2017 Formula Renault Eurocup

Last updated April 01, 2024

The 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 season was the 27th Formula Renault Eurocup season organized by the Renault Sport and the second season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The series would visit ten circuits around Europe, including Monaco.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Twelve teams were preselected on 12 September 2016.^[1] ASM Motorsport, Cram Motorsport and Duqueine Engineering were dropped from the final teams' list that was published on 9 November 2016.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver name	Status	Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing ^[2]	1	Yifei Ye ^[3]	R	All
	2	Luis Leeds ^[4]	R	All
	11	Sacha Fenestraz ^[5]		All
Tech 1 Racing ^[2]	4	Gabriel Aubry ^[6]		All
	5	Thomas Maxwell^[6]	R	All
	6	Thomas Neubauer ^[6]	R	All
	7	Max Fewtrell ^[6]	R	All
R-ace GP ^[2]	8	Will Palmer ^[7]		All
	9	Max Defourny ^[8]		All
	10	Robert Shwartzman ^[9]		All
	12	Raúl Guzmán ^[10]	R	All
	40	Charles Milesi ^[11]	G	6, 8–10
	41	Théo Coicaud^[11]	G	6, 8–9
	42	Michael Benyahia ^[12]	G	8–9
	43	Logan Sargeant ^[13]	G	10
	44	Gilles Magnus ^[14]	G	9
AVF by Adrián Vallés ^[2]	13	Henrique Chaves ^[15]		All
	14	Rodrigo Pflucker^[16]		1–5
	14	Xavier Lloveras^[17]	R	7–10
	15	Axel Matus ^[16]	R	All
	16	Gregoire Saucy ^[18]	R	1–4
	16	Thomas Randle ^[19]	R	5–10
Fortec Motorsports ^[2]	17	Alex Peroni ^[20]		All
	18	Aleksey Korneev ^[21]		All
	19	Frank Bird^[22]	R	All
	20	Najiy Razak^[23]		All
JD Motorsport ^[2]	21	Sun Yueyang ^[24]	R	All
	22	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer ^[25]	R	All
	23	Aleksandr Vartanyan^[26]	R	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport^[2]	25	Julia Pankiewicz^[23]		All
Mark Burdett Motorsport^[2]	26	Presley Martono^[23]	R	All
MP Motorsport ^[2]	29	Richard Verschoor ^[27]	R	All
	30	Jarno Opmeer ^[28]	R	All
	31	Neil Verhagen ^[27]	R	All
Arden ^[2]	33	Dan Ticktum ^[27]	R	All
	34	Ghislain Cordeel^[29]		1–7, 10
	93	Zane Goddard ^[29]	R	All
BM Racing Team	96	Bartłomiej Mirecki^[19]	G	5, 9

Icon	Status
R	Rookie
G	Guest

Driver changes

French F4 champion Yifei Ye and 2016 F4 British Championship driver Luis Leeds made their Eurocup debut with Josef Kaufmann Racing.^[3]^[4] They were partnered by Sacha Fenestraz who left Tech 1 Racing.^[5] While Eurocup champion Lando Norris and his teammate Jehan Daruvala, who raced for Josef Kaufmann racing in 2016, stepped up to 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship.^[30]^[31]
F4 British Champion Max Fewtrell, 2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship driver Thomas Maxwell and 2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace driver Thomas Neubauer joined Tech 1 Racing.^[6] While 2016 Tech 1 regular Dorian Boccolacci moved to 2017 GP3 Series.^[32] Another 2016 Tech 1 regular Hugo de Sadeleer left single-seaters to join United Autosports in LMP2 class of the 2017 European Le Mans Series.^[33]
French F4 Championship driver Raúl Guzmán competed for R-ace GP, he was joined in the team by Robert Shwartzman, who previously raced for Josef Kaufmann Racing.^[10]^[9] While 2016 R-ace GP racer Julien Falchero graduated to GP3 Series.^[34]
Panam GP Series champion Axel Matus and V de V Challenge Monoplace driver Gregoire Saucy made their debuts for AVF by Adrián Vallés. They was joined by Rodrigo Pflucker who has competed two rounds with Cram Motorsport.^[16]^[18] 2016 AVF regular Harrison Scott decided to switch to 2017 Euroformula Open Championship.^[35]
V de V Challenge Monoplace champion Alex Peroni and 2016 Asian Formula Renault Series driver Najiy Razak made their Eurocup debut with Fortec Motorsports.^[20]^[23] Aleksey Korneev switched from JD Motorsport to Fortec. While Bruno Baptista and Ferdinand Habsburg, who raced for Fortec in 2016 moved to GP3 Series and FIA Formula 3 European Championship respectively.^[36]^[37]
JD Motorsport signed all-rookie line-up with Sun Yueyang and Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer who jumped straight from the karting.^[24]^[25] They also took 2016 SMP F4 Championship driver Aleksandr Vartanyan, who also have contested 2016 Eurocup finale with Fortec.^[26] James Allen who raced for JD Motorsport in 2016 decided to switch to sports car racing, joining Graff Racing ^[38]
Mark Burdett Motorsport team were joined by Formula 4 South East Asia champion Presley Martono and 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup driver Julia Pankiewicz.^[23]
MP Motorsport squad was staffed by SMP F4 and F4 Spanish champion Richard Verschoor, F1600 Championship Series driver and another Red Bull Junior Neil Verhagen and Verschoor's SMP F4 title rival Jarno Opmeer.^[23]
Arden signed with Red Bull Junior driver Dan Ticktum, Formula Renault 2.0 NEC driver Ghislain Cordeel and F4 British Championship driver Zane Goddard.^[23]

Race calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 17 October 2016. The series will return Silverstone Circuit, Hungaroring, Nürburgring and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and add Pau Circuit in its schedule. While Ciudad del Motor de Aragón for the first time since 2009 will be not present in the 2017 calendar, as well as 2016 returnee Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva.^[39] On 3 February 2017 was confirmed the number of the races during the rounds.^[40]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	22 April	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	23 April
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	13 May
2	R2	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	14 May
3	R1	Pau Circuit, Pau	20 May	Pau Grand Prix
3	R2	Pau Circuit, Pau	21 May	Pau Grand Prix
4	R1	Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo	27 May	Monaco Grand Prix
4	R2	Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo	28 May	Monaco Grand Prix
5	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 July	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship
	R2		2 July
	R3		2 July
6	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	15 July	FIA World Endurance Championship
6	R2	Nürburgring, Nürburg	16 July	FIA World Endurance Championship
7	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	22 July	European Le Mans Series
7	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	23 July
8	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	26 August
8	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 August
9	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	23 September
	R2		23 September
	R3		24 September
10	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	28 October	International GT Open
	R2		29 October
	R3		29 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Robert Shwartzman	Sacha Fenestraz	Robert Shwartzman	R-ace GP	Max Fewtrell
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Gabriel Aubry	Sacha Fenestraz	Will Palmer	R-ace GP	Neil Verhagen
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	Max Defourny	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	R-ace GP	Max Fewtrell
2	R2	Silverstone Circuit	Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	R-ace GP	Dan Ticktum
3	R1	Pau Circuit	Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	R-ace GP	Max Fewtrell
3	R2	Pau Circuit	Alex Peroni	Robert Shwartzman	Alex Peroni	Fortec Motorsports	Max Fewtrell
4	R1	Circuit de Monaco	Will Palmer	Max Defourny	Will Palmer	R-ace GP	Dan Ticktum
4	R2	Circuit de Monaco	Sacha Fenestraz	Max Defourny	Sacha Fenestraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Dan Ticktum
5	R1	Hungaroring	Dan Ticktum	Dan Ticktum	Dan Ticktum	Arden	Dan Ticktum
	R2		Sacha Fenestraz	Yifei Ye	Gabriel Aubry	Tech 1 Racing	Max Fewtrell
	R3		Gabriel Aubry	Gabriel Aubry	Gabriel Aubry	Tech 1 Racing	Yifei Ye
6	R1	Nürburgring	Robert Shwartzman	Max Defourny	Robert Shwartzman	R-ace GP	Dan Ticktum
6	R2	Nürburgring	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Dan Ticktum
7	R1	Red Bull Ring	Max Defourny	Dan Ticktum	Max Fewtrell	Tech 1 Racing	Max Fewtrell
7	R2	Red Bull Ring	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Max Fewtrell
8	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Sacha Fenestraz	Robert Shwartzman	Max Defourny	R-ace GP	Yifei Ye
8	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard	Robert Shwartzman	Max Defourny	Sacha Fenestraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Dan Ticktum
9	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Sacha Fenestraz	Michael Benyahia ^{[N 1]}	Sacha Fenestraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Yifei Ye
	R2		Sacha Fenestraz	Max Defourny	Gabriel Aubry	Tech 1 Racing	Max Fewtrell
	R3		Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Neil Verhagen
10	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	R-ace GP	Richard Verschoor
	R2		Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	R-ace GP	Richard Verschoor
	R3		Sacha Fenestraz	Robert Shwartzman	Sacha Fenestraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Richard Verschoor

Footnotes

↑ The fastest lap by Eurocup regular was achieved by Luis Leeds.

Championship standings

The first race at Spa which held in fog conditions was red-flagged after three laps were completed behind the safety car, but before 75% of the scheduled distance in laps, the necessary distance required for a race to pay full points. Race paid half points to all classified finishers.^[41]

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

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

Drivers' championship

(key)

Pos.	Driver	MNZ		SIL		PAU		MON		HUN			NÜR		RBR		LEC		SPA			CAT			Points
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	Sacha Fenestraz	2	2	5	Ret	6	2	2	1	2	3	8	3	1	2	1	Ret	1	1	3	1	4	2	1	367.5
2	Will Palmer	4	1	1	2	4	4	1	3	18	2	4	8	5	12	2	3	4	9	6	2	2	6	4	298
3	Robert Shwartzman	1	Ret	3	1	1	3	4	2	7	5	2	1	8	6	9	23	DSQ	2	25	Ret	1	1	2	285
4	Max Defourny	5	3	Ret	12	2	6	3	4	14	4	3	2	6	3	8	1	2	4	2	3	6	Ret	3	255
5	Gabriel Aubry	3	Ret	8	Ret	3	7	7	7	4	1	1	9	4	5	3	15	3	6	1	4	3	Ret	6	232
6	Max Fewtrell	8	8	4	4	7	5	16	13	13	6	9	6	7	1	4	5	6	5	4	9	Ret	4	7	164
7	Dan Ticktum	11	Ret	10	3	10	Ret	5	5	1	9	7	4	2	9	5	Ret	5	18	11	7	20	7	12	134
8	Yifei Ye	9	6	9	14	8	10	11	19	24	7	5	7	3	8	7	2	8	3	7	8	12	10	11	106.5
9	Richard Verschoor	10	7	7	6	13	8	8	8	Ret	25	18	20	14	11	26	4	7	7	12	Ret	5	3	5	89
10	Alex Peroni	6	Ret	6	21	5	1	6	6	Ret	12	19	13	15	14	12	24	Ret	15	16	15	18	11	8	72
11	Neil Verhagen	17	4	Ret	16	DNS	9	12	12	3	11	24	18	Ret	18	25	7	12	8	8	5	7	Ret	17	59
12	Henrique Chaves	7	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	6	17	16	5	Ret	7	10	Ret	Ret	12	9	14	11	12	16	53
13	Aleksandr Vartanyan	14	9	11	25	12	23	10	9	5	8	6	12	23	16	15	8	Ret	22	19	10	10	8	18	42
14	Thomas Randle									Ret	13	10	11	9	4	6	9	10	10	5	11	DSQ	Ret	14	39.5
15	Jarno Opmeer	18	21	Ret	15	11	22	13	Ret	8	14	12	16	16	13	Ret	11	11	11	10	6	16	5	9	27
16	Thomas Maxwell	13	5	22	8	15	13	25	14	Ret	24	22	23	18	15	Ret	13	17	13	13	12	13	Ret	13	14
17	Raúl Guzmán	22	10	12	5	9	11	19	22	12	16	13	21	13	22	18	12	13	16	32	16	26	Ret	22	13
18	Aleksey Korneev	20	14	14	9	17	14	9	10	15	10	11	17	19	10	14	DNS	23	19	15	21	17	16	10	8
19	Luis Leeds	25	Ret	23	7	18	16	14	11	Ret	Ret	26	14	10	19	24	18	18	29	23	Ret	29	Ret	23	7
20	Zane Goddard	15	20	13	13	19	15	18	17	9	15	17	10	11	29	16	10	28	24	18	13	15	Ret	DNS	5
21	Presley Martono	16	Ret	15	10	16	Ret	Ret	15	16	21	21	24	25	23	Ret	Ret	27	20	17	17	22	15	Ret	1
22	Najiy Razak	21	18	24	26	23	19	DNQ	23	10	19	Ret	27	20	24	22	Ret	22	33	28	27	27	Ret	DNS	1
23	Thomas Neubauer	23	11	18	17	24	24	Ret	Ret	17	27	15	15	Ret	17	11	16	14	25	33	29	Ret	Ret	19	0
24	Axel Matus	26	13	26	11	14	12	24	18	22	26	23	19	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	17	14	19	14	14	21	0
25	Ghislain Cordeel	Ret	Ret	21	19	Ret	18	21	16	11	23	25	25	Ret	28	21						23	17	Ret	0
26	Gregoire Saucy	12	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	20	DNS																0
27	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	24	19	25	20	Ret	20	22	DNQ	20	18	14	22	17	20	13	20	20	26	22	24	21	Ret	DNS	0
28	Xavier Lloveras														27	19	19	19	21	21	22	19	13	15	0
29	Rodrigo Pflucker	Ret	Ret	19	18	21	Ret	15	21	WD	WD	WD													0
30	Julia Pankiewicz	Ret	15	20	23	22	25	DNQ	20	21	29	29	28	26	26	20	Ret	26	31	29	28	28	Ret	25	0
31	Sun Yueyang	27	16	16	24	Ret	21	23	DNQ	19	28	28	26	21	21	17	21	24	34	26	Ret	25	Ret	24	0
32	Frank Bird	19	17	17	22	20	17	Ret	Ret	23	22	27	29	24	25	23	22	25	32	27	20	24	Ret	20	0
guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Charles Milesi												Ret	Ret			6	9	23	20	Ret	9	Ret	DNS	0
	Logan Sargeant																					8	9	Ret	0
	Michael Benyahia																14	15	27	24	23				0
	Gilles Magnus																		14	Ret	18				0
	Théo Coicaud												30	22			17	21	28	31	25				0
	Bartłomiej Mirecki									Ret	20	20							30	30	26				0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
Pos.	Driver	MNZ		SIL		PAU		MON		HUN			NÜR		RBR		LEC		SPA			CAT			Points

Teams' championship

Only two best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.

Pos.	Team	MNZ		SIL		PAU		MON		HUN			NÜR		RBR		LEC		SPA			CAT			Points
Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	R-ace GP	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	7	2	2	1	5	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	731
1	R-ace GP	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	12	4	3	2	6	6	8	3	4	4	6	3	2	6	3	731
2	Josef Kaufmann Racing	2	2	5	7	6	2	2	1	2	3	5	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	4	2	1	480
2	Josef Kaufmann Racing	9	6	9	14	8	10	11	11	24	7	8	7	3	8	7	18	8	3	7	8	12	10	11	480
3	Tech 1 Racing	3	5	4	4	3	5	7	7	4	1	1	6	4	1	3	5	3	5	1	4	3	4	6	410
3	Tech 1 Racing	8	8	8	8	7	7	16	13	13	6	9	9	7	5	4	13	6	6	4	9	13	Ret	7	410
4	MP Motorsport	10	4	7	6	11	8	8	8	3	11	12	16	14	11	25	4	7	7	8	5	5	3	5	174
4	MP Motorsport	17	7	Ret	15	13	9	12	12	8	14	18	18	16	13	26	7	11	8	10	6	7	5	9	174
5	Arden	11	20	10	3	10	15	5	5	1	9	7	4	2	9	5	10	5	18	11	7	15	7	12	139
5	Arden	15	Ret	13	13	19	18	18	16	9	15	17	10	11	28	16	Ret	28	24	18	13	20	17	Ret	139
6	AVF by Adrián Vallés	7	12	2	11	14	12	15	18	6	13	10	5	9	4	6	9	10	10	5	11	11	12	16	92.5
6	AVF by Adrián Vallés	12	13	19	18	21	Ret	17	21	23	17	16	11	12	7	10	19	16	12	9	14	14	13	15	92.5
7	Fortec Motorsports	6	14	6	9	5	1	6	6	10	10	11	13	15	10	12	22	22	15	15	15	18	11	8	81
7	Fortec Motorsports	19	17	14	21	17	14	9	10	15	12	19	17	19	14	14	24	23	19	16	20	17	16	10	81
8	JD Motorsport	14	9	11	20	12	20	10	9	5	8	6	12	17	16	13	8	20	22	19	10	10	8	18	42
8	JD Motorsport	24	16	16	24	Ret	21	22	DNQ	19	18	14	22	23	20	15	20	24	26	22	24	21	Ret	24	42
9	Mark Burdett Motorsport	Ret	15	15	10	16	25	Ret	15	16	21	21	24	25	23	20	Ret	26	20	17	17	22	15	25	1
9	Mark Burdett Motorsport	16	Ret	20	23	22	Ret	DNQ	20	21	29	29	28	26	26	Ret	Ret	27	31	29	28	28	Ret	Ret	1
guest teams ineligible to score points
	BM Racing Team									Ret	20	20							30	30	26				0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
Pos.	Driver	MNZ		SIL		PAU		MON		HUN			NÜR		RBR		LEC		SPA			CAT			Points

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[FL-41] The fastest lap by Eurocup regular was achieved by Luis Leeds.

[Preselection-1] 1 2 "STAUNCH ENTHUSIASM FOR THE EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 IN 2017". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 . Renault Sport. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

[Teams-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NINE TEAMS SELECTED FOR THE 2017 EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 SEASON". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 . Renault Sport. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.

[Ye-3] 1 2 "Yifei Ye joins Josef Kaufmann Racing for Formula Renault step". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[Leeds-4] 1 2 "Luis Leeds set for TRS and FR2.0 campaigns in 2017". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[Fenestraz-5] 1 2 "Fenestraz firms up Kaufmann switch for 2017 Formula Renault season". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[Tech_1-6] 1 2 3 4 5 "Tech 1 Racing announces its four drivers for 2017". 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

[7] "Will Palmer stays with R-Ace GP Formula Renault squad for 2017". 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[8] "Max Defourny on Twitter". 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[Shwartzman-9] 1 2 Allen, Peter (11 January 2017). "Shwartzman to continue in Formula Renault with R-ace GP". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[Guzman-10] 1 2 "Raul Guzman moves to Formula Renault with R-ace GP". 21 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[Nurburgring-11] 1 2 "THE FORMULA RENAULT EUROCUP BEGINS THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON AT THE NÜRBURGRING". 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[12] "THE FINAL STRETCH RUN BEGINS AT CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD". Renault Sport. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[13] "TWO TITLES TO BE DECIDED AT BARCELONA FINALE". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[14] "THE FIRST TITLES COULD BE DECIDED AT SPA?". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[15] "Already more than 20 drivers entered for the 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup !". 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[Matus-16] 1 2 3 "Matus joins Chaves and Pflucker in AVF FR line-up". 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[17] "Happy to announce Xavier Lloveras from Red Bull Ring". AVF by Adrián Vallés. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[Saucy-18] 1 2 "Gregoire Saucy joins AVFormula". Renault Sport Series. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[Hungaroring-19] 1 2 "THREE RACES IN BUDAPEST TO INCREASE THE TENSION". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[Peroni-20] 1 2 "Peroni confirms Formula Renault Eurocup entry". 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[Korneev-21] "Alexey Korneev makes Fortec switch in Formula Renault". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

[Bird-22] "Frank Bird Moves to 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with Fortec Motorsports". 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[Thirty-23] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Thirty drivers and nine teams are ready to battle in the Formula Renault Eurocup". Renault Sport Series . Renault Sport. 2 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[SunYueyang-24] 1 2 "Aitken leads 2017 Renault Sport Academy line-up". 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[Simmenauer-25] 1 2 "Simmenauer debutta con JD Motorsport (Simmenauer debuts with JD Motorsport)". 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[Vartanyan-26] 1 2 "Vartanyan to race for JD Motorsport in Formula Renault". 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

[Ticktum-27] 1 2 3 "Red Bull adds Ticktum, Verhagen to Junior Team for 2017". 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

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[Arden-29] 1 2 Allen, Peter (13 February 2017). "Arden names Ticktum's team-mates for Formula Renault". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[30] Allen, Peter (15 December 2016). "Norris remains with Carlin for 2017 European F3 campaign". formulascout.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

[31] Allen, Peter (8 December 2016). "Daruvala makes European F3 move with Carlin for 2017". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[32] "Boccolacci, Tveter sign with Trident". 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

[33] Kilshaw, Jake (8 February 2017). "Albuquerque Completes United Autosports LMP2 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

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