2016 17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

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The 2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the fifth running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. It began on 18 November 2016 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain and ended on 19 February 2017 at the Madras Motor Racing Track in Chennai, India. The series comprised 16 races spread across four meetings, with the first round in Bahrain being a support event to the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[1]

Drivers

Drivers whose name appears in italics are ineligible to score points in the championship.

Template:Tooltip	Driver	Rounds
1	Template:Flagicon Narain Karthikeyan^[2]	3–4
2	Template:Flagicon Rinus van Kalmthout^[3]	1–3
3	Template:Flagicon Dylan Young^[3]	All
4	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey^[3]	All
5	Template:Flagicon Christophe Mariot^[3]	1
7	Template:Flagicon Parth Ghorpade^[4]	2
8	Template:Flagicon Chia Wing Hoong^[2]	3–4
9	Template:Flagicon Dan Ticktum^[5]	4
11	Template:Flagicon Felipe Drugovich^[3]	All
12	Template:Flagicon Neil Verhagen^[5]	4
13	Template:Flagicon Bobby Eberle^[3]	1–2
25	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher^[3]	All
27	Template:Flagicon Kim-Luis Schramm^[3]	1–3
28	Template:Flagicon Pavan Ravishankar^[3]	All
32	Template:Flagicon Presley Martono^[5]	4
43	Template:Flagicon Pedro Cardoso^[3]	1–3
44	Template:Flagicon Jüri Vips^[3]	All
51	Template:Flagicon Toby Sowery^[6]	1–2, 4
78	Template:Flagicon Yoshiaki Katayama^[3]	All
83	Template:Flagicon Manuel Maldonado^[3]	All
93	Template:Flagicon Zane Goddard^[4]	2
96	Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson^[3]	All
97	Template:Flagicon Bruna Tomaselli^[3]	1
99	Template:Flagicon Ralf Aron^[3]	1, 3–4

Calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
2016
1	Template:Tooltip1	Template:Flagicon Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	18 November	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey
	R2		18 November		Template:Flagicon Ralf Aron	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher
	R3		19 November	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Ralf Aron	Template:Flagicon Ralf Aron
	R4		19 November		Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher
2	R1	Template:Flagicon Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	9 December	Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey
	R2		9 December		Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson	Template:Flagicon Felipe Drugovich
	R3		10 December	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Pedro CardosoTemplate:Refn	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey
	R4		10 December		Template:Flagicon Yoshiaki Katayama	Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson
2017
3	R1	Template:Flagicon Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	28 January	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher
	R2		28 January		Template:Flagicon Ralf Aron	Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson
	R3		29 January	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher
	R4		29 January		Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey
4	R1	Template:Flagicon Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai	18 February	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey
	R2		18 February		Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson	Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson
	R3		19 February	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey
	R4		19 February		Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey Template:Refn	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey

Footnotes

↑ MRF Challenge returns to Buddh circuit in 2016-17 season. Motorsport.com.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Buddh MRF Challenge: Schumacher sets the pace in Friday practice(27 January 2017).
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 ^3.13 ^3.14 ^3.15 Schumacher, Newey headline MRF Challenge entry list(15 November 2016).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Archived copy(8 December 2016).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Red Bull juniors join entry list for MRF Challenge finale(16 February 2017).
↑ Bahrain MRF Challenge: Schumacher leads the way in practice(17 November 2016).

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	2

Drivers' standings

Template:Tooltip	Driver	BHR Template:Flagicon				DUB Template:Flagicon				GNO Template:Flagicon				CHE Template:Flagicon				Points
1	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	1	4	Ret	4	1	6	1	Ret	3	4	3	1	1	4	1	1	277
2	Template:Flagicon Joey Mawson	3	2	2	6	2	2	3	1	4	1	2	3	5	1	4	3	277
3	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher	5	1	3	1	3	4	Ret	Ret	1	3	1	Ret	2	7	Ret	2	213
4	Template:Flagicon Felipe Drugovich	6	5	4	8	5	1	2	2	2	Ret	4	Ret	7	6	5	5	169
5	Template:Flagicon Ralf Aron	2	3	1	5					7	2	8	2	3	2	3	Ret	168
6	Template:Flagicon Jüri Vips	4	Ret	5	2	6	3	Ret	4	Ret	DNS	6	Ret	4	5	2	4	135
7	Template:Flagicon Pedro Cardoso	7	Ret	6	3	4	5	4	DNS	12	7	7	4					89
8	Template:Flagicon Kim-Luis Schramm	8	6	7	7	7	7	11	6	6	9	10	5					65
9	Template:Flagicon Dylan Young	9	7	8	9	8	10	6	5	DNS	Ret	9	7	12	9	6	7	61
10	Template:Flagicon Rinus van Kalmthout	Ret	Ret	13	16	9	8	5	8	5	5	5	6					58
11	Template:Flagicon Yoshiaki Katayama	10	12	9	10	16	12	10	7	8	7	11	10	11	12	8	9	32
12	Template:Flagicon Dan Ticktum													6	3	10	6	32
13	Template:Flagicon Zane Goddard					13	9	8	3									21
14	Template:Flagicon Manuel Maldonado	12	9	Ret	12	10	11	Ret	9	9	8	12	8	9	Ret	9	10	20
15	Template:Flagicon Neil Verhagen													10	8	7	Ret	11
16	Template:Flagicon Presley Martono													8	10	11	8	9
17	Template:Flagicon Parth Ghorpade					12	13	7	Ret									6
18	Template:Flagicon Pavan Ravishankar	14	10	11	17	14	15	9	Ret	10	Ret	13	9	13	11	14	11	6
19	Template:Flagicon Bruna Tomaselli	11	8	10	11													5
20	Template:Flagicon Bobby Eberle	13	11	16	13	15	16	12	10									1
21	Template:Flagicon Chia Wing Hoong									11	10	DNS	Ret	14	13	13	12	1
22	Template:Flagicon Christophe Mariot	15	13	12	15													0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Template:Flagicon Toby Sowery	16	16	14	14	11	14	Ret	11						14	12		0
	Template:Flagicon Narain Karthikeyan									13	DNS	14	Ret		Ret			0
Template:Tooltip	Driver	BHR Template:Flagicon				DUB Template:Flagicon				GNO Template:Flagicon				CHE Template:Flagicon				Points

Template:Motorsport driver results legend Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

External links

Template:Official website

[1] MRF Challenge returns to Buddh circuit in 2016-17 season. Motorsport.com.

[DriversR3-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Buddh MRF Challenge: Schumacher sets the pace in Friday practice(27 January 2017).

[DriversR1-3] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 ^3.13 ^3.14 ^3.15 Schumacher, Newey headline MRF Challenge entry list(15 November 2016).

[DriversR2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Archived copy(8 December 2016).

[Ticktum-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Red Bull juniors join entry list for MRF Challenge finale(16 February 2017).

[MagnusOutSoweryIn-6] Bahrain MRF Challenge: Schumacher leads the way in practice(17 November 2016).

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