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2011 British Formula 3 International Series

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The 2011 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series (an international motor racing series), was the 61st British Formula 3 International Series season. The season began on 16 April at Monza in Italy and ended on 9 October at Silverstone after 30 races held at ten meetings. Of those meetings, six were held in the United Kingdom, with overseas rounds at Monza, the Nürburgring in Germany, Paul Ricard in France, and Spa in Belgium.

Brazilian driver Felipe Nasr dominated the series, winning seven races and recording 16 top three finishes over the first eight rounds of the series, putting him 123 points ahead of Nasr's Carlin Motorsport teammate, Danish driver Kevin Magnussen, giving him an unassailable lead in the championship with two rounds still in hand.


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Regulation changes

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A number of changes were announced for the season, with pit-stops set to be introduced in the third race of each round,[2] but this plan was later abandoned in July 2011.[3] The championship's class system – Championship and National – was also renamed to the International and Rookie Championships. The Rookie winner will receive a fully paid entry to the 2012 International Championship.[2]

Drivers and teams

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Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds
International Class
United Kingdom Carlin Dallara F308 Volkswagen 1 Colombia Carlos Huertas All
2 Denmark Kevin Magnussen All
21 United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook All
22 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar All
31 Brazil Felipe Nasr All
32 United Kingdom Jack Harvey All
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Dallara F311 Mercedes HWA 3 United Kingdom William Buller All
4 Brazil Lucas Foresti All
23 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell All
24 Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas All
United Kingdom Double R Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 5 Brazil Pipo Derani All
6 Australia Scott Pye All
26 Finland Valtteri Bottas 9
New Zealand Mitch Evans 10
United Kingdom Hitech Racing Dallara F308 Volkswagen 7 Brazil Pietro Fantin All
27 Spain Bruno Méndez 1
Brazil Pedro Nunes 5
8 Russia Max Snegirev 9–10
Dallara F310 4
United Kingdom Riki Christodoulou 1–3
Portugal António Félix da Costa 5–6
United Kingdom Sino Vision Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 11 United Kingdom Hywel Lloyd All
12 China Adderly Fong All
United Kingdom T-Sport Dallara F311 Volkswagen 15 Brazil Yann Cunha All
16 Bahrain Menasheh Idafar All
17 Netherlands Bart Hylkema 6–10
Germany Motopark Dallara F308 Volkswagen 18 United Kingdom Alexander Sims 10
Rookie Class
United Kingdom T-Sport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 41 Netherlands Bart Hylkema 1–5
United Kingdom Hitech Racing Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 42 Japan Kotaro Sakurai 1
Dallara F305 2–10
United Kingdom Team West-Tec Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 44 Italy Luca Orlandi 8
Invitation Entries
United Kingdom Double R Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 77 Estonia Marko Asmer 7
United Kingdom Hitech Racing Dallara F308 Volkswagen 77 Brazil Guilherme Silva 10
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F308 Volkswagen 92 Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk 7
France Signature[4] Dallara F308 Volkswagen 93 Germany Daniel Abt 7
94 Colombia Carlos Muñoz 7
96 Germany Marco Wittmann 7
Dallara F309 95 Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 7
Italy Prema Powerteam Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 97 Italy Raffaele Marciello 7
98 Spain Roberto Merhi 7
Dallara F309 99 Spain Daniel Juncadella 7

Driver changes

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Changed Teams
Entering/Re-Entering British Formula 3 International Series
Leaving British Formula Three

Race calendar and results

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  • A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2010,[5] before this was altered again on 26 November 2010.[6] The Nürburgring meeting was moved from September to July on 4 February 2011.[7] The first and third races at the Spa-Francorchamps round were also points-scoring for the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Class Winner Supporting
1 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 16 April United Kingdom William Buller Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Carlin No Winner Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 17 April United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema
R3 United Kingdom William Buller Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema
2 R1 United Kingdom Oulton Park 23 April Brazil Lucas Foresti Brazil Lucas Foresti Brazil Lucas Foresti United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Netherlands Bart Hylkema British GT
R2 25 April Brazil Pietro Fantin United Kingdom Riki Christodoulou United Kingdom Hitech Racing Netherlands Bart Hylkema
R3 Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Lucas Foresti Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema
3 R1 United Kingdom Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 14 May Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema British GT
R2 15 May Denmark Kevin Magnussen Brazil Lucas Foresti United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Japan Kotaro Sakurai
R3 Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema
4 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 18 June United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook United Kingdom William Buller Brazil Lucas Foresti United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Japan Kotaro Sakurai British GT
R2 19 June United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom Harry Tincknell United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Japan Kotaro Sakurai
R3 United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook Denmark Kevin Magnussen Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema
5 R1 Germany Nürburgring 2 July Denmark Kevin Magnussen Denmark Kevin Magnussen Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema FIA Formula Two
AvD 100 Meilen
R2 3 July United Kingdom Jack Harvey United Kingdom Jack Harvey United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema
R3 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Denmark Kevin Magnussen Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Carlin Netherlands Bart Hylkema
6 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 16 July Denmark Kevin Magnussen Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Carlin Japan Kotaro Sakurai FIA GT1 World Championship
R2 17 July United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Japan Kotaro Sakurai
R3 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Portugal António Félix da Costa Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Carlin Japan Kotaro Sakurai
7 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 29 July Spain Roberto Merhi Denmark Kevin Magnussen1 Spain Roberto Merhi Italy Prema Powerteam Japan Kotaro Sakurai 24 Hours of Spa
R2 United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook2 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Carlin Japan Kotaro Sakurai
R3 30 July Spain Roberto Merhi Brazil Felipe Nasr1 Spain Roberto Merhi Italy Prema Powerteam Japan Kotaro Sakurai
8 R1 United Kingdom Rockingham Motor Speedway 3 September Brazil Pietro Fantin Brazil Felipe Nasr Brazil Pietro Fantin United Kingdom Hitech Racing Italy Luca Orlandi British GT
R2 4 September Brazil Felipe Nasr Australia Scott Pye United Kingdom Double R Racing Japan Kotaro Sakurai
R3 Brazil Pietro Fantin Brazil Pietro Fantin Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Carlin Japan Kotaro Sakurai
9 R1 United Kingdom Donington Park 24 September United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook United Kingdom Carlin Japan Kotaro Sakurai British GT
R2 25 September Brazil Felipe Nasr Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Double R Racing No Winner
R3 Brazil Felipe Nasr Finland Valtteri Bottas Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Carlin No Winner
10 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 8 October Denmark Kevin Magnussen Denmark Kevin Magnussen Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Carlin Japan Kotaro Sakurai British GT
R2 9 October Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom Alexander Sims Germany Motopark Japan Kotaro Sakurai
R3 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Denmark Kevin Magnussen Colombia Carlos Huertas United Kingdom Carlin Japan Kotaro Sakurai
  • 1 Fastest lap recorded by Roberto Merhi, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
  • 2 Fastest lap recorded by Hannes van Asseldonk, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

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Pos Driver MNZ
Italy
OUL
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
BRH
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
ROC
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
Pts
Championship Class
1 Brazil Felipe Nasr 1 2 1 2 5 1 2 6 17 2 6 1 2 4 1 1 16 1 9 8 7 6 2 3 Ret 10 9 3 7 Ret 318
2 Denmark Kevin Magnussen 15 8 6 8 18 Ret 1 8 1 8 11 15 1 6 5 4 4 Ret 7 1 8 7 5 1 Ret 16 1 1 8 2 237
3 Colombia Carlos Huertas 3 6 4 4 6 10 3 10 2 5 3 5 Ret Ret 3 3 5 5 10 11 9 5 6 11 2 6 4 7 9 1 222
4 United Kingdom William Buller 4 3 7 14 13 5 9 3 Ret 6 15 3 5 Ret 7 7 1 2 2 10 3 15 3 4 8 2 16 6 12 5 197
5 United Kingdom Rupert Svendsen-Cook 5 1 8 10 8 4 4 Ret 13 3 7 Ret 8 2 6 6 2 4 6 2 14 2 10 Ret 1 8 3 Ret 15 3 191
6 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 2 5 3 3 4 6 16 16 4 4 5 4 4 5 11 8 9 Ret 3 DSQ 12 4 4 5 5 4 10 4 19 9 187
7 Brazil Lucas Foresti 9 17 2 1 7 2 10 1 9 1 8 2 9 11 4 9 7 Ret 13 13 11 11 12 12 17 7 8 5 2 6 170
8 Brazil Pietro Fantin Ret 9 5 5 2 9 6 4 5 12 9 10 11 Ret 8 15 8 Ret 19 14 DSQ 1 19 2 12 14 6 9 3 8 119
9 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Ret 10 17 11 10 19 15 Ret 12 13 12 6 7 1 14 5 6 3 5 12 10 3 14 6 3 9 Ret 10 6 18 112
10 Australia Scott Pye Ret 12 14 9 9 8 Ret 11 7 7 4 8 12 10 12 14 Ret Ret 16 16 15 8 1 7 4 Ret 5 2 20 17 81
11 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 11 11 16 6 3 7 8 2 8 10 1 9 3 8 9 10 17 Ret 22 Ret 16 Ret 13 8 7 5 14 12 16 11 78
12 United Kingdom Riki Christodoulou 6 4 11 7 1 12 5 7 3 51
13 Portugal António Félix da Costa 6 7 2 2 3 9 51
14 Bahrain Menasheh Idafar 8 18 10 Ret Ret 3 14 17 19 9 2 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 11 12 Ret Ret 19 9 7 Ret 11 3 11 19 4 13 48
15 Brazil Pipo Derani Ret Ret 9 Ret 14 13 13 12 6 15 13 Ret 14 9 13 13 Ret 10 18 21 Ret 13 8 Ret 10 Ret 2 14 5 12 36
16 United Kingdom Hywel Lloyd 7 7 15 12 11 14 7 5 14 Ret Ret 7 16 13 19 12 10 7 15 18 Ret 10 9 Ret 15 13 12 11 Ret 10 34
17 Finland Valtteri Bottas 6 1 13 17
18 United Kingdom Alexander Sims 8 1 7 17
19 Brazil Pedro Nunes 10 3 10 10
20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Ret 11 4 10
21 Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas 12 Ret 12 15 15 15 Ret 13 15 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret 20 11 14 6 20 Ret 18 Ret 15 10 18 17 Ret 20 Ret 19 7
22 China Adderly Fong 13 16 20 16 16 11 12 14 11 11 10 Ret 15 12 15 17 12 Ret 21 20 22 14 11 Ret 16 12 7 18 17 16 5
23 Netherlands Bart Hylkema Ret Ret 8 Ret 22 17 12 17 9 14 Ret 17 13 Ret 14 5
24 Russia Max Snegirev 16 Ret 12 9 15 Ret 16 13 Ret 2
25 Spain Bruno Méndez 10 14 18 1
26 Brazil Yann Cunha 14 13 13 13 12 16 11 9 10 14 14 11 18 14 16 16 13 Ret 23 19 20 Ret 16 Ret 13 11 15 15 10 15 −36
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Spain Roberto Merhi 1 15 1 0
Germany Marco Wittmann 11 5 2 0
Spain Daniel Juncadella 8 3 Ret 0
Colombia Carlos Muñoz 4 6 Ret 0
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 17 7 4 0
Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk 12 4 Ret 0
Italy Raffaele Marciello Ret 17 5 0
Estonia Marko Asmer Ret Ret 6 0
Germany Daniel Abt 14 9 13 0
Brazil Guilherme Silva 17 14 Ret 0
Rookie Class
1 Japan Kotaro Sakurai Ret DNS DNS 18 Ret 18 18 15 18 17 16 14 20 16 18 18 15 11 24 23 21 Ret 18 13 19 Ret Ret 21 18 20 378
2 Netherlands Bart Hylkema NC 15 19 17 17 17 17 Ret 16 Ret 17 13 17 15 17 214
3 Italy Luca Orlandi 16 20 14 45
Pos Driver MNZ
Italy
OUL
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
BRH
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
ROC
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
Pts

References

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  2. ^ a b "Wheel changes confirmed for British F3 2011". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  3. ^ Anderson, Ben (7 July 2011). "British F3 drops mandatory pitstops from 2011 races". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ Carter, Nick (25 July 2011). "Bumper field and live TV for British Formula 3 at Spa". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  5. ^ "British F3 2011 calendar: better, faster, stronger". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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