The 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for third-tier single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the sixth edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.
The season saw the début of the Dallara F317 chassis package. Although it was only an aero-upgraded F312 chassis, the F317 was built as a replacement for the aging F312 chassis package which débuted in the first season of the championship back in 2012.
Prema Powerteam successfully defended the teams' championship for the fifth time in a row. The drivers' and rookies' title was secured with two races to spare by Carlin's driver Lando Norris. He became the first non-Prema driver to win the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Joel Eriksson in his second year with Motopark improved his performance to the runner-up place in the standings. Prema's Maximilian Günther was not able to get better in the championship, but remained in the top-three at the end of the season. His teammate Callum Ilott was the last driver who was a championship contender and won on different types of circuits. Jake Hughes, Jehan Daruvala and Ferdinand Habsburg took their wins at Nürburgring, Norisring and Spa respectively. Guanyu Zhou, Ralf Aron and Nikita Mazepin completed the top-ten in the standings and all of them had more than one podium.
Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed during the 2017 season: Team Chassis Engine Driver Status Rounds Motopark F315/007 Volkswagen 1 Joel Eriksson All F315/003 10 Petru Florescu 8–9 4 Jüri Vips 10 F314/016 33 Marino Sato All 47 Keyvan Andres Soori All F316/020 55 David Beckmann 4–10 Prema Powerteam F316/016 Mercedes 3 Maximilian Günther All F315/004 8 Guanyu Zhou All F317/003 25 Mick Schumacher All 53 Callum Ilott All Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes 5 Pedro Piquet All 17 Harrison Newey All F317/005 55 David Beckmann 1–3 15 Max Defourny 8 16 Felipe Drugovich 10 F316/010 96 Joey Mawson All Hitech Grand Prix F316/019 Mercedes 7 Ralf Aron All F317/011 11 Tadasuke Makino 1–5, 7–10 34 Jake Hughes All F316/018 99 Nikita Mazepin All Carlin F316/014 Volkswagen 21 Jake Dennis 1–3 Ameya Vaidyanathan 6–8 F312/010 Devlin DeFrancesco 9–10 F315/001 27 Jehan Daruvala All F317/001 31 Lando Norris All F312/004 37 Sacha Fenestraz 8 62 Ferdinand Habsburg All Icon Legend
Driver changes Force India junior and 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 driver Jehan Daruvala and 2016 Euroformula Open runner-up Ferdinand Habsburg joined the series with Carlin. 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 champion Lando Norris, who competed in the last round of the 2016 season with Carlin, raced full-time with the team. 2016 GP3 Series driver Jake Dennis returned to Carlin, with which he previously raced in the championship in 2014. entered the series with Carlin. Ralf Aron switched from Prema Powerteam to HitechGP. Jake Hughes, who competed in the final round of the 2016 season with Carlin, will race full-time with Hitech GP. They were joined by 2015 F4 Japanese runner-up Tadasuke Makino. Italian F4 driver Marino Sato and Euroformula Open driver Keyvan Andres Soori joined the series with Motopark. Motopark driver Sérgio Sette Câmara stepped up to 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport. Red Bull Junior driver Niko Kari, who finished tenth in the 2016 European Formula 3, competed in the GP3 Series with Arden International. Callum Ilott and Guanyu Zhou, who raced for Van Amersfoort Racing and Motopark in 2016 respectively, switched to Prema Powerteam. Mick Schumacher, runner-up in the 2016 ADAC F4 and Italian F4 championships, and son of seven time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, joined the series with Prema Powerteam. 2016 champion Lance Stroll graduated to Formula One with Williams F1, leaving his Prema's seat vacant. David Beckmann, who competed for Mücke Motorsport in 2016 from round 3 onwards, joined Van Amersfoort Racing. ADAC F4 champion Joey Mawson continued his collaboration with Van Amersfoort Racing. Anthoine Hubert and Mercedes F1 junior driver George Russell, who finished eighth and third in the 2016 European Formula 3 season respectively, joined the GP3 Series with ART Grand Prix.
Calendar A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 30 November 2016. The finalised calendar was announced on 16 December 2016.
Circuit Date Supporting 1 1 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 14 April 6 Hours of Silverstone 2 15 April 3 16 April 2 4 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 29 April WTCC Race of Italy 5 30 April 6 3 7 Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau 20 May Pau Grand Prix 8 21 May 9 4 10 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 17 June Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 11 18 June 12 5 13 Norisring, Nuremberg 1 July 14 2 July 15 6 16 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 28 July Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 17 18 29 July 7 19 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 19 August Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 20 20 August 21 8 22 Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 9 September 23 10 September 24 9 25 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23 September 26 24 September 27 10 28 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 14 October 29 30 15 October
Results
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Silverstone Circuit Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris R2 Callum Ilott Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Motopark Mick Schumacher R3 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris 2 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Jehan Daruvala Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris R2 Joel Eriksson Callum Ilott Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris R3 Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris 3 R1 Circuit de Pau-Ville Callum Ilott Lando Norris Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris R2 Lando Norris Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Lando Norris R3 Lando Norris Lando Norris Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala 4 R1 Hungaroring Maximilian Günther Ferdinand Habsburg Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala R2 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Joey Mawson R3 Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris 5 R1 Norisring Jake Hughes Ralf Aron Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala R2 Ralf Aron Callum Ilott Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris R3 Maximilian Günther Callum Ilott Jehan Daruvala Carlin Jehan Daruvala 6 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Lando Norris Nikita Mazepin Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris R2 Lando Norris Ferdinand Habsburg Ferdinand Habsburg Carlin Jehan Daruvala R3 Callum Ilott Joel Eriksson Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris 7 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris R2 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris R3 Lando Norris Callum Ilott Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris 8 R1 Nürburgring Lando Norris Max Defourny Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris R2 Jake Hughes Jake Hughes Jake Hughes Hitech GP Lando Norris R3 Callum Ilott Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Lando Norris 9 R1 Red Bull Ring Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Lando Norris R2 Joel Eriksson Lando Norris Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris R3 Joel Eriksson Jake Hughes Joel Eriksson Motopark Jehan Daruvala 10 R1 Hockenheimring Callum Ilott Lando Norris Joel Eriksson Motopark Lando Norris R2 Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Callum Ilott Prema Powerteam Jehan Daruvala R3 Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther Prema Powerteam Lando Norris
Championship standings Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' championship
Driver SIL MNZ PAU HUN NOR SPA ZAN NÜR RBR HOC PointsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R31 Lando Norris 1 9 3 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 8 14 3 11 1 3 1 Ret 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 4 2 17 2 11 44412 Joel Eriksson 4 1 2 4 1 4 1 Ret 5 10 2 1 4 10 7 9 2 2 2 12 12 10 9 8 2 1 1 1 4 2388 3 Maximilian Günther 3 4 4 7 4 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 3 2 3 3 Ret 3 7 3 13 12 7 3 7 5 10 2 1383 4 Callum Ilott Ret 2 1 9 7 1 Ret 3 2 5 1 2 Ret 9 9 14 6 4 5 1 19 4 3 4 1 4 Ret 4 1 5344 5 Jake Hughes 13 3 13 10 13 Ret Ret 6 Ret 2 4 7 Ret 2 5 Ret 4 Ret 8 2 5 2 1 2 11 13 16 12 5 82116 Jehan Daruvala 10 8 6 2 8 9 10 9 11 3 8 9 6 4 1 4 5 5 9 16 14 6 10 5 13 5 6 5 8 201917 Ferdinand Habsburg 12 13 12 3 5 5 8 8 6 15 10 12 Ret 15 8 8 1 6 4 6 2 5 6 Ret 6 9 4 3 20 Ret1878 Guanyu Zhou 7 7 Ret 5 6 10 Ret Ret 10 7 3 4 3 8 12 12 17 3 16 8 4 9 14 Ret 9 19 14 13 3 31499 Ralf Aron Ret 16 10 8 9 8 5 5 3 Ret 12 13 9 5 4 11 8 7 Ret 10 8 14 5 3 12 6 18 8 10 1912310 Nikita Mazepin Ret 15 7 11 10 11 4 7 Ret 12 11 10 10 18 10 2 7 11 11 11 10 Ret 11 16 Ret 3 2 6 6 710811 Harrison Newey 6 10 9 17 Ret 15 6 4 4 6 15 18 5 7 15 7 13 9 10 4 7 12 8 6 19 12 11 14 14 1710612 Mick Schumacher 8 6 18 6 3 6 9 11 12 9 9 11 7 12 Ret 6 9 8 6 9 11 8 15 11 7 10 8 11 18 189413 Joey Mawson 5 11 8 14 16 Ret Ret 16 Ret 4 7 8 Ret 13 11 5 10 10 14 14 9 3 7 20 18 8 7 15 15 983 14 Pedro Piquet 9 18 11 16 Ret 7 7 13 8 17 13 14 2 6 Ret 10 16 12 7 Ret 6 Ret 17 13 10 15 15 7 7 680 15 Tadasuke Makino 11 19 15 12 14 13 13 12 7 13 17 17 8 14 Ret Ret 15 16 7 4 19 5 17 3 9 9 11 57 16 David Beckmann 14 17 14 Ret 15 14 11 14 Ret 11 5 5 12 11 6 Ret 15 16 Ret 5 13 Ret 16 15 8 11 9 17 13 1045 17 Jake Dennis 2 5 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 9 41 18 Max Defourny 11 18 9 2 19 Marino Sato 16 12 17 13 11 12 14 Ret 13 16 16 15 13 16 13 15 11 14 15 18 17 16 Ret 12 14 16 10 18 19 16 1 20 Sacha Fenestraz 15 13 10 1 21 15 14 16 15 12 Ret 12 15 Ret 14 18 16 14 17 14 13 12 13 12 13 15 17 19 14 15 14 Ret 20 Ret 14 0 22 16 14 15 13 17 18 19 21 18 0 23 Petru Florescu 18 20 17 17 18 13 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Jüri Vips 21 12 12 0 Devlin DeFrancesco 16 20 12 19 17 14 0 Felipe Drugovich 16 16 15 0DriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Points SIL MNZ PAU HUN NOR SPA ZAN NÜR RBR HOC
Rookies' Championship
Driver SIL MNZ PAU HUN NOR SPA ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points 1 Lando Norris 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 3 4 1 3 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 1628 2 Jehan Daruvala 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 5539 3 Mick Schumacher 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 4 2 3 Ret 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 2 4 3 3 4 4436 4 Joey Mawson 2 4 3 5 5 Ret Ret 4 Ret 2 1 2 Ret 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 7 5 3 2 4 3 2392 5 Marino Sato 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Ret 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 7 Ret 6 4 5 4 5 5 3304 6 Max Defourny 5 6 3 33 7 Sacha Fenestraz 6 4 4 32
Teams' championship Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points. PosTeamPoints1 Prema Powerteam8292 Carlin7023 Motopark6144 Hitech GP4635 Van Amersfoort Racing357
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