The 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the ninth championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series. It began on 2 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 23 October at Hockenheim after 27 races at nine meetings.

Roberto Merhi, who participated his third season in series clinched title after home win at Valencia with a round to spare, bringing first Drivers' Championship for Prema Powerteam since 2003 and first title in the Teams' Standings. Second place for the second year in row went to Signature's Marco Wittmann, who took five wins. Merhi's compatriot and teammate Daniel Juncadella scored four races victories and managed third in drivers' standing. Also Juncadella and Merhi won Nations Cup.

Best rookie of the season Nigel Melker took fourth place with four victories despite missing round Silverstone due to commitments in GP3 Series. His teammate Felix Rosenqvist finished fifth, winning penultimate race of the season at Hockenheim. Places six through eight went to Signature's drivers Laurens Vanthoor, Daniel Abt and Carlos Muñoz. Motopark's drivers Jimmy Eriksson and Kimiya Sato finished on ninth and tenth positions respectively.

Drivers and teams Competition numbers 30 and higher are single-race entrants and are ineligible to score championship points. Team Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds Signature 1 Marco Wittmann FIA F308/011 Volkswagen All 2 Laurens Vanthoor FIA F309/023 All 9 Carlos Muñoz FIA F308/005 All 10 Daniel Abt FIA F308/057 All 38 Carlos Sainz Jr. F309/001 9 Mücke Motorsport 3 Nigel Melker F308/005 Mercedes 1–6, 8–9 4 Felix Rosenqvist F308/042 All 35 Marco Sørensen F308/005 7 37 Facu Regalia F308/050 9 Motopark 5 Jimmy Eriksson F308/099 Volkswagen All 6 Kimiya Sato FIA F308/098 All 11 Gianmarco Raimondo F308/006 1–3 31 Tom Dillmann 4 36 Artem Markelov F308/096 9 Prema Powerteam 7 Daniel Juncadella FIA F309/014 Mercedes All 8 Roberto Merhi FIA F308/047 All 11 Gianmarco Raimondo F308/031 4–9 STAR Racing Team 12 Kuba Giermaziak F308/096 Volkswagen 1–6 Carlin 30 Jazeman Jaafar FIA F308/018 Volkswagen 2 31 Tom Dillmann F308/056 2 32 Carlos Huertas FIA F308/055 2 HS Engineering 33 Alon Day F308/071 Volkswagen 5, 7 Jo Zeller Racing 34 Sandro Zeller Mercedes 2, 5, 9 Icon Legend Rookie Cup FIA FIA Formula 3 International Trophy

Driver changes Changed Teams Roberto Merhi and Carlos Muñoz both switched from Mücke Motorsport to Prema Powerteam and Signature respectively.

Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series After finishing runner-up to Tom Dillmann in German Formula Three, Daniel Abt moved to Signature. Dillmann competed as a guest driver at Hockenheim for Carlin along with British series regulars Carlos Huertas and Jazeman Jaafar, and then moved to Motopark for the Red Bull Ring round. Alon Day made his series début as a guest driver for his German Formula Three team HS Engineering, at the Norisring. Jimmy Eriksson moved up from German Formula Three full-time, competing for Motopark. He was joined by Gianmarco Raimondo who moves from Italian Formula Three and Kimiya Sato, who moves from Japanese Formula Three. Raimondo later moved to a third car at Prema Powerteam Kuba Giermaziak débuted in the series with the STAR Racing Team, dovetailing with commitments in the Porsche Supercup. Nigel Melker competed for Mücke Motorsport, alongside his GP3 commitments with the team. Felix Rosenqvist joined him, stepping up from German Formula Three.

Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series With his ART Grand Prix team leaving the championship after the 2010 season, Valtteri Bottas moved into one of the team's GP3 Series seats, while his 2010 teammate Alexander Sims join edStatus Grand Prix. 2010 champion Edoardo Mortara moved into the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Audi.

Team changes ART Grand Prix, who won six drivers' titles and seven teams' titles, exited the championship to concentrate on other series. STAR Racing Team débuted in the series, with Kuba Giermaziak driving the team's sole entry.

Race calendar and results A provisional nine-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2010. Seven of the nine rounds will support Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters events, with additional rounds at Le Castellet and Silverstone in support of the Le Mans Series. The series will adopt a format introduced in the 2010 British Formula 3 Championship, with three races a weekend, two of which held on the Saturday and the final race on the Sunday. The first and third races at the first Hockenheim round were also points-scoring for the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 2 April Roberto Merhi Marco Wittmann Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport R2 Daniel Juncadella Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R3 3 April Roberto Merhi Daniel Abt Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 2 R1 Hockenheimring 30 April Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R2 Roberto Merhi Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam R3 1 May Marco Wittmann Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam 3 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 14 May Nigel Melker Marco Wittmann Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport R2 Felix Rosenqvist Kimiya Sato Motopark R3 15 May Marco Wittmann Marco Wittmann Marco Wittmann Signature 4 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 4 June Daniel Juncadella Felix Rosenqvist Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R2 Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R3 5 June Daniel Juncadella Nigel Melker Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 5 R1 Norisring, Nuremberg 2 July Marco Wittmann Marco Wittmann Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport R2 Roberto Merhi Marco Wittmann Signature R3 3 July Marco Wittmann Roberto Merhi Marco Wittmann Signature 6 R1 Nürburgring 6 August Daniel Juncadella Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R2 Daniel Juncadella Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R3 7 August Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 7 R1 Silverstone Circuit 10 September Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R2 Marco Sørensen Marco Sørensen Mücke Motorsport R3 11 September Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Marco Wittmann Signature 8 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 1 October Nigel Melker Nigel Melker Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport R2 Marco Wittmann Marco Wittmann Signature R3 2 October Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam 9 R1 Hockenheimring 22 October Roberto Merhi Felix Rosenqvist Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam R2 Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport R3 23 October Roberto Merhi Felix Rosenqvist Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam

Standings Points are awarded as follows: 12345678910Race 1 & 3251815121086421Race 21086543210

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver LEC HOC ZAN RBR NOR NÜR SIL VAL HOC Pts 1 Roberto Merhi 4 1 2 1 4 1 3 4 4 1 1 Ret 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 3 5 1 1 2 1 406 2 Marco Wittmann 5 2 3 2 3 2 10 6 1 3 11 Ret 3 1 1 6 11 6 2 10 1 6 1 5 4 4 4 285 3 Daniel Juncadella 3 3 1 6 1 4 5 7 12† 2 6 1 Ret 3 11 2 4 1 3 2 8 4 3 2 7 6 3 280 4 Nigel Melker 1 12 4 7 11 5 1 11 3 5 Ret 2 1 11 10 4 6 3 1 8 3 6 5 2 251 5 Felix Rosenqvist 2 4 Ret 5 5 3 2 3 2 Ret 10 Ret DSQ 5 5 3 2 4 4 7 Ret 2 6 4 2 1 Ret 219 6 Laurens Vanthoor 8 7 5 3 6 15 4 5 6 7 2 7 2 8 4 5 3 5 6 6 4 11 11† 6 3 9 12 189 7 Daniel Abt Ret 11 9 4 7 6 Ret 8 5 6 3 4 10† 10 3 12 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 7 5 3 6 150 8 Carlos Muñoz 6 5 7 8 2 9 6 12 8 10 9 5 9 Ret 13 9 8 8 10 11 3 5 7 10 8 14† Ret 105 9 Jimmy Eriksson 10 9 6 9 8 7 9 9 7 9 5 6 5 4 7 10 Ret 10 9 9 6 9 9 11 9 8 7 93 10 Kimiya Sato Ret 6 8 Ret 12 10 7 1 10 11 4 10 6 Ret 8 8 5 12 8 4 DSQ 8 2 9 Ret 7 9 86 11 9 10 10 Ret 13 14 8 2 11 8 7 8 Ret 6 Ret 7 9 9 12† 8 Ret 7 4 8 13† 13 8 66 12 Kuba Giermaziak 7 8 Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 10 9 12 8 9 7 Ret 6 11 10 11 29 Guest drivers ineligible for points Marco Sørensen 7 1 Ret 0 Tom Dillmann 12 10 8 4 12† 3 0 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ret Ret 5 0 Alon Day 8 7 12 11 Ret 7 0 Sandro Zeller 13 15 13 Ret 9 9 11 12 10 0 Jazeman Jaafar 10 9 11 0 Facu Regalia 10 10 Ret 0 Artem Markelov 12 11 11 0 Carlos Huertas 11 Ret 12 0 Pos Driver LEC HOC ZAN RBR NOR NÜR SIL VAL HOC PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship Pos Team LEC HOC ZAN RBR NOR NÜR SIL VAL HOC Pts 1 Prema Powerteam 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 693 4 3 2 6 4 4 5 7 12 2 6 8 Ret 3 11 2 4 2 3 3 8 4 4 2 7 6 3 2 Signature 5 2 3 2 2 2 4 5 1 3 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 2 5 1 5 1 5 3 3 4 570 6 5 5 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 3 5 3 8 3 6 7 6 6 6 3 6 7 6 4 4 6 3 Mücke Motorsport 1 4 4 5 5 3 1 3 2 5 10 2 1 5 5 3 2 3 4 1 Ret 1 6 3 2 1 2 470 2 12 Ret 7 11 5 2 11 3 Ret Ret Ret DSQ 11 10 4 6 4 7 7 Ret 2 8 4 6 5 Ret 4 Motopark STAR Racing Team 7 6 6 9 8 7 7 1 7 9 4 6 5 4 6 8 5 10 8 4 6 8 2 9 9 7 7 205 9 8 8 14 12 10 8 2 9 11 5 9 6 Ret 7 10 10 11 9 9 DSQ 9 9 11 Ret 8 9 Guest teams ineligible for points HS Engineering 8 7 12 11 Ret 7 0 Carlin 10 9 8 0 11 10 11 Jo Zeller Racing 13 15 13 Ret 9 9 11 12 10 0 Pos Team LEC HOC ZAN RBR NOR NÜR SIL VAL HOC Pts

Nations Cup Pos Nation LEC HOC ZAN RBR NOR NÜR SIL VAL HOC Pts 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 686 4 3 2 6 4 4 5 7 12 2 6 Ret Ret 3 11 2 4 2 3 3 8 4 5 2 7 6 3 2 5 2 3 2 3 2 10 6 1 3 3 4 3 1 1 6 7 6 2 5 1 6 1 5 4 3 4 435 Ret 11 9 4 7 6 Ret 8 5 6 11 Ret 10 10 3 12 11 7 5 10 5 10 10 7 5 4 6 3 2 4 6 5 5 3 2 3 2 9 5 6 5 4 5 3 2 4 4 7 6 2 6 4 2 1 7 312 10 9 Ret 9 5 7 9 9 7 Ret 10 Ret DSQ 5 7 10 Ret 10 9 9 Ret 9 9 11 9 8 Ret 4 1 12 4 7 11 5 1 11 3 5 Ret 2 1 11 10 4 6 3 1 8 3 6 5 2 251 5 8 7 5 3 6 15 4 5 6 7 2 7 2 8 4 5 3 5 6 6 4 11 11 6 3 9 12 189 6 6 5 7 8 2 9 6 12 8 10 9 5 9 Ret 13 9 8 8 10 11 3 5 7 10 8 14 Ret 105 11 Ret 12 7 Ret 6 8 Ret 12 10 7 1 10 11 4 10 6 Ret 8 8 5 12 8 4 DSQ 8 2 9 Ret 7 9 86 8 9 10 10 Ret 13 14 8 2 11 8 7 8 Ret 6 Ret 7 9 9 12 8 Ret 7 4 8 13 13 8 66 9 7 8 Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 10 9 12 8 9 7 Ret 6 11 10 11 29 Guest nations ineligible for points 7 1 Ret 0 12 10 8 4 12 3 0 8 7 12 11 Ret 7 0 13 15 13 Ret 9 9 11 12 10 0 10 9 11 0 10 10 Ret 0 12 11 11 0 Pos Nation LEC HOC ZAN RBR NOR NÜR SIL VAL HOC Pts

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References

External links The official website of the Formula 3 Euro Series