George Russell on 26 August 2017 at Spa-Francorchamps

The 2018 GP3 Series was the ninth and final season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also ninth and final season under the moniker of

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, a

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feeder series that runs in support of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series

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. This was the final contested season of GP3, as the series united with the

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to form the

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. 2018 was the final season that the Dallara GP3/16 chassis package—which débuted in the 2016 GP3 Series—was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package for the

was introduced in

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. After finishing 3rd in the final feature race of the last season of GP3,

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was crowned the 2018 GP3 Champion. ART successfully defended their teams' title over

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after the first race at Sochi, winning the teams' title in eight of the nine seasons of GP3. Runner-up

Nikita Mazepin Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin ( rus, Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, p=nʲɪˈkʲitə ˈdmʲɪtrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian professional racing driver who competes in rally raid. A for ...

won 4 races; in

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, and Yas Marina. After having four rounds with

Jenzer Motorsport Jenzer Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in FIA Formula 3, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful i ...

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moved to

before the summer break and took 3 race wins. Champion

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, and

Pedro Piquet Pedro Estácio Leão Piquet Souto Maior (born 3 July 1998) is a Brazilian former racing driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet and younger half brother of Formula E champion Nelson Piquet Jr. He is known fo ...

all won 2 races. Also,

Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Ryu Alesi (born 20 September 1999) is a French-Japanese racing driver. He is the son of Japanese former actress Kumiko Goto and former Formula One driver Jean Alesi. Career Karting Born in Avignon, Alesi began karting in 2013 before com ...

won the second race in

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won for the third time in the series at the

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, and

Dorian Boccolacci Dorian Boccolacci (born 9 September 1998 in Cannes) is a French racing driver, currently competing in the Porsche Supercup series. He has previously also competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship until after the 2019 French round at Circuit ...

, who drove for

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before being promoted to their Formula 2 team won the sprint race at the

Teams and drivers

All GP3 drivers competed in a Dallara GP3/16 chassis using a Mecachrome GP3 V6 engine and Pirelli P Zero and Cinturato tyres.

Team changes

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left the championship after two years of competition. Their entry was taken by

team

Driver changes

* Gabriel Aubry and Joey Mawson, who raced in 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and

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respectively, made their series début with

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. They were joined by Julien Falchero, who switched from

Campos Racing Campos Racing is a Spanish motor racing team, founded by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos. The team has been successful in Formula Three and the GP2 Series. History After retiring from racing, Campos formed his own team at the end of 1 ...

Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst (born 14 October 1994) is a Dutch racing driver. His father Jeroen, his brother Pieter and his nephew Bas Schothorst are also active in Dutch motorsport. Karting and production car racing In 2009, Steijn Schothorst finished s ...

left the team and switched to

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, joining

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. *

and

Niko Kari Niko Kari (born 6 October 1999) is a Finnish racing driver who last raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport. He won his first single-seater championship, the 2015 SMP F4 Championship, in his debut year in car racing and is ...

moved from

and

respectively to

. They were joined by 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup runner-up

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. *

Tatiana Calderón Tatiana Calderón Noguera (born 10 March 1993) is a Colombian racing driver who currently drives the No. 11 Dallara- Chevrolet car part-time for A. J. Foyt Enterprises in the 2022 IndyCar Series. Calderón previously drove for the Drago Cors ...

moved from DAMS to

. She was joined by

driver

Arjun Maini Arjun Maini (born 10 December 1997) is an Indian professional racing driver, currently competing in the DTM. He has previously also competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident Racing, as well as Campos Racing. Early life Maini come ...

left the team to join the

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. *

drivers

and

moved to the series, joining

ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. In 2012, it competed in the GP2 Series and GP3 Series as Lotus GP to reflect sponsorship from British sports and racing car manufacturer Lotus. The ...

for the season. Under the series regulations, reigning GP3 Series champion George Russell could not compete in the championship again and left the series along with

Jack Aitken Jack Aitken (Korean: 한세용, ''Han Se-yong''; born 23 September 1995 in London) is a British- South Korean racing driver who currently competes for Racing Team Turkey in the European Le Mans Series and for Emil Frey Racing in the ADAC GT ...

and

Nirei Fukuzumi is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super Formula for Dandelion Racing. Career Karting In 2010, Fukuzumi began karting, starting his racing career. He remained in karting until 2013, with his best achievement being second pla ...

and joined

. Fukuzumi will also contest the 2018 Super Formula Championship. *

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continued his collaboration with

after his campaign with the team in the 2017 Euroformula Open Championship. He was partnered by

and Diego Menchaca, who reignited their partnership with Campos after a season with Arden in 2017 and 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 respectively.

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and Marcos Siebert both left the team. Siebert later joined Campos in the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship. * Alessio Lorandi, who raced with Jenzer Motorsport switched to race with Trident. He was joined by former

driver

. ;Midseason changes *

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race-winner

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joined

for a one-off entry at

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, replacing

. Lundgaard was replaced by FIA Formula 3 European Championship driver Devlin DeFrancesco for the rest of the season. * Jannes Fittje replaced

after Beckmann parted ways with the team prior

round. Beckmann filled Alessio Lorandi's slot in Trident, while Lorandi moved to Trident's FIA Formula 2 Championship team ahead of the Hungaroring round, replacing

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. *

Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor (born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver set to compete for Van Amersfoort Racing in the Formula 2 Championship. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in 2021 with MP Motorsport before switching to Charouz Racing System, aft ...

replaced

for the

round, as the French driver joined MP's FIA Formula 2 team, to replace

Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991), is a Spanish racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 ...

was also promoted to

with MP Motorsport before the Sochi round.

Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala (born 1 October 1998) is an Indian racing driver currently serving as a reserve driver for the Mahindra Racing Formula E team. He was a protégé of the Force India F1 team, after being one of three winners of a 'One in a Billio ...

took Kari's seat for the Abu Dhabi round. *

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replaced Julien Falchero for

ahead of the

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round.

Calendar

The following nine rounds took place as part of the 2018 championship. Each round consisted of two races, a longer race 1 and a shorter race 2:

Calendar changes

* The championship will expand to nine rounds in 2018. * The championship will return to the

, running in support of the

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. The series last visited the circuit in 2015. * The championship will make its début at the

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, running in support of the

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. * The stand-alone event run at the Jerez Circuit in 2017 was discontinued.

Results

Season summary

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2. ;Race 1 points ;Race 2 points Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Drivers' championship

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

Teams' championship

Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship. Notes: *† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.