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As the [[FIA Formula 3 European Championship]] and [[GP3 Series]] are planned to merge and form the [[FIA Formula 3 Championship]] in 2019, 2018 is expected to be the final year that the championship is run since its formation in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=FIA confirms new single-make Formula 3 category for 2019|url=https://www.autosport.com/f3/news/131962/new-singlemake-f3-series-for-2019|first=Marcus|last=Simmons|work=[[Autosport|autosport.com]]|publisher=Autosport|date=22 September 2017|accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref> |
As the [[FIA Formula 3 European Championship]] and [[GP3 Series]] are planned to merge and form the [[FIA Formula 3 Championship]] in 2019, 2018 is expected to be the final year that the championship is run since its formation in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=FIA confirms new single-make Formula 3 category for 2019|url=https://www.autosport.com/f3/news/131962/new-singlemake-f3-series-for-2019|first=Marcus|last=Simmons|work=[[Autosport|autosport.com]]|publisher=Autosport|date=22 September 2017|accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref> |
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After five rounds, [[Marcus Armstrong]] is the current championship leader, holding a one |
After five rounds, [[Marcus Armstrong]] is the current championship leader, holding a one point gap over [[Dan Ticktum]]. [[Prema Powerteam|Prema Theodore Racing]] currently leads the teams' championship by 91.5 points over [[Motopark Academy|Motopark]]. |
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==Entries== |
==Entries== |
Revision as of 09:07, 28 July 2018
The 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship is the seventh and final season of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, a multi-event motor racing championship for third-tier single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula 3 racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. Teams and drivers are competing in ten rounds, running in support of a variety of European motorsport championships including the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the FIA World Endurance Championship.
As the FIA Formula 3 European Championship and GP3 Series are planned to merge and form the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2019, 2018 is expected to be the final year that the championship is run since its formation in 2012.[1]
After five rounds, Marcus Armstrong is the current championship leader, holding a one point gap over Dan Ticktum. Prema Theodore Racing currently leads the teams' championship by 91.5 points over Motopark.
Entries
The following teams and drivers are due to compete in the 2018 championship:[2]
Team changes
- ma-con and Fortec Motorsports, which have previously competed until the 2013 and 2015 seasons made their comeback to the championship after a four-year and two-year hiatus respectively.[24][14]
Driver changes
- Italian F4 champion Marcus Armstrong made his Formula 3 debut with Prema Powerteam.[6] He is partnered by Robert Shwartzman, who finished third in the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[7] Callum Ilott, who raced for the team in 2017, moved to the GP3 Series.[28] After a season with Hitech GP, Ralf Aron returned to Prema.[5] Maximilian Günther, who finished third in 2017, stepped up to FIA Formula 2 Championship, leaving his Prema seat vacant.[29]
- Fabio Scherer and Jonathan Aberdein, who finished fifth and ninth respectively in the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, moved up to the series with Motopark.[9][10] They are joined by 2017 Italian F4 Championship driver Sebastián Fernández, 2017 Macau Grand Prix winner Dan Ticktum and 2017 ADAC Formula 4 champion Jüri Vips.[8][11][13] David Beckmann, who raced with the team switched to GP3 Series.[30] Joel Eriksson received 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drive with BMW, leaving his Motopark seat vacant.[31]
- After competing in the selected rounds of the 2017 championship, Devlin DeFrancesco and Ameya Vaidyanathan made their full-time switch to European F3 with Carlin from Euroformula Open.[18][19] 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Sacha Fenestraz, who have competed Nürburgring round for Carlin in 2017 also made the full-time switch.[16] They are joined by 2017 Euroformula Open Championship runner-up Nikita Troitskiy.[17] Reigning champion Lando Norris graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship, leaving his Carlin seat vacant.[32]
- Keyvan Andres switched from Motopark to Van Amersfoort Racing.[22] He is joined by Italian F4 Championship graduate Artem Petrov.[21] Harrison Newey left the team and the championship, moving to sports car racing with Rebellion Racing in the 2018 European Le Mans Series.[33] Joey Mawson and Pedro Piquet left the team and the championship to join Arden International and Trident respectively in the GP3 Series.[34][35]
- Julian Hanses, who finished eleventh in the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship is scheduled to graduate with series returnees ma-con.[24]
- BRDC British Formula 3 champion Enaam Ahmed and his rival Ben Hingeley moved to European Formula 3, joining Hitech GP.[26][27] They are joined by Álex Palou, who finished third in the 2017 All-Japan Formula Three Championship.[25] Nikita Mazepin left Hitech after two consecutive seasons to join ART Grand Prix in the GP3 Series.[36] Tadasuke Makino also left the team to join the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[37]
- Petru Florescu, who raced with Motopark in 2017, returned to the championship with Fortec Motorsports.[14]
- Sophia Flörsch stepped up from ADAC Formula 4, joining Van Amersfoort Racing from round 4 onwards.[23]
Calendar
The following ten rounds are being contested as part of the 2018 championship:
Round | Circuit | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Supporting |
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1 | Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau | 12 May | 13 May | 13 May | stand-alone event |
2 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 2 June | 3 June | 3 June | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
3 | Norisring, Nuremberg | 23 June | 24 June | 24 June | |
4 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 14 July | 14 July | 15 July | |
5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps | 27 July | 27 July | 28 July | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
6 | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | 18–19 August | FIA World Endurance Championship | ||
7 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico | 25–26 August | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | ||
8 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate | 8–9 September | |||
9 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 22–23 September | |||
10 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 13–14 October |
Calendar changes
The round at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza was replaced by a new round at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli as the series continues to support the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The Pau Grand Prix replaced Monza as the opening round of the championship, with the Silverstone round held later in the season.[38]
Results and standings
Season summary
R. | RN | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Rookie winner |
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1 | 1 | Circuit de Pau-Ville | Dan Ticktum | Ralf Aron | Guanyu Zhou | Prema Theodore Racing | Sacha Fenestraz |
2 | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Carlin | Sacha Fenestraz | ||
3 | Enaam Ahmed | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron | Prema Theodore Racing | Enaam Ahmed | ||
2 | 4 | Hungaroring | Dan Ticktum | Ferdinand Habsburg | Dan Ticktum | Motopark | Robert Shwartzman |
5 | Dan Ticktum | Nikita Troitskiy | Enaam Ahmed | Hitech Bullfrog GP | Enaam Ahmed | ||
6 | Enaam Ahmed | Álex Palou | Enaam Ahmed | Hitech Bullfrog GP | Enaam Ahmed | ||
3 | 7 | Norisring | Marcus Armstrong | Ferdinand Habsburg | Marcus Armstrong | Prema Theodore Racing | Marcus Armstrong |
8 | Robert Shwartzman | Jüri Vips | Jüri Vips | Motopark | Jüri Vips | ||
9 | Marcus Armstrong | Fabio Scherer | Dan Ticktum | Motopark | Jüri Vips | ||
4 | 10 | Circuit Zandvoort | Guanyu Zhou | Marcus Armstrong | Ralf Aron | Prema Theodore Racing | Marcus Armstrong |
11 | Dan Ticktum | Marcus Armstrong | Ralf Aron | Prema Theodore Racing | Marcus Armstrong | ||
12 | Dan Ticktum | Nikita Troitskiy | Nikita Troitskiy | Carlin | Nikita Troitskiy | ||
5 | 13 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Jehan Daruvala | Jehan Daruvala | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | Robert Shwartzman |
14 | Mick Schumacher | Jonathan Aberdein | Dan Ticktum | Motopark | Fabio Scherer | ||
15 | Guanyu Zhou | Fabio Scherer | Mick Schumacher | Prema Theodore Racing | Robert Shwartzman | ||
6 | 16 | Silverstone Circuit | |||||
17 | |||||||
18 | |||||||
7 | 19 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | |||||
20 | |||||||
21 | |||||||
8 | 22 | Nürburgring | |||||
23 | |||||||
24 | |||||||
9 | 25 | Red Bull Ring | |||||
26 | |||||||
27 | |||||||
10 | 28 | Hockenheimring | |||||
29 | |||||||
30 |
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten drivers. Guest drivers are not eligible to score points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
In order for the full points score to be awarded, the race must run for at least twenty-five minutes. In the event that less that twenty-five minutes elapse, half points are awarded.
Drivers' championship
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Bold – Pole |
Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Rookies' championship
Pos. | Driver | PAU[N 6] |
HUN |
NOR |
ZAN |
SPA |
SIL |
MIS |
NÜR |
RBR |
HOC |
Points | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Robert Shwartzman | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 206.5 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Marcus Armstrong | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 197 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Jüri Vips | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 187 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Enaam Ahmed | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 169.5 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Sacha Fenestraz | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 138 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Fabio Scherer | 6 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 135 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Jonathan Aberdein | 7 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 100 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Nikita Troitskiy | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 1 | DNS | 6 | 15 | 85 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Ben Hingeley | Ret | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | 9 | 70 | |||||||||||||||
10 | Artem Petrov | 10 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 60 | |||||||||||||||
11 | Sebastián Fernández | Ret | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 59.5 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Julian Hanses | 8 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 14 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
13 | Ameya Vaidyanathan | Ret | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | DSQ | EX | 13 | Ret | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
14 | Petru Florescu | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sophia Flörsch | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | PAU[N 6] |
HUN |
NOR |
ZAN |
SPA |
SIL |
MIS |
NÜR |
RBR |
HOC |
Points |
Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Teams' championship
Points for the team classification solely are awarded to two best finishing cars of each team, omitting the other cars from the classification of the race.
Pos. | Team | Points |
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1 | Prema Theodore Racing | 391.5 |
2 | Motopark | 295 |
3 | Carlin | 247.5 |
4 | Hitech Bullfrog GP | 236 |
5 | Van Amersfoort Racing | 71.5 |
6 | ma-con | 18 |
7 | Fortec Motorsports | 3 |
Footnotes
- ^ Armstrong is a New Zealand driver who raced under Italian racing license.
- ^ Fernández is a Venezuelan driver who raced under Spanish racing license.
- ^ Sato is a Japanese driver who raced under Sammarinese racing license.
- ^ Vaidyanathan is an Indian driver who raced under British racing license.
- ^ Andres is a German driver who raced under Iranian racing license.
- ^ a b c d The third race at Pau was red-flagged after eleven laps were completed. As less than 25 minutes of the race had passed at the time of suspension, the race paid half points to all classified finishers.[39]
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