nissany	Matewos Issaakjan
06th	May 14th		René Binder	Roy Nissany	Yū Kanamaru
07th	May 27th	Jerez	Roy Nissany	Pietro Fittipaldi	Matewos Issaakjan
08th.	28th of May		Pietro Fittipaldi	Yegor Orudschew	Matewos Issaakjan
09.	June 24th	Alcañiz	Yegor Orudschew	Matewos Issaakjan	Alfonso Celis Jr.
10.	25th June		Pietro Fittipaldi	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Yegor Orudschew
11.	15th of July	Nürburg	Matewos Issaakjan	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Yegor Orudschew
12.	16th of July		Alex Palou	Matewos Issaakjan	Yegor Orudschew
13.	0September 2nd	Mexico city	Pietro Fittipaldi	Matewos Issaakjan	Alex Palou
14th	0September 3		Pietro Fittipaldi	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Konstantin Tereshchenko
15th	September 15th	Austin	René Binder	Yegor Orudschew	Pietro Fittipaldi
16.	16th September		Yegor Orudschew	Alex Palou	Diego Menchaca
17th	November 17th	as-Sachir	Henrique Chaves Jr.	Pietro Fittipaldi	Roy Nissany
18th	November 18		René Binder	Pietro Fittipaldi	Tatiana Calderón

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded in all races according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

Item driver  SIL  SPA  MNZ  JER  ALC  ONLY  MEX  OUT  BRN Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1  Pietro Fittipaldi 1 1 8th 6th 9 4th 2 1 DNF 1 7th 6th 1 1 3 DNF 2 2 259 2  Matewos Issaakjan 4th DNF DNF 1 3 5 3 3 2 5 1 2 2 4th 4th 6th DNF 6th 215 3  Alfonso Celis Jr. 3 6th 1 3 4th DNF 6th 4th 3 2 2 8th 5 2 8th 5 6th 8th 204 4th  René Binder 5 4th 6th 2 1 1 4th 5 5 DNF 6th 9 6th DNF 1 10 9 1 201 5  Roy Nissany DNF 3 2 4th 2 2 1 DNF 4th 6th 4th 5 9 8th 6th 4th 3 4th 201 6th  Yegor Orudschew 2 2 3 7th 5 DNF DNF 2 1 3 3 3 DNF DNF 2 1 198 7th  Yū Kanamaru 10 DNF 5 8th DNF 3 7th 10 7th 4th 5 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 4th 6th 115 8th  Konstantin Tereshchenko 8th 5 10 11 8th 7th 8th 7th 6th DNF 9 4th 4th 3 DNF 8th 7th DNF 94 9  Diego Menchaca 9 7th 4th 5 7th DNS 9 9 9 7th 8th 10 8th 5 9 3 8th 7th 94 10  Alex Palou 11 1 3 DNF 5 2 68 11  Nelson Mason 7th DNF 9 9 6th 6th 5 8th DNS 9 42 12  Damiano Fioravanti 6th 8th 7th 10 DNF DNF DNF 6th 8th 8th 10 DNF 36 13  Henrique Chaves Jr. 1 5 35 14th  Tatiana Calderón 5 3 25th 15th  Giuseppe Cipriani 11 9 DNF 12 10 8th 10 DNF 10 10 12 DNF 10 6th DNF 9 21st Item driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points  SIL  SPA  MNZ  JER  ALC  ONLY  MEX  OUT  BRN

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished ( DNF ) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start ( DNS ) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) colourless not participated in the training (DNP) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) did not appear (DNA) Bold - pole position Italic - fastest race lap * - not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: End of the Formula V8 3.5 World Series after 2017. In: motorsport-total.com. November 17, 2017, accessed June 12, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Darshan Chokhani: Fittipaldi switches to Lotus for 2017 F3.5 season. motorsport.com, January 17, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
3. ↑ David Gruz: Orudzhev joins AVF for third F3.5 campaign. motorsport.com, January 31, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Orudzhev absent, only 10 cars for 3.5 finale. gpupdate.net, archived from the original on November 16, 2017 ; accessed on June 12, 2020 (English). 
5. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Isaakyan moves to AVF for second F3.5 campaign. motorsport.com, January 19, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Valentin Khorounzhiy: Menchaca completes all-Mexican Fortec F3.5 line-up. motorsport.com, January 30, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Tereshchenko moves to F3.5 with Teo Martin. motorsport.com, February 13, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
8. ↑ David Gruz: Mason completes 12-car grid for F3.5 season opener. motorsport.com, April 13, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Joe Hudson: Nurburgring F3.5: Palou takes pole on debut. motorsport.com, July 14, 2017, accessed July 17, 2017 . 
10. ^ ^{A b c} Peter Allen: Nissany to race for RP as Fioravanti swaps teams. formulascout.com, March 22, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
11. ↑ David Gruz: Kanamaru joins RP for sophomore F3.5 campaign. motorsport.com, March 10, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
12. ^ Massimo Costa: Fioravanti torna da RP Motorsport. Italienracing.net, May 3, 2017, accessed May 20, 2017 (Italian). 
13. ↑ Marcus Simmons: Arden confirms Formula V8 3.5 departure. motorsport.com, March 22, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: SMP Racing opts for AVF tie-in after "not acceptable" first year. motorsport.com, February 4, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 .