2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship


The 2016 BRDC British F3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and, for the first time, Belgium. The 2016 season will be the first one under the BRDC British F3 denomination. The championship features professional motor racing teams, and will also feature the debut of the new 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series, a car that was first used in the 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy. The season will begin at Snetterton 300 on 27 March and will end on 11 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered. Both Carlin and Double R Racing will make their debut in the series, along with Fortec who already entered the 2015 BRDC F4 Autumn Trophy.
TeamDriverRounds
Chris Dittmann Racing2 Quinlan Lall1–7
Chris Dittmann Racing4 Omar Ismail8
Chris Dittmann Racing5 Jeremy WahomeAll
Chris Dittmann Racing6 Krishnaraaj Mahadik2–8
Chris Dittmann Racing12 Paul Sieljes1
HHC Motorsport3 Ben HingeleyAll
HHC Motorsport4 Omar Ismail1
HHC Motorsport10 Raoul Hyman2
HHC Motorsport37 Sisa Ngebulana1–6
HHC Motorsport45 Harrison Scott5, 7–8
HHC Motorsport54 Will Palmer6
Fortec Motorsports7 Faisal Al ZubairAll
Fortec Motorsports14 Tarun ReddyAll
Lanan Racing8 Toby SoweryAll
Lanan Racing22 Akhil RabindraAll
Carlin11 Ricky CollardAll
Carlin15 James Pull8
Carlin31 Lando Norris1, 3, 5–6
Carlin51 Ameya Vaidyanathan1–4, 7
Carlin98 Colton Herta2, 4
Carlin99 Nikita Mazepin7
Sean Walkinshaw Racing21 Jan Jønck1–5
Sean Walkinshaw Racing23 Thomas MaxwellAll
Sean Walkinshaw Racing44 Eugene DenyssenAll
Hillspeed25 Ali Al Khalifa4
Double R Racing26 Matheus LeistAll
Double R Racing27 Aleksanteri HuovinenAll
Double R Racing85 Enzo BortoletoAll
Douglas Motorsport49 Thomas RandleAll
Douglas Motorsport65 Enaam AhmedAll

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 27 October 2015. The series will support British GT at nearly all events, with the exception being the season-opening Snetterton 300 round. For the first time, the series will travel abroad, having a round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

Championship standings

;Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.

Drivers' championship

2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy

The 2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy was a four-race motor racing championship held at Snetterton 300 in England on October 29–30, as an off-season trophy to the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. The trophy featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers running the same 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car used in the main championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered. Drivers in italics are not eligible for trophy points.
TeamDriver
Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing7 Abdullah Al Rawahi
Hillspeed with Cliff Dempsey Racing45 Sasakorn Chaimongkol
Carlin15 James Pull
Carlin28 Cameron Das
Carlin65 Enaam Ahmed
Fortec Motorsport16 Callan O'Keeffe
Fortec Motorsport77 Ben Hingeley
Double R Racing26 Dan Ticktum
Double R Racing27 Marcus Armstrong
Double R Racing85 Tarun Reddy
Douglas Motorsport38 Jamie Caroline
Douglas Motorsport96 Joey Mawson

Race calendar and results

The race calendar consisted of a 4-race event held at the Snetterton 300. The weekend format includes a 20-minute qualifying session and two 12-lap races on both Saturday and Sunday. The grid for the first race in each day was set in qualifying order, with starting positions for race two of each day set by the fastest laps from race one.
Due to adverse weather, the Sunday qualifying wasn't held and the two races were shortened to 8 laps. For race 3, the drivers were classified on the grid by championship order. Race 4 was ultimately cancelled due to the conditions worsening.

Trophy standings

;Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races as follows.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Points3529242119171513121110987654321

;Autumn Trophy