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2017-I R4S GP1 League Season
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Marc Stwerka won his second GP1 Drivers' Championship.

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Constantin Grimminger finished second in the Drivers' Championship.

Cristian

Cristian Alvarez finished third in the Drivers' Championship.

The 2017-I Season of the R4S GP1 League was the 3rd GP1 Season by Race4Speed and started as rFactor series with 30 races on 10 weekends. The series started in Australia on 19 February and ended in Abu Dhabi on 02 July.

Marc Stwerka won the Drivers' Championship with two events to go and thus defended his Championship. His team, Repsol Swinegel Racing, defended the Constructors' Championship as well with 977 points after the seasons' finale.

The Series used the P-02C/17 chassis by 3D artist haunetal1990.

Teams and Drivers

Team No. Driver Tyres Rounds
Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing 1 Germany Marc Stwerka Michelin 1–7, 9–10
82 Venezuela Cristian Alvarez All
Venezuela Unnamed's Race Team 7 Venezuela Jesús Chirinos Pirelli 1–2, 4–10
47 Venezuela Julián Chirinos 1–3
Italy McLollo Racing Technology 10 Italy Lorenzo De Ciutiis Dunlop 1–2
Germany Ecodrom Prototype Racing 11 Germany Martin Jatzek Dunlop 1–4, 6
13 Germany Phillip Volland 7–10
14 Germany Constantin Grimminger All
17 Argentina Francisco Vazquez 5
Germany Prototype Racing Academy 13 Germany Phillip Volland Dunlop 4, 6
17 Argentina Francisco Vazquez 6–9
Colombia Virtual Speed Racing Kartingroup 16 Colombia Luis Felipe Calderón Pirelli 1, 4
Mexico TR Bluvos Motorsports 17 Argentina Francisco Vazquez Dunlop 2–4
Poland Team Berni 18 Poland Bernard Mróz Dunlop 3–9
Germany Mücke Motorsport 32 Ireland Matthew Hull Michelin 4
Venezuela Chirinos Motorsport 47 Venezuela Julián Chirinos Pirelli 5
Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport 54 Venezuela Carlos Garcia Pirelli 1–2
Brazil Gabriel Garravetta 4
95 Brazil Lucas Murno 1–7, 10
96 Venezuela Jesus Marcano 5–8
Venezuela Unnamed's Academy 98 Brazil Gabriel Garravetta Pirelli 9–10
Germany Klebaa Racing Team 99 Germany Mike Grothaus Michelin 7–8, 10
Guest drivers Argentina Ricardo Mleziva 7
Poland Mateusz Stasiak 9

Driver changes

Joining GP1

  • Phil Novaes will join the series with TR Bluvos Motorsports.
  • After a one-year abstinence, Myles Dixon will re-join the series with SlipStream Racing.
  • Camilo Pino and Milton Martinez will join the series with Klebaa Racing Team.
  • Lucas Murno will make his debut with Unnamed's Motorsport.
  • Lorenzo De Ciutiis will join the series with his own team McLollo Racing Technology.
  • Felipe Calderon will re-join the series with Virtual Speed Racing Kartingroup.
  • Phillip Volland made his debut with Prototype Racing Academy at round four in Barcelona.
  • Jesus Marcano joined the series with Unnamed's Motorsport in Monaco.

Changing teams

Leaving GP1

  • David Hernández announced on Dec 5th 2016 that he'll retire from sim racing with immediate effect.
  • After taking over Team GM's entry, Ecodrom Prototype Racing hasn't extended the contract of Team GM's third driver Ricardo Mleziva, forcing him to leave the series.
  • As TR Bluvos Motorsports brought in an all-new line-up for 2017, the team's previous drivers Cristiano Bohessef, Xavi Ros Gomez, Darko Jovanovski and Zac Jones were forced to leave the series.

Mid-season changes

  • With only three race starts under his belt, Phillip Volland got promoted to the Prototype Racing main team from Monaco onwards, after regular driver Martin Jatzek left the series. However, Jatzek surprisingly returned to GP1 at the Red Bull Ring and thus pushed Volland back into his Prototype Racing Academy seat before finally making his debut for the main team at Paul Ricard.
  • After racing for the prestigious TR Bluvs Motorsports team in the first four events, Francisco Vazquez switched to the team's partners of Ecodrom Prototype Racing, joining their Academy team. However, before joining his new cockpit he substituted for the ill Phillip Volland in Monaco.
  • With the reorganization of Unnamed's Race Team and Unnamed's Motorsport, Julián Chirinos was forced to left the teams and opened his own squad, Chirinos Motorsport. At the same time, Carlos Garcia switched from Unnamed's Race Team to Unnamed's Motorsport in order to replace Julián Chirinos.

Team changes

  • Team GM announced on Jan. 16th that it will fusionate it's GP1 program with Prototype Racing in 2017 and thus rebranded it's entry as Ecodrom Prototype Racing. The team's management operation will also change to Prototype Racing, while sporting operation and the driver's line-up remain unchanged.
  • TR Motorsports announced on Jan. 21st that it will join the cooperation between Ecodrom Prototype Racing and Team GM as third team. However, they will still field two cars in competition with their partners under the name TR Bluvos Motorsports. Also, they'll switch their tyre manufacturer from Pirelli to Dunlop.
  • Unnameds Racing Development announced on Jan 26th that it'll rename it's entry to Unnamed's Race Team. The 2nd team (running as Unnameds Racing Developments II in 2016) was renamed to Unnamed's Motorsport.
  • SF Corse, Bruse GP, G.P. Latina Racing Team, F1 Online League Racing Team, Mysterio Racing and Random Racing have not signed up for a second or third season respectievly, leaving TR Bluvos Motorsports as the only team to compete in all GP1 seasons so far.
  • As Francisco Vazquez changed teams, Argentina Racing Team was left without any drivers at the beginning of the season and thus didn't enter for a second season.
  • SlipStream Racing will join the series.
  • Chirinos Motorsport will join the series after round five.

Race calendar and results

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 26 December 2016 and confirmed as final race calender on 24 January 2017.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Australia Albert Park Circuit,
Melbourne
19 February Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R2 Germany Marc Stwerka Colombia Luis Felipe Calderon Colombia Virtual Speed Racing Kartingroup
R3 Brazil Lucas Murno Brazil Lucas Murno Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport
2 R4 Argentina Circuito de Potrero
de los Funes, San Luis
5 March Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R5 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R6 Germany Marc Stwerka Brazil Lucas Murno Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport
3 R7 USA Sebring International
Raceway, Sebring
19 March Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R8 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R9 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
4 R10 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-
Catalunya, Barcelona
2 April Germany Marc Stwerka Brazil Lucas Murno Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R11 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R12 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
5 R13 Monaco Circuit de Monaco,
Monaco
23 April Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Brazil Lucas Murno Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport
R14 Germany Marc Stwerka Brazil Lucas Murno Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport
R15 Brazil Lucas Murno Poland Bernard Mróz Poland Team Berni
6 R16 Austria Red Bull Ring,
Spielberg
7 May Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Venezuela Cristian Alvarez Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R17 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R18 Germany Marc Stwerka Venezuela Cristian Alvarez Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
7 R19 France Paul Ricard HTTT,
Le Castellet
21 May Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R20 Germany Marc Stwerka Brazil Lucas Murno Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport
R21 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
8 R22 Germany Hockenheimring,
Hockenheim
4 June Venezuela Jesus Marcano Germany Phillip Volland Venezuela Cristian Alvarez Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R23 Germany Constantin Grimminger Venezuela Jesus Marcano Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport
R24 Venezuela Cristian Alvarez Germany Constantin Grimminger Germany Ecodrom Prototype Racing
9 R25 Japan Fuji Speedway,
Oyama
18 June Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R26 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R27 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
10 R28 UAE Yas Marina Circuit,
Abu Dhabi
2 July Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Marc Stwerka Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R29 Germany Marc Stwerka Venezuela Cristian Alvarez Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing
R30 Germany Marc Stwerka Germany Constantin Grimminger Germany Ecodrom Prototype Racing

Calendar changes

  • The Victoria GP in Melbourne is now known as the Australian Grand Prix.
  • The Florida GP in Sebring is now known as the American Grand Prix.
  • The Catalunya GP in Barcelona is now known as the Spanish Grand Prix.
  • Due to shortening the race calender the races in Curitiba, Sonoma, Mexico-City, Silverstone, Budapest, Stavelot, Monza, Valencia, Bathurst and Sao Paulo will not take part in the GP1 2017-I season.
  • The French Grand Prix will replace the race in Estoril, Portugal.
  • The Japanese Grand Prix will now take part at the Fuji Speedway instead of Suzuka.

Changes

General changes

  • The season length was shortened from covering a full calendar year to only half of a year.

Sporting regulations

  • The race length was changed from ~230km in distance to 15 minutes in time.
  • The formation lap was removed from the starting procedure. The races will now start directly after the time for driving into the grid expired.
  • After some curious situations during the qualifying procedure, the qualifying format was changed to one session, 10 minutes in length, where every driver can do as many laps as he wants.
  • There will be 30 races at all, 3 on 10 circuits, this season. The qualifying will form the starting grid for the first race. The second race will be started as a reverse grid refering to the race result of race 1. The third race will be started as a reverse grid refering to the drivers' championship standings after the second race of the same race weekend.
  • The Warm-Up-Session is shortened to 5 minutes in length.

Championship results

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver Australia
AUS
Argentina
ARG
USA
USA
Spain
ESP
Monaco
MON
Austria
AUT
France
FRA
Germany
GER
Japan
JAP
UAE
UAE
Points
1 Germany Marc Stwerka 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 6† 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 636
2 Germany Constantin Grimminger 8 7 8 Ret 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 Ret 7† 5 Ret 2 2 9† 5 8 3 2 1 6 6 4 3 2 1 357
3 Venezuela Cristian Alvarez 2 5 4 Ret 5† 5 Ret 7† 6 4 8† 7† 3 DNS 2 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 1 Ret 6 5 7† 7† 4 1 2 341
4 Brazil Lucas Murno 3 DNS 1 4 Ret 1 3 3 7† 2 2 6† 1 1 Ret 4 3 3 3 1 DNS 5 6 5 321
5 Venezuela Jesús Chirinos 5 8 7 2 2 6 5 5 3 6 5 3 4 8 8† 4 Ret 3 8† 6 2 4 5 2 7 3 4 284
6 Poland Bernard Mróz Ret 5 5 6 4 4 7† 3 1 7 6 7 5 4 7 5 4 5 7 3 6 207
7 Germany Phillip Volland 8 6 5 3 5 4 8† Ret 6 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 7 Ret 187
8 Venezuela Jesus Marcano 4 2 7 Ret 4 5 6 6 5 2 1 3 146
9 Argentina Francisco Vazquez Ret Ret Ret 4 6† Ret 9† 9† Ret 5 6 6 6 7 9† 7 Ret Ret 6 5 7† 3 4 5 133
10 Germany Martin Jatzek 6 3 3 Ret 4 Ret 6 Ret 2 Ret 7 DNS Ret Ret Ret 82
11 Venezuela Julián Chirinos 7 4 6 WD WD WD 5 4 4 8† WD WD 64
12 Venezuela Carlos Garcia 4 6 5 3 DNS 4 57
13 Colombia Luis Felipe Calderon Ret 1 Ret 10† Ret DNS 26
13 Germany Mike Grothaus Ret 7† 4 7 Ret Ret DSQ 4 6 44
14 Ireland Matthew Hull 7† WD WD 6
15 Italy Lorenzo De Ciutiis Ret WD WD DNS Ret WD 0
16 Brazil Gabriel Garravetta DNS DNS Ret Ret WD WD DSQ DSQ EX 0
17 Argentina Ricardo Mleziva DNS WD WD 0
Pos. Driver Australia
AUS
Argentina
ARG
USA
USA
Spain
ESP
Monaco
MON
Austria
AUT
France
FRA
Germany
GER
Japan
JAP
UAE
UAE
Points

Bold – Pole (Race 1 only)
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


Teams' Championship

Pos. Driver No. Australia
AUS
Argentina
ARG
USA
USA
Spain
ESP
Monaco
MON
Austria
AUT
France
FRA
Germany
GER
Japan
JAP
UAE
UAE
Points
1 Spain Repsol Swinegel Racing 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 6† 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 977
82 2 5 4 Ret 5† 5 Ret 7† 6 4 8† 7† 3 DNS 2 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 1 Ret 6 5 7† 7† 4 1 2
2 Germany Ecodrom Prototype Racing 11 6 3 3 Ret 4 Ret 6 Ret 2 Ret 7 DNS Ret Ret Ret 601
13 8† Ret 6 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 7 Ret
14 8 7 8 Ret 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 Ret 7† 5 Ret 2 2 9† 5 8 3 2 1 6 4 6 3 2 1
17 5 6 6
3 Venezuela Unnamed's Motorsport 54 4 6 5 3 DNS 4 3 1 DNS 496
95 3 DNS 1 4 Ret 1 3 3 7† 2 2 6† 1 1 Ret 4 3 3 3 1 DNS 5 6 5
96 4 2 7 Ret 4 5 6 6 5 2 1 3
4 Venezuela Unnamed's Race Team 7 7 4 6 2 2 6 5 5 3 6 5 3 4 8 8† 4 Ret 3 8† 6 2 4 5 2 7 3 4 315
47 5 8 7 WD WD WD 5 4 4
5 Poland Team Berni 18 Ret 5 5 6 4 4 7† 3 1 7 6 7 5 4 7 5 4 5 7 3 6 207
6 Germany Prototype Racing Academy 13 8 6 5 3 5 4 142
17 6 7 9† 7 Ret Ret 6 5 7† 3 4 5
7 Germany Klebaa Racing Team 99 Ret 7† 4 7 Ret Ret DSQ 4 6 44
8 Colombia Virtual Speed Racing Kartingroup 16 Ret 1 Ret 10† Ret DNS 26
9 Mexico TR Bluvos Motorsports 17 Ret Ret Ret 4 6† Ret 9† 9† Ret 24
10 Germany Mücke Motorsport 32 7† WD WD 6
11 Venezuela Chirinos Motorsport 47 8† WD WD 4
78
12 Italy McLollo Racing Technology 10 Ret WD WD DNS Ret WD 0
12 Venezuela Unnamed's Academy 98 Ret WD WD DSQ DSQ EX 0
Pos. Driver No. Australia
AUS
Argentina
ARG
USA
USA
Spain
ESP
Monaco
MON
Austria
AUT
France
FRA
Germany
GER
Japan
JAP
UAE
UAE
Points

Bold – Pole (Race 1 only)
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


Tyres manufacturer Championship

Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Michelin Michelin 1,027
2 Dunlop Dunlop 974
3 Pirelli Pirelli 841
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