2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship explained

The 2016 BRDC British F3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and, for the first time, Belgium. The 2016 season will be the first one under the BRDC British F3 denomination.^[1] The championship features professional motor racing teams, and will also feature the debut of the new 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series, a car that was first used in the 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy.^[2] The season will begin at Snetterton 300 on 27 March and will end on 11 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered. Both Carlin and Double R Racing will make their debut in the series, along with Fortec who already entered the 2015 BRDC F4 Autumn Trophy.^[3]

Team		Driver	Rounds
Chris Dittmann Racing	2	Quinlan Lall^[4]	1–7
	4	Omar Ismail^[5]	8
	5	Jeremy Wahome^[6]	All
	6	Krishnaraaj Mahadik^[7]	2–8
	12	Paul Sieljes^[8]	1
HHC Motorsport	3	Ben Hingeley^[9]	All
	4	Omar Ismail^[10]	1
	10	Raoul Hyman^[11]	2
	37	Sisa Ngebulana^[12]	1–6
	45	Harrison Scott^[13]	5, 7–8
	54	Will Palmer^[14]	6
Fortec Motorsports^[15]	7	Faisal Al Zubair^[16]	All
	14	Tarun Reddy^[17]	All
Lanan Racing	8	Toby Sowery^[18]	All
	22	Akhil Rabindra^[19]	All
Carlin^[20]	11	Ricky Collard^[21]	All
	15	James Pull^[22]	8
	31	Lando Norris^[23]	1, 3, 5–6
	51	Ameya Vaidyanathan^[24]	1–4, 7
	98	Colton Herta^[25]	2, 4
	99	Nikita Mazepin^[26]	7
Sean Walkinshaw Racing	21	Jan Jønck^[27]	1–5
	23	Thomas Maxwell^[28]	All
	44	Eugene Denyssen^[29]	All
Hillspeed	25	Ali Al Khalifa^[30]	4
Double R Racing^[31]	26	Matheus Leist^[32]	All
	27	nowrap	Aleksanteri Huovinen^[33]	All
	85	Enzo Bortoleto^[34]	All
Douglas Motorsport	49	Thomas Randle^[35]	All
	65	Enaam Ahmed^[36]	All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 27 October 2015.^[37] The series will support British GT at nearly all events, with the exception being the season-opening Snetterton 300 round. For the first time, the series will travel abroad, having a round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	1	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	27 March	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlin
	R2		28 March		Toby Sowery	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing
	R3				Lando Norris	Enaam Ahmed	Douglas Motorsport
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	16 April	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing
	R5		17 April		Colton Herta	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing
	R6				Ricky Collard	Colton Herta	Carlin
3	R7	Rockingham (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	30 April	Lando Norris	Matheus Leist	Lando Norris	Carlin
	R8		1 May		Lando Norris	Thomas Randle	Douglas Motorsport
	R9				Ricky Collard	Ricky Collard	Carlin
4	R10	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	28 May	Ricky Collard	Thomas Randle	Ricky Collard	Carlin
	R11		30 May		Ricky Collard	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing
	R12				Colton Herta	Ricky Collard	Carlin
5	R13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	11 June	Thomas Randle	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing
	R14		12 June		Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing
	R15				Race cancelled due to heavy rain
6	R16	Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)	8 July	Lando Norris	Toby Sowery	Lando Norris	Carlin
	R17		9 July		Will Palmer	Thomas Randle	Douglas Motorsport
	R18				Matheus Leist	Lando Norris	Carlin
7	R19	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	6 August	Ricky Collard	Ricky Collard	Ricky Collard	Carlin
	R20		7 August		Ben Hingeley	Nikita Mazepin	Carlin
	R21				Matheus Leist	Ricky Collard	Carlin
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	10 September	Ben Hingeley	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing
	R23		11 September		Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing
	R24				Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery	Lanan Racing

Championship standings

Scoring systemPoints were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SNE BRH ROC OUL SIL SPA SNE DON Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Matheus Leist 10 1 4 1 Ret Ret 3 4 2 4 4 5 1 3 C 2 5 2 2 6 2 1 5 5 493 2 Ricky Collard 5 Ret 8 2 4 2 2 7 1 1 8 1 4 13 C 3 6 6 1 7 1 Ret 10 6 466 3 Toby Sowery 4 3 2 3 1 13 14 8 6 7 1 7 7 1 C 5 2 4 3 5 7 4 1 1 457 4 Thomas Randle 20 9 5 4 5 3 4 1 4 2 7 2 2 4 C 9 1 5 6 4 6 NC 8 3 424 5 Enaam Ahmed 3 2 1 Ret 17 14 6 19 5 8 2 4 5 5 C 4 4 19 Ret 17 4 6 6 2 349 6 Tarun Reddy 16 Ret 12 5 2 Ret 8 6 8 15 21 14 3 7 C 6 3 9 7 2 9 12 7 7 284 7 Thomas Maxwell 11 7 9 9 8 7 9 9 9 9 10 12 9 16 C 15 13 7 13 13 12 5 3 9 265 8 Lando Norris 1 6 3 1 3 3 Ret 2 C 1 19 1 247 9 2 4 6 Ret 13 5 5 5 7 14 19 11 16 10 C Ret 15 16 9 8 11 7 Ret 14 245 10 Ben Hingeley 6 14 Ret 15 16 11 11 13 16 11 14 15 13 6 C 7 8 10 4 17 3 3 14 Ret 232 11 Enzo Bortoleto 8 8 11 8 3 15 12 DNS 12 6 3 6 DNS 8 C 10 10 12 11 9 13 Ret Ret Ret 220 12 Al Faisal Al Zubair 13 11 13 6 7 10 15 14 11 16 13 20 14 15 C 8 9 14 14 12 15 13 13 13 196 13 Eugene Denyssen 14 17 15 13 9 12 17 15 Ret 13 11 17 10 14 C 11 14 8 10 10 16 8 2 15 194 14 Sisa Ngebulana 9 5 7 12 6 4 16 12 13 DSQ 15 10 6 DSQ C 13 7 11 177 15 Quinlan Lall 18 12 14 Ret 10 8 10 11 10 10 9 9 12 Ret C Ret 16 13 18 18 10 149 16 Jan Jønck 7 10 20 11 12 Ret 13 10 14 5 5 8 8 12 C 142 17 Harrison Scott Ret 17 C 5 3 5 2 4 4 130 18 Akhil Rabindra 19 13 18 NC 15 9 19 17 Ret 17 16 16 11 11 C Ret 18 17 15 16 17 10 12 11 124 19 Colton Herta 10 NC 1 3 6 3 109 20 Krishnaraj Mahadik 14 11 6 20 20 Ret 12 12 13 DNS DNS C 14 12 15 16 15 Ret 14 DNS DNS 103 21 Jeremy Wahome 17 16 19 EX Ret 16 18 18 Ret 18 17 19 15 9 C 12 17 18 17 14 18 Ret 15 10 98 22 Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 18 10 Ret 14 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 20 18 12 11 14 95 23 Nikita Mazepin 8 1 8 51 24 Omar Ismail 12 Ret 16 9 9 12 47 25 Will Palmer 16 11 3 39 26 James Pull 11 11 8 33 27 Raoul Hyman 7 Ret Ret 15 28 Paul Sieljes Ret 15 17 10 29 Ali Al Khalifa 19 18 21 5 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points SNE BRH ROC OUL SIL SPA SNE DON

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy

The 2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy was a four-race motor racing championship held at Snetterton 300 in England on October 29–30, as an off-season trophy to the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. The trophy featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers running the same 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car used in the main championship.^[38]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.^[39] Drivers in italics are not eligible for trophy points.

Team		Driver
Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing	7	Abdullah Al Rawahi
	45	Sasakorn Chaimongkol
Carlin	15	James Pull
	28	Cameron Das
	65	Enaam Ahmed
Fortec Motorsport	16	Callan O'Keeffe
	77	Ben Hingeley
Double R Racing	26	Dan Ticktum
	27	Marcus Armstrong
	85	Tarun Reddy
Douglas Motorsport	38	Jamie Caroline
	96	Joey Mawson

Race calendar and results

The race calendar consisted of a 4-race event held at the Snetterton 300. The weekend format includes a 20-minute qualifying session and two 12-lap races on both Saturday and Sunday. The grid for the first race in each day was set in qualifying order, with starting positions for race two of each day set by the fastest laps from race one.^[40]

Due to adverse weather, the Sunday qualifying wasn't held and the two races were shortened to 8 laps. For race 3, the drivers were classified on the grid by championship order. Race 4 was ultimately cancelled due to the conditions worsening.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
	1	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	29 October	Enaam Ahmed	Dan Ticktum	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R2				Marcus Armstrong	Dan Ticktum	Double R Racing
	R3		30 October	Enaam Ahmed	Joey Mawson	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin
	R4			Race cancelled due to heavy fog

Trophy standings

Scoring systemPoints were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races as follows.^[40]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	35	29	24	21	19	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Autumn Trophy

Pos. Driver SNE Points R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Enaam Ahmed 1 2 1 C 99 2 Joey Mawson 2 3 2 C 82 3 Callan O'Keeffe 4 6 4 C 61 4 Dan Ticktum 3 1 Ret C 59 5 Jamie Caroline 8 9 3 C 52 6 Tarun Reddy 6 5 9 C 51 7 Cameron Das 9 10 5 C 44 8 James Pull 5 7 Ret C 36 9 Abdullah Al Rawahi 12 11 8 C 36 10 align=left nowrap Sasakorn Chaimongkol 11 Ret 6 C 29 11 Ben Hingeley 10 8 Ret C 27 Drivers ineligible to score points Marcus Armstrong 7 4 7 C 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 Points SNE

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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