The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2-litre Formula Three Dallara single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the second edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship organized by the FIA. The season began at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 23 March and finished on 20 October at Hockenheimring. The series formed part of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters meetings at seven triple header events, with other triple header events as part of the World Touring Car Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the Superstars Series.

The championship was won by 2012 runner-up Raffaele Marciello, driving for Prema Powerteam.^[1] Mücke's Felix Rosenqvist finished behind Marciello for the second year in a row, finishing 32.5 points behind. Marciello's teammates Alex Lynn and Lucas Auer finished third and fourth respectively, allowing Prema to clinch the teams' championship. Carlin's driver Harry Tincknell completed the top five with a win at his home round at Silverstone.^[2] Non-regular drivers Pascal Wehrlein – prior to moving into the DTM – and Daniil Kvyat were the only drivers outside the top five, who took a race win.^[3][4]

Drivers and teams

All cars were equipped with Hankook tyres.

Team	Chassis[N 1]	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Prema Powerteam[6]	F312/030	Mercedes	1	Raffaele Marciello[6]	All
	F312/014		2	Alex Lynn[6][N 2]	All
	F312/005		24	Lucas Auer[7][N 3]	All
	F312/015		25	Eddie Cheever III[8][N 4]	All
Carlin[9]	F312/010	Volkswagen	3	Harry Tincknell[10]	All
	F312/004		4	Jordan King[10][N 5]	All
	F312/001		26	Nicholas Latifi[10][N 6]	All
	F312/040		27	Jann Mardenborough[10][N 7]	All
	F312/016		51	Daniil Kvyat[11][N 8]	3–9
				Nick Cassidy[12][N 8]	10
kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport[9]	F312/023	Mercedes	5	Pascal Wehrlein[13]	1
				Michael Lewis[14][N 9]	2–10
	F312/004		6	Felix Rosenqvist[15]	All
	F312/019		28	Mitchell Gilbert[16][N 10]	All
	F312/039		29	Roy Nissany[17][N 7]	All
ma-con[9]	F312/045	Volkswagen	7	Sven Müller[18]	1–7
				Stefano Coletti[19]	10
	F312/046		8	André Rudersdorf[20]	All
URD Rennsport[9]	F312/011	Mercedes	9	Lucas Wolf[21]	All
Jo Zeller Racing[9]	F312/048	Mercedes	10	Sandro Zeller[22]	All
Fortec Motorsports[23]	F312/007	Mercedes	11	Félix Serrallés[23][N 11]	All
	F312/003		12	Luis Felipe Derani[23][N 12]	All
	F312/036		30	Josh Hill[24][N 7]	1–5
	F312/035			John Bryant-Meisner[25][N 7]	9–10
			31	Dmitry Suranovich[24][N 7]	1
				Edward Jones[26][N 8]	3
				William Buller[27]	5
				Alfonso Celis Jr.[28][N 7]	8
ThreeBond with T-Sport	F312/008	ThreeBond Nissan	14	William Buller[29]	1–4
				Alexander Sims[30]	6–9
				Kevin Korjus[31]	10
	F312/049		15	Richard Goddard[32]	All
Double R Racing[33]	F312/043	Mercedes	16	Tatiana Calderón[33][N 7]	All
	F312/009		17	Antonio Giovinazzi[33]	All
	F312/004		32	Sean Gelael[33]	All
Van Amersfoort Racing[34]	F312/052	Volkswagen	18	Dennis van de Laar[35]	All
	F312/051		19	Måns Grenhagen[36]	1–5
				Sven Müller[37]	8–10
EuroInternational[9]	F312/053	Mercedes[38]	20	Tom Blomqvist[9]	All
	F312/003		52	Nick Cassidy[39][N 8]	6
Romeo Ferraris[40]	F312/003	Mercedes[40]	22	Gary Thompson[41][N 13]	1–2
	F312/001		23	Michela Cerruti[40]	1, 4, 6

Driver changes

• Hannes van Asseldonk announced that he retired from racing at the end of the 2012 season.^[42]
• After two races for Van Amersfoort Racing in 2012, Lucas Auer switched to Prema Powerteam in 2013.^[7]
• 2012 ma-con Motorsport driver Emil Bernstorff, had lost his seat at the team and signed with Lotus in German Formula Three.^[43]
• Tom Blomqvist, who competed for ma-con Motorsport in 2012, moved to EuroInternational, who are making their début in the championship in 2013.^[9]
• Richard Bradley left the championship to take part in a full Super Formula season with KCMG in 2013.^[44]
• William Buller, who drove for Carlin in 2012, switched to the ThreeBond with T-Sport team.^[29]
• Newcomers Double R Racing signed European F3 Open driver Tatiana Calderón and Formula Pilota China frontrunners Sean Gelael and Antonio Giovinazzi.^[33]
• Superstars Series team Romeo Ferraris joined the championship, with their 2011 Superstars driver Michela Cerruti signed as their first driver.^[40]
• Italian Formula Three drivers Eddie Cheever III and Nicholas Latifi joined Prema Powerteam and Carlin respectively.^[8][10]
• 2012 Carlin drivers Pietro Fantin and Jazeman Jaafar left the series, switching to Formula Renault 3.5.^[45][46]
• Mitchell Gilbert and Roy Nissany made their debut in the series for Mücke Motorsport, moving from German Formula Three and ADAC Formel Masters respectively.^[16][17]
• Måns Grenhagen moved from European F3 Open to the championship, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing.^[36]
• Josh Hill, who drove for Fortec Motorsports in the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, continued his association with the team, in 2013.^[24]
• Ed Jones will take Dmitry Suranovich's seat at the Fortec Motorsports team at the first Hockenheimring round.^[26]
• Daniel Juncadella, who won the 2012 championship with Prema Powerteam, left the series, joining Mercedes-Benz in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.^[47]
• Jordan King, the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC runner-up, entered the series with Carlin.^[10]
• Daniil Kvyat joined Carlin for a one-off as the fifth driver of the team at the first Hockenheimring round.^[11] Later he announced he made a deal to stay with the team for the rest of the season.^[48]
• Michael Lewis lost his seat at Prema Powerteam. Later, he was announced at Mücke Motorsport as the replacement for DTM-bound Pascal Wehrlein.^[14]
• Alex Lynn switched from Fortec Motorsports to Prema Powerteam.^[6]
• After placing sixth in the GT3 class of the 2012 British GT Championship, Jann Mardenborough made his Formula Three debut, driving for Carlin.^[10]
• After one season with Prema Powerteam in 2012, Sven Müller switched to ma-con Motorsport for 2013.^[18]
• Jo Zeller Racing's Andrea Roda moved to the Auto GP with Virtuosi UK.^[49]
• German Formula Three Trophy Class champion André Rudersdorf graduated to the championship with ma-con Motorsport.^[20]
• Angolan driver Luís Sá Silva and Carlin driver Carlos Sainz Jr. moved to the GP3 Series, driving for Carlin and MW Arden respectively.^[50][51]
• GP3 Series driver Dmitry Suranovich switched to the championship with Fortec Motorsports.^[24]
• After three seasons competing in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship national class, Gary Thompson entered the series with Romeo Ferraris, competing with a Japanese racing licence.^[41]

Calendar

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 18 November 2012.^[52] This was modified on 19 December 2012,^[53] after DTM organisers moved the Norisring event back by a week to avoid a clash with the German Grand Prix. To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September. On 1 June 2013, the Le Castellet round was removed from the calendar,^[54] and was ultimately replaced by a round at Vallelunga.^[55]

Rnd	Race	Circuit/Locastion	Date	Supporting
1	1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	23 March	FIA WTCC Race of Italy
	2		24 March
	3
2	4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	13 April	6 Hours of Silverstone
	5
	6		14 April
3	7	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	4 May	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	8
	9		5 May
4	10	Brands Hatch, Kent	18 May
	11
	12		19 May
5	13	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	1 June
	14
	15		2 June
6	16	Norisring, Nuremberg	13 July
	17
	18		14 July
7	19	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	17 August
	20
	21		18 August
8	22	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland	28 September
	23
	24		29 September
9	25	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	12 October	Superstars Series
	26		13 October
	27
10	28	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	19 October	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	29
	30		20 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Pascal Wehrlein	Pascal Wehrlein	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Pascal Wehrlein	Pascal Wehrlein	Pascal Wehrlein	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
	R3		Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	Harry Tincknell	Lucas Auer	Harry Tincknell	Carlin
	R2		Harry Tincknell	Alex Lynn	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
	R3		Alex Lynn	Félix Serrallés	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	Hockenheimring	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R3		Daniil Kvyat	Jordan King	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
4	R1	Brands Hatch	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Alex Lynn	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R3		Alex Lynn	Raffaele Marciello	Lucas Auer	Prema Powerteam
5	R1	Red Bull Ring	Daniil Kvyat	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
	R2		Daniil Kvyat	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
	R3		Daniil Kvyat	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
6	R1	Norisring	Felix Rosenqvist	Lucas Auer	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Alex Lynn	Prema Powerteam
	R3		Raffaele Marciello	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
7	R1	Nürburgring	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Raffaele Marciello	Felix Rosenqvist	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R3		Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Carlin
	R2		Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
	R3		Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
9	R1	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi"	Raffaele Marciello	Alex Lynn	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Prema Powerteam
	R3		Raffaele Marciello	Alexander Sims	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Raffaele Marciello	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
	R2		Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Rosenqvist	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
	R3		Raffaele Marciello	Felix Rosenqvist	Raffaele Marciello	Prema Powerteam

Championship standings

Scoring system

Drivers' championship

The third race at Monza was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.

(key)

Pos.	Driver	MNZ			SIL			HOC			BRH			RBR			NOR			NÜR			ZAN			VAL			HOC			Points
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Raffaele Marciello	1	2	1	6	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	DSQ	4	13	6	1	3	2	1	1	1	5	16	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	4	1	489.5
2	Felix Rosenqvist	Ret	4	11	3	1	2	8	10	1	4	5	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	9	5	2	1	1	10	9	6	1	1	2	457
3	Alex Lynn	8	6	3	2	6	3	15	7	6	1	2	Ret	7	12	8	3	1	3	14	7	6	3	2	3	3	1	4	4	2	8	339.5
4	Lucas Auer	2	Ret	4	4	3	7	7	4	12	3	3	1	10	4	3	13	13	6	5	5	2	7	12	7	7	5	Ret	26	3	3	277
5	Harry Tincknell	5	5	6	1	4	9	5	13	25	5	7	2	12	7	4	6	8	8	11	10	4	6	6	6	11	18	8	5	5	5	227
6	Jordan King	7	Ret	9	11	Ret	6	11	9	5	7	13	11	3	6	5	17	9	9	4	4	Ret	4	4	2	13	Ret	5	6	8	9	176
7	Tom Blomqvist	13	3	10	10	5	14	3	3	8	6	6	5	17	8	Ret	5	7	4	13	12	22	9	8	8	12	12	14	10	12	4	151.5
8	Luis Felipe Derani	11	19	5	9	8	Ret	14	14	10	14	18	17	18	11	9	15	5	7	6	2	3	19	5	5	6	6	2	7	11	Ret	143
9	Sven Müller	12	9	22	12	Ret	Ret	4	8	7	Ret	4	4	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	10	10	6	Ret	10	7	22	8	8	Ret	3	6	7	122
10	Alexander Sims																14	4	5	2	3	Ret	Ret	10	9	2	2	3				112
11	Félix Serrallés	6	7	15	8	DNS	4	2	5	2	16	15	16	Ret	22	13	4	6	Ret	8	8	12	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	DSQ	Ret	104
12	Josh Hill	23	8	12	Ret	7	Ret	6	2	13	8	8	13	Ret	5	12																56
13	Eddie Cheever III	10	13	8	19	10	Ret	Ret	19	9	17	11	Ret	8	9	Ret	11	16	14	16	15	9	13	Ret	17	5	4	Ret	9	10	17	50
14	Pascal Wehrlein	3	1	2																												49
15	Nicholas Latifi	16	15	Ret	5	Ret	10	23	22	15	Ret	27	7	5	Ret	7	Ret	19	Ret	19	17	21	8	11	Ret	17	11	Ret	12	13	Ret	45
16	William Buller	4	Ret	7	7	9	5	9	11	17	9	9	12	14	16	14																39
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	22†	12	13	DSQ	DNS	11	12	Ret	24	11	16	9	15	23	Ret	Ret	23	Ret	18	16	10	14	Ret	11	9	7	13	17	7	6	31
18	Lucas Wolf	Ret	18	Ret	17	13	17	18	18	11	12	14	6	16	3	11	Ret	14	19	Ret	Ret	14	DNS	24	19	19	Ret	Ret	19	16	Ret	28
19	Michael Lewis				13	11	Ret	22	21	16	DNS	DNS	DNS	9	10	15	10	10	Ret	7	11	7	Ret	13	13	16	15	10	15	16	10	23
20	Dennis van de Laar	9	10	Ret	18	12	Ret	13	6	14	Ret	17	Ret	23	25	Ret	Ret	18	13	23	19	15	11	15	23	14	16	9	8	9	12	22
21	Jann Mardenborough	Ret	11	14	16	DNS	8	16	Ret	22	13	10	Ret	13	21	Ret	7	27	12	15	Ret	11	16	23†	14	18	Ret	11	16	18	11	12
22	Roy Nissany	Ret	17	Ret	21	18	Ret	24	16	Ret	18	23	8	11	15	10	8	15	Ret	17	Ret	18	15	14	12	22	13	17	18	15	15	11
23	Mitchell Gilbert	Ret	Ret	23†	15	14	Ret	17	15	18	20	19	DSQ	25	14	Ret	Ret	22	17	12	14	8	12	9	10	24	14	12	14	17	Ret	10
24	André Rudersdorf	20	14	24†	20	17	16	25	20	Ret	21	20	10	20	DSQ	18	9	20	18	25	22	17	22	21	18	21	19	19	20	Ret	19	3
25	John Bryant-Meisner																									15	10	16	13	14	Ret	2
26	Måns Grenhagen	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	21†	12	19	17	19	24	EX	Ret	Ret	24	Ret																0
27	Sandro Zeller	18	21	NC	NC	20	Ret	Ret	25	21	19	24	15	19	19	19	12	25	Ret	24	23	20	20	19	21	23	22	18	23	23	18	0
28	Sean Gelael	14	16	17	24	16	18†	21	27	Ret	23	22	Ret	22	17	20†	Ret	21	15	20	18	13	17	20	20	Ret	21	Ret	25	24	13	0
29	Gary Thompson	24	20	16	25	Ret	13																									0
30	Kevin Korjus																												Ret	Ret	14	0
31	Richard Goddard	15	24	19	23	15	Ret	27	24	Ret	15	21	18	24	18	16	19	24	16	21	21	Ret	18	18	16	25	17	15	22	20	20	0
32	Tatiana Calderón	19	23	21	22	19	15	26	26	23	22	25	20	21	20	17	Ret	26	Ret	22	20	19	21	22	24	20	20	20	21	22	Ret	0
33	Dmitry Suranovich	17	22	18																												0
34	Alfonso Celis Jr.																						Ret	17	Ret							0
35	Michela Cerruti	21	Ret	20							25	26	19				18	28	20													0
36	Stefano Coletti																												Ret	25	DNS	0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Daniil Kvyat							10	12	3	10	12	14	2	2	2	Ret	12	Ret	9	13	16	1	3	4	4	3	7
	Nick Cassidy																16	11	11										24	21	16
	Ed Jones							20	23	20
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
		MNZ			SIL			HOC			BRH			RBR			NOR			NÜR			ZAN			VAL			HOC

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Ravenol Team Trophy

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	810
2	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	596
3	Carlin	498
4	Fortec Motorsports	332
5	EuroInternational	192
6	ThreeBond with T-Sport	192
7	Van Amersfoort Racing	126
8	ma-con	106
9	Double R Racing	80.5
10	URD Rennsport	44
11	Jo Zeller Racing	2
12	Romeo Ferraris	1