2013 British Formula 3 International Series

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
Carlin	Dallara F312	Volkswagen	1	Nicholas Latifi	All
			2	Jordan King	All
			21	Jann Mardenborough	All
			22	Jazeman Jaafar	3
			31	Zhi Cong Li	3
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA	3	William Buller	All
			4	Félix Serrallés	1
			23	Felipe Guimarães	All
			24	Alfonso Celis Jr.	4
Double R Racing	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA	7	Sean Gelael	All
			8	Antonio Giovinazzi	All
			16	Tatiana Calderón	All
Threebond with T-Sport	Dallara F312	ThreeBond Nissan	15	Spike Goddard	4
National Class
Team West-Tec F3	Dallara F312	Toyota	50	Roberto La Rocca	1
			53	Chris Vlok	All
			55	Huan Zhu	1
			58	Jordan Oon	2
			81	Ed Jones	1, 3
	Dallara F308		56	William Barbosa	4
			66	Cameron Twynham	1, 3
			77	Sean Walkinshaw	1
			88	Liam Venter	1
CF Racing	Dallara F311	Mugen-Honda	87	Sun Zheng	All
National B Class
Mark Bailey Racing	Dallara F306	Toyota	82	Alice Powell	1
Invitation Entries
Performance Racing Europe	Dallara F310-003	Volkswagen	51	John Bryant-Meisner	1

Driver changes

Sun Zheng will join CF Racing for 2013 after competed China Touring Car Championship and Audi R8 LMS Cup in 2012 season.^[3]

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	Silverstone Circuit	25 May	John Bryant-Meisner	Nicholas Latifi^{[N 1]}	John Bryant-Meisner	Performance Racing Europe	Ed Jones
	R2		26 May		William Buller	Antonio Giovinazzi	Double R Racing	Ed Jones
	R3		26 May	John Bryant-Meisner	William Buller	John Bryant-Meisner	Performance Racing Europe	Ed Jones
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 July	Nicholas Latifi	William Buller	William Buller	Fortec Motorsports	Sun Zheng
	R2		26 July		William Buller	Jordan King	Carlin	Sun Zheng
	R3		27 July	Nicholas Latifi	Sean Gelael	Antonio Giovinazzi	Double R Racing	Sun Zheng
3	R1	Brands Hatch	10 August	Jazeman Jaafar	William Buller	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlin	Sun Zheng
	R2		11 August		William Buller	Felipe Guimarães	Fortec Motorsports	Ed Jones
	R3		11 August	Jazeman Jaafar	Jordan King	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlin	Ed Jones
4	R1	Nürburgring	21 September	Jordan King	Jordan King	Jordan King	Carlin	Sun Zheng
	R2		21 September		Felipe Guimarães	Felipe Guimarães	Fortec Motorsports	Chris Vlok
	R3		22 September	Jordan King	William Buller	Jordan King	Carlin	Sun Zheng

Notes

^ Fastest lap recorded by John Bryant-Meisner, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

International class
Pos	Driver	SIL			SPA			BRH			NÜR			Pts
1	Jordan King	Ret	6	2	2	1	3	2	4	2	1	5	1	176
2	Antonio Giovinazzi	6	1	7	5	3	1	3	2	Ret	2	6	3	135
3	William Buller	2	2	3	1	2	7	6	9	12	13	Ret	2	134
4	Felipe Guimarães	3	8	6	Ret	7	5	7	1	4	3	1	7	109
5	Nicholas Latifi	14	5	5	Ret	DNS	4	4	10	3	5	4	4	97
6	Jann Mardenborough	NC	10	4	Ret	6	2	5	5	5	4	Ret	6	85
7	Tatiana Calderón	5	7	9	4	4	6	8	7	7	6	3	8	79
8	Sean Gelael	4	3	8	3	5	8	Ret	6	6	7	7	11	78
9	Jazeman Jaafar							1	3	1				58
10	Félix Serrallés	13	4	Ret										15
11	Alfonso Celis Jr.										9	8	5	15
12	Spike Goddard										8	2	13	14
13	Zhi Cong Li							11	12	10				7
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	John Bryant-Meisner	1	9	1										—
National Class
1	Sun Zheng	8	15	11	6	8	9	9	11	Ret	10	10	9	205
2	Chris Vlok	Ret	16	Ret	8	10	11	12	Ret	11	11	9	10	121
3	Ed Jones	7	11	10				Ret	8	8				103
4	Cameron Twynham	9	13	12				10	13	9				82
5	Jordan Oon				7	9	10							45
6	William Barbosa										12	11	12	38
7	Roberto La Rocca	10	12	13										33
8	Liam Venter	11	14	16										23
9	Sean Walkinshaw	15	17	14										20
10	Huan Zhu	12	18	15										19
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Alice Powell	Ret	19	17										—
Pos	Driver	SIL			SPA			BRH			NÜR			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "News--KRC（Kang's Racing Company）" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ 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.

External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

[Meisner-5] Fastest lap recorded by John Bryant-Meisner, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

[Calendar_Jan13-1] "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.

[Calendar_Dec12-2] "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.

[Sun-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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