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2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series

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The 2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in Formula V8 3.5 formula race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2016 season was the first Formula V8 3.5 season organised independently by RPM Racing, after it was announced that Renault Sport would withdraw its backing of the championship at the end of the previous season.[1]

The title was won by Tom Dillmann who took two race victories across the season such as championship runner-up Louis Delétraz, with the latter becoming the best rookie of the year. By winning the second race in Barcelona which turned out to be the title decider, Dillmann managed to overtake Delétraz in the standings in order to win the championship by seven points, becoming the oldest series' world champion aged 27 years. Despite winning the most races of the season with five, Egor Orudzhev finished third in the standings due to inconsistent results in the form of several retirements. Fourth-placed driver Roy Nissany took three victories, amongst winning both races in Silverstone. Matthieu Vaxivière, Aurélien Panis, Matevos Isaakyan and Johnny Cecotto Jr. were the other drivers to achieve at least one win throughout the year.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver name Status Rounds
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports[2] 1 Switzerland Louis Delétraz[3] R All
2 Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi[4] R All
Czech Republic Lotus[2] 3 Austria René Binder[5] All
4 Israel Roy Nissany[5] All
United Kingdom Arden Motorsport[2] 7 Russia Egor Orudzhev[6] All
8 France Aurélien Panis[7] All
Spain AVF[2] 15 Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr.[8] All
16 France Tom Dillmann[9] All
United Kingdom Comtec Racing[10] 17 Australia Thomas Randle[10] R 8–9
Italy Durango Racing Team[11] 20 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani[12] R All
Italy RP Motorsport[13] 21 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.[14] 1–3
Poland Artur Janosz[15] R 4
Italy Marco Bonanomi[16] 6
United Kingdom William Buller[17] 7
United Kingdom Jack Aitken[18] R 8–9
22 Brazil Vitor Baptista[19] R All
Russia SMP Racing[2][20] 23 France Matthieu Vaxivière[21] All
24 Russia Matevos Isaakyan[12] R 1–4, 6, 8–9
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport[22] 25 Japan Yu Kanamaru[23] All
26 Netherlands Beitske Visser[24] All
Icon Meaning
R Series rookie for 2016

Driver changes

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Changed teams
Entering/Re–Entering Formula V8 3.5
Leaving Formula V8 3.5
Mid-season changes

Team changes

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  • After five seasons in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series (the 2005 season and from 2012 to 2015), DAMS will leave the championship to join the GP3 Series.[35] The team's entry will be taken by International GT Open team Teo Martín Motorsport.[22]
  • Swiss team Spirit of Race will make its debut in 2016, taking the slot vacated by International Draco Racing.[36] It was announced in February 2016 that the team would be operated by the SMP Racing concern under a Russian license.[20]
  • Euroformula Open team RP Motorsport will make their series debut in 2016.[13]
  • Carlin announced their withdrawal from the championship in March 2016 in order to concentrate on their GP2 Series activities.[37]
  • Durango Racing Team will make their series debut in 2016, replacing Tech 1 Racing.[11]
  • Pons Racing withdrew from the championship to focus on their Moto2 commitments.[11]

Race calendar

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The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 17 October 2015, at the final round of the 2015 season.[38] The championship returns to Paul Ricard, Monza and Barcelona. Rounds previously held at Monaco, Nürburgring and Le Mans Bugatti were removed from the schedule.

On 8 March 2016, it was announced that due to operational reasons, the final two rounds of the season would switch dates. The event at Jerez will become the penultimate round with the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya hosting the final round.[39]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1 Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 16 April Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Renault Sport Trophy
R2 17 April
2 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 23 April World Touring Car Championship
R2 24 April
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 21 May International GT Open
R2 22 May
4 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 25 June Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
R2 26 June
5 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 23 July International GT Open
R2 24 July
6 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 September
R2 11 September
7 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1 October
R2 2 October
8 R1 Spain Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 29 October Euroformula Open
R2 30 October
9 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona 5 November International GT Open
R2 6 November

Results

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Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 R1 Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón Russia Egor Orudzhev Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports Switzerland Louis Delétraz
R2 France Tom Dillmann Switzerland Louis Delétraz France Aurélien Panis United Kingdom Arden Motorsport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
2 R1 Hungary Hungaroring France Tom Dillmann France Tom Dillmann Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Italy RP Motorsport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
R2 France Tom Dillmann Israel Roy Nissany France Tom Dillmann Spain AVF Switzerland Louis Delétraz
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps France Aurélien Panis Russia Egor Orudzhev Russia Egor Orudzhev United Kingdom Arden Motorsport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
R2 France Tom Dillmann France Tom Dillmann France Matthieu Vaxivière Russia SMP Racing Brazil Vitor Baptista
4 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard France Matthieu Vaxivière Russia Egor Orudzhev Russia Egor Orudzhev United Kingdom Arden Motorsport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
R2 Israel Roy Nissany Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports Switzerland Louis Delétraz
5 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit France Matthieu Vaxivière Israel Roy Nissany Israel Roy Nissany Czech Republic Lotus Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
R2 France Matthieu Vaxivière Israel Roy Nissany Israel Roy Nissany Czech Republic Lotus Switzerland Louis Delétraz
6 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Switzerland Louis Delétraz France Matthieu Vaxivière France Matthieu Vaxivière Russia SMP Racing Switzerland Louis Delétraz
R2 Russia Matevos Isaakyan France Matthieu Vaxivière France Aurélien Panis United Kingdom Arden Motorsport Russia Matevos Isaakyan
7 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Israel Roy Nissany Israel Roy Nissany Israel Roy Nissany Czech Republic Lotus Switzerland Louis Delétraz
R2 Israel Roy Nissany Israel Roy Nissany Russia Egor Orudzhev United Kingdom Arden Motorsport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
8 R1 Spain Circuito de Jerez United Kingdom Jack Aitken France Matthieu Vaxivière Russia Matevos Isaakyan Russia SMP Racing Russia Matevos Isaakyan
R2 Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Russia Egor Orudzhev United Kingdom Arden Motorsport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
9 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya France Tom Dillmann Switzerland Louis Delétraz Russia Egor Orudzhev United Kingdom Arden Motorsport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
R2 Switzerland Louis Delétraz Russia Egor Orudzhev France Tom Dillmann Spain AVF Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi

Championship standings

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Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver ALC
Spain 		HUN
Hungary 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Points
1 France Tom Dillmann 3 2 2 1 2 2 4 6 4 4 3 2 12 8 Ret 8 3 1 237
2 Switzerland Louis Delétraz 1 5 3 4 3 Ret 6 1 10 6 2 4 2 3 12 2 2 4 230
3 Russia Egor Orudzhev Ret 14† Ret 9 1 Ret 1 3 Ret 3 Ret 5 7 1 2 1 1 7 193
4 Israel Roy Nissany 7 7 6 2 Ret Ret 2 2 1 1 6 13 1 6 8 14 9 2 189
5 France Aurélien Panis 5 1 4 3 8 5 8 4 5 5 5 1 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 12 183
6 France Matthieu Vaxivière 2 Ret 5 5 Ret 1 5 Ret 2 7 1 6 3 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret 175
7 Austria René Binder 4 3 11 7 5 6 3 5 3 2 Ret 12 5 2 5 7 Ret 6 161
8 Japan Yu Kanamaru Ret 4 9 10 4 7 7 11 7 9 7 Ret 6 5 6 10 8 10 85
9 Russia Matevos Isaakyan 12 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret 10 12 12 3 1 6 5 5 70
10 Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi 11 9 8 8 11† 10† Ret 7 6 Ret 11 11 11 4 9 12 7 3 60
11 Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. 6 8 Ret Ret 10 3 11 8 Ret 11 4 7 9 10 Ret 9 Ret 13 55
12 Brazil Vitor Baptista 8 11 10 Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 8 8 10 8 8 Ret 10 11 6 Ret 51
13 Netherlands Beitske Visser 10 12 7 DNS 7 9† 9 10 9 10 8 9 14 9 7 5 10 8 50
14 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. 9 6 1 6 12† Ret 43
15 United Kingdom Jack Aitken DSQ 4 11 9 14
16 United Kingdom William Buller 10 7 7
17 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani 13 13 Ret Ret 9 8 13 13 11 12 13 Ret 13 11 Ret 15 12 14 6
18 Italy Marco Bonanomi 9 10 3
19 Poland Artur Janosz 12 9 2
20 Australia Thomas Randle Ret 13 Ret 11 0
Pos Driver ALC
Spain 		HUN
Hungary 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Points
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
† – Retired, but classified

Teams' Championship

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Pos Team Car
No. 		ALC
Spain 		HUN
Hungary 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Points
1 United Kingdom Arden Motorsport 7 Ret 14† Ret 9 1 Ret 1 3 Ret 3 Ret 5 7 1 2 1 1 7 380
8 5 1 4 3 8 5 8 4 5 5 5 1 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 12
2 Czech Republic Lotus 3 4 3 11 7 5 6 3 5 3 2 12 Ret 5 2 5 7 Ret 6 348
4 7 7 6 2 Ret Ret 2 2 1 1 6 13 1 6 8 14 9 2
3 Spain AVF 15 6 8 Ret Ret 9 3 11 8 Ret 11 4 7 9 10 Ret 9 Ret 13 292
16 3 2 2 1 2 2 4 6 4 4 3 2 12 8 Ret 8 3 1
4 United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports 1 1 5 3 4 3 Ret 6 1 10 6 2 4 2 3 11 2 2 4 290
2 11 9 8 8 11† 10† Ret 7 6 Ret 11 11 11 4 9 12 7 3
5 Russia SMP Racing 23 2 Ret 5 5 Ret 1 5 Ret 2 7 1 6 3 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret 245
24 12 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret 10 12 12 3 1 6 5 5
6 Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 25 Ret 4 9 10 4 7 7 11 7 9 7 Ret 6 5 6 10 8 10 135
26 10 12 7 DNS 7 9† 9 10 9 10 8 9 14 9 7 5 10 8
7 Italy RP Motorsport 21 9 6 1 6 12† Ret 12 9 9 10 10 7 DSQ 4 11 9 120
22 8 11 10 Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 8 8 10 8 8 Ret 10 11 6 Ret
8 Italy Durango Racing Team 20 13 13 Ret Ret 9 8 13 13 11 12 13 Ret 13 11 Ret 15 12 14 6
9 United Kingdom Comtec Racing 17 Ret 13 Ret 11 0
Pos Team Car
No. 		ALC
Spain 		HUN
Hungary 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Points
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
† – Retired, but classified

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