The 2011 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series (an international

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series), was the 61st

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season. The season began on 16 April at

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and ended on 9 October at

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after 30 races held at ten meetings. Of those meetings, six were held in the United Kingdom, with overseas rounds at Monza, the

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, and

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. Brazilian driver

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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

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teammate, Danish driver

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, giving him an unassailable lead in the championship with two rounds still in hand.

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, but this plan was later abandoned in July 2011. The championship's class system – Championship and National – was also renamed to the International and Rookie Championships. The Rookie winner will receive a fully paid entry to the 2012 International Championship.

Drivers and teams

Driver changes

; Changed Teams * William Buller will change teams for his second season in British F3 moving from

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will also join Fortec Motorsport, having completed his rookie season with Carlin. * After driving for Räikkönen Robertson Racing in

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and

will join Carlin. * After three seasons with his family-run CF Racing outfit,

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will move to Sino Vision Racing to partner

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. ; Entering/Re-Entering British Formula 3 International Series * After finishing runner-up to

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in Formula BMW Europe, Jack Harvey moved to Carlin. Another Formula BMW Europe graduate,

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competed with Fortec Motorsport. *

and

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moved from the

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team that competed in German F3 to compete in the championship. Magnussen drove for Carlin, while Derani raced for

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. *

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champion

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moved into the series full-time and partnered National class champion

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at T-Sport. Cunha competed at the second Silverstone meeting with CF Racing in

. * After two seasons in

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competed for Fortec Motorsport. * Bart Hylkema moved into the series from the

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, to compete in the secondary Rookie Cup for T-Sport. He was joined in the Rookie Cup by

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, who moved from the now-defunct Formula BMW Pacific series to compete for

. *

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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

race-winner

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, who returned to the championship after a season's absence, and Bruno Méndez, who competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010. *

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champion

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moved into the championship, driving for Double R Racing. ; Leaving British Formula Three * After contesting a part season in Formula Renault 3.5 for

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outwith commitments in British F3, 2010 champion

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moved into the series full-time with Carlin. Third-placed

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and ninth-placed Daniel McKenzie also moved into the series for

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and

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respectively. * Runner-up in 2010

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moved into the

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with

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. *

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returned to his native Japan to compete in

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, having finished in eleventh place for Räikkönen Robertson Racing. *

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returned to

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, having competed in the series' inaugural season in

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. He was joined by

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and National Class runner-up James Cole.

Race calendar and results

* A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2010, before this was altered again on 26 November 2010. The Nürburgring meeting was moved from September to July on 4 February 2011. The first and third races at the Spa-Francorchamps round were also points-scoring for the

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. * ¹ Fastest lap recorded by

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, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point. * ² Fastest lap recorded by

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, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

References

External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship
{{British F3 Seasons British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three season

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