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2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship

The 2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The 2020 season was the fifth and final 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 1 August and ended on 8 November at Silverstone Circuit, after seven triple and quadruple header events for a total of twenty-four races.[1][2] Kaylen Frederick won the drivers' championship ahead of Kush Maini and British driver Louis Foster.[3]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
JHR Developments 5 United States Carter Williams 2, 5, 7
12 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons 7
81 United Kingdom Max Marzorati 2, 5
Fortec Motorsports 7 Brazil Roberto Faria 4–7
18 United Kingdom Jonny Wilkinson 7
34 United Kingdom Frank Bird 4
Carlin 8 United States Kaylen Frederick All
17 Malaysia Nazim Azman All
99 Brazil Guilherme Peixoto 1–2
Chris Dittmann Racing 12 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons 3
25 Argentina Nicolás Varrone 1–2
43 United Kingdom Josh Skelton All
81 United Kingdom Max Marzorati 6–7
90 United Kingdom Alex Fores 4–5
Hitech Grand Prix[4] 13 United States Reece Ushijima All
14 India Kush Maini All
Lanan Racing 21 United Kingdom Josh Mason All
22 United Kingdom Piers Prior All
50 Australia Bart Horsten All
Double R Racing 24 United States Benjamin Pedersen[a] All
26 United Kingdom Louis Foster All
Douglas Motorsport 55 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw All
71 Jordan Manaf Hijjawi All
87 United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss 1–4
Hillspeed 62 United Kingdom Oliver Clarke All
79 Thailand Sasakorn Chaimongkol All
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Race calendar and results

The original calendar was revealed on 14 September 2019.[1] On 14 May 2020 a revised provisional calendar was announced with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.[12] On 11 June 2020, the rescheduled calendar was completed to feature 24 races over seven meetings. The series supported British GT.[13]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire) 		1 August United Kingdom Louis Foster United States Kaylen Frederick United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss[b] Douglas Motorsport
R2 Australia Bart Horsten United Kingdom Piers Prior Lanan Racing
R3 2 August United Kingdom Louis Foster United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
R4 United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
2 R5 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		15 August United States Kaylen Frederick Belgium Ulysse de Pauw United Kingdom Louis Foster Double R Racing
R6 16 August United States Kaylen Frederick Belgium Ulysse de Pauw Douglas Motorsport
R7 India Kush Maini United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
3 R8 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 		29 August United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Belgium Ulysse de Pauw United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Chris Dittmann Racing
R9 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw Malaysia Nazim Azman Carlin
R10 30 August United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons Chris Dittmann Racing
R11 India Kush Maini India Kush Maini India Kush Maini Hitech Grand Prix
4 R12 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		19 September United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
R13 20 September United States Reece Ushijima United Kingdom Louis Foster Double R Racing
R14 United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick India Kush Maini Hitech Grand Prix
5 R15 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 		3 October United Kingdom Louis Foster United Kingdom Louis Foster United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
R16 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw India Kush Maini Hitech Grand Prix
R17 4 October United Kingdom Louis Foster United States Kaylen Frederick United Kingdom Louis Foster Double R Racing
R18 United Kingdom Louis Foster United States Kaylen Frederick Belgium Ulysse de Pauw Douglas Motorsport
6 R19 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 		25 October United States Kaylen Frederick Belgium Ulysse de Pauw United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
R20 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw Malaysia Nazim Azman Carlin
R21 United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
7 R22 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire) 		7 November United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
R23 8 November Thailand Sasakorn Chaimongkol United States Benjamin Pedersen Double R Racing
R24 United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick Carlin
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium Cancelled [c]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one, three and four, 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, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.

Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Races 1, 3 & 4 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 DON1 BRH DON2 SNE DON3 SIL[d] Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United States Kaylen Frederick 8 142 1 1 8 29 1 NC 123 Ret 11 1 124 4 1 121 2 2 1 71 1 1 125 1 499
2 India Kush Maini 14 2 10 2 3 610 3 2 112 3 1 3 104 1 11 12 15 7 9 49 3 3 17 6 448
3 United Kingdom Louis Foster 13 Ret 3 8 1 810 6 4 14 6 3 11 15 11 2 48 1 5 Ret 12 4 5 58 16 396
4 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw 2 112 DSQ 11 18 1 8 3 75 Ret 2 2 96 2 5 27 5 1 2 34 8 Ret 135 15 392
5 Malaysia Nazim Azman 3 12 2 4 10 72 10 11 13 10 8 5 14 3 3 101 11 3 7 11 6 11 34 11 370
6 United Kingdom Josh Skelton 4 101 7 6 6 14 2 6 81 2 6 13 6 14 7 34 Ret 6 Ret 66 10 7 101 7 320
7 Thailand Sasakorn Chaimongkol 5 82 9 7 7 17 12 7 10 4 5 9 11 5 10 16 6 11 4 5 2 9 72 5 318
8 United Kingdom Oliver Clarke 7 71 6 12 14 32 18 9 42 11 12 7 82 15 4 91 7 4 3 9 Ret 6 48 4 310
9 United States Benjamin Pedersen 11 4 12 15 9 55 7 8 61 9 10 6 15 9 Ret 611 3 14 6 21 5 15 12 14 299
10 Australia Bart Horsten 12 3 5 Ret 11 44 14 13 3 7 7 4 13 7 8 8 10 9 11 106 7 8 28 Ret 288
11 United States Reece Ushijima 10 6 15 10 2 152 13 14 2 8 9 8 45 6 9 11 13 10 10 131 Ret DSQ 154 8 244
12 United Kingdom Piers Prior 15 1 11 3 4 132 11 DSQ 133 Ret 14 10 7 Ret 14 5 8 8 Ret 11 12 10 9 12 214
13 United Kingdom Kiern Jewiss 1 131 4 5 5 122 5 5 55 5 4 NC 17 8 211
14 Brazil Roberto Faria 16 5 12 12 18 12 15 5 8 9 4 86 2 152
15 Jordan Manaf Hijjawi 16 Ret 13 13 13 Ret 15 12 16 Ret Ret 12 32 Ret 6 71 4 16 Ret Ret 13 14 14 17 144
16 United Kingdom Josh Mason Ret 152 14 14 12 10 Ret 10 9 12 13 14 21 13 Ret 171 9 Ret Ret 141 11 16 19 13 139
17 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons 1 15 1 Ret 2 18 3 124
18 United States Carter Williams 16 9 17 15 132 14 12 12 6 10 73
19 Brazil Guilherme Peixoto 6 9 8 9 15 Ret 9 67
20 Argentina Nicolás Varrone 9 51 Ret Ret Ret 118 4 58
21 United Kingdom Max Marzorati 17 16 16 16 151 16 17 8 15 14 17 11 Ret 55
22 United Kingdom Alex Fores 15 Ret DSQ 13 14 Ret 13 24
23 United Kingdom Jonny Wilkinson 13 16 9 20
24 United Kingdom Frank Bird Ret 162 10 13
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
OUL DON1 BRH DON2 SNE DON3 SIL[d]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Notes

  1. ^ Benjamin Pedersen is a Danish-American driver competing under an American licence.
  2. ^ Original race winner Kaylen Frederick was penalized for a false start.
  3. ^ Originally scheduled for 18-19 July 2020[1] but was cancelled the COVID-19 pandemic[12]
  4. ^ a b Following an appeal hearing on 15 December 2020, Louis Foster's penalty from Race 2 was overturned, promoting him from 9th to a 5th place finish. He also improved to 3rd place in the final points standings.[14]

References

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  3. ^ "British F3 - Frederick surges to ninth win to secure championship". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-11-08. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  4. ^ "Hitech GP joins BRDC British F3 for 2020 season". June 26, 2020. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Teams & Drivers". BRDC British F3 Championship. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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  8. ^ Allen, Peter (September 8, 2020). "MSV F3 Cup leader Fores to make British F3 debut with CDR". FormulaScout. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "British F3 - Max Marzorati to complete British F3 season with Chris Dittmann Racing". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-10-21. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  10. ^ "British F3 - Fast five set for Silverstone title shootout this weekend". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-11-02. Archived from the original on 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  11. ^ Wood, Elliot (2020-11-04). "Ginetta racer Jonny Wilkinson joins Fortec for BRDC British F3 finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  12. ^ a b "BRDC British F3 Championship – revised 2020 dates announced". BRDC F3 British Championship. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  13. ^ "British F3 - BRDC British F3 completes revised provisional 2020 calendar". BRDC British F3 Championship. 2020-06-11. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  14. ^ "Statement: BRDC F3 final standings amended, Louis Foster third". British F3 Championship. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_BRDC_British_Formula_3_Championship