2007 Spanish Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2007 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the seventh Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on March 31, 2007 and ended on November 11 after sixteen races, with Spanish driver Máximo Cortés crowned champion.^[1] ^[2]

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by Fiat engines and Dunlop tyres. Main class powered by Dallara F306, while Copa Class by Dallara F300 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Class A
Escuderia TEC-Auto	1	Máximo Cortés	All
	2	Marco Barba	All
	3	Manuel Cerqueda Jr.	All
	16	Marcos Martínez	4–5
		Carlos Cosidó	6
		Francisco Villar	7–8
Campos F3 Racing	4	Nicolas Prost	All
	5	Adrián Campos Jr.	All
	6	nowrap	Manuel Sáez-Merino, Jr.	All
	7	Germán Sánchez	All
GTA Motor Competición	8	Siso Cunill	All
	9	Víctor García	All
	10	Juan Ramón Zapata	1–2
	46	Juan Ramón Zapata	3–8
Cetea Sport	11	Nil Montserrat	All
Cetea Sport	12	Toni Rubiejo	All
Novo Team	16	Marcos Martínez	1–3
	17	Carlos Cosidó	1–5
		Roberto Merhi	6
		Arturo Llobell	8
emiliodevillota.com	18	Bruno Méndez	All
Llusiá Racing	28	Himar Acosta	1–6
Team West-Tec	28	Sean Petterson	7–8
Novatec Racing	44	Gustavo Yacamán	All
Copa F300
GTA Motor Competición	25	Roc Vives	All
Cetea Sport	26	Xavi Barrio	All
	27	Alan Sicart	1–4
	27	Sergio Canamasas	5–8
Team West-Tec	28	Andy Merrick	4
	28	Sean Petterson	6
	88	Christian Ebbesvik	All
Novo Team	29	Juan Manuel Polar	All
Catolan	31	Samuel Checa	1–2, 4, 6–8
Meycom	35	Carmen Jordá	All
Llusiá Racing	36	Alan Sicart	5–8
nowrap	Escuela Española de Pilotos	37	Francisco Villar	6
Skualo Competición	38	Víctor Valiente	8

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	31 March		Máximo Cortés	Marco Barba
1	R2	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	1 April		Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Juan Manuel Polar
2	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	5 May	Germán Sánchez	Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Juan Manuel Polar
2	R2	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	6 May		Marcos Martínez		Campos F3 Racing	Christian Ebbesvik
3	R1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	26 May	Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Christian Ebbesvik
3	R2	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	27 May		Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Christian Ebbesvik
4	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	23 June	Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Máximo Cortés	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Juan Manuel Polar
4	R2	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	24 June		Himar Acosta	Germán Sánchez	Campos F3 Racing	Christian Ebbesvik
5	R1		14 July	Nicolas Prost	Nicolas Prost	Marco Barba	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Juan Manuel Polar
5	R2		15 July		Germán Sánchez	Máximo Cortés	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Xavi Barrio
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia		Máximo Cortés	Himar Acosta	Marco Barba	Escuderia TEC-Auto	Samuel Checa
6	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia			Máximo Cortés	Nicolas Prost	Campos F3 Racing	Juan Manuel Polar
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	27 October	Germán Sánchez	Germán Sánchez	Germán Sánchez	Campos F3 Racing	Christian Ebbesvik
7	R2	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	28 October		Máximo Cortés	Gustavo Yacamán	Novatec Racing	Christian Ebbesvik
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	10 November	Máximo Cortés			Campos F3 Racing	Juan Manuel Polar
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	11 November		Máximo Cortés	Nicolas Prost	Campos F3 Racing	Christian Ebbesvik

Standings

Class A

Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	PP
Race 1	13	11	9	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Race 2	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0

The starting grid of the second race will be based on the obtained results of the first race, but the order of the first six classified may be changed, their positions will be permuted.

Pos	Driver	JAR		JER		EST		ALB		MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Máximo Cortés	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	10	4	1	Ret	3	7	16	DSQ	8	117
2	Marco Barba	1	11	2	5	2	2	2	2	1	5	1	Ret	3	8	Ret	18	113
3	Nicolas Prost	13	6	4	7	3	5	4	4	6	2	3	1	2	Ret	6	1	102
4	Germán Sánchez	4	9	3	4	4	8	6	1	NC	9	11	7	1	19	7	3	76
5	Manuel Cerqueda, Jr.	5	2	9	11	10	9	3	5	2	7	4	8	5	3	Ret	10	66
6	align=left nowrap	Manuel Sáez-Merino, Jr.	10	Ret	6	1	11	7	15	11	3	4	7	Ret	Ret	5	1	2	66
7	Bruno Méndez	7	5	7	6	5	3	8	8	Ret	Ret	6	12	4	2	Ret	5	57
8	Gustavo Yacamán	11	Ret	Ret	16	6	4	DSQ	7	8	Ret	5	Ret	6	1	2	20	47
9	Himar Acosta	3	Ret	5	2	16	13	5	3	Ret	10	8	5					44
10	Adrián Campos Jr.	8	20	8	8	Ret	DNS	7	6	DNS	11	2	2	15	6	11	6	42
11	Nil Montserrat	12	8	10	10	7	6	13	19	9	Ret	12	4	8	4	Ret	DNS	24
12	Víctor García	6	3	Ret	14	9	14	9	18	Ret	15	Ret	9	16	10	4	7	24
13	Marcos Martínez	9	4	Ret	9	19	Ret	20	9	5	3							22
14	Siso Cunill	Ret	7	12	Ret	13	17	Ret	20	7	6	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	19	19
15	Toni Rubiejo	14	15	13	12	14	18	11	12	10	8	10	17	Ret	15	5	4	13
16	Christian Ebbesvik	Ret	12	14	13	8	10	14	13	Ret	13	13	DNS	9	7	9	11	7
17	Roberto Merhi											Ret	6					4
18	Juan Manuel Polar	15	10	11	17	12	12	10	14	11	14	14	10	Ret	13	8	14	2
19	Sean Petterson											17	15	10	9	12	9	2
20	Samuel Checa	17	14	18	Ret			19	DNS			9	14	12	14	16	13	1
	Carlos Cosidó	16	13	Ret	15	18	15	12	Ret	15	Ret	15	13					0
	Carmen Jordá	DNS	17	17	19	21	16	16	17	13	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	14	15	0
	Xavi Barrio	18	18	15	18	15	11	Ret	15	12	12	Ret	11	Ret	11	19	12	0
	Alan Sicart	19	16	20	21	22	20	18	DNS	17	19	Ret	16	14	18	18	DNS	0
	Roc Vives	Ret	19	16	22	17	19	Ret	16	14	17	DNS	DNS	Ret	20	15	16	0
	Sergio Canamasas									Ret	20	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
	Andy Meyrick							DNS	DNS									0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Francisco Villar											Ret	Ret	11	21	10	Ret	0
	Víctor Valiente															Ret	17	0
	Arturo Llobell															Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	JAR		JER		EST		ALB		MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts

Copa F300

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

Pos	Driver	JAR		JER		EST		ALB		MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Christian Ebbesvik	Ret	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	Ret	2	2	Ret	1	1	2	1	118
2	align=left nowrap	Juan Manuel Polar	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	3	3	1	Ret	4	1	4	118
3	Xavi Barrio	3	6	3	3	3	2	Ret	3	2	1	Ret	2	Ret	2	8	2	80
4	Carmen Jordá	DNS	5	5	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	5	50
5	Samuel Checa	2	3	6	7			5	DNS			1	3	2	5	6	3	44
6	Roc Vives	Ret	7	4	6	4	5	Ret	4	4	5	DNS	DNS	Ret	7	5	6	28
7	Alan Sicart	4	4	7	5	6	6	4	DNS	5	6	Ret	5	3	6	7	DNS	27
8	align=left nowrap	Sergio Canamasas									Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	9
9	Sean Petterson											4	4					8
	Andy Meyrick							DNS	DNS									0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Víctor Valiente															Ret	7	0
	Francisco Villar											Ret	Ret					0
Pos	Driver	JAR		JER		EST		ALB		MAG		VAL		JER		CAT		Pts

Team Standings

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Escuderia TEC-Auto	197
2	Campos F3 Racing	167
3	Llusiá Racing	30
4	nowrap	GTA Motor Competición	28
5	emiliodevillota.com	28
6	Novatec Racing	25
7	Cetea Sport	17
8	Novo Team	4
9	Team West-Tec	2
	Meycom	0
	Catolan	0

External links

Official Site

Notes and References

News: Máximo Cortés is the new Champion . formula3.cc . 2007-12-11 . 2008-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706215733/http://www.formula3.cc/content/view/21389/485/ . 2011-07-06 .
News: Spanish champion eyeing move to GP2. crash.net. Crash.Net. 2007-11-13. 2009-10-12.