2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

The 2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the fifth running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. It began on 18 November 2016 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain and ended on 19 February 2017 at the Madras Motor Racing Track in Chennai, India. The series comprised 16 races spread across four meetings, with the first round in Bahrain being a support event to the FIA World Endurance Championship.[1]

Drivers

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Drivers whose name appears in italics are ineligible to score points in the championship.

No. Driver Rounds
1 India Narain Karthikeyan[2] 3–4
2 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout[3] 1–3
3 Australia Dylan Young[3] All
4 United Kingdom Harrison Newey[3] All
5 France Christophe Mariot[3] 1
7 India Parth Ghorpade[4] 2
8 Malaysia Chia Wing Hoong[2] 3–4
9 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum[5] 4
11 Brazil Felipe Drugovich[3] All
12 United States Neil Verhagen[5] 4
13 United States Bobby Eberle[3] 1–2
25 Germany Mick Schumacher[3] All
27 Germany Kim-Luis Schramm[3] 1–3
28 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar[3] All
32 Indonesia Presley Martono[5] 4
43 Brazil Pedro Cardoso[3] 1–3
44 Estonia Jüri Vips[3] All
51 United Kingdom Toby Sowery[6] 1–2, 4
78 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama[3] All
83 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[3] All
93 Australia Zane Goddard[4] 2
96 Australia Joey Mawson[3] All
97 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli[3] 1
99 Estonia Ralf Aron[3] 1, 3–4

Calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
2016
1 R1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 18 November United Kingdom Harrison Newey United Kingdom Harrison Newey United Kingdom Harrison Newey
R2 Estonia Ralf Aron Germany Mick Schumacher
R3 19 November United Kingdom Harrison Newey Estonia Ralf Aron Estonia Ralf Aron
R4 Australia Joey Mawson Germany Mick Schumacher
2 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai 9 December Australia Joey Mawson United Kingdom Harrison Newey United Kingdom Harrison Newey
R2 Australia Joey Mawson Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R3 10 December United Kingdom Harrison Newey Brazil Pedro Cardoso[N 1] United Kingdom Harrison Newey
R4 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama Australia Joey Mawson
2017
3 R1 India Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida 28 January Germany Mick Schumacher[N 2] Germany Mick Schumacher[N 3] Germany Mick Schumacher
R2 Estonia Ralf Aron Australia Joey Mawson
R3 29 January Germany Mick Schumacher United Kingdom Harrison Newey Germany Mick Schumacher
R4 United Kingdom Harrison Newey United Kingdom Harrison Newey
4 R1 India Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai 18 February United Kingdom Harrison Newey[N 2] Australia Joey Mawson[N 3] United Kingdom Harrison Newey
R2 Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson
R3 19 February United Kingdom Harrison Newey United Kingdom Harrison Newey[N 1] United Kingdom Harrison Newey
R4 United Kingdom Harrison Newey[N 1] United Kingdom Harrison Newey

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Actual fastest lap achieved by guest driver Toby Sowery.
  2. ^ a b Actual pole position achieved by guest driver Narain Karthikeyan.
  3. ^ a b Actual fastest lap achieved by guest driver Narain Karthikeyan.

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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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 		GNO
India 		CHE
India 		Points
1 United Kingdom Harrison Newey 1 4 Ret 4 1 6 1 Ret 3 4 3 1 1 4 1 1 277
2 Australia Joey Mawson 3 2 2 6 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 3 5 1 4 3 277
3 Germany Mick Schumacher 5 1 3 1 3 4 Ret Ret 1 3 1 Ret 2 7 Ret 2 213
4 Brazil Felipe Drugovich 6 5 4 8 5 1 2 2 2 Ret 4 Ret 7 6 5 5 169
5 Estonia Ralf Aron 2 3 1 5 7 2 8 2 3 2 3 Ret 168
6 Estonia Jüri Vips 4 Ret 5 2 6 3 Ret 4 Ret DNS 6 Ret 4 5 2 4 135
7 Brazil Pedro Cardoso 7 Ret 6 3 4 5 4 DNS 12 7 7 4 89
8 Germany Kim-Luis Schramm 8 6 7 7 7 7 11 6 6 9 10 5 65
9 Australia Dylan Young 9 7 8 9 8 10 6 5 DNS Ret 9 7 12 9 6 7 61
10 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout Ret Ret 13 16 9 8 5 8 5 5 5 6 58
11 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama 10 12 9 10 16 12 10 7 8 7 11 10 11 12 8 9 32
12 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum 6 3 10 6 32
13 Australia Zane Goddard 13 9 8 3 21
14 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 12 9 Ret 12 10 11 Ret 9 9 8 12 8 9 Ret 9 10 20
15 United States Neil Verhagen 10 8 7 Ret 11
16 Indonesia Presley Martono 8 10 11 8 9
17 India Parth Ghorpade 12 13 7 Ret 6
18 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar 14 10 11 17 14 15 9 Ret 10 Ret 13 9 13 11 14 11 6
19 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli 11 8 10 11 5
20 United States Bobby Eberle 13 11 16 13 15 16 12 10 1
21 Malaysia Chia Wing Hoong 11 10 DNS Ret 14 13 13 12 1
22 France Christophe Mariot 15 13 12 15 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
United Kingdom Toby Sowery 16 16 14 14 11 14 Ret 11 14 12 0
India Narain Karthikeyan 13 DNS 14 Ret Ret 0
Pos. Driver BHR
Bahrain 		DUB
United Arab Emirates 		GNO
India 		CHE
India 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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

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  1. ^ "MRF Challenge returns to Buddh circuit in 2016-17 season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b Chokhani, Darshan (27 January 2017). "Buddh MRF Challenge: Schumacher sets the pace in Friday practice". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Chokhani, Darshan (15 November 2016). "Schumacher, Newey headline MRF Challenge entry list". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b "UAE National Race Days". MRF Racing. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Red Bull juniors join entry list for MRF Challenge finale". 16 February 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. ^ Chokhani, Darshan (17 November 2016). "Bahrain MRF Challenge: Schumacher leads the way in practice". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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