2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

The 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was the first edition of the FIA Formula 3 European 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 Championship.

2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
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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 Chassis[N 1] Engine No. Driver Rounds
Prema Powerteam[3] F312/005 Mercedes-Benz 1 Daniel Juncadella[4] All
F312/014 2 Sven Müller[5] All
F312/015 14 Michael Lewis[6] All
F312/030 15 Raffaele Marciello[7] All
Mücke Motorsport[3] F312/020 Mercedes-Benz 5 Felix Rosenqvist[8] All
F312/023 6 Pascal Wehrlein[8] All
Jo Zeller Racing[3] F312/044 Mercedes-Benz 8 Andrea Roda[9] All
URD Rennsport[3] F312/011 Mercedes-Benz 9 Lucas Wolf[10] 1, 3–10
GU-Racing[3] F312/019 Mercedes-Benz 10 Philip Ellis[11] 1, 4–5
Carlin[12] F312/040 Volkswagen 11 William Buller[12] 1, 3–5, 7–10
F312/004 12 Carlos Sainz Jr.[12] All
ma-con Motorsport[13] F312/045 Volkswagen 16 Tom Blomqvist[14] All
F312/046 17 Emil Bernstorff[13] All
Angola Racing Team F312/039 Mercedes-Benz 23 Luís Sá Silva[15] 1, 3–10
Entries ineligible for championship points
Jo Zeller Racing[3] F308/044 Mercedes-Benz 7 Sandro Zeller[9] All
Carlin F312/010 Volkswagen 30 Harry Tincknell[14] 2–3, 5–6
F312/002 34 Jazeman Jaafar[14] 2–7
F312/001 39 Jack Harvey[14] 2, 5–6
F312/016 40 Pietro Fantin[14] 2, 5–6
F312/016 44 Felipe Nasr 10
F312/040 71 Richard Bradley 6
Fortec Motorsports[16] F312/002 Mercedes-Benz 31 Hannes van Asseldonk[16] 1–2, 5–6
F312/007 32 Félix Serrallés[16] 1–2, 5–6, 10
F312/036 33 Alex Lynn[16] 1–2, 5–6, 10
F312/0003 38 Pipo Derani[14] 2, 5–6, 10
Double R Racing F312/043 Mercedes-Benz 35 Geoff Uhrhane[14] 2–3, 5–6
F312/009 36 Fahmi Ilyas[14] 2–3, 5–6
F308/054 Mugen-Honda 37 Duvashen Padayachee[14] 2, 5–6
ThreeBond with T-Sport F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan 41 Nick McBride[14] 2, 5–6
F308/025 Mugen-Honda 42 Spike Goddard[14] 2, 5–7
F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan 43 Alexander Sims[17] 7
F311 Mugen-Honda 44 Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 6
CF Racing F311 Mugen-Honda 43 Adderly Fong[18] 6
Van Amersfoort Racing F312/051 Volkswagen 50 Lucas Auer 10
F312/052 51 Dennis van de Laar 10

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.[19]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Hockenheimring 28 April Carlos Sainz Jr. Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam
R2 29 April Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Jr. Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam
2 R1 Pau Circuit 12 May Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
R2 13 May Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
3 R1 Brands Hatch 19 May Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
R2 20 May Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
4 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 2 June William Buller Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
R2 3 June Felix Rosenqvist Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam
5 R1 Norisring 30 June Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello No winner[N 2]
R2 1 July Pascal Wehrlein Hannes van Asseldonk Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
6 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 27 July Félix Serrallés Félix Serrallés Félix Serrallés Fortec Motorsports
R2 28 July Félix Serrallés Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlin
7 R1 Nürburgring 18 August Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam
R2 19 August Daniel Juncadella Alexander Sims Pascal Wehrlein Mücke Motorsport
8 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 25 August Sven Müller Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport
R2 26 August Sven Müller Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam
9 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 29 September Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
R2 30 September Daniel Juncadella Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport
10 R1 Hockenheimring 20 October Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport
R2 21 October Felix Rosenqvist Pascal Wehrlein Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport

Notes

  1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[2]
  2. Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place.[20]

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.[21]

Pos Driver HOC
 PAU
 BRH
 RBR
 NOR
 SPA
 NÜR
 ZAN
 VAL
 HOC
 Pts
1 Daniel Juncadella 1 1 Ret 4 2 8 7 1 DSQ 2 2 8 1 DSQ 6 1 2 2 13 4 252
2 Raffaele Marciello 6 17 1 1 1 1 1 8 22[lower-alpha 1] 1 11 14 6 Ret 4 Ret 1 3 3 8 228.5
3 Felix Rosenqvist 3 3 4 6 7 Ret 9 11 6 14 9 Ret 4 Ret 1 4 13 1 1 1 192
4 Pascal Wehrlein Ret 8 Ret 9 5 5 2 4 7 Ret 14 12 3 1 7 3 5 4 2 2 179
5 Carlos Sainz Jr. 2 2 6 2 4 4 16[lower-alpha 1] 5 Ret 19 3 1 7 10 11 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 161
6 William Buller 4 6 15 2 8 2 2 18 10 2 8 2 6 9 6 Ret 137
7 Tom Blomqvist 7 11 13 21 10 7 5 7 10 7 10 2 9 5 5 Ret 3 5 4 7 117
8 Sven Müller 15 5 12 10 6 10 4 3 9 11 12 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret 7 13 5 6 109
9 Michael Lewis 9 Ret 10 11 3 3 6 6 Ret 8 7 5 15 6 3 Ret 8 8 9 10 101
10 Emil Bernstorff 11 12 Ret 13 11 9 11 14 3 4 17 10 11 4 9 6 4 7 11 9 66
11 Lucas Wolf 8 15 Ret 13 13 12 Ret 22 20 13 12 8 10 7 11 12 8 15 19
12 Andrea Roda Ret 14 19 Ret 14 11 10 Ret 16 13 19 16 13 Ret 13 8 9 10 12 13 8
13 Luís Sá Silva 13 13 DNS DNS 12 Ret 15 16 26 20 14 7 14[lower-alpha 1] Ret 10 14 Ret 12 7
14 Philip Ellis 14 16 14 13 Ret Ret 0
Drivers ineligable for points.
Félix Serrallés Ret 9 8 19 5 3 1 3 16[lower-alpha 1] 5 0
Jazeman Jaafar 2 3 8 Ret 3 10 18 Ret 5 4 5 3 0
Alex Lynn 10 4 3 7 19 9 6 5 Ret 3 0
Jack Harvey 5 8 14 Ret 4 6 0
Pietro Fantin 14 12 4 6 16 19 0
Hannes van Asseldonk 5 7 11 Ret 20 5 23 18 0
Pipo Derani Ret 5 Ret 21 8 7 10 Ret 0
Harry Tincknell 7 Ret Ret 6 8 10 13 9 0
Lucas Auer 7 Ret 0
Alexander Sims 8 12 0
Sandro Zeller 12 10 18 16 13 14 15 9 11 23 22 25 16 9 12 9 13 11 15 14 0
Fahmi Ilyas 9 15 9 15[lower-alpha 1] Ret 12 21 21 0
Spike Goddard 17 20 17 17 28 24 17 11 0
Geoff Uhrhane 16 18 12 12 12 Ret 15 Ret 0
Nick McBride 15 14 13 15 18 15 0
Dennis van de Laar 14 16 0
Duvashen Padayachee DNS 17 21 20 25 24 0
Adderly Fong 27 17 0
Richard Bradley 21 Ret 0
Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 29 22 0
Felipe Nasr Ret DNS 0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold – Pole
  • Italics – Fastest Lap
  1. Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

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