2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship season
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Parent series: British GT

The 2016 BRDC British F3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and, for the first time, Belgium. The 2016 season will be the fourth BRDC Formula 4 Championship organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the first one under the BRDC British F3 denomination.^[1] The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and will also feature the debut of the new 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series, a car that was first used in the 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy.^[2] The season will begin at Snetterton 300 on 27 March and will end on 11 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered. Both Carlin and Double R Racing will make their debut in the series, along with Fortec who already entered the 2015 BRDC F4 Autumn Trophy.^[3]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Chris Dittmann Racing	2	Quinlan Lall[4]	1–3
	5	Jeremy Wahome[5]	1–3
	6	Krishnaraaj Mahadik[6]	2–3
	12	Paul Sieljes[7]	1
HHC Motorsport	3	Ben Hingeley[8]	1–3
	4	Omar Ismail[9]	1
	10	Raoul Hyman[10]	2
	37	Sisa Ngebulana[11]	1–3
Fortec Motorsports[12]	7	Faisal Al Zubair[13]	1–3
	14	Tarun Reddy[14]	1–3
Lanan Racing	8	Toby Sowery[15]	1–3
	22	Akhil Rabindra[16]	1–3
Carlin[17]	11	Ricky Collard[18]	1–3
	31	Lando Norris[19]	1, 3
	51	Ameya Vaidyanathan[20]	1–3
	98	Colton Herta[21]	2
Sean Walkinshaw Racing	21	Jan Jønck[22]	1–3
	23	Thomas Maxwell[23]	1–3
	44	Eugene Denyssen[24]	1–3
Double R Racing[25]	26	Matheus Leist[26]	1–3
	27	Aleksanteri Huovinen[27]	1–3
	85	Enzo Bortoleto[28]	1–3
Douglas Motorsport	49	Thomas Randle[29]	1–3
	65	Enaam Ahmed[30]	1–3
Hillspeed	55	Ali Al Khalifa[31]	4–8
	TBA	Sasakorn Chaimongkol[32]	TBA

Race calendar

The calendar was published on 27 October 2015.^[33] The series will support British GT at nearly all events, with the exception being the season-opening Snetterton 300 round. For the first time, the series will travel abroad, having a round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	27 March	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlin
	R2		28 March		Toby Sowery	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing
	R3			Toby Sowery	Lando Norris	Enaam Ahmed	Douglas Motorsport
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	16 April	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing
	R5		17 April		Colton Herta	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing
	R6			Colton Herta	Ricky Collard	Colton Herta	Carlin
3	R7	Rockingham (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	30 April	Lando Norris	Matheus Leist	Lando Norris	Carlin
	R8		1 May		Lando Norris	Thomas Randle	Douglas Motorsport
	R9			Lando Norris	Ricky Collard	Ricky Collard	Carlin
4	R10	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	28 May
	R11		30 May
	R12
5	R13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	11 June
	R14		12 June
	R15
6	R16	Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)	8 July
	R17		9 July
	R18
7	R19	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	6 August
	R20		7 August
	R21
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	10 September
	R23		11 September
	R24

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.

Races	Position, points per race
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Races 1 & 3	35	29	24	21	19	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 2	25	22	20	18	16	15	14

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SNE BRH ROC OUL SIL SPA SNE DON Points 1 Ricky Collard 5 Ret 8 2 4 2 2 7 1 186 2 Toby Sowery 4 3 2 3 1 13 14 8 6 164 3 Matheus Leist 10 1 4 1 Ret Ret 3 4 2 163 4 Thomas Randle 20 9 5 4 5 3 4 1 4 160 5 Lando Norris 1 6 3 1 3 3 153 6 Aleksanteri Huovinen 2 4 6 Ret 13 5 5 5 7 141 7 Enaam Ahmed 3 2 1 Ret 17 14 6 19 5 130 8 Thomas Maxwell 11 7 9 9 8 7 9 9 9 112 9 Sisa Ngebulana 9 5 7 12 6 4 16 12 13 110 10 Tarun Reddy 16 Ret 12 5 2 Ret 8 6 8 96 11 Enzo Bortoleto 8 8 11 8 3 15 12 DNS 12 93 12 Al Faisal Al Zubair 13 11 13 6 7 10 15 14 11 91 13 Quinlan Lall 18 12 14 Ret 10 8 10 11 10 75 14 Jan Jønck 7 10 20 11 12 Ret 13 10 14 72 15 Ben Hingeley 6 14 Ret 15 16 11 11 13 16 69 16 Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 18 10 Ret 14 Ret 7 2 Ret 64 17 Eugene Denyssen 14 17 15 13 9 12 17 15 Ret 56 18 Colton Herta 10 NC 1 46 19 Akhil Rabindra 19 13 18 NC 15 9 19 17 Ret 37 20 Krishnaraj Mahadik 14 11 6 20 20 Ret 36 21 Jeremy Wahome 17 16 19 EX Ret 16 18 18 Ret 22 22 Raoul Hyman 7 Ret Ret 15 23 Omar Ismail 12 Ret 16 14 24 Paul Sieljes Ret 15 17 10 Pos. Driver SNE BRH ROC OUL SIL SPA SNE DON Points

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

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External links

• Official website