The 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event

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championship for single-seat

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formula racing cars that was held across

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. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the fourth edition of the

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. Esteban Ocon was the reigning drivers' champion, but he did not defend his title as he moved across to the

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. His team,

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, was the defending winners of the teams' championship.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers are scheduled to compete during the 2015 season:

Driver changes

;Joining FIA European Formula 3 *

Alexander Albon Alexander Albon Ansusinha ( th, อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์; , , born 23 March 1996) is a Thai-British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Williams Racing, under th ...

, third in the 2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, joined

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, where he was joined by 2014 French F4 runner-up Dorian Boccolacci. * 2014 German Formula Three driver

Nicolas Beer Nicolas Beer (born 5 April 1996) is a Danish racing driver. Career Karting Beer began karting in 2007 and raced in many different championships for the majority of his career. He ended his karting career in 2011, moving into single-seaters. S ...

joined

EuroInternational EuroInternational is a racing organization (which includes Italian division EuroInternational Srl and American division EuroInternational Inc.) owned by Antonio Ferrari, grandnephew of Enzo Ferrari, formerly known as Euromotorsport. History Origi ...

. * 2014 Protyre Formula Renault champion

Pietro Fittipaldi Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 25 June 1996) is a Brazilian-American racing driver, the grandson of two-time Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi and brother of racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi is racing in European Le Mans ...

joined

Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton. Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, Jame ...

s. He was joined in the team by

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competitors Hongwei Cao, Matt Rao and

Zhi Cong Li Zhi Cong "Peter" Li (, born 23 August 1993 in Guangzhou) is a racing driver from China. He formerly competed in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing co ...

. * 2014 BRDC F4 driver

Raoul Hyman Raoul Joshua Hyman (born 12 May 1996) is a South African racing driver scheduled to compete in the 2023 Super Formula Championship, Super Formula Championship for B-Max Racing. He is the 2022 Formula Regional Americas Championship, 2022 Formula R ...

made his championship début with Team West-Tec F3. *

Callum Ilott Callum Benjamin Ilott ( ; born 11 November 1998) is a British racing driver competing in the NTT IndyCar Series for Juncos Hollinger Racing. He was the official reserve driver for Alfa Romeo for the 2021 Formula One World Championship season an ...

moved into the series with Carlin, having been signed as a member of the

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. * The top two drivers in the 2014 ADAC Formel Masters season, Mikkel Jensen and

Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a German racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Maserati MSG Racing. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden and for Dragon Racing, BMW i Andretti and Nissan e.dams in Formul ...

moved to the championship with Mücke Motorsport. The team's lineup was completed by

Kang Ling Kang Ling (凌康 born 14 March 1997) is a Chinese racing driver. Career Karting Ling began karting in 2010 and raced in Asia for the majority of his career, winning 2012 Asian Karting Championship x30 Senior class. Other highlights in his kart ...

, who predominantly competed in German Formula Three in 2014. * 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps runner-up

Charles Leclerc Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc (; born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in . Leclerc ma ...

graduated to the series with

Van Amersfoort Racing Van Amersfoort Racing is an auto racing team based in the Netherlands. In 2022 the team competes in the Formula 2 Championship, the Formula 3 Championship, the Formula Regional European Championship, Euroformula Open Championship, Italian F4 Cha ...

. He was joined by

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débutant Alessio Lorandi and BRDC F4 runner-up

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 comes ...

. * 2014 German Formula Three competitors Nabil Jeffri, Sam MacLeod and Markus Pommer joined the series with the Motopark squad. They was joined at the team by 2014 Italian F4 driver

Mahaveer Raghunathan Mahaveer Raghunathan (born 17 November 1998) is an Indian racing driver who last competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport. Career Lower formula Raghunathan started his racing career in karting in 2012, where he re ...

. * Nicolas Pohler, who raced in the

Euroformula Open Championship The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe ...

, joined

Double R Racing Double R Racing is a motor racing team, which races in Formula Three and other junior levels of formula racing including the MSA Formula Championship for the 2016 season. The team was formed in November 2004 as Räikkönen Robertson Racing by th ...

for his series debut. * 2014 BRDC F4 champion George Russell joined Carlin for his series début. * 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC driver Julio Moreno joined Threebond with T-Sport. *

Fabian Schiller Fabian Schiller (born 24 May 1997) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the Nürburgring Endurance Series. Career Junior formula Schiller began his racing career in karting at the age of 12, competing in the ADAC Kart Masters seri ...

graduated from ADAC Formel Masters to the championship with Team West-Tec F3. * 2014 Formula Masters China runner-up

Matt Solomon Matthew Barry Solomon (born 19 February 1996) is a Hong Kong racing driver. Career Solomon began his motorsport career in kart racing in 2007, where he remained active until 2012. In 2013, Solomon switched to formula racing and competed for E ...

joined

for his European single-seater debut. *

Lance Stroll Lance Strulovitch (born 29 October 1998), better known as Lance Stroll, is a Canadian–Belgian racing driver competing under the Canadian flag in Formula One. He has driven for Aston Martin since , having previously driven for Williams and R ...

and Brandon Maïsano – the overall and Trophy winners in the 2014 Italian F4 championship – continued their collaboration with

into the series. *

Ryan Tveter Ryan Tveter (born May 20, 1994) is an American racing driver from Oyster Bay, New York, who raced for Trident in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Career 2019 Tveter made his debut in the FIA Formula 2 championship as a replacement driver ...

, who raced in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, graduated to the championship with Carlin. ;Changing teams * Michele Beretta, who raced for

moved to

Mücke Motorsport Mücke Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Germany, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. History Single-seaters Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW ADAC ...

. *

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

Jo Zeller Racing Jo Zeller Racing is a Swiss motor racing team. It was founded in the early 1990s by Jo Zeller. Currently Jo Zeller Racing competes in the Remus F3 Cup. Jo Zeller always focussed on regional and continental championships in Germany and Europe. ...

to Carlin. *

Sérgio Sette Câmara Sérgio Sette Câmara Filho (born 23 May 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver who currently drives for NIO 333 FE Team in Formula E. He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, having formerly been a test and development driver for McLaren. Car ...

, who competed for EuroInternational at Imola in 2014, switched to Motopark. * Jake Dennis left Carlin to join Prema Powerteam for his second season of European Formula 3. *

Santino Ferrucci Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No 14 Chevrolet for A.J. Foyt Racing. He has also previously raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Career ...

, who drove for EuroInternational and

s in 2014, joined Beretta at Mücke Motorsport. * 2014 Van Amersfoort Racing driver

Gustavo Menezes Gustavo Menezes (born 19 September 1994) is an American racing driver, currently racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Career Karting Menezes began karting in 2002, but took his first championship in 2005 in the IKF ...

moved to Carlin, to replace Dennis. * After three seasons with Mücke Motorsport,

Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist (born 7 November 1991) is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 6 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren SP in the NTT IndyCar Series. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019. Racing care ...

switched to Prema Powerteam. ;Leaving FIA European Formula 3 *

driver

Max Verstappen Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Belgian-Dutch Auto racing, racing driver and the 2021 Formula One World Championship, 2021 and 2022 Formula One World Championship, 2022 Formula One World Champion. He Formula One drivers ...

, who finished third in 2014, graduated to

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for

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. *

driver and 2014 champion Esteban Ocon stepped up to GP3 with

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 ...

. *

driver

Lucas Auer Lucas Auer (born 11 September 1994) is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger. He currently drives for HTP Winward Motorsport in DTM. He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team. Early career In ...

, who finished fourth in 2014 moved into the DTM with

for the 2015 season. Jagonya Ayam with Carlin driver

Tom Blomqvist Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993) is a New Zealand-based, Britain-born Swedish professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver, currently racing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship with Meyer Shank Racing. Blomqvist ...

will also move to the DTM, driving for BMW. *

driver

Antonio Fuoco Antonio Fuoco (born 20 May 1996) is an Italian racing driver who currently serves as a development driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team and is a junior driver for the Competizione GT. He previously competed in Formula 2 for Charouz ...

, who finished fifth in 2014, stepped up to GP3, with Carlin. *

Sean Gelael Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael (born 1 November 1996) is an Indonesian racing driver currently competing with WRT in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He competed in GP2 Series from 2015 to 2016, and the FIA Formula 2 Championship from 2017 ...

( Jagonya Ayam with Carlin),

Nicholas Latifi Nicholas Daniel Latifi (born 29 June 1995) is a Canadian racing driver who last raced for Williams Racing under the Canadian flag in the 2022 Formula One World Championship. Latifi made his Formula One debut at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix a ...

(Prema) and

Roy Nissany Roy Nissany ( he, רוי ניסני; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeli racing driver who is set to compete in the Formula 2 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He is also currently a Formula 1 test driver with Williams Grand Prix Eng ...

(

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) all moved to the

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full-time. Gelael continued with Carlin, Latifi joined

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, and Nissany will be a part of the

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team. * Carlin driver Ed Jones, left the series to compete in the

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, remaining with Carlin.

Team West-Tec Team West-Tec F3 is a motor racing team owned by Gavin Wills and John Miller based in Corby in the United Kingdom, the most successful team in the history of the European F3 Open Championship, it also won two drivers championships in the ASCAR ...

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will also move to Indy Lights, with

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. * Carlin driver

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, who finished seventh in 2014, stepped up to GP2, with

Racing Engineering Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, where all car prepar ...

Team changes

* 2013 and 2014

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champions Motopark will make their debut in the championship.

Calendar

A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 4 December 2014. The series will return to Zandvoort (replacing the

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) after a one-year absence, while the Italian round has been moved from

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to Monza, still supporting the

Italian GT Championship The Italian GT Championship (''Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo'') is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a ...

. On 3 May 2015, was announced that round at

Moscow Raceway Moscow Raceway is an FIA-approved motor racing venue, which is situated in the Volokolamsky District of Moscow Oblast, near the villages of Sheludkovo and Fedyukovo, from Moscow, Russia. It opened on 13 July 2012 for its first event as the fifth ...

will be changed to

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Results

Championship standings

;Scoring system

Drivers' championship

The second and third races at

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(both for safety car incidents) and the third race at

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(rain) were red-flagged after three laps were completed, but before 75% of the scheduled distance in laps, the necessary distance required for a race to pay full points. All three races paid half points to all classified finishers. At Monza, the second race was red-flagged on Lap 14 of 19, with 2:20 remaining in the 35-minute race, as the Safety Car would have resulted in the race ending under caution because of multiple Safety Car periods caused by incidents. The excessive number of incidents during the race resulted in a warning by officials during the drivers' meeting of proper driver conduct before the start of the third race. A start crash involving

and

resulted in officials imposing an ultimatum that drivers be on their best behaviour or the race would be abandoned. On lap six

and Mikkel Jensen collided causing the race to be red-flagged three laps later. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points. Rosenqvist won all three of the Monza races, but expressed frustration with the driving standards on display. At Spielberg, the third race ended due to early torrential rain. (

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

Rookies' Championship

Teams' championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.

Footnotes

References

External links

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