Thread: Formula 3 Euro Series 2008

The currently most prestigious F3 series runs alongside the DTM series (except for the round at Pau). If you win the Euro Series you are the real deal.

Previous results:
(started in 2003 after the fusion between the French and German series)

2003
1. Ryan Briscoe, Australia - Prema Powerteam
2. Christian Klien, Austria - M?cke Motorsport
3. Olivier Pla, France - ASM
4. Markus Winkelhock, Germany - M?cke Motorsport
5. Timo Glock, Germany - Opel Team KMS

2004
1. Jamie Green, Great Britain - ASM
2. Alexandre Premat, France - ASM
3. Nicolas Lapierre, France - Signature
4. Nico Rosberg, Germany - Team Rosberg
5. Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain - Manor Motorsport

2005
1. Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain - ASM
2. Adrian Sutil, Germany - ASM
3. Lucas Di Grassi, Brazil - Manor Motorsport
4. Franck Perera, France - Prema Powerteam
5. Sebastian Vettel, Germany - M?cke Motorsport

2006
1. Paul Di Resta, Great Britain - ASM
2. Sebastian Vettel, Germany - ASM
3. Kohei Hirate, Japan - Manor Motorsport
4. Esteban Guerrieri, Argentina - Manor Motorsport
5. Richard Antinucci, USA - HBR Motorsport

2007
1. Romain Grosjean, France - ASM
2. Sebastien Buemi, Switzerland - ASL Team M?cke
3. Nico H?lkenberg, Germany - ASM
4. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan - ASM
5. James Jakes, Great Britain - Manor Motorsport

Calendar and 2008 lineup coming right up...

* = F3 Euro Series rookies

ART (previously ASM Formule 3)
Nico H?lkenberg (3rd in 2007)
James Jakes (5th in 2007)
* Jules Bianchi, France (French Formula Renault 2.0 champion 2007)
* Jon Lancaster, Great Britain (2nd Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2007)

Manor Motorsport
* Sam Bird, Great Britain (4th in the British F3 series 2007)
* Niall Breen, Ireland (5th in the British F3 series 2007)
* Kazuya Oshima, Japan (Japanese Formula 3 champion 2007)
* Koudai Tsukakoshi, Japan (5th in F3 Japan 2007)

M?cke Motorsport
* Erik Janis, Czech Republic (European karting champion ICC 2005)
* Mika M?ki, Finland (Italian Formula Renault 2.0 champion 2007)
* Christian Vietoris, Germany (5th in German F3 2007, Formula BMW World Final winner 2006)

Prema Powerteam
Charlie Kimball, USA
Renger van der Zande, Netherlands (11th in 2007)

RC Motorsport
* Cong Fu Cheng, China (2nd in the National class in British F3 2007)
Maximilian G?tz, Germany (part season 2007, 14th in 2005)
* Jens Klingmann, Germany (2007 German Formula BMW champion)
* Martin Plowman, Great Britian (7th in Italian Formula Renault 2.0 2007)

Signature
Frank Mailleux, France (7th in 2007)
Jean-Karl Vernay, France (9th in 2007)
* Stefano Coletti, Italy (4th in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2007)

SG Formula
Yann Clairay, France (12th in 2007)
Tom Dillmann, France (9th in 2007)
* Henkie Waldschmidt, Netherlands (7th in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2007)

Carlin Motorsport
* Richard Philippe, France (2005 Formula BMW USA champion)
* Rodolfo Gonzalez, Venezuela (11th in British F3 2007)

Calendar (2 races per event):
11/04/2008 - 13/04/2008 - Hockenheim, Germany
02/05/2008 - 04/05/2008 - Mugello, Italy
30/05/2008 - 01/06/2008 - Pau, France
27/06/2008 - 29/06/2008 - Norisring, Germany
11/07/2008 - 13/07/2008 - Zandvoort, Netherlands
25/07/2008 - 27/07/2008 - N?rburgring, Germany
29/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 - Brands Hatch, Great Britain
19/09/2008 - 21/09/2008 - Catalunya, Spain
03/10/2008 - 05/10/2008 - Le Mans Bugatti, France
24/10/2008 - 26/10/2008 - Hockenheim

American F3 veteran Charlie Kimball has signed with Prema Powerteam to race along side Renger van der Zande. Kimball's raced last year in World Series by Renault but only did part season as he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. He raced for Signature in the Euroseries in 2006 and scored one win. In 2005 he was runner up to Alvaro Parente in the British F3 championship.

I thought Dani Clos was already confirmed as Renger's team mate, but that was obviously not the case.

Carlin Motorsport (who will make their F3 Euro Series debut this year) has signed Frenchman Richard Philippe. Philippe was the 2005 U.S. Formula BMW champion.

Originally Posted by Fahad_H

Rodolfo Gonz?lez will race with Carlin.

Is that inside info? In the Carlin press releases they refer to Gonzalez as "testing for the team".

Originally Posted by Fahad_H

He Also said that he had 14 wins and 13 poles in the 2006 National F3 .

Well, I'm guessing Mario Moraes likes to be credited with one win and a pole at Spa, eventhough he was inegilible to score points.