2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

The 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It is the fifth edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Drivers' Champion: Lance Stroll
Teams' Champion: Prema Powerteam
Rookies' Champion: Joel Eriksson

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2015

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2017

Felix Rosenqvist was the defending drivers' champion,^[1] but was unable to defend his title, because of a new rule which determined that drivers could spend no more than three years in the category. His team, Prema Powerteam, were the defending winners of the teams' championship.

2016 was the final season that the Dallara F312 chassis package, which débuted in the 2012 season, was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package was introduced for 2017.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2016 season:^[2]

Team Chassis[N 1] Engine No. Driver Status Rounds Prema Powerteam[4] F316/002 Mercedes 1 Lance Stroll[4] All F314/015 2 Nick Cassidy[5][N 2] All F315/005 16 Ralf Aron[6][N 3] R All F315/006 17 Maximilian Günther[7][N 4] All Carlin[8] F316/014 Volkswagen 3 Ryan Tveter[8][N 5] 1–7 F312/004 Dan Ticktum[9][N 3] R G 10 F315/016 4 Alessio Lorandi[10] 1–7 F312/010 Lando Norris[9][N 3] R G 10 F314/020 18 Peter Li[11][N 3] 1–4 William Buller[12] 5 F312/040 Jake Hughes[9] 10 F315/001 19 Raoul Hyman[13][N 3] 1 Weiron Tan[14][15][N 3] 4, 6–7 Van Amersfoort Racing[16] F316/010 Mercedes 5 Pedro Piquet[16][N 6] All F316/017 6 Callum Ilott[17][N 7] All F316/001 20 Harrison Newey[18][N 3] R All F312/052 21 Anthoine Hubert[19][N 8] R All kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport F316/007 Mercedes 7 Mikkel Jensen[20] All F316/012 8 David Beckmann[21] R 3–10 Motopark[22] F316/020 Volkswagen 9 Sérgio Sette Câmara[22][N 9] All F315/003 10 Niko Kari[22][N 10] R All F315/007 22 Joel Eriksson[23][N 11] R All F314/016 23 Guanyu Zhou[24][N 12] R All HitechGP[25] F316/018 Mercedes 11 Nikita Mazepin[26][N 3] R All F315/010 12 George Russell[27] All F316/022 24 Ben Barnicoat[28] R All F315/009 25 Alexander Sims[29][N 3] G 10 Threebond with T-Sport[30] F314/019 NBE 14 Arjun Maini[30] 2–4 F316/008 Wing Chung Chang[31] 9–10 Threebond 15 Arjun Maini[30] 1 F314/019 Ukyo Sasahara[15] R 7, 9

Icon Legend R Rookie Cup G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Driver changes

Joining FIA European Formula 3

• 2015 Italian F4 champion Ralf Aron entered the series with Prema Powerteam.^[6]
• Ben Barnicoat, who came fourth in the 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, joined the series with HitechGP, after an initial deal with Prema Powerteam fell through.^[28]
• David Beckmann, who raced in ADAC Formula 4, continued his collaboration with Mücke Motorsport into the championship, but missed the first two rounds on account of his age.^[21]
• Nick Cassidy, who raced for Prema Powerteam in two rounds of the 2015 season, raced full-time with the team.^[5]
• ADAC Formula 4 runner-up Joel Eriksson, brother of GP3 driver Jimmy Eriksson, joined the series with Motopark.^[23]
• Anthoine Hubert, who finished fifth in the 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, joined the series with Van Amersfoort Racing.^[19]
• 2015 SMP F4 champion and Red Bull Junior driver Niko Kari joined the series with Motopark.^[22]
• Nikita Mazepin joined the series with HitechGP.^[26]
• Harrison Newey, son of F1 engineer Adrian Newey and runner-up in BRDC Formula 4, made his debut in the series with Van Amersfoort Racing.^[18]
• Pedro Piquet, son of three time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet and two-time Brazilian Formula Three champion, stepped up to the series with Van Amersfoort Racing.^[16]
• 2015 Italian F4 runner-up Guanyu Zhou joined the championship with Motopark.^[24]

Changing Teams

• Maximilian Günther, who raced for Mücke Motorsport for most of 2015 before switching to Prema Powerteam during the last round, stayed with Prema in 2016.^[7]
• Raoul Hyman switched from Team West-Tec F3 to Carlin.^[13]
• Callum Ilott, who raced for Carlin in 2015, switched to Van Amersfoort Racing.^[17]
• Zhi Cong Li switched from Fortec Motorsports to Carlin.^[11]
• Alessio Lorandi, who raced for Van Amersfoort in 2015, switched to Carlin.^[10]
• Arjun Maini, switched from Van Amersfoort Racing to T-Sport.^[30]
• George Russell, who raced for Carlin in 2015, switched to HitechGP.^[27]

Leaving Formula 3

• Jake Dennis, Tatiana Calderón and Santino Ferrucci, who finished third, 27th and 11th in the 2015 season, stepped up to GP3 with Arden International and DAMS respectively.
• Rookie champion Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon, who finished fourth and seventh in 2015 respectively, left the series to compete in GP3 with ART Grand Prix.^[32]
• 2015 runner-up Antonio Giovinazzi stepped up to GP2 with Prema Powerteam.
• Pietro Fittipaldi, who finished 17th in 2015, stepped up to Formula V8 3.5 with Fortec.
• 2015 champion Felix Rosenqvist was ruled out of returning to the series due to a new rule, which said that drivers could spend no more than three years in the category. He joined the Indy Lights with Belardi Auto Racing.^[33]

Team changes

• After making two appearances in the 2015 season, HitechGP returned full-time to the series, in collaboration with ART Grand Prix.
• Double R Racing, Signature Team, EuroInternational, Team West-Tec and Artline Engineering withdrew.

Calendar

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 2 December 2015.^[34]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	2 April	World Touring Car Championship
	2
	3		3 April
2	4	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	23 April
	5
	6		24 April
3	7	Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau	14 May	Pau Grand Prix
	8
	9		15 May
4	10	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 May	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	11
	12		22 May
5	13	Norisring, Nuremberg	25 June
	14
	15		26 June
6	16	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	16 July
	17
	18		17 July
7	19	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	29 July	24 Hours of Spa Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	20
	21		30 July
8	22	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	10 September	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	23
	24		11 September
9	25	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	1 October	European Touring Car Cup FFSA GT Championship
	26		2 October
	27
10	28	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	15 October	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	29		16 October
	30

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ben Barnicoat
	R2		Maximilian Günther	Nick Cassidy	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	Guanyu Zhou
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Joel Eriksson	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
2	R1	Hungaroring	Maximilian Günther	Joel Eriksson	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R2		Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Lance Stroll	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP	Ben Barnicoat
3	R1	Circuit de Pau-Ville	Lance Stroll	Callum Ilott	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP	Ben Barnicoat
	R2		George Russell	George Russell	George Russell	HitechGP	Ben Barnicoat
	R3		Alessio Lorandi	Anthoine Hubert	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	Joel Eriksson
4	R1	Red Bull Ring	Callum Ilott	Callum Ilott	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	David Beckmann
	R2		Lance Stroll	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
	R3		Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ben Barnicoat
5	R1	Norisring	Lance Stroll	Callum Ilott	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
	R2		Anthoine Hubert	Lance Stroll	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	Anthoine Hubert
	R3		Lance Stroll	Alessio Lorandi	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Anthoine Hubert
6	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Nick Cassidy	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
	R2		Callum Ilott	Maximilian Günther	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	Anthoine Hubert
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Lance Stroll	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	David Beckmann
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ben Barnicoat
	R2		George Russell	George Russell	George Russell	HitechGP	Joel Eriksson
	R3		George Russell	George Russell	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	Joel Eriksson
8	R1	Nürburgring	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R2		Lance Stroll	Maximilian Günther	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
9	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Niko Kari	Motopark	Niko Kari
	R2		Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
	R3		Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R2		Lance Stroll	David Beckmann	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
	R3		Joel Eriksson	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver LEC HUN PAU RBR NOR ZAN SPA NÜR IMO HOC Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Lance Stroll 1 Ret 5 4 8 3 9 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 507 2 Maximilian Günther 5 Ret 1 5 1 Ret 3 14 13 3 6 3 Ret 3 5 4 2 1 2 7 6 2 2 1 12 Ret 12 2 8 9 320 3 George Russell 3 11 18 Ret 4 Ret 4 1 3 5 2 Ret 3 9 Ret 7 9 5 5 1 3 3 Ret 7 4 3 2 7 6 Ret 264 4 Nick Cassidy 2 2 2 Ret 16 9 2 16 Ret 6 Ret 10 6 4 6 2 1 2 4 17 5 4 Ret 5 10 7 8 3 Ret 4 254 5 Joel Eriksson 6 9 3 3 Ret 2 14 9 6 17 14 6 Ret 5 Ret 12 10 7 14 2 1 7 3 6 3 2 5 6 2 2 252 6 Callum Ilott 10 1 12 Ret 9 6 5 3 4 1 4 2 Ret 7 7 5 3 6 16 5 Ret 5 7 4 15 Ret 3 Ret DSQ Ret 226 7 Ralf Aron 7 Ret 7 1 2 DNS 13 6 15 9 12 9 4 10 9 14 6 8 8 14 13 6 4 14 7 4 4 4 5 8 166 8 Anthoine Hubert 17 8 6 Ret 13 14 12 7 12 16 10 16 8 1 2 9 4 10 Ret 4 2 10 5 9 5 6 6 10 7 10 160 9 Ben Barnicoat 4 Ret 11 9 10 1 1 5 11 10 15 5 5 Ret DSQ 18 8 9 3 11 20 9 Ret 10 8 Ret 13 18 9 7 134 10 Niko Kari 8 16 15 2 Ret 8 19 11 8 20 3 8 2 12 Ret 6 11 11 11 10 7 8 10 3 1 9 Ret 14 12 13 129 11 Sérgio Sette Câmara 16 5 19 7 5 5 8 2 Ret 12 8 4 Ret Ret 3 11 17 15 15 Ret 15 11 8 8 Ret 15 11 5 14 6 117 12 Mikkel Jensen 13 4 4 10 7 11 6 8 5 4 5 Ret 7 8 Ret 15 13 12 Ret 3 9 15 13 17 11 10 7 Ret 15 DNS 107 13 Guanyu Zhou 14 3 8 8 3 4 11 Ret Ret 13 11 7 Ret 6 4 16 18 16 17 8 11 12 12 12 6 5 10 11 13 11 101 14 Alessio Lorandi 12 6 9 6 6 12 10 15 1 11 9 17 12 Ret 8 3 5 4 10 13 17 96 15 David Beckmann 17 Ret Ret 7 7 12 10 13 Ret 10 7 3 7 16 10 13 6 13 Ret Ret 9 12 3 18 67 16 Jake Hughes 19 4 3 27 17 Ryan Tveter 15 7 Ret 11 11 DNS 7 Ret 7 15 DNS DNS 13 Ret 13 8 14 14 9 9 16 25 18 Harrison Newey 9 Ret 14 12 12 10 15 Ret 14 8 16 11 14 Ret 10 19 12 18 6 12 12 14 11 11 9 8 Ret 15 18 12 22 19 Pedro Piquet 11 14 Ret 13 14 7 20 Ret 10 19 Ret 13 9 Ret Ret 13 16 13 18 6 14 17 9 15 Ret 12 14 16 17 15 19 20 Nikita Mazepin 19 12 10 EX Ret 13 16 13 Ret 14 17 14 11 11 11 17 15 17 12 Ret 8 16 14 16 13 11 15 8 10 Ret 10 21 Arjun Maini Ret 13 16 14 15 15 18 10 9 Ret Ret 18 3 22 Raoul Hyman 18 10 13 1 23 Peter Li 20 15 17 15 Ret 16 Ret 12 Ret 18 DNS DNS 0 24 William Buller Ret Ret 12 0 25 Weiron Tan Ret 13 15 20 19 Ret Ret 15 18 0 26 Ukyo Sasahara 13 Ret 19 Ret 13 Ret 0 27 Wing Chung Chang 14 14 16 17 19 17 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Alexander Sims 9 11 5 0 Dan Ticktum 13 20 14 0 Lando Norris Ret 16 16 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points LEC HUN PAU RBR NOR ZAN SPA NÜR IMO HOC

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' Championship

Pos.	Driver	LEC			HUN			PAU			RBR			NOR			ZAN			SPA			NÜR			IMO			HOC			Points
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Joel Eriksson	6	9	3	3	Ret	2	14	9	6	17	10	6	Ret	5	Ret	12	10	7	14	2	1	7	3	6	3	2	5	6	2	2	470
2	Ralf Aron	7	Ret	7	1	2	DNS	13	6	15	9	13	9	5	10	9	14	6	8	8	14	13	6	4	14	7	4	4	4	5	8	418
3	Anthoine Hubert	17	8	6	Ret	13	14	12	7	12	12	11	16	8	1	2	9	4	10	Ret	4	2	10	5	9	5	6	6	10	7	10	392
4	Ben Barnicoat	4	Ret	11	9	10	1	1	5	11	10	15	5	6	Ret	DSQ	18	8	9	3	11	20	9	Ret	10	8	Ret	13	18	9	7	342
5	Niko Kari	8	16	15	2	Ret	8	19	11	8	20	4	8	2	12	Ret	6	11	11	11	10	7	8	10	3	1	9	Ret	14	12	13	340
6	Guanyu Zhou	14	3	8	8	3	4	11	Ret	Ret	14	12	7	Ret	6	4	16	18	16	17	8	11	12	12	12	6	5	10	11	13	11	304
7	David Beckmann							17	Ret	Ret	7	7	12	10	13	Ret	10	7	3	7	17	10	13	6	13	Ret	Ret	9	12	3	18	221
8	Harrison Newey	9	Ret	14	12	12	10	15	Ret	14	8	16	11	Ret	Ret	10	19	12	18	6	12	12	14	11	11	9	8	Ret	15	18	12	202
9	Nikita Mazepin	19	12	10	EX	Ret	13	16	13	Ret	15	17	14	11	11	11	17	15	17	12	Ret	8	16	14	16	13	11	15	8	10	Ret	171
10	Ukyo Sasahara																			13	Ret	19				Ret	13	Ret				12
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
		LEC			HUN			PAU			RBR			NOR			ZAN			SPA			NÜR			IMO			HOC

Teams' championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	780
2	HitechGP	499
3	Motopark	431
4	Van Amersfoort Racing	416
5	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	297
6	Carlin	238
7	Threebond with T-Sport	32

Footnotes

1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[3]
2. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-3, 5, 8, 10.
3. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship.
4. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 4, 6-7, 9.
5. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.
6. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2-4, 6-10.
7. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 1.
8. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.
9. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 8-9.
10. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 3-8, 10.
11. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 2.
12. Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-7, 10.