British Formula 3 Championship 2011

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The British Formula 3 Championship 2011 was the 61st season of the British Formula 3 Championship . It comprised a total of ten race weekends with three races each. It started on April 15th in Monza and ended on October 9th in Silverstone .

Rule changes

Sporting changes

In the third run of a racing weekend, mandatory pit stops were made for the first time. There were still two ratings, but they were renamed. As of 2011, the championship ranking will be called International . The national class ( National ) was renamed the rookie classification . The winner of the rookie classification receives a grant to compete in the international competition in the coming season.

Starting field

team No. driver class chassis engine Race weekend  Carlin 01  Carlos Huertas I. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 02  Kevin Magnussen I. 1-10 21st  Rupert Svendsen-Cook I. 1-10 22nd  Jazeman Jaafar I. 1-10 31  Felipe Nasr I. 1-10 32  Jack Harvey I. 1-10  Fortec Motorsport 03  William Buller I. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 04th  Lucas Foresti I. 1-10 23  Harry Tincknell I. 1-10 24  Fahmi Ilyas I. 1-10  Double R Racing 05  Pipo Derani I. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 06th  Scott Pye I. 1-10 26th  Valtteri Bottas I. 9  Mitch Evans I. 10 77  Marko Asmer G 7th  Hitech Racing 07th  Pietro Fantin I. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 08th  Riki Christodoulou I. 1-3  Max Snegirev I. 4, 9, 10  António Félix da Costa I. 5, 6 27  Bruno Méndez I. 1  Pedro Nunes I. 5 42  Kōtaro Sakurai R. Mugen Honda 1-10 77  Guilherme Silva G Volkswagen 10  Sino Vision Racing 11  Hywel Lloyd I. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 12  Adderly Fong I. 1-10  T-Sport 15th  Yann Cunha I. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 16  Menasheh Idafar I. 1-10 17th  Bart Hylkema I. 6-10 41  Bart Hylkema R. Mugen Honda 1-5  Motopark Academy 18th  Alexander Sims I. Dallara Volkswagen 10  Team West-Tec 44  Luca Orlandi R. Dallara Mugen Honda 8th  Van Amersfoort Racing 92  Hannes van Asseldonk G Dallara Volkswagen 7th  Signature 93  Daniel Dept. G Dallara Volkswagen 7th 94  Carlos Muñoz G 7th 95  Laurens Vanthoor G 7th 96  Marco Wittmann G 7th  Prema Powerteam 97  Raffaele Marciello G Dallara Mercedes Benz 7th 98  Roberto Merhi G 7th 99  Daniel Juncadella G 7th

symbol class I. International R. Rookie G guest

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers, except guest starters, who took part in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2010 and who did not start for the same team in the 2011 season as in 2010.

Drivers who have changed their team:

• William Buller : Hitech Racing → Fortec Motorsport
• Yann Cunha : CF Racing with Manor Motorsport → T-Sport
• Lucas Foresti : Carlin → Fortec Motorsport
• Carlos Huertas : Raikkonen Robertson Racing → Carlin
• Hywel Lloyd : CF Racing with Manor Motorsport → Sino Vision Racing
• Felipe Nasr : Raikkonen Robertson Racing → Carlin
• Max Snegirjow : Fortec Motorsport → Hitech Racing

Drivers entering or returning to the British Formula 3 Championship:

• Valtteri Bottas : Formula 3 Euro Series ( ART Grand Prix ) → Double R Racing
• Riki Christodoulou : British Formula Renault (Fortec Motorsport) → Hitech Racing
• Luís Felipe Derani : German Formula 3 Cup ( Motopark Academy ) → Double R Racing
• Mitch Evans : Toyota Racing Series ( Giles Motorsport ) → Double R Racing
• Pietro Fantin : South American Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing Brazil) → Hitech Racing
• António Félix da Costa : Formula 3 Euro Series (Motopark Academy) → Hitech Racing
• Jack Harvey : European Formula BMW (Fortec Motorsport) → Carlin
• Bart Hylkema : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Koiranen Bros. Motorsport ) → T-Sport
• Fahmi Ilyas : European Formula BMW ( DAMS ) → Fortec Motorsport
• Kevin Magnussen : German Formula 3 Cup (Motopark Academy) → Carlin
• Bruno Méndez : World Series by Renault ( FHV Interwetten.com ) → Hitech Racing
• Pedro Nunes : GP3 series (ART Grand Prix) → Hitech Racing
• Luca Orlandi : Formula Palmer Audi → Team West-Tec
• Scott Pye : British Formula Ford (Jamun Racing) → Double R Racing
• Kōtarō Sakurai : Pacific Formula BMW ( Eurasia Motorsport ) → Hitech Racing
• Alexander Sims : Formula 3 Euro Series (ART Grand Prix) → Motopark Academy
• Harry Tincknell : British Formula Renault (CRS Racing) → Fortec Motorsport

Drivers who have left the British Formula 3 Championship:

• Alex Brundle : T-Sport → FIA Formula 2 Championship
• James Calado : Carlin → GP3 Series (Lotus ART)
• James Cole : T-Sport → FIA Formula 2 Championship
• Rio Haryanto : CF Racing with Manor Motorsport → GP3 series (Marussia Manor Racing)
• Daniel McKenzie : Fortec Motorsport → World Series by Renault ( Comtec Racing )
• Daisuke Nakajima : Raikkonen Robertson Racing → Formula Nippon ( Nakajima Racing )
• Luiz Razia : Motul Team West-Tec → GP2-Series ( Team AirAsia )
• Juan Carlos Sistos : Motul Team West-Tec → European F3 Open ( De Villota Motorsport )
• Jean-Éric Vergne : Carlin → World Series by Renault (Carlin)
• Oliver Webb : Fortec Motorsport → World Series by Renault ( Pons Racing )

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a 2011 racing cockpit:

• Wayne Boyd
• Jay Bridger
• Adriano Buzaid
• Kevin Chen
• Gabriel Dias

Racing calendar

The racing calendar of the British Formula 3 championship comprised ten racing weekends. There were three races on each race weekend. The first race lasted 30 minutes. The second fastest lap of the qualification was counted for the starting grid. In the second race, which lasted 20 minutes, the top ten drivers from the first race started in reverse order. The winner of the first race drew a lot on the podium that gave him a starting position between sixth and tenth place. The third race lasted 40 minutes. The fastest lap in qualifying counted for the starting grid for this race.

The race weekend in Spa-Francorchamps is part of the 2011 FIA Formula 3 Trophy .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	April 16	Monza	Felipe Nasr	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlos Huertas
2.	17th April		Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Felipe Nasr	William Buller
3.			Felipe Nasr	Lucas Foresti	Jazeman Jaafar
4th	April 23	Tarporley	Lucas Foresti	Felipe Nasr	Jazeman Jaafar
5.	April 25		Riki Christodoulou	Pietro Fantin	Harry Tincknell
6th			Felipe Nasr	Lucas Foresti	Menasheh Idafar
7th	May 14th	Norfolk	Kevin Magnussen	Felipe Nasr	Carlos Huertas
8th.	May 15		Lucas Foresti	Harry Tincknell	William Buller
9.			Kevin Magnussen	Carlos Huertas	Riki Christodoulou
10.	18th of June	Brands Hatch	Lucas Foresti	Felipe Nasr	Rupert Svendsen-Cook
11.	June 19th		Harry Tincknell	Menasheh Idafar	Carlos Huertas
12.			Felipe Nasr	Lucas Foresti	William Buller
13.	2nd July	Nürburg	Kevin Magnussen	Felipe Nasr	Harry Tincknell
14th	3rd of July		Jack Harvey	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Pedro Nunes
15th			Felipe Nasr	António Félix da Costa	Carlos Huertas
16.	16th of July	Le Castellet	Felipe Nasr	António Félix da Costa	Carlos Huertas
17th	17th July		William Buller	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	António Félix da Costa
18th			Felipe Nasr	William Buller	Jack Harvey
19th	29th of July	Spa Francorchamps	William Buller	Jazeman Jaafar	Jack Harvey
20th			Kevin Magnussen	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Felipe Nasr
21st	30th July		William Buller	Felipe Nasr	Kevin Magnussen
22nd	September 3	Northamptonshire	Pietro Fantin	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Jack Harvey
23.	September 4th		Scott Pye	Felipe Nasr	William Buller
24.			Kevin Magnussen	Pietro Fantin	Felipe Nasr
25th	September 24th	Donington	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Carlos Huertas	Jack Harvey
26th	25th of September		Valtteri Bottas	William Buller	Menasheh Idafar
27.			Kevin Magnussen	Pipo Derani	Rupert Svendsen-Cook
28.	8th October	Silverstone	Kevin Magnussen	Scott Pye	Felipe Nasr
29	9th October		Alexander Sims	Lucas Foresti	Pietro Fantin
30th			Carlos Huertas	Kevin Magnussen	Rupert Svendsen-Cook

annotation

1. ↑ ^{a b c} William Buller finished the race in second, Jazeman Jaafar in third and Jack Harvey in fifth. However, since Roberto Merhi , who finished first, and Carlos Muñoz , who finished fourth, were guest starters, Buller received the points for the win and Jaafar and Harvey the points for second and third place respectively.
2. ↑ Felipe Nasr finished eighth. However, since the pilots who crossed the finish line in third to seventh were guest starters, Nasr received the points for third place.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} William Buller finished the race in third, Felipe Nasr in seventh and Kevin Magnussen in seventh. However, since Roberto Merhi , who crossed the finish line first, and the drivers in second, fourth, fifth and sixth were guest starters, Buller received the points for victory and Nasr and Magnussen the points for second and third respectively Space.

Rating

Driver ranking

Item driver MNZ OUL SNE BRH ONLY LEC SPA ROC DON SIL Points International 01  F. Nasr 1 2 1 2 5 1 2 6th 17th 2 6th 1 2 4th 1 1 16 1 9 8th 7th 6th 2 3 DNF 10 9 3 7th DNF 318 02  K. Magnussen 15th 8th 6th 8th 18th DNF 1 8th 1 8th 11 15th 1 6th 5 4th 4th DNF 7th 1 8th 7th 5 1 DNF 16 1 1 8th 2 237 03  C. Huertas 3 6th 4th 4th 6th 10 3 10 2 5 3 5 DNF DNF 3 3 5 5 10 11 9 5 6th 11 2 6th 4th 7th 9 1 222 04th  W. Buller 4th 3 7th 14th 13 5 9 3 DNF 6th 15th 3 5 DNF 7th 7th 1 2 2 10 3 15th 3 4th 8th 2 16 6th 12 5 197 05  R. Svendsen-Cook 5 1 8th 10 8th 4th 4th DNF 13 3 7th DNF 8th 2 6th 6th 2 4th 6th 2 14th 2 10 DNF 1 8th 3 DNF 15th 3 191 06th  J. Jaafar 2 5 3 3 4th 6th 16 16 4th 4th 5 4th 4th 5 11 8th 9 DNF 3 DSQ 12 4th 4th 5 5 4th 10 4th 19th 9 187 07th  L. Foresti 9 17th 2 1 7th 2 10 1 9 1 8th 2 9 11 4th 9 7th DNF 13 13 11 11 12 12 17th 7th 8th 5 2 6th 170 08th  P. Fantin DNF 9 5 5 2 9 6th 4th 5 12 9 10 11 DNF 8th 15th 8th DNF 19th 14th DSQ 1 19th 2 12 14th 6th 9 3 8th 119 09  J. Harvey DNF 10 17th 11 10 19th 15th DNF 12 13 12 6th 7th 1 14th 5 6th 3 5 12 10 3 14th 6th 3 9 DNF 10 6th 18th 112 10  S. Pye DNF 12 14th 9 9 8th DNF 11 7th 7th 4th 8th 12 10 12 14th DNF DNF 16 16 15th 8th 1 7th 4th DNF 5 2 20th 17th 81 11  H. Tincknell 11 11 16 6th 3 7th 8th 2 8th 10 1 9 3 8th 9 10 17th DNF 22nd DNF 16 DNF 13 8th 7th 5 14th 12 16 11 78 12  R. Christodoulou 6th 4th 11 7th 1 12 5 7th 3                                           51 13  A. Felix da Costa                         6th 7th 2 2 3 9                         51 14th  M. Idafar 8th 18th 10 DNF DNF 3 14th 17th 19th 9 2 DNF 19th DNF DNF DNF 11 12 DNF DNF 19th 9 7th DNF 11 3 11 19th 4th 13 48 15th  P. Derani DNF DNF 9 DNF 14th 13 13 12 6th 15th 13 DNF 14th 9 13 13 DNF 10 18th 21st DNF 13 8th DNF 10 DNF 2 14th 5 12 36 16  H. Lloyd 7th 7th 15th 12 11 14th 7th 5 14th DNF DNF 7th 16 13 19th 12 10 7th 15th 18th DNF 10 9 DNF 15th 13 12 11 DNF 10 34 17th  V. Bottas                                                 6th 1 13       17th 18th  A. Sims                                                       8th 1 7th 17th 19th  P. Nunes                         10 3 10                               10 20th  M. Evans                                                       DNF 11 4th 10 21st  F. Ilyas 12 DNF 12 15th 15th 15th DNF 13 15th DNF DNF DNS 13 DNF 20th 11 14th 6th 20th DNF 18th DNF 15th 10 18th 17th DNF 20th DNF 19th 7th 22nd  A. Fong 13 16 20th 16 16 11 12 14th 11 11 10 DNF 15th 12 15th 17th 12 DNF 21st 20th 22nd 14th 11 DNF 16 12 7th 18th 17th 16 5 23  B. Hylkema                               DNF DNF 8th DNF 22nd 17th 12 17th 9 14th DNF 17th 13 DNF 14th 5 24  M. Snegirev                   16 DNF 12                         9 15th DNF 16 13 DNF 2 25th  B. Mendez 10 14th 18th                                                       1 26th  Y. Cunha 14th 13 13 13 12 16 11 9 10 14th 14th 11 18th 14th 16 16 13 DNF 23 19th 20th DNF 16 DNF 13 11 15th 15th 10 15th −36 Guest starters who are not eligible for points  R. Merhi                                     1 15th 1                   0  M. Wittmann                                     11 5 2                   0  D. Juncadella                                     8th 3 DNF                   0  C. Muñoz                                     4th 6th DNF                   0  L. Vanthoor                                     17th 7th 4th                   0  H. van Asseldonk                                     12 4th DNF                   0  R. Marciello                                     DNF 17th 5                   0  M. Asmer                                     DNF DNF 6th                   0  D. Dept.                                     14th 9 13                   0  G. Silva                                                       17th 14th DNF 0 Rookie 1  K. Sakurai DNF DNS DNS 18th DNF 18th 18th 15th 18th 17th 16 14th 20th 16 18th 18th 15th 11 24 23 21st DNF 18th 13 19th DNF DNF 21st 18th 20th 378 2  B. Hylkema NC 15th 19th 17th 17th 17th 17th DNF 16 DNF 17th 13 17th 15th 17th                               214 3  L. Orlandi                                           16 20th 14th             45 Item driver MNZ OUL SNE BRH ONLY LEC SPA ROC DON SIL Points

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings Bold - Pole Position Italic - Fastest race lap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Wheel changes confirmed for British F3 2011” (gpupdate.net on September 17, 2010)
2. ↑ “Huertas joins Carlin for 2011” (autosport.com on October 28, 2010)
3. ↑ “Magnussen joins Carlin for British F3” (autosport.com on December 8, 2010)
4. ^ "Svendsen-Cook re-signs with Carlin" (autosport.com on December 9, 2010)
5. ↑ “Jaafar retained by Carlin for 2011 season” (gpupdate.net on February 7, 2011)
6. ↑ "Nasr switches to Carlin for 2011" (autosport.com on December 9, 2010)
7. ↑ "Lucas Foresti Switch Completes Fortec Motorsport 2011 Line-up" (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on March 3, 2011)
8. ↑ "Bottas makes a guest start in British Formula 3" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 22, 2011)
9. ↑ ^{a b c} “Sims, Silva & Evans join the British Formula 3 field” ( Memento from November 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (formula3.co on October 3, 2011)
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} “Bumper field and live TV for British Formula 3 at Spa” ( Memento from March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (formula3.co on July 22, 2011)
11. ↑ “Brazilian driver Fantin set for full British F3 campaign with Hitech Racing” ( Memento from March 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (motorstv.com on February 23, 2011)
12. ↑ “Snegirev steps in for Christodoulou” (autosport.com on June 16, 2011)
13. ↑ ^{a b} “Pedro Nunes and Antonio Felix da Costa join Hitech for Nurburgring British F3 round” (autosport.com on June 29, 2011)
14. ↑ “Lloyd joins SVR for 2011” ( Memento from March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (sv-racing.net on February 14, 2011)
15. ↑ “Fong returns to British F3” (autosport.com on February 4, 2011)
16. ↑ "Cunha joins British F3 with T-Sport" (autosport.com on November 16, 2010)
17. ↑ “Hylkema steps up as British F3 heads for Paul Ricard” ( Memento from March 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (formula3.co on July 11, 2011)
18. ^ "Hylkema gets T-Sport rookie seat" (autosport.com on January 21, 2011)
19. ↑ “Nasr on the brink of British Formula 3 championship title” ( Memento from March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (formula3.co on August 23, 2011)