The 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe, was the second and final season of the Formula V8 3.5 Series 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. 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 final season of the series which was promoted by RPM-MKTG since 1998.
Teams and drivers
Team Driver name Status Rounds Lotus 3 René Binder All 4 Pietro Fittipaldi All SMP Racing with AVF 5 Egor Orudzhev 1–8 Konstantin Tereshchenko 9 6 Matevos Isaakyan All Fortec Motorsports 7 Alfonso Celis Jr. All 8 Diego Menchaca All Teo Martín Motorsport 9 Konstantin Tereshchenko 1–8 10 Nelson Mason 1–5 Álex Palou 6–8 RP Motorsport 11 Roy Nissany All 12 Yu Kanamaru All 21 Damiano Fioravanti 2–6 Tatiana Calderón 9 Il Barone Rampante 15 Giuseppe Cipriani 1–8 16 Damiano Fioravanti 1 AVF 17 Henrique Chaves 9
Driver changes Changed teams Alfonso Celis Jr. switched from AVF to Fortec Motorsports. Pietro Fittipaldi, who raced for Fortec Motorsports moved to Lotus. Matevos Isaakyan moved from SMP Racing to AVF. He was joined in AVF by Egor Orudzhev, who left Arden Motorsport. Yu Kanamaru, who raced for Teo Martín Motorsport moved to RP Motorsport. 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. Nelson Mason returned to racing for the first time since 2014 as he joins the World Series with Teo Martín Motorsport. Konstantin Tereshchenko stepped up from GP3 Series to race with Teo Martín Motorsport. 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. 2016 champion Tom Dillmann moved to Formula E. Arden Motorsport driver Aurélien Panis will make his touring car racing debut in World Touring Car Championship. SMP Racing driver Matthieu Vaxiviere switched to sports car racing, moving to FIA World Endurance Championship Mid-season changes Damiano Fioravanti restored his collaboration with RP Motorsport, leaving the Barone Rampante team after the first round due to funding issues. Fiorovanti's seat at RP Motorsport was taken by Tatiana Calderón, who will make her debut in the series in Bahrain. Prior to the Nürburgring round, Nelson Mason was replaced (due to a lack of funding) by Spanish driver Álex Palou. Prior to the Bahrain round, Egor Orudzhev was diagnosed with acute tonsillitis and was replaced by his fellow Russian Konstantin Tereshchenko. Henrique Chaves joined AVF in their third car for the final round in Bahrain.
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.
Race calendar The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 7 November 2016, at the final round of the 2016 season. 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 R2 16 April 2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 5 May 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps R2 6 May 3 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 13 May 4 Hours of Monza R2 14 May 4 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 27 May Renault Clio Cup Spain R2 28 May 5 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 24 June R2 25 June 6 R1 Nürburgring, Nürburg 15 July 6 Hours of Nürburgring R2 16 July 7 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 2 September 6 Hours of Mexico R2 3 September 8 R1 Circuit of the Americas, Austin 15 September 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas R2 16 September 9 R1 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 17 November 6 Hours of Bahrain R2 18 November
Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Silverstone Circuit Pietro Fittipaldi Alfonso Celis Jr. Pietro Fittipaldi Lotus Damiano Fioravanti R2 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 R2 Pietro Fittipaldi SMP Racing with AVF Diego Menchaca 3 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Pietro Fittipaldi Pietro Fittipaldi René Binder Lotus Nelson Mason R2 Pietro Fittipaldi Roy Nissany René Binder Lotus Nelson Mason 4 R1 Circuito de Jerez Egor Orudzhev Egor Orudzhev Roy Nissany RP Motorsport Nelson Mason R2 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 R2 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 R2 Álex Palou Álex Palou Álex Palou Álex Palou 7 R1 Pietro Fittipaldi Matevos Isaakyan Pietro Fittipaldi Lotus Álex Palou R2 Pietro Fittipaldi Matevos Isaakyan Pietro Fittipaldi Lotus 8 R1 Circuit of the Americas René Binder René Binder René Binder Lotus Álex Palou R2 Álex Palou René Binder Egor Orudzhev SMP Racing with AVF Álex Palou 9 R1 Bahrain International Circuit Henrique Chaves Henrique Chaves AVF Henrique Chaves R2 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 ARA 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 ARA NÜR MEX COA BHR PointsBold – PoleItalics – 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 ARA 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 5 4 8 6 9 4 4 4 Ret Ret 7 9 6 Ret 3 Ret 9 2 2 SMP Racing with AVF 2 2 3 1 3 5 3 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 7 9 419 4 Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret 3 2 5 3 3 Ret Ret 4 6 NC Ret 3 RP Motorsport 10 3 2 4 2 2 1 6 4 4 4 5 7 7 6 4 3 3 313 Ret Ret 5 8 Ret 3 7 10 7 6 5 7 9 8 7 7 4 4 4 Fortec Motorsports 3 6 1 3 4 Ret 6 4 3 2 2 8 5 2 8 3 6 7 305 9 7 4 5 7 DNS 9 9 9 7 8 10 8 5 9 5 8 8 5 7 5 9 9 6 6 5 7 6 9 9 1 3 3 5 2 198 8 Ret 10 11 8 7 8 8 DNP Ret 11 4 4 Ret Ret 8 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 11 9
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