2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

The 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It is the fifth edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

Felix Rosenqvist was the defending drivers' champion,[1] but was unable to defend his title, because of a new rule which determined that drivers could spend no more than three years in the category. His team, Prema Powerteam, were the defending winners of the teams' championship.

2016 was the final season that the Dallara F312 chassis package, which débuted in the 2012 season, was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package was introduced for 2017.

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2016 season:[2]

Team Chassis[N 1] Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
  Prema Powerteam[4] F316/002 Mercedes 1   Lance Stroll[4] All
F314/015 2   Nick Cassidy[5][N 2] All
F315/005 16   Ralf Aron[6][N 3] R All
F315/006 17   Maximilian Günther[7][N 4] All
  Carlin[8] F316/014 Volkswagen 3   Ryan Tveter[8][N 5] 1–7
F312/004   Dan Ticktum[9][N 3] R G 10
F315/016 4   Alessio Lorandi[10] 1–7
F312/010   Lando Norris[9][N 3] R G 10
F314/020 18   Zhi Cong Li[11][N 3] 1–4
  William Buller[12] 5
F312/040   Jake Hughes[9] 10
F315/001 19   Raoul Hyman[13][N 3] 1
  Weiron Tan[14][15][N 3] 4, 6–7
  Van Amersfoort Racing[16] F316/010 Mercedes 5   Pedro Piquet[16][N 6] All
F316/017 6   Callum Ilott[17][N 7] All
F316/001 20   Harrison Newey[18][N 3] R All
F312/052 21   Anthoine Hubert[19][N 8] R All
  kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport F316/007 Mercedes 7   Mikkel Jensen[20] All
F316/012 8   David Beckmann[21] R 3–10
  Motopark[22] F316/020 Volkswagen 9   Sérgio Sette Câmara[22][N 9] All
F315/003 10   Niko Kari[22][N 10] R All
F315/007 22   Joel Eriksson[23][N 11] R All
F314/016 23   Guanyu Zhou[24][N 12] R All
  HitechGP[25] F316/018 Mercedes 11   Nikita Mazepin[26][N 3] R All
F315/010 12   George Russell[27] All
F316/022 24   Ben Barnicoat[28] R All
F315/009 25   Alexander Sims[29][N 3] G 10
  Threebond with T-Sport[30] F314/019 NBE 14   Arjun Maini[30] 2–4
F316/008   Wing Chung Chang[31] 9–10
Threebond 15   Arjun Maini[30] 1
F314/019   Ukyo Sasahara[15] R 7, 9
Icon Legend
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Driver changes edit

Joining FIA European Formula 3
Changing Teams
Leaving Formula 3

Team changes edit

Calendar edit

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 2 December 2015.[34]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 1   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 2 April World Touring Car Championship
2
3 3 April
2 4   Hungaroring, Mogyoród 23 April
5
6 24 April
3 7   Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau 14 May Pau Grand Prix
8
9 15 May
4 10   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 21 May Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
11
12 22 May
5 13   Norisring, Nuremberg 25 June
14
15 26 June
6 16   Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 16 July
17
18 17 July
7 19   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 29 July 24 Hours of Spa
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
20
21 30 July
8 22   Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 10 September Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
23
24 11 September
9 25   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 1 October European Touring Car Cup
FFSA GT Championship
26 2 October
27
10 28   Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 15 October Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
29 16 October
30

Results edit

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Ben Barnicoat
R2   Maximilian Günther   Nick Cassidy   Callum Ilott   Van Amersfoort Racing   Guanyu Zhou
R3   Maximilian Günther   Joel Eriksson   Maximilian Günther   Prema Powerteam   Joel Eriksson
2 R1   Hungaroring   Maximilian Günther   Joel Eriksson   Ralf Aron   Prema Powerteam   Ralf Aron
R2   Maximilian Günther   Maximilian Günther   Maximilian Günther   Prema Powerteam   Ralf Aron
R3   Maximilian Günther   Lance Stroll   Ben Barnicoat   HitechGP   Ben Barnicoat
3 R1   Circuit de Pau-Ville   Lance Stroll   Callum Ilott   Ben Barnicoat   HitechGP   Ben Barnicoat
R2   George Russell   George Russell   George Russell   HitechGP   Ben Barnicoat
R3   Alessio Lorandi   Anthoine Hubert   Alessio Lorandi   Carlin   Joel Eriksson
4 R1   Red Bull Ring   Callum Ilott   Callum Ilott   Callum Ilott   Van Amersfoort Racing   David Beckmann
R2   Lance Stroll   Sérgio Sette Câmara   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Niko Kari
R3   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Ben Barnicoat
5 R1   Norisring   Lance Stroll   Callum Ilott   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Niko Kari
R2   Anthoine Hubert   Lance Stroll   Anthoine Hubert   Van Amersfoort Racing   Anthoine Hubert
R3   Lance Stroll   Alessio Lorandi   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Anthoine Hubert
6 R1   Circuit Park Zandvoort   Nick Cassidy   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Niko Kari
R2   Callum Ilott   Maximilian Günther   Nick Cassidy   Prema Powerteam   Anthoine Hubert
R3   Maximilian Günther   Lance Stroll   Maximilian Günther   Prema Powerteam   David Beckmann
7 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Ben Barnicoat
R2   George Russell   George Russell   George Russell   HitechGP   Joel Eriksson
R3   George Russell   George Russell   Joel Eriksson   Motopark   Joel Eriksson
8 R1   Nürburgring   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Ralf Aron
R2   Lance Stroll   Maximilian Günther   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Joel Eriksson
R3   Maximilian Günther   Maximilian Günther   Maximilian Günther   Prema Powerteam   Niko Kari
9 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Niko Kari   Motopark   Niko Kari
R2   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Joel Eriksson
R3   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Ralf Aron
10 R1   Hockenheimring   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Ralf Aron
R2   Lance Stroll   David Beckmann   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Joel Eriksson
R3   Joel Eriksson   Lance Stroll   Lance Stroll   Prema Powerteam   Joel Eriksson

Championship standings edit

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

Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver LEC
 
HUN
 
PAU
 
RBR
 
NOR
 
ZAN
 
SPA
 
NÜR
 
IMO
 
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   Lance Stroll 1 Ret 5 4 8 3 9 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 507
2   Maximilian Günther 5 Ret 1 5 1 Ret 3 14 13 3 6 3 Ret 3 5 4 2 1 2 7 6 2 2 1 12 Ret 12 2 8 9 320
3   George Russell 3 11 18 Ret 4 Ret 4 1 3 5 2 Ret 3 9 Ret 7 9 5 5 1 3 3 Ret 7 4 3 2 7 6 Ret 264
4   Nick Cassidy 2 2 2 Ret 16 9 2 16 Ret 6 Ret 10 6 4 6 2 1 2 4 17 5 4 Ret 5 10 7 8 3 Ret 4 254
5   Joel Eriksson 6 9 3 3 Ret 2 14 9 6 17 14 6 Ret 5 Ret 12 10 7 14 2 1 7 3 6 3 2 5 6 2 2 252
6   Callum Ilott 10 1 12 Ret 9 6 5 3 4 1 4 2 Ret 7 7 5 3 6 16 5 Ret 5 7 4 15 Ret 3 Ret DSQ Ret 226
7   Ralf Aron 7 Ret 7 1 2 DNS 13 6 15 9 12 9 4 10 9 14 6 8 8 14 13 6 4 14 7 4 4 4 5 8 166
8   Anthoine Hubert 17 8 6 Ret 13 14 12 7 12 16 10 16 8 1 2 9 4 10 Ret 4 2 10 5 9 5 6 6 10 7 10 160
9   Ben Barnicoat 4 Ret 11 9 10 1 1 5 11 10 15 5 5 Ret DSQ 18 8 9 3 11 20 9 Ret 10 8 Ret 13 18 9 7 134
10   Niko Kari 8 16 15 2 Ret 8 19 11 8 20 3 8 2 12 Ret 6 11 11 11 10 7 8 10 3 1 9 Ret 14 12 13 129
11   Sérgio Sette Câmara 16 5 19 7 5 5 8 2 Ret 12 8 4 Ret Ret 3 11 17 15 15 Ret 15 11 8 8 Ret 15 11 5 14 6 117
12   Mikkel Jensen 13 4 4 10 7 11 6 8 5 4 5 Ret 7 8 Ret 15 13 12 Ret 3 9 15 13 17 11 10 7 Ret 15 DNS 107
13   Guanyu Zhou 14 3 8 8 3 4 11 Ret Ret 13 11 7 Ret 6 4 16 18 16 17 8 11 12 12 12 6 5 10 11 13 11 101
14   Alessio Lorandi 12 6 9 6 6 12 10 15 1 11 9 17 12 Ret 8 3 5 4 10 13 17 96
15   David Beckmann 17 Ret Ret 7 7 12 10 13 Ret 10 7 3 7 16 10 13 6 13 Ret Ret 9 12 3 18 67
16   Jake Hughes 19 4 3 27
17   Ryan Tveter 15 7 Ret 11 11 DNS 7 Ret 7 15 DNS DNS 13 Ret 13 8 14 14 9 9 16 25
18   Harrison Newey 9 Ret 14 12 12 10 15 Ret 14 8 16 11 14 Ret 10 19 12 18 6 12 12 14 11 11 9 8 Ret 15 18 12 22
19   Pedro Piquet 11 14 Ret 13 14 7 20 Ret 10 19 Ret 13 9 Ret Ret 13 16 13 18 6 14 17 9 15 Ret 12 14 16 17 15 19
20   Nikita Mazepin 19 12 10 EX Ret 13 16 13 Ret 14 17 14 11 11 11 17 15 17 12 Ret 8 16 14 16 13 11 15 8 10 Ret 10
21   Arjun Maini Ret 13 16 14 15 15 18 10 9 Ret Ret 18 3
22   Raoul Hyman 18 10 13 1
23   Zhi Cong Li 20 15 17 15 Ret 16 Ret 12 Ret 18 DNS DNS 0
24   William Buller Ret Ret 12 0
25   Weiron Tan Ret 13 15 20 19 Ret Ret 15 18 0
26   Ukyo Sasahara 13 Ret 19 Ret 13 Ret 0
27   Wing Chung Chang 14 14 16 17 19 17 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Alexander Sims 9 11 5 0
  Dan Ticktum 13 20 14 0
  Lando Norris Ret 16 16 0
Pos. 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
LEC
 
HUN
 
PAU
 
RBR
 
NOR
 
ZAN
 
SPA
 
NÜR
 
IMO
 
HOC
 
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

Rookies' Championship edit

Pos. Driver LEC
 
HUN
 
PAU
 
RBR
 
NOR
 
ZAN
 
SPA
 
NÜR
 
IMO
 
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   Joel Eriksson 6 9 3 3 Ret 2 14 9 6 17 10 6 Ret 5 Ret 12 10 7 14 2 1 7 3 6 3 2 5 6 2 2 470
2   Ralf Aron 7 Ret 7 1 2 DNS 13 6 15 9 13 9 5 10 9 14 6 8 8 14 13 6 4 14 7 4 4 4 5 8 418
3   Anthoine Hubert 17 8 6 Ret 13 14 12 7 12 12 11 16 8 1 2 9 4 10 Ret 4 2 10 5 9 5 6 6 10 7 10 392
4   Ben Barnicoat 4 Ret 11 9 10 1 1 5 11 10 15 5 6 Ret DSQ 18 8 9 3 11 20 9 Ret 10 8 Ret 13 18 9 7 342
5   Niko Kari 8 16 15 2 Ret 8 19 11 8 20 4 8 2 12 Ret 6 11 11 11 10 7 8 10 3 1 9 Ret 14 12 13 340
6   Guanyu Zhou 14 3 8 8 3 4 11 Ret Ret 14 12 7 Ret 6 4 16 18 16 17 8 11 12 12 12 6 5 10 11 13 11 304
7   David Beckmann 17 Ret Ret 7 7 12 10 13 Ret 10 7 3 7 17 10 13 6 13 Ret Ret 9 12 3 18 221
8   Harrison Newey 9 Ret 14 12 12 10 15 Ret 14 8 16 11 Ret Ret 10 19 12 18 6 12 12 14 11 11 9 8 Ret 15 18 12 202
9   Nikita Mazepin 19 12 10 EX Ret 13 16 13 Ret 15 17 14 11 11 11 17 15 17 12 Ret 8 16 14 16 13 11 15 8 10 Ret 171
10   Ukyo Sasahara 13 Ret 19 Ret 13 Ret 12
Pos. 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
LEC
 
HUN
 
PAU
 
RBR
 
NOR
 
ZAN
 
SPA
 
NÜR
 
IMO
 
HOC
 

Teams' championship edit

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.

Pos Team Points
1   Prema Powerteam 780
2   HitechGP 499
3   Motopark 431
4   Van Amersfoort Racing 416
5   kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 297
6   Carlin 238
7   Threebond with T-Sport 32

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[3]
  2. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-3, 5, 8, 10.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship.
  4. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 4, 6-7, 9.
  5. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.
  6. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2-4, 6-10.
  7. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 1.
  8. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.
  9. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 8-9.
  10. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 3-8, 10.
  11. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 2.
  12. ^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-7, 10.

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