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. 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.
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 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.
Race calendar and results A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 28 July 2012. This was later revised down to nine rounds – with series organisers SRO open to the addition of a tenth meeting – on 18 December 2012. 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.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Silverstone Circuit 25 May John Bryant-Meisner Nicholas LatifiFastest lap recorded by John Bryant-Meisner, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point. John Bryant-Meisner Performance Racing Europe Ed Jones R2 26 May William Buller Antonio Giovinazzi Double R Racing Ed Jones R3 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 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 Jazeman Jaafar Jordan King Jazeman Jaafar Carlin Ed Jones 4 R1 Nürburgring 21 September Jordan King Jordan King Jordan King Carlin Sun Zheng R2 Felipe Guimarães Felipe Guimarães Fortec Motorsports Chris Vlok R3 22 September Jordan King William Buller Jordan King Carlin Sun Zheng Notes
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
References
External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship