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

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds
International Class
United Kingdom Carlin Dallara F312 Volkswagen 1 Canada Nicholas Latifi All
2 United Kingdom Jordan King All
21 United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough All
22 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 3
31 China Zhi Cong Li 3
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Dallara F312 Mercedes HWA 3 United Kingdom William Buller All
4 Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés 1
23 Brazil Felipe Guimarães All
24 Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. 4
United Kingdom Double R Racing Dallara F312 Mercedes HWA 7 Indonesia Sean Gelael All
8 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi All
16 Colombia Tatiana Calderón All
United Kingdom Threebond with T-Sport Dallara F312 ThreeBond Nissan 15 Australia Spike Goddard 4
National Class
United Kingdom Team West-Tec F3 Dallara F312 Toyota 50 Venezuela Roberto La Rocca 1
53 New Zealand Chris Vlok All
55 China Huan Zhu 1
58 Australia Jordan Oon 2
81 United Kingdom Ed Jones 1, 3
Dallara F308 56 Colombia William Barbosa 4
66 United Kingdom Cameron Twynham 1, 3
77 United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw 1
88 South Africa Liam Venter 1
United Kingdom CF Racing Dallara F311 Mugen-Honda 87 China Sun Zheng All
National B Class
United Kingdom Mark Bailey Racing Dallara F306 Toyota 82 United Kingdom Alice Powell 1
Invitation Entries
Sweden Performance Racing Europe Dallara F310-003 Volkswagen 51 Sweden John Bryant-Meisner 1

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]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team National winner
1 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 25 May Sweden John Bryant-Meisner Canada Nicholas Latifi[N 1] Sweden John Bryant-Meisner Sweden Performance Racing Europe United Kingdom Ed Jones
R2 26 May United Kingdom William Buller Italy Antonio Giovinazzi United Kingdom Double R Racing United Kingdom Ed Jones
R3 Sweden John Bryant-Meisner United Kingdom William Buller Sweden John Bryant-Meisner Sweden Performance Racing Europe United Kingdom Ed Jones
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 26 July Canada Nicholas Latifi United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports China Sun Zheng
R2 United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom Jordan King United Kingdom Carlin China Sun Zheng
R3 27 July Canada Nicholas Latifi Indonesia Sean Gelael Italy Antonio Giovinazzi United Kingdom Double R Racing China Sun Zheng
3 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 10 August Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar United Kingdom William Buller Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar United Kingdom Carlin China Sun Zheng
R2 11 August United Kingdom William Buller Brazil Felipe Guimarães United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports United Kingdom Ed Jones
R3 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar United Kingdom Jordan King Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar United Kingdom Carlin United Kingdom Ed Jones
4 R1 Germany Nürburgring 21 September United Kingdom Jordan King United Kingdom Jordan King United Kingdom Jordan King United Kingdom Carlin China Sun Zheng
R2 Brazil Felipe Guimarães Brazil Felipe Guimarães United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports New Zealand Chris Vlok
R3 22 September United Kingdom Jordan King United Kingdom William Buller United Kingdom Jordan King United Kingdom Carlin China Sun Zheng
Notes
  1. Fastest lap recorded by John Bryant-Meisner, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

International class
Pos Driver SIL
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
BRH
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
Pts
1 United Kingdom Jordan King Ret 6 2 2 1 3 2 4 2 1 5 1 176
2 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi 6 1 7 5 3 1 3 2 Ret 2 6 3 135
3 United Kingdom William Buller 2 2 3 1 2 7 6 9 12 13 Ret 2 134
4 Brazil Felipe Guimarães 3 8 6 Ret 7 5 7 1 4 3 1 7 109
5 Canada Nicholas Latifi 14 5 5 Ret DNS 4 4 10 3 5 4 4 97
6 United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough NC 10 4 Ret 6 2 5 5 5 4 Ret 6 85
7 Colombia Tatiana Calderón 5 7 9 4 4 6 8 7 7 6 3 8 79
8 Indonesia Sean Gelael 4 3 8 3 5 8 Ret 6 6 7 7 11 78
9 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 1 3 1 58
10 Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés 13 4 Ret 15
11 Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. 9 8 5 15
12 Australia Spike Goddard 8 2 13 14
13 China Zhi Cong Li 11 12 10 7
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Sweden John Bryant-Meisner 1 9 1  
National Class
1 China Sun Zheng 8 15 11 6 8 9 9 11 Ret 10 10 9 205
2 New Zealand Chris Vlok Ret 16 Ret 8 10 11 12 Ret 11 11 9 10 121
3 United Kingdom Ed Jones 7 11 10 Ret 8 8 103
4 United Kingdom Cameron Twynham 9 13 12 10 13 9 82
5 Australia Jordan Oon 7 9 10 45
6 Colombia William Barbosa 12 11 12 38
7 Venezuela Roberto La Rocca 10 12 13 33
8 South Africa Liam Venter 11 14 16 23
9 United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw 15 17 14 20
10 China Huan Zhu 12 18 15 19
Guest drivers ineligible for points
United Kingdom Alice Powell Ret 19 17  
Pos Driver SIL
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
BRH
United Kingdom
NÜR
Germany
Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. 1 2 "Four key dates in revised Cooper Tires British F3 International Series for 2013". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "British F3 reveals strong calendar and fresh plans for 2013". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  3. "News--KRC(Kang's Racing Company)" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. Carter, Nick (28 July 2012). "Superb dates and circuits for British F3 in 2013". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

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