2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

The 2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England, with one round in Belgium. The 2019 season was the fourth 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 20 April and ended on 15 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All teams are British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Fortec Motorsports 3 United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard[2] All
33 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[3] All
35 United States Kris Wright[4] All
Chris Dittmann Racing 7 Malaysia Nazim Azman[5] All
12 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons[6] All
Carlin 8 United States Kaylen Frederick[7] All
17 France Clément Novalak[8][a] All
22 Sweden Lucas Petersson[9] All
Douglas Motorsport 20 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen[10] 1–7
55 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw[11] All
87 United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss[12] All
Lanan Racing 16 Germany Andreas Estner[13] 3, 5
21 United Kingdom Joshua Mason[14] All
Double R Racing 24 Sweden Hampus Ericsson[15] All
26 United States Neil Verhagen[16] All
28 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar[17] All
Hillspeed 25 Argentina Nicolás Varrone[18] 3, 5, 7
79 Thailand Sasakorn Chaimongkol[19] All

Race calendar and results

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The calendar was revealed on 8 November 2018. The series supports British GT at all events, excluding the 17-18 August round at Silverstone Circuit.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)
20 April United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick France Clément Novalak Carlin
R2 22 April United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
R3 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Fortec Motorsports
2 R4 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
18 May France Clément Novalak United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Fortec Motorsports
R5 19 May Sweden Lucas Petersson Sweden Lucas Petersson Carlin
R6 United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United States Kaylen Frederick Sweden Hampus Ericsson Double R Racing
3 R7 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)
8 June United Kingdom Clément Novalak United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons United Kingdom Clément Novalak Carlin
R8 9 June United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Denmark Benjamin Pedersen Douglas Motorsport
R9 United States Neil Verhagen United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Chris Dittmann Racing
4 R10 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
22 June United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Fortec Motorsports
R11 23 June France Clément Novalak France Joshua Mason Lanan Racing
R12 United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Fortec Motorsports
5 R13 Spa-Francorchamps
(Belgium)
20 July United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Sweden Hampus Ericsson United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
R14 21 July Thailand Sasakorn Chaimongkol Argentina Nicolás Varrone Hillspeed
R15 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Chris Dittmann Racing
6 R16 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
3 August United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Fortec Motorsports
R17 4 August United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Malaysia Nazim Azman Chris Dittmann Racing
R18 United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss Douglas Motorsport
7 R19 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)
17 August United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss Venezuela Manuel Maldonado Thailand Sasakorn Chaimongkol Hillspeed
R20 18 August United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Venezuela Manuel Maldonado Fortec Motorsports
R21 United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Chris Dittmann Racing
8 R22 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
14 September United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Fortec Motorsports
R23 15 September United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Malaysia Nazim Azman Chris Dittmann Racing
R24 United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard Fortec Motorsports

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and three, 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, will be awarded extra points for positions gained from drivers' respective starting positions.

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 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Notes
  • 1 2 3 refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race two.

Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver OUL SNE SIL1 DON1 SPA BRH SIL2 DON2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 France Clément Novalak 1 67 2 2 69 2 1 99 6 4 47 4 4 105 2 3 95 4 7 36 4 4 12 6 505
2 United Kingdom Johnathan Hoggard 3 83 1 1 88 Ret 8 210 2 1 Ret 1 8 74 13 1 124 2 3 14 5 1 15 1 482
3 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons 2 Ret 3 5 111 4 3 512 1 2 DSQ Ret 2 152 1 11 24 6 4 48 1 9 25 8 450
4 United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss 9 41 4 3 131 Ret 9 16 4 3 102 6 5 86 3 2 114 1 2 87 2 2 59 2 438
5 United States Neil Verhagen 12 2 5 6 38 Ret 2 151 5 6 81 7 18 3 5 8 45 7 10 15 3 7 36 3 357
6 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 8 33 8 8 9 5 5 104 8 7 35 9 3 115 6 6 74 Ret 16 1 11 3 76 4 348
7 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw 4 73 6 11 15 7 7 82 11 5 73 2 7 93 18 7 64 3 5 65 7 5 92 Ret 329
8 Thailand Sasakorn Chaimongkol 5 13 7 9 14 12 6 13 7 11 9 3 9 12 12 4 103 8 1 97 17 6 46 5 314
9 United States Kaylen Frederick 13 1 12 7 46 3 4 123 3 10 Ret Ret 1 Ret 16 5 Ret 5 6 13 10 8 8 7 305
10 Sweden Hampus Ericsson 6 14 13 4 76 1 14 Ret 9 8 61 8 6 14 4 12 5 10 9 Ret 6 10 10 9 284
11 Malaysia Nazim Azman 7 9 11 13 5 6 10 62 16 12 11 5 16 16 14 14 12 12 15 12 12 14 11 11 236
12 United Kingdom Joshua Mason 10 5 14 14 Ret 9 12 7 12 13 12 12 14 23 9 13 31 11 11 Ret 9 12 13 13 229
13 Sweden Lucas Petersson Ret 115 9 16 1 DSQ 11 11 17 Ret 124 13 10 13 7 9 8 9 8 11 8 11 6 10 206
14 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen Ret 105 10 10 25 8 18 1 10 9 51 10 12 61 17 10 13 14 Ret 107 16 200
15 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar Ret 12 15 12 10 11 16 3 13 15 2 11 17 4 10 15 Ret 15 12 7 14 13 14 12 182
16 United States Kris Wright 11 Ret 16 15 12 10 13 17 18 14 13 Ret 13 17 15 16 Ret 13 14 5 15 15 11 14 126
17 Argentina Nicolás Varrone 17 4 14 11 17 8 13 22 13 109
18 Germany Andreas Estner 15 14 15 15 5 11 41
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
OUL SNE SIL1 DON1 SPA BRH SIL2 DON2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

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  1. ^ Clément Novalak is a Franco-Swiss driver who competed under a British licence.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 BRDC British F3 Championship calendar revealed". BRDC British F3 Championship. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. ^ "F4 front-runner Johnathan Hoggard confirms move up to BRDC British F3 with Fortec". 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Manuel Maldonado to mount title challenge in third British F3 season with Fortec". 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ^ "American all-rounder Kris Wright joins Fortec for 2019 BRDC British F3 Championship". 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Nazim Azman moves up to BRDC British F3 with Chris Dittmann Racing". 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Ayrton Simmons targets title in full BRDC British F3 campaign with Chris Dittmann Racing". 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Kaylen Frederick steps up to BRDC British F3 with Carlin". 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Clement Novalak completes Carlin's BRDC British F3 squad". 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Carlin signs Lucas Petersson for 2019 BRDC British F3 season". 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Benjamin Pedersen joins Douglas Motorsport for 2019 BRDC British F3 assault". 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Belgian ace De Pauw completes Douglas Motorsport's 2019 British F3 roster". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  12. ^ "British F4 champion Kiern Jewiss graduates to BRDC British F3 with Douglas Motorsport". 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Andreas Estner joins Lanan Racing for Silverstone and Spa British F3 rounds". 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Josh Mason confirms BRDC British F3 return with Lanan Racing". 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Swedish star Ericsson joins Double R Racing for first full BRDC British F3 season". 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Double R complete BRDC British F3 line-up with rapid American star Verhagen". 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Ravishankar remains with reigning champions Double R for 2019 British F3 challenge". 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  18. ^ Hansford, Rob (28 May 2019). "FR2.0 champion Nicolas Varrone joins British F3 with Hillspeed". FormulaScout. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Chaimongkol confirms 2019 BRDC British F3 return with Hillspeed". 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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