2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

The 2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England, with one round in Belgium. The 2018 season was the third organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and also featured the 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series. The season commenced at Oulton Park on 31 March and ended on 14 October at Silverstone Circuit, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Lanan Racing	2	Kush Maini^[1]	All
Lanan Racing	21	Josh Mason^[2]	2, 5–8
Hillspeed	3	Ben Hurst^[3]	All
	31	Jusuf Owega^[4]^[5]	2–8
	45	Sasakorn Chaimongkol^[6]	All
Douglas Motorsport	55	Jamie Chadwick^[7]	All
	66	Arvin Esmaeili^[8]	All
	86	Jordan Cane^[9]^[10]	1–4
	86	Max Defourny^[11]	5, 7
Fortec Motorsports	11	Tristan Charpentier^[12]	1–5
	22	Tom Gamble^[13]	All
	33	Manuel Maldonado^[14]	All
	44	Hampus Ericsson^[15]	7–8
Chris Dittmann Racing	12	Ayrton Simmons^[16]	5, 7–8
	19	Harry Webb^[17]	3
	19	Cian Carey^[18]	7
	68	Chia Wing Hoong^[19]	1–2
Carlin	17	Clément Novalak^[20]	1–2, 4, 8
	23	Billy Monger^[21]	All
	38	Jamie Caroline^[22]	5–7
	63	Nicolai Kjærgaard^[23]	All
	88	Sun Yueyang^[24]	All
Double R Racing	24	Krishnaraaj Mahadik^[25]	All
	26	Linus Lundqvist^[26]	All
	28	Pavan Ravishankar^[27]	All

Alexandra Mohnhaupt was initially entered to drive Douglas Motorsport's #86 but did not appear at any rounds due to injury.^[28]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 21 November 2017. The series supported British GT at all events, excluding the finale at Silverstone Circuit. It had one overseas round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.^[29]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	31 March	Clément Novalak	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing
	R2		2 April		Billy Monger	Manuel Maldonado	Fortec Motorsports
	R3		2 April	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Tom Gamble	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Carlin
2	R4	Rockingham (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	28 April	Tom Gamble	Tom Gamble	Tom Gamble	Fortec Motorsports
	R5		29 April		Kush Maini	Kush Maini	Lanan Racing
	R6		29 April	Kush Maini	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing
3	R7	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	26 May	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Linus Lundqvist	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Carlin
	R8		27 May		Kush Maini	Manuel Maldonado	Fortec Motorsports
	R9		27 May	Linus Lundqvist	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing
4	R10	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	9 June	Linus Lundqvist	Kush Maini	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing
	R11		10 June		Tom Gamble	Pavan Ravishankar	Double R Racing
	R12		10 June	Kush Maini	Tom Gamble Kush Maini	Tom Gamble	Fortec Motorsports
5	R13	Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)	21 July	Tom Gamble	Tom Gamble	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing
	R14		22 July		Linus Lundqvist	Jamie Caroline	Carlin
	R15		22 July	Tom Gamble	Tom Gamble	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing
6	R16	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	4 August	Jamie Caroline	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Jamie Caroline	Carlin
	R17		5 August		Billy Monger	Jamie Chadwick	Douglas Motorsport
	R18		5 August	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Carlin
7	R19	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	22 September	Billy Monger	Jamie Caroline	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Carlin
	R20		23 September		Billy Monger	Sun Yueyang	Carlin
	R21		23 September	Billy Monger	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Nicolai Kjærgaard	Carlin
8	R22	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	13 October	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Linus Lundqvist	Double R Racing
	R23		14 October		Tom Gamble	Joshua Mason	Lanan Racing
	R24		14 October	Race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions^[30]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and three, with the second race awarding points to only the top 15. Race two, which reversed the order of the race one finishers, providing they set a lap time within 103% of the fastest driver, will be awarded extra points for positions gained from drivers' respective starting positions.

Races	Position, points per race
Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Races 1 & 3	35	29	24	21	19	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 2	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Notes

¹ ² ³ refers to positions gained and thus extra points earned during race two.

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	OUL			ROC			SNE			SIL			SPA			BRH			DON			SIL^{[N 1]}			Pts
1	Linus Lundqvist	1	8⁸	5	2	3⁷	1	3	4¹¹	1	1	6¹¹	2	1	8¹⁰	1	2	11³	3	8	Ret	11	1	16	C	531
2	Nicolai Kjærgaard	2	4¹¹	1	Ret	2¹¹	2	1	Ret	2	6	4⁸	4	5	12¹	Ret	3	9⁴	1	1	10⁸	1	Ret	17	C	446
3	Kush Maini	9	5³	3	7	1⁴	3	2	14²	3	2	14²	3	7	10⁷	11	6	3⁷	6	5	Ret	15	11	6	C	366
4	Krishnaraaj Mahadik	5	Ret	9	4	4⁴	6	10	2⁶	11	9	17	10	3	6⁹	8	7	2⁷	8	3	5¹¹	2	6	11	C	358
5	Tom Gamble	4	6⁷	2	1	5⁶	DSQ	8	Ret	16	10	3⁵	1	2	Ret	2	9	8	4	12	DSQ	16	2	15	C	346
6	Billy Monger	3	9⁵	8	14	7⁵	Ret	7	9²	6	8	7³	17	6	13	3	4	13	5	4	14¹	3	3	14	C	301
7	Manuel Maldonado	11	1⁵	10	5	6¹	4	17	1	14	12	16	7	4	11³	4	8	7¹	7	7	Ret	8	4	13	C	292
8	Jamie Chadwick	8	3⁶	7	9	10	Ret	13	13	7	5	9⁴	13	12	5²	12	12	1³	11	10	12	4	9	8	C	260
9	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	10	11	11	13	15	8	11	3⁴	9	14	10	14	10	2⁷	10	10	4²	10	18	4³	10	10	7	C	242
10	Sun Yueyang	6	13	Ret	6	11	7	9	12	12	13	2³	11	9	7³	9	5	12	13	20	1	9	12	5	C	240
11	Jusuf Owega				8	16	Ret	12	6	10	7	15	8	8	9²	5	11	6	9	9	Ret	12	7	10	C	187
12	Tristan Charpentier	16	2	6	DNS	12⁷	DNS	6	10²	4	11	5²	9	16	3	7										166
13	Jamie Caroline													11	1⁷	6	1	Ret	2	2	8⁹	DSQ				164
14	Jordan Cane	7	Ret	WD	3	8¹	5	4	Ret	8	3	8⁷	5													159
15	Pavan Ravishankar	13	14	12	11	17	Ret	14	7	13	17	1	12	13	17	15	13	10	14	15	2¹	13	Ret	18	C	153
16	Ben Hurst	15	12	14	12	19	10	16	8	15	16	13	16	17	14	13	16	Ret	12	17	13⁶	17	15	2	C	137
17	Arvin Esmaeili	14	10	13	Ret	13¹	Ret	15	5	17	15	12	15	15	16	14	14	5	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	14	3	C	122
18	Clément Novalak	Ret	7¹⁰	4	Ret	9⁶	DSQ				4	11³	6										13	4	C	120
19	Ayrton Simmons													18	4	Ret				6	6⁷	7	5	12	C	88
20	Josh Mason				Ret	18	9							14	15	Ret	15	14²	15	16	7	14	16	1	C	82
21	Hampus Ericsson																			13	3²	5	8	9	C	64
22	Harry Webb							5	11²	5																45
23	Max Defourny													Ret	DNS	DNS				11	11	6				32
24	Chia Wing Hoong	12	Ret	Ret	10	14	DSQ																			22
25	Cian Carey																			19	9¹¹	Ret				20

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes

^ Race 2 at Silverstone was red-flagged after 2 laps and was not resumed due to adverse weather conditions. Due to regulations full points were awarded. The conditions also forced a cancellation of Race 3.^[31]

References

^ "Kush Maini to race in BRDC British F3 with Lanan Racing". 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^ Jackson, Connor (14 November 2017). "JOSHUA MASON BECOMES FIRST 2018 BRDC F3 SIGNING". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ "Formula Ford racer Ben Hurst joins Hillspeed for British F3 graduation". 8 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "German karting graduate Jusuf Owega joins Hillspeed for 2018 BRDC British F3". 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "Hillspeed youngster Owega: "I'm really looking forward to getting started"". 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Hillspeed confirms Sasakorn Chaimongkol for 2018 BRDC British F3". 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Jamie Chadwick announces second season in BRDC British F3". Motorsport Radio. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Arvin Esmaeili Joins Douglas Motorsport F3 Team". Douglas Motorsport. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^ "Jordan Cane returns to Douglas Motorsport for Oulton Park". 29 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Jordan Cane confirms another season in British F3". Motorsport Radio. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ Wood, Elliot. "Max Defourny makes British F3 move for Spa after Eurocup exit". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Tristan Charpentier announced at Fortec Motorsport in BRDC British F3". Motorsport Radio. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Fortec Motorsports signs Ginetta Junior Champion Tom Gamble for 2018 BRDC British F3 Championship". 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "Manuel Maldonado confirmed for a second season in British F3". Motorsport Radio. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Hampus Ericsson moves up to BRDC British F3 with Fortec". BRDC British F3 Championship. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ "Ayrton Simmons joins BRDC British F3 with Chris Dittmann Racing". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ "Harry Webb moves up to British F3 with Chris Dittmann Racing". 9 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ "Cian Carey Switches F3's to make BRDC Debut in Donington". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ "Malaysian Chia Wing Hoong joins Chris Dittmann Racing for Oulton Park". 28 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ "Clement Novalak to contest both Formula Renault Eurocup and British F3". 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ Waring, Bethonie (27 March 2018). "MONGER GIVEN ALL CLEAR FOR RACING RETURN AT F3 OPENER". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ Wood, Elliot (21 July 2018). "Tom Gamble takes British F3 pole in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 July 2018. Jamie Caroline had a disappointing return to the Carlin team, having won the British Formula 4 title with them last year, qualifying a lowly 14th.
^ "Carlin confirm Nicolai Kjaergaard as first driver for 2018 season". 7 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ Jackson, Connor (15 January 2018). "SUN YUE YANG MOVES TO BRDC F3 WITH CARLIN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ Jackson, Connor (7 March 2018). "Krishnaraaj Mahadik returns to Double R Racing in British F3". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ "Swedish star Lundqvist steps up to BRDC British F3 with Double R Racing". 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Double R Racing completes British F3 line-up with Singaporean racer Pavan Ravishankar". britishf3.com. Motorsport Vision. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ Radio, Motorsport (28 February 2018). "Alexandra Mohnhaupt joins BRDC British F3 with Douglas Motorsport". Motorsport Radio. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ Jackson, Connor (21 November 2017). "TWO SILVERSTONE ROUNDS AND GT SUPPORT FOR BRDC F3 IN 2018". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ "Silverstone Race Three Called Off Due to Weather". britishf3.com. British F3 Championship. 14 October 2018.
^ "Silverstone Race Two Abandoned Due to Adverse Conditions - Mason Declared Winner". britishf3.com. British F3 Championship. 14 October 2018.

External links

Official website

[SIL_2-32] Race 2 at Silverstone was red-flagged after 2 laps and was not resumed due to adverse weather conditions. Due to regulations full points were awarded. The conditions also forced a cancellation of Race 3.^[31]

[1] "Kush Maini to race in BRDC British F3 with Lanan Racing". 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[2] Jackson, Connor (14 November 2017). "JOSHUA MASON BECOMES FIRST 2018 BRDC F3 SIGNING". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

[3] "Formula Ford racer Ben Hurst joins Hillspeed for British F3 graduation". 8 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[4] "German karting graduate Jusuf Owega joins Hillspeed for 2018 BRDC British F3". 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[5] "Hillspeed youngster Owega: "I'm really looking forward to getting started"". 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[6] "Hillspeed confirms Sasakorn Chaimongkol for 2018 BRDC British F3". 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[7] "Jamie Chadwick announces second season in BRDC British F3". Motorsport Radio. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[8] "Arvin Esmaeili Joins Douglas Motorsport F3 Team". Douglas Motorsport. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[9] "Jordan Cane returns to Douglas Motorsport for Oulton Park". 29 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[10] "Jordan Cane confirms another season in British F3". Motorsport Radio. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[11] Wood, Elliot. "Max Defourny makes British F3 move for Spa after Eurocup exit". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[12] "Tristan Charpentier announced at Fortec Motorsport in BRDC British F3". Motorsport Radio. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[13] "Fortec Motorsports signs Ginetta Junior Champion Tom Gamble for 2018 BRDC British F3 Championship". 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[14] "Manuel Maldonado confirmed for a second season in British F3". Motorsport Radio. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[15] "Hampus Ericsson moves up to BRDC British F3 with Fortec". BRDC British F3 Championship. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[16] "Ayrton Simmons joins BRDC British F3 with Chris Dittmann Racing". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[17] "Harry Webb moves up to British F3 with Chris Dittmann Racing". 9 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[18] "Cian Carey Switches F3's to make BRDC Debut in Donington". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[19] "Malaysian Chia Wing Hoong joins Chris Dittmann Racing for Oulton Park". 28 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

[20] "Clement Novalak to contest both Formula Renault Eurocup and British F3". 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[21] Waring, Bethonie (27 March 2018). "MONGER GIVEN ALL CLEAR FOR RACING RETURN AT F3 OPENER". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

[22] Wood, Elliot (21 July 2018). "Tom Gamble takes British F3 pole in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 July 2018. Jamie Caroline had a disappointing return to the Carlin team, having won the British Formula 4 title with them last year, qualifying a lowly 14th.

[23] "Carlin confirm Nicolai Kjaergaard as first driver for 2018 season". 7 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[24] Jackson, Connor (15 January 2018). "SUN YUE YANG MOVES TO BRDC F3 WITH CARLIN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[25] Jackson, Connor (7 March 2018). "Krishnaraaj Mahadik returns to Double R Racing in British F3". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

[26] "Swedish star Lundqvist steps up to BRDC British F3 with Double R Racing". 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[27] "Double R Racing completes British F3 line-up with Singaporean racer Pavan Ravishankar". britishf3.com. Motorsport Vision. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

[28] Radio, Motorsport (28 February 2018). "Alexandra Mohnhaupt joins BRDC British F3 with Douglas Motorsport". Motorsport Radio. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[29] Jackson, Connor (21 November 2017). "TWO SILVERSTONE ROUNDS AND GT SUPPORT FOR BRDC F3 IN 2018". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

[Race23-30] "Silverstone Race Three Called Off Due to Weather". britishf3.com. British F3 Championship. 14 October 2018.

[31] "Silverstone Race Two Abandoned Due to Adverse Conditions - Mason Declared Winner". britishf3.com. British F3 Championship. 14 October 2018.

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