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2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

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The 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and Belgium. The season began at Oulton Park on 15 April and ended on 25 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers

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All teams were British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Chris Dittmann Racing[1] 4 United Kingdom Omar Ismail[2] 1–7
6 France Tristan Charpentier[3] 1, 5
8 Kenya Jeremy Wahome[4] 1–6, 8
Double R Racing[1] 5 India Krishnaraaj Mahadik[5] 6–7
7 Brazil Guilherme Samaia[6] All
18 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar[7] 8
26 Australia Harry Hayek[8] 1–3
Sweden Linus Lundqvist[9] 5
55 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick[10] All
Douglas Motorsport[1] 10 Romania Petru Florescu[11] 1
27 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe[12] All
86 United Kingdom Jordan Cane[13][14] 3–8
Lanan Racing[1] 11 United Kingdom Alex Quinn[15] 8
13 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti[16] 1–4
51 United Kingdom Toby Sowery[17] 1–7
Carlin[1] 15 United Kingdom James Pull[18] All
28 United States Cameron Das[19] All
65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed[20] All
Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing[1] 21 United States Chase Owen[21] All
25 Germany Nick Worm[22] 1–7
Fortec Motorsports[1] 33 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[23] All
63 Denmark Nicolai Kjærgaard[24] All
77 United Kingdom Ben Hingeley[25] All

Race calendar and results

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The calendar was published on 21 September 2016. The series will support British GT at all events. It will have one oversea round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.[26]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)
17 April United States Cameron Das United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R2 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R3 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
2 R4 Rockingham
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
29 April United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R5 30 April United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das Carlin
R6 United Kingdom Ben Hingeley United Kingdom Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
3 R7 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
27 May United Kingdom James Pull United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R8 28 May United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Jordan Cane Douglas Motorsport
R9 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
4 R10 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)
10 June United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Toby Sowery Lanan Racing
R11 11 June United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
R12 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Toby Sowery Lanan Racing
5 R13 Spa-Francorchamps
(Belgium)
7 July United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
R14 8 July United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R15 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
6 R16 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
5 August United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R17 6 August United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed India Krishnaraaj Mahadik Double R Racing
R18 United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
7 R19 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
26 August United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
R20 27 August United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Jordan Cane Douglas Motorsport
R21 United Kingdom Toby Sowery United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin
8 R22 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
23 September United Kingdom Ben Hingeley United States Chase Owen United Kingdom Ben Hingeley Fortec Motorsports
R23 24 September United States Cameron Das United Kingdom Jordan Cane Douglas Motorsport
R24 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Carlin

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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

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 25 22 20 18 16 15 14

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver OUL ROC SNE SIL SPA BRH SNE DON Points
1 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed 1 1 1 1 8 8 1 6 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 2 6 1 575
2 United Kingdom James Pull 2 4 3 5 Ret 2 2 14 3 3 3 2 8 2 4 2 2 3 3 13 7 4 3 5 490
3 United Kingdom Ben Hingeley 4 2 6 4 4 1 5 4 7 5 1 10 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 4 3 9 1 5 4 444
4 United Kingdom Toby Sowery 3 Ret 7 10 6 4 3 5 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 3 DSQ 7 2 4 2 432
5 United States Cameron Das 5 6 2 2 1 3 6 2 6 6 7 5 7 4 5 Ret 10 2 6 15 8 3 4 13 425
6 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe 7 3 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 4 4 Ret 9 5 9 4 7 4 10 14 4 7 Ret 12 373
7 United States Chase Owen 14 8 13 11 11 7 9 9 13 Ret 9 4 10 7 6 9 6 9 13 9 6 6 2 6 302
8 United Kingdom Jordan Cane 8 1 4 15 15 6 5 6 Ret 5 Ret 11 7 1 3 5 1 2 288
9 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick 11 DSQ Ret 8 3 11 7 7 12 9 10 15 6 10 11 11 5 15 9 7 11 9 11 7 264
10 Denmark Nicolai Kjærgaard 12 5 8 7 Ret Ret 11 8 8 7 16 7 12 12 10 7 11 6 15 10 12 8 Ret 8 247
11 United Kingdom Omar Ismail 8 14 5 6 2 Ret Ret 13 9 10 12 12 11 15 13 12 4 14 11 8 14 216
12 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 15 7 15 13 10 EX 12 Ret 11 8 6 13 15 14 15 10 8 13 14 11 Ret 10 7 9 205
13 Brazil Guilherme Samaia 13 Ret Ret 9 12 9 14 10 Ret 14 13 8 3 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 8 2 10 14 8 Ret 195
14 Kenya Jeremy Wahome 16 11 14 16 13 6 Ret Ret 15 11 8 9 13 11 Ret 6 DSQ 10 13 12 11 165
15 Germany Nick Worm 17 10 12 14 14 DNS 13 11 14 13 14 14 14 13 14 13 9 16 12 12 13 159
16 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti 18 12 9 15 9 10 10 12 10 12 11 11 112
17 India Krishnaraaj Mahadik 8 1 8 5 6 5 104
18 France Tristan Charpentier 10 9 DNS 17 8 8 53
19 Australia Harry Hayek 6 Ret 10 12 7 Ret DNS DNS DNS 51
20 United Kingdom Alex Quinn 11 9 3 46
21 Sweden Linus Lundqvist 16 9 7 32
22 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar 12 10 10 31
23 Romania Petru Florescu 9 Ret 11 22

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "BRDC British F3 Teams and Drivers". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Omar Ismail joins Chris Dittmann Racing for 2017 British Formula 3". March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Jackson, Connor (10 April 2017). "Double R and CDR Complete Line-ups with Samaia and Charpentier". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Wahome returns to Chris Dittmann Racing for second British F3 campaign". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Chase Owen heads opening test day at Brands Hatch". 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Samaia joins Double R Racing's 2017 British F3 line-up". April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "Singaporean racer Pavan Ravishankar joins Double R Racing for Donington Park British F3 finale". 18 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Harry Hayek to race in BRDC British F3 with Double R". 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Linus Lundqvist to make British F3 debut at Spa-Francorchamps". June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Cozens, Jack; Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 February 2017). "GT champion Chadwick makes single-seater switch". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  11. ^ "British F4 race winner Petru Florescu joins Douglas Motorsport for 2017 British F3". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  12. ^ "O'Keefe gets BRDC British F3 deal with Douglas Motorsport". 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Jordan Cane makes BRDC British F3 switch for 2017". 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Cane moves to Douglas for British F3 debut". May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "F4 racer Alex Quinn steps up to BRDC British F3 Championship with Lanan Racing for Donington finale". 21 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Lanan Racing signs Aaron Di Comberti for 2017 BRDC British Formula 3". 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  17. ^ Benyon, Jack (March 28, 2017). "McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist Sowery stays in BRDC F3". Autosport. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  18. ^ "Enaam Ahmed secures Carlin seat for BRDC British F3 title push". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Carlin completes 2017 BRDC British F3 line-up with F4 Champion Das". 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  20. ^ "Ahmed back with Carlin for British F3 2017 assault". 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  21. ^ "Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing signs American Chase Owen for 2017 British F3 campaign". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Hillspeed completes three-car 2017 British F3 line-up with German Nick Worm". March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  23. ^ "Manuel Maldonado completes Fortec Motorsports British F3 line-up". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  24. ^ "Nicolai Kjaergaard graduates to BRDC British F3 with Fortec Motorsports for 2017". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
  25. ^ "Fortec signs Hingeley and Kjaergaard for BRDC British F3". 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  26. ^ Jackson, Connor (21 September 2016). "2017 BRDC F3 CALENDAR RELEASED, 8 ROUNDS, 7 VENUES, SPA REMAINS". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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