2011 British Formula 3 International Series

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 Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds International Class Carlin Dallara F308 Volkswagen 1 Carlos Huertas All 2 Kevin Magnussen All 21 Rupert Svendsen-Cook All 22 Jazeman Jaafar All 31 Felipe Nasr All 32 Jack Harvey All Fortec Motorsport Dallara F311 Mercedes HWA 3 William Buller All 4 Lucas Foresti All 23 Harry Tincknell All 24 Fahmi Ilyas All Double R Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 5 Pipo Derani All 6 Scott Pye All 26 Valtteri Bottas 9 Mitch Evans 10 Hitech Racing Dallara F308 Volkswagen 7 Pietro Fantin All 27 Bruno Méndez 1 Pedro Nunes 5 8 Max Snegirev 9–10 Dallara F310 4 Riki Christodoulou 1–3 António Félix da Costa 5–6 Sino Vision Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 11 Hywel Lloyd All 12 Adderly Fong All T-Sport Dallara F311 Volkswagen 15 Yann Cunha All 16 Menasheh Idafar All 17 Bart Hylkema 6–10 Motopark Dallara F308 Volkswagen 18 Alexander Sims 10 Rookie Class T-Sport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 41 Bart Hylkema 1–5 Hitech Racing Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 42 Kotaro Sakurai 1 Dallara F305 2–10 Team West-Tec Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 44 Luca Orlandi 8 Invitation Entries Double R Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 77 Marko Asmer 7 Hitech Racing Dallara F308 Volkswagen 77 Guilherme Silva 10 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F308 Volkswagen 92 Hannes van Asseldonk 7 Signature[4] Dallara F308 Volkswagen 93 Daniel Abt 7 94 Carlos Muñoz 7 96 Marco Wittmann 7 Dallara F309 95 Laurens Vanthoor 7 Prema Powerteam Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 97 Raffaele Marciello 7 98 Roberto Merhi 7 Dallara F309 99 Daniel Juncadella 7 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,[5] before this was altered again on 26 November 2010.[6] The Nürburgring meeting was moved from September to July on 4 February 2011.[7] 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 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 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 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 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 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 Kevin Magnussen António Félix da Costa Felipe Nasr Carlin 7 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 29 July Roberto Merhi Kevin Magnussen^1 Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam 24 Hours of Spa R2 Rupert Svendsen-Cook^2 Kevin Magnussen Carlin R3 30 July Roberto Merhi Felipe Nasr^1 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 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 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 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 References Carter, Nick (4 September 2011). 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External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship