2012 European Formula 3 Championship

2012 European Formula 3 Championship
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The 2012 FIA European Formula 3 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. It began at Hockenheim on 28 April, and finished on 21 October at the same venue after ten meetings, held jointly with the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula Three.

Prize tests

The top drivers in the final championship standings will be rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers will receive a two-day test in a Formula Two car. As well as that, the champion will receive a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, and the runner-up will receive a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test.[1]

Drivers and teams

Team No. Driver Chassis[N 1] Engine Rounds
Italy Prema Powerteam[2] 1 Spain Daniel Juncadella[3] F312 Mercedes-Benz All
2 Germany Sven Müller[4] F312 Mercedes-Benz All
14 United States Michael Lewis[5] F312 Mercedes-Benz All
15 Italy Raffaele Marciello[6] F312 Mercedes-Benz All
Germany Mücke Motorsport[2] 5 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[7] F312 Mercedes-Benz All
6 Germany Pascal Wehrlein[7] F312 Mercedes-Benz All
Switzerland Jo Zeller Racing[2] 8 Italy Andrea Roda[8] F312 Mercedes-Benz All
Germany URD Rennsport[2] 9 Germany Lucas Wolf[9] F312 Mercedes-Benz 1, 3–10
Germany GU-Racing[2] 10 United Kingdom Philip Ellis[10] F312 Mercedes-Benz 1, 4–5
United Kingdom Carlin[11] 11 United Kingdom William Buller[11] F312 Volkswagen 1, 3–5, 7–10
12 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr.[11] F312 Volkswagen All
Germany ma-con Motorsport[12] 16 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[13] F312 Volkswagen All
17 United Kingdom Emil Bernstorff[12] F312 Volkswagen All
Portugal Angola Racing Team 23 Angola Luís Sá Silva[14] F312 Mercedes-Benz 1, 3–10
Entries ineligible for championship points
Switzerland Jo Zeller Racing[2] 7 Switzerland Sandro Zeller[8] F308 Mercedes-Benz All
United Kingdom Carlin 30 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[13] F312 Volkswagen 2–3, 5–6
34 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar[13] F312 Volkswagen 2–7
39 United Kingdom Jack Harvey[13] F312 Volkswagen 2, 5–6
40 Brazil Pietro Fantin[13] F312 Volkswagen 2, 5–6
44 Brazil Felipe Nasr F312 Volkswagen 10
71 United Kingdom Richard Bradley F312 Volkswagen 6
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports[15] 31 Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk[15] F312 Mercedes-Benz 1–2, 5–6
32 Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés[15] F312 Mercedes-Benz 1–2, 5–6, 10
33 United Kingdom Alex Lynn[15] F312 Mercedes-Benz 1–2, 5–6, 10
38 Brazil Pipo Derani[13] F312 Mercedes-Benz 2, 5–6, 10
Finland Double R Racing 35 Australia Geoff Uhrhane[13] F312 Mercedes-Benz 2–3, 5–6
36 Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas[13] F312 Mercedes-Benz 2–3, 5–6
37 Australia Duvashen Padayachee[13] F309 Mugen-Honda 2, 5–6
Finland ThreeBond with T-Sport 41 Australia Nick McBride[13] F312 ThreeBond Nissan 2, 5–6
42 Australia Spike Goddard[13] F311 Mugen-Honda 2, 5–7
43 United Kingdom Alexander Sims[16] F312 ThreeBond Nissan 7
44 Bolivia Pedro Pablo Calbimonte F311 Mugen-Honda 6
United Kingdom CF Racing 43 China Adderly Fong[17] F311 Mugen-Honda 6
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 50 Austria Lucas Auer F312 Volkswagen 10
51 Netherlands Dennis van de Laar F312 Volkswagen 10

Notes:

  1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 15 March 2012; made up of seven rounds at Formula 3 Euro Series events, two British Formula 3 events at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps,[1] with the Norisring round being run as a championship round in both series.[18]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 28 April Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 29 April Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
2 R1 France Pau Circuit 12 May Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 13 May Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
3 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 19 May Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 20 May Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
4 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 2 June United Kingdom William Buller Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 3 June Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
5 R1 Germany Norisring 30 June Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello No winner[N 1]
R2 1 July Germany Pascal Wehrlein Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
6 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 27 July Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports
R2 28 July Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. United Kingdom Carlin
7 R1 Germany Nürburgring 18 August Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 19 August Spain Daniel Juncadella United Kingdom Alexander Sims Germany Pascal Wehrlein Germany Mücke Motorsport
8 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 25 August Germany Sven Müller Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport
R2 26 August Germany Sven Müller Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
9 R1 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 29 September Italy Raffaele Marciello Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 30 September Spain Daniel Juncadella Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport
10 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 20 October Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport
R2 21 October Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Pascal Wehrlein Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport
Notes
  1. Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise anny driver as having finished in first place.[19]

Championship standings

The second race at the Norisring was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers only awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.[20]

Pos Driver HOC
Germany
PAU
France
BRH
United Kingdom
RBR
Austria
NOR
Germany
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
VAL
Spain
HOC
Germany
Pts
1 Spain Daniel Juncadella 1 1 Ret 4 2 8 7 1 DSQ 2 2 8 1 DSQ 6 1 2 2 13 4 252
2 Italy Raffaele Marciello 6 17 1 1 1 1 1 8 22 1 11 14 6 Ret 4 Ret 1 3 3 8 228.5
3 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 3 3 4 6 7 Ret 9 11 6 14 9 Ret 4 Ret 1 4 13 1 1 1 192
4 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Ret 8 Ret 9 5 5 2 4 7 Ret 14 12 3 1 7 3 5 4 2 2 179
5 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. 2 2 6 2 4 4 16† 5 Ret 19 3 1 7 10 11 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 161
6 United Kingdom William Buller 4 6 15 2 8 2 2 18 10 2 8 2 6 9 6 Ret 137
7 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 7 11 13 21 10 7 5 7 10 7 10 2 9 5 5 Ret 3 5 4 7 117
8 Germany Sven Müller 15 5 12 10 6 10 4 3 9 11 12 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret 7 13 5 6 109
9 United States Michael Lewis 9 Ret 10 11 3 3 6 6 Ret 8 7 5 15 6 3 Ret 8 8 9 10 101
10 United Kingdom Emil Bernstorff 11 12 Ret 13 11 9 11 14 3 4 17 10 11 4 9 6 4 7 11 9 66
11 Germany Lucas Wolf 8 15 Ret 13 13 12 Ret 22 20 13 12 8 10 7 11 12 8 15 19
12 Italy Andrea Roda Ret 14 19 Ret 14 11 10 Ret 16 13 19 16 13 Ret 13 8 9 10 12 13 8
13 Angola Luís Sá Silva 13 13 DNS DNS 12 Ret 15 16 26 20 14 7 14† Ret 10 14 Ret 12 7
14 United Kingdom Philip Ellis 14 16 14 13 Ret Ret 0
Drivers ineligible for points
Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Ret 9 8 19 5 3 1 3 16† 5 0
Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 2 3 8 Ret 3 10 18 Ret 5 4 5 3 0
United Kingdom Alex Lynn 10 4 3 7 19 9 6 5 Ret 3 0
United Kingdom Jack Harvey 5 8 14 Ret 4 6 0
Brazil Pietro Fantin 14 12 4 6 16 19 0
Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk 5 7 11 Ret 20 5 23 18 0
Brazil Pipo Derani Ret 5 Ret 21 8 7 10 Ret 0
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 7 Ret Ret 6 8 10 13 9 0
Austria Lucas Auer 7 Ret 0
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 8 12 0
Switzerland Sandro Zeller 12 10 18 16 13 14 15 9 11 23 22 25 16 9 12 9 13 11 15 14 0
Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas 9 15 9 15† Ret 12 21 21 0
Australia Spike Goddard 17 20 17 17 28 24 17 11 0
Australia Geoff Uhrhane 16 18 12 12 12 Ret 15 Ret 0
Australia Nick McBride 15 14 13 15 18 15 0
Netherlands Dennis van de Laar 14 16 0
Australia Duvashen Padayachee DNS 17 21 20 25 24 0
China Adderly Fong 27 17 0
United Kingdom Richard Bradley 21 Ret 0
Bolivia Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 29 22 0
Brazil Felipe Nasr Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver HOC
Germany
PAU
France
BRH
United Kingdom
RBR
Austria
NOR
Germany
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
VAL
Spain
HOC
Germany
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 (DNP)
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

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