2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

The 2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England, with one round in Belgium. The 2018 season was the third organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and also featured the 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series. The season commenced at Oulton Park on 31 March and ended on 14 October at Silverstone Circuit, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
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Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Lanan Racing 2 Kush Maini[1] All
21 Joshua Mason[2] 2, 5–8
Hillspeed 3 Ben Hurst[3] All
31 Jusuf Owega[4][5] 2–8
45 Sasakorn Chaimongkol[6] All
Douglas Motorsport 55 Jamie Chadwick[7] All
66 Arvin Esmaeili[8] All
86 Jordan Cane[9][10] 1–4
Max Defourny[11] 5, 7
Fortec Motorsports 11 Tristan Charpentier[12] 1–5
22 Tom Gamble[13] All
33 Manuel Maldonado[14] All
44 Hampus Ericsson[15] 7–8
Chris Dittmann Racing 12 Ayrton Simmons[16] 5, 7–8
19 Harry Webb[17] 3
Cian Carey[18] 7
68 Chia Wing Hoong[19] 1–2
Carlin 17 Clément Novalak[20] 1–2, 4, 8
23 Billy Monger[21] All
38 Jamie Caroline[22] 5–7
63 Nicolai Kjærgaard[23] All
88 Sun Yueyang[24] All
Double R Racing 24 Krishnaraaj Mahadik[25] All
26 Linus Lundqvist[26] All
28 Pavan Ravishankar[27] All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 21 November 2017. The series supported British GT at all events, excluding the finale at Silverstone Circuit. It had one overseas round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.[28]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)		 31 March Clément Novalak Nicolai Kjærgaard Linus Lundqvist Double R Racing
R2 2 April Billy Monger Manuel Maldonado Fortec Motorsports
R3 Nicolai Kjærgaard Tom Gamble Nicolai Kjærgaard Carlin
2 R4 Rockingham
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 28 April Tom Gamble Tom Gamble Tom Gamble Fortec Motorsports
R5 29 April Kush Maini Kush Maini Lanan Racing
R6 Kush Maini Linus Lundqvist Linus Lundqvist Double R Racing
3 R7 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 26 May Nicolai Kjærgaard Linus Lundqvist Nicolai Kjærgaard Carlin
R8 27 May Kush Maini Manuel Maldonado Fortec Motorsports
R9 Linus Lundqvist Nicolai Kjærgaard Linus Lundqvist Double R Racing
4 R10 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)		 9 June Linus Lundqvist Kush Maini Linus Lundqvist Double R Racing
R11 10 June Tom Gamble Pavan Ravishankar Double R Racing
R12 Kush Maini Tom Gamble
Kush Maini		 Tom Gamble Fortec Motorsports
5 R13 Spa-Francorchamps
(Belgium)		 21 July Tom Gamble Tom Gamble Linus Lundqvist Double R Racing
R14 22 July Linus Lundqvist Jamie Caroline Carlin
R15 Tom Gamble Tom Gamble Linus Lundqvist Double R Racing
6 R16 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 4 August Jamie Caroline Nicolai Kjærgaard Jamie Caroline Carlin
R17 5 August Billy Monger Jamie Chadwick Douglas Motorsport
R18 Nicolai Kjærgaard Nicolai Kjærgaard Nicolai Kjærgaard Carlin
7 R19 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 22 September Billy Monger Jamie Caroline Nicolai Kjærgaard Carlin
R20 23 September Billy Monger Sun Yueyang Carlin
R21 Billy Monger Nicolai Kjærgaard Nicolai Kjærgaard Carlin
8 R22 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)		 13 October Linus Lundqvist Linus Lundqvist Linus Lundqvist Double R Racing
R23 14 October Tom Gamble Joshua Mason Lanan Racing
R24 Race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions[29]

Championship standings
Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and three, with the second race awarding points to only the top 15. Race two, which reversed the order of the race one finishers, providing they set a lap time within 103% of the fastest driver, will be awarded extra points for positions gained from drivers' respective starting positions.

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 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Notes
  • 1 2 3 refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race two.

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver OUL ROC SNE SIL SPA BRH DON SIL[N 1] Pts
1 Linus Lundqvist 1 88 5 2 37 1 3 411 1 1 611 2 1 810 1 2 113 3 8 Ret 11 1 16 C 531
2 Nicolai Kjærgaard 2 411 1 Ret 211 2 1 Ret 2 6 48 4 5 121 Ret 3 94 1 1 108 1 Ret 17 C 446
3 Kush Maini 9 53 3 7 14 3 2 142 3 2 142 3 7 107 11 6 37 6 5 Ret 15 11 6 C 366
4 Krishnaraaj Mahadik 5 Ret 9 4 44 6 10 26 11 9 17 10 3 69 8 7 27 8 3 511 2 6 11 C 358
5 Tom Gamble 4 67 2 1 56 DSQ 8 Ret 16 10 35 1 2 Ret 2 9 8 4 12 DSQ 16 2 15 C 346
6 Billy Monger 3 95 8 14 75 Ret 7 92 6 8 73 17 6 13 3 4 13 5 4 141 3 3 14 C 301
7 Manuel Maldonado 11 15 10 5 61 4 17 1 14 12 16 7 4 113 4 8 71 7 7 Ret 8 4 13 C 292
8 Jamie Chadwick 8 36 7 9 10 Ret 13 13 7 5 94 13 12 52 12 12 13 11 10 12 4 9 8 C 260
9 Sasakorn Chaimongkol 10 11 11 13 15 8 11 34 9 14 10 14 10 27 10 10 42 10 18 43 10 10 7 C 242
10 Sun Yue Yang 6 13 Ret 6 11 7 9 12 12 13 23 11 9 73 9 5 12 13 20 1 9 12 5 C 240
11 Josuf Owega 8 16 Ret 12 6 10 7 15 8 8 92 5 11 6 9 9 Ret 12 7 10 C 187
12 Tristan Charpentier 16 2 6 DNS 127 DNS 6 102 4 11 52 9 16 3 7 166
13 Jamie Caroline 11 17 6 1 Ret 2 2 89 DSQ 164
14 Jordan Cane 7 Ret WD 3 81 5 4 Ret 8 3 87 5 159
15 Pavan Ravishankar 13 14 12 11 17 Ret 14 7 13 17 1 12 13 17 15 13 10 14 15 21 13 Ret 18 C 153
16 Ben Hurst 15 12 14 12 19 10 16 8 15 16 13 16 17 14 13 16 Ret 12 17 136 17 15 2 C 137
17 Arvin Esmaeili 14 10 13 Ret 131 Ret 15 5 17 15 12 15 15 16 14 14 5 Ret 14 Ret Ret 14 3 C 122
18 Clément Novalak Ret 710 4 Ret 96 DSQ 4 113 6 13 4 C 120
19 Ayrton Simmons 18 4 Ret 6 67 7 5 12 C 88
20 Joshua Mason Ret 18 9 14 15 Ret 15 142 15 16 7 14 16 1 C 82
21 Hampus Ericsson 13 32 5 8 9 C 64
22 Harry Webb 5 112 5 45
23 Max Defourny Ret DNS DNS 11 11 6 32
24 Chia Wing Hoong 12 Ret Ret 10 14 DSQ 22
25 Cian Carey 19 911 Ret 20
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

Footnotes
  1. Race 2 at Silverstone was red-flagged after 2 laps and was not resumed due to adverse weather conditions. Due to regulations full points were awarded. The conditions also forced a cancellation of Race 3.[30]

References
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