2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

The 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and Belgium. The season began at Oulton Park on 15 April and ended on 25 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers edit

All teams were British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Chris Dittmann Racing[1] 4   Omar Ismail[2] 1–7
6   Tristan Charpentier[3] 1, 5
8   Jeremy Wahome[4] 1–6, 8
Double R Racing[1] 5   Krishnaraaj Mahadik[5] 6–7
7   Guilherme Samaia[6] All
18   Pavan Ravishankar[7] 8
26   Harry Hayek[8] 1–3
  Linus Lundqvist[9] 5
55   Jamie Chadwick[10] All
Douglas Motorsport[1] 10   Petru Florescu[11] 1
27   Callan O'Keeffe[12] All
86   Jordan Cane[13][14] 3–8
Lanan Racing[1] 11   Alex Quinn[15] 8
13   Aaron di Comberti[16] 1–4
51   Toby Sowery[17] 1–7
Carlin[1] 15   James Pull[18] All
28   Cameron Das[19] All
65   Enaam Ahmed[20] All
Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing[1] 21   Chase Owen[21] All
25   Nick Worm[22] 1–7
Fortec Motorsports[1] 33   Manuel Maldonado[23] All
63   Nicolai Kjærgaard[24] All
77   Ben Hingeley[25] All

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar was published on 21 September 2016. The series will support British GT at all events. It will have one oversea round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.[26]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)
17 April   Cameron Das   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R2   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R3   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
2 R4 Rockingham
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
29 April   Cameron Das   Cameron Das   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R5 30 April   Cameron Das   Cameron Das Carlin
R6   Ben Hingeley   Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
3 R7 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
27 May   James Pull   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R8 28 May   Enaam Ahmed   Jordan Cane Douglas Motorsport
R9   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
4 R10 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)
10 June   Toby Sowery   Toby Sowery   Toby Sowery Lanan Racing
R11 11 June   Toby Sowery   Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
R12   Enaam Ahmed   Toby Sowery Lanan Racing
5 R13 Spa-Francorchamps
(Belgium)
7 July   Enaam Ahmed   Toby Sowery   Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
R14 8 July   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R15   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
6 R16 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
5 August   Enaam Ahmed   Toby Sowery   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R17 6 August   Enaam Ahmed   Krishnaraaj Mahadik Double R Racing
R18   Toby Sowery   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
7 R19 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
26 August   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R20 27 August   Enaam Ahmed   Jordan Cane Douglas Motorsport
R21   Toby Sowery   Enaam Ahmed Carlin
8 R22 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
23 September   Ben Hingeley   Chase Owen   Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
R23 24 September   Cameron Das   Jordan Cane Douglas Motorsport
R24   Enaam Ahmed   Enaam Ahmed Carlin

Championship standings edit

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.

Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Races 1 & 3 35 29 24 21 19 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 2 25 22 20 18 16 15 14

Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver OUL ROC SNE SIL SPA BRH SNE DON Points
1   Enaam Ahmed 1 1 1 1 8 8 1 6 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 2 6 1 575
2   James Pull 2 4 3 5 Ret 2 2 14 3 3 3 2 8 2 4 2 2 3 3 13 7 4 3 5 490
3   Ben Hingeley 4 2 6 4 4 1 5 4 7 5 1 10 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 4 3 9 1 5 4 444
4   Toby Sowery 3 Ret 7 10 6 4 3 5 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 3 DSQ 7 2 4 2 432
5   Cameron Das 5 6 2 2 1 3 6 2 6 6 7 5 7 4 5 Ret 10 2 6 15 8 3 4 13 425
6   Callan O'Keeffe 7 3 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 4 4 Ret 9 5 9 4 7 4 10 14 4 7 Ret 12 373
7   Chase Owen 14 8 13 11 11 7 9 9 13 Ret 9 4 10 7 6 9 6 9 13 9 6 6 2 6 302
8   Jordan Cane 8 1 4 15 15 6 5 6 Ret 5 Ret 11 7 1 3 5 1 2 288
9   Jamie Chadwick 11 DSQ Ret 8 3 11 7 7 12 9 10 15 6 10 11 11 5 15 9 7 11 9 11 7 264
10   Nicolai Kjærgaard 12 5 8 7 Ret Ret 11 8 8 7 16 7 12 12 10 7 11 6 15 10 12 8 Ret 8 247
11   Omar Ismail 8 14 5 6 2 Ret Ret 13 9 10 12 12 11 15 13 12 4 14 11 8 14 216
12   Manuel Maldonado 15 7 15 13 10 EX 12 Ret 11 8 6 13 15 14 15 10 8 13 14 11 Ret 10 7 9 205
13   Guilherme Samaia 13 Ret Ret 9 12 9 14 10 Ret 14 13 8 3 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 8 2 10 14 8 Ret 195
14   Jeremy Wahome 16 11 14 16 13 6 Ret Ret 15 11 8 9 13 11 Ret 6 DSQ 10 13 12 11 165
15   Nick Worm 17 10 12 14 14 DNS 13 11 14 13 14 14 14 13 14 13 9 16 12 12 13 159
16   Aaron di Comberti 18 12 9 15 9 10 10 12 10 12 11 11 112
17   Krishnaraaj Mahadik 8 1 8 5 6 5 104
18   Tristan Charpentier 10 9 DNS 17 8 8 53
19   Harry Hayek 6 Ret 10 12 7 Ret DNS DNS DNS 51
20   Alex Quinn 11 9 3 46
21   Linus Lundqvist 16 9 7 32
22   Pavan Ravishankar 12 10 10 31
23   Petru Florescu 9 Ret 11 22

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "BRDC British F3 Teams and Drivers". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Omar Ismail joins Chris Dittmann Racing for 2017 British Formula 3". March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Jackson, Connor (10 April 2017). "Double R and CDR Complete Line-ups with Samaia and Charpentier". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Wahome returns to Chris Dittmann Racing for second British F3 campaign". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Chase Owen heads opening test day at Brands Hatch". 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Samaia joins Double R Racing's 2017 British F3 line-up". April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "Singaporean racer Pavan Ravishankar joins Double R Racing for Donington Park British F3 finale". 18 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Harry Hayek to race in BRDC British F3 with Double R". 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Linus Lundqvist to make British F3 debut at Spa-Francorchamps". June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Cozens, Jack; Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 February 2017). "GT champion Chadwick makes single-seater switch". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  11. ^ "British F4 race winner Petru Florescu joins Douglas Motorsport for 2017 British F3". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  12. ^ "O'Keefe gets BRDC British F3 deal with Douglas Motorsport". 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Jordan Cane makes BRDC British F3 switch for 2017". 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Cane moves to Douglas for British F3 debut". May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "F4 racer Alex Quinn steps up to BRDC British F3 Championship with Lanan Racing for Donington finale". 21 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Lanan Racing signs Aaron Di Comberti for 2017 BRDC British Formula 3". 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  17. ^ Benyon, Jack (March 28, 2017). "McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist Sowery stays in BRDC F3". Autosport. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  18. ^ "Enaam Ahmed secures Carlin seat for BRDC British F3 title push". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Carlin completes 2017 BRDC British F3 line-up with F4 Champion Das". 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  20. ^ "Ahmed back with Carlin for British F3 2017 assault". 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  21. ^ "Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing signs American Chase Owen for 2017 British F3 campaign". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Hillspeed completes three-car 2017 British F3 line-up with German Nick Worm". March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  23. ^ "Manuel Maldonado completes Fortec Motorsports British F3 line-up". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  24. ^ "Nicolai Kjaergaard graduates to BRDC British F3 with Fortec Motorsports for 2017". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
  25. ^ "Fortec signs Hingeley and Kjaergaard for BRDC British F3". 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  26. ^ Jackson, Connor (21 September 2016). "2017 BRDC F3 CALENDAR RELEASED, 8 ROUNDS, 7 VENUES, SPA REMAINS". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

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