2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship explained

The 2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England, with one round in Belgium. The 2019 season was the fourth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and also featured the 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series. The season commenced at Oulton Park on 20 April and ended on 15 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team		Driver	Rounds
Fortec Motorsports	3	Johnathan Hoggard^[2]	All
	33	Manuel Maldonado^[3]	All
	35	Kris Wright^[4]	All
Chris Dittmann Racing	7	Nazim Azman^[5]	All
	12	Ayrton Simmons^[6]	All
Carlin	8	Kaylen Frederick^[7]	All
	17	Clément Novalak^[8]	All
	22	Lucas Petersson^[9]	All
Douglas Motorsport	20	Benjamin Pedersen^[10]	1–7
	55	Ulysse de Pauw^[11]	All
	87	Kiern Jewiss^[12]	All
Lanan Racing	16	Andreas Estner^[13]	3, 5
	21	Joshua Mason^[14]	All
Double R Racing	24	Hampus Ericsson^[15]	All
	26	Neil Verhagen^[16]	All
	28	Pavan Ravishankar^[17]	All
Hillspeed	25	Nicolás Varrone^[18]	3, 5, 7
	79	nowrap	Sasakorn Chaimongkol^[19]	All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 8 November 2018. The series supports British GT at all events, excluding the 17-18 August round at Silverstone Circuit.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team
1	1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	20 April	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Clément Novalak	Carlin
	R2		22 April		Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R3			Ayrton Simmons	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Fortec Motorsports
2	R4	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	18 May	Clément Novalak	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Fortec Motorsports
	R5		19 May		Lucas Petersson	Lucas Petersson	Carlin
	R6			Johnathan Hoggard	Kaylen Frederick	Hampus Ericsson	Double R Racing
3	R7	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	8 June	Clément Novalak	Ayrton Simmons	Clément Novalak	Carlin
	R8		9 June		Johnathan Hoggard	Benjamin Pedersen	Douglas Motorsport
	R9			Neil Verhagen	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
4	R10	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	22 June	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Fortec Motorsports
	R11		23 June		Clément Novalak	Joshua Mason	Lanan Racing
	R12			Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Fortec Motorsports
5	R13	Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)	20 July	Ayrton Simmons	Hampus Ericsson	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R14		21 July		Sasakorn Chaimongkol	Nicolás Varrone	Hillspeed
	R15			Ayrton Simmons	Kiern Jewiss	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
6	R16	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	3 August	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Fortec Motorsports
	R17		4 August		Ayrton Simmons	Nazim Azman	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R18			Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Kiern Jewiss	Douglas Motorsport
7	R19	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	17 August	Kiern Jewiss	Manuel Maldonado	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	Hillspeed
	R20		18 August		Ayrton Simmons	Manuel Maldonado	Fortec Motorsports
	R21			Kiern Jewiss	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	14 September	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Johnathan Hoggard	Fortec Motorsports
	R23		15 September		Johnathan Hoggard	Nazim Azman	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R24			Johnathan Hoggard	Kiern Jewiss	Johnathan Hoggard	Fortec Motorsports

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and three, with the second race awarding points to only the top 15. Race two, which reversed the order of the race one finishers, providing they set a lap time within 103% of the fastest driver, will be awarded extra points for positions gained from drivers' respective starting positions.

Races	Position, points per race
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Races 1 & 3	35	29	24	21	19	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 2	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Notes:

• ^{1 2 3} refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race two.

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver OUL SNE SIL1 DON1 SPA BRH SIL2 DON2 Pts 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 Clément Novalak 1 6^7 2 2 6^9 2 1 9^9 6 4 4^7 4 4 10^5 2 3 9^5 4 7 3^6 4 4 12 6 505 2 Johnathan Hoggard 3 8^3 1 1 8^8 Ret 8 2^10 2 1 Ret 1 8 7^4 13 1 12^4 2 3 14 5 1 15 1 482 3 Ayrton Simmons 2 Ret 3 5 11^1 4 3 5^12 1 2 DSQ Ret 2 15^2 1 11 2^4 6 4 4^8 1 9 2^5 8 450 4 Kiern Jewiss 9 4^1 4 3 13^1 Ret 9 16 4 3 10^2 6 5 8^6 3 2 11^4 1 2 8^7 2 2 5^9 2 438 5 Neil Verhagen 12 2 5 6 3^8 Ret 2 15^1 5 6 8^1 7 18 3 5 8 4^5 7 10 15 3 7 3^6 3 357 6 Manuel Maldonado 8 3^3 8 8 9 5 5 10^4 8 7 3^5 9 3 11^5 6 6 7^4 Ret 16 1 11 3 7^6 4 348 7 Ulysse de Pauw 4 7^3 6 11 15 7 7 8^2 11 5 7^3 2 7 9^3 18 7 6^4 3 5 6^5 7 5 9^2 Ret 329 8 align=left nowrap Sasakorn Chaimongkol 5 13 7 9 14 12 6 13 7 11 9 3 9 12 12 4 10^3 8 1 9^7 17 6 4^6 5 314 9 Kaylen Frederick 13 1 12 7 4^6 3 4 12^3 3 10 Ret Ret 1 Ret 16 5 Ret 5 6 13 10 8 8 7 305 10 Hampus Ericsson 6 14 13 4 7^6 1 14 Ret 9 8 6^1 8 6 14 4 12 5 10 9 Ret 6 10 10 9 284 11 Nazim Azman 7 9 11 13 5 6 10 6^2 16 12 11 5 16 16 14 14 1^2 12 15 12 12 14 1^1 11 236 12 Joshua Mason 10 5 14 14 Ret 9 12 7 12 13 1^2 12 14 2^3 9 13 3^1 11 11 Ret 9 12 13 13 229 13 Lucas Petersson Ret 11^5 9 16 1 DSQ 11 11 17 Ret 12^4 13 10 13 7 9 8 9 8 11 8 11 6 10 206 14 Benjamin Pedersen Ret 10^5 10 10 2^5 8 18 1 10 9 5^1 10 12 6^1 17 10 13 14 Ret 10^7 16 200 15 Pavan Ravishankar Ret 12 15 12 10 11 16 3 13 15 2 11 17 4 10 15 Ret 15 12 7 14 13 14 12 182 16 Kris Wright 11 Ret 16 15 12 10 13 17 18 14 13 Ret 13 17 15 16 Ret 13 14 5 15 15 11 14 126 17 Nicolás Varrone 17 4 14 11 1^7 8 13 2^2 13 109 18 Andreas Estner 15 14 15 15 5 11 41 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 Pts OUL SNE SIL1 DON1 SPA BRH SIL2 DON2

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. News: 2019 BRDC British F3 Championship calendar revealed. 8 November 2018. BRDC British F3 Championship. 8 November 2018.
2. Web site: F4 front-runner Johnathan Hoggard confirms move up to BRDC British F3 with Fortec. 26 February 2019. 26 February 2019.
3. Web site: Manuel Maldonado to mount title challenge in third British F3 season with Fortec. 1 March 2019. 1 March 2019.
4. Web site: American all-rounder Kris Wright joins Fortec for 2019 BRDC British F3 Championship. 25 February 2019. 25 February 2019.
5. Web site: Nazim Azman moves up to BRDC British F3 with Chris Dittmann Racing. 13 March 2019. 13 March 2019. 8 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108012007/https://www.britishf3.com/british-f3-news/nazim-azman-moves-up-to-brdc-british-f3-with-chris-dittmann-racing/. dead.
6. Web site: Ayrton Simmons targets title in full BRDC British F3 campaign with Chris Dittmann Racing. 13 February 2019. 13 February 2019.
7. Web site: Kaylen Frederick steps up to BRDC British F3 with Carlin. 20 February 2019. 20 February 2019.
8. Web site: Clement Novalak completes Carlin's BRDC British F3 squad. 4 March 2019. 4 March 2019.
9. Web site: Carlin signs Lucas Petersson for 2019 BRDC British F3 season. 5 December 2018. 5 December 2018.
10. Web site: Benjamin Pedersen joins Douglas Motorsport for 2019 BRDC British F3 assault. 22 February 2019. 22 February 2019. 8 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108002939/https://www.britishf3.com/british-f3-news/benjamin-pedersen-joins-douglas-motorsport-for-2019-brdc-british-f3-assault/. dead.
11. Web site: Belgian ace De Pauw completes Douglas Motorsport's 2019 British F3 roster. 6 March 2019. 6 March 2019. 7 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190307053940/https://www.britishf3.com/british-f3-news/belgian-ace-de-pauw-completes-douglas-motorsport-s-2019-british-f3-roster/. dead.
12. Web site: British F4 champion Kiern Jewiss graduates to BRDC British F3 with Douglas Motorsport. 23 January 2019. 23 January 2019.
13. Web site: Andreas Estner joins Lanan Racing for Silverstone and Spa British F3 rounds. 3 June 2019. 3 June 2019.
14. Web site: Josh Mason confirms BRDC British F3 return with Lanan Racing. 7 December 2018. 7 December 2018. 9 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124304/http://www.britishf3.com/british-f3-news/josh-mason-confirms-brdc-british-f3-return-with-lanan-racing/. dead.
15. Web site: Swedish star Ericsson joins Double R Racing for first full BRDC British F3 season. 30 January 2019. 30 January 2019.
16. Web site: Double R complete BRDC British F3 line-up with rapid American star Verhagen. 4 March 2019. 4 March 2019.
17. Web site: Ravishankar remains with reigning champions Double R for 2019 British F3 challenge. 27 February 2019. 27 February 2019. 7 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235333/https://www.britishf3.com/british-f3-news/race-winner-ravishankar-remains-with-reigning-champions-double-r-for-2019-british-f3-challenge/. dead.
18. Web site: FR2.0 champion Nicolas Varrone joins British F3 with Hillspeed. Hansford. Rob. FormulaScout. 28 May 2019. 28 May 2019.
19. Web site: Chaimongkol confirms 2019 BRDC British F3 return with Hillspeed. 1 February 2019. 1 February 2019.