The 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup is a multi-event

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championship for

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, formula racing cars held across

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. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 season is the 27th

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season organized by the

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and the second season as the main category of the

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. The series will visit ten circuits around the Europe, including Monaco.

Teams and drivers

Twelve teams were preselected on 12 September 2016. ASM Motorsport,

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and Duqueine Engineering were dropped from the final teams' list that was published on 9 November 2016.

Driver changes

* French F4 champion

Ye Yifei Ye Yifei (; born 16 June 2000) is a Chinese racing driver, 2016 French F4 champion, 2020 Euroformula Open champion, 2021 Asian Le Mans Series champion, 2021 European Le Mans Series champion, and former member of the Renault Sport Academy. In ...

and

2016 F4 British Championship The 2016 F4 British Championship (known as 2016 MSA Formula Championship at the first two rounds) was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix o ...

driver

Luis Leeds Luis William Mahendra Leeds (born 6 March 2000) is an Australian-Indonesian racing driver currently competing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Championship for Supercars Championship team 23Red Racing. Leeds served as a member of th ...

made their Eurocup debut with

Josef Kaufmann Racing Josef Kaufmann Racing is a motorsport team from Germany. It mainly operates in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 as well as Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. The team was founded in 1982. History In 1982, Josef Kaufmann Racing was founded ...

. They were partnered by

Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver currently competing in the Super Formula Championship with Kondō Racing. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion. Currently, he drives for the Nissan Fo ...

who left

Tech 1 Racing Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy. Tech 1 also operate the Panis Racing LMP2 entry to the European Le Mans Series and the Ultimate LMP2 Pr ...

. While Eurocup champion

Lando Norris Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a Belgian-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One with McLaren, racing under the British flag. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Formu ...

and his teammate

Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala (born 1 October 1998) is an Indian racing driver currently serving as a reserve driver for the Mahindra Racing Formula E team. He was a protégé of the Force India F1 team, after being one of three winners of a 'One in a Billio ...

, who raced for Josef Kaufmann racing in 2016, stepped up to

2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship 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 Thre ...

. * F4 British Champion

Max Fewtrell Maximilian Bradley Fewtrell (born 29 July 1999) is a British former racing driver, and former member of the Renault Sport Academy and 2016 British F4 champion. He competed in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix alongsid ...

2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship The 2016 BRDC British F3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and, for the first time, Belgium. The 2016 season will be the first one under the BRDC British F3 denomination. The champ ...

driver Thomas Maxwell and

2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace The 2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform ...

driver Thomas Neubauer joined

. While 2016 Tech 1 regular

Dorian Boccolacci Dorian Boccolacci (born 9 September 1998 in Cannes) is a French racing driver, currently competing in the Porsche Supercup series. He has previously also competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship until after the 2019 French round at Circuit ...

moved to

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 Champion ...

. Another 2016 Tech 1 regular Hugo de Sadeleer left single-seaters to join

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in LMP2 class of the

2017 European Le Mans Series The 2017 European Le Mans Series season was the fourteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, on ...

. * French F4 Championship driver

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competed for

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, he was joined in the team by

Robert Shwartzman Robert Mikhailovich Shwartzman ( rus, Ро́берт Миха́йлович Шва́рцман, p=ˈrobʲɪrt mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈʂvartsmɐn, he, רוברט מיכאילוביץ' שוורצמן; born 16 September 1999) is a Russian-Israeli ...

, who previously raced for Josef Kaufmann Racing. While 2016 R-ace GP racer

Julien Falchero Julien Falchero (born 2 March 1997) is a French racing driver. Career GP3 Series In December 2016, Falchero partook in post-season testing with Campos Racing. He was signed to the team the following month. Racing record Career summary † A ...

graduated to GP3 Series. *

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champion Axel Matus and V de V Challenge Monoplace driver Gregoire Saucy made their debuts for AVF by Adrián Vallés. They was joined by Rodrigo Pflucker who has competed two rounds with

. 2016 AVF regular

Harrison Scott Harrison Scott (born 5 March 1996) is a British racing driver. Career Karting Born in Althorne, Scott began karting in 2005 at the age of nine. Throughout his seven-year career, he took the British Karting title and two third places in the ...

decided to switch to 2017 Euroformula Open Championship. * V de V Challenge Monoplace champion

Alex Peroni Alexander Peroni (born 27 November 1999) is an Australian racing driver, currently competing in the 2022 European Le Mans Series for Algarve Pro Racing. He has competed in the 2021 Indy Lights Series for Carlin Motorsport, and in the 2020 F ...

and 2016 Asian Formula Renault Series driver Najiy Razak made their Eurocup debut with

Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton. Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, ...

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switched from

JD Motorsport JD Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Vespolate, Italy that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. History The team was formed in the 1995 by Roberto Cavallari and Alfredo Cappelletti. In 1996 the team started to participate in ...

to Fortec. While

Bruno Baptista Bruno Baptista (born 24 March 1997) is a Brazilian racing driver. He competes full-time in the Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 44 Toyota Corolla E210 for RCM Motorsport. He is the 2014 F4 Sudamericana champion. Career GP3 Series In Dec ...

and Ferdinand Habsburg, who raced for Fortec in 2016 moved to GP3 Series and FIA Formula 3 European Championship respectively. * JD Motorsport signed all-rookie line-up with Sun Yueyang and Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer who jumped straight from the karting. They also took

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driver Aleksandr Vartanyan, who also have contested 2016 Eurocup finale with Fortec. James Allen who raced for JD Motorsport in 2016 decided to switch to sports car racing, joining

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team were joined by Formula 4 South East Asia champion Presley Martono and

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driver Julia Pankiewicz. *

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squad was staffed by SMP F4 and F4 Spanish champion

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driver and another Red Bull Junior

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and Verschoor's SMP F4 title rival

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. *

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signed with Red Bull Junior driver

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, Formula Renault 2.0 NEC driver Ghislain Cordeel and F4 British Championship driver Zane Goddard.

Race calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 17 October 2016. The series will return Silverstone Circuit,

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Nürburgring The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around the village a ...

and

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya () is a motorsport race track in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. With long straights and a variety of corners, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is seen as an all-rounder circuit. The track has stand ...

and add Pau Circuit in its schedule. While

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for the first time since 2009 will be not present in the 2017 calendar, as well as 2016 returnee

Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva The Circuito do Estoril or Autódromo do Estoril (Estoril Circuit), officially known as Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, is a motorsport race track on the Portuguese Riviera, outside of Lisbon, owned by state-run holding management company ...

. On 3 February 2017 was confirmed the number of the races during the rounds.

Results

Footnotes

Championship standings

The first race at

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which held in fog conditions was red-flagged after three laps were completed behind the safety car, but before 75% of the scheduled distance in laps, the necessary distance required for a race to pay full points. Race paid half points to all classified finishers. ;Points system Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Drivers' championship

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)

Teams' championship

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

References

External links

Renault-Sport official website
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