2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

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 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.^[1]^[2] Kaylen Frederick won the drivers' championship ahead of Kush Maini and Belgian driver Ulysse de Pauw.^[3]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team	No.	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^[4]	13	Reece Ushijima	All
Hitech Grand Prix^[4]	14	Kush Maini	All
Lanan Racing	21	Josh Mason	All
	22	Piers Prior	All
	50	Bart Horsten	All
Double R Racing	24	Benjamin Pedersen^[a]	All
Double R Racing	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
Hillspeed	79	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	All
Sources:^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Race calendar and results

The original calendar was revealed on 14 September 2019.^[1] On 14 May 2020 a revised provisional calendar was announced with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.^[12] On 11 June 2020, the rescheduled calendar was completed to feature 24 races over seven meetings. The series supported British GT.^[13]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	1 August	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Kiern Jewiss^[b]	Douglas Motorsport
	R2		1 August		Bart Horsten	Piers Prior	Lanan Racing
	R3		2 August	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R4		2 August	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
2	R5	Donington 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		16 August	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		29 August		Ulysse de Pauw	Nazim Azman	Carlin
	R10		30 August	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Ayrton Simmons	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R11		30 August	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 Foster	Double R Racing
	R14		20 September	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kush Maini	Hitech Grand Prix
5	R15	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	3 October	Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R16		3 October		Ulysse de Pauw	Kush Maini	Hitech Grand Prix
	R17		4 October	Louis Foster	Kaylen Frederick	Louis Foster	Double R Racing
	R18		4 October	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 Frederick	Carlin
	R20				Ulysse de Pauw	Nazim Azman	Carlin
	R21			Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
7	R22	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	7 November	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
	R23		8 November		Sasakorn Chaimongkol	Benjamin Pedersen^[c]	Double R Racing
	R24		8 November	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin
		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium	Cancelled ^[d]

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.

Races	Position, points per race
Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Races 1, 3 & 4	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

Pos	Driver	OUL				DON1			BRH				DON2			SNE				DON3			SIL^[e]			Pts
1	Kaylen Frederick	8	14²	1	1	8	2⁹	1	NC	12³	Ret	11	1	12⁴	4	1	12¹	2	2	1	7¹	1	1	12⁵	1	499
2	Kush Maini	14	2	10	2	3	6¹⁰	3	2	11²	3	1	3	10⁴	1	11	1²	15	7	9	4⁹	3	3	17	6	448
3	Louis Foster	13	Ret	3	8	1	8¹⁰	6	4	14	6	3	11	1⁵	11	2	4⁸	1	5	Ret	12	4	5	5⁸	16	396
4	Ulysse de Pauw	2	11²	DSQ	11	18	1	8	3	7⁵	Ret	2	2	9⁶	2	5	2⁷	5	1	2	3⁴	8	Ret	13⁵	15	392
5	Nazim Azman	3	12	2	4	10	7²	10	11	1³	10	8	5	14	3	3	10¹	11	3	7	1¹	6	11	3⁴	11	370
6	Josh Skelton	4	10¹	7	6	6	14	2	6	8¹	2	6	13	6	14	7	3⁴	Ret	6	Ret	6⁶	10	7	10¹	7	320
7	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	5	8²	9	7	7	17	12	7	10	4	5	9	11	5	10	16	6	11	4	5	2	9	7²	5	318
8	Oliver Clarke	7	7¹	6	12	14	3²	18	9	4²	11	12	7	8²	15	4	9¹	7	4	3	9	Ret	6	4⁸	4	310
9	Benjamin Pedersen	11	4	12	15	9	5⁵	7	8	6¹	9	10	6	15	9	Ret	6¹¹	3	14	6	2¹	5	15	1²	14	299
10	Bart Horsten	12	3	5	Ret	11	4⁴	14	13	3	7	7	4	13	7	8	8	10	9	11	10⁶	7	8	2⁸	Ret	288
11	Reece Ushijima	10	6	15	10	2	15²	13	14	2	8	9	8	4⁵	6	9	11	13	10	10	13¹	Ret	DSQ	15⁴	8	244
12	Piers Prior	15	1	11	3	4	13²	11	DSQ	13³	Ret	14	10	7	Ret	14	5	8	8	Ret	11	12	10	9	12	214
13	Kiern Jewiss	1	13¹	4	5	5	12²	5	5	5⁵	5	4	NC	17	8											211
14	Roberto Faria												16	5	12	12	18	12	15	5	8	9	4	8⁶	2	152
15	Manaf Hijjawi	16	Ret	13	13	13	Ret	15	12	16	Ret	Ret	12	3²	Ret	6	7¹	4	16	Ret	Ret	13	14	14	17	144
16	Josh Mason	Ret	15²	14	14	12	10	Ret	10	9	12	13	14	2¹	13	Ret	17¹	9	Ret	Ret	14¹	11	16	19	13	139
17	Ayrton Simmons								1	15	1	Ret											2	18	3	124
18	Carter Williams					16	9	17								15	13²	14	12				12	6	10	73
19	Guilherme Peixoto	6	9	8	9	15	Ret	9																		67
20	Nicolás Varrone	9	5¹	Ret	Ret	Ret	11⁸	4																		58
21	Max Marzorati					17	16	16								16	15¹	16	17	8	15	14	17	11	Ret	55
22	Alex Fores												15	Ret	DSQ	13	14	Ret	13							24
23	Jonny Wilkinson																						13	16	9	20
24	Frank Bird												Ret	16²	10											13

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ Benjamin Pedersen is a Danish-American driver competing under an American licence.
^ Original race winner Kaylen Frederick was penalized for a false start.
^ Benjamin Pedersen is a Danish-American driver competing under an American licence.
^ Originally scheduled for 18-19 July 2020^[1] but was cancelled the COVID-19 pandemic^[12]
^ Following an appeal hearing on 15 December 2020, Louis Foster's penalty from Race 2 was overturned, promoting him from 9th to a 5th place finish. He also improved to 3rd place in the final points standings.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2020 BRDC British F3 Championship calendar revealed". BRDC British F3 Championship. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "BRDC British F3 season opener postponed due to Coronavirus outbreak". BRDC British F3 Championship. 17 March 2020.
^ "British F3 - Frederick surges to ninth win to secure championship". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
^ "Hitech GP joins BRDC British F3 for 2020 season". June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
^ "Teams & Drivers". BRDC British F3 Championship. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
^ "Roberto Faria graduates to BRDC British Formula 3 with Fortec Motorsport". September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
^ "British F3 - Frank Bird returns to Fortec Motorsport for British F3 debut". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
^ Allen, Peter (September 8, 2020). "MSV F3 Cup leader Fores to make British F3 debut with CDR". FormulaScout. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
^ "British F3 - Max Marzorati to complete British F3 season with Chris Dittmann Racing". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
^ "British F3 - Fast five set for Silverstone title shootout this weekend". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ Wood, Elliot (2020-11-04). "Ginetta racer Jonny Wilkinson joins Fortec for BRDC British F3 finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ ^a ^b "BRDC British F3 Championship – revised 2020 dates announced". BRDC F3 British Championship. 14 May 2020.
^ "British F3 - BRDC British F3 completes revised provisional 2020 calendar". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
^ "Statement: BRDC F3 final standings amended, Louis Foster third". British F3 Championship. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

External links

Official website

[5] Benjamin Pedersen is a Danish-American driver competing under an American licence.

[15] Original race winner Kaylen Frederick was penalized for a false start.

[16] Benjamin Pedersen is a Danish-American driver competing under an American licence.

[Spa-17] Originally scheduled for 18-19 July 2020^[1] but was cancelled the COVID-19 pandemic^[12]

[19] Following an appeal hearing on 15 December 2020, Louis Foster's penalty from Race 2 was overturned, promoting him from 9th to a 5th place finish. He also improved to 3rd place in the final points standings.^[14]

[Calendar-1] "2020 BRDC British F3 Championship calendar revealed". BRDC British F3 Championship. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[Oulton-2] "BRDC British F3 season opener postponed due to Coronavirus outbreak". BRDC British F3 Championship. 17 March 2020.

[3] "British F3 - Frederick surges to ninth win to secure championship". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

[4] "Hitech GP joins BRDC British F3 for 2020 season". June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

[6] "Teams & Drivers". BRDC British F3 Championship. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

[7] "Roberto Faria graduates to BRDC British Formula 3 with Fortec Motorsport". September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

[8] "British F3 - Frank Bird returns to Fortec Motorsport for British F3 debut". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

[9] Allen, Peter (September 8, 2020). "MSV F3 Cup leader Fores to make British F3 debut with CDR". FormulaScout. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[10] "British F3 - Max Marzorati to complete British F3 season with Chris Dittmann Racing". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-21.

[11] "British F3 - Fast five set for Silverstone title shootout this weekend". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[12] Wood, Elliot (2020-11-04). "Ginetta racer Jonny Wilkinson joins Fortec for BRDC British F3 finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[Calendar20-13] "BRDC British F3 Championship – revised 2020 dates announced". BRDC F3 British Championship. 14 May 2020.

[14] "British F3 - BRDC British F3 completes revised provisional 2020 calendar". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

[18] "Statement: BRDC F3 final standings amended, Louis Foster third". British F3 Championship. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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