# 2012 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2012 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 48th and the final season Italian Formula Three Championship season. It was the first split in European and Italian series. The European Championship began on 31 March in Valencia, while the Italian Championship commenced on 9 June at Mugello. They finished together on 21 October at Monza.

## Teams and drivers

* All cars were powered by FPT engines, and run on Kumho tyres; all teams are Italian-registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Status | Rounds |
| BVM | 1 | Nicholas Latifi | Dallara F308 | R | 1–2 |
| BVM | 2 | Mario Marasca | Dallara F308 | R | All |
| BVM | 3 | Patric Niederhauser | Dallara F308 | R | 1–2, 5 |
| BVM | 3 | Maxime Jousse | Dallara F308 | | 3–4 |
| BVM | 3 | Michael Heche | Dallara F308 | | 7 |
| Prema Powerteam | 4 | Eddie "Edward" Cheever Jr. | Dallara F308 | | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 5 | Brandon Maïsano | Dallara F308 | | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 6 | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | Dallara F308 | R | All |
| Euronova Racing by Fortec | 10 | Yoshitaka Kuroda | Dallara F308 | | All |
| Euronova Racing by Fortec | 12 | Sergey Sirotkin | Dallara F308 | R | All |
| Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | 13 | Robert Visoiu | Dallara F308 | R | 1–3, 5, 7–8 |
| Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | 13 | Jakub Dalewski | Dallara F308 | R | 6 |
| Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | 14 | Gerrard Barrabeig | Dallara F308 | R | 1–3 |
| Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | 14 | Kevin Giovesi | Dallara F308 | | 4–8 |
| JD Motorsport | 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Mygale M10 | R | 3–8 |
| JD Motorsport | 25 | Riccardo Agostini | Mygale M10 | R | All |
| Scuderia Victoria | 33 | Roman Shane de Beer | Mygale M10 | R | 3–4, 6–7 |
| Icon | Status |
| R | Rookie |

## Calendar

* An eight-round calendar was announced on 7 December 2011. The series will adopt a format used in a majority of the Formula Three series, with three races a weekend, two of which held on the Saturday and the final race on the Sunday. The Valencia and Hungaroring rounds were support races to the World Touring Car Championship.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Rookie winner |
| 1 | F | Valencia Circuit | 31 March | Edward Cheever | Edward Cheever | Edward Cheever | Prema Powerteam | Henrique Martins Fulfaro |
| 1 | F | Valencia Circuit | 31 March | Edward Cheever | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | Prema Powerteam | Henrique Martins Fulfaro |
| 1 | S | Valencia Circuit | 1 April | | Patric Niederhauser | Patric Niederhauser | BVM | Patric Niederhauser |
| 2 | F | Hungaroring | 5 May | Edward Cheever | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | Edward Cheever | Prema Powerteam | Riccardo Agostini |
| 2 | F | Hungaroring | 5 May | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |
| 2 | S | Hungaroring | 6 May | | Sergey Sirotkin | Sergey Sirotkin | Euronova Racing by Fortec | Sergey Sirotkin |
| 3 | F | Mugello Circuit | 9 June | Edward Cheever | Brandon Maïsano | Edward Cheever | Prema Powerteam | Riccardo Agostini |
| 3 | F | Mugello Circuit | 9 June | Edward Cheever | Brandon Maïsano | Brandon Maïsano | Prema Powerteam | Riccardo Agostini |
| 3 | S | Mugello Circuit | 10 June | | Mario Marasca | Robert Visoiu | Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | Robert Visoiu |
| 4 | F | Misano World Circuit | 7 July | Brandon Maïsano | Edward Cheever | Brandon Maïsano | Prema Powerteam | Riccardo Agostini |
| 4 | F | Misano World Circuit | 8 July | Brandon Maïsano | Edward Cheever | Brandon Maïsano | Prema Powerteam | Riccardo Agostini |
| 4 | S | Misano World Circuit | 8 July | | Edward Cheever | Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |
| 5 | F | Red Bull Ring | 4 August | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |
| 5 | S | Red Bull Ring | 5 August | | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | Prema Powerteam | Henrique Martins Fulfaro |
| 5 | F | Red Bull Ring | 5 August | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |
| 6 | F | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 1 September | Edward Cheever | Brandon Maïsano | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | Prema Powerteam | Henrique Martins Fulfaro |
| 6 | F | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 2 September | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | Kevin Giovesi | Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |
| 6 | S | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 2 September | | Riccardo Agostini | Kevin Giovesi | Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | Nicholas Latifi |
| 7 | F | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 15 September | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |
| 7 | F | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 16 September | Riccardo Agostini | Edward Cheever | Kevin Giovesi | Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |
| 7 | S | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 16 September | | Riccardo Agostini | Nicholas Latifi | JD Motorsport | Nicholas Latifi |
| 8 | F | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 20 October | Edward Cheever | Riccardo Agostini | Edward Cheever | Prema Powerteam | Riccardo Agostini |
| 8 | F | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 21 October | Edward Cheever | Riccardo Agostini | Sergey Sirotkin | Euronova Racing by Fortec | Sergey Sirotkin |
| 8 | S | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 21 October | | Riccardo Agostini | Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Riccardo Agostini |

## Championship standings

* Points were awarded as follows:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| Feature races | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sprint | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 1 |

### European Series
#### Drivers' standings

| Pos | Driver | VRT | VRT | VRT | HUN | HUN | HUN | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| 1 | Riccardo Agostini | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | DSQ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 281 |
| 2 | Edward Cheever | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | DSQ | DSQ | 248 |
| 3 | Brandon Maïsano | 3 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 7 | DSQ | DSQ | 229 |
| 4 | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | DSQ | 180 |
| 5 | Sergey Sirotkin | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | DSQ | 166 |
| 6 | Kevin Giovesi | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 7 | DSQ | 121 |
| 7 | Nicholas Latifi | 9 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 117 |
| 8 | Mario Marasca | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | DSQ | 109 |
| 9 | Robert Visoiu | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | Ret | 7 | Ret | | | | 7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 76 |
| 10 | Yoshitaka Kuroda | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | DSQ | 62 |
| 11 | Patric Niederhauser | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 48 |
| 12 | Gerrard Barrabeig | 5 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 13 | Maxime Jousse | | | | | | | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37 |
| 14 | Michael Heche | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ret | 4 | | | | 9 |
| 15 | Jakub Dalewski | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 8 |
| Ineligible drivers |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Roman Shane de Beer | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | | | | 5 | Ret | 6 | WD | WD | WD | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VRT | VRT | VRT | HUN | HUN | HUN | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | 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) |

#### Rookies' standings

| Pos | Driver | VRT | VRT | VRT | HUN | HUN | HUN | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| 1 | Riccardo Agostini | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | DSQ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 348 |
| 2 | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | DSQ | 263 |
| 3 | Sergey Sirotkin | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | DSQ | 240 |
| 4 | Mario Marasca | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | DSQ | 177 |
| 5 | Nicholas Latifi | 9 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 170 |
| 6 | Robert Visoiu | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | | | | Ret | 6 | Ret | | | | 7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 116 |
| 7 | Patric Niederhauser | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 71 |
| 8 | Gerrard Barrabeig | 5 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 62 |
| Pos | Driver | VRT | VRT | VRT | HUN | HUN | HUN | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |

#### Teams' standings

| Pos | Team | VRT | VRT | VRT | HUN | HUN | HUN | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| 1 | Prema Powerteam | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | DSQ | 336 |
| 2 | JD Motorsport | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 296 |
| 3 | Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 7 | DSQ | 207 |
| 4 | Euronova Racing by Fortec | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | DSQ | 172 |
| 5 | BVM | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | DSQ | 153 |
| Ineligible teams |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Scuderia Victoria | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | | | | 5 | Ret | 6 | WD | WD | WD | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VRT | VRT | VRT | HUN | HUN | HUN | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |

### Italian Series
#### Drivers' standings

| Pos | Driver | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| 1 | Riccardo Agostini | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | DSQ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 209 |
| 2 | Edward Cheever | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | DSQ | DSQ | 176 |
| 3 | Brandon Maïsano | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 7 | DSQ | DSQ | 174 |
| 4 | Kevin Giovesi | | | | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 7 | DSQ | 124 |
| 5 | Sergey Sirotkin | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | DSQ | 116 |
| 6 | Henrique Martins Fulfaro | 7 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | DSQ | 115 |
| 7 | Nicholas Latifi | 8 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 97 |
| 8 | Mario Marasca | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | DSQ | 77 |
| 9 | Yoshitaka Kuroda | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | DSQ | 45 |
| 10 | Robert Visoiu | 6 | 7 | 1 | | | | Ret | 6 | Ret | | | | 7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 39 |
| 11 | Maxime Jousse | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37 |
| 12 | Roman Shane de Beer | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | | | | 5 | Ret | 6 | WD | WD | WD | | | | 28 |
| 13 | Patric Niederhauser | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 14 | Michael Heche | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ret | 4 | | | | 9 |
| 15 | Gerrard Barrabeig | Ret | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 16 | Jakub Dalewski | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 5 |
| Pos | Driver | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | 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) |

#### Teams' standings

| Pos | Team | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| 1 | Prema Powerteam | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | DSQ | 244 |
| 2 | JD Motorsport | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 239 |
| 3 | Ghinzani Arco Motorsport | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 7 | DSQ | 152 |
| 4 | Euronova Racing by Fortec | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | DSQ | 121 |
| 5 | BVM | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | DSQ | 113 |
| 6 | Scuderia Victoria | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | | | | 5 | Ret | 6 | WD | WD | WD | | | | 27 |
| Pos | Driver | MUG | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | RBR | IMO | IMO | IMO | VAL | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |