The first two poles of the season were claimed at Oulton Park by second-year driver Jack Harvey for the Carlin team,[1] and he won the opening race of the year ahead of teammates Jazeman Jaafar and Carlos Sainz Jr.[2] In the reverse-grid second race, Fortec Motorsports' Pipo Derani scored his first win in the series,[3] while teammate Félix Serrallés won the third race of the weekend in his first Formula Three meeting.[4] A week later at Monza, Serralles and Sainz claimed their first poles in Formula Three.[5] Rain before the start of the first race forced drivers to change from slick tyres, and in effect, the race started from the pit lane.[6] Sainz, Jr. left pit lane first and won his first race in the championship. Derani and Jaafar, who had left the pits seventh and eighth respectively, joined Sainz, Jr. on the podium, while Serralles finished tenth.[7] Serralles won the second race held in torrential rain, ahead of Harvey and teammate Pietro Fantin,[8] while Sainz, Jr. comfortably won the third race, almost seventeen seconds clear of Serralles, with Serralles' teammate Alex Lynn taking his first podium in third place.[9]
In a change to the 2011 season, all races award championship points on the same points system.[10] Previously, the second race had awarded points on a reduced scale – 10 points for the winner and decreasing by one point down to tenth place – compared to races one and three.
Drivers and teamsedit
For the Norisring event, drivers used different numbers in line with Formula 3 Euro Series regulations; each driver's Norisring race number is displayed in tooltips.
After finishing fifth in German Formula Three, Dutch driver Hannes van Asseldonk moved full-time to the British series with Fortec Motorsports. Van Asseldonk previously contested one round in 2011, as an invitational driver.
Leaving British Formula Three
Donington winner Valtteri Bottas left the series to concentrate on his Williams F1 reserve driver duties.
On 12 October 2011, it was revealed that the series was due to have three overseas rounds, at the Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps – both on the calendar in 2011 – and Pau.[10] Pau returns to the series' schedule for the first time since 2006.
A provisional ten-round calendar was later announced on 7 November 2011,[12] with the Nürburgring round removed, and rounds at Le Castellet and Monza, both of which held meetings in 2011, being restored to the calendar to make up four overseas rounds along with Spa-Francorchamps and Pau. All rounds were made up of three races except Pau, where only two races were held.[12] On 21 April, it was announced that the series would add the Formula 3 Euro Series round at the Norisring in place of the round at Paul Ricard; the event would be held under Euro Series regulations.[13] The rounds at Pau, Spa and the Norisring would be part of the revived FIA European Formula 3 Championship. The championship supported the British GT Championship at six rounds, two Blancpain Endurance Series events at Monza and Spa along with the Pau Grand Prix event and Formula 3 Euro Series event at Norisring.
^ abFastest lap recorded by Raffaele Marciello, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
^ abHarvey and Serralles each scored a point towards the championship, after setting identical fastest lap times among British series competitors; Raffaele Marciello set the overall fastest lap.
^Simmons, Marcus (14 April 2012). "Carlos Sainz Jr takes bizarre maiden Formula 3 win at Monza". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Rain just before the start meant a wet race was declared, but everyone began the green-flag lap on slick tyres. They then all pitted for rain tyres at the end of it, meaning the race started from the pitlane.
2012, british, formula, international, series, previous, 2011, next, 2013, 2012, cooper, tires, british, formula, international, series, season, 62nd, british, formula, international, series, season, series, promoted, stéphane, ratel, organisation, began, apri. 2012 British Formula 3 International Series Previous 2011 Next 2013 The 2012 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series season is the 62nd British Formula 3 International Series season The series promoted by the Stephane Ratel Organisation began on 6 April at Oulton Park and ended on 30 September at Donington Park after 29 races held at ten meetings The first two poles of the season were claimed at Oulton Park by second year driver Jack Harvey for the Carlin team 1 and he won the opening race of the year ahead of teammates Jazeman Jaafar and Carlos Sainz Jr 2 In the reverse grid second race Fortec Motorsports Pipo Derani scored his first win in the series 3 while teammate Felix Serralles won the third race of the weekend in his first Formula Three meeting 4 A week later at Monza Serralles and Sainz claimed their first poles in Formula Three 5 Rain before the start of the first race forced drivers to change from slick tyres and in effect the race started from the pit lane 6 Sainz Jr left pit lane first and won his first race in the championship Derani and Jaafar who had left the pits seventh and eighth respectively joined Sainz Jr on the podium while Serralles finished tenth 7 Serralles won the second race held in torrential rain ahead of Harvey and teammate Pietro Fantin 8 while Sainz Jr comfortably won the third race almost seventeen seconds clear of Serralles with Serralles teammate Alex Lynn taking his first podium in third place 9 Contents 1 Regulation changes 2 Drivers and teams 2 1 Driver changes 3 Race calendar and results 4 Championship standings 5 References 6 External linksRegulation changes editIn a change to the 2011 season all races award championship points on the same points system 10 Previously the second race had awarded points on a reduced scale 10 points for the winner and decreasing by one point down to tenth place compared to races one and three Drivers and teams editFor the Norisring event drivers used different numbers in line with Formula 3 Euro Series regulations each driver s Norisring race number is displayed in tooltips Team Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds International Class nbsp Carlin Dallara F312 Volkswagen 1 nbsp Jack Harvey All 2 nbsp Pietro Fantin All 21 nbsp Harry Tincknell All 22 nbsp Jazeman Jaafar All 31 nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr 1 9 nbsp Fortec Motorsport Dallara F312 Mercedes HWA 3 nbsp Pipo Derani All 4 nbsp Felix Serralles All 23 nbsp Hannes van Asseldonk All 36 nbsp Alex Lynn All nbsp ThreeBond with T Sport Dallara F312 ThreeBond Nissan 12 nbsp Nick McBride All nbsp Double R Racing Dallara F312 Mercedes HWA 26 nbsp Geoff Uhrhane All 27 nbsp Fahmi Ilyas 1 8 32 nbsp Rupert Svendsen Cook 9 10 Rookie Class nbsp ThreeBond with T Sport Dallara F311 Mugen Honda 42 nbsp Spike Goddard All 44 nbsp Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 7 10 nbsp CF Racing Dallara F311 Mugen Honda 43 nbsp Adderly Fong 5 7 8 nbsp Hywel Lloyd 10 nbsp Double R Racing Dallara F309 Mugen Honda 77 nbsp Duvashen Padayachee All International Class nbsp GU Racing Dallara F312 Mercedes Benz 10 nbsp Philip Ellis 6 nbsp Carlin Dallara F312 Volkswagen 11 nbsp William Buller 6 71 nbsp Richard Bradley 7 nbsp Mucke Motorsport Dallara F312 Mercedes HWA 85 nbsp Felix Rosenqvist 3 6 7 86 nbsp Pascal Wehrlein 11 3 6 7 nbsp Jo Zeller Racing Dallara F312 Mercedes HWA 90 nbsp Andrea Roda 3 6 7 Dallara F308 91 nbsp Sandro Zeller 3 6 7 nbsp ma con Motorsport Dallara F312 Volkswagen 92 nbsp Emil Bernstorff 3 6 7 93 nbsp Tom Blomqvist 3 6 7 nbsp URD Rennsport Dallara F312 Mercedes Benz 94 nbsp Lucas Wolf 6 7 nbsp Angola Racing Team Dallara F312 Mercedes Benz 95 nbsp Luis Sa Silva 6 7 nbsp Prema Powerteam F312 Mercedes HWA 96 nbsp Daniel Juncadella 3 6 7 97 nbsp Sven Muller 3 6 7 98 nbsp Michael Lewis 3 6 7 99 nbsp Raffaele Marciello 3 6 7 Driver changes edit Changed Teams Pipo Derani who finished in fifteenth place in 2011 moved from Double R Racing to Fortec Motorsports Pietro Fantin switched from Hitech Racing to Carlin After a season with Fortec Motorsports Fahmi Ilyas joined Double R Racing Harry Tincknell changed teams for his second season in British F3 moving from Fortec Motorsports to Carlin Entering Re Entering British Formula Three British Formula Ford racers Spike Goddard and Nick McBride moved into the championship with T Sport Fellow Formula Ford compatriot Geoff Uhrhane joined Double R Racing Formula Renault UK champion Alex Lynn continued his collaboration with Fortec Motorsports for another season moving into Formula Three Felix Serralles also continued his collaboration with Fortec Motorsports moving from the Formula Renault Eurocup JK Racing Asia Series driver Duvashen Padayachee graduated into the championship with Double R Racing Formula Renault 2 0 NEC champion and Eurocup runner up Carlos Sainz Jr made his debut with Carlin After finishing fifth in German Formula Three Dutch driver Hannes van Asseldonk moved full time to the British series with Fortec Motorsports Van Asseldonk previously contested one round in 2011 as an invitational driver Leaving British Formula Three Donington winner Valtteri Bottas left the series to concentrate on his Williams F1 reserve driver duties Antonio Felix da Costa joined Carlin in the GP3 Series Mitch Evans who participated in the final round with Double R Racing remained in the GP3 Series with MW Arden 2011 runner up Kevin Magnussen remained with Carlin but moved into the Formula Renault 3 5 Series Third placed Carlos Huertas seventh placed Lucas Foresti and 26th placed Yann Cunha also moved into the series for Fortec Motorsports DAMS and Pons Racing respectively 2011 champion Felipe Nasr switched to DAMS for his GP2 Series debut Scott Pye returned to his native Australia to compete in the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series having finished in tenth place for Double R Racing Alexander Sims who won at Silverstone switched to endurance racing as he joined Status Grand Prix to compete in the European Le Mans Series Max Snegirev moved into the Auto GP World Series with the Campos Racing team Race calendar and results editOn 12 October 2011 it was revealed that the series was due to have three overseas rounds at the Nurburgring Spa Francorchamps both on the calendar in 2011 and Pau 10 Pau returns to the series schedule for the first time since 2006 A provisional ten round calendar was later announced on 7 November 2011 12 with the Nurburgring round removed and rounds at Le Castellet and Monza both of which held meetings in 2011 being restored to the calendar to make up four overseas rounds along with Spa Francorchamps and Pau All rounds were made up of three races except Pau where only two races were held 12 On 21 April it was announced that the series would add the Formula 3 Euro Series round at the Norisring in place of the round at Paul Ricard the event would be held under Euro Series regulations 13 The rounds at Pau Spa and the Norisring would be part of the revived FIA European Formula 3 Championship The championship supported the British GT Championship at six rounds two Blancpain Endurance Series events at Monza and Spa along with the Pau Grand Prix event and Formula 3 Euro Series event at Norisring Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner 1 R1 nbsp Oulton Park 7 April nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Hannes van Asseldonk nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlin nbsp Spike Goddard R2 nbsp Pipo Derani nbsp Pipo Derani nbsp Fortec Motorsports nbsp Spike Goddard R3 nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Fortec Motorsports nbsp Spike Goddard 2 R1 nbsp Autodromo Nazionale Monza 14 April nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr nbsp Carlin nbsp Spike Goddard R2 15 April nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Fortec Motorsports nbsp Duvashen Padayachee R3 nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr nbsp Carlin nbsp Spike Goddard 3 R1 nbsp Pau Circuit 12 May nbsp Raffaele Marciello nbsp Jazeman Jaafar N 1 nbsp Raffaele Marciello nbsp Prema Powerteam nbsp Spike Goddard R2 13 May nbsp Raffaele Marciello nbsp Pipo Derani N 1 nbsp Raffaele Marciello nbsp Prema Powerteam nbsp Sandro Zeller 4 R1 nbsp Rockingham Motor Speedway 9 June nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Hannes van Asseldonk nbsp Jazeman Jaafar nbsp Carlin nbsp Spike Goddard R2 10 June nbsp Pietro Fantin nbsp Harry Tincknell nbsp Carlin nbsp Duvashen Padayachee R3 nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlin nbsp Duvashen Padayachee 5 R1 nbsp Brands Hatch 23 June nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jazeman Jaafar nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlin nbsp Adderly Fong R2 24 June nbsp Harry Tincknell nbsp Pipo Derani nbsp Fortec Motorsports nbsp Adderly Fong R3 nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlin nbsp Adderly Fong 6 R1 nbsp Norisring Nuremberg 30 June nbsp Raffaele Marciello nbsp Jack Harvey N 2 nbsp Felix Serralles N 2 No winner N 3 nbsp Sandro Zeller R2 nbsp Felix Serralles N 4 nbsp Harry Tincknell nbsp Carlin nbsp Sandro Zeller R3 1 July nbsp Pascal Wehrlein nbsp Hannes van Asseldonk nbsp Raffaele Marciello nbsp Prema Powerteam nbsp Spike Goddard 7 R1 nbsp Circuit de Spa Francorchamps 27 July nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Fortec Motorsports nbsp Sandro Zeller R2 Race cancelled due to heavy rain 15 R3 28 July nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr nbsp Carlin nbsp Adderly Fong 8 R1 nbsp Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 4 August nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlin nbsp Adderly Fong R2 5 August nbsp Jazeman Jaafar nbsp Harry Tincknell nbsp Carlin nbsp Adderly Fong R3 nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr nbsp Carlin nbsp Adderly Fong 9 R1 nbsp Silverstone Circuit 8 September nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Jazeman Jaafar nbsp Carlin nbsp Spike Goddard R2 9 September nbsp Pietro Fantin nbsp Felix Serralles nbsp Fortec Motorsports nbsp Duvashen Padayachee R3 nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Fortec Motorsports nbsp Spike Goddard 10 R1 nbsp Donington Park 29 September nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlin nbsp Hywel Lloyd R2 30 September nbsp Pietro Fantin nbsp Harry Tincknell nbsp Carlin nbsp Hywel Lloyd R3 nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Jack Harvey nbsp Carlin nbsp Hywel Lloyd Notes a b Fastest lap recorded by Raffaele Marciello but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point a b Harvey and Serralles each scored a point towards the championship after setting identical fastest lap times among British series competitors Raffaele Marciello set the overall fastest lap Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello As drivers were not promoted in the race results no driver was officially recognised as having finished in first place 14 Fastest lap recorded by William Buller but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point Championship standings editPos Driver OUL nbsp MNZ nbsp PAU nbsp ROC nbsp BRH nbsp NOR nbsp SPA nbsp SNE nbsp SIL nbsp DON nbsp Pts Championship Class 1 nbsp Jack Harvey 1 6 2 7 2 8 5 8 5 3 1 1 9 1 14 7 Ret 4 C 6 1 4 3 8 2 8 1 6 1 319 2 nbsp Jazeman Jaafar 2 3 5 3 5 4 2 3 1 6 4 2 6 2 18 14 Ret 5 C 4 7 2 5 1 3 2 2 Ret 3 306 3 nbsp Felix Serralles 7 7 1 10 1 2 8 19 3 4 6 6 2 9 5 2 3 1 C 3 2 6 2 7 1 7 4 4 8 299 4 nbsp Alex Lynn 5 Ret 6 5 7 3 3 7 2 7 2 3 8 4 19 9 9 6 C 11 3 5 4 4 6 1 3 Ret 2 253 5 nbsp Harry Tincknell 4 4 3 Ret 9 6 7 Ret 7 1 Ret 5 15 3 8 1 10 13 C 9 12 1 7 3 13 3 8 1 4 226 6 nbsp Carlos Sainz Jr 3 5 4 1 8 1 6 2 10 12 3 4 4 Ret Ret 25 19 3 C 1 Ret 11 1 2 7 5 224 7 nbsp Pietro Fantin 8 2 7 6 3 Ret 14 12 6 2 9 8 3 5 4 8 6 16 C 19 NC 8 9 5 4 6 6 3 6 195 8 nbsp Pipo Derani 9 1 Ret 2 6 7 Ret 5 9 8 7 9 1 Ret Ret 16 21 8 C 7 Ret 7 8 9 Ret 11 7 2 5 146 9 nbsp Hannes van Asseldonk Ret 8 Ret 4 DNS 5 11 Ret 4 5 5 Ret 10 7 20 10 5 23 C 18 4 15 6 Ret 8 4 5 5 7 132 10 nbsp Nick McBride 10 11 9 8 4 9 15 14 8 9 10 7 7 6 13 24 15 18 C 15 6 3 15 Ret 10 12 10 8 10 85 11 nbsp Fahmi Ilyas 6 Ret 8 9 10 10 9 15 Ret 10 8 11 5 10 Ret Ret 12 21 C 21 5 Ret 10 48 12 nbsp Geoff Uhrhane Ret 10 10 12 11 Ret 16 18 Ret 11 12 10 11 8 12 15 Ret 15 C Ret 9 10 11 Ret 9 10 11 9 11 35 13 nbsp Rupert Svendsen Cook 6 5 9 9 7 9 24 Guest drivers ineligible for points nbsp Raffaele Marciello 1 1 22 17 1 11 C 14 0 nbsp Daniel Juncadella Ret 4 DSQ 11 2 2 C 8 0 nbsp William Buller 2 5 18 0 nbsp Tom Blomqvist 13 21 10 6 7 10 C 2 0 nbsp Emil Bernstorff Ret 13 3 Ret 4 17 C 10 0 nbsp Pascal Wehrlein Ret 9 7 3 Ret 14 C 12 0 nbsp Felix Rosenqvist 4 6 6 4 14 9 C Ret 0 nbsp Michael Lewis 10 11 Ret 13 8 7 C 5 0 nbsp Sven Muller 12 10 9 Ret 11 12 C Ret 0 nbsp Andrea Roda 19 Ret 16 19 13 19 C 16 0 nbsp Lucas Wolf Ret 20 22 20 C 13 0 nbsp Luis Sa Silva 15 18 16 26 C 20 0 nbsp Philip Ellis Ret 21 Ret 0 nbsp Richard Bradley 21 C Ret 0 Rookie Class 1 nbsp Spike Goddard 11 9 11 11 Ret 11 17 20 11 14 Ret 13 13 Ret 17 22 17 28 C 23 10 14 14 10 12 13 14 11 15 426 2 nbsp Duvashen Padayachee 12 12 12 Ret 12 12 DNS 17 12 13 11 Ret 14 12 21 23 20 25 C 24 11 13 16 12 11 14 15 13 14 377 3 nbsp Adderly Fong 12 12 11 27 C 17 8 9 12 161 4 nbsp Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 29 C 22 Ret 12 13 11 Ret 15 13 12 13 125 5 nbsp Hywel Lloyd 12 10 12 61 Guest drivers ineligible for points nbsp Sandro Zeller 18 16 11 12 23 22 C 25 0 Pos Driver OUL nbsp MNZ nbsp PAU nbsp ROC nbsp BRH nbsp NOR nbsp SPA nbsp SNE nbsp SIL nbsp DON nbsp PtsReferences edit Carter Nick 6 April 2012 Jack out of the box and on to pole on the double British Formula 3 Championship Stephane Ratel Organisation Archived from the original on 26 February 2015 Retrieved 13 April 2012 Carter Nick 7 April 2012 Harvey claims victory in Oulton 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