2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship


The 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was the first edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. It began at Hockenheim on 28 April, and finished on 21 October at the same venue after ten meetings, held jointly with the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula Three Championship.

Prize tests

The top drivers in the final championship standings will be rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers will receive a two-day test in a Formula Two car. As well as that, the champion will receive a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, and the runner-up will receive a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test.

Drivers and teams

TeamChassisEngineDriverRounds
Prema PowerteamF312/005Mercedes-Benz Daniel JuncadellaAll
Prema PowerteamF312/014Mercedes-Benz Sven MüllerAll
Prema PowerteamF312/015Mercedes-Benz Michael LewisAll
Prema PowerteamF312/030Mercedes-Benz Raffaele MarcielloAll
Mücke MotorsportF312/020Mercedes-Benz Felix RosenqvistAll
Mücke MotorsportF312/023Mercedes-Benz Pascal WehrleinAll
Jo Zeller RacingF312/044Mercedes-Benz Andrea RodaAll
URD RennsportF312/011Mercedes-Benz9 Lucas Wolf1, 3–10
GU-RacingF312/019Mercedes-Benz10 Philip Ellis1, 4–5
CarlinF312/040Volkswagen11 William Buller1, 3–5, 7–10
CarlinF312/004Volkswagen Carlos Sainz Jr.All
ma-con MotorsportF312/045Volkswagen Tom BlomqvistAll
ma-con MotorsportF312/046Volkswagen Emil BernstorffAll
Angola Racing TeamF312/039Mercedes-Benz23 Luís Sá Silva1, 3–10

TeamChassisEngineDriverRounds
Jo Zeller RacingF308/044Mercedes-Benz Sandro ZellerAll
CarlinF312/010Volkswagen Harry Tincknell2–3, 5–6
CarlinF312/002Volkswagen Jazeman Jaafar2–7
CarlinF312/001Volkswagen Jack Harvey2, 5–6
CarlinF312/016Volkswagen Pietro Fantin2, 5–6
CarlinF312/016Volkswagen44 Felipe Nasr10
CarlinF312/040Volkswagen71 Richard Bradley6
Fortec MotorsportsF312/002Mercedes-Benz Hannes van Asseldonk1–2, 5–6
Fortec MotorsportsF312/007Mercedes-Benz Félix Serrallés1–2, 5–6, 10
Fortec MotorsportsF312/036Mercedes-Benz Alex Lynn1–2, 5–6, 10
Fortec MotorsportsF312/0003Mercedes-Benz Pipo Derani2, 5–6, 10
Double R RacingF312/043Mercedes-Benz Geoff Uhrhane2–3, 5–6
Double R RacingF312/009Mercedes-Benz Fahmi Ilyas2–3, 5–6
Double R RacingF308/054Mugen-Honda Duvashen Padayachee2, 5–6
ThreeBond with T-SportF312/008ThreeBond Nissan Nick McBride2, 5–6
ThreeBond with T-SportF308/025Mugen-Honda42 Spike Goddard2, 5–7
ThreeBond with T-SportF312/008ThreeBond Nissan43 Alexander Sims7
ThreeBond with T-SportF311Mugen-Honda44 Pedro Pablo Calbimonte6
CF RacingF311Mugen-Honda43 Adderly Fong6
Van Amersfoort RacingF312/051Volkswagen50 Lucas Auer10
Van Amersfoort RacingF312/052Volkswagen51 Dennis van de Laar10

Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 15 March 2012; made up of seven rounds at Formula 3 Euro Series events, two British Formula 3 events at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps, with the Norisring round being run as a championship round in both series.
Notes

Championship standings

The second race at the Norisring was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers only awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.