FIA Formula 3 International Trophy

FIA Formula 3 International Trophy

Category	Single seaters
Country	International
Inaugural season	2011
Folded	2011
Last Drivers' champion	Roberto Merhi

The FIA Formula 3 International Trophy was a FIA-sanctioned international formula series that ran in 2011 for Formula Three cars. ^[1] The Trophy was the first international Formula Three series since the demise of the European Formula Three Championship in 1984, and was created to increase the appeal of the category, which had seen the various F3 championships suffer from falling grid sizes. ^[2]

The trophy comprised three existing events for Formula Three cars, the Pau Grand Prix, Masters of Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix, and one event from both the British F3 and Formula 3 Euro Series. Drivers registered in any of the national F3 series were eligible to enter the contest, and they competed alongside the drivers entered into the individual events. ^[2]

After one season, which was won by Spanish driver Roberto Merhi, the Trophy was replaced by the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for 2012. ^[3]

Season summary

The series began at Hockenheim on 30 April, and finished on 20 November at the Guia Circuit after five meetings. Roberto Merhi was crowned champion after Masters of F3 meeting at Zandvoort. German driver Marco Wittmann finished as runner-up despite driving as guest driver in the first meeting of the season, in Hockenheim. If he had participated as championship driver in these meeting, he would have been crowned champion, because he scored 36 points in these meeting(which did not count for the championship) and he finished 32-point away from Roberto Merhi. Spaniard Daniel Juncadella finished in third place after winning Macau Grand Prix.

Teams and drivers

Four teams registered for the championships; Prema Powerteam, Signature and Motopark Academy from the Formula 3 Euro Series and Carlin from British Formula 3. Guest entries were allowed; all raced in one or two European rounds and/or Macau.

Team	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Registered entries
Carlin	Carlos Huertas [4]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	Jazeman Jaafar [5]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
Motopark Academy	Kimiya Sato [6]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1–2, 4–5
Prema Powerteam	Daniel Juncadella [6]	Dallara F309	Mercedes HWA	All
	Roberto Merhi [6]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	All
Signature	Daniel Abt [6]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	Carlos Muñoz [6]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	All
	Laurens Vanthoor [6]	Dallara F309	Volkswagen	All
	Marco Wittmann [7]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	2–5
Guest entries, ineligible for Trophy points
Carlin	Richard Bradley [7]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	2
	Tom Dillmann [4]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1
	Jack Harvey	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	3
	Kevin Magnussen [8]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	3–5
	Felipe Nasr [8]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	3, 5
	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	3–4
Double R Racing	Marko Asmer [7]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	2–3, 5
	Valtteri Bottas [8]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	5
	Luís Felipe Derani [7]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	2–3
	Mitch Evans [7]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	5
	Scott Pye	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3
Fortec Motorsport	William Buller [8]	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	3, 5
	Lucas Foresti [8]	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	3, 5
	Fahmi Ilyas	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	3
	Harry Tincknell	Dallara F311	Mercedes HWA	3
Hitech Racing	Pietro Fantin [8]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	3, 5
	António Félix da Costa [8]	Dallara F310	Volkswagen	5
	Kotaro Sakurai	Dallara F305	Mugen-Honda	3
	Hannes van Asseldonk [8]	Dallara F310	Volkswagen	5
Jo Zeller Racing	Sandro Zeller [9]	Dallara F306	Mercedes HWA	1
Motopark Academy	Tom Dillmann [7]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	2
	Jimmy Eriksson [9]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1, 4–5
	Gianmarco Raimondo [9]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1
Mücke Motorsport	Lucas Foresti	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	4
	Nigel Melker [9]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1, 4
	Felix Rosenqvist [9]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	1, 4–5
	Yuhi Sekiguchi [10]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	5
Prema Powerteam	Raffaele Marciello [11]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3
	Luís Felipe Derani	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	4
Signature	Carlos Sainz Jr. [12]	Dallara F309	Volkswagen	5
	Marco Wittmann [9]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1
Sino Vision Racing	Adderly Fong [8]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3, 5
	Hywel Lloyd [8]	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA	3, 5
STAR Racing Team	Kuba Giermaziak [9]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1
ThreeBond Racing [12]	Hironobu Yasuda [12]	Dallara F309	Nissan	5
Toda Racing [12]	Hideki Yamauchi [12]	Dallara F308	Honda	5
TOM'S [12]	Richard Bradley [12]	Dallara F308	Toyota	5
	Alexander Sims [12]	Dallara F308	Toyota	5
T-Sport	Yann Cunha	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	3
	Bart Hylkema	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	3
	Menasheh Idafar	Dallara F311	Volkswagen	3
Van Amersfoort Racing	Richie Stanaway [12]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	5
	Hannes van Asseldonk [13]	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	3

Race calendar

The provisional six-round calendar included the Korea Super Prix, but this was cancelled three weeks before the event. ^{[1] [14]}

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Event
1	R1	Hockenheimring	30 April	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Prema Powerteam	F3 Euro Series
	R2		1 May	Marco Wittmann	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Prema Powerteam
2		Pau Circuit	22 May	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	Signature	Pau Grand Prix
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 July	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Prema Powerteam	Spa 24 Hours/British F3
	R2		30 July	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Prema Powerteam
4		Circuit Park Zandvoort	14 August	Roberto Merhi	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport	Masters of Formula 3
5	R1	Guia Circuit	19 November	Marco Wittmann	Roberto Merhi	Marco Wittmann	Signature	Macau Grand Prix
	R2		20 November	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam

Results

The F3 International Trophy took on the same scoring system used in Formula One and other FIA Championships, with points awarded to the top ten finishers. ^[15]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos Driver HOC PAU SPA ZAN MAC Points 1 Roberto Merhi 1 1 2 1 1 DSQ 3 Ret 133 2 Marco Wittmann 2 2 1 11 2 2 1 3 101 3 Daniel Juncadella 6 4 3 8 Ret Ret 6 1 72 4 Daniel Abt 4 6 4 14 13 6 8 Ret 44 5 Laurens Vanthoor 3 15 Ret 17 4 7 7 Ret 39 6 Carlos Muñoz 8 9 5 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 28 7 Jazeman Jaafar 10 11 11 3 12 10 17 8 21 8 Carlos Huertas 11 12 9 10 9 11 5 13 15 9 Kimiya Sato Ret 10 8 12 9 12 7 Guest drivers ineligible for points Felix Rosenqvist 5 3 1 21 Ret 0 Felipe Nasr 9 7 2 2 0 William Buller 2 3 13 6 0 Kevin Magnussen 7 8 3 19 14 0 Nigel Melker 7 5 4 0 Yuhi Sekiguchi 12 4 0 Valtteri Bottas 4 Ret 0 Rupert Svendsen-Cook 6 14 5 0 Hannes van Asseldonk 12 Ret 10 5 0 Jack Harvey 5 10 0 Raffaele Marciello Ret 5 0 Marko Asmer 7 Ret 6 18 19 0 Luís Felipe Derani 6 18 Ret Ret 0 Lucas Foresti 13 11 8 14 7 0 Jimmy Eriksson 9 7 9 Ret DNS 0 Tom Dillmann 12 8 Ret 0 Richard Bradley 10 Ret 9 0 Adderly Fong 21 22 Ret 10 0 Hideki Yamauchi 11 15 0 Pietro Fantin 19 DSQ Ret 11 0 Sandro Zeller 13 13 0 Kuba Giermaziak 14 Ret 0 Gianmarco Raimondo Ret 14 0 Hywel Lloyd 15 Ret 16 16 0 Scott Pye 16 15 0 Richie Stanaway 15 Ret 0 Harry Tincknell 22 16 0 Carlos Sainz Jr. 20 17 0 Bart Hylkema Ret 17 0 Fahmi Ilyas 20 18 0 Alexander Sims DNS 18 0 Menasheh Idafar Ret 19 0 Yann Cunha 23 20 0 Kotaro Sakurai 24 21 0 Mitch Evans 22 Ret 0 António Félix da Costa Ret Ret 0 Hironobu Yasuda Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver HOC PAU SPA ZAN MAC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

See also

• Formula Three
• FIA European Formula Three Championship
• Formula Three Euroseries

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