The FIA Formula 3 International Trophy was a

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-sanctioned international

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series that ran in 2011 for

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cars. The Trophy was the first international Formula Three series since the demise of the European Formula Three Championship in 1984, and was created to increase the appeal of the category, which had seen the various F3 championships suffer from falling grid sizes. The trophy comprised three existing events for Formula Three cars, the

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and

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, and one event from both the

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and

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. Drivers registered in any of the national F3 series were eligible to enter the contest, and they competed alongside the drivers entered into the individual events. After one season, which was won by Spanish driver

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, the Trophy was replaced by the

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for 2012.

Season summary

The series began at

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on 30 April, and finished on 20 November at the

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after five meetings.

was crowned champion after Masters of F3 meeting at Zandvoort. German driver

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finished as runner-up despite driving as guest driver in the first meeting of the season, in Hockenheim. If he had participated as championship driver in these meeting, he would have been crowned champion, because he scored 36 points in these meeting(which did not count for the championship) and he finished 32-point away from

. Spaniard

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finished in third place after winning

Teams and drivers

Four teams registered for the championships; Prema Powerteam, Signature and Motopark Academy from the Formula 3 Euro Series and Carlin from British Formula 3. Guest entries were allowed; all raced in one or two European rounds and/or Macau.

Race calendar

The provisional six-round calendar included the

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, but this was cancelled three weeks before the event.

Results

The F3 International Trophy took on the same scoring system used in

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and other FIA Championships, with points awarded to the top ten finishers.

References

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Season summary

Teams and drivers

Race calendar

Results

See also

References