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.
Drivers
Driver Rounds 3 Dylan Young All 4 Henning Enqvist All 5 Louis Gachot 2–4 8 Michelangelo Amendola All 9 Robert Megennis All 10 Richard Wagner All 11 Felipe Drugovich All 12 Manuel Maldonado All 14 Christophe Mariot 1 17 Nazim Azman All 20 Rinus van Kalmthout All 21 Harri Jones All 22 Alex Karkosik All 26 Julien Falchero All 28 Pavan Ravishankar All 32 Presley Martono All 69 Perdana Putra Minang All 88 Danial Frost All 96 Kurt Hill All
Calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 2017 1 1 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 Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 2
Drivers' standings 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 Driver BHR DUB YMC CHE PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
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