The 2012 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series season is the 62nd British Formula 3 International Series season. The series, promoted by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, began on 6 April at Oulton Park and ended on 30 September at Donington Park after 29 races held at ten meetings.
The first two poles of the season were claimed at Oulton Park by second-year driver Jack Harvey for the Carlin team, [1] and he won the opening race of the year ahead of teammates Jazeman Jaafar and Carlos Sainz Jr. [2] In the reverse-grid second race, Fortec Motorsports' Pipo Derani scored his first win in the series, [3] while teammate Félix Serrallés won the third race of the weekend in his first Formula Three meeting. [4] A week later at Monza, Serralles and Sainz claimed their first poles in Formula Three. [5] Rain before the start of the first race forced drivers to change from slick tyres, and in effect, the race started from the pit lane. [6] Sainz, Jr. left pit lane first and won his first race in the championship. Derani and Jaafar, who had left the pits seventh and eighth respectively, joined Sainz, Jr. on the podium, while Serralles finished tenth. [7] Serralles won the second race held in torrential rain, ahead of Harvey and teammate Pietro Fantin, [8] while Sainz, Jr. comfortably won the third race, almost seventeen seconds clear of Serralles, with Serralles' teammate Alex Lynn taking his first podium in third place. [9]
In a change to the 2011 season, all races award championship points on the same points system. [10] Previously, the second race had awarded points on a reduced scale – 10 points for the winner and decreasing by one point down to tenth place – compared to races one and three.
On 12 October 2011, it was revealed that the series was due to have three overseas rounds, at the Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps – both on the calendar in 2011 – and Pau. [10] Pau returns to the series' schedule for the first time since 2006.
A provisional ten-round calendar was later announced on 7 November 2011, [12] with the Nürburgring round removed, and rounds at Le Castellet and Monza, both of which held meetings in 2011, being restored to the calendar to make up four overseas rounds along with Spa-Francorchamps and Pau. All rounds were made up of three races except Pau, where only two races were held. [12] On 21 April, it was announced that the series would add the Formula 3 Euro Series round at the Norisring in place of the round at Paul Ricard; the event would be held under Euro Series regulations. [13] The rounds at Pau, Spa and the Norisring would be part of the revived FIA European Formula 3 Championship. The championship supported the British GT Championship at six rounds, two Blancpain Endurance Series events at Monza and Spa along with the Pau Grand Prix event and Formula 3 Euro Series event at Norisring.
Pos | Driver | OUL | MNZ | PAU | ROC | BRH | NOR | SPA | SNE | SIL | DON | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||
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Championship Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Jack Harvey | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 7 | Ret | 4 | C | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 319 |
2 | Jazeman Jaafar | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Ret | 5 | C | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 306 |
3 | Félix Serrallés | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | C | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 299 |
4 | Alex Lynn | 5 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | C | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 253 |
5 | Harry Tincknell | 4 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 13 | C | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 226 |
6 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 19 | 3 | C | 1 | Ret | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 224 | |||
7 | Pietro Fantin | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | C | 19 | NC | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 195 |
8 | Pipo Derani | 9 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 21 | 8 | C | 7 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 146 |
9 | Hannes van Asseldonk | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | DNS | 5 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 23 | C | 18 | 4 | 15 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 132 |
10 | Nick McBride | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 18 | C | 15 | 6 | 3 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 85 |
11 | Fahmi Ilyas | 6 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 21 | C | 21 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 48 | ||||||
12 | Geoff Uhrhane | Ret | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 18 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 15 | C | Ret | 9 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
13 | Rupert Svendsen-Cook | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Guest drivers ineligible for points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raffaele Marciello | 1 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 11 | C | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Juncadella | Ret | 4 | DSQ | 11 | 2 | 2 | C | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
William Buller | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tom Blomqvist | 13 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | C | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Emil Bernstorff | Ret | 13 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 17 | C | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pascal Wehrlein | Ret | 9 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 14 | C | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Felix Rosenqvist | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | C | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Lewis | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 7 | C | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sven Müller | 12 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 12 | C | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrea Roda | 19 | Ret | 16 | 19 | 13 | 19 | C | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucas Wolf | Ret | 20 | 22 | 20 | C | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luís Sá Silva | 15 | 18 | 16 | 26 | C | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip Ellis | Ret | 21 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Bradley | 21 | C | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rookie Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Spike Goddard | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 22 | 17 | 28 | C | 23 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 426 |
2 | Duvashen Padayachee | 12 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 12 | DNS | 17 | 12 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 25 | C | 24 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 377 |
3 | Adderly Fong | 12 | 12 | 11 | 27 | C | 17 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 161 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Pedro Pablo Calbimonte | 29 | C | 22 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Hywel Lloyd | 12 | 10 | 12 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guest drivers ineligible for points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sandro Zeller | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 22 | C | 25 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | OUL | MNZ | PAU | ROC | BRH | NOR | SPA | SNE | SIL | DON | Pts |
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