The 2016 BRDC British F3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and, for the first time, Belgium. The 2016 season will be the first one under the BRDC British F3 denomination. The championship features professional motor racing teams, and will also feature the debut of the new 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series, a car that was first used in the 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy. The season will begin at Snetterton 300 on 27 March and will end on 11 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.
Teams and drivers All teams are British-registered. Both Carlin and Double R Racing will make their debut in the series, along with Fortec who already entered the 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy.
Team Driver Rounds Chris Dittmann Racing 2 Quinlan Lall 1–7 4 Omar Ismail 8 5 Jeremy Wahome All 6 Krishnaraaj Mahadik 2–8 12 Paul Sieljes 1 HHC Motorsport 3 Ben Hingeley All 4 Omar Ismail 1 10 Raoul Hyman 2 37 Sisa Ngebulana 1–6 45 Harrison Scott 5, 7–8 54 Will Palmer 6 Fortec Motorsports 7 Faisal Al Zubair All 14 Tarun Reddy All Lanan Racing 8 Toby Sowery All 22 Akhil Rabindra All Carlin 11 Ricky Collard All 15 James Pull 8 31 Lando Norris 1, 3, 5–6 51 Ameya Vaidyanathan 1–4, 7 98 Colton Herta 2, 4 99 Nikita Mazepin 7 Sean Walkinshaw Racing 21 Jan Jønck 1–5 23 Thomas Maxwell All 44 Eugene Denyssen All Hillspeed 25 Ali Al Khalifa 4 Double R Racing 26 Matheus Leist All 27 Aleksanteri Huovinen All 85 Enzo Bortoleto All Douglas Motorsport 49 Thomas Randle All 65 Enaam Ahmed All
Race calendar and results
The calendar was published on 27 October 2015. The series will support British GT at nearly all events, with the exception being the season-opening Snetterton 300 round. For the first time, the series will travel abroad, having a round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 Snetterton Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 27 March Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin R2 28 March Toby Sowery Matheus Leist Double R Racing R3 Lando Norris Enaam Ahmed Douglas Motorsport 2 R4 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 16 April Matheus Leist Matheus Leist Matheus Leist Double R Racing R5 17 April Colton Herta Toby Sowery Lanan Racing R6 Ricky Collard Colton Herta Carlin 3 R7 Rockingham(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 30 April Lando Norris Matheus Leist Lando Norris Carlin R8 1 May Lando Norris Thomas Randle Douglas Motorsport R9 Ricky Collard Ricky Collard Carlin 4 R10 Oulton Park(International Circuit, Cheshire) 28 May Ricky Collard Thomas Randle Ricky Collard Carlin R11 30 May Ricky Collard Toby Sowery Lanan Racing R12 Colton Herta Ricky Collard Carlin 5 R13 Silverstone Circuit(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire) 11 June Thomas Randle Matheus Leist Matheus Leist Double R Racing R14 12 June Toby Sowery Toby Sowery Lanan Racing R15 Race cancelled due to heavy rain 6 R16 Spa-Francorchamps(Belgium) 8 July Lando Norris Toby Sowery Lando Norris Carlin R17 9 July Will Palmer Thomas Randle Douglas Motorsport R18 Matheus Leist Lando Norris Carlin 7 R19 Snetterton Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 6 August Ricky Collard Ricky Collard Ricky Collard Carlin R20 7 August Ben Hingeley Nikita Mazepin Carlin R21 Matheus Leist Ricky Collard Carlin 8 R22 Donington Park(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 10 September Ben Hingeley Matheus Leist Matheus Leist Double R Racing R23 11 September Toby Sowery Toby Sowery Lanan Racing R24 Toby Sowery Toby Sowery Lanan Racing
Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.
Races Position, points per race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Races 1 & 3 35 29 24 21 19 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Race 2 25 22 20 18 16 15 14
Drivers' championship Pos. Driver SNE BRH ROC OUL SIL SPA SNE DON PointsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3 1 Matheus Leist 10 1 4 1 Ret Ret 3 4 2 4 4 5 1 3 C 2 5 2 2 6 2 1 5 5 493 2 Ricky Collard 5 Ret 8 2 4 2 2 7 1 1 8 1 4 13 C 3 6 6 1 7 1 Ret 10 6 466 3 Toby Sowery 4 3 2 3 1 13 14 8 6 7 1 7 7 1 C 5 2 4 3 5 7 4 1 1 457 4 Thomas Randle 20 9 5 4 5 3 4 1 4 2 7 2 2 4 C 9 1 5 6 4 6 NC 8 3424 5 Enaam Ahmed 3 2 1 Ret 17 14 6 19 5 8 2 4 5 5 C 4 4 19 Ret 17 4 6 6 2 349 6 Tarun Reddy 16 Ret 12 5 2 Ret 8 6 8 15 21 14 3 7 C 6 3 9 7 2 9 12 7 7 284 7 Thomas Maxwell 11 7 9 9 8 7 9 9 9 9 10 12 9 16 C 15 13 7 13 13 12 5 3 9 265 8 Lando Norris 1 6 3 1 3 3 Ret 2 C 1 19 1 247 9 2 4 6 Ret 13 5 5 5 7 14 19 11 16 10 C Ret 15 16 9 8 11 7 Ret 14 245 10 Ben Hingeley 6 14 Ret 15 16 11 11 13 16 11 14 15 13 6 C 7 8 10 4 17 3 3 14 Ret 232 11 Enzo Bortoleto 8 8 11 8 3 15 12 DNS 12 6 3 6 DNS 8 C 10 10 12 11 9 13 Ret Ret Ret 220 12 Al Faisal Al Zubair 13 11 13 6 7 10 15 14 11 16 13 20 14 15 C 8 9 14 14 12 15 13 13 13 196 13 Eugene Denyssen 14 17 15 13 9 12 17 15 Ret 13 11 17 10 14 C 11 14 8 10 10 16 8 2 15 194 14 Sisa Ngebulana 9 5 7 12 6 4 16 12 13 DSQ 15 10 6 DSQ C 13 7 11 177 15 Quinlan Lall 18 12 14 Ret 10 8 10 11 10 10 9 9 12 Ret C Ret 16 13 18 18 10 149 16 Jan Jønck 7 10 20 11 12 Ret 13 10 14 5 5 8 8 12 C 142 17 Harrison Scott Ret 17 C 5 3 5 2 4 4 130 18 Akhil Rabindra 19 13 18 NC 15 9 19 17 Ret 17 16 16 11 11 C Ret 18 17 15 16 17 10 12 11 124 19 Colton Herta 10 NC 1 3 6 3 109 20 Krishnaraaj Mahadik 14 11 6 20 20 Ret 12 12 13 DNS DNS C 14 12 15 16 15 Ret 14 DNS DNS 103 21 Jeremy Wahome 17 16 19 EX Ret 16 18 18 Ret 18 17 19 15 9 C 12 17 18 17 14 18 Ret 15 10 98 22 Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 18 10 Ret 14 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 20 18 12 11 14 95 23 Nikita Mazepin 8 1 8 51 24 Omar Ismail 12 Ret 16 9 9 12 47 25 Will Palmer 16 11 3 39 26 James Pull 11 11 8 33 27 Raoul Hyman 7 Ret Ret 15 28 Paul Sieljes Ret 15 17 10 29 Ali Al Khalifa 19 18 21 5Pos.DriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Points SNE BRH ROC OUL SIL SPA SNE DON Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy
The 2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy was a four-race motor racing championship held at Snetterton 300 in England on October 29–30, as an off-season trophy to the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. The trophy featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers running the same 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car used in the main championship.
Teams and drivers
All teams were British-registered. Drivers in italics are not eligible for trophy points.
Team Driver Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing 7 Abdullah Al Rawahi 45 Sasakorn Chaimongkol Carlin 15 James Pull 28 Cameron Das 65 Enaam Ahmed Fortec Motorsport 16 Callan O'Keeffe 77 Ben Hingeley Double R Racing 26 Dan Ticktum 27 Marcus Armstrong 85 Tarun Reddy Douglas Motorsport 38 Jamie Caroline 96 Joey Mawson
Race calendar and results The race calendar consisted of a 4-race event held at the Snetterton 300. The weekend format includes a 20-minute qualifying session and two 12-lap races on both Saturday and Sunday. The grid for the first race in each day was set in qualifying order, with starting positions for race two of each day set by the fastest laps from race one.
Due to adverse weather, the Sunday qualifying wasn't held and the two races were shortened to 8 laps. For race 3, the drivers were classified on the grid by championship order. Race 4 was ultimately cancelled due to the conditions worsening.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Snetterton Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 29 October Enaam Ahmed Dan Ticktum Enaam Ahmed Carlin R2 Marcus Armstrong Dan Ticktum Double R Racing R3 30 October Enaam Ahmed Joey Mawson Enaam Ahmed Carlin R4 Race cancelled due to heavy fog
Trophy standings
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races as follows.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 35 29 24 21 19 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Autumn Trophy
Pos. Driver SNE PointsR1R2R3R4 1 Enaam Ahmed 1 2 1 C 99 2 Joey Mawson 2 3 2 C 82 3 Callan O'Keeffe 4 6 4 C 61 4 Dan Ticktum 3 1 Ret C 59 5 Jamie Caroline 8 9 3 C 52 6 Tarun Reddy 6 5 9 C 51 7 Cameron Das 9 10 5 C 44 8 James Pull 5 7 Ret C 36 9 Abdullah Al Rawahi 12 11 8 C 36 10 Sasakorn Chaimongkol 11 Ret 6 C 29 11 Ben Hingeley 10 8 Ret C 27 Drivers ineligible to score points Marcus Armstrong 7 4 7 C 0Pos.DriverR1R2R3R4Points SNE Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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