2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

The 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was the first edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. It began at Hockenheim on 28 April, and finished on 21 October at the same venue after ten meetings, held jointly with the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula Three Championship.

Prize tests

The top drivers in the final championship standings will be rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers will receive a two-day test in a Formula Two car. As well as that, the champion will receive a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, and the runner-up will receive a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test.^[1]

Drivers and teams

Numbers used at Euro Series events listed; numbers used at races run to British Formula Three Championship regulations displayed in tooltips.

Team	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Prema Powerteam^[3]	F312/005	Mercedes-Benz	1	Daniel Juncadella^[4]	All
	F312/014		2	Sven Müller^[5]	All
	F312/015		14	Michael Lewis^[6]	All
	F312/030		15	Raffaele Marciello^[7]	All
Mücke Motorsport^[3]	F312/020	Mercedes-Benz	5	Felix Rosenqvist^[8]	All
Mücke Motorsport^[3]	F312/023	Mercedes-Benz	6	Pascal Wehrlein^[8]	All
Jo Zeller Racing^[3]	F312/044	Mercedes-Benz	8	Andrea Roda^[9]	All
URD Rennsport^[3]	F312/011	Mercedes-Benz	9	Lucas Wolf^[10]	1, 3–10
GU-Racing^[3]	F312/019	Mercedes-Benz	10	Philip Ellis^[11]	1, 4–5
Carlin^[12]	F312/040	Volkswagen	11	William Buller^[12]	1, 3–5, 7–10
Carlin^[12]	F312/004	Volkswagen	12	Carlos Sainz Jr.^[12]	All
ma-con Motorsport^[13]	F312/045	Volkswagen	16	Tom Blomqvist^[14]	All
ma-con Motorsport^[13]	F312/046	Volkswagen	17	Emil Bernstorff^[13]	All
Angola Racing Team	F312/039	Mercedes-Benz	23	Luís Sá Silva^[15]	1, 3–10
Entries ineligible for championship points
Jo Zeller Racing^[3]	F308/044	Mercedes-Benz	7	Sandro Zeller^[9]	All
Carlin	F312/010	Volkswagen	30	Harry Tincknell^[14]	2–3, 5–6
	F312/002		34	Jazeman Jaafar^[14]	2–7
	F312/001		39	Jack Harvey^[14]	2, 5–6
	F312/016		40	Pietro Fantin^[14]	2, 5–6
	F312/016		44	Felipe Nasr	10
	F312/040		71	Richard Bradley	6
Fortec Motorsports^[16]	F312/002	Mercedes-Benz	31	Hannes van Asseldonk^[16]	1–2, 5–6
	F312/007		32	Félix Serrallés^[16]	1–2, 5–6, 10
	F312/036		33	Alex Lynn^[16]	1–2, 5–6, 10
	F312/0003		38	Pipo Derani^[14]	2, 5–6, 10
Double R Racing	F312/043	Mercedes-Benz	35	Geoff Uhrhane^[14]	2–3, 5–6
	F312/009	Mercedes-Benz	36	Fahmi Ilyas^[14]	2–3, 5–6
	F308/054	Mugen-Honda	37	Duvashen Padayachee^[14]	2, 5–6
ThreeBond with T-Sport	F312/008	ThreeBond Nissan	41	Nick McBride^[14]	2, 5–6
	F308/025	Mugen-Honda	42	Spike Goddard^[14]	2, 5–7
	F312/008	ThreeBond Nissan	43	Alexander Sims^[17]	7
	F311	Mugen-Honda	44	Pedro Pablo Calbimonte	6
CF Racing	F311	Mugen-Honda	43	Adderly Fong^[18]	6
Van Amersfoort Racing	F312/051	Volkswagen	50	Lucas Auer	10
Van Amersfoort Racing	F312/052	Volkswagen	51	Dennis van de Laar	10

Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 15 March 2012; made up of seven rounds at Formula 3 Euro Series events, two British Formula 3 events at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps,^[1] with the Norisring round being run as a championship round in both series.^[19]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	28 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
1	R2	Hockenheimring	29 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	Pau Circuit	12 May	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
2	R2	Pau Circuit	13 May	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	Brands Hatch	19 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
3	R2	Brands Hatch	20 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June	William Buller	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
4	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	3 June	Felix Rosenqvist	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
5	R1	Norisring	30 June	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	No winner^{[N 2]}
5	R2	Norisring	1 July	Pascal Wehrlein	Hannes van Asseldonk	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 July	Félix Serrallés	Félix Serrallés	Félix Serrallés	Fortec Motorsports
6	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 July	Félix Serrallés	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlin
7	R1	Nürburgring	18 August	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
7	R2	Nürburgring	19 August	Daniel Juncadella	Alexander Sims	Pascal Wehrlein	Mücke Motorsport
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	25 August	Sven Müller	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
8	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	26 August	Sven Müller	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
9	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	29 September	Raffaele Marciello	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
9	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	30 September	Daniel Juncadella	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
10	R1	Hockenheimring	20 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
10	R2	Hockenheimring	21 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Pascal Wehrlein	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport

Notes

^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[2]
^ Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place.^[20]

Championship standings

The second race at the Norisring was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers only awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.^[21]

Pos	Driver	HOC		PAU		BRH		RBR		NOR		SPA		NÜR		ZAN		VAL		HOC		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Daniel Juncadella	1	1	Ret	4	2	8	7	1	DSQ	2	2	8	1	DSQ	6	1	2	2	13	4	252
2	Raffaele Marciello	6	17	1	1	1	1	1	8	22^[a]	1	11	14	6	Ret	4	Ret	1	3	3	8	228.5
3	Felix Rosenqvist	3	3	4	6	7	Ret	9	11	6	14	9	Ret	4	Ret	1	4	13	1	1	1	192
4	Pascal Wehrlein	Ret	8	Ret	9	5	5	2	4	7	Ret	14	12	3	1	7	3	5	4	2	2	179
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	2	6	2	4	4	16^[a]	5	Ret	19	3	1	7	10	11	5	Ret	6	Ret	11	161
6	William Buller	4	6			15	2	8	2	2	18			10	2	8	2	6	9	6	Ret	137
7	Tom Blomqvist	7	11	13	21	10	7	5	7	10	7	10	2	9	5	5	Ret	3	5	4	7	117
8	Sven Müller	15	5	12	10	6	10	4	3	9	11	12	Ret	2	Ret	2	Ret	7	13	5	6	109
9	Michael Lewis	9	Ret	10	11	3	3	6	6	Ret	8	7	5	15	6	3	Ret	8	8	9	10	101
10	Emil Bernstorff	11	12	Ret	13	11	9	11	14	3	4	17	10	11	4	9	6	4	7	11	9	66
11	Lucas Wolf	8	15			Ret	13	13	12	Ret	22	20	13	12	8	10	7	11	12	8	15	19
12	Andrea Roda	Ret	14	19	Ret	14	11	10	Ret	16	13	19	16	13	Ret	13	8	9	10	12	13	8
13	Luís Sá Silva	13	13			DNS	DNS	12	Ret	15	16	26	20	14	7	14^[a]	Ret	10	14	Ret	12	7
14	Philip Ellis	14	16					14	13	Ret	Ret											0
Drivers ineligible for points.
	Félix Serrallés	Ret	9	8	19					5	3	1	3							16^[a]	5	0
	Jazeman Jaafar			2	3	8	Ret	3	10	18	Ret	5	4	5	3							0
	Alex Lynn	10	4	3	7					19	9	6	5							Ret	3	0
	Jack Harvey			5	8					14	Ret	4	6									0
	Pietro Fantin			14	12					4	6	16	19									0
	Hannes van Asseldonk	5	7	11	Ret					20	5	23	18									0
	Pipo Derani			Ret	5					Ret	21	8	7							10	Ret	0
	Harry Tincknell			7	Ret	Ret	6			8	10	13	9									0
	Lucas Auer																			7	Ret	0
	Alexander Sims													8	12							0
	Sandro Zeller	12	10	18	16	13	14	15	9	11	23	22	25	16	9	12	9	13	11	15	14	0
	Fahmi Ilyas			9	15	9	15^[a]			Ret	12	21	21									0
	Spike Goddard			17	20					17	17	28	24	17	11							0
	Geoff Uhrhane			16	18	12	12			12	Ret	15	Ret									0
	Nick McBride			15	14					13	15	18	15									0
	Dennis van de Laar																			14	16	0
	Duvashen Padayachee			DNS	17					21	20	25	24									0
	Adderly Fong											27	17									0
	Richard Bradley											21	Ret									0
	Pedro Pablo Calbimonte											29	22									0
	Felipe Nasr																			Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	HOC		PAU		BRH		RBR		NOR		SPA		NÜR		ZAN		VAL		HOC		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b "FIA European Formula 3 Championship". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ "STARTERLISTE 2012 FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "The 2012 Euro Series grid is taking shape". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "Prema Powerteam and Daniel Juncadella again together in the Formula 3 Euro Series 2012". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
^ "Prema Powerteam and Sven Müller together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Prema Powerteam and Michael Lewis together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series Championship". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "Prema Powerteam and Raffaele Marciello together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mücke mit Wehrlein 2012 in der Euroserie" [Mücke with Wehrlein in the 2012 Euro Series]. Motorsport-Total.com (in German). Motorsport-Total.com GmbH. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "New faces in the Euro Series". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ Carls, Stephan (28 January 2012). "F3-Aufstieg für Lucas Wolf" [F3 promotion for Lucas Wolf]. Speed-Magazin (in German). XNetConcept Inc. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
^ "Briton Philip Ellis and GU advance to the Euro Series". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Carlin's F3 team expands to Europe". Carlin. Capsicum. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b O'Leary, Jamie (18 April 2012). "Emil Bernstorff joins European F3 series with ma-con Motorsport". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Pau Grand Prix. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ "Angola Racing Team the fourth new squad on the Formula 3 Euro Series grid". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "British F3 trio heads to Hockenheim". Fortec Motorsports. Fortec Motorsports Ltd. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ "Start into the second half of the Formula 3 Euro Series season". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 16 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
^ "Fong and CF Racing to return to British F3 at Brands Hatch". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ Carter, Nick (21 April 2012). "Norisring switch for British F3". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ Allen, Peter (30 June 2012). "Juncadella disqualified after collisions. Win goes to...nobody". The Checkered Fla. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
^ Simmons, Marcus (1 July 2012). "Raffaelle Marciello takes Formula 3 win in Norisring thunder as Felix Serralles claims British honours". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

[3] All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[2]

[22] Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place.^[20]

[90%-24] Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

[FIA-1] "FIA European Formula 3 Championship". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[2] "STARTERLISTE 2012 FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

[Teams-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "The 2012 Euro Series grid is taking shape". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[5] "Prema Powerteam and Daniel Juncadella again together in the Formula 3 Euro Series 2012". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

[6] "Prema Powerteam and Sven Müller together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[7] "Prema Powerteam and Michael Lewis together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series Championship". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[8] "Prema Powerteam and Raffaele Marciello together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

[Mücke-9] "Mücke mit Wehrlein 2012 in der Euroserie" [Mücke with Wehrlein in the 2012 Euro Series]. Motorsport-Total.com (in German). Motorsport-Total.com GmbH. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

[Zeller-10] "New faces in the Euro Series". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[11] Carls, Stephan (28 January 2012). "F3-Aufstieg für Lucas Wolf" [F3 promotion for Lucas Wolf]. Speed-Magazin (in German). XNetConcept Inc. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

[12] "Briton Philip Ellis and GU advance to the Euro Series". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

[Carlin-13] "Carlin's F3 team expands to Europe". Carlin. Capsicum. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

[Bernstorff-14] O'Leary, Jamie (18 April 2012). "Emil Bernstorff joins European F3 series with ma-con Motorsport". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[Pau-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Pau Grand Prix. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[16] "Angola Racing Team the fourth new squad on the Formula 3 Euro Series grid". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

[Fortec-17] "British F3 trio heads to Hockenheim". Fortec Motorsports. Fortec Motorsports Ltd. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

[18] "Start into the second half of the Formula 3 Euro Series season". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 16 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

[19] "Fong and CF Racing to return to British F3 at Brands Hatch". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[20] Carter, Nick (21 April 2012). "Norisring switch for British F3". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

[21] Allen, Peter (30 June 2012). "Juncadella disqualified after collisions. Win goes to...nobody". The Checkered Fla. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

[23] Simmons, Marcus (1 July 2012). "Raffaelle Marciello takes Formula 3 win in Norisring thunder as Felix Serralles claims British honours". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

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