Formula 3 Euro Series 2012 season
The 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the tenth season of the Formula 3 Euro Series . It comprised eight race weekends with three races each. The season started on April 29th in Hockenheim , the season finale on October 21st in the same place. The champion was the Spaniard Daniel Juncadella .
Rule changes
technical changes
From the 2012 season, a new chassis, the Dallara F312 , was introduced in the Formula 3 Euro Series . The previous vehicle, the Dallara F308 , could still be used. Drivers who competed with this chassis were also classified in Class One . With the possibility of using the previous chassis, the series hoped for a larger permanent starting field. In 2011 only 12 regular drivers took part in the races.
Hankook became the tire supplier for the Formula 3 Euro Series.
Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers used Hankook tires .
- Drivers with start numbers from 30 were guest starters and were not included in the ranking.
Changes in the drivers
The following list contains all drivers, except guest starters, who took part in the 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series season and who did not start for the same team in the 2012 season as in 2011.
Drivers who entered or returned to the Formula 3 Euro Series:
- Emil Bernstorff : Motopark Academy → ma-con Motorsport
- Tom Blomqvist : German Formula 3 ( Performance Racing ) → ma-con Motorsport
- William Buller : British Formula 3 Championship ( Fortec Motorsport ) → Carlin
- Philip Ellis : Formula Lista junior ( GU-Racing ) → GU-Racing
- Michael Lewis : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Prema Powerteam ) → Prema Powerteam
- Raffaele Marciello : Italian Formula 3 Championship (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam
- Sven Müller : ADAC Formula Masters (ma-con Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam
- Andrea Roda : Italian Formula 3 Championship (Prema Powerteam) → Jo Zeller Racing
- Carlos Sainz Jr. : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Koiranen Motorsport ) → Carlin
- Luís Sá Silva : Formula Pilota China Series ( Asia Racing Team ) → Angola Racing Team
- Pascal Wehrlein : ADAC Formula Masters ( Mücke Motorsport ) → Mücke Motorsport
- Lucas Wolf : ADAC Formula Masters ( URD Rennsport ) → URD Rennsport
- Sandro Zeller : German Formula 3 (Jo Zeller Racing) → Jo Zeller Racing
Drivers who have left the Formula 3 Euro Series:
- Daniel Abt : Signature → GP3 series ( Lotus GP )
- Jimmy Eriksson : Motopark Academy → German Formula 3 (Lotus)
- Kuba Giermaziak : Motopark Academy → Porsche Supercup ( VERVA Racing Team )
- Nigel Melker : Mücke Motorsport → GP2 series ( Ocean Racing Technology )
- Roberto Merhi : Prema Powerteam → DTM ( Persson Motorsport )
- Carlos Muñoz : Signature → Indy Lights ( Andretti Autosport )
- Gianmarco Raimondo : Prema Powerteam → European F3 Open ( RP Motorsport )
- Kimiya Satō : Motopark Academy → German Formula 3 (Lotus)
- Laurens Vanthoor : Signature → FIA GT1 World Championship ( W Racing Team )
- Marco Wittmann : Signature → DTM test driver ( BMW )
Changes in the teams
Motopark Academy got out of the Formula 3 Euro Series. In addition, Signature canceled the start at short notice because the team had not found any pilots. In addition to the two previous teams, Mücke Motorsport and the Prema Powerteam , five new teams have registered. Carlin returned to the Formula 3 Euro Series. GU-Racing switched from the Superleague Formula to the Formula 3 Euro Series, ma-con Motorsport took part in the ADAC Formula Masters in 2011 , Jo Zeller Racing and URD Rennsport competed in the German Formula 3 in 2011 .
Racing calendar
The racing calendar has been changed slightly compared to the previous season. The race weekends at Silverstone and Le Castellet have been canceled. The event at Brands Hatch was a new addition . All events took place in the framework program of the DTM . Three races were held at each event. The first and third races were part of the European Formula 3 Championship in 2012 .
A different racing calendar with nine events was originally planned. However, this was modified before the season. The events at the Lausitzring and in Oschersleben have been canceled.
- Remarks
- ↑ a b Hannes van Asseldonk finished in second place. However, since he was a guest starter, Felix Rosenqvist was ranked second and William Buller third.
- ↑ a b c Jazeman Jaafar finished in first place. However, since he was a guest starter, Sven Müller was classified as the winner, Pascal Wehrlein as second and Michael Lewis as third.
- ↑ Jazeman Jaafar finished in third place. However, since he was a guest starter, Sven Müller was classified as third.
- ↑ Daniel Juncadella was the first to cross the finish line, but was subsequently removed from the ranking. The other pilots did not move up.
- ↑ a b c Harry Tincknell and Felix Serralles finished in 1st and 2nd place. However, since they were guest starters, Pascal Wehrlein was classified as the winner, Felix Rosenqvist as second and William Buller as third.
- ↑ Felix Serralles finished in third place. However, since he was a guest starter, Emil Bernstorff was classified as third.
- ↑ a b c Alexander Sims finished in first place. However, since he was a guest starter, Raffaele Marciello was classified as the winner, Felix Rosenqvist as second and Pascal Wehrlein as third.
- ↑ Jazeman Jaafar finished in third place. However, since he was a guest starter, Emil Bernstorff was classified as third.
- ↑ Alex Lynn finished in third place. However, since he was a guest starter, Daniel Juncadella was classified as third.
Rating
Point system
In the first and third races, the first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s), respectively. In the second, the first eight of the race received 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s), respectively. Only the results of the two best drivers on a team counted for the team classification.
Driver ranking
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- In the third race at the Norisring , only half points were awarded because the race was stopped prematurely and the distance required to obtain full points had not been covered.
- In the second race in Zandvoort , only half points were awarded because the race was stopped prematurely and the distance required to obtain full points had not been completed.
Individual evidence
- ^ "Concept of the Formula 3 Euro Series for 2012 is in place" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 1, 2011)
- ↑ "Euro Series 2012 again with a larger field of participants?" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 10, 2011)
- ^ "Hankook new tire partner of the Formula 3 Euro Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 4, 2012)
- ^ "F3 Euro Series - Juncadella is loyal to Prema 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 7, 2012)
- ↑ “PREMA Powerteam and Sven MUELLER together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series” (premapowerteam.com on February 9, 2012)
- ↑ "Michael Lewis gets Prema F3 Euro Series seat" (autosport.com on February 8, 2012)
- ↑ “Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello completes Prema's F3 Euro line-up” (autosport.com on February 17th, 2012)
- ↑ a b "Mücke mit Wehrlein 2012 in the Euro Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 23, 2011)
- ↑ “Teams & drivers 2012” ( Memento of January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (f3euroseries.com; accessed on February 25, 2012)
- ↑ “New faces in the Euro Series” ( Memento from July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (f3euroseries.com on March 16, 2012)
- ^ "ADAC Formula Masters: F3 promotion for Lucas Wolf" ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Motorsport-Server.de on January 28, 2012)
- ↑ "F3 Euro Series - Ellis rises to F3 with GU Racing" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 17, 2012)
- ↑ a b "Formula 3 EM: Carlin ready to go, ma-con is still shaking" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 12, 2012)
- ↑ a b c d “Fortec sends F3 team to Hockenheim” (autosport.com on April 23, 2012)
- ^ A b c Jamie O'Leary: “Double R joins F3 Euro Series for Brands Hatch round”. autosport.com, May 15, 2012, accessed May 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Jamie O'Leary: "Felipe Nasr to make F3 comeback at Hockenheim". autorsport.com, October 18, 2012, accessed October 20, 2012 .
- ^ "Tom Blomqvist joins F3 Euro Series field for 2012" (autosport.com on April 23, 2012)
- ↑ “Emil Bernstorff joins European F3 series with ma-con Motorsport” (autosport.com on April 19, 2012)
- ↑ “Luis Sa Silva returns to F3 Euro Series with new squad” (autosport.com on March 21, 2012)
- ↑ Sebastian Fränzschky: "Sims: With T-Sport at the Nürburgring". Motorsport-Total.com, August 9, 2012, accessed August 18, 2012 .
- ^ A b Michael Zeitler: "F3ES: Van Amersfoort rises". inside-racing.de, October 8, 2012, accessed on October 20, 2012 .
- ^ "Formula 3 Euro Series: VW is coming" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 30, 2012)
- ^ "The field of participants in the Euro Series for 2012 is filling up" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 5, 2011)
- ^ "New racing calendar for the Formula 3 Euro Series for 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 2, 2012)
- ↑ “Formula 3 Euro Series: 10,000 kilometers in 2012” (Motorsport-Total.com on November 25, 2011)
