2017 GP3 Series

The 2017 GP3 Series was the eighth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighth season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that runs in support of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series Formula 2.

George Russell won the drivers' championship. In the teams' championship, defending champions ART Grand Prix secured their seventh GP3 Series title. Trident Racing were second ahead of Jenzer Motorsport.

Champion George Russell took 4 wins, Giuliano Alesi got 3 sprint race wins., Nirei Fukuzumi won 2 races during the season, and Dorian Boccolacci, Arjun Maini, Raoul Hyman, Jack Aitken, Alessio Lorandi, and Niko Kari all took 1 win each. ART Grand Prix won all feature races, except the last race, which was won by Arden International.

Teams and drivers All GP3 drivers competed in a Dallara GP3/16 chassis, using a Mecachrome GP3 V6 engine and Pirelli P Zero and Cinturato tyres. Team Driver name Rounds ART Grand Prix 1 Jack Aitken All 2 Nirei Fukuzumi All 3 George Russell All 4 Anthoine Hubert All 5 Niko Kari All 6 Leonardo Pulcini All 7 All Trident 9 Kevin Jörg All 10 All 11 Ryan Tveter All 12 All DAMS 14 Santino Ferrucci 1–3 4–5 Dan Ticktum 6–8 15 All 16 Bruno Baptista All Jenzer Motorsport 22 Alessio Lorandi All 23 5–8 24 Arjun Maini All Campos Racing 26 Julien Falchero All 27 Raoul Hyman All 28 Marcos Siebert All Sources:

Driver changes Changing teams Renault Sport Academy member Jack Aitken switched from Arden International to ART Grand Prix. Tatiana Calderón moved from Arden International to DAMS. Kevin Jörg switched from DAMS to Trident. Steijn Schothorst, who raced for Campos Racing switched to Arden International.

Joining GP3 Bruno Baptista, who raced in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 stepped up to GP3 Series with DAMS. 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 runner-up Dorian Boccolacci joined the series with Trident. Julien Falchero graduated from Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, joining Campos Racing. Red Bull Junior driver Niko Kari, who finished tenth in the 2016 European Formula 3 season and contested in the Spa round of the 2016 season with Koiranen GP, competing in the series full-time with Arden International. 2016 Euroformula Open Champion Leonardo Pulcini, graduated with Arden International. Anthoine Hubert and Mercedes F1 junior driver George Russell, who finished eighth and third in the 2016 European Formula 3 season respectively, joined the series with ART Grand Prix. 2016 Italian F4 Champion Marcos Siebert moved to the series with Campos Racing. European Formula 3 racers Ryan Tveter and Raoul Hyman joined the series with Trident and Campos Racing respectively.

Leaving GP3 Arden International driver Jake Dennis left the series after the 2016 season, to compete in Blancpain GT Series. 2016 champion Charles Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing. DAMS driver Jake Hughes left the series to race in European Formula 3 with Hitech GP. Matevos Isaakyan, who raced with Koiranen GP concentrated on World Series Formula V8 3.5 campaign, joining AVF. Campos Racing drivers Álex Palou and Konstantin Tereshchenko left the series, to participate in All-Japan Formula Three Championship with ThreeBond Drago Corse and World Series Formula V8 3.5 with Teo Martín Motorsport respectively.

Midseason changes Matthieu Vaxivière joined DAMS from the Hungaroring round, replacing Santino Ferrucci, who was promoted to the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident. Juan Manuel Correa took seat in Jenzer Motorsport at Spa, making his GP3 Series debut. Red Bull Junior Dan Ticktum joined DAMS for the Monza round, replacing Vaxivière.

Team changes After having competed in the series since 2013, Koiranen GP left the series.

Calendar On 27 January 2017, the full calendar was revealed with eight rounds taking place. Round Circuit/Location Date Supporting 1 13–14 May 2 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 8–9 July 3 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 15–16 July 4 Hungaroring, Budapest 29–30 July 5 26–27 August 6 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 2–3 September 7 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 7–8 October 8 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi Sources:

Calendar changes The series will make its début at the Circuito de Jerez, with a stand-alone event planned as the penultimate round of the season. The Hockenheim and Sepang round were removed from the calendar.

Race by Race

Round 1: Spain

Jack Aitken became the first polesitter of the 2017 season and Dorian Boccolacci qualified third on his first GP3 race.

Rule changes The series will introduce the use of the drag reduction system (DRS), an overtaking aid that cancels out aerodynamic drag and allowing drivers to achieve a higher top speed when within one second of the car in front at designated points on the circuit. Further restrictions will be placed on the use of DRS, with drivers only able to use it a limited number of times in each race.

Results Season summary Round Circuit Fastest lap Report 1 1 Jack Aitken Anthoine Hubert Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix Report R2 Arjun Maini 2 R1 Red Bull Ring George Russell Anthoine Hubert George Russell ART Grand Prix Report R2 Raoul Hyman Campos Racing 3 R1 Silverstone Circuit George Russell Giuliano Alesi George Russell ART Grand Prix Report R2 George Russell Giuliano Alesi Trident 4 R1 Hungaroring Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Jack Aitken ART Grand Prix Report R2 Giuliano Alesi Trident 5 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps George Russell ART Grand Prix Report R2 George Russell Giuliano Alesi Trident 6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Anthoine Hubert George Russell ART Grand Prix Report R2 Race cancelled 7 R1 Circuito de Jerez Nirei Fukuzumi Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix Report R2 George Russell 8 R1 Yas Marina Circuit George Russell Niko Kari Report R2 TridentSource:

Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.

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

Race 2 points Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

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

Drivers' championship

Driver CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMC PointsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 George Russell 4 5 1 6 1 4 DNS 11 1 2 1 C 2 4 2 4 220 2 Jack Aitken Ret 12 2 5 4 2 1 Ret 2 18 2 C 3 6 14 8 141 3 Nirei Fukuzumi 1 6 3 3 Ret 16 2 Ret 3 4 DNS C 1 5 15 14 134 4 Anthoine Hubert 5 4 4 7 2 8 3 5 Ret 7 3 C 5 3 11 5 123 5 Giuliano Alesi 17 11 6 2 7 1 6 1 7 1 6 C 9 7 Ret 10 99 6 Dorian Boccolacci 6 2 9 17† 8 Ret 5 4 5 17 14 C 7 2 7 1 93 7 Alessio Lorandi 3 3 7 8 3 6 4 Ret 12 14 Ret C 8 1 5 17 92 8 Ryan Tveter 12 18 5 4 Ret 13 8 2 6 3 5 C 12 14 8 2 78 9 Arjun Maini 7 1 10 16 6 5 Ret 8 4 6 16† C 17 12 3 6 72 10 Niko Kari 15 14 Ret 18 5 3 9 6 9 9 15† C 6 19 1 13 63 11 13 C 4 Ret 4 3 36 12 Kevin Jörg 13 9 11 9 9 7 7 3 10 8 9 C 20 18 9 7 28 13 Raoul Hyman 8 7 8 1 16 11 14 7 14 10 11 C 19 15 13 11 27 14 Leonardo Pulcini 2 17 Ret 14 11 12 15 10 11 11 Ret C 14 13 17† Ret 20 15 Julien Falchero 11 10 15 11 10 Ret 13 Ret 8 5 8 C 10 9 DNS 16 16 16 Marcos Siebert 10 16 12 10 12 10 11 9 Ret Ret 4 C 18 17 Ret Ret 13 17 Steijn Schothorst 18 15 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 12 C 11 10 6 18 8 18 Tatiana Calderón 14 Ret 13 12 14 15 Ret 13 16 13 7 C 13 8 16 15 7 19 Santino Ferrucci 9 8 Ret 13 Ret 9 3 20 Bruno Baptista 16 13 14 Ret 15 14 10 Ret Ret 16 10 C 16 13 10 9 3 21 15 Ret Ret C 15 16 12 12 0 22 Matthieu Vaxivière 12 12 Ret 150DriverR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Points CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMCSources: Rookie Notes: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championship Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship. Team CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMC PointsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21 ART Grand Prix 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 С 1 3 2 4578 4 5 2 5 2 4 2 11 2 4 2 С 2 4 8 5 5 6 3 6 4 8 3 Ret 3 7 3 С 3 5 14 82 Trident 6 2 5 2 7 1 5 1 5 1 5 С 7 2 7 1 286 12 9 6 4 8 7 6 2 6 3 6 С 9 7 9 2 13 11 9 9 9 13 7 3 7 8 9 С 12 14 10 73 Jenzer Motorsport 3 1 7 8 3 5 4 8 4 6 16† С 8 1 3 6 164 7 3 10 16 6 6 Ret Ret 12 14 Ret С 15 12 5 17 15 Ret Ret С 17 16 12 134 2 14 Ret 14 5 3 9 6 9 9 12 С 6 10 1 13 91 15 15 Ret 15 11 12 15 10 11 11 15† С 11 11 6 18 18 17 Ret 18 13 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret С 14 19 17† Ret5 Campos Racing 8 7 8 1 10 10 11 7 8 5 4 С 10 9 13 11 56 10 10 11 10 12 11 13 9 14 10 8 С 18 15 Ret 16 11 16 15 11 16 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 С 19 17 DNS Ret6 DAMS 9 8 13 12 14 9 10 12 16 13 7 С 4 8 4 3 48 14 13 14 13 15 14 12 13 Ret 15 10 С 13 15 11 10 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 16 13 С 16 Ret 16 15TeamR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Points CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMCSources: Notes: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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