2011 British Formula Three season

2011 British Formula Three season
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The 2011 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series was the 61st British Formula Three Championship season. The season began on 16 April at Monza in Italy and will end on 9 October at Silverstone after 30 races to be held at ten meetings. Of those meetings, six are held in the United Kingdom, with overseas rounds at Monza, the Nürburgring in Germany, Paul Ricard in France, and Spa in Belgium.

Brazilian driver Felipe Nasr dominated the series, winning seven races and recording 16 top three finishes over the first eight rounds of the series, putting him 123 points ahead of Nasr's Carlin Motorsport team mate, Danish driver Kevin Magnussen, giving him an unassailable lead in the championship with two rounds still in hand.^[1]

Regulation changes

A number of changes were announced for the season, with pit-stops set to be introduced in the third race of each round,^[2] but this plan was later abandoned in July 2011.^[3] The championship's class system – Championship and National – was also renamed to the International and Rookie Championships. The Rookie winner will receive a fully paid entry to the 2012 International Championship.^[2]

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Carlin	1	Carlos Huertas^[4]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	2	Kevin Magnussen^[5]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	21	Rupert Svendsen-Cook^[6]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	22	Jazeman Jaafar^[7]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	31	Felipe Nasr^[8]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	32	Jack Harvey^[9]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
Fortec Motorsport	3	William Buller^[10]	Int	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	All
	4	Lucas Foresti^[11]	Int	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	All
	23	Harry Tincknell^[12]	Int	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	All
	24	Fahmi Ilyas^[13]	Int	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	All
Double R Racing^[14]	5	Pipo Derani^[15]	Int	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	All
	6	Scott Pye^[16]	Int	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	All
	26	Valtteri Bottas^[17]	Int	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	9
	26	Mitch Evans^[18]	Int	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	10
	77	Marko Asmer^[19]	Inv	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	7
Hitech Racing	7	Pietro Fantin^[20]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	8	Riki Christodoulou^[13]	Int	Dallara F310	Volkswagen	1–3
		António Félix da Costa^[21]				5–6
		Max Snegirev^[22]				4
		Max Snegirev^[22]		Dallara F308		9–10
	27	Bruno Méndez^[13]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1
	27	Pedro Nunes^[21]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	5
	42	Kotaro Sakurai^[23]	R	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	1
	42	Kotaro Sakurai^[23]	R	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	2–10
	77	Guilherme Silva^[18]	Inv	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	10
Sino Vision Racing	11	Hywel Lloyd^[24]	Int	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	All
Sino Vision Racing	12	Adderly Fong^[25]	Int	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	All
T-Sport	15	Yann Cunha^[26]	Int	Dallara F311	Volkswagen^[26]	All
	16	Menasheh Idafar^[27]	Int	Dallara F311	Volkswagen^[27]	All
	17	Bart Hylkema^[28]^[29]	Int	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	6–10
	41	Bart Hylkema^[28]^[29]	R	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	1–5
Motopark^[18]	18	Alexander Sims^[18]	Int	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	10
Team West-Tec	44	Luca Orlandi^[30]	R	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	8
Van Amersfoort Racing^[19]	92	Hannes van Asseldonk^[19]	Inv	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	7
Signature^[19]	93	Daniel Abt^[19]	Inv	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	7
	94	Carlos Muñoz^[19]	Inv	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	7
	95	Laurens Vanthoor^[19]	Inv	Dallara F309	Volkswagen	7
	96	Marco Wittmann^[19]	Inv	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	7
Prema Powerteam^[19]	97	Raffaele Marciello^[19]	Inv	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	7
	98	Roberto Merhi^[19]	Inv	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	7
	99	Daniel Juncadella^[19]	Inv	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	7

Icon	Championship
Int	International
R	Rookie
Inv	Invitation

Driver changes

Changed Teams

William Buller will change teams for his second season in British F3 moving from Hitech Racing to Fortec Motorsport. Lucas Foresti will also join Fortec Motorsport, having completed his rookie season with Carlin.
After driving for Räikkönen Robertson Racing in 2010, Carlos Huertas and Felipe Nasr will join Carlin.
After three seasons with his family-run CF Racing outfit, Hywel Lloyd will move to Sino Vision Racing to partner Adderly Fong.

Entering/Re-Entering British Formula Three

After finishing runner-up to Robin Frijns in Formula BMW Europe, Jack Harvey will move to Carlin. Another Formula BMW Europe graduate, Fahmi Ilyas will compete with Fortec Motorsport.
Kevin Magnussen and Pipo Derani will move from the Motopark Academy team that competes in German F3 to compete in the championship. Magnussen will drive for Carlin, while Derani will race for Double R Racing.
Formula Three Sudamericana champion Yann Cunha will move into the series full-time and will partner National class champion Menasheh Idafar at T-Sport. Cunha competed at the second Silverstone meeting with CF Racing in 2010.
After two seasons in Formula Renault UK, Harry Tincknell will compete for Fortec Motorsport.
Bart Hylkema will move into the series from the Formula Renault Eurocup, to compete in the secondary Rookie Cup for T-Sport. He will be joined in the Rookie Cup by Kotaro Sakurai, who will move from the now-defunct Formula BMW Pacific series to compete for Hitech Racing.
Pietro Fantin will move into the series from Formula Three Sudamericana. He will compete for Hitech Racing, the team he raced for in three meetings in 2010 when he was competing in the Invitation Class. He will be joined by Formula Renault UK race-winner Riki Christodoulou, who returns to the championship after a season's absence, and Bruno Méndez, who competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010.
British Formula Ford champion Scott Pye will move into the championship, driving for Double R Racing.

Leaving British Formula Three

After contesting a part season in Formula Renault 3.5 for Tech 1 Racing outwith commitments in British F3, 2010 champion Jean-Éric Vergne will move into the series full-time with Carlin. Third-placed Oliver Webb and ninth-placed Daniel McKenzie will also move into the series for Pons Racing and Comtec Racing respectively.
Runner-up in 2010, James Calado will move into the GP3 Series with ART Grand Prix.
Daisuke Nakajima will return to his native Japan to compete in Formula Nippon, having finished in eleventh place for Räikkönen Robertson Racing.
Alex Brundle will return to Formula Two, having competed in the series' inaugural season in 2009. He will be joined by Max Snegirev and National Class runner-up James Cole.

Race calendar and results

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2010,^[31] before this was altered again on 26 November 2010.^[32] The Nürburgring meeting was moved from September to July on 4 February 2011.^[33] The first and third races at the Spa-Francorchamps round were also points-scoring for the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	16 April	William Buller	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	Blancpain Endurance Series
	R2		17 April		William Buller	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Carlin
	R3		17 April	William Buller	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
2	R1	Oulton Park	23 April	Lucas Foresti	Lucas Foresti	Lucas Foresti	Fortec Motorsport	British GT
	R2		25 April		Pietro Fantin	Riki Christodoulou	Hitech Racing
	R3		25 April	Felipe Nasr	Lucas Foresti	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
3	R1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	14 May	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Kevin Magnussen	Carlin	British GT
	R2		15 May		Kevin Magnussen	Lucas Foresti	Fortec Motorsport
	R3		15 May	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Kevin Magnussen	Carlin
4	R1	Brands Hatch	18 June	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	William Buller	Lucas Foresti	Fortec Motorsport	British GT
	R2		19 June		William Buller	Harry Tincknell	Fortec Motorsport
	R3		19 June	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Kevin Magnussen	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
5	R1	Nürburgring	2 July	Kevin Magnussen	Kevin Magnussen	Kevin Magnussen	Carlin	FIA Formula Two/AvD 100 Meilen
	R2		3 July		Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Carlin
	R3		3 July	Kevin Magnussen	Kevin Magnussen	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	16 July	Kevin Magnussen	Felipe Nasr	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	FIA GT1 World Championship
	R2		17 July		William Buller	William Buller	Fortec Motorsport
	R3		17 July	Kevin Magnussen	António Félix da Costa	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 July	Roberto Merhi	Kevin Magnussen¹	Roberto Merhi	Prema Powerteam	24 Hours of Spa
	R2		29 July		Rupert Svendsen-Cook²	Kevin Magnussen	Carlin
	R3		30 July	Roberto Merhi	Felipe Nasr¹	Roberto Merhi	Prema Powerteam
8	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway	3 September	Pietro Fantin	Felipe Nasr	Pietro Fantin	Hitech Racing	British GT
	R2		4 September		Felipe Nasr	Scott Pye	Double R Racing
	R3		4 September	Pietro Fantin	Pietro Fantin	Kevin Magnussen	Carlin
9	R1	Donington Park	24 September	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Kevin Magnussen	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Carlin	British GT
	R2		25 September		Felipe Nasr	Valtteri Bottas	Double R Racing
	R3		25 September	Felipe Nasr	Valtteri Bottas	Kevin Magnussen	Carlin
10	R1	Silverstone Circuit	8 October	Kevin Magnussen	Kevin Magnussen	Kevin Magnussen	Carlin	British GT
	R2		9 October		Kevin Magnussen	Alexander Sims	Motopark
	R3		9 October	Kevin Magnussen	Kevin Magnussen	Carlos Huertas	Carlin

¹ Fastest lap recorded by Roberto Merhi, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
² Fastest lap recorded by Hannes van Asseldonk, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	MNZ			OUL			SNE			BRH			NÜR			LEC			SPA			ROC			DON			SIL			Pts
Championship Class
1	Felipe Nasr	1	2	1	2	5	1	2	6	17	2	6	1	2	4	1	1	16	1	9	8	7	6	2	3	Ret	10	9	3	7	Ret	318
2	Kevin Magnussen	15	8	6	8	18	Ret	1	8	1	8	11	15	1	6	5	4	4	Ret	7	1	8	7	5	1	Ret	16	1	1	8	2	237
3	Carlos Huertas	3	6	4	4	6	10	3	10	2	5	3	5	Ret	Ret	3	3	5	5	10	11	9	5	6	11	2	6	4	7	9	1	222
4	William Buller	4	3	7	14	13	5	9	3	Ret	6	15	3	5	Ret	7	7	1	2	2	10	3	15	3	4	8	2	16	6	12	5	197
5	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	5	1	8	10	8	4	4	Ret	13	3	7	Ret	8	2	6	6	2	4	6	2	14	2	10	Ret	1	8	3	Ret	15	3	191
6	Jazeman Jaafar	2	5	3	3	4	6	16	16	4	4	5	4	4	5	11	8	9	Ret	3	DSQ	12	4	4	5	5	4	10	4	19	9	187
7	Lucas Foresti	9	17	2	1	7	2	10	1	9	1	8	2	9	11	4	9	7	Ret	13	13	11	11	12	12	17	7	8	5	2	6	170
8	Pietro Fantin	Ret	9	5	5	2	9	6	4	5	12	9	10	11	Ret	8	15	8	Ret	19	14	DSQ	1	19	2	12	14	6	9	3	8	119
9	Jack Harvey	Ret	10	17	11	10	19	15	Ret	12	13	12	6	7	1	14	5	6	3	5	12	10	3	14	6	3	9	Ret	10	6	18	112
10	Scott Pye	Ret	12	14	9	9	8	Ret	11	7	7	4	8	12	10	12	14	Ret	Ret	16	16	15	8	1	7	4	Ret	5	2	20	17	81
11	Harry Tincknell	11	11	16	6	3	7	8	2	8	10	1	9	3	8	9	10	17	Ret	22	Ret	16	Ret	13	8	7	5	14	12	16	11	78
12	Riki Christodoulou	6	4	11	7	1	12	5	7	3																						51
13	António Félix da Costa													6	7	2	2	3	9													51
14	Menasheh Idafar	8	18	10	Ret	Ret	3	14	17	19	9	2	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	12	Ret	Ret	19	9	7	Ret	11	3	11	19	4	13	48
15	Pipo Derani	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	14	13	13	12	6	15	13	Ret	14	9	13	13	Ret	10	18	21	Ret	13	8	Ret	10	Ret	2	14	5	12	36
16	Hywel Lloyd	7	7	15	12	11	14	7	5	14	Ret	Ret	7	16	13	19	12	10	7	15	18	Ret	10	9	Ret	15	13	12	11	Ret	10	34
17	Valtteri Bottas																									6	1	13				17
18	Alexander Sims																												8	1	7	17
19	Pedro Nunes													10	3	10																10
20	Mitch Evans																												Ret	11	4	10
21	Fahmi Ilyas	12	Ret	12	15	15	15	Ret	13	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	20	11	14	6	20	Ret	18	Ret	15	10	18	17	Ret	20	Ret	19	7
22	Adderly Fong	13	16	20	16	16	11	12	14	11	11	10	Ret	15	12	15	17	12	Ret	21	20	22	14	11	Ret	16	12	7	18	17	16	5
23	Bart Hylkema																Ret	Ret	8	Ret	22	17	12	17	9	14	Ret	17	13	Ret	14	5
24	Max Snegirev										16	Ret	12													9	15	Ret	16	13	Ret	2
25	Bruno Méndez	10	14	18																												1
26	Yann Cunha	14	13	13	13	12	16	11	9	10	14	14	11	18	14	16	16	13	Ret	23	19	20	Ret	16	Ret	13	11	15	15	10	15	−36
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Roberto Merhi																			1	15	1										0
	Marco Wittmann																			11	5	2										0
	Daniel Juncadella																			8	3	Ret										0
	Carlos Muñoz																			4	6	Ret										0
	Laurens Vanthoor																			17	7	4										0
	Hannes van Asseldonk																			12	4	Ret										0
	Raffaele Marciello																			Ret	17	5										0
	Marko Asmer																			Ret	Ret	6										0
	Daniel Abt																			14	9	13										0
	Guilherme Silva																												17	14	Ret	0
Rookie Class
1	Kotaro Sakurai	Ret	DNS	DNS	18	Ret	18	18	15	18	17	16	14	20	16	18	18	15	11	24	23	21	Ret	18	13	19	Ret	Ret	21	18	20	378
2	Bart Hylkema	NC	15	19	17	17	17	17	Ret	16	Ret	17	13	17	15	17																214
3	Luca Orlandi																						16	20	14							45
Pos	Driver	MNZ			OUL			SNE			BRH			NÜR			LEC			SPA			ROC			DON			SIL			Pts

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

References

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↑ Anderson, Ben (9 December 2010). "Svendsen-Cook re-signs with Carlin". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 9 December 2010.
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↑ "A diamond season in prospect for British Formula 3". Racecar (Racecar New Media Services Ltd.). 9 March 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011. Finally – for the moment, as teams are still putting deals together with other hopefuls – are 21-year-old Dutch driver Bart Hylkema, who will be T-Sport’s third driver and 16-year-old Japanese Hitech driver Kotaro Sakurai, who joins him in the Rookie class.
↑ Freeman, Glenn (ed.) (10 February 2011). "Pit & Paddock: Lloyd switches to Sino Vision". Autosport (Haymarket Publications) 203 (6): 23. Formula 3 racer Hywel Lloyd will return to the British championship for a fourth season this year to partner Adderly Fong at Sino Vision Racing.
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1 2 Anderson, Ben (16 November 2010). "Cunha joins British F3 with T-Sport". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 16 November 2010.
1 2 "National Champ Idafar confirms 2011 deal". Racecar (Racecar New Media Services Ltd.). 9 November 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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↑ Carter, Nick (23 August 2011). "Nasr on the brink of British Formula 3 championship title". British Formula 3 Championship (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). Retrieved 2 September 2011. At Rockingham Sakurai will face competition, however, in the shape of Italian Luca Orlandi, who will turn out for local squad Team West-Tec.
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External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

British Formula Three Championship

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See also List of British Formula Three champions

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