The 2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The 2020 season was the fifth and final organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and also featured the 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series. The season commenced at Oulton Park on 1 August and ended on 8 November at Silverstone Circuit, after seven triple and quadruple header events for a total of twenty-four races. Kaylen Frederick won the drivers' championship ahead of Kush Maini and British driver Louis Foster.
Teams and drivers All teams are British-registered.
Team Driver Rounds JHR Developments 5 Carter Williams 2, 5, 7 12 Ayrton Simmons 7 81 Max Marzorati 2, 5 Fortec Motorsports 7 Roberto Faria 4–7 18 Jonny Wilkinson 7 34 Frank Bird 4 Carlin 8 Kaylen Frederick All 17 Nazim Azman All 99 Guilherme Peixoto 1–2 Chris Dittmann Racing 12 Ayrton Simmons 3 25 Nicolás Varrone 1–2 43 Josh Skelton All 81 Max Marzorati 6–7 90 Alex Fores 4–5 Hitech Grand Prix 13 Reece Ushijima All 14 Kush Maini All Lanan Racing 21 Josh Mason All 22 Piers Prior All 50 Bart Horsten All Double R Racing 24 Benjamin Pedersen All 26 Louis Foster All Douglas Motorsport 55 Ulysse de Pauw All 71 Manaf Hijjawi All 87 Kiern Jewiss 1–4 Hillspeed 62 Oliver Clarke All 79 Sasakorn Chaimongkol All Sources:
Race calendar and results
The original calendar was revealed on 14 September 2019. On 14 May 2020 a revised provisional calendar was announced with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. On 11 June 2020, the rescheduled calendar was completed to feature 24 races over seven meetings. The series supported British GT.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 Oulton Park(International Circuit, Cheshire) 1 August Louis Foster Kaylen Frederick Kiern Jewiss Douglas Motorsport R2 Bart Horsten Piers Prior Lanan Racing R3 2 August Louis Foster Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Carlin R4 Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Carlin 2 R5Donington Park(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 15 August Kaylen Frederick Ulysse de Pauw Louis Foster Double R Racing R6 16 August Kaylen Frederick Ulysse de Pauw Douglas Motorsport R7 Kush Maini Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Carlin 3 R8 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 29 August Ayrton Simmons Ulysse de Pauw Ayrton Simmons Chris Dittmann Racing R9 Ulysse de Pauw Nazim Azman Carlin R10 30 August Ayrton Simmons Ayrton Simmons Ayrton Simmons Chris Dittmann Racing R11 Kush Maini Kush Maini Kush Maini Hitech Grand Prix 4 R12 Donington Park(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 19 September Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Carlin R13 20 September Reece Ushijima Louis FosterDouble R Racing R14 Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Kush MainiHitech Grand Prix 5 R15 Snetterton Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 3 October Louis Foster Louis Foster Kaylen Frederick Carlin R16 Ulysse de Pauw Kush Maini Hitech Grand Prix R17 4 October Louis Foster Kaylen Frederick Louis Foster Double R Racing R18 Louis Foster Kaylen Frederick Ulysse de Pauw Douglas Motorsport 6 R19 Donington Park(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 25 October Kaylen Frederick Ulysse de Pauw Kaylen FrederickCarlin R20 Ulysse de Pauw Nazim AzmanCarlin R21 Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Kaylen FrederickCarlin 7 R22 Silverstone Circuit(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire) 7 November Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Kaylen FrederickCarlin R23 8 November Sasakorn Chaimongkol Benjamin PedersenDouble R Racing R24 Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick Kaylen FrederickCarlin Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium Cancelled
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one, three and four, with the second race awarding points to only the top 15. Race two, which reversed the order of the race one finishers, providing they set a lap time within 103% of the fastest driver, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions. RacesPosition, points per race1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20thRaces 1, 3 & 43529242119171513121110987654321Race 2201715131110987654321
Notes
1 2 3 refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race two.
Drivers' championship PosDriverOULDON1BRHDON2SNEDON3SILPtsR1R2R3R4R1R2R3R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R1R2R31 Kaylen Frederick8142118291NC123Ret11112441121221711112514992 Kush Maini14210236103211231310411112157949331764483 Louis Foster13Ret38181064146311151124815Ret124558163964 Ulysse de Pauw2112DSQ111818375Ret22962527512348Ret135153925 Nazim Azman3122410721011131085143310111371161134113706 Josh Skelton41017661426812613614734Ret6Ret6610710173207 Sasakorn Chaimongkol5829771712710459115101661145297253188 Oliver Clarke7716121432189421112782154917439Ret64843109 Benjamin Pedersen114121595578619106159Ret611314621515121429910 Bart Horsten1235Ret11441413377413788109111067828Ret28811 Reece Ushijima1061510215213142898456911131010131RetDSQ154824412 Piers Prior151113413211DSQ133Ret14107Ret14588Ret11121091221413 Kiern Jewiss1131455122555554NC17821114 Roberto Faria1651212181215589486215215 Manaf Hijjawi16Ret131313Ret151216RetRet1232Ret671416RetRet1314141714416 Josh MasonRet15214141210Ret1091213142113Ret1719RetRet1411116191313917 Ayrton Simmons1151Ret218312418 Carter Williams16917151321412126107319 Guilherme Peixoto698915Ret96720 Nicolás Varrone951RetRetRet11845821 Max Marzorati171616161511617815141711Ret5522 Alex Fores15RetDSQ1314Ret132423 Jonny Wilkinson131692024 Frank BirdRet1621013PosDriverR1R2R3R4R1R2R3R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R1R2R3PtsOULDON1BRHDON2SNEDON3SILBold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
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