2018 Formula B season

The 2018 Formula B season is the current season of Formula B, a league designated as the premier feeder series for the Formula A World Championship.

The season will be contested over the course of 13 events, 12 of which will serve as support races for Formula A Grands Prix. The opening race will take place at Bahrain International Circuit in Sahkir, while the finale will take place at Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates. The single standalone date on the calendar is the third round of the championship; the Finnish Grand Prix, which will take place at Karjala Raceway. The series will also race at Circuit Thierry Sicotte, Streets of Leipzig and Circuit of the Americas

Fifteen teams are confirmed to be contesting the season, and the grid will therefore consist of 30 cars and an equal number of drivers. These drivers include six from Japan, four from Australia, three from the United States, two from Great Britain, two from Italy, two from South Africa and one each from Belarus, Austria, Canada, France, Latvia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Russia.

Pre-Season Changes
Shortly after the conclusion of last season, five new teams were granted entry into the 2018 season. These teams being Melrose Racing Team, Harachi Racing Technologies, Nighthawk Racing, Fortner Motorsports and The Motorsports Gang.

The 2017 champion Anna Babić was signed to drive for Dansa in Formula A, replacing her is South African driver Charles Vander Cleef for KWGP.

Despite coming home 6th in last season's contructors standings and winning the 2017 Formula B British Grand Prix with Carlos Zavala, Hanmore Formula Racing Team have decided to pull out of the league. The team assets were purchased by Melrose Racing Team.

With the addition of five new teams entering the upcoming 2018 Formula B season, Formula B officials have announced a new qualifying format will be used to accommodate the new entries. The top 8 constructors in last years standings will be locked in automatically throughout the season. The rest of the field will partake in a time trail to see who will race alongside the sixteen drivers already locked into the field. The top 10 qualifiers will be allowed to race.

The First round of qualifying will have the top 18 drivers advance into Round 2 of Qualifying in which the Top 10 will advance into Round 3. Afterwards, the field will be set for the race.

Constructor Chart
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;" !Constructor !Engine !Car # !Primary Sponsor(s) !Race Driver !rowspan=2| KWGP !rowspan=2| FIAM Junior Team !rowspan=2| Neucom Motors !rowspan=2| Master Sport Australia !rowspan=2| Dukurs-Irbes Racing !rowspan=2| Melrose Racing Team !rowspan=2| MacQuarrie Grand Prix !rowspan=2| Team Hageshi !rowspan=2| Fitzwater Australia Racing !rowspan=2| Torpedo Autosport !rowspan=2| Deadman Motorsports Team !rowspan=2| Harachi Racing Technologies !rowspan=2| Nighthawk GP !rowspan=2| Fortner Motorsports !rowspan=2| The Motorsports Gang
 * rowspan=2| ULM
 * 1
 * rowspan=2|PostNL
 * [[File:RSA.png]] Charles Vander Cleef
 * 2
 * [[File:NED.png]] Kevin de Vries
 * [[File:NED.png]] Kevin de Vries
 * rowspan=2| FIAM
 * 3
 * rowspan=2|FIAM Segafredo AGIP
 * [[File:ITA.png]] Giancarlo Corelli
 * 4
 * [[File:ITA.png]] Vincenzo Fochesato
 * [[File:ITA.png]] Vincenzo Fochesato
 * rowspan=2| Nemoto
 * 5
 * rowspan=2|Neucom, Inc. UPEO
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Rena Hirose
 * 6
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Kyoko Miyama
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Kyoko Miyama
 * rowspan=2| Helsing
 * 7
 * rowspan=2|Pirtek
 * [[File:AUS.png]] Lee Owen Merrewheather
 * 8
 * [[File:AUS.png]] Jackson Harrows
 * [[File:AUS.png]] Jackson Harrows
 * rowspan=2| Rigas
 * 9
 * rowspan=2|Latvijas Balzams, Genii
 * [[File:LVA.png]] Toms Leipa
 * 10
 * [[File:CAN.png]] Sean Angel
 * [[File:CAN.png]] Sean Angel
 * rowspan=2| Gessler
 * 11
 * rowspan=2|Peniston Oils Larsen's Biscuits
 * [[File:AUS.png]] Joel Melrose
 * 12
 * [[File:AUT.png]] T.K. Wollf
 * [[File:AUT.png]] T.K. Wollf
 * rowspan=2| Lionelle
 * 14
 * rowspan=2|Animal King (1) Gemini Software (1) Xoron (2-4)
 * [[File:HUN.png]] Mattieu Strouf
 * 15
 * [[File:BLR.png]] Sergei Popov
 * [[File:BLR.png]] Sergei Popov
 * rowspan=2| Kanako
 * 16
 * rowspan=2|Hakurei
 * [[File:USA.png]] Raymond Hawkins
 * 17
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Sanae Akiyama
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Sanae Akiyama
 * rowspan=2| Inglesby
 * 18
 * rowspan=2|VisitAustralia.com
 * [[File:AUS.png]] Zachary Fitzwater Jr. (1-2)
 * 19
 * [[File:RSA.png]] Jay Mullens (1-2)
 * [[File:RSA.png]] Jay Mullens (1-2)
 * rowspan=2| Gasnier
 * 20
 * rowspan=2| Nike Aegean Airlines
 * [[File:GRE.png]] Jay Pericles
 * 21
 * [[File:GER.png]] Scott Roush
 * [[File:GER.png]] Scott Roush
 * rowspan=2| Deadman
 * 22
 * rowspan=2|Deadman Motorcycle Company
 * [[File:GBR.png]] Walter Stanton
 * 23
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Shinsuke Tanahashi
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Shinsuke Tanahashi
 * rowspan=2| Isanni
 * 24
 * rowspan=2|Advan, Harachi, Hitachi
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Yoshiko Sakamoto
 * 25
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Akio Matsumura
 * [[File:JPN.png]] Akio Matsumura
 * rowspan=2| Saar
 * 26
 * rowspan=2|Gatorade
 * [[File:RUS.png]] Alexander Kryukov
 * 27
 * [[File:GBR.png]] Arthur Dilbeck
 * [[File:GBR.png]] Arthur Dilbeck
 * rowspan=2| Fortner
 * 28
 * rowspan=2|Fortner Financial Services
 * [[File:USA.png]] Greyson McBeel
 * 29
 * [[File:USA.png]] Mason Haugen
 * [[File:USA.png]] Mason Haugen
 * rowspan=2| Volpi
 * 30
 * rowspan=2|Cooper Services
 * [[File:FRA.png]] Adrian Leureaux
 * 31
 * [[File:GRE.png]] Aleksandr Floros
 * [[File:GRE.png]] Aleksandr Floros