The 2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2-litre Formula Three Dallara single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the second edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, and saw the FIA formally absorb the Formula 3 Euro Series. The season began at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 23 March and finished on 20 October at Hockenheimring. The series formed part of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters meetings at seven triple header events, with other triple header events as part of the World Touring Car Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the Superstars Series.
The championship was won by 2012 runner-up Raffaele Marciello, driving for Prema Powerteam. Mücke's Felix Rosenqvist finished behind Marciello for the second year in a row, finishing 32.5 points behind. Marciello's teammates Alex Lynn and Lucas Auer finished third and fourth respectively, allowing Prema to clinch the teams' championship. Carlin's driver Harry Tincknell completed the top five with a win at his home round at Silverstone. Non-regular drivers Pascal Wehrlein – prior to moving into the DTM – and Daniil Kvyat were the only drivers outside the top five, who took a race win.
Drivers and teams All cars were equipped with Hankook tyres.
Team Chassis Engine Driver Rounds Prema Powerteam F312/030 Mercedes 1 Raffaele Marciello All F312/014 2 Alex Lynn All F312/005 24 Lucas Auer All F312/015 25 Eddie Cheever III All Carlin F312/010 Volkswagen 3 Harry Tincknell All F312/004 4 Jordan King All F312/001 26 Nicholas Latifi All F312/040 27 Jann Mardenborough All F312/016 51 Daniil Kvyat 3–9 Nick Cassidy 10 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport F312/023 Mercedes 5 Pascal Wehrlein 1 Michael Lewis 2–10 F312/004 6 Felix Rosenqvist All F312/019 28 Mitchell Gilbert All F312/039 29 Roy Nissany All ma-con F312/045 Volkswagen 7 Sven Müller 1–7 Stefano Coletti 10 F312/046 8 André Rudersdorf All URD Rennsport F312/011 Mercedes 9 Lucas Wolf All Jo Zeller Racing F312/048Mercedes 10 Sandro Zeller All Fortec Motorsports F312/007 Mercedes 11 Félix Serrallés All F312/003 12 Luis Felipe Derani All F312/036 30 Josh Hill 1–5 F312/035 John Bryant-Meisner 9–10 31 Dmitry Suranovich 1 Edward Jones 3 William Buller 5 Alfonso Celis Jr. 8 ThreeBond with T-Sport F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan 14 William Buller 1–4 Alexander Sims 6–9 Kevin Korjus 10 F312/049 15 Richard Goddard All Double R Racing F312/043 Mercedes 16 Tatiana Calderón All F312/009 17 Antonio Giovinazzi All F312/004 32 Sean Gelael All Van Amersfoort Racing F312/052 Volkswagen 18 Dennis van de Laar All F312/051 19 Måns Grenhagen 1–5 Sven Müller 8–10 EuroInternational F312/053 Mercedes 20 Tom Blomqvist All F312/003 52 Nick Cassidy 6 Romeo Ferraris Mercedes 22 Gary Thompson 1–2 F312/001 23 Michela Cerruti 1, 4, 6
Driver changes Hannes van Asseldonk announced that he retired from racing at the end of the 2012 season. After two races for Van Amersfoort Racing in 2012, Lucas Auer switched to Prema Powerteam in 2013. 2012 ma-con Motorsport driver Emil Bernstorff, had lost his seat at the team and signed with Lotus in German Formula Three. Tom Blomqvist, who competed for ma-con Motorsport in 2012, moved to EuroInternational, who are making their début in the championship in 2013. Richard Bradley left the championship to take part in a full Super Formula season with KCMG in 2013. William Buller, who drove for Carlin in 2012, switched to the ThreeBond with T-Sport team. Newcomers Double R Racing signed European F3 Open driver Tatiana Calderón and Formula Pilota China frontrunners Sean Gelael and Antonio Giovinazzi. Superstars Series team Romeo Ferraris joined the championship, with their 2011 Superstars driver Michela Cerruti signed as their first driver. Italian Formula Three drivers Eddie Cheever III and Nicholas Latifi joined Prema Powerteam and Carlin respectively. 2012 Carlin drivers Pietro Fantin and Jazeman Jaafar left the series, switching to Formula Renault 3.5. Mitchell Gilbert and Roy Nissany made their debut in the series for Mücke Motorsport, moving from German Formula Three and ADAC Formel Masters respectively. Måns Grenhagen moved from European F3 Open to the championship, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing. Josh Hill, who drove for Fortec Motorsports in the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, continued his association with the team, in 2013. Ed Jones will take Dmitry Suranovich's seat at the Fortec Motorsports team at the first Hockenheimring round. Daniel Juncadella, who won the 2012 championship with Prema Powerteam, left the series, joining Mercedes-Benz in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Jordan King, the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC runner-up, entered the series with Carlin. Daniil Kvyat joined Carlin for a one-off as the fifth driver of the team at the first Hockenheimring round. Later he announced he made a deal to stay with the team for the rest of the season. Michael Lewis lost his seat at Prema Powerteam. Later, he was announced at Mücke Motorsport as the replacement for DTM-bound Pascal Wehrlein. Alex Lynn switched from Fortec Motorsports to Prema Powerteam. After placing sixth in the GT3 class of the 2012 British GT Championship, Jann Mardenborough made his Formula Three debut, driving for Carlin. After one season with Prema Powerteam in 2012, Sven Müller switched to ma-con Motorsport for 2013. Jo Zeller Racing's Andrea Roda moved to the Auto GP with Virtuosi UK. German Formula Three Trophy Class champion André Rudersdorf graduated to the championship with ma-con Motorsport. Angolan driver Luís Sá Silva and Carlin driver Carlos Sainz Jr. moved to the GP3 Series, driving for Carlin and MW Arden respectively. GP3 Series driver Dmitry Suranovich switched to the championship with Fortec Motorsports. After three seasons competing in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship national class, Gary Thompson entered the series with Romeo Ferraris, competing with a Japanese racing licence.
Calendar A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 18 November 2012. This was modified on 19 December 2012, after DTM organisers moved the Norisring event back by a week to avoid a clash with the . To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September. On 1 June 2013, the Le Castellet round was removed from the calendar, and was ultimately replaced by a round at Vallelunga.
Circuit/Location Date Supporting 1 1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 23 March FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2 24 March 3 2 4 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 April 6 Hours of Silverstone 5 6 14 April 3 7 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 4 May Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 8 9 5 May 4 10 Brands Hatch, Kent 18 May 11 12 19 May 5 13 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 1 June 14 15 2 June 6 16 Norisring, Nuremberg 13 July 17 18 14 July 7 19 Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 17 August 20 21 18 August 8 22 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland 28 September 23 24 29 September 9 25 Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano 12 October Superstars Series 26 13 October 27 10 28 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 19 October Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 29 30 20 October
Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Pascal Wehrlein Pascal Wehrlein Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R2 Pascal Wehrlein Pascal Wehrlein Pascal Wehrlein kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport R3 Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam 2 R1 Silverstone Circuit Harry Tincknell Lucas Auer Harry Tincknell Carlin R2 Harry Tincknell Alex Lynn Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport R3 Alex Lynn Félix Serrallés Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam 3 R1 Hockenheimring Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R2 Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R3 Daniil Kvyat Jordan King Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 4 R1 Brands Hatch Alex Lynn Alex Lynn Alex Lynn Prema Powerteam R2 Alex Lynn Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R3 Alex Lynn Raffaele Marciello Lucas Auer Prema Powerteam 5 R1 Red Bull Ring Daniil Kvyat Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport R2 Daniil Kvyat Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport R3 Daniil Kvyat Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 6 R1 Norisring Felix Rosenqvist Lucas Auer Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R2 Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Alex Lynn Prema Powerteam R3 Raffaele Marciello Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 7 R1 Nürburgring Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R2 Raffaele Marciello Felix Rosenqvist Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R3 Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam 8 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Carlin R2 Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport R3 Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 9 R1 Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi" Raffaele Marciello Alex Lynn Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam R2 Alex Lynn Alex Lynn Alex Lynn Prema Powerteam R3 Raffaele Marciello Alexander Sims Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam 10 R1 Hockenheimring Raffaele Marciello Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport R2 Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport R3 Raffaele Marciello Felix Rosenqvist Raffaele Marciello Prema Powerteam
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 The third race at Monza was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.
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