2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
European motor racing competition for formula racing cars
2013 champion Raffaele Marciello The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel , formula racing cars held across Europe . The championship featured drivers competing in 2-litre Formula Three Dallara single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the second edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship organized by the FIA . The season began at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 23 March and finished on 20 October at Hockenheimring . The series formed part of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters meetings at seven triple header events, with other triple header events as part of the World Touring Car Championship , the FIA World Endurance Championship and the Superstars Series .
The championship was won by 2012 runner-up Raffaele Marciello , driving for Prema Powerteam .[ 1] Mücke 's Felix Rosenqvist finished behind Marciello for the second year in a row, finishing 32.5 points behind. Marciello's teammates Alex Lynn and Lucas Auer finished third and fourth respectively, allowing Prema to clinch the teams' championship. Carlin 's driver Harry Tincknell completed the top five with a win at his home round at Silverstone .[ 2] Pascal Wehrlein – prior to moving into the DTM – and Daniil Kvyat were the only drivers outside the top five, who took a race win.[ 3] [ 4]
Drivers and teams
All cars were equipped with Hankook tyres.
Driver changes
Hannes van Asseldonk announced that he retired from racing at the end of the 2012 season.[ 42] After two races for Van Amersfoort Racing in 2012, Lucas Auer switched to Prema Powerteam in 2013.[ 7]
2012 ma-con Motorsport driver Emil Bernstorff , had lost his seat at the team and signed with Lotus in German Formula Three .[ 43]
Tom Blomqvist , who competed for ma-con Motorsport in 2012, moved to EuroInternational , who are making their début in the championship in 2013.[ 9] Richard Bradley left the championship to take part in a full Super Formula season with KCMG in 2013.[ 44] William Buller , who drove for Carlin in 2012, switched to the ThreeBond with T-Sport team.[ 29] Newcomers Double R Racing signed European F3 Open driver Tatiana Calderón and Formula Pilota China frontrunners Sean Gelael and Antonio Giovinazzi .[ 33]
Superstars Series team Romeo Ferraris joined the championship, with their 2011 Superstars driver Michela Cerruti signed as their first driver.[ 40] Italian Formula Three drivers Eddie Cheever III and Nicholas Latifi joined Prema Powerteam and Carlin respectively.[ 8] [ 10] 2012 Carlin drivers Pietro Fantin and Jazeman Jaafar left the series, switching to Formula Renault 3.5 .[ 45] [ 46]
Mitchell Gilbert and Roy Nissany made their debut in the series for Mücke Motorsport , moving from German Formula Three and ADAC Formel Masters respectively.[ 16] [ 17] Måns Grenhagen moved from European F3 Open to the championship, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing .[ 36] Josh Hill , who drove for Fortec Motorsports in the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup , continued his association with the team, in 2013.[ 24] Ed Jones will take Dmitry Suranovich 's seat at the Fortec Motorsports team at the first Hockenheimring round.[ 26] Daniel Juncadella , who won the 2012 championship with Prema Powerteam, left the series, joining Mercedes-Benz in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters .[ 47] Jordan King , the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC runner-up, entered the series with Carlin.[ 10] Daniil Kvyat joined Carlin for a one-off as the fifth driver of the team at the first Hockenheimring round.[ 11] [ 48] Michael Lewis lost his seat at Prema Powerteam. Later, he was announced at Mücke Motorsport as the replacement for DTM-bound Pascal Wehrlein .[ 14] Alex Lynn switched from Fortec Motorsports to Prema Powerteam.[ 6] After placing sixth in the GT3 class of the 2012 British GT Championship , Jann Mardenborough made his Formula Three debut, driving for Carlin.[ 10]
After one season with Prema Powerteam in 2012, Sven Müller switched to ma-con Motorsport for 2013.[ 18]
Jo Zeller Racing 's Andrea Roda moved to the Auto GP with Virtuosi UK.[ 49] German Formula Three Trophy Class champion André Rudersdorf graduated to the championship with ma-con Motorsport.[ 20]
Angolan driver Luís Sá Silva and Carlin driver Carlos Sainz Jr. moved to the GP3 Series, driving for Carlin and MW Arden respectively.[ 50] [ 51]
GP3 Series driver Dmitry Suranovich switched to the championship with Fortec Motorsports.[ 24] After three seasons competing in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship national class, Gary Thompson entered the series with Romeo Ferraris, competing with a Japanese racing licence.[ 41]
Calendar
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 18 November 2012.[ 52] [ 53] DTM organisers moved the Norisring event back by a week to avoid a clash with the German Grand Prix . To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September. On 1 June 2013, the Le Castellet round was removed from the calendar,[ 54] Vallelunga .[ 55]
Circuit/Locastion
Date
Supporting
1
1
Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza
23 March
FIA WTCC Race of Italy
2
24 March
3
2
4
Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone
13 April
6 Hours of Silverstone
5
6
14 April
3
7
Hockenheimring , Baden-Württemberg
4 May
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
8
9
5 May
4
10
Brands Hatch , Kent
18 May
11
12
19 May
5
13
Red Bull Ring , Spielberg
1 June
14
15
2 June
6
16
Norisring , Nuremberg
13 July
17
18
14 July
7
19
Nürburgring , Rhineland-Palatinate
17 August
20
21
18 August
8
22
Circuit Park Zandvoort , Noord-Holland
28 September
23
24
29 September
9
25
Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi" , Campagnano
12 October
Superstars Series
26
13 October
27
10
28
Hockenheimring , Baden-Württemberg
19 October
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
29
30
20 October
Results
Championship standings
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
The third race at Monza was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.
(key )
Driver
MNZ SIL HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Points
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
1
Raffaele Marciello
1
2
1 6
2
1
1 1 4
2
1
DSQ
4
13
6
1
3 2
1 1
1 5
16
Ret
1
Ret
1
2
4
1
489.5
2
Felix Rosenqvist
Ret
4
11
3
1
2
8
10
1
4
5
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
9
5
2
1 1 10
9
6
1
1 2
457
3
Alex Lynn
8
6
3
2
6
3
15
7
6
1 2
Ret
7
12
8
3
1
3
14
7
6
3
2
3
3
1 4
4
2
8
339.5
4
Lucas Auer
2
Ret
4
4
3
7
7
4
12
3
3
1
10
4
3
13
13
6
5
5
2
7
12
7
7
5
Ret
26
3
3
277
5
Harry Tincknell
5
5
6
1
4
9
5
13
25
5
7
2
12
7
4
6
8
8
11
10
4
6
6
6
11
18
8
5
5
5
227
6
Jordan King
7
Ret
9
11
Ret
6
11
9
5
7
13
11
3
6
5
17
9
9
4
4
Ret
4
4
2
13
Ret
5
6
8
9
176
7
Tom Blomqvist
13
3
10
10
5
14
3
3
8
6
6
5
17
8
Ret
5
7
4
13
12
22
9
8
8
12
12
14
10
12
4
151.5
8
Luis Felipe Derani
11
19
5
9
8
Ret
14
14
10
14
18
17
18
11
9
15
5
7
6
2
3
19
5
5
6
6
2
7
11
Ret
143
9
Sven Müller
12
9
22
12
Ret
Ret
4
8
7
Ret
4
4
6
Ret
Ret
Ret
17
10
10
6
Ret
10
7
22
8
8
Ret
3
6
7
122
10
Alexander Sims
14
4
5
2
3
Ret
Ret
10
9
2
2
3
112
11
Félix Serrallés
6
7
15
8
DNS
4
2
5
2
16
15
16
Ret
22
13
4
6
Ret
8
8
12
Ret
Ret
15
Ret
Ret
Ret
11
DSQ
Ret
104
12
Josh Hill
23
8
12
Ret
7
Ret
6
2
13
8
8
13
Ret
5
12
56
13
Eddie Cheever III
10
13
8
19
10
Ret
Ret
19
9
17
11
Ret
8
9
Ret
11
16
14
16
15
9
13
Ret
17
5
4
Ret
9
10
17
50
14
Pascal Wehrlein
3 1 2
49
15
Nicholas Latifi
16
15
Ret
5
Ret
10
23
22
15
Ret
27
7
5
Ret
7
Ret
19
Ret
19
17
21
8
11
Ret
17
11
Ret
12
13
Ret
45
16
William Buller
4
Ret
7
7
9
5
9
11
17
9
9
12
14
16
14
39
17
Antonio Giovinazzi
22†
12
13
DSQ
DNS
11
12
Ret
24
11
16
9
15
23
Ret
Ret
23
Ret
18
16
10
14
Ret
11
9
7
13
17
7
6
31
18
Lucas Wolf
Ret
18
Ret
17
13
17
18
18
11
12
14
6
16
3
11
Ret
14
19
Ret
Ret
14
DNS
24
19
19
Ret
Ret
19
16
Ret
28
19
Michael Lewis
13
11
Ret
22
21
16
DNS
DNS
DNS
9
10
15
10
10
Ret
7
11
7
Ret
13
13
16
15
10
15
16
10
23
20
Dennis van de Laar
9
10
Ret
18
12
Ret
13
6
14
Ret
17
Ret
23
25
Ret
Ret
18
13
23
19
15
11
15
23
14
16
9
8
9
12
22
21
Jann Mardenborough Ret
11
14
16
DNS
8
16
Ret
22
13
10
Ret
13
21
Ret
7
27
12
15
Ret
11
16
23†
14
18
Ret
11
16
18
11
12
22
Roy Nissany
Ret
17
Ret
21
18
Ret
24
16
Ret
18
23
8
11
15
10
8
15
Ret
17
Ret
18
15
14
12
22
13
17
18
15
15
11
23
Mitchell Gilbert
Ret
Ret
23†
15
14
Ret
17
15
18
20
19
DSQ
25
14
Ret
Ret
22
17
12
14
8
12
9
10
24
14
12
14
17
Ret
10
24
André Rudersdorf
20
14
24†
20
17
16
25
20
Ret
21
20
10
20
DSQ
18
9
20
18
25
22
17
22
21
18
21
19
19
20
Ret
19
3
25
John Bryant-Meisner
15
10
16
13
14
Ret
2
26
Måns Grenhagen
Ret
Ret
DNS
14
21†
12
19
17
19
24
EX
Ret
Ret
24
Ret
0
27
Sandro Zeller
18
21
NC
NC
20
Ret
Ret
25
21
19
24
15
19
19
19
12
25
Ret
24
23
20
20
19
21
23
22
18
23
23
18
0
28
Sean Gelael
14
16
17
24
16
18†
21
27
Ret
23
22
Ret
22
17
20†
Ret
21
15
20
18
13
17
20
20
Ret
21
Ret
25
24
13
0
29
Gary Thompson
24
20
16
25
Ret
13
0
30
Kevin Korjus
Ret
Ret
14
0
31
Richard Goddard
15
24
19
23
15
Ret
27
24
Ret
15
21
18
24
18
16
19
24
16
21
21
Ret
18
18
16
25
17
15
22
20
20
0
32
Tatiana Calderón
19
23
21
22
19
15
26
26
23
22
25
20
21
20
17
Ret
26
Ret
22
20
19
21
22
24
20
20
20
21
22
Ret
0
33
Dmitry Suranovich
17
22
18
0
34
Alfonso Celis Jr.
Ret
17
Ret
0
35
Michela Cerruti
21
Ret
20
25
26
19
18
28
20
0
36
Stefano Coletti
Ret
25
DNS
0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Daniil Kvyat
10
12
3
10
12
14
2
2
2
Ret
12
Ret
9
13
16
1 3
4
4
3
7
Nick Cassidy
16
11
11
24
21
16
Ed Jones
20
23
20
Driver
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
R1
R2
R3
Points
MNZ SIL HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Ravenol Team Trophy
Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.
^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[ 5]
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 5, 8–10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–4, 6–7, 10
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–9
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 6
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–5, 7–10
^ a b c d e f g Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship.
^ a b c d Ineligible to score any championship points.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 10
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1–9
^ Serrallés is a Puerto Rican driver who raced this year under American racing license.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5
^ Thompson is an Irish driver who raced this year under Japanese racing license.
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