2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5

The 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in World Series Formula 3.5 V8 formula race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 became the first season as feeder series to FIA World Endurance Championship. The season also marked the return of the name "World Series" after one season, as the FIA accepted the request from promoter RPM Racing.^[1] The name "World Series" was retrieved from the championship after Renault Sport withdraw its support and the Formula Renault 3.5 became Formula V8 3.5 for the 2016 season. It was the last season of the series which was promoted by RPM-MKTG since 1998.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Status	Rounds
Lotus	3	René Binder^[3]		All
Lotus	4	Pietro Fittipaldi^[3]		All
SMP Racing with AVF^[4]	5	Egor Orudzhev^[5]		1–8
	5	Konstantin Tereshchenko^[6]	Template:Rookie	9
	6	Matevos Isaakyan^[7]		All
Fortec Motorsports	7	Alfonso Celis Jr.^[8]		All
Fortec Motorsports	8	Diego Menchaca^[9]	Template:Rookie	All
Teo Martín Motorsport	9	Konstantin Tereshchenko^[10]	Template:Rookie	1–8
	10	Nelson Mason^[11]	Template:Rookie	1–5
	10	Álex Palou^[12]	Template:Rookie	6–8
RP Motorsport	11	Roy Nissany^[13]		All
	12	Yu Kanamaru^[14]		All
	21	Damiano Fioravanti^[15]	Template:Rookie	2–6
	21	Tatiana Calderón^[16]	Template:Rookie	9
Il Barone Rampante^[17]	15	Giuseppe Cipriani^[17]		1–8
Il Barone Rampante^[17]	16	Damiano Fioravanti^[13]	Template:Rookie	1
AVF	17	Henrique Chaves^[6]	Template:Rookie	9

Driver changes

Changed teams

Alfonso Celis, Jr. switched from AVF to Fortec Motorsports.^[8]
Pietro Fittipaldi, who raced for Fortec Motorsports moved to Lotus.^[3]
Matevos Isaakyan moved from SMP Racing to AVF.^[7] He was joined in AVF by Egor Orudzhev, who left Arden Motorsport.^[5]
Yu Kanamaru, who raced for Teo Martín Motorsport moved to RP Motorsport.^[14]

Entering World Series Formula V8 3.5

Euroformula Open Championship drivers Damiano Fioravanti and Diego Menchaca made their debut with Il Barone Rampante and Fortec Motorsports respectively.^[13]^[9]
Nelson Mason returned to racing for the first time since 2014 as he joins the World Series with Teo Martín Motorsport.^[11]
Konstantin Tereshchenko stepped up from GP3 Series to race with Teo Martín Motorsport.^[10]

Leaving World Series Formula V8 3.5

RP Motorsport driver Vitor Baptista returned to the Formula 3 Brasil championship.
Fortec Motorsports driver and 2016 runner-up Louis Delétraz left the series to join the FIA Formula 2 Championship.^[18]
2016 champion Tom Dillmann moved to Formula E.^[19]
Arden Motorsport driver Aurélien Panis will make his touring car racing debut in World Touring Car Championship.^[20]
SMP Racing driver Matthieu Vaxiviere switched to sports car racing, moving to FIA World Endurance Championship^[21]

Mid-season changes

Damiano Fioravanti restored his collaboration with RP Motorsport, leaving the Barone Rampante team after the first round due to funding issues.^[15] Fiorovanti's seat at RP Motorsport was taken by Tatiana Calderón, who will make her debut in the series in Bahrain.^[16]
Prior to the Nürburgring round, Nelson Mason was replaced (due to a lack of funding) by Spanish driver Álex Palou.^[12]
Prior to the Bahrain round, Egor Orudzhev was diagnosed with acute tonsillitis and was replaced by his fellow Russian Konstantin Tereshchenko.^[6]
Henrique Chaves joined AVF in their third car for the final round in Bahrain.^[6]

Team changes

Arden Motorsport, Comtec Racing and SMP Racing have left the series. However, both Comtec and the proposed Durango entry were listed on the World Series website with "TBC" driver names, suggesting they may enter at a later date. The Durango Racing Team entry was later bought by Giuseppe Cipriani, who entered his own team, Il Barone Rampante.^[17]

Race calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 7 November 2016, at the final round of the 2016 season.^[22] The Nürburgring round will return to the World Series' schedule, while the Hungaroring, Le Castellet, Spielberg and Barcelona will be removed from the calendar. The championship will have rounds outside Europe for the first time since 2002, visiting Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Circuit of the Americas and Bahrain International Circuit.

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Silverstone Circuit	15 April	6 Hours of Silverstone
1	R2	Silverstone Circuit	16 April	6 Hours of Silverstone
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	5 May	6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	6 May	6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	13 May	4 Hours of Monza
3	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	14 May	4 Hours of Monza
4	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	27 May	Renault Clio Cup Spain
4	R2	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	28 May
5	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	24 June
5	R2	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	25 June
6	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	15 July	6 Hours of Nürburgring
6	R2	Nürburgring, Nürburg	16 July	6 Hours of Nürburgring
7	R1	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	2 September	6 Hours of Mexico
7	R2	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	3 September	6 Hours of Mexico
8	R1	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	15 September	6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas
8	R2	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	16 September	6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas
9	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	17 November	6 Hours of Bahrain
9	R2	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	18 November	6 Hours of Bahrain

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Silverstone Circuit	Pietro Fittipaldi	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Pietro Fittipaldi	Lotus	Damiano Fioravanti
1	R2	Silverstone Circuit	Pietro Fittipaldi	Nelson Mason	Pietro Fittipaldi	Lotus	Konstantin Tereshchenko
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Roy Nissany	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Fortec Motorsports	Diego Menchaca
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Pietro Fittipaldi	Matevos Isaakyan	Matevos Isaakyan	SMP Racing with AVF	Diego Menchaca
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	René Binder	Lotus	Nelson Mason
3	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Pietro Fittipaldi	Roy Nissany	René Binder	Lotus	Nelson Mason
4	R1	Circuito de Jerez	Egor Orudzhev	Egor Orudzhev	Roy Nissany	RP Motorsport	Nelson Mason
4	R2	Circuito de Jerez	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	Lotus	Damiano Fioravanti
5	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón	Pietro Fittipaldi	Egor Orudzhev	Egor Orudzhev	SMP Racing with AVF	Konstantin Tereshchenko
5	R2	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón	Pietro Fittipaldi	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Pietro Fittipaldi	Lotus	Diego Menchaca
6	R1	Nürburgring	Álex Palou	Matevos Isaakyan	Matevos Isaakyan	SMP Racing with AVF	Diego Menchaca
6	R2	Nürburgring	Álex Palou	Álex Palou	Álex Palou	Teo Martín Motorsport	Álex Palou
7	R1	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Pietro Fittipaldi	Matevos Isaakyan	Pietro Fittipaldi	Lotus	Álex Palou
7	R2	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Pietro Fittipaldi	Matevos Isaakyan	Pietro Fittipaldi	Lotus	Konstantin Tereshchenko
8	R1	Circuit of the Americas	René Binder	René Binder	René Binder	Lotus	Álex Palou
8	R2	Circuit of the Americas	Álex Palou	René Binder	Egor Orudzhev	SMP Racing with AVF	Álex Palou
9	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	Matevos Isaakyan	Henrique Chaves	Henrique Chaves	AVF	Henrique Chaves
9	R2	Bahrain International Circuit	René Binder	Yu Kanamaru	René Binder	Lotus	Tatiana Calderón

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	SIL		SPA		MNZ		JER		ALC		NÜR		MEX		COA		BHR		Points
1	Pietro Fittipaldi	1	1	8	6	9	4	2	1	Ret	1	7	6	1	1	3	Ret	2	2	259
2	Matevos Isaakyan	4	Ret	Ret	1	3	5	3	3	2	5	1	2	2	4	4	6	NC	9	215
3	Alfonso Celis Jr.	3	6	1	3	4	Ret	6	4	3	2	2	8	5	2	8	5	6	8	204
4	René Binder	5	4	6	2	1	1	4	5	5	Ret	6	9	6	Ret	1	10	9	1	201
5	Roy Nissany	Ret	3	2	4	2	2	1	Ret	4	6	4	5	9	8	6	4	3	4	201
6	Egor Orudzhev	2	2	3	7	5	Ret	Ret	2	1	3	3	3	Ret	Ret	2	1			198
7	Yu Kanamaru	10	Ret	5	8	Ret	3	7	10	7	4	5	7	7	7	7	7	4	6	115
8	Konstantin Tereshchenko	8	5	10	11	8	7	8	7	6	Ret	9	4	4	3	Ret	8	7	Ret	94
9	Diego Menchaca	9	7	4	5	7	DNS	9	9	9	7	8	10	8	5	9	3	8	7	94
10	Álex Palou											11	1	3	Ret	5	2			68
11	Nelson Mason	7	Ret	9	9	6	6	5	8	DNP	9									42
12	Damiano Fioravanti	6	8	7	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	8	10	Ret							36
13	Henrique Chaves																	1	5	35
14	Tatiana Calderón																	5	3	25
15	Giuseppe Cipriani	11	9	Ret	12	10	8	10	Ret	10	10	12	Ret	10	6	Ret	9†			21
Pos	Driver	SIL		SPA		MNZ		JER		ALC		NÜR		MEX		COA		BHR		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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
† – Retired, but classified

Teams' Championship

Only two best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.

Pos	Team	SIL		SPA		MNZ		JER		ALC		NÜR		MEX		COA		BHR		Points
1	Lotus	1	1	6	2	1	1	2	1	5	1	6	6	1	1	1	10	2	1	460
1	Lotus	5	4	8	6	9	4	4	4	Ret	Ret	7	9	6	Ret	3	Ret	9	2	460
2	SMP Racing with AVF	2	2	3	1	3	5	3	2	1	3	1	2	2	4	2	1	7	9	419
2	SMP Racing with AVF	4	Ret	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	3	2	5	3	3	Ret	Ret	4	6	NC	Ret	419
3	RP Motorsport	10	3	2	4	2	2	1	6	4	4	4	5	7	7	6	4	3	3	313
3	RP Motorsport	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	3	7	10	7	6	5	7	9	8	7	7	4	4	313
4	Fortec Motorsports	3	6	1	3	4	Ret	6	4	3	2	2	8	5	2	8	3	6	7	305
4	Fortec Motorsports	9	7	4	5	7	DNS	9	9	9	7	8	10	8	5	9	5	8	8	305
5	Teo Martín Motorsport	7	5	9	9	6	6	5	7	6	9	9	1	3	3	5	2			198
5	Teo Martín Motorsport	8	Ret	10	11	8	7	8	8	DNP	Ret	11	4	4	Ret	Ret	8			198
6	AVF																	1	5	35
7	Il Barone Rampante	6	8	Ret	12	10	8	10	Ret	10	10	12	Ret	10	6	Ret	9†			33
7	Il Barone Rampante	11	9																	33

References

^ "The FIA approves the name "World Series " for the Formula V8 3.5". Formula V8 3.5. 2016-12-05. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
^ Hudson, Joe (17 November 2017). "Formula V8 3.5 cancels 2018 season due to lack of entries". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chokhani, Darshan (17 January 2017). "Fittipaldi switches to Lotus for 2017 F3.5 season". motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "SMP Racing opts for AVF tie-in after "not acceptable" first year". 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Orudzhev makes AVF switch in Formula V8 3.5". 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Orudzhev absent, only 10 cars for 3.5 finale". 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Khorounzhiy, Valentin (19 January 2017). "Isaakyan moves to AVF for second F3.5 campaign". motorsport.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Alfonso Celis Jr Returns to Fortec Motorsports for 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5". 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Telmex promotes Menchaca with Fortec Motorsports". 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Tereshchenko met Teo Martin naar F3.5". motorsport.com. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Gruz, David (13 April 2017). "Mason completes 12-car grid for F3.5 season opener". motorsport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b Hudson, Joe (14 July 2017). "Nurburgring F3.5: Palou takes pole on debut". motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ROY NISSANY, OK WITH RP MOTORSPORT". worldseriesv8.com. World Series Formula V8 3.5. 23 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b Gruz, David (10 March 2017). "Kanamaru joins RP for sophomore F3.5 campaign". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b Costa, Massimo (3 May 2017). "Fioravanti torna da RP Motorsport". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b Klein, Jamie (13 November 2017). "Calderon to make Formula V8 3.5 debut in Bahrain". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Barone Rampante name returns in V8 3.5". GPUpdate.net. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Louis Delétraz completes Racing Engineering's 2017 driver line-up". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
^ Smith, Sam (24 April 2017). "Tom Dillmann to make Formula E debut with Venturi in Paris". Autosport. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ "Zengő Motorsport sign Olivier Panis' son for 2017 WTCC season". TouringCar Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ Dagys, John (26 November 2016). "Collard, Perrodo Step Up to LMP2 With TDS Racing". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "Il calendario 2017 Da Silverstone al Bahrain". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] "The FIA approves the name "World Series " for the Formula V8 3.5". Formula V8 3.5. 2016-12-05. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-01-03.

[2] Hudson, Joe (17 November 2017). "Formula V8 3.5 cancels 2018 season due to lack of entries". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[Fittipaldi-3] Chokhani, Darshan (17 January 2017). "Fittipaldi switches to Lotus for 2017 F3.5 season". motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[4] "SMP Racing opts for AVF tie-in after "not acceptable" first year". 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[Orudzhev-5] "Orudzhev makes AVF switch in Formula V8 3.5". 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[Bahrain-6] "Orudzhev absent, only 10 cars for 3.5 finale". 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[Isaakyan-7] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (19 January 2017). "Isaakyan moves to AVF for second F3.5 campaign". motorsport.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

[Celis-8] "Alfonso Celis Jr Returns to Fortec Motorsports for 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5". 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[Menchaca-9] "Telmex promotes Menchaca with Fortec Motorsports". 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[Tereshchenko-10] "Tereshchenko met Teo Martin naar F3.5". motorsport.com. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[Mason-11] Gruz, David (13 April 2017). "Mason completes 12-car grid for F3.5 season opener". motorsport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[Palou-12] Hudson, Joe (14 July 2017). "Nurburgring F3.5: Palou takes pole on debut". motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[RP-13] "ROY NISSANY, OK WITH RP MOTORSPORT". worldseriesv8.com. World Series Formula V8 3.5. 23 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

[Kanamaru-14] Gruz, David (10 March 2017). "Kanamaru joins RP for sophomore F3.5 campaign". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

[Fioravanti-15] Costa, Massimo (3 May 2017). "Fioravanti torna da RP Motorsport". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

[Calderon-16] Klein, Jamie (13 November 2017). "Calderon to make Formula V8 3.5 debut in Bahrain". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[Barone-17] "Barone Rampante name returns in V8 3.5". GPUpdate.net. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[18] "Louis Delétraz completes Racing Engineering's 2017 driver line-up". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[19] Smith, Sam (24 April 2017). "Tom Dillmann to make Formula E debut with Venturi in Paris". Autosport. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[20] "Zengő Motorsport sign Olivier Panis' son for 2017 WTCC season". TouringCar Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[21] Dagys, John (26 November 2016). "Collard, Perrodo Step Up to LMP2 With TDS Racing". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[22] "Il calendario 2017 Da Silverstone al Bahrain". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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