2013 British Formula 3 International Series Explained

The 2013 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series season was the 63rd British Formula Three Championship season. The series, promoted by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, began on 25 May at Silverstone and ended on 22 September at the Nürburgring after twelve races to be held at four meetings.[1] The championship was won by Jordan King.

Regulation changes

After all races awarded equal championship points during the 2012 season, the 2013 season saw the re-introduction of fewer points awarded to drivers in the second race. The first and third races awarded points using the same system as used in Formula One – with twenty-five points for the winner, down to one point for tenth place – with the reverse-grid race offering twelve points for the winner down to half a point for tenth place.[2]

A five-race "mini-series" for older-specification Formula Three cars was also scheduled to be introduced for the 2013 season, after only two drivers competed in a full-season campaign in the Rookie class, in 2012. However, with the championship realignment in January 2013, older-specification cars were able to compete at every meeting.

Drivers and teams

TeamChassisEngineDriverRounds
International Class
CarlinDallara F312Volkswagen1 Nicholas LatifiAll
2 Jordan KingAll
21 Jann MardenboroughAll
22 Jazeman Jaafar3
31 Zhi Cong Li3
Fortec MotorsportDallara F312Mercedes HWA3 William BullerAll
4 Félix Serrallés1
23 Felipe GuimarãesAll
24 Alfonso Celis Jr.4
Double R RacingDallara F312Mercedes HWA7 Sean GelaelAll
8 Antonio GiovinazziAll
16 Tatiana CalderónAll
Threebond with T-SportDallara F312ThreeBond Nissan15 Spike Goddard4
National Class
Team West-Tec F3Dallara F312Toyota50 Roberto La Rocca1
53 Chris VlokAll
55 Huan Zhu1
58 Jordan Oon2
81 Ed Jones1, 3
Dallara F30856 William Barbosa4
66 Cameron Twynham1, 3
77 Sean Walkinshaw1
88 Liam Venter1
CF RacingDallara F311Mugen-Honda87 Sun ZhengAll
National B Class
Mark Bailey RacingDallara F306Toyota82 Alice Powell1
Invitation Entries
nowrap Performance Racing EuropenowrapDallara F310-003Volkswagen51nowrap John Bryant-Meisner1

Driver changes

Race calendar and results

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 28 July 2012.[4] This was later revised down to nine rounds – with series organisers SRO open to the addition of a tenth meeting – on 18 December 2012.[2] In January 2013, SRO reduced the calendar yet further, to just four triple-header meetings; two events in the United Kingdom and two overseas, in Belgium and Germany.[1]

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1 Silverstone Circuit25 Maynowrap John Bryant-Meisnernowrap Nicholas Latifi[5] nowrap John Bryant-Meisnernowrap Performance Racing Europe Ed Jones
R226 May William Buller Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Racing Ed Jones
R3 John Bryant-Meisner William Buller John Bryant-Meisner Performance Racing Europe Ed Jones
2R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps26 July Nicholas Latifi William Buller William Buller Fortec Motorsports Sun Zheng
R2 William Buller Jordan King Carlinnowrap Sun Zheng
R327 July Nicholas Latifi Sean Gelael Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Racing Sun Zheng
3R1 Brands Hatch10 August Jazeman Jaafar William Buller Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Sun Zheng
R211 August William Buller Felipe Guimarães Fortec Motorsports Ed Jones
R3 Jazeman Jaafar Jordan King Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Ed Jones
4R1 Nürburgring21 September Jordan King Jordan King Jordan King Carlin Sun Zheng
R2 Felipe Guimarães Felipe Guimarães Fortec Motorsports Chris Vlok
R3nowrap22 September Jordan King William Buller Jordan King Carlin Sun Zheng
Notes

Championship standings

International class
PosDriverSIL
SPA
BRH
NÜR
Pts
scope=row 1 Jordan KingRet62213242151scope=row 176
scope=row 2 Antonio Giovinazzi61753132Ret263scope=row 135
scope=row 3 William Buller223127691213Ret2scope=row 134
scope=row 4 Felipe Guimarães386Ret75714317scope=row 109
scope=row 5 Nicholas Latifi1455RetDNS44103544scope=row 97
scope=row 6align=left nowrap Jann MardenboroughNC104Ret625554Ret6scope=row 85
scope=row 7 Tatiana Calderón579446877638scope=row 79
scope=row 8 Sean Gelael438358Ret667711scope=row 78
scope=row 9 Jazeman Jaafar131scope=row 58
scope=row 10 Félix Serrallés134Retscope=row 15
scope=row 11 Alfonso Celis Jr.985scope=row 15
scope=row 12 Spike Goddard8213scope=row 14
scope=row 13 Zhi Cong Li111210scope=row 7
Guest drivers ineligible for points
scope=row John Bryant-Meisner191scope=row  —
National Class
scope=row 1 Sun Zheng81511689911Ret10109scope=row 205
scope=row 2 Chris VlokRet16Ret8101112Ret1111910scope=row 121
scope=row 3 Ed Jones71110Ret88scope=row 103
scope=row 4 Cameron Twynham9131210139scope=row 82
scope=row 5 Jordan Oon7910scope=row 45
scope=row 6 William Barbosa121112scope=row 38
scope=row 7 Roberto La Rocca101213scope=row 33
scope=row 8 Liam Venter111416scope=row 23
scope=row 9 Sean Walkinshaw151714scope=row 20
scope=row 10 Huan Zhu121815scope=row 19
Guest drivers ineligible for points
scope=row Alice PowellRet1917scope=row  —
PosDriverSIL
SPA
BRH
NÜR
Pts

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Four key dates in revised Cooper Tires British F3 International Series for 2013. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. British Formula 3 Championship. 28 January 2013. 28 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130923043921/http://www.formula3.co/news/four-key-dates-in-revised-cooper-tires-british-f3-international-series-for-2013. 23 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: British F3 reveals strong calendar and fresh plans for 2013. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. British Formula 3 Championship. 18 December 2012. 18 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130923041137/http://www.formula3.co/news/british-f3-reveals-strong-calendar-and-fresh-plans-for-2013. 23 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  3. News: News--KRC(Kang's Racing Company) . Chinese . 8 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508175048/http://www.krc.com.tw/newsContent.asp?id=352 . 8 May 2013 . dead .
  4. News: Superb dates and circuits for British F3 in 2013. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. British Formula 3 Championship. 28 July 2012. 28 July 2012. Nick. Carter. https://archive.today/20130116025520/http://www.formula3.co/news/superb-dates-and-circuits-for-british-f3-in-2013. 16 January 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Fastest lap recorded by John Bryant-Meisner, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.