The 2014

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British Formula 3 International Series season was a multi-event

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championship for

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, formula racing cars held across

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, and one round in

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. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Three single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the 64th and final season

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. The series, promoted by the

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, began on 4 May at

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and concluded on 14 September at

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after a 21 race schedule held at seven meetings. In a season that saw only four drivers contest the entire championship, it was Chinese driver

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who won the championship, driving for

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s. Cao started the season with a run of seven successive second-place finishes to a series of drivers, but his consistent finishing kept him towards the top of the championship standings. Cao took his first win at Thruxton, and went on to take four overall wins – plus a further two class wins behind drivers who were ineligible to score championship points – in the final three race meetings, to ultimately win the championship title by two points, ahead of team-mate Matt Rao. Rao won five races over the course of the season, with one fewer podium finish over the season, compared to Cao. Third place went to Camren Kaminsky, who took three podium finishes over his full season campaign. Another Fortec driver, Sam MacLeod, finished fourth in the championship with four race victories, but he did not contest the whole campaign as his main focus for the season was in the

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championship with

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took two wins at

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, when he was learning the circuit for the

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round at the circuit later in the season.

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also won at Silverstone, while

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(two wins) and

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shared class victories at

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. Of the ineligible drivers, Ed Jones won all three races at Spa-Francorchamps,

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won two out of three at

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, while

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finished second to Jones twice.

Drivers and teams

Race calendar and results

A seven-round calendar was announced on 23 September 2013. In a change of direction from recent seasons, the championship held only a single round outside the UK, in Belgium, supporting the

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. The remaining six rounds were all be held in England. The three race format used in previous seasons was retained for all rounds of the championship. After appearing on the

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calendar, the international round held at the

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was dropped from the 2014 calendar.

, Rockingham and

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all returned to the calendar after a one-year hiatus, while Thruxton returned to the calendar for the first time since

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. ;Notes

Championship standings

References

External links

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

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