2014 Fórmula 3 Brasil season

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The 2014 Fórmula 3 Brasil season was the eighth Fórmula 3 Brasil season and the first since 1995, replacing the Formula 3 Sudamericana series as the highest-profile single-seater championship on the continent. [1]

The championship was dominated by Pedro Piquet, the son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, winning 12 of the 16 races – 11 overall wins, plus a class win at Santa Cruz do Sul  – that were held during the season. Driving for the Cesário F3 team, Piquet finished nearly 100 points clear of his closest championship rival, Lukas Moraes. Moraes failed to finish each of the first three races during the season, but recovered to fend off Bruno Etman for the runner-up position, by just a single point. Moraes was also a race winner, taking a victory at Interlagos. The only other Class A driver to take a race victory was Renan Guerra, who won the second race at Interlagos, in a one-off appearance in the class, before moving to Class B for the remainder of the season.

Just like in the main class, one driver dominated in Class B. Piquet's Cesário F3 team-mate Vitor Baptista achieved 13 class victories from a possible 16, and took a trio of overall wins in the process, at Santa Cruz do Sul, Velopark and Curitiba respectively. Like Piquet, Baptista finished nearly 100 points clear of his closest championship rival, Matheus Leist. Leist won the class at Velopark and Goiânia, having joined the Césario team mid-season after commencing the campaign with Hitech Racing. Third place in class went to the only other race winner, Matheus Iorio of Hitech Racing, who won the final race of the season at Goiânia, to overhaul Victor Miranda in the points standings; it was the only race in the class not won by Césario. With commanding title wins for their drivers, Cesário F3 won both teams' championship titles by a large margin.

Drivers and teams

TeamNo.DriverChassisRounds
Class A
Flag of Brazil.svg Cesário F35 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Dallara F309All
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Dallara F3094–8
Flag of Brazil.svg Prop Car Racing11 Flag of Brazil.svg Lukas Moraes Dallara F309All
84 Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Croce Dallara F3093–8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Racing 12 Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Oliveira Dallara F3091, 3–4
27 Flag of Argentina.svg Bruno Etman Dallara F309All
111 Flag of Brazil.svg Gaetano di Mauro Dallara F3095
Flag of Brazil.svg RR Racing15 Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Raucci Dallara F3091–3, 5–8
28 Flag of Brazil.svg Artur Fortunato Dallara F3091–4
46 Flag of Brazil.svg Mauro Auricchio Dallara F3095–8
77 Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Guerra Dallara F3094
Flag of Brazil.svg A Fortunato F3 Racing28 Flag of Brazil.svg Artur Fortunato Dallara F3095–8
Flag of Brazil.svg Kemba Racing91 Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo de Souza Dallara F3091–2, 4–6
Class B
Flag of Brazil.svg RR Racing3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Verra Dallara F3016, 8
17 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Silva Dallara F3014–6
46 Flag of Brazil.svg Mauro Auricchio Dallara F3011–4
53 Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Miranda Dallara F3011–4
77 Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Guerra Dallara F3015–8
Flag of Brazil.svg Cesário F318 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist Dallara F3014–8
21 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista Dallara F301All
Flag of Brazil.svg Prop Car Racing10 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Fortes Dallara F3013
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Doretto Dallara F3011–2
53 Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Miranda Dallara F3015–8
66 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Landucci Dallara F3014–6
84 Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Croce Dallara F3011–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Racing 18 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist Dallara F3011–3
34 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Iorio Dallara F301All
Flag of Brazil.svg Chenim Racing19 Flag of Brazil.svg Denis Navarro Dallara F3015
Flag of Brazil.svg EMB Racing25 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Kenji Dallara F3011–2
43 Flag of Brazil.svg Dario Lintz Dallara F3017
Flag of Brazil.svg Capital Motorsport99 Flag of Brazil.svg Francisco Alfaya Dallara F3011–3, 5

Race calendar and results

A calendar for the 2014 season was released on 12 December 2013, with the category supporting Brasileiro de Marcas at seven of the season's eight rounds, with the exception being Santa Cruz do Sul, with that round supporting Stock Car Brasil. [1] All races were held in Brazil.

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamClass B winner
1R1 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã 5 April Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Lukas Moraes Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
R26 April Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
2R1 Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul 12 April Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
R213 April Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
3R1 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 3 May Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
R24 May Flag of Brazil.svg Artur Fortunato Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
4R1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 24 May Flag of Brazil.svg Lukas Moraes Flag of Brazil.svg Lukas Moraes Flag of Brazil.svg Lukas Moraes Flag of Brazil.svg Prop Car Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
R225 May Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Guerra Flag of Brazil.svg RR Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
5R1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 26 July Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
R227 July Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
6R1 Velopark, Nova Santa Rita 7 September [N 1] Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist
R2 Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
7R1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 18 October Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
R219 October Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista
8R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 22 November Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist
R223 November Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Flag of Brazil.svg Césario F3 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Iorio
Notes
  1. The first race at Velopark was postponed from 6 September due to persistent rain.

Championship standings

Position12345678
Points1512975321

Drivers' Championships

PosDriver TAR SCS BRA INT CUR VEL CUR GOI Pts
Class A
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet 1112115311141Ret11211
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Lukas MoraesRetRetRet32318562Ret463DSQ116
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Bruno Etman24244844NC710Ret5752115
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Artur Fortunato37753Ret95DSQ86Ret32RetRet83
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Raucci523Ret64Ret1146Ret4Ret381
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo de Souza 65118810RetRet5349
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara 612647RetRet112Ret45
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando CroceRet1012RetRetRetRet5898532
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Guerra3127
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Mauro AuricchioRet129RetRetRet7713
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur OliveiraRetRetRet91199
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Gaetano di Mauro Ret93
Class B
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista 4341522222NC121Ret6207
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist 7Ret5RetRetRet77333Ret954Ret115
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus IorioRetRet6977131171012Ret710DSQ499
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Victor MirandaRetRetRet686106RetRet11Ret636Ret96
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Guerra4582Ret8NCRet49
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Mauro AuricchioRet68RetRet515Ret34
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Doretto8810730
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Verra 14DSQ9821
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel KenjiRet99Ret12
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Francisco AlfayaRet10DSQRetRetRet8Ret10
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo LanducciRetRetRet1313Ret10
12 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Silva10RetRetRetRetRet5
Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro FortesRetRet0
Flag of Brazil.svg Dario LintzRetRet0
Flag of Brazil.svg Denis Navarro RetDNS0
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando CroceWDWDWDWD0
PosDriver TAR SCS BRA INT CUR VEL CUR GOI Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championships

PosTeam TAR SCS BRA INT CUR VEL CUR GOI Pts
Class A
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Cesário F311121153111411111256
612647RetRetRet2Ret
2 Flag of Brazil.svg RR Racing32353431Ret1146Ret473167
577Ret6Ret95Ret129RetRetRetRet7
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Prop Car RacingRetRetRet3231856254635148
Ret1012RetRetRetRetRet898DSQ
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Racing 24244844NC710Ret5752127
RetRetRet9119Ret9
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Kemba Racing11865810RetRet5349
6 Flag of Brazil.svg A Fortunato F3 RacingDSQ86Ret32RetRet37
Class B
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Cesário F34341522222312146298
7733NCRet95RetRet
2 Flag of Brazil.svg RR RacingRet686851064582Ret898152
RetRetRetRetRet615RetRetRetRetRetNCRet
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Racing 7Ret5977131171012Ret710DSQ4123
RetRet6RetRetRet
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Prop Car Racing88107RetRetRetRetRet1311Ret636Ret85
WDWDWDWDRetRet13Ret
5 Flag of Brazil.svg EMB RacingRet99RetRetRet12
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Capital MotorsportRet10DSQRetRetRet8Ret10
7 Flag of Brazil.svg RR/Capital10Ret14DSQ8
Flag of Brazil.svg Chenin RacingRetDNS0
PosTeam TAR SCS BRA INT CUR VEL CUR GOI Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Temporada de Fórmula 3 com 16 corridas custa R$ 195 mil". f3sulamericana.com.br (in Portuguese). 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.