# 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

The 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was the first edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. It began at Hockenheim on 28 April, and finished on 21 October at the same venue after ten meetings, held jointly with the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula Three Championship.

## Prize tests

The top drivers in the final championship standings will be rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers will receive a two-day test in a Formula Two car. As well as that, the champion will receive a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, and the runner-up will receive a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test.

## Drivers and teams

* Numbers used at Euro Series events listed; numbers used at races run to British Formula Three Championship regulations displayed in tooltips.
| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Prema Powerteam | F312/005 | Mercedes-Benz | 1 | Daniel Juncadella | All |
| Prema Powerteam | F312/014 | Mercedes-Benz | 2 | Sven Müller | All |
| Prema Powerteam | F312/015 | Mercedes-Benz | 14 | Michael Lewis | All |
| Prema Powerteam | F312/030 | Mercedes-Benz | 15 | Raffaele Marciello | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | F312/020 | Mercedes-Benz | 5 | Felix Rosenqvist | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | F312/023 | Mercedes-Benz | 6 | Pascal Wehrlein | All |
| Jo Zeller Racing | F312/044 | Mercedes-Benz | 8 | Andrea Roda | All |
| URD Rennsport | F312/011 | Mercedes-Benz | 9 | Lucas Wolf | 1, 3–10 |
| GU-Racing | F312/019 | Mercedes-Benz | 10 | Philip Ellis | 1, 4–5 |
| Carlin | F312/040 | Volkswagen | 11 | William Buller | 1, 3–5, 7–10 |
| Carlin | F312/004 | Volkswagen | 12 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | All |
| ma-con Motorsport | F312/045 | Volkswagen | 16 | Tom Blomqvist | All |
| ma-con Motorsport | F312/046 | Volkswagen | 17 | Emil Bernstorff | All |
| Angola Racing Team | F312/039 | Mercedes-Benz | 23 | Luís Sá Silva | 1, 3–10 |
| Entries ineligible for championship points ||||||
| Jo Zeller Racing | F308/044 | Mercedes-Benz | 7 | Sandro Zeller | All |
| Carlin | F312/010 | Volkswagen | 30 | Harry Tincknell | 2–3, 5–6 |
| Carlin | F312/002 | Volkswagen | 34 | Jazeman Jaafar | 2–7 |
| Carlin | F312/001 | Volkswagen | 39 | Jack Harvey | 2, 5–6 |
| Carlin | F312/016 | Volkswagen | 40 | Pietro Fantin | 2, 5–6 |
| Carlin | F312/016 | Volkswagen | 44 | Felipe Nasr | 10 |
| Carlin | F312/040 | Volkswagen | 71 | Richard Bradley | 6 |
| Fortec Motorsports | F312/002 | Mercedes-Benz | 31 | Hannes van Asseldonk | 1–2, 5–6 |
| Fortec Motorsports | F312/007 | Mercedes-Benz | 32 | Félix Serrallés | 1–2, 5–6, 10 |
| Fortec Motorsports | F312/036 | Mercedes-Benz | 33 | Alex Lynn | 1–2, 5–6, 10 |
| Fortec Motorsports | F312/0003 | Mercedes-Benz | 38 | Pipo Derani | 2, 5–6, 10 |
| Double R Racing | F312/043 | Mercedes-Benz | 35 | Geoff Uhrhane | 2–3, 5–6 |
| Double R Racing | F312/009 | Mercedes-Benz | 36 | Fahmi Ilyas | 2–3, 5–6 |
| Double R Racing | F308/054 | Mugen-Honda | 37 | Duvashen Padayachee | 2, 5–6 |
| ThreeBond with T-Sport | F312/008 | ThreeBond Nissan | 41 | Nick McBride | 2, 5–6 |
| ThreeBond with T-Sport | F308/025 | Mugen-Honda | 42 | Spike Goddard | 2, 5–7 |
| ThreeBond with T-Sport | F312/008 | ThreeBond Nissan | 43 | Alexander Sims | 7 |
| ThreeBond with T-Sport | F311 | Mugen-Honda | 44 | Pedro Pablo Calbimonte | 6 |
| CF Racing | F311 | Mugen-Honda | 43 | Adderly Fong | 6 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | F312/051 | Volkswagen | 50 | Lucas Auer | 10 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | F312/052 | Volkswagen | 51 | Dennis van de Laar | 10 |

## Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 15 March 2012; made up of seven rounds at Formula 3 Euro Series events, two British Formula 3 events at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps, with the Norisring round being run as a championship round in both series.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 28 April | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Daniel Juncadella | Daniel Juncadella | Prema Powerteam |
| 1 | R2 | Hockenheimring | 29 April | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Daniel Juncadella | Prema Powerteam |
| 2 | R1 | Pau Circuit | 12 May | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam |
| 2 | R2 | Pau Circuit | 13 May | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam |
| 3 | R1 | Brands Hatch | 19 May | Daniel Juncadella | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam |
| 3 | R2 | Brands Hatch | 20 May | Daniel Juncadella | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam |
| 4 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 2 June | William Buller | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam |
| 4 | R2 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 3 June | Felix Rosenqvist | Daniel Juncadella | Daniel Juncadella | Prema Powerteam |
| 5 | R1 | Norisring | 30 June | Raffaele Marciello | Raffaele Marciello | No winner | No winner |
| 5 | R2 | Norisring | 1 July | Pascal Wehrlein | Hannes van Asseldonk | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 27 July | Félix Serrallés | Félix Serrallés | Félix Serrallés | Fortec Motorsports |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 28 July | Félix Serrallés | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Carlin |
| 7 | R1 | Nürburgring | 18 August | Daniel Juncadella | Daniel Juncadella | Daniel Juncadella | Prema Powerteam |
| 7 | R2 | Nürburgring | 19 August | Daniel Juncadella | Alexander Sims | Pascal Wehrlein | Mücke Motorsport |
| 8 | R1 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 25 August | Sven Müller | Felix Rosenqvist | Felix Rosenqvist | Mücke Motorsport |
| 8 | R2 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 26 August | Sven Müller | Daniel Juncadella | Daniel Juncadella | Prema Powerteam |
| 9 | R1 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 29 September | Raffaele Marciello | Daniel Juncadella | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam |
| 9 | R2 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 30 September | Daniel Juncadella | Felix Rosenqvist | Felix Rosenqvist | Mücke Motorsport |
| 10 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 20 October | Felix Rosenqvist | Felix Rosenqvist | Felix Rosenqvist | Mücke Motorsport |
| 10 | R2 | Hockenheimring | 21 October | Felix Rosenqvist | Pascal Wehrlein | Felix Rosenqvist | Mücke Motorsport |
Notes
* ↑ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.
* ↑ Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place.

## Championship standings

The second race at the Norisring was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers only awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.
| Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | PAU | PAU | BRH | BRH | RBR | RBR | NOR | NOR | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | ZAN | ZAN | VAL | VAL | HOC | HOC | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| 1 | Daniel Juncadella | 1 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | DSQ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 252 |
| 2 | Raffaele Marciello | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 228.5 |
| 3 | Felix Rosenqvist | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 192 |
| 4 | Pascal Wehrlein | Ret | 8 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 179 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 5 | Ret | 19 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 11 | 161 |
| 6 | William Buller | 4 | 6 | | | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | | | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 137 |
| 7 | Tom Blomqvist | 7 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 117 |
| 8 | Sven Müller | 15 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 109 |
| 9 | Michael Lewis | 9 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 101 |
| 10 | Emil Bernstorff | 11 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 66 |
| 11 | Lucas Wolf | 8 | 15 | | | Ret | 13 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 22 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 19 |
| 12 | Andrea Roda | Ret | 14 | 19 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 8 |
| 13 | Luís Sá Silva | 13 | 13 | | | DNS | DNS | 12 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 7 |
| 14 | Philip Ellis | 14 | 16 | | | | | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Drivers ineligible for points. |||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Félix Serrallés | Ret | 9 | 8 | 19 | | | | | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| | Jazeman Jaafar | | | 2 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 10 | 18 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alex Lynn | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | | | | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | Ret | 3 | 0 |
| | Jack Harvey | | | 5 | 8 | | | | | 14 | Ret | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pietro Fantin | | | 14 | 12 | | | | | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Hannes van Asseldonk | 5 | 7 | 11 | Ret | | | | | 20 | 5 | 23 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pipo Derani | | | Ret | 5 | | | | | Ret | 21 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | 0 |
| | Harry Tincknell | | | 7 | Ret | Ret | 6 | | | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Lucas Auer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Ret | 0 |
| | Alexander Sims | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Sandro Zeller | 12 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| | Fahmi Ilyas | | | 9 | 15 | 9 | 15 | | | Ret | 12 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Spike Goddard | | | 17 | 20 | | | | | 17 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Geoff Uhrhane | | | 16 | 18 | 12 | 12 | | | 12 | Ret | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Nick McBride | | | 15 | 14 | | | | | 13 | 15 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Dennis van de Laar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 16 | 0 |
| | Duvashen Padayachee | | | DNS | 17 | | | | | 21 | 20 | 25 | 24 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Adderly Fong | | | | | | | | | | | 27 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Richard Bradley | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pedro Pablo Calbimonte | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | 22 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Felipe Nasr | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | PAU | PAU | BRH | BRH | RBR | RBR | NOR | NOR | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | ZAN | ZAN | VAL | VAL | HOC | HOC | | 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) |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.