In 2016,the FIA Formula 3 European Championship young guns once again willcontest their races at the most important circuits of the continent.In ten race meetings held in seven different countries, the youngdrivers will battle for the title and the succession of this yearschampion, Felix Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam).Theseason will be kicked off in early April at Le Castellet. At theSouthern French venue, the FIA Formula 3 European Championship willrace in a package with the FIA World Touring Car Championship, WTCC,and the same applies to the following race meeting, held three weekslater at the Hungaroring, not far from Budapest. In mid-May, thecalendar features a true season highlight and the second race meetingin France: the GP de Pau. With Austrias Red Bull Ring, NurembergsNorisring, Zandvoort in the Netherlands, Spa-Francorchamps and theNurburgring, the calendar features a number of challenging circuitswhere the young drivers on the FIA Formula 3 European Championshipgrid already had to prove their skills in 2015. In early October,Imola is going to make its comeback on the calendar of the planetsmost competitive young-driver series and afterwards, the series willtravel to Hockenheim, the traditional venue of the season finale. Inaddition to the two race weekends in the package with the WTCC, theFIA Formula 3 European Championship will contest five race meetingsin the support programme of its long-term partner DTM. At Imola, theFIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers will share the paddockwith the FIA ETCC and at Spa-Francorchamps they will join theBlancpain GT Series.Weonce again succeeded in creating an attractive calendar with manyformer and current Formula One World Championship venues, WalterMertes, CEO Formel 3 Vermarktungs GmbH, said delighted. Ithink we once again found a well-balanced mix of most differentcircuit characteristics, thus offering the young drivers contestingthe 2016 season a perfect platform to demonstrate their skills.The 2016Formula 3 European Championship calendar at a glance:03/04 Paul Ricard (WTCC) / FRA24/04 Hungaroring (WTCC) / HUN15/05 Pau (F3 GP) / FRA22/05 Red Bull Ring Spielberg (DTM) / AUT26/06 Norisring (DTM) / DEU17/07 Zandvoort (DTM) / NLD30/07 Spa-Francorchamps (Blancpain GT Series) / BEL11/09 Nurburgring (DTM) / DEU02/10 Imola (ETCC) / ITA16/10 Hockenheim (DTM) / DEUPhoto: FIA F3 Euro Series Um grandeevento com cinco categorias e sete corridas, tendo como atracaoprincipal a decisao do titulo da Stock Car, acontece no Autodromode Interlagos, em Sao Paulo, neste fim de semana (11 a 13 dedezembro), e a corrida de domingo marcara um momento muitoimportante para Guga Lima. Mais jovem piloto do grid, o brasilienseira encerrar sua temporada de estreia na Stock Car, e almejaconquistar seu melhor resultado ate agora, aproveitando-se inclusivedo fato que a pontuacao para essa prova e dobrada, e entao elepode ganhar uma posicao na classificacao geral.Gugachega afiado para a disputa, que acontece pouco mais de um mesdepois da penultima etapa, realizada no dia 8 de novembro, nocircuito gaucho de Taruma. No ultimo fim de semana, o piloto de 19anos sagrou-se, ao lado de Felipe Nasr (piloto da Sauber na Formula1) e de Rodrigo Piquet (bicampeao brasileiro de kart e sobrinho deNelson Piquet), bicampeao das 6 Horas de Kart de Brasilia, aovencer pela segunda vez consecutiva a tradicional prova de kart delonga