The 2017 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event

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championship for single-seat

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formula racing cars that held across

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. The championship will feature drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor

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which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the fourth

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season. The season was dominated by Harrison Scott, who holds the record for most wins, poles and fastest laps in a rookie season of the Euroformula Open Championship (but he wasn't eligible to the rookie's championship due to his 2016 Masters of Formula 3 experience). He clinched drivers' title at Monza with two rounds to spare and mostly by his race results was granted teams' title to

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driver

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finished as runner-up, losing to Scott by 118 points. Troitkiy won the rookies' championship. Devlin DeFrancesco won race at

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and completed the top-three in the driver standings. DeFrancesco became the Spanish Formula 3 champion.

Teams and drivers

* All cars were powered by

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engines, used

chassis and equipped with Michelin tyres.

Race calendar and results

An eight-round calendar was confirmed on 15 February 2017. All rounds will support the

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, except for Jerez, which will be headlined by both

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and

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. Rounds denoted with a blue background are part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.