The 2018–19

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and finished on 10 February 2019 at the

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. The series comprised 15 races spread across three meetings. The 2018–19 season saw Britain's

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become the first female champion of the series.

Drivers

The following drivers contested the championship:

Calendar and results

Championship standings

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Danial Frost Danial Nielsen Frost (born 18 October 2001 in Singapore) is a Singaporean race car driver. He currently competes in Indy NXT driving for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing. Career Frost began his racing career in the 2016–17 Formula 4 S ...

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Petr Ptáček Petr Ptáček Jr. (born 16 October 2002) is a Czech racing driver who last competed for R-ace GP in the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup. He was a member of the Sauber Junior Team The Sauber Academy – formerly known as the Sauber Junior Team ...

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Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship 2017–2018