2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace

The 2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing mainly in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 17 March and will finish on 5 November at Estoril after seven triple-header rounds.^[1]

Drivers compete in two classes depending on the type of car they drive. Those competing in the current Tatuus FR 2.0 2013 car, as well as the previous Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10 car, which are in use since 2010, are included in Class A. Old Formula Renault 2.0 machinery along with other cars such as Formula BMW and Formula Abarth encompass Class B.^[2]

Entry list^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Team	No.	Driver	Class		Rounds
TS Corse	1	Diego Bertonelli	A		2–3, 5–7
	27	Howard Sklar	A	GD	All
	73	Pietro Peccenini	A	GD	All
Formula Motorsport	2	Erwin Creed	A		All
	3	"Lebreton"	A	GD	All
	4	Michel Piroird	A	GD	3–4
	5	Xavier Benecchi	A	GD	3–4
	6	Erik Attias	A	GD	1
	9	Vincent Iogna	A	GD	3–4
	10	Nicolas Melin	A		1, 3–4, 7
	17	Nicolas Pironneau	A	GD	5, 7
	37	Gilles Heriau	A		All
	45	Sébastien Perrot	A		4
Inter Europol Competition	5	Richard Wagner	A		7
	20	Robert Siska	A	GD	7
	33	Robert Siska	A	GD	2
Lamo Racing Car	7	Caryl Fritsche	B	GD	4
	15	Thierry Aimard	A	GD	All
	31	Alexis Carmes	A		All
	41	François Destandau	B	GD	5, 7
	53	Grégory Choukroun	A	GD	1–3, 5–7
	68	Alain Bucher	A	GD	2, 4–6
	88	Eric Meriel	A	GD	3, 6
RC Formula	8	Simon Mirguet	A		1
	8	Amaury Richard	A		2
	74	Karl Pedraza	A	GD	1, 3–4
		Pierre-Alexandre Jean	A		5–6
		Jordan Perroy	A		7
	82	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	A		7
R-ace GP	13	Théo Coicaud	A		2–3
	16	Gilles Magnus	A		3
	23	Logan Sargeant	A		3
	51	Michael Benyahia	A		2–3
Zig Zag	14	Christian Carlesi Sorasio	A	GD	1
	54	Jean-Christophe Peyre^[10]	A	GD	1–2, 7
	66	Nicolas Matile	A	GD	1–2, 7
Hervé David Racing	18	Pierre Lemasson	B	GD	4
Hervé David Racing	75	Hugo Carini	A		3–4, 6
Heuri Rennwagen	32	Moritz Müller-Crepon	A		All
Heuri Rennwagen	46	Walter Rykart	A	GD	All
Lycée Pro D'Artagnan	34	Daniel Harout	A	GD	1
Monster Racing	39	Arnaud Choquet	A		1, 3–4, 6
Monster Racing	44	"Mathieu Mopar"	B		1, 3–4, 6
Dutt Motorsport	77	Laurents Hörr	A		All
LSP Racing Team	87	Baptiste Leonard	B		3–4, 6

Icon	Class
A	Class A
B	Class B

GD	Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Gentleman winner
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	18 March	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Dutt Motorsport	Pietro Peccenini
	R2		18 March	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Dutt Motorsport	Pietro Peccenini
	R3		19 March	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Dutt Motorsport	"Lebreton"
2	R1	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	29 April	Michael Benyahia	Michael Benyahia	Michael Benyahia	R-ace GP	Pietro Peccenini
	R2		29 April	Michael Benyahia	Michael Benyahia	Michael Benyahia	R-ace GP	"Lebreton"
	R3		30 April	Michael Benyahia	Michael Benyahia	Gilles Heriau	Formula Motorsport	"Lebreton"
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 May	Logan Sargeant	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	R-ace GP	Pietro Peccenini
	R2		28 May	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	R-ace GP	Pietro Peccenini
	R3		28 May	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Logan Sargeant	R-ace GP	Xavier Benecchi
4	R1	Dijon-Prenois, Prenois	24 June	Gilles Heriau	Gilles Heriau	Gilles Heriau	Formula Motorsport	Xavier Benecchi
	R2			Moritz Müller-Crepon	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Heuri Rennwagen	Xavier Benecchi
	R3			Gilles Heriau	Gilles Heriau	Gilles Heriau	Formula Motorsport	Xavier Benecchi
5	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	2 September	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Laurents Hörr	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Heuri Rennwagen	Pietro Peccenini
	R2		2 September	Diego Bertonelli	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Heuri Rennwagen	Nicolas Pironneau
	R3		3 September	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Heuri Rennwagen	Pietro Peccenini
6	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	7 October	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Dutt Motorsport	"Lebreton"
	R2		7 October	Laurents Hörr	Laurents Hörr	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Heuri Rennwagen	"Lebreton"
	R3		8 October	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Diego Bertonelli	Moritz Müller-Crepon	Heuri Rennwagen	"Lebreton"
7	R1	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril	4 November	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	RC Formula	"Lebreton"
	R2		4 November	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Laurents Hörr	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	RC Formula	"Lebreton"
	R3		5 November	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	RC Formula	Pietro Peccenini

Standings

Points system

Points are awarded following a complex system. Drivers receive a set of points according to their overall position in each race, as well as an additional set of points according to their position within the class their car belongs to. No separated standings for classes A and B are issued. The points distribution is as follows:^[11]

Position		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd+
Points	Overall	25	23	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	Per class (≥4 starters)	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	Per class (<4 starters)	3	2	1

The total number of points scored in each round is multiplied by a coefficient, depending on the round. Only the best 19 results are counted towards the overall standings, whereas all results are valid towards the Gentlemen Drivers standings.^[1]

Round	Coefficient
Rounds 3–4, 6	x1
Rounds 1, 5	x1.5
Rounds 2, 7	x2

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	CAT			POR			LEC			DIJ			JAR			MAG			EST			Points
Pos	Driver	CAT			POR			LEC			DIJ			JAR			MAG			EST			Total	Drop	Final
1	Gilles Heriau	2	3	2	2	4	1	3	Ret	5	1	2	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	12	6	7	811	24	787
2	Laurents Hörr	1	1	1	5	5	3	5	Ret	6	Ret	5	3	6	9	DSQ	1	14	5	2	2	3	733.5		733.5
3	Moritz Müller-Crepon	3	2	3	6	Ret	19	6	Ret	Ret	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	13	4	703.5		703.5
4	Diego Bertonelli				3	3	2	9	3	4				2	2	2	5	2	2	4	3	2	662		662
5	Alexis Carmes	19	8	8	7	9	6	13	8	12	7	4	11	7	5	5	7	5	7	8	7	6	589	18.5	571.5
6	Erwin Creed	5	5	5	10	7	5	10	13	9	11	12	17	4	DSQ	13	6	4	DNS	6	4	8	554.5	7	547.5
7	"Lebreton"	7	9	7	9	8	8	16	15	15	4	6	5	9	8	7	8	6	8	10	8	21	520	14	506
8	Pietro Peccenini	6	6	9	8	10	9	12	9	13	6	7	10	8	7	6	9	7	9	13	16	10	513	23	490
9	Pierre-Alexandre Jean													5	4	4	2	9	4	1	1	1	404.5		404.5
10	Nicolas Melin	4	4	4				8	6	8	10	8	6							7	11	9	341.5		341.5
11	Grégory Choukroun	11	11	12	14	11	11	17	16	18				11	10	8	12	10	11	14	12	13	326.5		326.5
12	Michaël Benyahia				1	1	7	7	5	3													257		257
13	Thierry Aimard	13	15	Ret	18	12	16	18	17	23	15	15	DNS	12	11	9	14	12	12	18	17	14	257		257
14	Théo Coicaud				4	2	10	4	4	2													234		234
15	Walter Rykart	20	16	18	13	13	15	19	18	22	14	14	13	16	DNS	14	16	18	Ret	11	20	16	224		224
16	Howard Sklar	17	18	17	17	15	18	21	23	24	19	19	18	15	14	12	18	16	14	19	15	19	203.5	2	201.5
17	Arnaud Choquet	8	7	10				Ret	14	16	9	11	7				10	8	10				200.5		200.5
18	Nicolas Matile	12	13	13	11	17	12													17	18	15	159		159
19	Jean-Christophe Peyre	15	14	14	15	14	14													16	14	17	151.5		151.5
20	Jordan Perroy																			5	5	5	150		150
21	Nicolas Pironneau													10	6	11				Ret	10	11	134		134
22	Xavier Benecchi							14	10	10	3	3	4										125		125
23	Alain Bucher				16	16	17				17	16	14	13	12	Ret	15	17	Ret				121.5		121.5
24	Mathieu Mopar (B)	18	19	19				22	22	25	20	20	19				19	15	16				117.5		117.5
25	Amaury Richard				19	6	4																110		110
26	Baptiste Leonard (B)							Ret	21	20	16	17	16				13	11	13				110		110
27	Hugo Carini							11	7	11	8	Ret	DNS				11	Ret	6				102		102
28	Logan Sargeant							2	2	1													99		99
29	François Destandau (B)													14	13	10				20	Ret	18	98		98
30	Robert Siska				12	18	13													15	19	20	94		94
31	Vincent Iogna							15	11	14	5	9	8										93		93
32	Richard Wagner																			9	9	12	92		92
33	Gilles Magnus							1	1	7													91		91
34	Simon Mirguet	9	10	6																			82.5		82.5
35	Karl Pedraza	10	Ret	16				Ret	19	19	18	18	15										65.5		65.5
36	Michel Piroird							DNS	12	17	12	10	9										63		63
37	Daniel Harout	14	12	11																			52.5		52.5
38	Eric Meriel							20	20	21							17	13	15				38		38
39	Christian Carlesi Sorasio	16	17	15																			36		36
40	Sébastien Perrot										13	13	12										34		34
41	Erik Attias	Ret	DNS	DNS																			0		0
42	Caryl Fritsche (B)										Ret	DNS	WD										0		0
43	Pierre Lemasson (B)										DNS	DNS	WD										0		0
Pos	Driver	CAT			POR			LEC			DIJ			JAR			MAG			EST			Total	Drop	Final
Pos	Driver	CAT			POR			LEC			DIJ			JAR			MAG			EST			Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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

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2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace

Race calendar and results

Standings

Points system

Drivers' standings

References

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