2012 Formula 3 Brazil Open Explained

The 2012 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the third Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 19–22, 2012.^[1] For this year the category presents a new regulation about the tyres. Made in Turkey, these compounds were used on main F-3 championships around the world, such as British series.^{[2] [3]}

After a race with accidents, the Brazilian Lucas Foresti of the Cesário Fórmula was crowned his secondtitle. André Negrão competing for the Hitech Racing finished in second place, with class B winner Vinícius Alvarenga finished in third.

Drivers and teams

• All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres.

2012 Entry List Team No Driver Class Chassis Cesário Fórmula 1 Lucas Foresti^[4] A Dallara F309 2 Fabiano Machado A 3 Luís Felipe Derani A Bassan Motorsport 5 Victor Guerin A Dallara F309 Hitech Racing 7 André Negrão A Dallara F309 8 Roberto La Rocca A 33 Victor Franzoni B Dallara F301 Cesário Fórmula Junior 31 Ricardo Landucci B Dallara F301 32 Higor Hofmann B Dragão Motorsport 37 Vinícius Alvarenga^[5] B Dallara F301 RR Racing Team 38 Raphael Raucci B Dallara F301

Icon Class A Class A B Class B

Classification

Qualifying

Pos^[6]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Time
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:29.378
2	2	Fabiano Machado	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:29.686
3	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:30.058
4	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	1:30.058
5	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	1:30.549
6	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	1:31.072
7	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	1:31.621
8	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	1:31.648
9	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	1:33.748
10	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	1:33.893
11	37	Vinícius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motosport	No Time

Race 1

Pos	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	19	28:53.724	1
2	2	Fabiano Machado	A	Cesário Fórmula	19	+5.281	2
3	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	19	+13.690	3
4	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	19	+16.428	4
5	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	19	+26.995	6
6	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	19	+1:15.842	10
7	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	18	+1 Lap	9
8	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	18	+1 Lap	5
9	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	15	+4 Laps	8
Ret	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	5	Retired	7
Ret	37	Vinícius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motorsport	4	Retired	11
Fastest lap: Lucas Foresti, 1:30.656, 171.112km/h on lap 9^[7]

Race 2

Pos^[8]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	30:27.355	1
2	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	+3.884	3
3	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	20	+4.980	4
4	2	Fabiano Machado	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	+5.645	2
5	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	20	+18.417	5
6	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	20	+45.175	6
7	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	20	+58.807	7
8	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	20	+1:11.771	8
9	37	Vinicius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motorsport	19	+1 Lap	12
10	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	18	+2 Laps	9
Ret	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	12	Retired	10
Fastest lap: Victor Guerin, 1:30.650, 171.124km/h on lap 10^[9]

Pre-final Grid

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lucas Foresti	Cesário Fórmula	0
2	Luís Felipe Derani	Cesário Fórmula	3
3	Fabiano Machado	Cesário Fórmula	4
4	Victor Guerin	Bassan Motorsport	5
5	Roberto La Rocca	Hitech Racing	9
6	André Negrão	Hitech Racing	11
7	Raphael Raucci	RR Racing Team	15
8	Higor Hofmann	Cesário Fórmula Junior	15
9	Ricardo Landucci	Cesário Fórmula Junior	15
10	Victor Franzoni	Hitech Racing	15
11	Vinícius Alvarenga	Dragão Motorsport	18

Pre-final Race

Pos^[10]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	16	30:27.749	1
2	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	16	+16.195	5
3	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	16	+20.373	6
4	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	16	+25.750	9
5	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	16	+27.192	10
6	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	16	+33.800	3
7	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	16	+38.834	7
8	2	Fabiano Machado	A	[Cesário Fórmula |16 | +1:10.564 |4 |- !Ret |37 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Vinícius Alvarenga |align=center| '''<span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:#0000ff;">B</span>''' | Dragão Motorsport |10 | Retired |11 |- !Ret |32 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Higor Hofmann |align=center| '''<span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:#0000ff;">B</span>''' | Cesário Fórmula Junior |5 | Retired |8 |- !Ret |3 |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pipo Derani|Luís Felipe Derani]]|align="center" | A|Cesário Fórmula|1| Retired|2|-!colspan=8 align=center|Fastest lap: Lucas Foresti, 1:30.790, 170.86km/h on lap 10^[11] |} Notes: 1. – Guerin was penalized with 20 seconds for false start. Final Race Pos^[12] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 1 Lucas Foresti A Cesário Fórmula 16 20:20.441 1 3 2 André Negrão A Hitech Racing 16 +9.648 3 3 37 Vinícius Alvarenga B Dragão Motorsport 16 +25.158 9 4 38 Raphael Raucci B RR Racing Team 16 +26.485 7 Ret 3 Luís Felipe Derani A Cesário Fórmula 8 Retired 11 Ret 5 Victor Guerin A Bassan Motorsport 8 Retired 6 Ret 33 Victor Franzoni B Hitech Racing 7 Retired 5 Ret 32 Higor Hofmann B Cesário Fórmula Junior 6 Retired 10 Ret 2 Fabiano Machado A Cesário Fórmula 6 Retired 8 Ret 31 Ricardo Landucci B Cesário Fórmula Junior 6 Retired 4 Ret 8 Roberto La Rocca A Hitech Racing 3 Retired 2 Fastest lap: Lucas Foresti, 1:30.270, 171.844km/h on lap 4^[13] See also Formula Three Sudamericana Formula Three External links Official website of the Formula 3 Brazil Open

Notes and References

1. News: Edição 2012 confirmada. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-16. Portuguese.
2. News: Tyres from British F-3 on Brazil Open. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-16.
3. News: Open terá mesmos pneus da F-3 Inglesa. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-16. Portuguese.
4. News: Machado e Foresti repetem domínio no segundo treino. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-20. Portuguese.
5. News: Foresti e Raucci vencem a primeira em Interlagos. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-20. Portuguese.
6. News: Foresti e Franzoni ficam com as pole-positions. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-19. Portuguese.
7. News: F3 / 1ª Prova RESULTADO. racingcrono.com.br. Racing Crono. 2012-01-20. Portuguese.
8. News: Foresti vence e garante pole na Pré-Final. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-20. Portuguese.
9. News: F3 / 2ª Prova RESULTADO. racingcrono.com.br. Racing Crono. 2012-01-20. Portuguese.
10. News: Vitórias de Foresti e Landucci na prévia da decisão. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-21. Portuguese.
11. News: F3 / 3ª Prova RESULTADO. racingcrono.com.br. Racing Crono. 2012-01-21. Portuguese.
12. News: Lucas Foresti e Vinícius Alvarenga são os campeões da edição 2012. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2012-01-22. Portuguese.
13. News: F3 / 4ª Prova - RESULTADO COM SOMA . racingcrono.com.br. Racing Crono. 2012-01-22. Portuguese.