2015 European Formula 3 season

The 2015 FIA European Formula 3 Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that will be held across Europe. The championship will feature drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It will be the fourteenth season of the FIA European Formula Three Championship and the third season after the European Formula Three Championship merged with the Formula 3 Euro Series.

Esteban Ocon is the reigning drivers' champion, but he will not defend his title as he will step up to the GP3 Series.^[1][2] His team, Prema Powerteam, will be the defending winners of the teams' championship.^[3]

Drivers and teams

All teams will use Dallara chassis.

The following teams and drivers are scheduled to compete during the 2015 season:^[4]

Team No. Driver Status Engine Rounds Prema Powerteam[5] 1 Felix Rosenqvist[6] Mercedes 1–2 2 Jake Dennis[7] 1–2 24 Brandon Maïsano[8] 1–2 25 Lance Stroll[9] R 1–2 Jagonya Ayam with Carlin[10] 3 Antonio Giovinazzi[11] Volkswagen 1–2 4 Gustavo Menezes[12] 1–2 26 Ryan Tveter[13] R 1–2 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport[10]         5 Santino Ferrucci[14] Mercedes 1 Santino Ferrucci 2 6 Michele Beretta[15] 1 Michele Beretta 2 27 Mikkel Jensen[16] R 1 Mikkel Jensen 2 28 Maximilian Günther[4] R 1 Maximilian Günther 2 35 Kang Ling[4] 1–2 Van Amersfoort Racing 7 Charles Leclerc[17] R Volkswagen 1–2 8 Alessio Lorandi[17] R 1 Alessio Lorandi 2 29 Arjun Maini[18] R 1 Arjun Maini 2 Carlin[10] 9 Tatiana Calderón[19] Volkswagen 1–2 10 George Russell[20] R 1–2 30 Callum Ilott[21] R 1–2 Team West-Tec F3[10] 11 Fabian Schiller[22] R Mercedes 1–2 38 Raoul Hyman[23] R 1–2 Fortec Motorsports[10] 12 Pietro Fittipaldi[24] R Mercedes 1–2 14 Matt Rao[25] 1–2 31 Hongwei Cao[4] 1–2 32 Zhi Cong Li[4] 1–2 EuroInternational[10] 15 Nicolas Beer[26] Mercedes 1–2 Threebond with T-Sport[10] 17 Julio Moreno[4] R NBE 1–2 Double R Racing[10] 18 Nicolas Pohler[27] Mercedes 1 Nicolas Pohler 2 19 Matt Solomon[28] R 1–2 Signature 20 Dorian Boccolacci[29] R Volkswagen 1–2 21 Alexander Albon[29] R 1–2 Motopark[30] 22 Nabil Jeffri[31] Volkswagen 1–2 23 Sérgio Sette Câmara[32] 1–2 33 Mahaveer Raghunathan[33] R 1–2 34 Markus Pommer[34] 1–2 36 Sam MacLeod[35] 1–2

Key Eligible for all championship points Eligible only for Drivers' championship points Icon Legend R Rookie Cup

Driver changes

Joining FIA European Formula 3

• Alexander Albon, third in the 2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, will join Signature, where he is joined by 2014 French F4 runner-up Dorian Boccolacci.^[29]
• 2014 German Formula Three driver Nicolas Beer will join EuroInternational.^[26]
• 2014 Protyre Formula Renault champion Pietro Fittipaldi will join Fortec Motorsports.^[24] He will be joined in the team by British Formula Three competitors Hongwei Cao, Matt Rao and Zhi Cong Li.^[4][25]
• 2014 BRDC F4 driver Raoul Hyman will make his championship début with Team West-Tec F3.^[23]
• Callum Ilott will move into the series with Carlin, having been signed as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.^[21]
• The top two drivers in the 2014 ADAC Formel Masters season, Mikkel Jensen and Maximilian Günther will move to the championship with Mücke Motorsport. The team's lineup was completed by Kang Ling, who predominantly competed in German Formula Three in 2014.^[4][16]
• 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps runner-up Charles Leclerc will graduate to the series with Van Amersfoort Racing. He will be joined by single-seaters débutant Alessio Lorandi and BRDC F4 runner-up Arjun Maini.^[17][18]
• 2014 German Formula Three competitors Nabil Jeffri, Sam MacLeod and Markus Pommer will join the series with the Motopark squad.^[31][34][35] They will be joined at the team by 2014 Italian F4 driver Mahaveer Raghunathan.^[33]
• Nicolas Pohler, who raced in the Euroformula Open Championship, will join Double R Racing for his series debut.^[27]
• 2014 BRDC F4 champion George Russell will join Carlin for his series début.^[20]
• 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC driver Julio Moreno will join Threebond with T-Sport.^[4]
• Fabian Schiller will graduate from ADAC Formel Masters to the championship with Team West-Tec F3.^[22]
• 2014 Formula Masters China runner-up Matt Solomon will join Double R Racing for his European single-seater debut.^[28]
• Lance Stroll and Brandon Maïsano – the overall and Trophy winners in the 2014 Italian F4 championship – will continue their collaboration with Prema Powerteam into the series.^[8][9]
• Ryan Tveter, who raced in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, will graduate to the championship with Carlin.^[13]

Changing teams

• Michele Beretta, who raced for EuroInternational will move to Mücke Motorsport.^[15]
• Tatiana Calderón will move from Jo Zeller Racing to Carlin.^[19]
• Sérgio Sette Câmara, who competed for EuroInternational at Imola in 2014, will switch to Motopark.^[32]
• Jake Dennis left Carlin to join Prema Powerteam for his second season of European Formula 3.^[7]
• Santino Ferrucci, who drove for EuroInternational and Fortec Motorsports in 2014, will join Beretta at Mücke Motorsport.^[14]
• 2014 Van Amersfoort Racing driver Gustavo Menezes will move to Carlin, to replace Dennis.^[12]
• After three seasons with Mücke Motorsport, Felix Rosenqvist will switch to Prema Powerteam.^[6]

Leaving FIA European Formula 3

• Van Amersfoort Racing driver Max Verstappen, who finished third in 2014, will step up to Formula One for Scuderia Toro Rosso.^[36]
• Prema Powerteam driver and 2014 champion Esteban Ocon will step up to GP3 with ART Grand Prix.^[2]
• Mücke Motorsport driver Lucas Auer, who finished fourth in 2014 will move into the DTM with ART Grand Prix for the 2015 season.^[37] Jagonya Ayam with Carlin driver Tom Blomqvist will also move to the DTM, driving for BMW.^[38]
• Prema Powerteam driver Antonio Fuoco, who finished fifth in 2014, will step up to GP3, with Carlin.
• Sean Gelael (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin), Nicholas Latifi (Prema) and Roy Nissany (Mücke) will all move to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series full-time. Gelael will continue with Carlin,^[39] Latifi will join Arden International,^[40] and Nissany will be a part of the Tech 1 Racing team.^[41]
• Carlin driver Ed Jones, will leave the series to compete in the 2015 Indy Lights season, remaining with Carlin.^[42] Team West-Tec's Félix Serrallés will also move to Indy Lights, with Belardi Auto Racing.^[43]
• Carlin driver Jordan King, who finished seventh in 2014, will step up to GP2, with Racing Engineering.

Team changes

• 2013 and 2014 German Formula Three champions Motopark will make their debut in the championship.^[30]

Race calendar and results

A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 4 December 2014.^[44] The series will return to Zandvoort (replacing the Hungaroring) after a one-year absence, while the Italian round has been moved from Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari to Monza, still supporting the Italian GT Championship.

R.	RN	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner	Supporting
1	1	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	11 April	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Prema Powerteam	Alexander Albon	FIA World Endurance Championship
	2			Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	George Russell	Carlin	George Russell
	3		12 April	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Van Amersfoort Racing	Charles Leclerc
2	4	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	1 May	Felix Rosenqvist	Antonio Giovinazzi	Antonio Giovinazzi	Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	Charles Leclerc	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	5		2 May	Felix Rosenqvist
	6		3 May	Felix Rosenqvist
3	7	Pau Circuit, Pau	16 May						Pau Grand Prix
	8
	9		17 May
4	10	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	29–31 May						Italian GT Championship
	11
	12
5	13	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	19–21 June						ADAC GT Masters
	14
	15
6	16	Norisring, Nuremberg	26–28 June						Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	17
	18
7	19	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	10–12 July
	20
	21
8	22	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	31 July-2 August
	23
	24
9	25	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	28–30 August
	26
	27
10	28	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	25–27 September
	29
	30
11	31	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	16–18 October
	32
	33

Championship standings

Scoring system

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SIL HOC PAU MNZ SPA NOR RBR ZAN MSC NÜR HOC Points 1 Antonio Giovinazzi 2 3 2 1 76 2 Charles Leclerc 12 2 1 3 58 3 Felix Rosenqvist 1 7 12 2 49 4 Jake Dennis 3 Ret 3 4 42 5 George Russell 8 1 5 12 39 6 Alexander Albon 4 6 6 14 28 7 Lance Stroll 6 4 Ret 6 28 8 Markus Pommer 5 Ret 7 7 22 9 Gustavo Menezes 7 18 4 10 19 10 Brandon Maïsano Ret 5 8 9 16 11 Maximilian Günther 9 12 21 5 12 12 Mikkel Jensen 13 10 10 8 6 13 Pietro Fittipaldi 11 8 Ret Ret 4 14 Callum Ilott 10 19 9 13 3 15 Santino Ferrucci 18 9 13 11 2 16 Ryan Tveter Ret 15 11 Ret 0 17 Fabian Schiller 16 11 25 17 0 18 Nabil Jeffri 15 13 15 23 0 19 Arjun Maini Ret 14 16 16 0 20 Alessio Lorandi Ret 16 14 Ret 0 21 Nicolas Beer 14 20 18 Ret 0 22 Matt Rao Ret 22 Ret 15 0 23 Sérgio Sette Câmara 17 Ret 20 18 0 24 Hongwei Cao 23 17 23 19 0 25 Dorian Boccolacci 21 Ret 17 21 0 26 Michele Beretta 24 Ret 19 24 0 27 Raoul Hyman 19 27 28 Ret 0 28 Tatiana Calderón 20 Ret 22 Ret 0 29 Sam MacLeod 22 Ret Ret 20 0 30 Kang Ling Ret 21 Ret Ret 0 31 Matt Solomon 25 26 24 22 0 32 Julio Moreno 28 23 30 Ret 0 33 Nicolas Pohler 27 24 26 Ret 0 34 Mahaveer Raghunathan 26 25 29 26 0 35 Zhi Cong Li Ret 28 27 26 0 Pos. Driver SIL HOC PAU MNZ SPA NOR RBR ZAN MSC NÜR HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

External links

• Official website