2016 Formula 3 Brasil season explained

The 2016 Fórmula 3 Brasil season is the tenth Fórmula 3 Brasil season and the second since 1995, replacing the Formula 3 Sudamericana series as the highest-profile single-seater championship on the continent.

Drivers and teams

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

Team		Driver	Chassis	Rounds
Class A
Prop Car Racing	7	Fernando Galera	Dallara F309	8
	27	Matheus Muniz	Dallara F309	1–4
	55	Igor Fraga	Dallara F309	1, 8
RR Racing	10	Luiz Felipe Branquinho	Dallara F309	1–5
RR Racing	87	Leonardo Raucci	Dallara F309	1–4
CF3	12	Christian Hahn	Dallara F309	All
CF3	54	Carlos Cunha Filho	Dallara F309	1–5
Cesário F3	34	Matheus Iorio	Dallara F309	All
Cesário F3	77	Guilherme Samaia	Dallara F309	All
Hitech Racing	36	Thiago Vivacqua	Dallara F309	1–7
Hitech Racing	95	Yurik Carvalho	Dallara F309	1–2
Fortunato F3 Racing	41	Artur Fortunato	Dallara F309	1–4, 8
Hitech GP	43	Pedro Cardoso	Dallara F309	1–3
Hitech GP	52	Pedro Caland	Dallara F309	7–8
Kemba Racing	91	Leonardo de Souza	Dallara F309	1–3, 6
Class B
RR Racing Light	3	Leandro Guedes	Dallara F301	1–2
Prop Car Racing	48	Renan Pietrowski	Dallara F301	1, 3
Cesário F3	45	Lukas Moraes	Dallara F301	6
Cesário F3	145	Denis Dirani	Dallara F301	7
Hitech GP	52	Pedro Caland	Dallara F301	1–6
Fortunato F3 Racing	67	Felipe Santo André	Dallara F301	8

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2016 season was released on 17 December 2015, with the category being part of the Stock Car Brasil package. All races are supporting this championship and are held in Brazil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	9 April	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	nowrap	Carlos Cunha Filho	CF3	nowrap	Renan Pietrowski
1	R2	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	10 April		Carlos Cunha	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Renan Pietrowski
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul	5 June	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
2	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul	5 June	Race cancelled
3	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel	16 July		Guilherme Samaia	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	no finishers
	R2		16 July	Artur Fortunato	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Renan Pietrowski
	R3		17 July		Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Renan Pietrowski
4	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 September	nowrap	Guilherme Samaia	nowrap	Guilherme Samaia	nowrap	Guilherme Samaia	Cesário F3	no finishers
4	R2	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 September		Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina)	25 September	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
5	R2		Guilherme Samaia	Guilherme Samaia	Cesário F3	no finishers
6	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	16 October	Guilherme Samaia	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
6	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	16 October		Matheus Iorio	Guilherme Samaia	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
7	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)	6 November	Christian Hahn	Christian Hahn	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	no finishers
7	R2	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)	6 November		Matheus Iorio	Christian Hahn	CF3	no finishers
8	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 December	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	no finishers
8	R2	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 December		Matheus Iorio	Artur Fortunato	nowrap	Fortunato F3 Racing	no finishers

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	15	12	9	7	5	3	2	1

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Pos	Driver	VEL		SCS		CAS			INT		LON		CUR				INT		Pts
Class A
1	Matheus Iorio	*Ret*	1	1	C	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	2	1	2	205
2	Guilherme Samaia	2	Ret	Ret	C	5	3	2	1	4	5	1	2	1	2	3	2	Ret	140
3	Christian Hahn	11	9	5	C	4	5	3	Ret	5	4	5	3	Ret	4	1	3	5	90
4	Thiago Vivacqua	8	Ret	3	C	3	4	7	4	7	2	2	4	3	Ret	5			85
5	Carlos Cunha	1	2	Ret	C	10	7	Ret	3	3	3	3							65
6	Artur Fortunato	3	10	Ret	C	8	2	9	7	2							6	1	57
7	Pedro Cardoso	4	3	2	C	6	DSQ	DSQ											31
8	Pedro Caland														3	4	4	4	30
9	Leonardo de Souza	Ret	4	6	C	2	12	Ret					6	Ret					27
10	Matheus Muniz	Ret	5	4	C	7	6	8	6	6									26
11	Igor Fraga	5	Ret														5	3	19
12	align=left nowrap	Luis Felipe Branquinho	6	Ret	8	C	9	8	Ret	5	8	6	6							17
13	Leonardo Raucci	Ret	Ret	7	C	Ret	9	4	Ret	10									9
14	Yurik Carvalho	7	6	10	C														5
	Fernando Galera																Ret	Ret	0
Class B
1	Pedro Caland	10	8	9	C	Ret	11	6	DSQ	9	7	Ret	5	4					123
2	Renan Pietrowski	9	7			DNS	10	5											60
	Lukas Moraes												Ret	Ret					0
	Denis Dirani														*Ret*	Ret			0
	Leandro Guedes	Ret	Ret	Ret	C														0
	Felipe Santo André																*Ret*	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	VEL		SCS		CAS			INT		LON		CUR				INT		Pts

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Retired, but classified