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The 2011 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series was the 61st British Formula 3 International Series season. The season began on 16 April at Monza in Italy and ended on 9 October at Silverstone after 30 races held at ten meetings. Of those meetings, six were held in the United Kingdom, with overseas rounds at Monza, the Nürburgring in Germany , Paul Ricard in France , and Spa in Belgium .
Brazilian driver Felipe Nasr dominated the series, winning seven races and recording 16 top three finishes over the first eight rounds of the series, putting him 123 points ahead of Nasr's Carlin Motorsport teammate, Danish driver Kevin Magnussen , giving him an unassailable lead in the championship with two rounds still in hand.[ 1]
Regulation changes
A number of changes were announced for the season, with pit-stops set to be introduced in the third race of each round,[ 2] [ 3] [ 2]
Drivers and teams
Driver changes
Changed Teams Entering/Re-Entering British Formula 3 International Series After finishing runner-up to Robin Frijns in Formula BMW Europe , Jack Harvey moved to Carlin. Another Formula BMW Europe graduate, Fahmi Ilyas competed with Fortec Motorsport.
Kevin Magnussen and Pipo Derani moved from the Motopark Academy team that competed in German F3 to compete in the championship. Magnussen drove for Carlin, while Derani raced for Double R Racing .Formula Three Sudamericana champion Yann Cunha moved into the series full-time and partnered National class champion Menasheh Idafar at T-Sport . Cunha competed at the second Silverstone meeting with CF Racing in 2010 .After two seasons in Formula Renault UK , Harry Tincknell competed for Fortec Motorsport.
Bart Hylkema moved into the series from the Formula Renault Eurocup , to compete in the secondary Rookie Cup for T-Sport. He was joined in the Rookie Cup by Kotaro Sakurai , who moved from the now-defunct Formula BMW Pacific series to compete for Hitech Racing .
Pietro Fantin moved into the series from Formula Three Sudamericana. He will compete for Hitech Racing, the team he raced for in three meetings in 2010 when he was competing in the Invitation Class. He was joined by Formula Renault UK race-winner Riki Christodoulou , who returned to the championship after a season's absence, and Bruno Méndez , who competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010.British Formula Ford champion Scott Pye moved into the championship, driving for Double R Racing.Leaving British Formula Three
Race calendar and results
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2010,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] FIA Formula 3 International Trophy . 1 Fastest lap recorded by Roberto Merhi , but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.2 Fastest lap recorded by Hannes van Asseldonk , but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
Championship standings
Pos
Driver
MNZ OUL SNE BRH NÜR LEC SPA ROC DON SIL Pts
Championship Class
1
Felipe Nasr
1
2
1
2
5
1
2 6
17 2
6
1
2
4
1
1
16
1
9
8
7
6
2
3
Ret
10
9
3
7
Ret
318
2
Kevin Magnussen
15
8
6
8
18
Ret
1
8
1
8
11
15
1 6
5 4
4
Ret
7
1
8
7
5
1
Ret
16
1
1 8
2 237
3
Carlos Huertas
3
6
4
4
6
10
3
10
2
5
3
5
Ret
Ret
3
3
5
5
10
11
9
5
6
11
2
6
4
7
9
1
222
4
William Buller
4
3
7
14
13
5
9
3
Ret
6
15
3
5
Ret
7
7
1
2
2
10
3
15
3
4
8
2
16
6
12
5
197
5
Rupert Svendsen-Cook 5
1
8
10
8
4
4
Ret
13
3
7
Ret
8
2
6
6
2
4
6
2
14
2
10
Ret
1
8
3
Ret
15
3
191
6
Jazeman Jaafar
2
5
3
3
4
6
16
16
4
4
5
4
4
5
11
8
9
Ret
3
DSQ
12
4
4
5
5
4
10
4
19
9
187
7
Lucas Foresti
9
17
2
1 7
2
10
1
9
1
8
2
9
11
4
9
7
Ret
13
13
11
11
12
12
17
7
8
5
2
6
170
8
Pietro Fantin
Ret
9
5
5
2
9
6
4
5
12
9
10
11
Ret
8
15
8
Ret
19
14
DSQ
1
19
2 12
14
6
9
3
8
119
9
Jack Harvey
Ret
10
17
11
10
19
15
Ret
12
13
12
6
7
1
14
5
6
3
5
12
10
3
14
6
3
9
Ret
10
6
18
112
10
Scott Pye
Ret
12
14
9
9
8
Ret
11
7
7
4
8
12
10
12
14
Ret
Ret
16
16
15
8
1
7
4
Ret
5
2
20
17
81
11
Harry Tincknell
11
11
16
6
3
7
8
2
8
10
1
9
3
8
9
10
17
Ret
22
Ret
16
Ret
13
8
7
5
14
12
16
11
78
12
Riki Christodoulou
6
4
11
7
1
12
5
7
3
51
13
António Félix da Costa
6
7
2
2
3
9
51
14
Menasheh Idafar
8
18
10
Ret
Ret
3
14
17
19
9
2
Ret
19
Ret
Ret
Ret
11
12
Ret
Ret
19
9
7
Ret
11
3
11
19
4
13
48
15
Pipo Derani
Ret
Ret
9
Ret
14
13
13
12
6
15
13
Ret
14
9
13
13
Ret
10
18
21
Ret
13
8
Ret
10
Ret
2
14
5
12
36
16
Hywel Lloyd
7
7
15
12
11
14
7
5
14
Ret
Ret
7
16
13
19
12
10
7
15
18
Ret
10
9
Ret
15
13
12
11
Ret
10
34
17
Valtteri Bottas
6
1
13
17
18
Alexander Sims
8
1
7
17
19
Pedro Nunes
10
3
10
10
20
Mitch Evans
Ret
11
4
10
21
12
Ret
12
15
15
15
Ret
13
15
Ret
Ret
DNS
13
Ret
20
11
14
6
20
Ret
18
Ret
15
10
18
17
Ret
20
Ret
19
7
22
Adderly Fong
13
16
20
16
16
11
12
14
11
11
10
Ret
15
12
15
17
12
Ret
21
20
22
14
11
Ret
16
12
7
18
17
16
5
23
Ret
Ret
8
Ret
22
17
12
17
9
14
Ret
17
13
Ret
14
5
24
Max Snegirev
16
Ret
12
9
15
Ret
16
13
Ret
2
25
Bruno Méndez
10
14
18
1
26
Yann Cunha
14
13
13
13
12
16
11
9
10
14
14
11
18
14
16
16
13
Ret
23
19
20
Ret
16
Ret
13
11
15
15
10
15
−36
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Roberto Merhi
1 15
1
0
Marco Wittmann
11
5
2
0
Daniel Juncadella
8
3
Ret
0
Carlos Muñoz
4
6
Ret
0
Laurens Vanthoor
17
7
4
0
Hannes van Asseldonk
12
4
Ret
0
Raffaele Marciello
Ret
17
5
0
Marko Asmer
Ret
Ret
6
0
Daniel Abt
14
9
13
0
17
14
Ret
0
Rookie Class
1
Kotaro Sakurai
Ret
DNS
DNS
18
Ret
18
18
15
18
17
16
14
20
16
18
18 15 11 24 23 21 Ret
18
13 19 Ret Ret 21 18 20 378
2
NC 15 19 17 17 17 17 Ret
16 Ret
17
13
17 15 17
214
3
16
20
14
45
Pos
Driver
MNZ OUL SNE BRH NÜR LEC SPA ROC DON SIL Pts
References
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