2012 Formula 3 Brazil Open

The 2012 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the third Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 19–22, 2012.^[1] For this year the category presents a new regulation about the tyres. Made in Turkey, these compounds were used on main F-3 championships around the world, such as British series.^[2][3]

2012 Formula 3 Brazil Open

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Autódromo José Carlos Pace

After a race with accidents, the Brazilian Lucas Foresti of the Cesário Fórmula was crowned his second title. André Negrão competing for the Hitech Racing finished in second place, with class B winner Vinícius Alvarenga finished in third.

Drivers and teams

• All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres.

2012 Entry List Team No Driver Class Chassis Cesário Fórmula 1 Lucas Foresti[4] A Dallara F309 2 Fabiano Machado[4] A 3 Luís Felipe Derani[4] A Bassan Motorsport 5 Victor Guerin[4] A Dallara F309 Hitech Racing 7 André Negrão[4] A Dallara F309 8 Roberto La Rocca[4] A 33 Victor Franzoni[4] B Dallara F301 Cesário Fórmula Junior 31 Ricardo Landucci[4] B Dallara F301 32 Higor Hofmann[4] B Dragão Motorsport 37 Vinícius Alvarenga[5] B Dallara F301 RR Racing Team 38 Raphael Raucci[4] B Dallara F301

Icon Class A Class A B Class B

Classification

Qualifying

Pos[6]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Time
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:29.378
2	2	Fabiano Machado	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:29.686
3	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:30.058
4	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	1:30.058
5	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	1:30.549
6	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	1:31.072
7	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	1:31.621
8	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	1:31.648
9	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	1:33.748
10	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	1:33.893
11	37	Vinícius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motosport	No Time

Race 1

Pos[5]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	19	28:53.724	1
2	2	Fabiano Machado	A	Cesário Fórmula	19	+5.281	2
3	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	19	+13.690	3
4	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	19	+16.428	4
5	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	19	+26.995	6
6	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	19	+1:15.842	10
7	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	18	+1 Lap	9
8	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	18	+1 Lap	5
9	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	15	+4 Laps	8
Ret	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	5	Retired	7
Ret	37	Vinícius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motorsport	4	Retired	11
Fastest lap: Lucas Foresti, 1:30.656, 171.112 km/h (106.324 mph) on lap 9[7]

Race 2

Pos[8]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	30:27.355	1
2	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	+3.884	3
3	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	20	+4.980	4
4	2	Fabiano Machado	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	+5.645	2
5	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	20	+18.417	5
6	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	20	+45.175	6
7	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	20	+58.807	7
8	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	20	+1:11.771	8
9	37	Vinicius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motorsport	19	+1 Lap	12
10	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	18	+2 Laps	9
Ret	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	12	Retired	10
Fastest lap: Victor Guerin, 1:30.650, 171.124 km/h (106.332 mph) on lap 10[9]

Pre-final Grid

Pos[8]	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lucas Foresti	Cesário Fórmula	0
2	Luís Felipe Derani	Cesário Fórmula	3
3	Fabiano Machado	Cesário Fórmula	4
4	Victor Guerin	Bassan Motorsport	5
5	Roberto La Rocca	Hitech Racing	9
6	André Negrão	Hitech Racing	11
7	Raphael Raucci	RR Racing Team	15
8	Higor Hofmann	Cesário Fórmula Junior	15
9	Ricardo Landucci	Cesário Fórmula Junior	15
10	Victor Franzoni	Hitech Racing	15
11	Vinícius Alvarenga	Dragão Motorsport	18

Pre-final Race

Pos[10]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	16	30:27.749	1
2	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	16	+16.195	5
3	7	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	16	+20.373	6
4	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	16	+25.750	9
5	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	16	+27.192	10
6	5	Victor Guerin1	A	Bassan Motorsport	16	+33.800	3
7	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	16	+38.834	7
8	2	Fabiano Machado	A	[Cesário Fórmula	16	+1:10.564	4
Ret	37	Vinícius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motorsport	10	Retired	11
Ret	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	5	Retired	8
Ret	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	1	Retired	2
Fastest lap: Lucas Foresti, 1:30.790, 170.860 km/h (106.167 mph) on lap 10[11]

Notes

1.^ – Guerin was penalized with 20 seconds for false start.

Final Race

Pos[12]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Lucas Foresti	A	Cesário Fórmula	16	20:20.441	1
3	2	André Negrão	A	Hitech Racing	16	+9.648	3
3	37	Vinícius Alvarenga	B	Dragão Motorsport	16	+25.158	9
4	38	Raphael Raucci	B	RR Racing Team	16	+26.485	7
Ret	3	Luís Felipe Derani	A	Cesário Fórmula	8	Retired	11
Ret	5	Victor Guerin	A	Bassan Motorsport	8	Retired	6
Ret	33	Victor Franzoni	B	Hitech Racing	7	Retired	5
Ret	32	Higor Hofmann	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	6	Retired	10
Ret	2	Fabiano Machado	A	Cesário Fórmula	6	Retired	8
Ret	31	Ricardo Landucci	B	Cesário Fórmula Junior	6	Retired	4
Ret	8	Roberto La Rocca	A	Hitech Racing	3	Retired	2
Fastest lap: Lucas Foresti, 1:30.270, 171.844 km/h (106.779 mph) on lap 4[13]

See also

• Formula Three Sudamericana
• Formula Three