# FIA Formula 3 International Trophy

The FIA Formula 3 International Trophy was a FIA-sanctioned international formula series that ran in 2011 for Formula Three cars. The Trophy was the first international Formula Three series since the demise of the European Formula Three Championship in 1984, and was created to increase the appeal of the category, which had seen the various F3 championships suffer from falling grid sizes.
The trophy comprised three existing events for Formula Three cars, the Pau Grand Prix, Masters of Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix, and one event from both the British F3 and Formula 3 Euro Series. Drivers registered in any of the national F3 series were eligible to enter the contest, and they competed alongside the drivers entered into the individual events.
After one season, which was won by Spanish driver Roberto Merhi, the Trophy was replaced by the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for 2012.

## Season summary

The series began at Hockenheim on 30 April, and finished on 20 November at the Guia Circuit after five meetings. Roberto Merhi was crowned champion after Masters of F3 meeting at Zandvoort. German driver Marco Wittmann finished as runner-up despite driving as guest driver in the first meeting of the season, in Hockenheim. If he had participated as championship driver in these meeting, he would have been crowned champion, because he scored 36 points in these meeting(which did not count for the championship) and he finished 32-point away from Roberto Merhi. Spaniard Daniel Juncadella finished in third place after winning Macau Grand Prix.

## Teams and drivers

Four teams registered for the championships; Prema Powerteam, Signature and Motopark Academy from the Formula 3 Euro Series and Carlin from British Formula 3. Guest entries were allowed; all raced in one or two European rounds and/or Macau.
| Team | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Registered entries |||||
| Carlin | Carlos Huertas | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | All |
| Carlin | Jazeman Jaafar | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | All |
| Motopark Academy | Kimiya Sato | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 1–2, 4–5 |
| Prema Powerteam | Daniel Juncadella | Dallara F309 | Mercedes HWA | All |
| Prema Powerteam | Roberto Merhi | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | All |
| Signature | Daniel Abt | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | All |
| Signature | Carlos Muñoz | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | All |
| Signature | Laurens Vanthoor | Dallara F309 | Volkswagen | All |
| Signature | Marco Wittmann | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 2–5 |
| Guest entries, ineligible for Trophy points |||||
| Carlin | Richard Bradley | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 2 |
| Carlin | Tom Dillmann | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 1 |
| Carlin | Jack Harvey | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 3 |
| Carlin | Kevin Magnussen | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 3–5 |
| Carlin | Felipe Nasr | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 3, 5 |
| Carlin | Rupert Svendsen-Cook | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 3–4 |
| Double R Racing | Marko Asmer | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 2–3, 5 |
| Double R Racing | Valtteri Bottas | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 5 |
| Double R Racing | Luís Felipe Derani | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 2–3 |
| Double R Racing | Mitch Evans | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 5 |
| Double R Racing | Scott Pye | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 3 |
| Fortec Motorsport | William Buller | Dallara F311 | Mercedes HWA | 3, 5 |
| Fortec Motorsport | Lucas Foresti | Dallara F311 | Mercedes HWA | 3, 5 |
| Fortec Motorsport | Fahmi Ilyas | Dallara F311 | Mercedes HWA | 3 |
| Fortec Motorsport | Harry Tincknell | Dallara F311 | Mercedes HWA | 3 |
| Hitech Racing | Pietro Fantin | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 3, 5 |
| Hitech Racing | António Félix da Costa | Dallara F310 | Volkswagen | 5 |
| Hitech Racing | Kotaro Sakurai | Dallara F305 | Mugen-Honda | 3 |
| Hitech Racing | Hannes van Asseldonk | Dallara F310 | Volkswagen | 5 |
| Jo Zeller Racing | Sandro Zeller | Dallara F306 | Mercedes HWA | 1 |
| Motopark Academy | Tom Dillmann | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 2 |
| Motopark Academy | Jimmy Eriksson | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 1, 4–5 |
| Motopark Academy | Gianmarco Raimondo | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 1 |
| Mücke Motorsport | Lucas Foresti | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 4 |
| Mücke Motorsport | Nigel Melker | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 1, 4 |
| Mücke Motorsport | Felix Rosenqvist | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 1, 4–5 |
| Mücke Motorsport | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 5 |
| Prema Powerteam | Raffaele Marciello | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 3 |
| Prema Powerteam | Luís Felipe Derani | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 4 |
| Signature | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Dallara F309 | Volkswagen | 5 |
| Signature | Marco Wittmann | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 1 |
| Sino Vision Racing | Adderly Fong | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 3, 5 |
| Sino Vision Racing | Hywel Lloyd | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA | 3, 5 |
| STAR Racing Team | Kuba Giermaziak | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 1 |
| ThreeBond Racing | Hironobu Yasuda | Dallara F309 | Nissan | 5 |
| Toda Racing | Hideki Yamauchi | Dallara F308 | Honda | 5 |
| TOM'S | Richard Bradley | Dallara F308 | Toyota | 5 |
| TOM'S | Alexander Sims | Dallara F308 | Toyota | 5 |
| T-Sport | Yann Cunha | Dallara F311 | Volkswagen | 3 |
| T-Sport | Bart Hylkema | Dallara F311 | Volkswagen | 3 |
| T-Sport | Menasheh Idafar | Dallara F311 | Volkswagen | 3 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | Richie Stanaway | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 5 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | Hannes van Asseldonk | Dallara F308 | Volkswagen | 3 |

## Race calendar

The provisional six-round calendar included the Korea Super Prix, but this was cancelled three weeks before the event.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Event |
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 30 April | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Prema Powerteam | F3 Euro Series |
| 1 | R2 | Hockenheimring | 1 May | Marco Wittmann | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Prema Powerteam | F3 Euro Series |
| 2 | 2 | Pau Circuit | 22 May | Marco Wittmann | Marco Wittmann | Marco Wittmann | Signature | Pau Grand Prix |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 29 July | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Prema Powerteam | Spa 24 Hours/British F3 |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 30 July | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Roberto Merhi | Prema Powerteam | Spa 24 Hours/British F3 |
| 4 | 4 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 14 August | Roberto Merhi | Felix Rosenqvist | Felix Rosenqvist | Mücke Motorsport | Masters of Formula 3 |
| 5 | R1 | Guia Circuit | 19 November | Marco Wittmann | Roberto Merhi | Marco Wittmann | Signature | Macau Grand Prix |
| 5 | R2 | Guia Circuit | 20 November | Marco Wittmann | Marco Wittmann | Daniel Juncadella | Prema Powerteam | Macau Grand Prix |

## Results

The F3 International Trophy took on the same scoring system used in Formula One and other FIA Championships, with points awarded to the top ten finishers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | PAU | SPA | SPA | ZAN | MAC | MAC | Points |
| 1 | Roberto Merhi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | Ret | 133 |
| 2 | Marco Wittmann | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 101 |
| 3 | Daniel Juncadella | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 | 72 |
| 4 | Daniel Abt | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 44 |
| 5 | Laurens Vanthoor | 3 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 4 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 39 |
| 6 | Carlos Muñoz | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 26 |
| 7 | Jazeman Jaafar | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | Carlos Huertas | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 15 |
| 9 | Kimiya Sato | Ret | 10 | 8 | | | 12 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||
| | Felix Rosenqvist | 5 | 3 | | | | 1 | 21 | Ret | 0 |
| | Felipe Nasr | | | | 9 | 7 | | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | William Buller | | | | 2 | 3 | | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| | Kevin Magnussen | | | | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 0 |
| | Nigel Melker | 7 | 5 | | | | 4 | | | 0 |
| | Yuhi Sekiguchi | | | | | | | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| | Valtteri Bottas | | | | | | | 4 | Ret | 0 |
| | Rupert Svendsen-Cook | | | | 6 | 14 | 5 | | | 0 |
| | Hannes van Asseldonk | | | | 12 | Ret | | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| | Jack Harvey | | | | 5 | 10 | | | | 0 |
| | Raffaele Marciello | | | | Ret | 5 | | | | 0 |
| | Marko Asmer | | | 7 | Ret | 6 | | 18 | 19 | 0 |
| | Luís Felipe Derani | | | 6 | 18 | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Lucas Foresti | | | | 13 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| | Jimmy Eriksson | 9 | 7 | | | | 9 | Ret | DNS | 0 |
| | Tom Dillmann | 12 | 8 | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Richard Bradley | | | 10 | | | | Ret | 9 | 0 |
| | Adderly Fong | | | | 21 | 22 | | Ret | 10 | 0 |
| | Hideki Yamauchi | | | | | | | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| | Pietro Fantin | | | | 19 | DSQ | | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| | Sandro Zeller | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Kuba Giermaziak | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Gianmarco Raimondo | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Hywel Lloyd | | | | 15 | Ret | | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| | Scott Pye | | | | 16 | 15 | | | | 0 |
| | Richie Stanaway | | | | | | | 15 | Ret | 0 |
| | Harry Tincknell | | | | 22 | 16 | | | | 0 |
| | Carlos Sainz Jr. | | | | | | | 20 | 17 | 0 |
| | Bart Hylkema | | | | Ret | 17 | | | | 0 |
| | Fahmi Ilyas | | | | 20 | 18 | | | | 0 |
| | Alexander Sims | | | | | | | DNS | 18 | 0 |
| | Menasheh Idafar | | | | Ret | 19 | | | | 0 |
| | Yann Cunha | | | | 23 | 20 | | | | 0 |
| | Kotaro Sakurai | | | | 24 | 21 | | | | 0 |
| | Mitch Evans | | | | | | | 22 | Ret | 0 |
| | António Félix da Costa | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| | Hironobu Yasuda | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | PAU | SPA | SPA | ZAN | MAC | MAC | Points |
| 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) |