2011 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2011 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 47th Italian Formula Three Championship season. The season began on 15 May on the new for the championship Autodromo di Franciacorta and ended on 16 October at Monza after 16 races held at eight meetings.

With victories at Spa, Vallelunga, Sergio Campana of BVM – Target Racing finished the season as champion, becoming third driver in row to win championship for this team. He finished seventeen points clear of Prema Powerteam driver Michael Lewis, who won rookie championship and three races during the season. Third place went to his teammate and Ferrari Driver Academy driver Raffaele Marciello, who took two victories at Misano and Adria International Raceway. Fourth place in the championship was claimed by another Ferrari Driver Academy driver. BVM – Target Racing's Brandon Maïsano won races at Vallelunga as well as opening round at Franciacorta, while fifth went to double race-winner Edoardo Liberati from Lucidi Motors. Daniel Mancinelli took the other race victory on opening race at Franciacorta for RP Motorsport.

Teams and drivers edit

  • All cars are powered by FPT engines, and will run on Kumho tyres.
Team No. Driver Chassis Status Rounds
  BVM – Target Racing[1] 1   Sergio Campana[1] Dallara F308 All
2   Brandon Maïsano[1] Dallara F308 R All
3   Maxime Jousse[1] Dallara F308 All
  Prema Powerteam 4   Michael Lewis[2] Dallara F308[2] R All
6   Andrea Roda[3] Dallara F308 All
53   Raffaele Marciello[4] Dallara F308[4] R All
  Arco Motorsport[1] 9   Edoardo Liberati[1] Dallara F308 All
23   Facu Regalia[5] Dallara F308 R All
28   Luca Marco Spiga[6] Mygale M10 R 3
  RP Motorsport[1] 16   Daniel Mancinelli[1] Dallara F308 1–4
21   Jesse Krohn[1] Dallara F308 1–2
  Niccolò Schirò[6] 3
  David Fumanelli[7] 4
  Lucidi Motors[8] 19   Victor Guerin[8] Dallara F308 R All
22   Kevin Giovesi[8] Dallara F308 All
24   Eddie Cheever III[8] Dallara F308 R All
  GTR Racing[1] 28   Luca Marco Spiga[1] Mygale M10 R 1–2
  Line Race/CO2 Motorsport[9]
  Island Motorsport[6]
29   Federico Vecchi[1] Dallara F308 R All
31   Edoardo Bacci[10] Dallara F308 R 7
  Downforce Competition[1] 83   Simone Iaquinta[1] Dallara F308 R 1–3
  JD Motorsport 5–8
Icon Status
R Rookie

Race calendar and results edit

  • An eight-round calendar was announced on 21 November 2010.[11]
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1   Autodromo di Franciacorta 15 May   Edoardo Liberati   Maxime Jousse   Daniel Mancinelli   RP Motorsport   Maxime Jousse
R2   Brandon Maïsano   Brandon Maïsano   BVM – Target Racing   Brandon Maïsano
2 R1   Misano World Circuit 4 June   Edoardo Liberati   Edoardo Liberati   Edoardo Liberati   Arco Motorsport   Michael Lewis
R2 5 June   Sergio Campana   Raffaele Marciello   Prema Powerteam   Raffaele Marciello
3 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 16 July   Edoardo Liberati   Sergio Campana   Edoardo Liberati   Arco Motorsport   Facu Regalia
R2 17 July   Sergio Campana   Kevin Giovesi   Lucidi Motors   Brandon Maïsano
4 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 August   Michael Lewis   Raffaele Marciello   Michael Lewis   Prema Powerteam   Michael Lewis
R2 7 August   Michael Lewis   Sergio Campana   BVM – Target Racing   Maxime Jousse
5 R1   Adria International Raceway 4 September   Brandon Maïsano   Raffaele Marciello   Raffaele Marciello   Prema Powerteam   Raffaele Marciello
R2   Facu Regalia   Maxime Jousse   BVM – Target Racing   Maxime Jousse
6 R1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit 17 September   Raffaele Marciello   Sergio Campana   Sergio Campana   BVM – Target Racing   Raffaele Marciello
R2 18 September   Brandon Maïsano   Brandon Maïsano   BVM – Target Racing   Brandon Maïsano
7 R1   Mugello Circuit 1 October   Facu Regalia   Facu Regalia   Michael Lewis   Prema Powerteam   Michael Lewis
R2 2 October   Kevin Giovesi   Kevin Giovesi   Lucidi Motors   Eddie Cheever III
8 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 15 October   Michael Lewis   Michael Lewis   Michael Lewis   Prema Powerteam   Michael Lewis
R2 16 October   Michael Lewis   Victor Guerin   Lucidi Motors   Victor Guerin

Championship standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
Race 1 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1
Race 2 13 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver FRA
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
ADR
 
VLL
 
MUG
 
MZA
 
Total Drop Pts
1   Sergio Campana 14 7 3 3 2 3 4 1 6 6 1 7 4 2 2 5 153 4 149
2   Michael Lewis 10 3 2 6 6 4 1 6 11 Ret 3 6 1 5 1 11 136 136
3   Raffaele Marciello 3 6 10 1 Ret 5 3 4 1 10 2 12 6 6 6 2 123 123
4   Brandon Maïsano 11 1 8 8 4 2 7 3 2 4 6 1 9 9 5 3 118 2 116
5   Edoardo Liberati 4 13 1 7 1 DSQ 14 10 4 8 5 4 2 7 9 4 115 115
6   Maxime Jousse 2 11 5 5 5 Ret 2 2 5 1 12 5 7 10 3 7 112 112
7   Kevin Giovesi 5 4 4 14 7 1 5 9 7 2 4 9 11 1 Ret 6 98 98
8   Victor Guerin 9 2 Ret 12 12 7 9 5 12 3 7 3 3 4 4 1 89 89
9   Eddie Cheever III 6 5 7 2 Ret 6 8 8 3 5 10 8 5 3 Ret Ret 77 77
10   Facu Regalia Ret 14 6 4 3 Ret 6 7 8 Ret 11 2 Ret 8 DNS DNS 55 55
11   Daniel Mancinelli 1 8 Ret 9 9 8 13 13 30 30
12   Andrea Roda 12 12 11 Ret 8 9 11 11 10 7 8 10 12 11 7 9 20 20
13   Simone Iaquinta 8 10 Ret 11 13 12 9 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 8 8 15 15
14   Jesse Krohn 7 9 9 15 8 8
15   Federico Vecchi 13 15 12 10 11 10 12 12 13 9 9 11 Ret 12 10 10 8 8
16   Niccolò Schirò 10 11 1 1
17   Edoardo Bacci 10 13 1 1
18   David Fumanelli 10 Ret 1 1
19   Luca Marco Spiga 15 16 13 13 14 13 0 0
Pos Driver FRA
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
ADR
 
VLL
 
MUG
 
MZA
 
Total Drop Pts
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

Teams' Championship edit

Pos Team FRA
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
ADR
 
VLL
 
MUG
 
MZA
 
Pts
1   BVM – Target Racing 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 3 209
2   Prema Powerteam 3 3 2 1 6 4 1 4 1 7 2 6 1 5 1 2 191
3   Lucidi Motors 5 2 4 2 7 1 5 5 3 2 4 3 3 1 4 1 161
4   Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 4 13 1 4 1 5 6 7 4 8 5 2 2 8 9 4 126
5   RP Motorsport 1 8 9 9 9 9 10 13 33
6   JD Motorsport 9 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 8 8 11
7   Line Race/CO2 Motorsport
  Island Motorsport
13 15 12 10 11 10 12 12 13 9 9 11 10 12 10 10 8
8   Downforce Competition/ARM Competition 8 10 Ret 11 13 13 4
9   GTR Racing 15 16 13 13 0
Pos Team FRA
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
ADR
 
VLL
 
MUG
 
MZA
 
Pts

Rookies' Championship edit

Pos Driver FRA
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
ADR
 
VLL
 
MUG
 
MZA
 
Total Drop Pts
1   Michael Lewis 10 3 2 6 6 4 1 6 11 Ret 3 6 1 5 1 11 162 162
2   Raffaele Marciello 3 6 10 1 Ret 5 3 4 1 10 2 12 6 6 6 2 154 3 151
3   Maxime Jousse 2 11 5 5 5 Ret 2 2 5 1 12 5 7 10 3 7 153 3 150
4   Brandon Maïsano 11 1 8 8 4 2 7 3 2 4 6 1 9 9 5 3 154 8 146
5   Victor Guerin 9 2 Ret 12 12 7 9 5 12 3 7 3 3 4 4 1 128 2 126
6   Eddie Cheever III 6 5 7 2 Ret 6 8 8 3 5 10 8 5 3 Ret Ret 112 112
7   Facu Regalia Ret 14 6 4 3 Ret 6 7 8 Ret 11 2 Ret 8 DNS DNS 88 88
8   Federico Vecchi 13 15 12 10 11 10 12 12 13 9 9 11 Ret 12 10 10 64 64
9   Simone Iaquinta 8 10 Ret 11 13 12 9 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 8 8 52 52
10   Luca Marco Spiga 15 16 13 13 14 13 13 13
11   Edoardo Bacci 10 13 5 5
Pos Driver FRA
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
ADR
 
VLL
 
MUG
 
MZA
 
Total Drop Pts

References edit

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  9. ^ "Line Race e CO2 si uniscono". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
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External links edit