2012 Formula 3 Euro Series Explained

The 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the tenth and the final season championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series.

Drivers and teams

Competition numbers 30 and higher are single-race entrants and are ineligible to score championship points.

Team Driver Rookie Chassis Engine Rounds Prema Powerteam 1 nowrap Daniel Juncadella^[1] F312/005 Mercedes-Benz All 2 Sven Müller^[2] F312/014 All 14 Michael Lewis^[3] F312/015 All 15 Raffaele Marciello^[4] F312/030 All Mücke Motorsport 5 Felix Rosenqvist^[5] F312/020 Mercedes-Benz All 6 Pascal Wehrlein F312/023 All Jo Zeller Racing 7 Sandro Zeller F308/044 Mercedes-Benz All 8 Andrea Roda^[6] F312/044 All URD Rennsport 9 Lucas Wolf^[7] F312/011 Mercedes-Benz All GU-Racing^[8] 10 Philip Ellis^[9] F312/019 Mercedes-Benz 1, 3–4 Carlin^[10] 11 William Buller F312/040 Volkswagen All 12 Carlos Sainz Jr. F312/004 All 30 Harry Tincknell^[11] F312/010 2, 4 34 Jazeman Jaafar F312/002 2–5 39 Jack Harvey^[12] F312/001 4 40 Pietro Fantin F312/016 4 44 Felipe Nasr F312/016 8 ma-con Motorsport^[13] 16 Tom Blomqvist F312/045 Volkswagen All 17 Emil Bernstorff F312/046 All Angola Racing Team 23 Luís Sá Silva^[14] F312/039 Mercedes-Benz All Fortec Motorsports^[15] 31 Hannes van Asseldonk F312/035 Mercedes-Benz 1, 4 32 Félix Serrallés F312/007 1, 4, 8 33 Alex Lynn F312/036 1, 4, 8 38 Pipo Derani F312/003 4, 8 Double R Racing^[16] 35 Geoff Uhrhane F312/043 Mercedes-Benz 2, 4 36 Fahmi Ilyas F312/009 2, 4 37 nowrap Duvashen Padayachee F308/054 Mugen-Honda 4 ThreeBond with T-Sport 41 Nick McBride F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan 4 42 Richard Goddard F308/025 Mugen-Honda 4–5 43 Alexander Sims^[17] F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan 5 Van Amersfoort Racing^[18] 50 Lucas Auer F312/051 Volkswagen 8 51 Dennis van de Laar F312/052 8

Race calendar and results

• A provisional nine-round calendar was announced on 25 November 2011.^[19] On 2 April 2012, the calendar was reduced to eight events as series organisers decided to change the meeting due to be held at Lausitzring to Brands Hatch and drop another event, at Oschersleben. All eight rounds will be part of the revived ten-round FIA European Formula 3 Championship, and will also support Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters events.^[20]

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
	R2				Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R3		29 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	Brands Hatch	19 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2				Sven Müller	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlin
	R3		20 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June	William Buller	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2				Raffaele Marciello	William Buller	Carlin
	R3		3 June	Felix Rosenqvist	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	30 June	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	No winner
	R2				William Buller	Harry Tincknell	Carlin
	R3		1 July	Pascal Wehrlein	nowrap	Hannes van Asseldonk	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
5	R1	Nürburgring	18 August	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
	R2				Alexander Sims	Alexander Sims	nowrap	ThreeBond with T-Sport
	R3		19 August	Daniel Juncadella	Alexander Sims	Pascal Wehrlein	Mücke Motorsport
6	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	25 August	Sven Müller	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
	R2				Daniel Juncadella	William Buller	Carlin
	R3		26 August	Sven Müller	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
7	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	29 September	nowrap	Raffaele Marciello	nowrap	Daniel Juncadella	nowrap	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Michael Lewis	Michael Lewis	Prema Powerteam
	R3	30 September	Daniel Juncadella	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
8	R1	Hockenheimring	20 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
	R2				Félix Serrallés	Sven Müller	Prema Powerteam
	R3		21 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Pascal Wehrlein	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport

Notes

Championship standings

The third 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] Similarly, half-points were awarded in the second race at Zandvoort, as only five laps were completed within the allotted time limit for racing.^[22]

Drivers' Championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" Pos Driver HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Pts 1 Daniel Juncadella 1 Ret 1 2 12 8 7 8 1 DSQ 11 2 1 8 DSQ 6 2 1 2 7 2 13 Ret 4 240 2 Pascal Wehrlein Ret 9 8 5 3 5 2 6 4 7 3 Ret 3 4 1 7 3 3 5 3 4 2 8 2 226 3 Raffaele Marciello 6 1 17 1 7 1 1 9 8 22† 17 1 6 2 Ret 4 13 Ret 1 Ret 3 3 2 8 219.5 4 3 3 3 7 5 Ret 9 Ret 11 6 4 14 4 3 Ret 1 6 4 13 8 1 1 9 1 212.5 5 William Buller 4 4 6 15 10 2 8 1 2 2 5 18 10 10 2 8 1 2 6 5 9 6 5 Ret 182.5 6 Sven Müller 15 6 5 6 2 10 4 4 3 9 Ret 11 2 5 Ret 2 5 Ret 7 2 13 5 1 6 172 7 Tom Blomqvist 7 11 11 10 9 7 5 3 7 10 6 7 9 6 5 5 4 Ret 3 4 5 4 6 7 157.5 8 Michael Lewis 9 10 Ret 3 4 3 6 2 6 Ret 13 8 15 9 6 3 Ret Ret 8 1 8 9 14 10 127 9 Carlos Sainz Jr. 2 5 2 4 6 4 16† 7 5 Ret 25† 19 7 15 10 11 9 5 Ret 10 6 Ret 13 11 112 10 Emil Bernstorff 11 12 12 11 11 9 11 10 14 3 Ret 4 11 11 4 9 8 6 4 6 7 11 11 9 91 11 Lucas Wolf 8 7 15 Ret 16 13 13 14 12 Ret 20 22 12 13 8 10 7 7 11 12 12 8 3 15 36 12 Sandro Zeller 12 15 10 13 17 14 15 12 9 11 12 23 16 16 9 12 10 9 12 13 11 15 16 14 23 13 Andrea Roda Ret 16 14 14 15 11 10 11 Ret 16 19 13 13 14 Ret 13 11 8 9 9 10 12 18 13 15 14 Luís Sá Silva 13 14 13 DNS DNS DNS 12 13 Ret 15 18 16 14 12 7 14† 12 Ret 10 11 14 Ret 17 12 14 15 Philip Ellis 14 17† 16 14 15 13 Ret 21 Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Jazeman Jaafar 8 1 Ret 3 5 10 18 14 Ret 5 7 3 0 Harry Tincknell Ret 13 6 8 1 10 0 Alexander Sims 8 1 12 0 Félix Serrallés Ret 13 9 5 2 3 16† 19 5 0 5 2 7 20 10 5 0 Alex Lynn 10 8 4 19 9 9 Ret 12 3 0 Pietro Fantin 4 8 6 0 Lucas Auer 7 4 Ret 0 Pipo Derani Ret 16 21 10 7 Ret 0 Jack Harvey 14 7 Ret 0 Fahmi Ilyas 9 8 15† Ret Ret 12 0 Felipe Nasr Ret 10 DNS 0 Spike Goddard 17 22 17 17 17 11 0 Geoff Uhrhane 12 14 12 12 15 Ret 0 Nick McBride 13 24 15 0 14 15 16 0 21 23 20 0 Pos Driver HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams' Championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" Pos Team HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Pts 1 Prema Powerteam 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 9 11 1 1 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 609.5 6 6 5 2 4 3 4 4 3 22 13 2 2 5 Ret 3 5 Ret 2 2 3 5 2 6 2 Mücke Motorsport 3 2 3 5 3 5 2 6 4 6 3 14 3 3 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 8 1 441.5 Ret 9 8 7 5 Ret 9 Ret 11 7 4 Ret 4 4 Ret 7 6 4 13 8 4 2 9 2 3 Carlin 2 4 2 4 6 2 8 1 2 2 5 18 7 10 2 8 1 2 6 5 6 6 5 11 294.5 4 5 6 Ret 10 4 16 7 5 Ret 25 19 10 15 10 11 9 5 Ret 10 9 Ret 13 Ret 4 ma-con Motorsport 7 11 11 10 9 7 5 3 7 3 6 4 9 6 4 5 4 6 3 4 5 4 6 7 248.5 11 12 12 11 11 9 11 10 14 10 Ret 7 11 11 5 9 8 Ret 4 6 7 11 11 9 5 Jo Zeller Racing 12 15 10 13 15 11 10 11 9 11 12 13 13 14 9 12 10 8 9 9 10 12 16 13 38 Ret 16 14 14 17 14 15 12 Ret 16 19 23 16 16 Ret 13 11 9 12 13 11 15 18 14 6 URD Rennsport 8 7 15 Ret 16 13 13 14 12 Ret 20 22 12 13 8 10 7 7 11 12 12 8 3 15 36 7 Angola Racing Team 13 14 13 DNS DNS DNS 12 13 Ret 15 18 16 14 12 7 14 12 Ret 10 11 14 Ret 17 12 14 8 GU-Racing 14 17 16 14 15 13 Ret 21 Ret 0 Guest teams ineligible for points ThreeBond with T-Sport 13 22 15 8 1 11 0 17 24 17 17 17 12 Fortec Motorsports 5 2 4 5 2 3 10 7 3 0 10 8 7 19 9 5 16 12 5 Van Amersfoort Racing 7 4 16 0 14 15 Ret Double R Racing 9 8 12 12 15 12 0 12 14 15 21 Ret 20 Pos Team HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Nations Cup

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" Pos Nation HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Pts 1 8 6 5 5 2 5 2 4 3 7 3 11 2 4 1 2 3 3 5 2 4 2 1 2 423 15 7 8 6 3 10 4 6 4 9 Ret Ret 3 5 8 7 5 7 7 3 12 5 3 6 2 4 4 6 10 9 2 5 1 2 2 5 4 9 6 2 5 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 7 383 7 11 11 11 10 7 8 3 7 3 6 7 10 10 4 8 4 6 4 6 7 6 6 9 3 1 5 1 2 6 4 7 7 1 Ret 11 2 1 8 10 6 2 1 2 7 2 13 13 4 352 2 Ret 2 4 15 8 16 8 5 DSQ 25 19 7 15 DSQ 11 9 5 Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 11 4 6 1 14 1 7 1 1 9 8 16 17 1 6 2 Ret 4 11 8 1 9 3 3 2 8 234.5 Ret 16 17 14 15 11 10 11 Ret 22 19 13 13 14 Ret 13 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 12 18 13 5 3 3 3 7 5 Ret 9 Ret 11 6 4 14 4 3 Ret 1 6 4 13 8 1 1 9 1 212.5 6 9 10 Ret 3 4 3 6 2 6 Ret 13 8 15 9 6 3 Ret Ret 8 1 8 9 14 10 127 7 12 15 10 13 17 14 15 12 9 11 12 23 16 16 9 12 10 9 12 13 11 15 16 14 23 8 13 14 13 DNS DNS DNS 12 13 Ret 15 21 16 14 12 7 14 12 Ret 10 11 14 Ret 17 12 14 Guest nations ineligible for points 8 1 15 3 5 10 18 14 12 5 7 3 0 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 9 5 2 3 16 19 5 0 5 2 7 20 10 5 14 15 16 0 4 8 6 10 7 Ret 0 Ret 16 21 Ret 10 DNS 7 4 Ret 0 12 14 12 12 15 15 17 17 11 0 13 22 17 Pos Nation HOC BRH RBR NOR NÜR ZAN VAL HOC Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• The official website of the Formula 3 Euro Series

Notes and References

1. News: Prema Powerteam and Daniel Juncadella again together in the Formula 3 Euro Series 2012. 7 February 2012. premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 7 February 2012.
2. News: Prema Powerteam and Sven Müller together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series. 9 February 2012. premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 9 February 2012.
3. News: Prema Powerteam and Michael Lewis together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series Championship. 8 February 2012. premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 8 February 2012.
4. News: Prema Powerteam and Raffaele Marciello together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series. 17 February 2012. premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 17 February 2012.
5. News: Mücke mit Wehrlein 2012 in der Euroserie. German. Motorsport-Total.com. Motorsport-Total.com GmbH. 23 December 2011. 23 December 2011. Mücke with Wehrlein in the 2012 Euro Series.
6. News: New faces in the Euro Series . https://archive.today/20121209185225/http://f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3558 . dead . 9 December 2012 . 16 March 2012 . . ITR e.V. . 17 March 2012 .
7. News: F3-Aufstieg für Lucas Wolf. German. Speed-Magazin. XNetConcept Inc.. 28 January 2012. 1 February 2012. Stephan. Carls. F3 promotion for Lucas Wolf.
8. News: The 2012 Euro Series grid is taking shape . 5 December 2011 . . ITR e.V. . 5 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425060942/http://www.f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3508 . 25 April 2012 .
9. News: Briton Philip Ellis and GU advance to the Euro Series . 17 February 2012 . . ITR e.V. . 17 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306030604/http://www.f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3548 . 6 March 2012 .
10. News: Carlin's F3 team expands to Europe . 12 April 2012 . . Capsicum . 12 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620191418/http://carlin.co.uk/news/CarlinsF3teamexpandintoEurope.htm . 20 June 2015 .
11. News: Double R joins F3 Euro Series for Brands Hatch round. Jamie. O'Leary. 15 May 2012. 18 May 2012. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Fellow British squad Carlin will also increase its car count for Brands. Joining Euro Series regulars Carlos Sainz Jr and Will Buller will be British F3 regulars Jazeman Jaafar and Harry Tincknell..
12. News: Result pre event test combined . Tischer . Alexander H.H. . 29 June 2012 . wige Solutions gmbh . . 29 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130208033121/http://f3euroseries.com/ergebnisse/2012-06-29-tc.pdf . 8 February 2013 .
13. News: Emil Bernstorff joins European F3 series with ma-con Motorsport. Jamie. O'Leary. 18 April 2012. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 18 April 2012.
14. News: Angola Racing Team the fourth new squad on the Formula 3 Euro Series grid . 21 March 2012 . . ITR e.V. . 22 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322221009/http://www.f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3566 . 22 March 2012 .
15. News: British F3 trio heads to Hockenheim . 24 April 2012 . Fortec Motorsports . Fortec Motorsports Ltd. . 24 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121029011807/http://www.fortecmotorsports.com/f3.php . 29 October 2012 .
16. News: Double R to make Euro F3 debut at Brands Hatch this weekend . 15 May 2012 . doublerracing.co.uk . . 15 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214020850/http://www.doublerracing.co.uk/news/Double-R-to-make-Euro-F3-debut-at-Brands-Hatch-this-weekend/148.htm . 14 December 2014 .
17. News: Start into the second half of the Formula 3 Euro Series season . https://archive.today/20130103130656/http://f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3696 . dead . 3 January 2013 . 16 August 2012 . . ITR e.V. . 16 August 2012 .
18. News: Van Amersfoort Racing to enter F3 Euro Series and Macau GP . Simmons . Marcus . 5 October 2012 . . . 6 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928023038/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103105 . 28 September 2013 . live .
19. News: Formula 3 Euro Series – 2012 race schedule. Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V.. 25 November 2011. 27 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425060922/http://www.f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3502. 25 April 2012. dead.
20. News: A new race schedule for the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series. https://archive.today/20130122185501/http://www.f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3576. dead. 22 January 2013. 2 April 2012. Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V.. 3 April 2012.
21. News: Raffaelle Marciello takes Formula 3 win in Norisring thunder as Felix Serralles claims British honours. Marcus. Simmons. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 1 July 2012. 1 July 2012.
22. News: William Buller wins five-lap race at Zandvoort. 25 August 2012. Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V.. 25 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120920184908/http://f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3716. 20 September 2012. dead.