Donington sees entries from previous Radical champions including 2016 Radical Challenge victor Steve Burgess, multiple Radical UK and European champion Bradley Smith and current reigning European Masters champion Marcello Marateotto.
Amongst the nine competing race teams, two new teams are welcomed to the grid – Scorpio Motorsport with drivers Jack Manchester and Sean Byrne, and Valour Racing with drivers Joe and Adrian Watt and David Frankland.
Making their debut to Radical racing are Dominik Jackson, British GT convert Sean Byrne and father and son pairing of Joe and Adrian Watt.
Guyanese, second generation racer, Kristian Jeffrey also makes his full season debut following being crowned Winter Champion in the Suzuki Challenge SR3 series in the West Indies.
Alex Mortimer, Director of Radical Race Teams, commented, “Having successfully launched the championship in 2016, we’ve had a fantastic response from drivers wanting to compete in this year’s Radical Challenge Championship. With a capacity grid it’s going to be a thrilling and highly competitive race weekend; great for everyone involved.”
Drivers and teams as follows:
| DRIVER(S) | # | TEAM | CLASS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Burgess | 1 | RAW Motorsport | Solo |
| Dominik Jackson | 4 | RAW Motorsport | Solo |
| Paul Allen/Jason Redding | 5 | Mansol Motorsport | Team |
| Barry Liversidge | 6 | Privateer | Solo |
| Spencer Bourne | 8 | Nielsen | Solo |
| Konstantin Gugkaev | 9 | AUH Motorsport | Solo |
| Jack Lang | 11 | Gorse Motors | Solo |
| John Macleod | 14 | RAW Motorsport | Solo |
| Jack Manchester | 15 | Scorpio Motorsport | Solo |
| Sean Byrne | 18 | Scorpio Motorsport | Solo |
| Mark Crader | 20 | Works | Solo |
| Bradley Smith | 21 | Mectech Motorsport | Solo |
| Oliver Barker | 22 | Nielsen | Solo |
| Jason Rishover | 23 | Nielsen | Solo |
| Elliot Goodman | 28 | RAW Motorsport | Solo |
| Marcello Marateotto | 29 | RAW Motorsport | Solo |
| Paul Pearce | 42 | RAW Motorsport | Solo |
| Tony/James Barwell | 44 | RAW Motorsport | Team |
| Mark Richards | 52 | 360 Racing | Solo |
| Joe/Adrian Watt | 55 | Valour | Team |
| Brian Murphy | 57 | Orwin | Solo |
| Kristian Jeffrey | 61 | Works | Solo |
| Brian/Tom Harvey | 64 | RAW Motorsport | Team |
| Brian Caudwell | 66 | Nielsen | Solo |
| Pat Egan | 76 | Nielsen | Solo |
| Peter Tyler/Tom Gladdis | 80 | Nielsen | Team |
| Richard Baxter | 88 | Nielsen | Solo |
| David Frankland | 91 | Valour/Double D | Solo |
| Harry Cockill | TBC | RAW Motorsport | Solo |
| TBC/TBC | TBC | Works | Team |
| TBC | TBC | Nielsen | TBC |