2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

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]

2016–17 MRF Challenge

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Drivers

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

No.	Driver	Rounds
1	Narain Karthikeyan[2]	3–4
2	Rinus van Kalmthout[3]	1–3
3	Dylan Young[3]	All
4	Harrison Newey[3]	All
5	Christophe Mariot[3]	1
7	Parth Ghorpade[4]	2
8	Chia Wing Hoong[2]	3–4
9	Dan Ticktum[5]	4
11	Felipe Drugovich[3]	All
12	Neil Verhagen[5]	4
13	Bobby Eberle[3]	1–2
25	Mick Schumacher[3]	All
27	Kim-Luis Schramm[3]	1–3
28	Pavan Ravishankar[3]	All
32	Presley Martono[5]	4
43	Pedro Cardoso[3]	1–3
44	Jüri Vips[3]	All
51	Toby Sowery[6]	1–2, 4
78	Yoshiaki Katayama[3]	All
83	Manuel Maldonado[3]	All
93	Zane Goddard[4]	2
96	Joey Mawson[3]	All
97	Bruna Tomaselli[3]	1
99	Ralf Aron[3]	1, 3–4

Calendar and results

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

Footnotes

1. Actual fastest lap achieved by guest driver Toby Sowery.
2. Actual pole position achieved by guest driver Narain Karthikeyan.
3. Actual fastest lap achieved by guest driver Narain Karthikeyan.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	R1 PP	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	2

Drivers' standings

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap