2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Kaylen Frederick

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The 2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The 2020 season was the fifth and final 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 1 August and ended on 8 November at Silverstone Circuit, after seven triple and quadruple header events for a total of twenty-four races. ^{[1] [2]} Kaylen Frederick won the drivers' championship ahead of Kush Maini and British driver Louis Foster. ^[3]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
JHR Developments	5	Carter Williams	2, 5, 7
	12	Ayrton Simmons	7
	81	Max Marzorati	2, 5
Fortec Motorsports	7	Roberto Faria	4–7
	18	Jonny Wilkinson	7
	34	Frank Bird	4
Carlin	8	Kaylen Frederick	All
	17	Nazim Azman	All
	99	Guilherme Peixoto	1–2
Chris Dittmann Racing	12	Ayrton Simmons	3
	25	Nicolás Varrone	1–2
	43	Josh Skelton	All
	81	Max Marzorati	6–7
	90	Alex Fores	4–5
Hitech Grand Prix [4]	13	Reece Ushijima	All
	14	Kush Maini	All
Lanan Racing	21	Josh Mason	All
	22	Piers Prior	All
	50	Bart Horsten	All
Double R Racing	24	Benjamin Pedersen [a]	All
	26	Louis Foster	All
Douglas Motorsport	55	Ulysse de Pauw	All
	71	Manaf Hijjawi	All
	87	Kiern Jewiss	1–4
Hillspeed	62	Oliver Clarke	All
	79	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	All
Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Race calendar and results

The original calendar was revealed on 14 September 2019. ^[1] On 14 May 2020 a revised provisional calendar was announced with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. ^[12] On 11 June 2020, the rescheduled calendar was completed to feature 24 races over seven meetings. The series supported British GT. ^[13]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	1 August	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Kiern Jewiss [b]	Douglas Motorsport
	R2				Bart Horsten	Piers Prior	Lanan Racing
	R3		2 August	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R4			Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
2	R5	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	15 August	Kaylen Frederick	Ulysse de Pauw	Louis Foster	Double R Racing
	R6		16 August		Kaylen Frederick	Ulysse de Pauw	Douglas Motorsport
	R7			Kush Maini	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
3	R8	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	29 August	Ayrton Simmons	Ulysse de Pauw	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R9				Ulysse de Pauw	Nazim Azman	Carlin
	R10		30 August	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R11			Kush Maini	Kush Maini	Kush Maini	Hitech Grand Prix
4	R12	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	19 September	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R13		20 September		Reece Ushijima	Louis Foster	Double R Racing
	R14			Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kush Maini	Hitech Grand Prix
5	R15	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	3 October	Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R16				Ulysse de Pauw	Kush Maini	Hitech Grand Prix
	R17		4 October	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Louis Foster	Double R Racing
	R18			Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Ulysse de Pauw	Douglas Motorsport
6	R19	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	25 October	Kaylen Frederick	Ulysse de Pauw	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R20				Ulysse de Pauw	Nazim Azman	Carlin
	R21			Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
7	R22	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	7 November	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R23		8 November		Sasakorn Chaimongkol	Benjamin Pedersen	Double R Racing
	R24			Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium	Cancelled [c]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one, three and four, 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, awarded extra points for positions gained from the 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 & 4	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

• ¹²³ refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race two.

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver OUL DON1 BRH DON2 SNE DON3 SIL [d] Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Kaylen Frederick 8 142 1 1 8 29 1 NC 123 Ret 11 1 124 4 1 121 2 2 1 71 1 1 125 1 499 2 Kush Maini 14 2 10 2 3 610 3 2 112 3 1 3 104 1 11 12 15 7 9 49 3 3 17 6 448 3 Louis Foster 13 Ret 3 8 1 810 6 4 14 6 3 11 15 11 2 48 1 5 Ret 12 4 5 58 16 396 4 Ulysse de Pauw 2 112 DSQ 11 18 1 8 3 75 Ret 2 2 96 2 5 27 5 1 2 34 8 Ret 135 15 392 5 Nazim Azman 3 12 2 4 10 72 10 11 13 10 8 5 14 3 3 101 11 3 7 11 6 11 34 11 370 6 Josh Skelton 4 101 7 6 6 14 2 6 81 2 6 13 6 14 7 34 Ret 6 Ret 66 10 7 101 7 320 7 Sasakorn Chaimongkol 5 82 9 7 7 17 12 7 10 4 5 9 11 5 10 16 6 11 4 5 2 9 72 5 318 8 Oliver Clarke 7 71 6 12 14 32 18 9 42 11 12 7 82 15 4 91 7 4 3 9 Ret 6 48 4 310 9 Benjamin Pedersen 11 4 12 15 9 55 7 8 61 9 10 6 15 9 Ret 611 3 14 6 21 5 15 12 14 299 10 Bart Horsten 12 3 5 Ret 11 44 14 13 3 7 7 4 13 7 8 8 10 9 11 106 7 8 28 Ret 288 11 Reece Ushijima 10 6 15 10 2 152 13 14 2 8 9 8 45 6 9 11 13 10 10 131 Ret DSQ 154 8 244 12 Piers Prior 15 1 11 3 4 132 11 DSQ 133 Ret 14 10 7 Ret 14 5 8 8 Ret 11 12 10 9 12 214 13 Kiern Jewiss 1 131 4 5 5 122 5 5 55 5 4 NC 17 8 211 14 Roberto Faria 16 5 12 12 18 12 15 5 8 9 4 86 2 152 15 Manaf Hijjawi 16 Ret 13 13 13 Ret 15 12 16 Ret Ret 12 32 Ret 6 71 4 16 Ret Ret 13 14 14 17 144 16 Josh Mason Ret 152 14 14 12 10 Ret 10 9 12 13 14 21 13 Ret 171 9 Ret Ret 141 11 16 19 13 139 17 Ayrton Simmons 1 15 1 Ret 2 18 3 124 18 Carter Williams 16 9 17 15 132 14 12 12 6 10 73 19 Guilherme Peixoto 6 9 8 9 15 Ret 9 67 20 Nicolás Varrone 9 51 Ret Ret Ret 118 4 58 21 Max Marzorati 17 16 16 16 151 16 17 8 15 14 17 11 Ret 55 22 Alex Fores 15 Ret DSQ 13 14 Ret 13 24 23 Jonny Wilkinson 13 16 9 20 24 Frank Bird Ret 162 10 13 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts OUL DON1 BRH DON2 SNE DON3 SIL [d]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

1. Benjamin Pedersen is a Danish-American driver competing under an American licence.
2. Original race winner Kaylen Frederick was penalized for a false start.
3. Originally scheduled for 18-19 July 2020 ^[1] but was cancelled the COVID-19 pandemic ^[12]
4. Following an appeal hearing on 15 December 2020, Louis Foster's penalty from Race 2 was overturned, promoting him from 9th to a 5th place finish. He also improved to 3rd place in the final points standings. ^[14]

References

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External links

• Official website