2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
2018 season of the Formula 3 European Championship
Mick Schumacher , the series champion.The 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was the seventh and final season of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship , a multi-event motor racing championship for third-tier single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe . The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula 3 racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. Teams and drivers competed in ten rounds, running in support of a variety of European motorsport championships including the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters , Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the FIA World Endurance Championship .
As the FIA Formula 3 European Championship and GP3 Series are merged to form the international FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2019, 2018 was the final year that the championship was run since its formation in 2012.[ 1]
Mick Schumacher won the championship on his second season. He took the championship lead after win in the first Spielberg race and held it until the second Hockenheim race, where he clinched the title.[ 2] [ 3] Dan Ticktum was the championship leader after first Hungaroring race and from finish of the first Silverstone race till the finish of the first Spielberg race but he scored only 42 out of 150 possible points in the final two rounds, losing the title battle by 59 points. Robert Shwartzman won the rookies' championship and completed the top-three in the driver's standings ahead of another Ferrari Driver Academy members Marcus Armstrong and Guanyu Zhou . Armstrong was placed behind Jüri Vips in both Drivers' and Rookies' standings. While fellow Estonian driver Ralf Aron was behind Armstrong in the driver standings. Prema Theodore Racing successfully defended the teams' championship title, winning over Motopark with one round to spare, and maintaining their record of being the only team to have won the teams' championship since the FIA Formula 3 European Championship was launched in 2012.[ 4]
Champion Mick Schumacher took 8 wins - one each in Belgium , Italy , Great Britain . He took a hat-trick at the Nürburgring and he won two races at the Red Bull Ring . Runner-up Dan Ticktum , Jüri Vips and Ralf Aron - all took 4 race wins. Guanyu Zhou , Enaam Ahmed and Robert Shwartzman won two races. Marcus Armstrong , Sacha Fenestraz , Jehan Daruvala and Nikita Troitskiy were all victorious once respectively.
Entries
The following teams and drivers are currently competing in the 2018 championship:[ 5]
Icon
Meaning
R Rookie Cup
Team changes
Driver changes
Italian F4 champion Marcus Armstrong made his Formula 3 debut with Prema Powerteam .[ 10] Robert Shwartzman , who finished third in the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 .[ 12] Callum Ilott , who raced for the team in 2017, moved to the GP3 Series .[ 39] Ralf Aron returned to Prema.[ 9] Maximilian Günther , who finished third in 2017, stepped up to FIA Formula 2 Championship, leaving his Prema seat vacant.[ 40] Fabio Scherer and Jonathan Aberdein , who finished fifth and ninth respectively in the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, moved up to the series with Motopark .[ 14] [ 15] 2017 Italian F4 Championship driver Sebastián Fernández , 2017 Macau Grand Prix winner Dan Ticktum and 2017 ADAC Formula 4 champion Jüri Vips .[ 13] [ 16] [ 18] David Beckmann , who raced with the team switched to GP3 Series.[ 41] Joel Eriksson received 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drive with BMW, leaving his Motopark seat vacant.[ 42] After competing in the selected rounds of the 2017 championship, Devlin DeFrancesco and Ameya Vaidyanathan made their full-time switch to European F3 with Carlin from Euroformula Open.[ 23] [ 25] 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Sacha Fenestraz , who have competed Nürburgring round for Carlin in 2017 also made the full-time switch.[ 21] 2017 Euroformula Open Championship runner-up Nikita Troitskiy .[ 22] Lando Norris graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship , leaving his Carlin seat vacant.[ 43]
Keyvan Andres switched from Motopark to Van Amersfoort Racing .[ 31] Artem Petrov .[ 30] Harrison Newey left the team and the championship, moving to sports car racing with Rebellion Racing in the 2018 European Le Mans Series .[ 44] Joey Mawson and Pedro Piquet left the team and the championship to join Arden International and Trident respectively in the GP3 Series.[ 45] [ 46] Julian Hanses , who finished eleventh in the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship is scheduled to graduate with series returnees ma-con , after missing three rounds he returned with Carlin at Spielberg.[ 34] [ 24] BRDC British Formula 3 champion Enaam Ahmed and his rival Ben Hingeley moved to European Formula 3, joining Hitech GP .[ 36] [ 38] Álex Palou , who finished third in the 2017 All-Japan Formula Three Championship .[ 35] Nikita Mazepin left Hitech after two consecutive seasons to join ART Grand Prix in the GP3 Series .[ 47] Tadasuke Makino also left the team to join the FIA Formula 2 Championship .[ 48] Midseason changes
Calendar
The following ten rounds are being contested as part of the 2018 championship:
Round
Circuit
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Supporting
1
Circuit de Pau-Ville , Pau
12 May
13 May
13 May
stand-alone event
2
Hungaroring , Mogyoród
2 June
3 June
3 June
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
3
Norisring , Nuremberg
23 June
24 June
24 June
4
Circuit Zandvoort , Zandvoort
14 July
14 July
15 July
5
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Francorchamps
27 July
27 July
28 July
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
6
Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone
18 August
18 August
19 August
FIA World Endurance Championship
7
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli , Misano Adriatico 25 August
26 August
26 August
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
8
Nürburgring , Rhineland-Palatinate
8 September
9 September
9 September
9
Red Bull Ring , Spielberg
22 September
23 September
23 September
10
Hockenheimring , Baden-Württemberg
13 October
13 October
14 October
Calendar changes
The round at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza was replaced by a new round at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli as the series continues to support the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters . The Pau Grand Prix replaced Monza as the opening round of the championship, with the Silverstone round held later in the season.[ 49]
Results and standings
Season summary
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten drivers. Guest drivers are not eligible to score points.
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
In order for the full points score to be awarded, the race must run for at least twenty-five minutes. In the event that less than twenty-five minutes elapse, half points are awarded.
Notes:
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Driver
PAU [ N 15] HUN NOR ZAN SPA SIL MIS NÜR RBR 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
Robert Shwartzman
4
6
3
1
3
Ret
2
Ret
3
4
2
6
1
2
1
6
6
5
2
4
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
491.5
2
Jüri Vips
5
10
7
2
9
2
3
1
1
2
3
8
2
Ret
3
3
1
1
3
1
1
Ret
10
3
3
3
4
2
1
4
430
3
Marcus Armstrong
2
2
Ret
Ret
2
Ret
1
2
2
1
1
9
Ret
4
2
5
4
Ret
1
6
Ret
3
2
2
2
1
3
Ret
Ret
Ret
361
4
Enaam Ahmed
3
4
1
3
1
1
6
7
4
9
Ret
5
12
3
4
2
3
4
12
2
4
2
Ret
5
14
7
10
5
Ret
3
304.5
5
Sacha Fenestraz
1
1
12
4
4
3
Ret
3
Ret
10
6
10
5
5
8
1
5
2
5
3
6
7
4
4
6
11†
Ret
3
Ret
Ret
277
6
Jonathan Aberdein
7
11
4
9
7
4
8
6
Ret
3
5
3
Ret
7
5
4
2
3
4
7
5
5
3
6
4
4
2
11
5
2
277
7
Fabio Scherer
6
Ret
2
6
6
6
10
4
9
7
4
2
4
1
7
7
Ret
6
7
5
3
Ret
5
7
5
5
5
Ret
3
6
249
8
Nikita Troitskiy
9
7
6
7
11
5
13
5
Ret
6
7
1
DNS
6
15
9
Ret
8
10
13
8
8
8
10
9
Ret
9
4
4
13
133
9
Ret
3
5
5
5
Ret
4
8
Ret
5
Ret
Ret
11
9
9
8
7
11
13
9
7
4
Ret
11
7
8
12
9
6
12
122
10
Artem Petrov
10
Ret
8
11
14
8
5
10
6
8
9
4
3
Ret
10
Ret
9
7
6
10
9
10
6
9
13
Ret
6
8
8
5
118
11
Sebastián Fernández Ret
8
10
8
10
7
7
12
5
11
8
7
7
8
6
10
8
Ret
9
8
Ret
6
Ret
8
8
Ret
8
12
7
7
102.5
12
Julian Hanses
8
5
11
Ret
12
11
11
9
7
12
10
Ret
10
12
14
WD
WD
WD
12
9
11
7
Ret
8
38
13
Sophia Flörsch
14
11
11
9
11
12
12
10
9
8
11
11
Ret
7
12
10
6
7
10
10
11
34
14
Ameya Vaidyanathan Ret
9
9
10
8
9
9
DSQ
EX
13
Ret
12
6
10
13
11
12
10
11
12
10
9
9
Ret
11
10
13
13
9
10
32
15
Petru Florescu
12
13
10
12
11
8
15
12
13
8
Ret
11
13
11
13
WD
WD
WD
9
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Frederik Vesti
6
11
9
0
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
PAU [ N 15] HUN NOR ZAN SPA SIL MIS NÜR RBR HOC
Notes:
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Points for the team classification solely are awarded to two best finishing cars of each team, omitting the other cars from the classification of the race.
^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[ 6]
^ Armstrong is a New Zealand driver who raced under an Italian racing licence.[ 11]
^ Used F314/006 chassis at rounds 1–6
^ Fernández is a Venezuelan driver who raced under a Spanish racing licence.[ 11]
^ Sato is a Japanese driver who raced under a Sammarinese racing licence.[ 11]
^ Used F317/012 chassis at round 2
^ Used F315/001 chassis at roundы 1-9
^ Used F316/014 chassis at rounds 1–3
^ Vaidyanathan raced under a British racing licence at rounds 1–3.[ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
^ Andres is a German-Iranian driver who raced under an Iranian racing licence.[ 11]
^ Used F312/045 chassis at round 3
^ Used F315/009 chassis at rounds 1–3
^ Used F315/011 chassis at rounds 1-9
^ Used F316/019 chassis at rounds 1–4, F316/022 chassis at rounds 5-9
^ a b c d The third race at Pau was red-flagged after eleven laps were completed. As less than 25 minutes of the race had passed at the time of suspension, the race paid half points to all classified finishers.[ 50]
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