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2017 GP2 Series

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The 2017 GP2 Series will be the thirteenth season of the GP2 Series, a motor racing feeder series that will be run in support of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. It is the final season for the Dallara GP2/11 chassis package that debuted in 2011. It is also the final season for the current Mecachrome 4.0 Litre V8 normally-aspirated engine package that debuted in the series' maiden season; a new chassis and engine package will be introduced for the 2018 season.

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Prema Racing will start the season as the defending teams' champions after winning their maiden title in the series at the Sepang round of the 2016 championship.

Driver changes

Changing teams
  • Renault Sport Academy driver Louis Delétraz, who competed in the final round of the 2016 season with Carlin, joined the series full-time with Racing Engineering.
  • Sean Gelael will switch from Campos Racing to Pertamina Arden.
  • Luca Ghiotto will move from Trident to Russian Time.
  • Jordan King switched from Racing Engineering to MP Motorsport.
  • Gustav Malja switched from Rapax to Racing Engineering.
  • Norman Nato will return to Arden International, after contesting the 2016 season with Racing Engineering.
  • Renault Sport Academy driver Oliver Rowland will switch from MP Motorsport to DAMS.
  • Sergey Sirotkin left ART Grand Prix ahead of the 2017 season.
    • Joining GP2
  • Alexander Albon will graduate to GP2 with ART Grand Prix, the team he contested the 2016 GP3 Series with.
  • Sérgio Sette Câmara is scheduled to graduate from the European Formula 3 Championship to GP2 with MP Motorsport.
  • GP3 champion Charles Leclerc is planned to move up to GP2 with Prema Racing. He will be joined by fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Antonio Fuoco.
    • Leaving GP2
  • Daniël de Jong left MP Motorsport and the series after the 2016 season.
  • 2016 season champion Pierre Gasly left the series as the reigning champion is not permitted to continue competing in the series.
  • Alex Lynn left DAMS and the series after the 2016 season to join the Formula E team DS Virgin Racing as a reserve driver.
  • After four seasons, Mitch Evans left the series to focus on his Formula E commitments with Jaguar Racing.
  • After three seasons, Raffaele Marciello left the series.
  • After a single season contested with Carlin, Marvin Kirchhofer has quit single seater racing all together to pursue a GT career.

    • Team changes

  • Hilmer Motorsport is scheduled to return to the series after missing the 2016 season.
  • After six seasons in the series, Carlin withdrew.

    • Calendar

    On 27 January 2017, the full calendar was revealed with eleven rounds taking place.

    Calendar changes

  • The series returned to the Bahrain International Circuit in support of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
  • The rounds at the Hockenheimring and the Sepang International Circuit were discontinued.
  • The series will make its début at the Circuito de Jerez, with a stand-alone event planned as the penultimate round of the season.

    • References

    2017 GP2 Series Wikipedia
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