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.
Drivers
Drivers whose name appears in italics are ineligible to score points in the championship.
Driver Rounds 1 Narain Karthikeyan 3–4 2 Rinus van Kalmthout 1–3 3 Dylan Young All 4 Harrison Newey All 5 Christophe Mariot 1 7 Parth Ghorpade 2 8 Chia Wing Hoong 3–4 9 Dan Ticktum 4 11 Felipe Drugovich All 12 Neil Verhagen 4 13 Bobby Eberle 1–2 25 Mick Schumacher All 27 Kim-Luis Schramm 1–3 28 Pavan Ravishankar All 32 Presley Martono 4 43 Pedro Cardoso 1–3 44 Jüri Vips All 51 Toby Sowery 1–2, 4 78 Yoshiaki Katayama All 83 Manuel Maldonado All 93 Zane Goddard 2 96 Joey Mawson All 97 Bruna Tomaselli 1 99 Ralf Aron 1, 3–4
Calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 2016 1 1 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 Harrison Newey R4 Yoshiaki Katayama Joey Mawson 2017 3 R1 Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida 28 January Mick Schumacher Mick Schumacher 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 Joey Mawson Harrison Newey R2 Joey Mawson Joey Mawson R3 19 February Harrison Newey Harrison Newey Harrison Newey R4 Harrison Newey Harrison Newey
Footnotes
Championship standings
Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 2
Drivers' standings 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 Ret1 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 Driver BHR DUB GNO CHE PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
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