2016 Formula 3 Brasil season

The 2016 Fórmula 3 Brasil season is the tenth Fórmula 3 Brasil season and the second since 1995, replacing the Formula 3 Sudamericana series as the highest-profile single-seater championship on the continent.

Drivers and teams[edit]

All cars are powered by Berta engines and run on Pirelli tyres.

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Chassis	Rounds
RR Racing Light	3	Leandro Guedes	B	Dallara F301	1–2
Prop Car Racing	7	Fernando Galera	A	Dallara F309	8
	27	Matheus Muniz	A	Dallara F309	1–4
	48	Renan Pietrowski	B	Dallara F301	1, 3
	55	Igor Fraga	A	Dallara F309	1, 8
RR Racing	10	Luiz Felipe Branquinho	A	Dallara F309	1–5
RR Racing	87	Leonardo Raucci	A	Dallara F309	1–4
CF3	12	Christian Hahn	A	Dallara F309	All
CF3	54	Carlos Cunha Filho	A	Dallara F309	1–5
Cesário F3	34	Matheus Iorio	A	Dallara F309	All
	45	Lukas Moraes	B	Dallara F301	6
	77	Guilherme Samaia	A	Dallara F309	All
	145	Denis Dirani	B	Dallara F301	7
Hitech Racing	36	Thiago Vivacqua	A	Dallara F309	1–7
Hitech Racing	95	Yurik Carvalho	A	Dallara F309	1–2
Hitech GP	43	Pedro Cardoso	A	Dallara F309	1–3
	52	Pedro Caland	B	Dallara F301	1–6
	52	Pedro Caland	A	Dallara F309	7–8
Fortunato F3 Racing	41	Artur Fortunato	A	Dallara F309	1–4, 8
Fortunato F3 Racing	67	Felipe Santo André	B	Dallara F301	8
Kemba Racing	91	Leonardo de Souza	A	Dallara F309	1–3, 6

Icon	Class
A	Class A
B	Class B

Race calendar and results[edit]

The calendar for the 2016 season was released on 17 December 2015, with the category being part of the Stock Car Brasil package. All races are supporting this championship and are held in Brazil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	R1	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	9 April	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Carlos Cunha Filho	CF3	Renan Pietrowski
1	R2	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	10 April		Carlos Cunha	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Renan Pietrowski
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul	5 June	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
2	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul	5 June	Race cancelled ^{[N 1]}
3	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel	16 July		Guilherme Samaia	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	no finishers
	R2		16 July	Artur Fortunato	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Renan Pietrowski
	R3		17 July		Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Renan Pietrowski
4	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 September	Guilherme Samaia	Guilherme Samaia	Guilherme Samaia	Cesário F3	no finishers
4	R2	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 September		Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina)	25 September	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
5	R2	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina)	25 September		Guilherme Samaia	Guilherme Samaia	Cesário F3	no finishers
6	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	16 October	Guilherme Samaia	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
6	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	16 October		Matheus Iorio	Guilherme Samaia	Cesário F3	Pedro Caland
7	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)	6 November	Christian Hahn	Christian Hahn	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	no finishers
7	R2	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)	6 November		Matheus Iorio	Christian Hahn	CF3	no finishers
8	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 December	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Matheus Iorio	Cesário F3	no finishers
8	R2	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 December		Matheus Iorio	Artur Fortunato	Fortunato F3 Racing	no finishers

^ Due to adverse weather conditions, the second race at Santa Cruz do Sul was cancelled. The race was rescheduled for the meeting held at Cascavel to be the first race of a triple-header round.

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	15	12	9	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	VEL		SCS		CAS			INT		LON		CUR		GOI		INT		Pts
Class A
1	Matheus Iorio	Ret	1	1	C	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	2	1	2	205
2	Guilherme Samaia	2	Ret	Ret	C	5	3	2	1	4	5	1	2	1	2	3	2	Ret	140
3	Cristian Hahn	11	9	5	C	4	5	3	Ret	5	4	5	3	Ret	4	1	3	5	90
4	Thiago Vivacqua	8	Ret	3	C	3	4	7	4	7	2	2	4	3	Ret	5			85
5	Carlos Cunha	1	2	Ret	C	10	7	Ret	3	3	3	3							65
6	Arthur Fortunato	3	10	Ret	C	8	2	9	7	2							6	1	57
7	Pedro Cardoso	4	3	2	C	6	DSQ	DSQ											31
8	Pedro Caland														3	4	4	4	30
9	Leonardo de Souza	Ret	4	6	C	2	12	Ret					6	Ret					27
10	Matheus Muniz	Ret	5	4	C	7	6	8	6	6									26
11	Igor Fraga	5	Ret														5	3	19
12	Luis Felipe Branquinho	6	Ret	8	C	9	8	Ret	5	8	6	6							17
13	Leonardo Raucci	Ret	Ret	7	C	Ret	9	4	Ret	10									9
14	Yurik Carvalho	7	6	10	C														5
	Fernando Galera																Ret	Ret	0
B Class
1	Pedro Caland	10	8	9	C	Ret	11	6	DSQ	9	7	Ret	5	4					123
2	Renan Pietrowski	9	7			DNS	10	5											60
	Lukas Moraes												Ret	Ret					0
	Denis Dirani														Ret	Ret			0
	Leandro Guedes	Ret	Ret	Ret	C														0
	Felipe Santo André																Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	VEL		SCS		CAS			INT		LON		CUR		GOI		INT		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Retired, but classified

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] Due to adverse weather conditions, the second race at Santa Cruz do Sul was cancelled. The race was rescheduled for the meeting held at Cascavel to be the first race of a triple-header round.

[N 1]