2017–18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

The 2017–18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the fifth running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. It began on 16 November 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain and ended on 4 February 2018 at the Madras Motor Racing Track in Chennai, India. The series consisted of 16 races spread across four meetings, with the first round in Bahrain being a support event to the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[1]

2017–18 MRF Challenge

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2018–19

Drivers

No.	Driver	Rounds
3	Dylan Young[1]	All
4	Henning Enqvist[1]	All
5	Louis Gachot[1]	2–4
8	Michelangelo Amendola[1]	All
9	Robert Megennis[1]	All
10	Richard Wagner[1]	All
11	Felipe Drugovich[1]	All
12	Manuel Maldonado[1]	All
14	Christophe Mariot	1
17	Nazim Azman[1]	All
20	Rinus van Kalmthout[1]	All
21	Harri Jones[1]	All
22	Alex Karkosik[1]	All
26	Julien Falchero[1]	All
28	Pavan Ravishankar[1]	All
32	Presley Martono[1]	All
69	Perdana Putra Minang[1]	All
88	Danial Frost[1]	All
96	Kurt Hill[1]	All

Calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
2017
1	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	17 November	Rinus van Kalmthout	Presley Martono	Felipe Drugovich
	R2				Rinus van Kalmthout	Felipe Drugovich
	R3		18 November	Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout
	R4				Julien Falchero	Julien Falchero
2	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	8 December	Presley Martono	Rinus van Kalmthout	Felipe Drugovich
	R2				Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout
	R3		9 December	Presley Martono	Rinus van Kalmthout	Felipe Drugovich
	R4				Presley Martono	Presley Martono
3	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	14 December	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich
	R2		15 December		Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich
	R3			Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich
	R4				Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich
2018
4	R1	Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai	3 February	Presley Martono	Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout
	R2				Rinus van Kalmthout	Presley Martono
	R3		4 February	Presley Martono	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich
	R4				Presley Martono	Felipe Drugovich

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 YMC CHE Points 1 Felipe Drugovich 1 1 2 4 1 9 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 335 2 Presley Martono 2 2 5 3 5 4 2 1 2 4 15 4 2 1 2 3 254 3 Rinus van Kalmthout Ret 4 1 2 3 1 9 3 Ret 6 3 2 1 2 3 2 245 4 Julien Falchero 6 3 3 1 4 3 DSQ 5 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 6 7 194 5 Alex Karkosik 4 12 4 5 2 8 3 DSQ 5 3 Ret 5 6 Ret 7 9 122 6 Danial Frost 14 9 9 DSQ 9 5 DSQ Ret 6 Ret 7 6 5 3 4 6 83 7 Harri Jones Ret 14 10 13 7 6 DSQ 4 13 8 6 9 9 4 10 5 66 8 Dylan Young 3 7 6 Ret 10 11 12 11 7 7 10 7 8 5 9 11 65 9 Louis Gachot 6 2 10 8 4 16 DNS DNS Ret 7 5 8 63 10 Robert Megennis 7 5 13 12 17 14 4 7 8 17 9 14 11 9 11 4 54 11 Michelangelo Amendola 10 8 12 NC 8 7 5 6 Ret 11 4 8 10 8 13 18 54 12 Manuel Maldonado 5 DSQ 15 6 Ret 13 6 10 11 10 5 11 12 Ret 12 10 39 13 Nazim Azman 8 Ret 11 7 12 10 7 Ret 12 5 13 17 15 13 Ret 15 27 14 Pavan Ravishankar 9 6 7 9 16 15 8 DSQ 14 14 14 16 14 Ret 8 12 26 15 Henning Enqvist 11 15 8 Ret 11 12 15 9 10 9 8 10 10 10 14 13 16 16 Perdana Putra Minang 13 10 17 8 13 17 11 12 9 15 16 13 13 Ret 16 14 7 17 Richard Wagner 12 17 16 10 15 16 13 14 Ret 12 11 15 16 11 15 17 1 18 Kurt Hill Ret Ret 14 14 14 18 14 13 15 13 12 12 17 12 Ret 16 0 19 Christophe Mariot 15 16 18 15 0 Pos. Driver BHR DUB YMC 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