2012 European Formula 3 Championship

2012 European Formula 3 Championship
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The 2012 FIA European Formula 3 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. It began at Hockenheim on 28 April, and finished on 21 October at the same venue after ten meetings, held jointly with the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula Three.

Prize tests

The top drivers in the final championship standings will be rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers will receive a two-day test in a Formula Two car. As well as that, the champion will receive a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, and the runner-up will receive a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test.^[1]

Drivers and teams

Numbers used at Euro Series events listed; numbers used at races run to British Formula Three Championship regulations displayed in tooltips.

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	Rounds
Prema Powerteam^[2]	1	Daniel Juncadella^[3]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	All
	2	Sven Müller^[4]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	All
	14	Michael Lewis^[5]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	All
	15	Raffaele Marciello^[6]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	All
Mücke Motorsport^[2]	5	Felix Rosenqvist^[7]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	All
Mücke Motorsport^[2]	6	Pascal Wehrlein^[7]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	All
Jo Zeller Racing^[2]	8	Andrea Roda^[8]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	All
URD Rennsport^[2]	9	Lucas Wolf^[9]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	1, 3–10
GU-Racing^[2]	10	Philip Ellis^[10]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	1, 4–5
Carlin^[11]	11	William Buller^[11]	F312	Volkswagen	1, 3–5, 7–10
Carlin^[11]	12	Carlos Sainz, Jr.^[11]	F312	Volkswagen	All
ma-con Motorsport^[12]	16	Tom Blomqvist^[13]	F312	Volkswagen	All
ma-con Motorsport^[12]	17	Emil Bernstorff^[12]	F312	Volkswagen	All
Angola Racing Team	23	Luís Sá Silva^[14]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	1, 3–10
Entries ineligible for championship points
Jo Zeller Racing^[2]	7	Sandro Zeller^[8]	F308	Mercedes-Benz	All
Carlin	30	Harry Tincknell^[13]	F312	Volkswagen	2–3, 5–6
	34	Jazeman Jaafar^[13]	F312	Volkswagen	2–7
	39	Jack Harvey^[13]	F312	Volkswagen	2, 5–6
	40	Pietro Fantin^[13]	F312	Volkswagen	2, 5–6
	44	Felipe Nasr	F312	Volkswagen	10
	71	Richard Bradley	F312	Volkswagen	6
Fortec Motorsports^[15]	31	Hannes van Asseldonk^[15]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	1–2, 5–6
	32	Félix Serrallés^[15]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	1–2, 5–6, 10
	33	Alex Lynn^[15]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	1–2, 5–6, 10
	38	Pipo Derani^[13]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	2, 5–6, 10
Double R Racing	35	Geoff Uhrhane^[13]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	2–3, 5–6
	36	Fahmi Ilyas^[13]	F312	Mercedes-Benz	2–3, 5–6
	37	Duvashen Padayachee^[13]	F309	Mugen-Honda	2, 5–6
ThreeBond with T-Sport	41	Nick McBride^[13]	F312	ThreeBond Nissan	2, 5–6
	42	Spike Goddard^[13]	F311	Mugen-Honda	2, 5–7
	43	Alexander Sims^[16]	F312	ThreeBond Nissan	7
	44	Pedro Pablo Calbimonte	F311	Mugen-Honda	6
CF Racing	43	Adderly Fong^[17]	F311	Mugen-Honda	6
Van Amersfoort Racing	50	Lucas Auer	F312	Volkswagen	10
Van Amersfoort Racing	51	Dennis van de Laar	F312	Volkswagen	10

Notes:

↑ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 15 March 2012; made up of seven rounds at Formula 3 Euro Series events, two British Formula 3 events at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps,^[1] with the Norisring round being run as a championship round in both series.^[18]

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
1	R2	Hockenheimring	29 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	Pau Circuit	12 May	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
2	R2	Pau Circuit	13 May	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	Brands Hatch	19 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
3	R2	Brands Hatch	20 May	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June	William Buller	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
4	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	3 June	Felix Rosenqvist	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
5	R1	Norisring	30 June	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	No winner^{[N 1]}
5	R2	Norisring	1 July	Pascal Wehrlein	Hannes van Asseldonk	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 July	Félix Serrallés	Félix Serrallés	Félix Serrallés	Fortec Motorsports
6	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 July	Félix Serrallés	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlin
7	R1	Nürburgring	18 August	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
7	R2	Nürburgring	19 August	Daniel Juncadella	Alexander Sims	Pascal Wehrlein	Mücke Motorsport
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	25 August	Sven Müller	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
8	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	26 August	Sven Müller	Daniel Juncadella	Daniel Juncadella	Prema Powerteam
9	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	29 September	Raffaele Marciello	Daniel Juncadella	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
9	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	30 September	Daniel Juncadella	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
10	R1	Hockenheimring	20 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport
10	R2	Hockenheimring	21 October	Felix Rosenqvist	Pascal Wehrlein	Felix Rosenqvist	Mücke Motorsport

Notes

↑ Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place.^[19]

Championship standings

The second 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.^[20]

Pos	Driver	HOC		PAU		BRH		RBR		NOR		SPA		NÜR		ZAN		VAL		HOC		Pts
1	Daniel Juncadella	1	1	Ret	4	2	8	7	1	DSQ	2	2	8	1	DSQ	6	1	2	2	13	4	252
2	Raffaele Marciello	6	17	1	1	1	1	1	8	22†	1	11	14	6	Ret	4	Ret	1	3	3	8	228.5
3	Felix Rosenqvist	3	3	4	6	7	Ret	9	11	6	14	9	Ret	4	Ret	1	4	13	1	1	1	192
4	Pascal Wehrlein	Ret	8	Ret	9	5	5	2	4	7	Ret	14	12	3	1	7	3	5	4	2	2	179
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	2	6	2	4	4	16†	5	Ret	19	3	1	7	10	11	5	Ret	6	Ret	11	161
6	William Buller	4	6			15	2	8	2	2	18			10	2	8	2	6	9	6	Ret	137
7	Tom Blomqvist	7	11	13	21	10	7	5	7	10	7	10	2	9	5	5	Ret	3	5	4	7	117
8	Sven Müller	15	5	12	10	6	10	4	3	9	11	12	Ret	2	Ret	2	Ret	7	13	5	6	109
9	Michael Lewis	9	Ret	10	11	3	3	6	6	Ret	8	7	5	15	6	3	Ret	8	8	9	10	101
10	Emil Bernstorff	11	12	Ret	13	11	9	11	14	3	4	17	10	11	4	9	6	4	7	11	9	66
11	Lucas Wolf	8	15			Ret	13	13	12	Ret	22	20	13	12	8	10	7	11	12	8	15	19
12	Andrea Roda	Ret	14	19	Ret	14	11	10	Ret	16	13	19	16	13	Ret	13	8	9	10	12	13	8
13	Luís Sá Silva	13	13			DNS	DNS	12	Ret	15	16	26	20	14	7	14†	Ret	10	14	Ret	12	7
14	Philip Ellis	14	16					14	13	Ret	Ret											0
Drivers ineligible for points
	Félix Serrallés	Ret	9	8	19					5	3	1	3							16†	5	0
	Jazeman Jaafar			2	3	8	Ret	3	10	18	Ret	5	4	5	3							0
	Alex Lynn	10	4	3	7					19	9	6	5							Ret	3	0
	Jack Harvey			5	8					14	Ret	4	6									0
	Pietro Fantin			14	12					4	6	16	19									0
	Hannes van Asseldonk	5	7	11	Ret					20	5	23	18									0
	Pipo Derani			Ret	5					Ret	21	8	7							10	Ret	0
	Harry Tincknell			7	Ret	Ret	6			8	10	13	9									0
	Lucas Auer																			7	Ret	0
	Alexander Sims													8	12							0
	Sandro Zeller	12	10	18	16	13	14	15	9	11	23	22	25	16	9	12	9	13	11	15	14	0
	Fahmi Ilyas			9	15	9	15†			Ret	12	21	21									0
	Spike Goddard			17	20					17	17	28	24	17	11							0
	Geoff Uhrhane			16	18	12	12			12	Ret	15	Ret									0
	Nick McBride			15	14					13	15	18	15									0
	Dennis van de Laar																			14	16	0
	Duvashen Padayachee			DNS	17					21	20	25	24									0
	Adderly Fong											27	17									0
	Richard Bradley											21	Ret									0
	Pedro Pablo Calbimonte											29	22									0
	Felipe Nasr																			Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	HOC		PAU		BRH		RBR		NOR		SPA		NÜR		ZAN		VAL		HOC		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

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