2017 Race4Speed European F3 Championship

The 2017 European F3 Championship season of the R4S F3 Leagues is the fourth R4S F3 season and first European Championship season, although a European Cup was held in 2014. Race4Speed continued it's cooperation with Deutsche Liga Meisterschaft e.V. upon this series. There were eleven events scheduled.

David Hernández will be the defending driver's champion, although he has announced on Dec 4th 2016 that he'll retire from sim racing. TR Bluvos Motorsports will again be the defending team's champion.

Due to the low number of participants, the series admins decided to stop the season until 2018, but still plans to host the famous Macau event.

Teams and drivers
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Driver changes
Entering R4S F3
 * After more then a year out of R4S competition Lorenzo De Ciutiis will rejoin the series.
 * Ricardo Senior, Angel Bolivar and Osvaldo Angelone Salgado will make their series debut with Unnamed's Race Team.
 * Emerson Czerkawsky, Gustavo Frigotto, Felipe Granado and Geraldo Maxwill make their series debut with Hola Viva Mexico Racing Team.
 * Likewise, Hernan Hourmilougue, Juan Manuel Sepulveda, Lucas O'Neille and Kevin Cuello make their series debut with Team Zakspeed.
 * Matthew Hull and Andrea Giachè make their debut with Mücke Motorsport and Vanhan Racing respectievly.

Changing teams
 * Series veteran Constantin Grimminger will switch from Unnameds Racing Development to TR Motorsports.
 * Martin Jatzek and Xavi Ros Gomez will be the first drivers to be promoted from TR Motorsports' Academy team to the main team, TR Bluvos Motorsports.
 * Owen Morgan will switch from British Racing Motors to his own team, Eclipse Sim Racing.

Leaving R4S F3
 * 2016 champion David Hernández announced on Dec 5th 2016 that he'll retire from sim racing with immediate effect.

Mid-season changes
 * Geraldo Max was sorted out from Hola Viva Mexico Racing Team after round 2, having only competed in one event for them. He raced in Pau on his own before joining Team GM before round 5.

Team changes

 * British Racing Motors will leave the championship.
 * Team Jones changed it's name to Zesty Racing

Calendar
A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 23 December 2016.