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series. As in previous years, the championships took place over ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of one 60-minute practice session and one qualifying session, followed by one c.110 km race and one c.80 km race. The single qualifying session was retained from 2006, with the starting order for race 2 being determined by the finishing order of race 1, with the top eight positions reversed. This season was notable for the return of

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as an F3 engine supplier. The drivers' title was won by

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and the teams' title was again won by

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. It was the fourth double title win in succession for ASM. The top four drivers in the championship would go on to race in

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and champion Grosjean all debuted in F1 in 2009 and

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in 2010.

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

; Changed Teams * Yelmer Buurman:

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Manor Motorsport Manor Motorsport Ltd, currently trading as Manor Endurance Racing Ltd is a British motor racing company that was formed in 1990 by former single-seater champion John Booth (motor racing), John Booth. Manor has participated as a team in many mot ...

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Esteban Guerrieri Esteban Guerrieri (born 19 January 1985 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He was the most successful driver in the WTCR series in terms of wins. Career Formula racing After graduating from karts, Guerrieri competed in various ...

: Manor Motorsport → Ultimate Motorsport *

James Jakes James Jakes (born 4 August 1987 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British racing driver. Career T-Cars Jakes started his racing career in 2002 competing in 5 rounds of the T-Car Championship. In 2003 James continued in T-cars, finishing 2nd ...

Hitech Racing Hitech Grand Prix (formerly known as Hitech Racing) is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2003. The team also competed in the So ...

→ Manor Motorsport *

Filip Salaquarda Filip Salaquarda (born January 11, 1984 in Prague) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic. Career Early career After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competing ...

: Team I.S.R. → Jo Zeller Racing * Tim Sandtler: Signature-Plus → Jo Zeller Racing * Jonathan Summerton: ASL Mücke Motorsport → R.C. Motorsport ; Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series * Sergey Afanasyev:

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(Lukoil Racing) → HBR Motorsport * Cyndie Allemann: German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport * Yann Clairay:

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( SG Formula) → Signature-Plus *

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(

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) & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Facondini Racing) → Signature-Plus * Carlo van Dam: French Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → RC Motorsport * Michael Devaney: Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain (Porsche Motorsport) → Ultimate Motorsport * Tom Dillmann: French Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → ASM Formule 3 *

Maximilian Götz Maximilian Götz (born 4 February 1986) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as International Formula Master and the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won the 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season, taking six victories. He also won the 2021 D ...

: Sabbatical → RC Motorsport *

Euan Hankey Euan is a Scottish, male given name, most common throughout the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, due to the influence of Scots in both nations. It is a derivative of the Pictish name, Uuen (or 'Wen'), which is the Pictish British cognate of i ...

: Formula BMW UK (Fortec Motorsport) → HS Technik Motorsport * Marco Holzer: Formula BMW ADAC (AM-Holzer Rennsport) → AM-Holzer Rennsport *

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(Josef Kaufmann Racing) → ASM Formule 3 * Franck Mailleux: British Formula Renault Championship (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport *

Edoardo Mortara Edoardo "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss- Italian-French professional racing driver for Maserati MSG Racing. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he holds triple nationality from all three countries. He is a former Formula Three Euros ...

: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (

Prema Powerteam Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainl ...

) → Signature-Plus * Michael Patrizi: Formula BMW UK (Motaworld Racing) → Prema Powerteam *

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: Italian Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (

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) → ASL Mücke Motorsport *

Basil Shaaban Basil Shaaban (born 27 March 1980 in Beirut) is a Lebanese racing driver. Early racing Shaaban began racing in Lebanon at the age of 14 at the Circuit des Champions karting center near Brummana. Eventually, he worked his way up to driving 100 ...

: British Formula 3 National Class ( Comtec F3) → HBR Motorsport *

Harald Schlegelmilch Haralds Šlēgelmilhs, known internationally as Harald Schlegelmilch (born December 6, 1987) is a Latvian racing driver. Career He started racing at the age of 8. He raced in karting championships for seven years. In 2003, Harald participated in ...

: German Formula Three Championship (HS Technik Motorsport) → HS Technik Motorsport * Jean-Karl Vernay: French Formula Renault Championship & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) → Signature-Plus * Renger van der Zande: German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam ; Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series *

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: HBR Motorsport →

Indy Lights Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a progr ...

( Cheever Racing) *

Récardo Bruins Choi Récardo Bruins Choi (born Choi Myung-gil; 3 December 1985, in Seoul, South Korea), later known as Roelof Bruins, is a South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern ...

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→ German Formula Three Championship (Van Amersfoort Racing) *

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: Jo Zeller Racing → Sabbatical * Natacha Gachnang: Bordoli Motorsport & Jo Zeller Racing → Star Mazda Championship (AIM Autosport) *

Giedo van der Garde Giedo Gijsbertus Gerrit van der Garde (born 25 April 1985 in Rhenen, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver, currently competing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship for TDS Racing. From 2018 to 2021 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Ch ...

: ASM Formule 3 → Formula Renault 3.5 Series ( Victory Engineering) *

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: Manor Motorsport →

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(

Trident Racing Trident Racing is a motor racing team that competes in single-seater formula racing. It was founded in 2006 in order to compete in the GP2 championship, which was Europe's second highest-ranking single-seater formula below Formula One. Trident is ...

) * Charlie Kimball: Signature-Plus → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Victory Engineering) *

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: Kuhn Motorsport → BFGoodrich Endurance Championship *

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: Prema Powerteam → FIA GT3 European Championship (Trackspeed Racing) * Guillaume Moreau: Signature-Plus → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (KTR) * Dominick Muermans: Van Amersfoort Racing →

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Ombra Racing Ombra Racing is an auto racing team based in Italy. Former series results Italian Formula 3 3000 Pro Series/International Formula Master German Formula 3 † Shared results with other teams Auto GP † Shared results with other teams ...

) *

Kazuki Nakajima is a retired Japanese professional racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Williams-Toyota team from to . In 2012 and 2014, he won the Super Formula Championship driving for TOM'S. Racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing, he won the 2018, 2019 ...

: Manor Motorsport →

(

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) * Paolo Maria Nocera: Prema Powerteam →

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( Lucidi Motors) *

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: Prema Powerteam → Formula Renault 3.5 Series ( Red Devil Team Comtec) *

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: ASM Formule 3 →

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Persson Motorsport Persson Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Germany. Managed by Ingmar Persson, they have competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (formerly Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft) since their formation in 1993 until 2012, running privatee ...

) *

Roberto Streit Roberto Streit (born 17 November 1983, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian racing driver. Career Formula Renault Streit debuted in 2001 in Formula Chevrolet Brazil. His first season was a very successful one, with Streit dominating the championsh ...

: Prema Powerteam → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Inging Motorsport) * João Urbano: Prema Powerteam →

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( A1 Team Portugal) *

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: ASM Formule 3 → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (

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) * James Walker: Hitech Racing → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Fortec Motorsport) ; Leaving Trophy Class * Julien Abelli: Janiec Racing Team → V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne — Proto * Gina-Maria Adenauer: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → Retirement *

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: HBR Motorsport → Retirement *

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: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → German Formula Three Championship (JMS Jenichen Motorsport) *

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: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → Sabbatical *

Anthony Janiec Anthony Janiec (17 August 1984 in Friauville – 31 July 2022 in Albi) was a French Formula 3 and truck racing driver. Biography Early life Anthony Janiec was born Friauville in Lorraine. He is the son of stuntman and truck driver Jean-Pierr ...

: Janiec Racing Team → Retirement *

Dominik Schraml Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Domini ...

: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport →

( ADM Motorsport) * Julian Theobald: SMS Seyffarth Motorsport → Formula Renault 3.5 Series ( EuroInternational)

Additional participations

HS Technik expanded to a two-car entry from round 5 ( Mugello) onwards. The second car was taken by Euan Hankey, making his Formula Three début. At the

Nürburgring The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around the village a ...

, Am-Holzer Rennsport replaced its Speiss-

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engine with the new

and RC Motorsport made a return to the championship with two Volkswagen-powered cars for Maximilian Götz and Jonathan Summerton. Though Götz finished in sixth place in the first race, neither he nor Summerton were eligible to score points.Complete Entry List
''speedsportmag.com.'' Retrieved 2007-10-10. British F3 team Ultimate Motorsport made a one-off appearance in round 4 at

Magny-Cours Magny-Cours () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It is the home of the ''Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours'', a famous motor racing circuit (whose name is often abbreviated to 'Magny-Cours'). It formerly hosted the Formula On ...

Bas Leinders Bas Leinders (born 16 July 1975) is a retired professional racing driver from Belgium. He was a Formula One test and reserve driver in for the Minardi F1 team, taking part in the Friday practice sessions during Grand Prix weekends, making 17 appe ...

's Junior Team entered a single car for Michael Herck in the first round, but has not competed since then.

Calendar

Season standings

Drivers Standings

*Points are awarded as follows: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the ''Rookie Cup'' title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Team Standings

Nations Cup

Notes

References

External links

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