====== 2017 World Championship Season ======
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^  2017 World Championship Season               ||
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| Races                            | 16          |
| Mod                              | Custom FSR  |
| Drivers' Champion                |             |
| Constructors' Champion           |             |

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The 2017 Season of the [[formula_simracing|Formula SimRacing]] [[world_championship|World Championship]] will be the 17th season of the prestigious championship. 

[[2016wc|2016]] Constructors' Champions [[Origin Front Row Racing Team]] was absent from the championship, as well as Drivers' Champion [[Jeroen Kweekel]]. 


===== Teams and Drivers =====

^ Team                           ^ No.  ^ Drivers                   ^ Rounds  ^
| [[Twister Racing]]             | 3    | [[Eros Masciulli]]        | 1-4     |
|                                | 4    | [[Michele D'Alessandro]]  | 1-4     |
| [[GhostSpeed Racing Team]]     | 5    | [[Jernej Simoncic]]       | 1-4     |
|                                | 6    | [[James Sadler]]          | 1-4     |
| [[VBMadCape]]                  | 7    | [[Jim Parisis]]           | 1-4     |
|                                | 8    | [[George Manousakis]]     | 1-4     |
| [[Avid Chronic Racing]]        | 9    | [[Martin Štefanko]]       | 1-4     |
|                                | 10   | [[Michi Hoyer]]           | 1-4     |
| [[Musto Racing]]               | 11   | [[Muhammed Patel]]        | 1-4     |
|                                | 12   | [[Daniel Kiss]]           | 1-4     |
| [[NetRex Grand Prix]]          | 14   | [[Michael Francesconi]]   | 1-4     |
|                                | 15   | [[Giordano Valeriano]]    | 1-4     |
| [[GS Engineering]]             | 18   | [[Kamil Lyzwa]]           | 1-4     |
|                                | 19   | [[Blair Disley]]          | 1-4     |
| [[Born2Win]]                   | 24   | [[John-Eric Saxen]]       | 1-4     |
|                                | 25   | [[Christopher Rabey]]     | 1       |
|                                | 25   | [[Teemu Valkeejarvi]]     | 2-4     |
| [[Invictus Motorsport]]        | 28   | [[Omar Rasol]]            | 1       |
|                                | 28   | [[Jos Araneda]]           | 2-3     |
|                                | 28   | [[Fran Lopez]]            | 4       |
|                                | 29   | [[Daniel Brewer]]         | 1, 3-4  |
|                                | 29   | [[Dewald Nel]]            | 2       |
| [[Stormcharge VodBul Racing]]  | 30   | [[Risto Kappet]]          | 1-4     |
|                                | 31   | [[Lars Brugman]]          | 1-4     |
| [[Flag-to-Flag Brehm GP]]      | 32   | [[Martin Gosbee]]         | 2-4     |
|                                | 33   | [[Sander Kallas]]         | 2       |
|                                | 33   | [[Florian Bekker]]        | 3-4     |

==== Team Changes ====

  * [[Origin Front Row Racing Team]] loaned their license to [[Invictus Motorsport]]. 
  * [[Scuderia Basilea]] loaned their license to [[Stormcharge VodBul Racing]].
  * [[Eventa SimRacing]] loaned their license to [[Flag-to-Flag Brehm GP]].

===== Calendar =====

The 2017 calendar consists of 16 races. The calendar sees two returning tracks, in the form of the Nurburgring and Magny-Cours.

^ Round  ^ Race                          ^ Circuit                             ^ Date               ^ **Race Winner**      ^
| 1      | [[Bahrain Grand Prix]]        | [[Bahrain International Circuit]]   | March 19 2017      | [[Muhammed Patel]]   |
| 2      | [[Spanish Grand Prix]]        | [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya]]  | April 2 2017       | [[Muhammed Patel]]   |
| 3      | [[Turkish Grand Prix]]        | [[Istanbul Park Circuit]]           | April 9 2017       | [[Muhammed Patel]]   |
| 4      | [[Canadian Grand Prix]]       | [[Circuit Gilles Villenueve]]       | April 23 2017      | [[Jernej Simoncic]]  |
| 5      | [[Australian Grand Prix]]     | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]]    | May 7 2017‡        |                      |
| 6      | [[British Grand Prix]]        | [[Silverstone Circuit]]             | May 21 2017        |                      |
| 7      | [[German Grand Prix]]         | [[Nurburgring]]                     | June 4 2017        |                      |
| 8      | [[French Grand Prix]]         | [[Magny-Cours]]                     | June 18 2017       |                      |
| 9      | [[Austrian Grand Prix]]       | [[Red Bull Ring]]                   | July 2 2017‡       |                      |
| 10     | [[Belgian Grand Prix]]        | [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]]    | August 20 2017     |                      |
| 11     | [[Hungarian Grand Prix]]      | [[Hungaroring]]                     | September 10 2017  |                      |
| 12     | [[Italian Grand Prix]]        | [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]]       | September 24 2017  |                      |
| 13     | [[Singapore Grand Prix]]      | [[Marina Bay Street Circuit]]       | October 8 2017     |                      |
| 14     | [[Japanese Grand Prix]]       | [[Suzuka Circuit]]                  | October 15 2017    |                      |
| 15     | [[United States Grand Prix]]  | [[Circuit of the Americas]]         | November 5 2017    |                      |
| 16     | [[Brazilian Grand Prix]]      | [[Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace]]      | November 19 2017   |                      |

‡ The Australian Grand Prix was scheduled to be the season opener on March 5 2017 however for technical reasons regarding the mod, the race was postponed. It was originally postponed till the summer break but due to technical reasons, the Austrian round was also postponed and swapped with the postponed Australian Grand Prix.


==== Calendar Changes ====

  * Nurburgring and Magny-Cours are new races for 2017.
  * Malaysia and Hockenheim were dropped from the calendar.

==== Pre-Season ====

FSR switched from a 2016 based mod to a 2009 based mod for the 2017 season.

==== Mid-Season ====