2017–18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

Last updated March 13, 2025

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]

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		17 November		Rinus van Kalmthout	Felipe Drugovich
	R3		18 November	Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout
	R4		18 November		Julien Falchero	Julien Falchero
2	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	8 December	Presley Martono	Rinus van Kalmthout	Felipe Drugovich
	R2		8 December		Rinus van Kalmthout	Rinus van Kalmthout
	R3		9 December	Presley Martono	Rinus van Kalmthout	Felipe Drugovich
	R4		9 December		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		3 February		Rinus van Kalmthout	Presley Martono
	R3		4 February	Presley Martono	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich
	R4		4 February		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 finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "MRF Challenge unveils 2017-18 entry list". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

External links

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[Drivers-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "MRF Challenge unveils 2017-18 entry list". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

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