2017 GP3 Series

The 2017 GP3 Series was the eighth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighth season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that runs in support of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series Formula 2.

2017 GP3 Series

Drivers' Champion: George Russell
Teams' Champion: ART Grand Prix

Previous

2016

Next

2018

Parent series:
FIA Formula One World Championship
FIA Formula 2 Championship

George Russell, the series champion.

ART Grand Prix won their seventh teams' championship title.

George Russell won the drivers' championship.^[1] In the teams' championship, defending champions ART Grand Prix secured their seventh GP3 Series title. Trident Racing were second ahead of Jenzer Motorsport.

Champion George Russell took 4 wins, Giuliano Alesi got 3 sprint race wins., Nirei Fukuzumi won 2 races during the season, and Dorian Boccolacci, Arjun Maini, Raoul Hyman, Jack Aitken, Alessio Lorandi, and Niko Kari all took 1 win each. ART Grand Prix won all feature races, except the last race, which was won by Arden International.

Teams and drivers

All GP3 drivers competed in a Dallara GP3/16 chassis, using a Mecachrome GP3 V6 engine and Pirelli P Zero and Cinturato tyres.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
ART Grand Prix	1	Jack Aitken[3]	All
	2	Nirei Fukuzumi[4]	All
	3	George Russell[5]	All
	4	Anthoine Hubert[6]	All
Arden International	5	Niko Kari[7]	All
	6	Leonardo Pulcini[8]	All
	7	Steijn Schothorst[8]	All
Trident	9	Kevin Jörg[9]	All
	10	Giuliano Alesi[10]	All
	11	Ryan Tveter[11]	All
	12	Dorian Boccolacci[11]	All
DAMS	14	Santino Ferrucci[12]	1–3
		Matthieu Vaxivière[13]	4–5
		Dan Ticktum[14]	6–8
	15	Tatiana Calderón[12]	All
	16	Bruno Baptista[12]	All
Jenzer Motorsport	22	Alessio Lorandi[15]	All
	23	Juan Manuel Correa[a][16]	5–8
	24	Arjun Maini[17]	All
Campos Racing	26	Julien Falchero[18]	All
	27	Raoul Hyman[19]	All
	28	Marcos Siebert[19]	All
Sources:[20]

Driver changes

Changing teams

• Renault Sport Academy member Jack Aitken switched from Arden International to ART Grand Prix.^[3]
• Tatiana Calderón moved from Arden International to DAMS.^[12]
• Kevin Jörg switched from DAMS to Trident.
• Steijn Schothorst, who raced for Campos Racing switched to Arden International.^[8]

Joining GP3

• Bruno Baptista, who raced in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 stepped up to GP3 Series with DAMS.^[12]
• 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 runner-up Dorian Boccolacci joined the series with Trident.^[11]
• Julien Falchero graduated from Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, joining Campos Racing.^[18]
• Red Bull Junior driver Niko Kari, who finished tenth in the 2016 European Formula 3 season and contested in the Spa round of the 2016 season with Koiranen GP, competing in the series full-time with Arden International.^[7][21]
• 2016 Euroformula Open Champion Leonardo Pulcini, graduated with Arden International.^[8]
• Anthoine Hubert and Mercedes F1 junior driver George Russell, who finished eighth and third in the 2016 European Formula 3 season respectively, joined the series with ART Grand Prix.^[5][6]
• 2016 Italian F4 Champion Marcos Siebert moved to the series with Campos Racing.^[19]
• European Formula 3 racers Ryan Tveter and Raoul Hyman joined the series with Trident and Campos Racing respectively.^[11][19]

Leaving GP3

• Arden International driver Jake Dennis left the series after the 2016 season, to compete in Blancpain GT Series.^[22]
• 2016 champion Charles Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing.^[23]
• DAMS driver Jake Hughes left the series to race in European Formula 3 with Hitech GP.
• Matevos Isaakyan, who raced with Koiranen GP concentrated on World Series Formula V8 3.5 campaign, joining AVF.^[24]
• Campos Racing drivers Álex Palou and Konstantin Tereshchenko left the series, to participate in All-Japan Formula Three Championship with ThreeBond Drago Corse and World Series Formula V8 3.5 with Teo Martín Motorsport respectively.^[25][26]

Midseason changes

• Matthieu Vaxivière joined DAMS from the Hungaroring round, replacing Santino Ferrucci, who was promoted to the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident.^[13]
• Juan Manuel Correa took seat in Jenzer Motorsport at Spa, making his GP3 Series debut.^[16]
• Red Bull Junior Dan Ticktum joined DAMS for the Monza round, replacing Vaxivière.^[14]

Team changes

• After having competed in the series since 2013, Koiranen GP left the series.

Calendar

On 27 January 2017, the full calendar was revealed with eight rounds taking place.^[27]

Round	Circuit/Location	Date	Supporting
1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	13–14 May	Spanish Grand Prix
2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	8–9 July	Austrian Grand Prix
3	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	15–16 July	British Grand Prix
4	Hungaroring, Budapest	29–30 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	26–27 August	Belgian Grand Prix
6	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	2–3 September	Italian Grand Prix
7	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	7–8 October	FIA Formula 2 Jerez round
8	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	25-26 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Sources:[28][29]

Calendar changes

• The series will make its début at the Circuito de Jerez, with a stand-alone event planned as the penultimate round of the season.^[27]
• The Hockenheim and Sepang round were removed from the calendar.^[27]

Race by Race

Round 1: Spain

Jack Aitken became the first polesitter of the 2017 season and Dorian Boccolacci qualified third on his first GP3 race.

Rule changes

• The series will introduce the use of the drag reduction system (DRS), an overtaking aid that cancels out aerodynamic drag and allowing drivers to achieve a higher top speed when within one second of the car in front at designated points on the circuit.^[30] Further restrictions will be placed on the use of DRS, with drivers only able to use it a limited number of times in each race.

Results

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap[31]	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Jack Aitken	Anthoine Hubert	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			Leonardo Pulcini[b]	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	George Russell	Anthoine Hubert	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			Arjun Maini[c]	Raoul Hyman	Campos Racing
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	George Russell	Giuliano Alesi	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			George Russell	Giuliano Alesi	Trident
4	R1	Hungaroring	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			George Russell[d]	Giuliano Alesi	Trident
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	George Russell	George Russell	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			George Russell	Giuliano Alesi	Trident
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Nirei Fukuzumi[e]	Anthoine Hubert	George Russell	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2		Race cancelled[f]
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	Nirei Fukuzumi	Raoul Hyman[g]	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			George Russell	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport
8	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	George Russell	Nirei Fukuzumi[h]	Niko Kari	Arden International	Report
	R2			Nirei Fukuzumi[i]	Dorian Boccolacci	Trident
Source:[33]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.^[34]

Race 1 points

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

Race 2 points

Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.^[34]

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

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ[f] JER YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 George Russell 4 5 1 6 1 4 DNS 11 1 2 1 C 2 4 2 4 220 2 Jack Aitken Ret 12 2 5 4 2 1 Ret 2 18 2 C 3 6 14 8 141 3 Nirei Fukuzumi 1 6 3 3 Ret 16 2 Ret 3 4 DNS C 1 5 15 14 134 4 Anthoine Hubert 5 4 4 7 2 8 3 5 Ret 7 3 C 5 3 11 5 123 5 Giuliano Alesi 17 11 6 2 7 1 6 1 7 1 6 C 9 7 Ret 10 99 6 Dorian Boccolacci 6 2 9 17† 8 Ret 5 4 5 17 14 C 7 2 7 1 93 7 Alessio Lorandi 3 3 7 8 3 6 4 Ret 12 14 Ret C 8 1 5 17 92 8 Ryan Tveter 12 18 5 4 Ret 13 8 2 6 3 5 C 12 14 8 2 78 9 Arjun Maini 7 1 10 16 6 5 Ret 8 4 6 16† C 17 12 3 6 72 10 Niko Kari 15 14 Ret 18 5 3 9 6 9 9 15† C 6 19 1 13 63 11 Dan Ticktum 13 C 4 Ret 4 3 36 12 Kevin Jörg 13 9 11 9 9 7 7 3 10 8 9 C 20 18 9 7 28 13 Raoul Hyman 8 7 8 1 16 11 14 7 14 10 11 C 19 15 13 11 27 14 Leonardo Pulcini 2 17 Ret 14 11 12 15 10 11 11 Ret C 14 13 17† Ret 20 15 Julien Falchero 11 10 15 11 10 Ret 13 Ret 8 5 8 C 10 9 DNS 16 16 16 Marcos Siebert 10 16 12 10 12 10 11 9 Ret Ret 4 C 18 17 Ret Ret 13 17 Steijn Schothorst 18 15 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 12 C 11 10 6 18 8 18 Tatiana Calderón 14 Ret 13 12 14 15 Ret 13 16 13 7 C 13 8 16 15 7 19 Santino Ferrucci 9 8 Ret 13 Ret 9 3 20 Bruno Baptista 16 13 14 Ret 15 14 10 Ret Ret 16 10 C 16 13 10 9 3 21 Juan Manuel Correa 15 Ret Ret C 15 16 12 12 0 22 Matthieu Vaxivière 12 12 Ret 15 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMC Sources:[34][35]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s) Rookie

Notes:

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

Teams' championship

Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.^[36]

Pos. Team CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ[f] JER YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 ART Grand Prix 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 С 1 3 2 4 578 4 5 2 5 2 4 2 11 2 4 2 С 2 4 8 5 5 6 3 6 4 8 3 Ret 3 7 3 С 3 5 14 8 2 Trident 6 2 5 2 7 1 5 1 5 1 5 С 7 2 7 1 286 12 9 6 4 8 7 6 2 6 3 6 С 9 7 9 2 13 11 9 9 9 13 7 3 7 8 9 С 12 14 10 7 3 Jenzer Motorsport 3 1 7 8 3 5 4 8 4 6 16† С 8 1 3 6 164 7 3 10 16 6 6 Ret Ret 12 14 Ret С 15 12 5 17 15 Ret Ret С 17 16 12 13 4 Arden International 2 14 Ret 14 5 3 9 6 9 9 12 С 6 10 1 13 91 15 15 Ret 15 11 12 15 10 11 11 15† С 11 11 6 18 18 17 Ret 18 13 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret С 14 19 17† Ret 5 Campos Racing 8 7 8 1 10 10 11 7 8 5 4 С 10 9 13 11 56 10 10 11 10 12 11 13 9 14 10 8 С 18 15 Ret 16 11 16 15 11 16 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 С 19 17 DNS Ret 6 DAMS 9 8 13 12 14 9 10 12 16 13 7 С 4 8 4 3 48 14 13 14 13 15 14 12 13 Ret 15 10 С 13 15 11 10 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 16 13 С 16 Ret 16 15 Pos. Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMC Sources:[34][35]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

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

Footnotes

1. Correa is an American driver who raced under Italian racing license.
2. Leonardo Pulcini set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. George Russell was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
3. Arjun Maini set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Anthoine Hubert was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
4. George Russell set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Leonardo Pulcini was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
5. Heavy rains forced the cancellation of qualifying. Nirei Fukuzumi was credited with pole position as he had set the fastest lap time during free practice, but did not start of race.
6. Heavy rain forced the rescheduling of race 1 to the original spot of race 2, leaving no time for race 2 to take place.^[32]
7. Raoul Hyman set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Jack Aitken was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
8. Nirei Fukuzumi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Niko Kari was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
9. Nirei Fukuzumi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Dan Ticktum was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.