2018 Formula Virtual World Championship
2018 FVA Formula Virtual World Championship season | |
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Drivers' Champion: ![]() | |
Constructors' Champions: ![]() | |
Previous: 2017 | Next: 2019 |
Top tier: FV • IndyVirtual | |
Second tier: FV2 • VWRS | |
Third tier: FV3 • VERS • VARS • VOARS |
The 2018 Formula Virtual season was the sixth season of the Formula Virtual World Championship. The series is a virtual motor racing championship run by Nic Morley and is recognised by the Formula Virtual Association (FVA) governing body as the highest class of competition for virtual motor racing. The 2018 Championship also saw the one hundredth Formula Virtual race, held in Belgium.
Nathaniel Powers started the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, after becoming the first ever double World Drivers' Champion at the 2017 Brazilian V-Prix. His team Downton started the season off the back of one of the most dominant seasons-to-date for a team, and as defending Constructors' Champions after winning their maiden title at the 2017 Bahrain V-Prix.
At the season closing Brazilian V-Prix, Nathaniel Powers came from nine points behind in third to become the first ever triple World Drivers' Champion, and the first driver to ever defend a Championship. Allar Kangur finished the year as runner-up by three points but with the most victories, and two points clear of his team mate Adrien Simon, who ended up third despite spending most of the season as Championship leader.
DS Mathershaw won their second Constructors' Championship in Mexico after taking an unassailable lead over Downton, with the final gap ending up at 20 points. After three disappointing years in the series Ocelot finally found their feet and finished third ahead of Franklin, 152 points off of the Champions.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are currently scheduled to participate in the sixth season of the Formula Virtual World Championship.
Team changes
- Dick Diceman announced that his team FUN will leave the series after five seasons. He cited a busier life of late with other ongoing projects that has taken his attention away, and felt the spot would be better-suited to a team who could be more focused on the Championship. [47] They will be replaced in the series by Phoenix, who have previously run in FV2 & FV3. [45]
- Holmqvist will switch engine supplier from Renault to Koenigsegg after citing a 'strained relationship' with the French manufacturer. The deal will mean the Swedish outfit become a semi-works team and change their name to Koenigsegg Team Holmqvist. [22]
- AMR Autosport withdrew their funding leaving the team in financial trouble, but three former members of the company clubbed together to buy the team out and keep them going. Adrian Arnello - who takes over as team principal - Jan Milner and Brad Ronson will run the team as Arnello Milner & Ronson Autosport, keeping the AMR name. The team will continue to use an AMR Autosport power unit for the final season. [26]
- After just a single season Ocelot split from Honda and planned to use Maserati engines from 2018. [48]. They also planned a name change to Pegasus, being officially known as Pegasus Alfieri Maserati [36], but a shock turn of events in the off-season led to the team moving back to the Ocelot name [37], and instead using Alfa Romeo engines. [38]
Driver changes
- Both Johan Halvosen and Stuart Harrison will leave Meteor at the end of 2017. [49] Halvosen will switch to North Star alongside Judson Sikes, [18] while Harrison will move to IndyVirtual racing for Signature Performance. [50] They will be replaced by rookie duo Jules Simon - younger brother of Adrien - and Sebastien Vocquelin. [35]
- Diego Campos will leave Ingram by mutual consent after five years with the team as a race and reserve driver. [51]
- Karl Beckenbauer will switch from Ocelot to Westwood replacing Tumo Kinnumen, [12] who will leave the British team after four years in favour of a move to Holmqvist. [24]
- James Vasquez will join Ingram as a full-time driver. [44] The team announced that they would assess both 2017 drivers Jean Mattson and Nikolai Milkovich over the remainder of the season to decide who would partner him, and on 5 January confirmed Mattson would retain his drive with Milkovich stepping back to reserve driver duties. [43]
- Oleksandr Zozulya will move into the series full-time racing for FIRST, having replaced Douglas Bacon as a race driver at the team following the 2017 Chinese V-Prix. [16] Bacon officially retired at the end of the 2017 season. Stefan Klien will be promoted from the teams youth academy to fill Zozulya's former role as reserve driver. [15]
- After five years Marcus Thunder will leave Downton and his role as reserve driver to move full-time into IndyVirtual with Formation Competition. [52] He will be replaced at the team by Sam Hudson. [1]
- Will Hoskins will leave AMR after just a single season and join Holmqvist alongside former team mate Kinnumen. Hoskins will replace Kiara Thunder, who left the team by mutual consent at the end of 2017. [23] He will be succeeded at AMR by 2015 VERS Champion Dmytro Kovalenko, who will be promoted to the race seat having been reserve driver for the team in 2017. [28] Emma Wilson joins the team after a year out of the series to replace Kovalenko as reserve. [27]
- After standing in at Lopez for one race in place of James Harding during 2017, Viktor Östberg will move into the race seat full-time. Mario Juan Lopez will take over his previous role as test and reserve driver, while Harding will leave the team after four seasons. [34]
- 2017 VWRS Champion Ryota Yoshida will join Ocelot as a full-time driver replacing Beckenbauer, alongside Puccio Giodano who will return to the team after his loan at Franklin ended. [41] These announcements meant Aleksy Nowosinki left the team following his 2017 mid-season switch, and was unable to find another drive, and therefore left the series.
- Felix Pérez will step up from FIRST's young driver academy to race alongside Zozulya. He will replace Arden Hutchinson who will leave the team after two seasons and also leave the series after failing to find another drive. [14]
- The departure of FUN from the championship at the conclusion of the 2017 season left Olen Inman and Carson Davenport - both of whom had contracts for 2018 - without drives. [47] It was later announced - during the teams press conference for the 2017 Mexican V-Prix - that Inman was to join Franklin alongside Enrique Ruiz [5], while Davenport was confirmed at new outfit Phoenix. [46]
- Jochem van Snelheid officially left Franklin after his loan deal with Ocelot expired and switched to IndyVirtual, racing for Vroom Autosport. [53]
- Phoenix signed Argentine rookie Sergio Álvarez on loan from Westwood to race alongside Davenport in their maiden season, and their former FV2 driver James Thompson in the role of reserve. [46]
Mid-season changes
- Westwood left Formula Virtual after the Malaysian V-Prix, leaving Finn Schnyder and Karl Beckenbauer without drives. [54] Schnyder later joined AMR, and as of the French V-Prix has replaced Beyer. [30]
- Felix Beyer was banned from the British V-Prix for his dangerous collision with Johan Halvosen at the Malaysian V-Prix. [55] He was replaced for the race by AMR's reserve driver Emma Wilson. [29] Beyer returned to racing for the team in Austria, where he took Dmytro Kovalenko's seat alongside the newly signed Schnyder. [31] Kovalenko was then given back the seat for Round 10 at the Slovakian V-Prix, where Adrian Arnello confirmed both he and Wilson would race again at other races in Thursday's press conference. [32]
- Halvosen was unable to compete in Britain and France due to his injuries and was replaced by North Star's reserve driver Gabriele García. [21] [56] Halvosen made his return in the next race in Spain. [57] García was handed a race seat once again later in the season when he replaced Judson Sikes for the final two races. [19]
- Beyer left AMR in the build-up to the Canadian V-Prix amid ongoing engine and financial woes within the team. [58] He later agreed a deal with Holmqvist to race in the Bahrain V-Prix in place of Tumo Kinnumen - who was sidelined for a race having run into his team mate at the previous race in the United States. [25] Kinnumen then signed for Ocelot, replacing Ryota Yoshida for the final 5 races of the season,[42] with Beyer being retained by Holmqvist until the end of the season.
- Nikolai Milkovich joined Franklin from Ingram for the final four races in place of Olen Inman in an attempt to hold third in the championship. [8] As a result of the shuffles Inman stepped back to the reserve driver role while Rodolfo de la Fuente moved to reserve driver position at Ingram.[7]
Calendar
The following eighteen events are scheduled to take place in 2018. [59]
Round | V-Prix | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Australian V-Prix | ![]() |
1 April |
2 | Japanese V-Prix | ![]() |
15 April |
3 | Chinese V-Prix | ![]() |
13 May |
4 | Malaysian V-Prix | ![]() |
27 May |
5 | British V-Prix | ![]() |
17 June |
6 | French V-Prix | ![]() |
24 June |
7 | Spanish V-Prix | ![]() |
15 July |
8 | Austrian V-Prix | ![]() |
22 July |
9 | German V-Prix | ![]() |
5 August |
10 | Slovakian V-Prix | ![]() |
19 August |
11 | Canadian V-Prix | ![]() |
9 September |
12 | United States V-Prix | ![]() |
16 September |
13 | Bahrain V-Prix | ![]() |
7 October |
14 | Turkish V-Prix | ![]() |
21 October |
15 | Belgian V-Prix | ![]() |
4 November |
16 | Italian V-Prix | ![]() |
18 November |
17 | Mexican V-Prix | ![]() |
25 November |
18 | Brazilian V-Prix | ![]() |
9 December |
Calendar changes
- The Slovakian V-Prix will take place for the first time in 2018 at the Slovakia Ring - replacing the Portuguese V-Prix. [59]
- The Australian V-Prix moved back to Albert Park after switching to Phillip Island in 2017 due to complications with the agreement. [59]
Rule changes
Development points
Prices
From 2018, the price of development (in-season) points will be halved, costing only £250k per points; while the price of research (next season) points will also be reduced to £400k. The following rules apply to how points can be distributed at each round:
- Price of development point: £250k
- Price of research point: £400k
- A maximum of 9 points can be used per race
- A maximum of 3 points can be used on each area (Aero and Engine) and on Development in total per round, while 6 points may be used for research
Driver bonus points
Teams will no longer receive 12 points for keeping a driver. Instead, points will progressively increase the longer a driver spends with a team, with 2 points per season for keeping one driver (up to a maximum of 10), and an additional 1 point per season for keeping a second (up to a maximum of 5).
The following table shows how many points a team gets depending on how long they keep a driver (please note the years refer to years after the drivers first season with the team):
1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5+ years | |
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Keeping no drivers | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Keeping one driver | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% |
Keeping a second driver | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
The rules for earning development points remain similar to how they have been since they started. A driver must compete in all but two races in the preceding season to be eligible, however now must take on a race role - not reserve - in the same team the following season for the first four races, with the bonuses applied from round five. No bonuses will be applied for 2018 however.
Champions bonus
The Champions bonus will remain, but will now be 6 points regardless of the team they go to. The bonus only applies to the reigning champion.
Season report
Pre-season testing began on the 9th of March. Thierry Xylander was fastest for DS Mathershaw on the first day, but Enrique Ruiz showed good pace on the medium tyres while further back Ocelot also looked to have dramatically improved. Will Hoskins topped day two for Holmqvist with Franklin once again right up there, while reigning champions Downton were also consistently towards the front, but lagging slightly behind DS Mathershaw and Franklin. Hoskins' teammate Tumo Kinnumen went fastest on day three, while Olen Inman made his Franklin debut and continued to show the strong pace on medium tyres. Nathaniel Powers topped the final day on super softs for Downton while rookie Ryota Yoshida was third fastest for Ocelot, yet further evidence of the Japanese outfits rise up the field. Another team to show impressive pace was the new addition to the grid in Phoenix, who looked to be mixing it with Meteor and FIRST, the two American teams seemingly struggling.
Adrien Simon took pole in the first race, and went on to win it. He faced stern competition from Puccio Giodano and Powers, with the latter two on different strategies. Ruiz had a very poor race, spinning at turn one and repeatedly getting in the way of frontrunners, before being disqualified after running without a rear wing. 2017 championship runner up Klaas van Snelheid also had a poor weekend, after crashing in qualifying in an incident with Viktor Östberg, before retiring from the race on the first lap in an incident including Felix Pérez. Ingram also showed great pace, finishing fourth and fifth.
Van Snelheid fought back in Japan, qualifying on the front row and winning the race after passing pole sitter Ruiz. He was pushed hard at the end by Allar Kangur however, and was chased by Simon before the Frenchman drove into the Downton in the pit lane, spinning off later in the race. Inman arguably saved his drive at Franklin be going from outside the top ten to third with a stunning drive, including a pass on Ruiz. Hoskins also had a decent race, taking sixth, while both Meteor cars retired.
Inman took a shock pole in China, but it was Simon who took his second victory of the season. He was followed by van Snelheid and Powers, the Dutchman continuing his good form. Inman fell to sixth after hitting van Snelheid. Both Ocelots were involved in incidents that lost them their front wings. Giodano managed to battle back up to seventh. Behind, Johan Halvosen took North Star's first points of the season in ninth.
Giodano splashed his way to pole in Malaysia for Ocelot, ahead of Powers. The Italian retained the lead at the start, while Davenport and Schnyder collided on the opening lap. Kangur was put out of the race in an incident with Ruiz. Soon rain struck and chaos began. Halvosen was put out of the race when he was held up in an incident with Yoshida before Inman hit the Dane. Ostberg hit Halvosen and put himself out of the race. Felix Beyer drove directly into the North Star causing a horrendous crash, pitching Halvosen into a barrel roll. Yoshida and Judson Sikes collided and crashed into the pit lane. Giodano, who was leading, hit a loose tyre on the main straight and lost his front wing. There were many more retirements, including van Snelheid with a few laps left. Powers eventually won, while Vasquez took a shock third. Alvarez was amazingly fourth, but his engine failed at the final corner on the final lap, leaving him classified ninth. FIRST and Lopez also took their first points, along with Phoenix. Only 8 cars finished the race.
Downton took another victory in Britain, van Snelheid beating Powers. Simon's third preserved his championship lead, though Powers was now bearing down on his neck. Both him and Ruiz spun in the race after being hit by van Snelheid and Mattson respectively. Kangur was having a strong race, but a brake failure put him out of the race. Mattson took fourth ahead of the two Franklins, allowing Ingram to leapfrog Ocelot into fourth in the standings.
Everything finally fell in the right place for Ocelot and Giodano in France. Taking his second pole, the Italian roared to victory, only ceding the lead in the pitstop phase. The other big news of the race was the many engine failures at the end, which left Mathershaw, AMR and Ingram with double DNFs while Giodano's engine let go on the cool down lap. Van Snelheid and Powers took second and third, though they both had problems in the race: Klaas having a unusual collision with Yoshida in the pitlane and Powers losing his front wing on the final lap when he hit Sikes stationary car, the Russian retiring from a points paying position on the last lap. Gabriele García took his first points of his career, as did Ostberg. Davenport also returned into the points in over a year.
Franklin locked out the front row in Spain, Ruiz just edging out Inman. A poor start for Inman and a brake failure put payed to any hopes of a good result for him. Simon undercutted Ruiz at the final round of pit stops, but both were undercutted from Kangur, who after starting 11th took advantage of the front runners lapping slowly to catch up to them and take advantage of an early pit stop. Powers looked like a challenger for victory until he was hit by Vocquelin who spun and drove into the Briton. Giodano was running second until the final lap when he was overtaken by Ruiz and Simon. The result brought Simon right behind Powers in the championship.
Ruiz took another pole in the wet in Austria ahead of Powers, and kept the lead at the start. While the order was static at the start, Simon and Kangur showed incredible pace in their second stint, allowing them to pass Ruiz on their softer tyres and be in a net lead. A late shower arrived however, and Mathershaw got their strategy call wrong and put Simon on the intermediate tyres, meaning he had to make another pit stop. Kangur won easily afterwards, while Simon made more pit stops due to technical errors, leaving him only 9th at the end. Powers' third allowed him to extend his points advantage over Simon.
Simon returned to the front in qualifying in Germany, just ahead of Giodano and Yoshida in Ocelot's best qualifying. In an caotic start, in which the first corner kerb caused havoc, Giodano lost his front wing by running over it and Powers was launched onto Yoshida, which delayed others behind him. The three drivers above were forced to pit early for repairs, which allowed the Franklins and Kangur to nip into 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Kangur spun but managed to recover to second after a late pass on Ruiz, while Inman, while lapping Powers who endured a miserable race afterwards, was squeezed onto the kerb and flew over Powers car. Powers eventually finished second last, while Inman, Giodano and Yoshida all recovered to the top ten, while van Snelheid retired after crashing at the final corner. Simon took out a decisive win to take the championship lead.
The first Slovakian V-Prix saw yet another Franklin front row lockout with Ruiz having yet another pole. Mathershaw showed better race pace though, only for Simon to hit Inman, breaking his front wing. Inman drove into the wall and crashed out. Kangur took advantage of Ruiz being held up by Mattson, who was briefly the net leader, and passed the Brazilian, giving him his third win in four races. Ruiz and Powers took second and third after jumping Giodano in the pit lane. The race saw many many many spins at turn 8, with Simon's race ending there, handing Powers back the lead in the title.
Simon was able to bounce back one race later with a comfortable win in Canada from 4th on the grid, beating Powers who had started on pole. The win gave back Simon the championship lead on the day where his teammate Kangur had an engine failure, putting a halt to the Estonian's run of 93 points from the previous 4 races. Behind the top two, Giodano took Ocelot's first podium since France, while 5th for Ruiz saw the Franklin driver move up to third in the standings despite not yet winning a race.
Indianapolis delivered yet another chaotic race - a wet qualifying caused a mixed up grid behind a Mathershaw 1-2, but rain hit midway through the race to cause another surprise as Halvosen took the lead during the pit stop phase. The Dane eventually dropped back but Hoskins, who was up to second, kept pace with the other front runners and took the lead once the circuit dried out, making it a direct fight between him, Kangur and Simon. There was further drama when the Briton was blocked by his teammate while trying to lap Kinnumen, with Kangur eventually getting past as the rain returned once more, and the Estonian held on to take his fourth win of the season. Hoskins was able to hold onto second however, Holmqvist's first podium of the season while a spin from Simon at turn 1 relegated him to fourth, allowing Giodano - who had collided with Wagner on the opening lap - to take another podium. There were plenty more incidents in the race, including a collision at the final corner between Powers and Vocquelin which put both out of the race. Post race, Kinnumen was fired from Holmqvist for hitting Hoskins while being lapped, with Beyer drafted in to replace him.
Bahrain saw an Ocelot-Mathershaw duel which was ultimately won by Giodano after a spin from Simon, but only after the Italian himself spun at the very last corner of the race, recovering in time to beat the Frenchman who still extended his title lead. Powers continued to rack up podiums in 3rd while Kangur could only manage 5th. Van Snelheid and Yoshida both retired which allowed North Star, Lopez and Phoenix to fight for the minor points places in their fight for 7th in the standings - Halvosen, Wagner and Alvarez finishing 8th, 9th and 10th. Following the race, it was announced by Ocelot that Yoshida would be dropped, with Kinnumen stepping up to take his place.
In the 99th race of Formula Virtual, Simon continued his unbeaten run in Turkey with an important win to stretch his lead in the standings. One of the most competitive races of the season saw 6 drivers lead at some point before Simon came out on top, with a late rain shower also complicating things as several drivers - including Giodano, who finished second from pole - went for wet tyres, but the Mathershaw on the dry tyres was able to hold on to win, with Powers once again joining the pair on the podium. Kinnumen finished 5th on his Ocelot debut, showing good pace but limited by a spin. There was yet another driver change following the race, with Franklin benching Inman in favour for Ingram's reverse driver Nikolai Milkovich.
The race in Belgium marked an historic occasion as the 100th Formula Virtual race. Pole went to Giodano for the third race in a row, but he, Powers and Ruiz all struggled with tyre related issues in the race, initially leaving Kinnumen and van Snelheid to fight for the win on differing strategies. There was shock contender in Hoskins, whose medium tyre call seemed inspiring as he almost completed a one stop race to win, but had to ultimately pit a second time which dropped him to second. This left van Snelheid on course for his 3rd win, after Kinnumen was held up by Sikes, but a penultimate lap collision between Vocquelin and Zozulya saw van Snelheid and Hoskins lose their front wings in the aftermath. Despite this, van Snelheid was able to continue and take the flag to win in his first podium appearance in 9 races, ahead of Kinnumen who took his first podium of the season and Hoskins who took his second. 4th for Kangur and 5th for Simon left Mathershaw and Simon with healthy points leads going into the final 3 races: 55 and 34 points respectively.
Results and standings
V-Prix's
Drivers' standings
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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1 Sergio Álvarez and Felix Pérez completed more than 90% of the race distance of the Malaysian V-Prix and so were credited as classified in ninth and tenth respectively and were awarded the points that accompanied those positions.
Constructors' standings
Pos | Constructor | Car No. |
AUS![]() |
JPN![]() |
CHN![]() |
MAL![]() |
GBR![]() |
FRA![]() |
ESP![]() |
AUT![]() |
GER![]() |
SVK![]() |
CAN![]() |
USA![]() |
BHR![]() |
TUR![]() |
BEL![]() |
ITA![]() |
MEX![]() |
BRA![]() |
Points |
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1 | ![]() |
21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 474 |
22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
2 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 454 |
2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
3 | ![]() |
81 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 322 |
82 | 7 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 5 | |||
4 | ![]() |
11 | DSQ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 295 |
12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 6 | |||
5 | ![]() |
37 | 5 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 133 |
38 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 9 | |||
6 | ![]() |
51 | 17 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 9 | 2 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 14 | 81 |
52 | 10 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | |||
7 | ![]() |
41 | 14 | 19 | 23 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 19 | Ret | 8 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 17 | 19 |
42 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 91 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 12 | |||
8 | ![]() |
9 | 13 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
10 | 11 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 8 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 18 | |||
9 | ![]() |
25 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
26 | 18 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 12 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 15 | |||
10 | ![]() |
73 | Ret | 21 | 19 | 101 | 20 | Ret | 14 | 23 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 16 | 16 | Ret | 20 | 18 | Ret | 19 | 7 |
74 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 16 | 16 | Ret | 21 | |||
11 | ![]() |
69 | 9 | 17 | 11 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||||||
70 | 12 | 13 | 15 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() |
91 | 15 | 23 | 20 | Ret | 23 | 18 | Ret | 20 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 15 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 17 | 11 | 20 | 0 |
92 | 19 | 24 | 22 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 15 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 24 | |||
13 | ![]() |
5 | 16 | 25 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | Ret | 16 | 22 | 0 |
6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 22 | 12 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 19 | 21 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 15 | 23 | |||
Pos | Constructor | Car No. |
AUS![]() |
JPN![]() |
CHN![]() |
MAL![]() |
GBR![]() |
FRA![]() |
ESP![]() |
AUT![]() |
GER![]() |
SVK![]() |
CAN![]() |
USA![]() |
BHR![]() |
TUR![]() |
BEL![]() |
ITA![]() |
MEX![]() |
BRA![]() |
Points |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Powers and Klaas remain as Downton celebrate Championship
- ↑ Downton announce DS tie-in
- ↑ Adrien Simon confirmed as DS Mathershaw's First Driver for 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 DS Mathershaw announce second and reserve drivers for 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mexico Team Principal's Press Conference
- ↑ de la Fuente continues as Franklin reserve
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ingram confirms driver reshuffle
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ingram confirms driver reshuffle
- ↑ Westwood Unveil New Car - And New Brand!
- ↑ Westwood Talks Engines and Drivers (...AGAIN)
- ↑ Westwood End 2017 Driver Speculation (Finally)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Westwood Confirm 2018 Lineup
- ↑ FIRST Motorsport join 2016 grid
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 FIRST Motorsport 2018 Driver Announcement
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 FIRST Announce 2018 test driver
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Zozulya to continue with FIRST in 2018
- ↑ North Star to continue with BMW after maiden win
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Halvosen to partner Sikes at North Star for 2018
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 García retains reserve role for 2018
- ↑ Sikes out, García in for Mexico and Brazil
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 García to make Formula Virtual race debut at Silverstone
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Holmqvist split from Renault, become semi-works Koenigsegg team
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Hoskins to reunite with Kinnumen at Holmqvist in 2018
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Holmqvist announce Kinnumen shock signing
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Beyer to replace Kinnumen in Bahrain
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 AMR Buyout from Trio Sees Team Keep Name, New Team Principal Announced
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 New Era, New Look: AMR Reveal 2018 Contender and Reserve Driver
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Kovalenko joins AMR on 1-year deal amidst concerns regarding team's future
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Ruiz fastest in Britain practice to silence critics
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Simon tops home practice as Schnyder makes shock AMR debut
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 DS Mathershaw head up field in Austria practice
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 2018 Slovakian V-Prix Thursday Press Conference
- ↑ DS and Downton confirm Lopez as 2017 customer
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 Lopez announce their 2018 lineup
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 Simon and Vocquelin join Meteor for 2018
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Ocelot to re-brand
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Pegasus dropped, Ocelot return with new logo
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Ocelot Reveal New Livery and Supplier
- ↑ Ocelot retain Giodano
- ↑ "Welcome To The Renaissance" - Pegasus Livery Reveal
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 van Snelheid and Nowosinki dropped
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Kinnumen joins Ocelot
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 Ingram reveal 2018 line-up
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Team Principle's Thursday Press Conference - Budapest 2017
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Phoenix Motorsport join Formula Virtual
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 Phoenix Motorsport FV Team reveal 2018 drivers
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 FUN to leave Formula Virtual after 2017
- ↑ "Golden age" manufacturer returns to motorsport
- ↑ Meteor announce Harrison and Halvosen to leave at end of season
- ↑ Signature Performance announce 2018 driver lineup
- ↑ Campos to get two races in 2017
- ↑ Takahashi to join Thunder at Formation in 2018
- ↑ Vroom Autosport confirm 2018 driver line-up
- ↑ Westwood leave Formula Virtual
- ↑ Beyer banned, Sikes penalized, Ruiz escapes
- ↑ 2018 French V-Prix Thursday Press Conference
- ↑ Halvosen cleared for return in Spain
- ↑ Beyer to Leave AMR Amid Engine Concerns for 2019
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 2018 race calendar revealed
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