2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

Last updated April 23, 2023

The 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and Belgium. The season began at Oulton Park on 15 April and ended on 25 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Chris Dittmann Racing^[1]	4	Omar Ismail^[2]	1–7
	6	Tristan Charpentier ^[3]	1, 5
	8	Jeremy Wahome ^[4]	1–6, 8
Double R Racing ^[1]	5	Krishnaraaj Mahadik^[5]	6–7
	7	Guilherme Samaia ^[6]	All
	18	Pavan Ravishankar ^[7]	8
	26	Harry Hayek^[8]	1–3
	26	Linus Lundqvist ^[9]	5
	55	Jamie Chadwick ^[10]	All
Douglas Motorsport^[1]	10	Petru Florescu ^[11]	1
	27	Callan O'Keeffe ^[12]	All
	86	Jordan Cane ^[13]^[14]	3–8
Lanan Racing^[1]	11	Alex Quinn ^[15]	8
	13	Aaron di Comberti^[16]	1–4
	51	Toby Sowery ^[17]	1–7
Carlin ^[1]	15	James Pull ^[18]	All
	28	Cameron Das ^[19]	All
	65	Enaam Ahmed ^[20]	All
Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing^[1]	21	Chase Owen^[21]	All
Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing^[1]	25	Nick Worm^[22]	1–7
Fortec Motorsports ^[1]	33	Manuel Maldonado ^[23]	All
	63	Nicolai Kjærgaard ^[24]	All
	77	Ben Hingeley^[25]	All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 21 September 2016. The series will support British GT at all events. It will have one oversea round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.^[26]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	17 April	Cameron Das	Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R2				Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R3				Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
2	R4	Rockingham (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	29 April	Cameron Das	Cameron Das	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R5		30 April		Cameron Das	Cameron Das	Carlin
	R6		30 April		Ben Hingeley	Ben Hingeley	Fortec Motorsports
3	R7	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	27 May	James Pull	Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R8		28 May		Enaam Ahmed	Jordan Cane	Douglas Motorsport
	R9		28 May		Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
4	R10	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	10 June	Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing
	R11		11 June		Toby Sowery	Ben Hingeley	Fortec Motorsports
	R12		11 June		Enaam Ahmed	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing
5	R13	Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)	7 July	Enaam Ahmed	Toby Sowery	Ben Hingeley	Fortec Motorsports
	R14		8 July		Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R15		8 July		Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
6	R16	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	5 August	Enaam Ahmed	Toby Sowery	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R17		6 August		Enaam Ahmed	Krishnaraaj Mahadik	Double R Racing
	R18		6 August		Toby Sowery	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
7	R19	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	26 August	Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R20		27 August		Enaam Ahmed	Jordan Cane	Douglas Motorsport
	R21		27 August		Toby Sowery	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	23 September	Ben Hingeley	Chase Owen	Ben Hingeley	Fortec Motorsports
	R23		24 September		Cameron Das	Jordan Cane	Douglas Motorsport
	R24		24 September		Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Races	Position, points per race
Races	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	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	OUL			ROC			SNE			SIL			SPA			BRH			SNE			DON			Points
1	Enaam Ahmed	1	1	1	1	8	8	1	6	1	2	5	3	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	5	1	2	6	1	575
2	James Pull	2	4	3	5	Ret	2	2	14	3	3	3	2	8	2	4	2	2	3	3	13	7	4	3	5	490
3	Ben Hingeley	4	2	6	4	4	1	5	4	7	5	1	10	1	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	4	3	9	1	5	4	444
4	Toby Sowery	3	Ret	7	10	6	4	3	5	2	1	2	1	4	3	2	3	DSQ	7	2	4	2				432
5	Cameron Das	5	6	2	2	1	3	6	2	6	6	7	5	7	4	5	Ret	10	2	6	15	8	3	4	13	425
6	Callan O'Keeffe	7	3	4	3	5	5	4	3	5	4	4	Ret	9	5	9	4	7	4	10	14	4	7	Ret	12	373
7	Chase Owen	14	8	13	11	11	7	9	9	13	Ret	9	4	10	7	6	9	6	9	13	9	6	6	2	6	302
8	Jordan Cane							8	1	4	15	15	6	5	6	Ret	5	Ret	11	7	1	3	5	1	2	288
9	Jamie Chadwick	11	DSQ	Ret	8	3	11	7	7	12	9	10	15	6	10	11	11	5	15	9	7	11	9	11	7	264
10	Nicolai Kjærgaard	12	5	8	7	Ret	Ret	11	8	8	7	16	7	12	12	10	7	11	6	15	10	12	8	Ret	8	247
11	Omar Ismail	8	14	5	6	2	Ret	Ret	13	9	10	12	12	11	15	13	12	4	14	11	8	14				216
12	Manuel Maldonado	15	7	15	13	10	EX	12	Ret	11	8	6	13	15	14	15	10	8	13	14	11	Ret	10	7	9	205
13	Guilherme Samaia	13	Ret	Ret	9	12	9	14	10	Ret	14	13	8	3	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	12	8	2	10	14	8	Ret	195
14	Jeremy Wahome	16	11	14	16	13	6	Ret	Ret	15	11	8	9	13	11	Ret	6	DSQ	10				13	12	11	165
15	Nick Worm	17	10	12	14	14	DNS	13	11	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	9	16	12	12	13				159
16	Aaron di Comberti	18	12	9	15	9	10	10	12	10	12	11	11													112
17	Krishnaraaj Mahadik																8	1	8	5	6	5				104
18	Tristan Charpentier	10	9	DNS										17	8	8										53
19	Harry Hayek	6	Ret	10	12	7	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS																51
20	Alex Quinn																						11	9	3	46
21	Linus Lundqvist													16	9	7										32
22	Pavan Ravishankar																						12	10	10	31
23	Petru Florescu	9	Ret	11																						22

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "BRDC British F3 Teams and Drivers" . Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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↑ Jackson, Connor (10 April 2017). "Double R and CDR Complete Line-ups with Samaia and Charpentier". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ "Wahome returns to Chris Dittmann Racing for second British F3 campaign". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ "Chase Owen heads opening test day at Brands Hatch". 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
↑ "Samaia joins Double R Racing's 2017 British F3 line-up". April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
↑ "Singaporean racer Pavan Ravishankar joins Double R Racing for Donington Park British F3 finale". 18 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
↑ "Harry Hayek to race in BRDC British F3 with Double R". 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
↑ "Linus Lundqvist to make British F3 debut at Spa-Francorchamps". June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
↑ Cozens, Jack; Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 February 2017). "GT champion Chadwick makes single-seater switch". Motorsport.com . Retrieved 22 February 2017.
↑ "British F4 race winner Petru Florescu joins Douglas Motorsport for 2017 British F3". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
↑ "O'Keefe gets BRDC British F3 deal with Douglas Motorsport". 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
↑ "Jordan Cane makes BRDC British F3 switch for 2017". 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
↑ "Cane moves to Douglas for British F3 debut". May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "F4 racer Alex Quinn steps up to BRDC British F3 Championship with Lanan Racing for Donington finale". 21 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
↑ "Lanan Racing signs Aaron Di Comberti for 2017 BRDC British Formula 3". 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
↑ Benyon, Jack (March 28, 2017). "McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist Sowery stays in BRDC F3". Autosport . Retrieved March 28, 2017.
↑ "Enaam Ahmed secures Carlin seat for BRDC British F3 title push". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
↑ "Carlin completes 2017 BRDC British F3 line-up with F4 Champion Das". 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
↑ "Ahmed back with Carlin for British F3 2017 assault". 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
↑ "Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing signs American Chase Owen for 2017 British F3 campaign". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
↑ "Hillspeed completes three-car 2017 British F3 line-up with German Nick Worm". March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
↑ "Manuel Maldonado completes Fortec Motorsports British F3 line-up". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ "Nicolai Kjaergaard graduates to BRDC British F3 with Fortec Motorsports for 2017". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Fortec signs Hingeley and Kjaergaard for BRDC British F3". 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
↑ Jackson, Connor (21 September 2016). "2017 BRDC F3 CALENDAR RELEASED, 8 ROUNDS, 7 VENUES, SPA REMAINS". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

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[Teams-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "BRDC British F3 Teams and Drivers" . Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[2] "Omar Ismail joins Chris Dittmann Racing for 2017 British Formula 3". March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.

[3] Jackson, Connor (10 April 2017). "Double R and CDR Complete Line-ups with Samaia and Charpentier". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

[4] "Wahome returns to Chris Dittmann Racing for second British F3 campaign". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[Mahadik-5] "Chase Owen heads opening test day at Brands Hatch". 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[6] "Samaia joins Double R Racing's 2017 British F3 line-up". April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

[Ravishankar-7] "Singaporean racer Pavan Ravishankar joins Double R Racing for Donington Park British F3 finale". 18 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[8] "Harry Hayek to race in BRDC British F3 with Double R". 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

[9] "Linus Lundqvist to make British F3 debut at Spa-Francorchamps". June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[10] Cozens, Jack; Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 February 2017). "GT champion Chadwick makes single-seater switch". Motorsport.com . Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[11] "British F4 race winner Petru Florescu joins Douglas Motorsport for 2017 British F3". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[12] "O'Keefe gets BRDC British F3 deal with Douglas Motorsport". 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[13] "Jordan Cane makes BRDC British F3 switch for 2017". 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[14] "Cane moves to Douglas for British F3 debut". May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Quinn-15] "F4 racer Alex Quinn steps up to BRDC British F3 Championship with Lanan Racing for Donington finale". 21 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[16] "Lanan Racing signs Aaron Di Comberti for 2017 BRDC British Formula 3". 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.

[17] Benyon, Jack (March 28, 2017). "McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist Sowery stays in BRDC F3". Autosport . Retrieved March 28, 2017.

[18] "Enaam Ahmed secures Carlin seat for BRDC British F3 title push". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[19] "Carlin completes 2017 BRDC British F3 line-up with F4 Champion Das". 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[20] "Ahmed back with Carlin for British F3 2017 assault". 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[21] "Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing signs American Chase Owen for 2017 British F3 campaign". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[22] "Hillspeed completes three-car 2017 British F3 line-up with German Nick Worm". March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.

[23] "Manuel Maldonado completes Fortec Motorsports British F3 line-up". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[24] "Nicolai Kjaergaard graduates to BRDC British F3 with Fortec Motorsports for 2017". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[25] "Fortec signs Hingeley and Kjaergaard for BRDC British F3". 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[26] Jackson, Connor (21 September 2016). "2017 BRDC F3 CALENDAR RELEASED, 8 ROUNDS, 7 VENUES, SPA REMAINS". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

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