2007 Formula 3 Euro Series Explained

The 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the fifth championship year of Europe’s premier Formula Three series. As in previous years, the championships took place over ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of one 60-minute practice session and one qualifying session, followed by one c.110 km race and one c.80 km race. The single qualifying session was retained from 2006, with the starting order for race 2 being determined by the finishing order of race 1, with the top eight positions reversed. This season was notable for the return of Volkswagen as an F3 engine supplier. The drivers' title was won by Romain Grosjean and the teams' title was again won by ASM Formule 3. It was the fourth double title win in succession for ASM. The top four drivers in the championship would go on to race in Formula 1: Sébastien Buemi, Kamui Kobayashi and champion Grosjean all debuted in F1 in 2009 and Nico Hülkenberg in 2010.

Teams and drivers

2007 Entry List^[1]
Team		Driver	Rookie	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
ASM Formule 3	1	Kamui Kobayashi		F305/012	Mercedes	All
	2	Romain Grosjean		F305/059		All
	19	Nico Hülkenberg		F305/021		All
	20	Tom Dillmann		F307/012		All
Manor Motorsport	3	Franck Mailleux		F305/001	Mercedes	All
	4	James Jakes		F305/020		All
	21	Cyndie Allemann		F306/035		All
	22	Yelmer Buurman		F305/062		All
HBR Motorsport	5	Sergey Afanasyev		F305/045	Mercedes	All
	6	Filip Salaquarda		F306/009		All
	30	Basil Shaaban		F306/026		All
ASL Mücke Motorsport	7	Sébastien Buemi		F305/011	Mercedes	All
ASL Mücke Motorsport	8	Edoardo Piscopo		F305/028	Mercedes	All
Signature-Plus	9	Jean-Karl Vernay		F306/010	Mercedes	All
	10	Yann Clairay		F305/036		All
	23	Dani Clos		F305/029		All
	24	Edoardo Mortara		F305/035		All
Jo Zeller Racing	12	Tim Sandtler		F306/014	Mercedes	All
nowrap	Bas Leinders Junior Racing Team	14	Michael Herck		F306/028	Mercedes	1
Prema Powerteam	16	nowrap	Renger van der Zande		F306/004	Mercedes	All
Prema Powerteam	18	Michael Patrizi		F306/005	All	Mercedes
HS Technik	26	Harald Schlegelmilch		F306/025	Mercedes	All
HS Technik	27	Euan Hankey		F305/039	Mercedes	All
AM-Holzer Rennsport	28	Marco Holzer		F305/060	Opel	1–6
AM-Holzer Rennsport	28	Marco Holzer	Volkswagen	F305/060	7–10
R.C. Motorsport	31	Maximilian Götz		F306/038	Volkswagen	7–10
	32	Jonathan Summerton		F306/028		7–9
	32	Carlo van Dam		F306/028		10
Ultimate Motorsport	40	Esteban Guerrieri		M07/002	Mercedes	4
Ultimate Motorsport	41	Michael Devaney		M07/001	Mercedes	4

Driver changes

Changed Teams

Yelmer Buurman: Fortec Motorsport → Manor Motorsport
Romain Grosjean: Signature-Plus → ASM Formule 3
Esteban Guerrieri: Manor Motorsport → Ultimate Motorsport
James Jakes: Hitech Racing → Manor Motorsport
Filip Salaquarda: Team I.S.R. → Jo Zeller Racing
Tim Sandtler: Signature-Plus → Jo Zeller Racing
Jonathan Summerton: ASL Mücke Motorsport → R.C. Motorsport

Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

Sergey Afanasyev: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC & Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland (Lukoil Racing) → HBR Motorsport
Cyndie Allemann: German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport
Yann Clairay: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → Signature-Plus
Dani Clos: Italian Formula Renault Championship (Pons Racing) & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Facondini Racing) → Signature-Plus
Carlo van Dam: French Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → RC Motorsport
Michael Devaney: Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain (Porsche Motorsport) → Ultimate Motorsport
Tom Dillmann: French Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → ASM Formule 3
Maximilian Götz: Sabbatical → RC Motorsport
Euan Hankey: Formula BMW UK (Fortec Motorsport) → HS Technik Motorsport
Marco Holzer: Formula BMW ADAC (AM-Holzer Rennsport) → AM-Holzer Rennsport
Nico Hülkenberg: German Formula Three Championship (Josef Kaufmann Racing) → ASM Formule 3
Franck Mailleux: British Formula Renault Championship (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport
Edoardo Mortara: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Prema Powerteam) → Signature-Plus
Michael Patrizi: Formula BMW UK (Motaworld Racing) → Prema Powerteam
Edoardo Piscopo: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Cram Competition) → ASL Mücke Motorsport
Basil Shaaban: British Formula 3 National Class (Comtec F3) → HBR Motorsport
Harald Schlegelmilch: German Formula Three Championship (HS Technik Motorsport) → HS Technik Motorsport
Jean-Karl Vernay: French Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → Signature-Plus
Renger van der Zande: German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam

Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

Richard Antinucci: HBR Motorsport → Indy Lights (Cheever Racing)
Récardo Bruins Choi: Van Amersfoort Racing → German Formula Three Championship (Van Amersfoort Racing)
Peter Elkmann: Jo Zeller Racing → Sabbatical
Natacha Gachnang: Bordoli Motorsport & Jo Zeller Racing → Star Mazda Championship (AIM Autosport)
Giedo van der Garde: ASM Formule 3 → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Victory Engineering)
Kohei Hirate: Manor Motorsport → GP2 Series (Trident Racing)
Charlie Kimball: Signature-Plus → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Victory Engineering)
Julia Kuhn: Kuhn Motorsport → BFGoodrich Endurance Championship
Ronayne O'Mahony: Prema Powerteam → FIA GT3 European Championship (Trackspeed Racing)
Guillaume Moreau: Signature-Plus → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (KTR)
Dominick Muermans: Van Amersfoort Racing → International Formula Master (Ombra Racing)
Kazuki Nakajima: Manor Motorsport → GP2 Series (DAMS)
Paolo Maria Nocera: Prema Powerteam → Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors)
Alejandro Núñez: Prema Powerteam → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Red Devil Team Comtec)
Paul di Resta: ASM Formule 3 → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Persson Motorsport)
Roberto Streit: Prema Powerteam → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Inging Motorsport)
João Urbano: Prema Powerteam → A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team Portugal)
Sebastian Vettel: ASM Formule 3 → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Carlin Motorsport)
James Walker: Hitech Racing → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Fortec Motorsport)

Leaving Trophy Class

Julien Abelli: Janiec Racing Team → V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne — Proto
Gina-Maria Adenauer: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → Retirement
Cemil Çipa: HBR Motorsport → Retirement
Kevin Fank: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → German Formula Three Championship (JMS Jenichen Motorsport)
Bruno Fechner: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → Sabbatical
Anthony Janiec: Janiec Racing Team → Retirement
Dominik Schraml: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → International Formula Master (ADM Motorsport)
Julian Theobald: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (EuroInternational)

Additional participations

HS Technik expanded to a two-car entry from round 5 (Mugello) onwards. The second car was taken by Euan Hankey, making his Formula Three début. At the Nürburgring, Am-Holzer Rennsport replaced its Speiss-Opel engine with the new Volkswagen and RC Motorsport made a return to the championship with two Volkswagen-powered cars for Maximilian Götz and Jonathan Summerton. Though Götz finished in sixth place in the first race,^[2] neither he nor Summerton were eligible to score points.^[3] British F3 team Ultimate Motorsport made a one-off appearance in round 4 at Magny-Cours. Bas Leinders's Junior Team entered a single car for Michael Herck in the first round, but has not competed since then.

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Hockenheimring	21 April	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	nowrap	ASL Mücke Motorsport	Franck Mailleux
1	R2	Hockenheimring	22 April		Sébastien Buemi	Romain Grosjean	ASM Formule 3	Jean Karl Vernay
2	R1	Brands Hatch	9 June	James Jakes	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ASM Formule 3	Edoardo Mortara
2	R2	Brands Hatch	10 June		Franck Mailleux	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus	Edoardo Mortara
3	R1	Norisring	23 June	Sébastien Buemi	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ASM Formule 3	Edoardo Mortara
3	R2	Norisring	24 June		Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	ASM Formule 3	Tom Dillmann
4	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 June	Kamui Kobayashi	Romain Grosjean	Kamui Kobayashi	ASM Formule 3	Yann Clairay
4	R2	1 July		Sébastien Buemi	James Jakes	Manor Motorsport	nowrap	Jean Karl Vernay
5	R1	Mugello Circuit	14 July	nowrap	Romain Grosjean	Nico Hülkenberg	nowrap	Romain Grosjean	ASM Formule 3	Jean Karl Vernay
5	R2	Mugello Circuit	15 July		nowrap	Romain Grosjean	Franck Mailleux	Manor Motorsport	Franck Mailleux
6	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28 July	Romain Grosjean	Franck Mailleux	Romain Grosjean	ASM Formule 3	Yann Clairay
6	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	29 July		Franck Mailleux	Nico Hülkenberg	ASM Formule 3	Tom Dillmann
7	R1	Nürburgring	1 September	nowrap	Nico Hülkenberg	nowrap	Nico Hülkenberg	nowrap	Nico Hülkenberg	ASM Formule 3	Edoardo Piscopo
7	R2	Nürburgring	2 September		Yann Clairay	Harald Schlegelmilch	HS Technik	Dani Clos
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	22 September	Nico Hülkenberg	Romain Grosjean	Edoardo Mortara	Signature-Plus	Edoardo Mortara
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya	23 September		Franck Mailleux	nowrap	Renger van der Zande	Prema Powerteam	Tom Dillmann
9	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac	29 September	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	ASM Formule 3	Edoardo Mortara
9	R2	Circuit Paul Armagnac	nowrap	30 September		Edoardo Mortara	Sébastien Buemi	ASL Mücke Motorsport	Jean Karl Vernay
10	R1	Hockenheimring	13 October	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Nico Hülkenberg	ASM Formule 3	Edoardo Mortara
10	R2	Hockenheimring	14 October		Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	ASL Mücke Motorsport	Edoardo Mortara

Season standings

Drivers Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP
Race 1	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Race 2	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0

Pos	Driver	HOC1		BRH		NOR		MAG		MUG		ZAN		NÜR		CAT		NOG		HOC2		Pts
1	Romain Grosjean	5	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	2	7	1	2	1	3	5	2	8	DSQ	1	5	2	3	106
2	Sébastien Buemi	1	3	7	2	2	2	3	19	3	5	3	2	2	3	Ret	6	4	1	5	1	95
3	Nico Hülkenberg	2	7	4	6	Ret	1	Ret	14	21	14	6	1	1	4	2	8	3	3	1	7	72
4	Kamui Kobayashi	10	10	3	3	8	Ret	1	9	2	4	2	17	11	Ret	19	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	59
5	James Jakes	11	5	2	8	6	5	6	1	4	Ret	8	6	4	7	4	7	18	Ret	21†	Ret	42
6	Yelmer Buurman	8	2	6	4	7	4	7	3	15	6	7	16	15	6	Ret	11	5	7	3	4	40
7	Franck Mailleux	3	6	Ret	Ret	14	8	5	4	6	1	5	11	10	20	5	3	7	18	11	6	38
8	Edoardo Mortara	6	8	8	1	3	Ret	16	12	9	18	14	9	22	11	1	Ret	6	8	6	2	37
9	Tom Dillmann	DNS	DNS	10	9	4	3	9	Ret	Ret	8	18	4	13	Ret	3	2	24†	19	17	14	23
10	Jean Karl Vernay	7	4	16	12	5	Ret	8	2	5	Ret	20†	7	12	10	Ret	Ret	8	4	10	Ret	23
11		4	21	13	19†	15†	Ret	12	8	8	3	9	5	19	8	6	1	16	14	Ret	11	21
12	Yann Clairay	Ret	16	9	7	12†	11	4	11	12	7	4	19	Ret	21	9	14	9	6	7	8	13
13	Dani Clos	9	9	11	20†	Ret	10	11	10	7	11	Ret	Ret	7	5	12	4	12	10	8	5	13
14	Harald Schlegelmilch	12	11	12	11	10	9	14	13	16	13	21†	8	8	1	8	9	10	11	18	9	9
15	Edoardo Piscopo	21	15	15	10	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14	9	Ret	15	3	Ret	7	Ret	17	23	12	12	8
16	Tim Sandtler	13	13	5	5	9	Ret	10	6	Ret	10	16	13	Ret	13	10	Ret	15	13	9	10	8
17	Filip Salaquarda	20	12	14	17	DSQ	DSQ	17	15	13	Ret	10	10	9	18	11	5	13	15	20	18	3
18	Michael Patrizi	16	14	17	13	11†	6	22	18	11	Ret	11	21†	16	22†	17	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	13	1
19	Marco Holzer	18	17	18	14	Ret	7	19	17	20	17	15	12	20	14	14	Ret	21	21	14	15	0
20	Cyndie Allemann	15	18	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	15	12	14	17	19	15	Ret	20	16	19	Ret	0
21	Sergey Afanasyev	17	20	Ret	16	DSQ	Ret	20	Ret	17	12	13	Ret	14	12	18	12	19	20	DNS	DNS	0
22	Basil Shaaban	19	19	19	18	13	12	21	Ret	18	Ret	19	20	21	17	Ret	Ret	23	22	15	17†	0
23	Euan Hankey									19	16	17	18	Ret	16	Ret	13	22	Ret			0
24	Michael Herck	14	Ret																			0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Esteban Guerrieri							15	5													0
	Maximilian Götz													6	9	20†	10	11	9	16	Ret	0
	Jonathan Summerton													18	15	16	Ret	14	12			0
	Carlo van Dam																			13	16†	0
	Michael Devaney							18	16													0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		BRH		NOR		MAG		MUG		ZAN		NÜR		CAT		NOG		HOC2		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Pos	Driver	HOC1		BRH		NOR		MAG		MUG		ZAN		NÜR		CAT		NOG		HOC2		Pts
1	Edoardo Mortara	6	8	8	1	3	Ret	16	12	9	18	14	9	22	11	1	Ret	6	8	6	2	99
2	Franck Mailleux	3	6	Ret	Ret	14	8	5	4	6	1	5	11	10	20	5	3	7	18	11	6	93
3	Jean Karl Vernay	7	4	16	12	5	Ret	8	2	5	Ret	Ret	7	12	10	Ret	Ret	8	4	10	Ret	77
4	Yann Clairay	Ret	16	9	7	12	11	4	11	12	7	4	19	Ret	21	9	14	9	6	7	8	75
5	Dani Clos	9	9	11	Ret	Ret	10	11	10	7	11	Ret	Ret	7	5	12	4	12	10	8	5	70
6	Tom Dillmann	DNS	DNS	10	9	4	3	9	Ret	Ret	8	18	4	13	Ret	3	2	Ret	19	17	14	59
7	Edoardo Piscopo	21	15	15	10	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14	9	Ret	15	3	Ret	7	Ret	17	23	12	12	41
8	Michael Patrizi	16	14	17	13	11	6	22	18	11	Ret	11	Ret	16	22	17	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	13	35
9	Marco Holzer	18	17	18	14	Ret	7	19	17	20	17	15	12	20	14	14	Ret	21	21	14	15	22
10	Sergey Afanasyev	17	20	Ret	16	DSQ	Ret	20	Ret	17	12	13	Ret	14	12	18	12	19	20	DNS	DNS	21
11	Euan Hankey									19	16	17	18	Ret	16	Ret	13	22	Ret			5
Pos	Driver	HOC1		BRH		NOR		MAG		MUG		ZAN		NÜR		CAT		NOG		HOC2		Pts

Team Standings

	Team	Points
1	ASM Formule 3	229
2	Manor Motorsport	119
3	ASL Mücke Motorsport	104
4	Signature-Plus	94
5	Prema Powerteam	26
6	Jo Zeller Racing	14
7	HS Technik	10
8	HBR Motorsport	4

Nations Cup

	Nation	Points
1		176
2		93
3		83
4		69
5		59
6		46
7		44
8		16
9		10
10		3
11		1

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 2007 Entry List . PDF . formel3guide.com. 2009-10-14.
http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formula_3_euroseries/results.php?sid=233 Race Results
http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formula_3_euroseries/entrylist.php?sid=233 Complete Entry List