# 2013 British Formula 3 International Series

The 2013 Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series season was the 63rd British Formula Three Championship season. The series, promoted by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, began on 25 May at Silverstone and ended on 22 September at the Nürburgring after twelve races to be held at four meetings. The championship was won by Jordan King.

## Regulation changes

After all races awarded equal championship points during the 2012 season, the 2013 season saw the re-introduction of fewer points awarded to drivers in the second race. The first and third races awarded points using the same system as used in Formula One – with twenty-five points for the winner, down to one point for tenth place – with the reverse-grid race offering twelve points for the winner down to half a point for tenth place.
A five-race "mini-series" for older-specification Formula Three cars was also scheduled to be introduced for the 2013 season, after only two drivers competed in a full-season campaign in the Rookie class, in 2012. However, with the championship realignment in January 2013, older-specification cars were able to compete at every meeting.

## Drivers and teams

| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| International Class ||||||
| Carlin | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen | 1 | Nicholas Latifi | All |
| Carlin | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen | 2 | Jordan King | All |
| Carlin | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen | 21 | Jann Mardenborough | All |
| Carlin | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen | 22 | Jazeman Jaafar | 3 |
| Carlin | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen | 31 | Zhi Cong Li | 3 |
| Fortec Motorsport | Dallara F312 | Mercedes HWA | 3 | William Buller | All |
| Fortec Motorsport | Dallara F312 | Mercedes HWA | 4 | Félix Serrallés | 1 |
| Fortec Motorsport | Dallara F312 | Mercedes HWA | 23 | Felipe Guimarães | All |
| Fortec Motorsport | Dallara F312 | Mercedes HWA | 24 | Alfonso Celis Jr. | 4 |
| Double R Racing | Dallara F312 | Mercedes HWA | 7 | Sean Gelael | All |
| Double R Racing | Dallara F312 | Mercedes HWA | 8 | Antonio Giovinazzi | All |
| Double R Racing | Dallara F312 | Mercedes HWA | 16 | Tatiana Calderón | All |
| Threebond with T-Sport | Dallara F312 | ThreeBond Nissan | 15 | Spike Goddard | 4 |
| National Class ||||||
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F312 | Toyota | 50 | Roberto La Rocca | 1 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F312 | Toyota | 53 | Chris Vlok | All |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F312 | Toyota | 55 | Huan Zhu | 1 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F312 | Toyota | 58 | Jordan Oon | 2 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F312 | Toyota | 81 | Ed Jones | 1, 3 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F308 | Toyota | 56 | William Barbosa | 4 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F308 | Toyota | 66 | Cameron Twynham | 1, 3 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F308 | Toyota | 77 | Sean Walkinshaw | 1 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | Dallara F308 | Toyota | 88 | Liam Venter | 1 |
| CF Racing | Dallara F311 | Mugen-Honda | 87 | Sun Zheng | All |
| National B Class ||||||
| Mark Bailey Racing | Dallara F306 | Toyota | 82 | Alice Powell | 1 |
| Invitation Entries ||||||
| Performance Racing Europe | Dallara F310-003 | Volkswagen | 51 | John Bryant-Meisner | 1 |

### Driver changes

* Sun Zheng will join CF Racing for 2013 after competed China Touring Car Championship and Audi R8 LMS Cup in 2012 season.

## Race calendar and results

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 28 July 2012. This was later revised down to nine rounds – with series organisers SRO open to the addition of a tenth meeting – on 18 December 2012. In January 2013, SRO reduced the calendar yet further, to just four triple-header meetings; two events in the United Kingdom and two overseas, in Belgium and Germany.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | National winner |
| 1 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | 25 May | John Bryant-Meisner | Nicholas Latifi | John Bryant-Meisner | Performance Racing Europe | Ed Jones |
| 1 | R2 | Silverstone Circuit | 26 May | | William Buller | Antonio Giovinazzi | Double R Racing | Ed Jones |
| 1 | R3 | Silverstone Circuit | 26 May | John Bryant-Meisner | William Buller | John Bryant-Meisner | Performance Racing Europe | Ed Jones |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 26 July | Nicholas Latifi | William Buller | William Buller | Fortec Motorsports | Sun Zheng |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 26 July | | William Buller | Jordan King | Carlin | Sun Zheng |
| 2 | R3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 27 July | Nicholas Latifi | Sean Gelael | Antonio Giovinazzi | Double R Racing | Sun Zheng |
| 3 | R1 | Brands Hatch | 10 August | Jazeman Jaafar | William Buller | Jazeman Jaafar | Carlin | Sun Zheng |
| 3 | R2 | Brands Hatch | 11 August | | William Buller | Felipe Guimarães | Fortec Motorsports | Ed Jones |
| 3 | R3 | Brands Hatch | 11 August | Jazeman Jaafar | Jordan King | Jazeman Jaafar | Carlin | Ed Jones |
| 4 | R1 | Nürburgring | 21 September | Jordan King | Jordan King | Jordan King | Carlin | Sun Zheng |
| 4 | R2 | Nürburgring | 21 September | | Felipe Guimarães | Felipe Guimarães | Fortec Motorsports | Chris Vlok |
| 4 | R3 | Nürburgring | 22 September | Jordan King | William Buller | Jordan King | Carlin | Sun Zheng |

### Notes

* ↑ Fastest lap recorded by John Bryant-Meisner, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

## Championship standings

International class :
| Pos | Driver | SIL | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | SPA | BRH | BRH | BRH | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | Pts |
| 1 | Jordan King | Ret | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 176 |
| 2 | Antonio Giovinazzi | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 3 | 135 |
| 3 | William Buller | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 2 | 134 |
| 4 | Felipe Guimarães | 3 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 109 |
| 5 | Nicholas Latifi | 14 | 5 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 97 |
| 6 | Jann Mardenborough | NC | 10 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 85 |
| 7 | Tatiana Calderón | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 79 |
| 8 | Sean Gelael | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 78 |
| 9 | Jazeman Jaafar | | | | | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | 58 |
| 10 | Félix Serrallés | 13 | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 11 | Alfonso Celis Jr. | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 12 | Spike Goddard | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
| 13 | Zhi Cong Li | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 10 | | | | 7 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||||||
| | John Bryant-Meisner | 1 | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | — |
| National Class |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Sun Zheng | 8 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 9 | 205 |
| 2 | Chris Vlok | Ret | 16 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 121 |
| 3 | Ed Jones | 7 | 11 | 10 | | | | Ret | 8 | 8 | | | | 103 |
| 4 | Cameron Twynham | 9 | 13 | 12 | | | | 10 | 13 | 9 | | | | 82 |
| 5 | Jordan Oon | | | | 7 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | 45 |
| 6 | William Barbosa | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Roberto La Rocca | 10 | 12 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 8 | Liam Venter | 11 | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | 23 |
| 9 | Sean Walkinshaw | 15 | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 10 | Huan Zhu | 12 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 19 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||||||
| | Alice Powell | Ret | 19 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | — |
| Pos | Driver | SIL | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | SPA | BRH | BRH | BRH | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | Pts |
| 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |