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The '''2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship''' will be a [[motor racing]] championship run in support of the [[2017 Formula One season|2017 FIA Formula One World Championship]]. The championship is sanctioned by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA) and is open to teams and drivers competing in cars complying with [[FIA Formula 2 Championship|Formula 2]] regulations.<ref name="rebranded">{{cite news|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/03/10/gp2-series-renamed-fia-formula-2/|title=GP2 Series renamed FIA Formula 2|first=Tom|last=Howard|work=speedcafe.com|date=10 March 2017|accessdate=10 March 2017}}</ref>
The '''2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship''' will be a [[motor racing]] championship run in support of the [[2017 Formula One season|2017 FIA Formula One World Championship]] and also will be the thirty-third season in the combined history of [[International Formula 3000]], [[GP2 Series]] and [[FIA Formula 2 Championship]]. The championship is sanctioned by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA) and is open to teams and drivers competing in cars complying with [[FIA Formula 2 Championship|Formula 2]] regulations.<ref name="rebranded">{{cite news|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/03/10/gp2-series-renamed-fia-formula-2/|title=GP2 Series renamed FIA Formula 2|first=Tom|last=Howard|work=speedcafe.com|date=10 March 2017|accessdate=10 March 2017}}</ref>


2017 is the final season that the [[Dallara GP2/11]] chassis package—which débuted in the [[2011 GP2 Series]]—will be used in competition. It is also the final season for the current Mecachrome 4.0 Litre V8 normally-aspirated engine package that débuted in the [[2005 GP2 Series]]; a new chassis and engine package will be introduced for the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125133|title=Introduction of new GP2 car pushed back to 2018|last=Simmons|first=Marcus|work=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Motorsport Network]]|date=4 July 2016|accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
2017 is the final season that the [[Dallara GP2/11]] chassis package—which débuted in the [[2011 GP2 Series]]—will be used in competition. It is also the final season for the current Mecachrome 4.0 Litre V8 normally-aspirated engine package that débuted in the [[2005 GP2 Series]]; a new chassis and engine package will be introduced for the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125133|title=Introduction of new GP2 car pushed back to 2018|last=Simmons|first=Marcus|work=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Motorsport Network]]|date=4 July 2016|accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>

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The 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship will be a motor racing championship run in support of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and also will be the thirty-third season in the combined history of International Formula 3000, GP2 Series and FIA Formula 2 Championship. The championship is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and is open to teams and drivers competing in cars complying with Formula 2 regulations.[1]

2017 is the final season that the Dallara GP2/11 chassis package—which débuted in the 2011 GP2 Series—will be used in competition. It is also the final season for the current Mecachrome 4.0 Litre V8 normally-aspirated engine package that débuted in the 2005 GP2 Series; a new chassis and engine package will be introduced for the 2018 season.[2]

Prema Racing will start the season as the defending teams' champions after winning their maiden title in the series at the Sepang round of the 2016 championship.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers
Italy Prema Racing 1 Monaco Charles Leclerc[3]
2 Italy Antonio Fuoco[3]
Spain Racing Engineering 3 Switzerland Louis Delétraz[4]
4 Sweden Gustav Malja[5]
Russia Russian Time 5 Italy Luca Ghiotto[6]
6 Russia Artem Markelov[6]
France ART Grand Prix 7 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[7]
8 Thailand Alexander Albon[8]
France DAMS 9 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland[9]
10 Canada Nicholas Latifi[9]
Spain Campos Racing 11 Switzerland Ralph Boschung[10]
12 Monaco Stefano Coletti[11]
Netherlands MP Motorsport 14 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara[12]
15 United Kingdom Jordan King[13]
Italy Trident 16 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri[14]
17 Spain Sergio Canamasas[15]
Italy Rapax 18 Netherlands Nyck de Vries[16]
19 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.[16]
United Kingdom Pertamina Arden 20 France Norman Nato[17]
21 Indonesia Sean Gelael[17]
Sources:[18]

Driver changes

Changing teams
Joining Formula 2
Leaving Formula 2

Team changes

  • Hilmer Motorsport is scheduled to return to the series after missing the 2016 season.[30] But due to the team unable to secure sponsorship for the full 2017 season, Hilmer Motorsport was denied Formula 2 return.
  • After six seasons in the series, Carlin withdrew to concentrate on their Indy Lights programme.[31]

Calendar

On 27 January 2017, the full calendar was revealed with eleven rounds taking place.[32]

Round Circuit/Location Country Date Supporting
1 Feature Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir  Bahrain 15 April Bahrain Grand Prix
Sprint 16 April
2 Feature Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona  Spain 13 May Spanish Grand Prix
Sprint 14 May
3 Feature Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo  Monaco 26 May Monaco Grand Prix
Sprint 27 May
4 Feature Baku City Circuit, Baku  Azerbaijan 24 June Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Sprint 25 June
5 Feature Red Bull Ring, Spielberg  Austria 8 July Austrian Grand Prix
Sprint 9 July
6 Feature Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone  United Kingdom 15 July British Grand Prix
Sprint 16 July
7 Feature Hungaroring, Budapest  Hungary 29 July Hungarian Grand Prix
Sprint 30 July
8 Feature Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps  Belgium 26 August Belgian Grand Prix
Sprint 27 August
9 Feature Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza  Italy 2 September Italian Grand Prix
Sprint 3 September
10 Feature Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera  Spain 7 October stand-alone event
Sprint 8 October
11 Feature Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 25 November Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Sprint 26 November

Calendar changes

Changes

  • The series was originally intended to be run as the GP2 Series before it was rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship in March 2017.[1] The decision to rebrand the series brings it in line with the FIA Global Pathway, which aims to create a linear path of feeder series from domestic Formula 4 to the top tier of open-wheel racing, Formula 1. Despite the name change, it will retain the GP2 regulations as originally scheduled, making the 2017 season the thirteenth to use GP2 regulations. It will be the first time that a series has been run under the name of Formula 2 since Jonathan Palmer's unrelated series collapsed in 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b Howard, Tom (10 March 2017). "GP2 Series renamed FIA Formula 2". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ Simmons, Marcus (4 July 2016). "Introduction of new GP2 car pushed back to 2018". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Prema Racing confirm 2017 line up". GP2 Series. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Louis Delétraz completes Racing Engineering's 2017 driver line-up". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b Khorounzhiy, Valentin (9 December 2016). "Malja moves to Racing Engineering for GP2 2017". motorsport.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Ghiotto makes Russian Time switch for GP2 2017". Crash.net. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  7. ^ "ART re-sign Matsushita". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "GP3 runner-up Albon confirmed for GP2 2017 promotion". 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "DAMS reveal 2017 line up". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Ralph Boschung joins Campos Racing for 2017 FIA Formula 2 season". FIA Formula 2 Championship. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "2017 Formula 2 Entry List". fia.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  12. ^ a b Simmons, Marcus (27 November 2016). "Sergio Sette Camara secures MP Motorsport seat for 2017 GP2 season". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  13. ^ a b "KING JOINS MP MOTORSPORT". 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  14. ^ "JEFFRI JOINS TRIDENT FOR 2017 SEASON". 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Trident confirms Canamasas". Twitter. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  16. ^ a b c "Rapax to race with Cecotto and De Vries". 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  17. ^ a b c d "Pertamina Arden confirm 2017 line up". 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Teams and drivers". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Trident confirms Canamasas". Twitter. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  20. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38372245
  21. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39083375
  22. ^ Noble, Jonathan (25 March 2017). "Australian GP: Sauber F1's Pascal Wehrlein replaced by Giovinazzi". Autosport Media. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017.
  23. ^ SauberF1. "Preview – 2017 Formula One Heineken Chinese Grand Prix & Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix". Retrieved 3 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "Daniel de Jong to stay in GP2 with MP "for one more year"". 11 February 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  25. ^ "Evans confirms he won't return to GP2 in 2017". 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  26. ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (11 March 2017). "GP2 graduate Kirchhofer joins HTP Mercedes in ADAC GT". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  27. ^ Mitchell, Scott (23 January 2017). "Lynn lands DS Virgin Formula E role". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  28. ^ "Marciello set for GT switch amid unrealistic F1 dreams". 10 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  29. ^ "2017 Formula 2 Entry List". fia.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  30. ^ "Ready for new challenges — Hilmer Motorsport streamlines structure and realigns its team". Hilmer Motorsport. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  31. ^ Simmons, Marcus (6 January 2017). "Carlin leaves GP2 Series ahead of 2017 season". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  32. ^ a b c d "GP2 Series 2017 season calendar revealed". gp2series.com. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

External links

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