2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship

The 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It is the fifth edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

Felix Rosenqvist was the defending drivers' champion,^[1] but was unable to defend his title, because of a new rule which determined that drivers could spend no more than three years in the category. His team, Prema Powerteam, were the defending winners of the teams' championship.

2016 was the final season that the Dallara F312 chassis package, which débuted in the 2012 season, was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package was introduced for 2017.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2016 season:^[2]

Team	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Prema Powerteam^[4]	F316/002	Mercedes	1	Lance Stroll^[4]		All
	F314/015		2	Nick Cassidy^[5]^{[N 2]}		All
	F315/005		16	Ralf Aron^[6]^{[N 3]}	R	All
	F315/006		17	Maximilian Günther^[7]^{[N 4]}		All
Carlin^[8]	F316/014	Volkswagen	3	Ryan Tveter^[8]^{[N 5]}		1–7
	F312/004		3	Dan Ticktum^[9]^{[N 3]}	R G	10
	F315/016		4	Alessio Lorandi^[10]		1–7
	F312/010		4	Lando Norris^[9]^{[N 3]}	R G	10
	F314/020		18	Zhi Cong Li^[11]^{[N 3]}		1–4
	F314/020			William Buller^[12]		5
	F312/040			Jake Hughes^[9]		10
	F315/001		19	Raoul Hyman^[13]^{[N 3]}		1
	F315/001		19	Weiron Tan^[14]^[15]^{[N 3]}		4, 6–7
Van Amersfoort Racing^[16]	F316/010	Mercedes	5	Pedro Piquet^[16]^{[N 6]}		All
	F316/017		6	Callum Ilott^[17]^{[N 7]}		All
	F316/001		20	Harrison Newey^[18]^{[N 3]}	R	All
	F312/052		21	Anthoine Hubert^[19]^{[N 8]}	R	All
kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	F316/007	Mercedes	7	Mikkel Jensen^[20]		All
kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	F316/012	Mercedes	8	David Beckmann^[21]	R	3–10
Motopark^[22]	F316/020	Volkswagen	9	Sérgio Sette Câmara^[22]^{[N 9]}		All
	F315/003		10	Niko Kari^[22]^{[N 10]}	R	All
	F315/007		22	Joel Eriksson^[23]^{[N 11]}	R	All
	F314/016		23	Guanyu Zhou^[24]^{[N 12]}	R	All
HitechGP^[25]	F316/018	Mercedes	11	Nikita Mazepin^[26]^{[N 3]}	R	All
	F315/010		12	George Russell^[27]		All
	F316/022		24	Ben Barnicoat^[28]	R	All
	F315/009		25	Alexander Sims^[29]^{[N 3]}	G	10
Threebond with T-Sport^[30]	F314/019	NBE	14	Arjun Maini^[30]		2–4
	F316/008	NBE	14	Wing Chung Chang^[31]		9–10
	F316/008	Threebond	15	Arjun Maini^[30]		1
	F314/019	Threebond	15	Ukyo Sasahara^[15]	R	7, 9

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie Cup
G	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Driver changes

Joining FIA European Formula 3

2015 Italian F4 champion Ralf Aron entered the series with Prema Powerteam.^[6]
Ben Barnicoat, who came fourth in the 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, joined the series with HitechGP, after an initial deal with Prema Powerteam fell through.^[28]
David Beckmann, who raced in ADAC Formula 4, continued his collaboration with Mücke Motorsport into the championship, but missed the first two rounds on account of his age.^[21]
Nick Cassidy, who raced for Prema Powerteam in two rounds of the 2015 season, raced full-time with the team.^[5]
ADAC Formula 4 runner-up Joel Eriksson, brother of GP3 driver Jimmy Eriksson, joined the series with Motopark.^[23]
Anthoine Hubert, who finished fifth in the 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, joined the series with Van Amersfoort Racing.^[19]
2015 SMP F4 champion and Red Bull Junior driver Niko Kari joined the series with Motopark.^[22]
Nikita Mazepin joined the series with HitechGP.^[26]
Harrison Newey, son of F1 engineer Adrian Newey and runner-up in BRDC Formula 4, made his debut in the series with Van Amersfoort Racing.^[18]
Pedro Piquet, son of three time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet and two-time Brazilian Formula Three champion, stepped up to the series with Van Amersfoort Racing.^[16]
2015 Italian F4 runner-up Guanyu Zhou joined the championship with Motopark.^[24]

Changing Teams

Maximilian Günther, who raced for Mücke Motorsport for most of 2015 before switching to Prema Powerteam during the last round, stayed with Prema in 2016.^[7]
Raoul Hyman switched from Team West-Tec F3 to Carlin.^[13]
Callum Ilott, who raced for Carlin in 2015, switched to Van Amersfoort Racing.^[17]
Zhi Cong Li switched from Fortec Motorsports to Carlin.^[11]
Alessio Lorandi, who raced for Van Amersfoort in 2015, switched to Carlin.^[10]
Arjun Maini, switched from Van Amersfoort Racing to T-Sport.^[30]
George Russell, who raced for Carlin in 2015, switched to HitechGP.^[27]

Leaving Formula 3

Jake Dennis, Tatiana Calderón and Santino Ferrucci, who finished third, 27th and 11th in the 2015 season, stepped up to GP3 with Arden International and DAMS respectively.
Rookie champion Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon, who finished fourth and seventh in 2015 respectively, left the series to compete in GP3 with ART Grand Prix.^[32]
2015 runner-up Antonio Giovinazzi stepped up to GP2 with Prema Powerteam.
Pietro Fittipaldi, who finished 17th in 2015, stepped up to Formula V8 3.5 with Fortec.
2015 champion Felix Rosenqvist was ruled out of returning to the series due to a new rule, which said that drivers could spend no more than three years in the category. He joined the Indy Lights with Belardi Auto Racing.^[33]

Team changes

After making two appearances in the 2015 season, HitechGP returned full-time to the series, in collaboration with ART Grand Prix.
Double R Racing, Signature Team, EuroInternational, Team West-Tec and Artline Engineering withdrew.

Calendar

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 2 December 2015.^[34]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	2 April	World Touring Car Championship
	2		2 April
	3		3 April
2	4	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	23 April
	5		23 April
	6		24 April
3	7	Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau	14 May	Pau Grand Prix
	8		14 May
	9		15 May
4	10	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 May	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	11		21 May
	12		22 May
5	13	Norisring, Nuremberg	25 June
	14		25 June
	15		26 June
6	16	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	16 July
	17		16 July
	18		17 July
7	19	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	29 July	24 Hours of Spa Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	20		29 July
	21		30 July
8	22	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	10 September	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	23		10 September
	24		11 September
9	25	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	1 October	European Touring Car Cup FFSA GT Championship
	26		2 October
	27		2 October
10	28	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	15 October	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	29		16 October
	30		16 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ben Barnicoat
	R2		Maximilian Günther	Nick Cassidy	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	Guanyu Zhou
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Joel Eriksson	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
2	R1	Hungaroring	Maximilian Günther	Joel Eriksson	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R2		Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Lance Stroll	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP	Ben Barnicoat
3	R1	Circuit de Pau-Ville	Lance Stroll	Callum Ilott	Ben Barnicoat	HitechGP	Ben Barnicoat
	R2		George Russell	George Russell	George Russell	HitechGP	Ben Barnicoat
	R3		Alessio Lorandi	Anthoine Hubert	Alessio Lorandi	Carlin	Joel Eriksson
4	R1	Red Bull Ring	Callum Ilott	Callum Ilott	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	David Beckmann
	R2		Lance Stroll	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
	R3		Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ben Barnicoat
5	R1	Norisring	Lance Stroll	Callum Ilott	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
	R2		Anthoine Hubert	Lance Stroll	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	Anthoine Hubert
	R3		Lance Stroll	Alessio Lorandi	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Anthoine Hubert
6	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Nick Cassidy	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
	R2		Callum Ilott	Maximilian Günther	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	Anthoine Hubert
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Lance Stroll	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	David Beckmann
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ben Barnicoat
	R2		George Russell	George Russell	George Russell	HitechGP	Joel Eriksson
	R3		George Russell	George Russell	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	Joel Eriksson
8	R1	Nürburgring	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R2		Lance Stroll	Maximilian Günther	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
	R3		Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	Niko Kari
9	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Niko Kari	Motopark	Niko Kari
	R2		Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
	R3		Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	R2		Lance Stroll	David Beckmann	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson
	R3		Joel Eriksson	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Joel Eriksson

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	LEC			HUN			PAU			RBR			NOR			ZAN			SPA			NÜR			IMO			HOC			Points
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
1	Lance Stroll	1	Ret	5	4	8	3	9	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	4	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	507
2	Maximilian Günther	5	Ret	1	5	1	Ret	3	14	13	3	6	3	Ret	3	5	4	2	1	2	7	6	2	2	1	12	Ret	12	2	8	9	320
3	George Russell	3	11	18	Ret	4	Ret	4	1	3	5	2	Ret	3	9	Ret	7	9	5	5	1	3	3	Ret	7	4	3	2	7	6	Ret	264
4	Nick Cassidy	2	2	2	Ret	16	9	2	16	Ret	6	Ret	10	6	4	6	2	1	2	4	17	5	4	Ret	5	10	7	8	3	Ret	4	254
5	Joel Eriksson	6	9	3	3	Ret	2	14	9	6	17	14	6	Ret	5	Ret	12	10	7	14	2	1	7	3	6	3	2	5	6	2	2	252
6	Callum Ilott	10	1	12	Ret	9	6	5	3	4	1	4	2	Ret	7	7	5	3	6	16	5	Ret	5	7	4	15	Ret	3	Ret	DSQ	Ret	226
7	Ralf Aron	7	Ret	7	1	2	DNS	13	6	15	9	12	9	4	10	9	14	6	8	8	14	13	6	4	14	7	4	4	4	5	8	166
8	Anthoine Hubert	17	8	6	Ret	13	14	12	7	12	16	10	16	8	1	2	9	4	10	Ret	4	2	10	5	9	5	6	6	10	7	10	160
9	Ben Barnicoat	4	Ret	11	9	10	1	1	5	11	10	15	5	5	Ret	DSQ	18	8	9	3	11	20	9	Ret	10	8	Ret	13	18	9	7	134
10	Niko Kari	8	16	15	2	Ret	8	19	11	8	20	3	8	2	12	Ret	6	11	11	11	10	7	8	10	3	1	9	Ret	14	12	13	129
11	Sérgio Sette Câmara	16	5	19	7	5	5	8	2	Ret	12	8	4	Ret	Ret	3	11	17	15	15	Ret	15	11	8	8	Ret	15	11	5	14	6	117
12	Mikkel Jensen	13	4	4	10	7	11	6	8	5	4	5	Ret	7	8	Ret	15	13	12	Ret	3	9	15	13	17	11	10	7	Ret	15	DNS	107
13	Guanyu Zhou	14	3	8	8	3	4	11	Ret	Ret	13	11	7	Ret	6	4	16	18	16	17	8	11	12	12	12	6	5	10	11	13	11	101
14	Alessio Lorandi	12	6	9	6	6	12	10	15	1	11	9	17	12	Ret	8	3	5	4	10	13	17										96
15	David Beckmann							17	Ret	Ret	7	7	12	10	13	Ret	10	7	3	7	16	10	13	6	13	Ret	Ret	9	12	3	18	67
16	Jake Hughes																												19	4	3	27
17	Ryan Tveter	15	7	Ret	11	11	DNS	7	Ret	7	15	DNS	DNS	13	Ret	13	8	14	14	9	9	16										25
18	Harrison Newey	9	Ret	14	12	12	10	15	Ret	14	8	16	11	14	Ret	10	19	12	18	6	12	12	14	11	11	9	8	Ret	15	18	12	22
19	Pedro Piquet	11	14	Ret	13	14	7	20	Ret	10	19	Ret	13	9	Ret	Ret	13	16	13	18	6	14	17	9	15	Ret	12	14	16	17	15	19
20	Nikita Mazepin	19	12	10	EX	Ret	13	16	13	Ret	14	17	14	11	11	11	17	15	17	12	Ret	8	16	14	16	13	11	15	8	10	Ret	10
21	Arjun Maini	Ret	13	16	14	15	15	18	10	9	Ret	Ret	18																			3
22	Raoul Hyman	18	10	13																												1
23	Zhi Cong Li	20	15	17	15	Ret	16	Ret	12	Ret	18	DNS	DNS																			0
24	William Buller													Ret	Ret	12																0
25	Weiron Tan										Ret	13	15				20	19	Ret	Ret	15	18										0
26	Ukyo Sasahara																			13	Ret	19				Ret	13	Ret				0
27	Wing Chung Chang																									14	14	16	17	19	17	0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Alexander Sims																												9	11	5	0
	Dan Ticktum																												13	20	14	0
	Lando Norris																												Ret	16	16	0
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
Pos.	Driver	LEC			HUN			PAU			RBR			NOR			ZAN			SPA			NÜR			IMO			HOC			Points

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
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' Championship

Pos.	Driver	LEC			HUN			PAU			RBR			NOR			ZAN			SPA			NÜR			IMO			HOC			Points
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
1	Joel Eriksson	6	9	3	3	Ret	2	14	9	6	17	10	6	Ret	5	Ret	12	10	7	14	2	1	7	3	6	3	2	5	6	2	2	470
2	Ralf Aron	7	Ret	7	1	2	DNS	13	6	15	9	13	9	5	10	9	14	6	8	8	14	13	6	4	14	7	4	4	4	5	8	418
3	Anthoine Hubert	17	8	6	Ret	13	14	12	7	12	12	11	16	8	1	2	9	4	10	Ret	4	2	10	5	9	5	6	6	10	7	10	392
4	Ben Barnicoat	4	Ret	11	9	10	1	1	5	11	10	15	5	6	Ret	DSQ	18	8	9	3	11	20	9	Ret	10	8	Ret	13	18	9	7	342
5	Niko Kari	8	16	15	2	Ret	8	19	11	8	20	4	8	2	12	Ret	6	11	11	11	10	7	8	10	3	1	9	Ret	14	12	13	340
6	Guanyu Zhou	14	3	8	8	3	4	11	Ret	Ret	14	12	7	Ret	6	4	16	18	16	17	8	11	12	12	12	6	5	10	11	13	11	304
7	David Beckmann							17	Ret	Ret	7	7	12	10	13	Ret	10	7	3	7	17	10	13	6	13	Ret	Ret	9	12	3	18	221
8	Harrison Newey	9	Ret	14	12	12	10	15	Ret	14	8	16	11	Ret	Ret	10	19	12	18	6	12	12	14	11	11	9	8	Ret	15	18	12	202
9	Nikita Mazepin	19	12	10	EX	Ret	13	16	13	Ret	15	17	14	11	11	11	17	15	17	12	Ret	8	16	14	16	13	11	15	8	10	Ret	171
10	Ukyo Sasahara																			13	Ret	19				Ret	13	Ret				12
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
Pos.	Driver	LEC			HUN			PAU			RBR			NOR			ZAN			SPA			NÜR			IMO			HOC			Points

Teams' championship

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

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	780
2	HitechGP	499
3	Motopark	431
4	Van Amersfoort Racing	416
5	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	297
6	Carlin	238
7	Threebond with T-Sport	32

Footnotes

^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[3]
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-3, 5, 8, 10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 4, 6-7, 9.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2-4, 6-10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 1.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 8-9.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 3-8, 10.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 2.
^ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-7, 10.

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^ ^a ^b Klein, Jamie (11 December 2015). "Russell joins Hitech for sophomore F3 season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Simmons, Marcus (14 January 2016). "Ben Barnicoat seals Hitech European Formula 3 Championship deal". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ Simmons, Marcus (10 October 2016). "BMW factory driver Alexander Sims back in F3 for Hockenheim finale". Autosport. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Khorounzhiy, Valentin (21 December 2015). "Maini switches to T-Sport for second European F3 campaign". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ "T-Sport to field two-car team at Imola". FIA European Formula 3 Championship. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "Fortec guarda alla Open F.3 Double R ferma il programma FIA (Fortec F3 Open looks at Double R stops the FIA program)". 15 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016. The passage of two young talented rookies like Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon GP3, when they could go for the title in the FIA Formula 3 this year, is a significant message to the Federation who thought he had charted a new course for all unbeatable
^ "Belardi Auto Racing confirms Felix Rosenqvist for Indy Lights". Indy Lights. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (2 December 2015). "No British round for FIA F3 European Championship in 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

External links

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[4] All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.^[3]

[7] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-3, 5, 8, 10.

[All-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship.

[11] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 4, 6-7, 9.

[13] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.

[22] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 2-4, 6-10.

[24] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 1.

[27] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 5.

[31] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 8-9.

[32] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1, 3-8, 10.

[34] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at round 2.

[36] Ineligible to score points for the team in the teams' championship at rounds 1-7, 10.

[1] Allen, Peter (27 September 2015). "Rosenqvist is European F3 champion after Nurburgring hat-trick". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

[2] "2016 FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: General Entry List" (PDF). 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

[3] "STARTERLISTE 2016 FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

[Stroll-5] Allen, Peter (3 November 2015). "Lance Stroll to stay in F3 with Prema in 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

[Cassidy-6] "Cassidy completes Prema's European F3 line-up". 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[Aron-8] Allen, Peter (15 December 2015). "Italian F4 champion Ralf Aron makes F3 step with Prema". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[Gunther-10] Allen, Peter (22 December 2015). "Maximilian Gunther gets Prema F3 deal for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

[Tveter-12] Allen, Peter (16 December 2015). "Carlin retains Ryan Tveter for European F3 in 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

[Finale-14] "2016 FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Provisional Entry List Hockenheim 2016" (PDF). European Formula 3 Championship. FIA. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[Lorandi-15] "Lorandi moves to Carlin for second European F3 season". 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[InitialEntries-16] "FIA F3 EC announces initial entries – final deadline pushed back". European Formula 3 Championship. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[Buller-17] "Carlin return to Norisring with Buller on board". Carlin. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[EntryList-18] "2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Provisional Entry List Paul Ricard" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.

[Tan-19] "Weiron Tan completes Carlin's line up at Red Bull Ring". Carlin. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[Sasahara-20] Simmons, Marcus (13 July 2016). "T-Sport back to European Formula 3 with ex-FRenault ace Sasahara". Autosport. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[Piquet-21] Allen, Peter (11 November 2015). "Pedro Piquet signs with Van Amersfoort for European F3 move". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

[Ilott-23] Allen, Peter (6 January 2016). "Callum Ilott moves to Van Amersfoort for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

[Newey-25] Chokhani, Darshan (13 January 2016). "Harrison Newey confirms F3 move with Van Amersfoort". motorsport.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

[Hubert-26] Allen, Peter (29 February 2016). "Anthoine Hubert lands F3 seat with Van Amersfoort Racing". Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[Jensen-28] Bosley, Jacob (2 February 2016). "Mikkel Jensen continues with Mucke Motorsport in European F3". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[Beckmann-29] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (18 December 2015). "Beckmann secures F3 move, gets Red Bull backing". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[Red_Bull-30] "New names injected into the Red Bull Junior Team for 2016". Red Bull Junior Team. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

[Eriksson-33] Simmons, Marcus (19 January 2016). "Joel Eriksson moves up to European F3 with Motopark". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[Zhou-35] Simmons, Marcus (15 February 2016). "Ferrari protege Guan Yu Zhou gets Motopark European Formula 3 seat". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[37] Simmons, Marcus (1 December 2015). "ART Grand Prix to return to Formula 3 in support of HitechGP". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[Mazepin-38] Allen, Peter (18 December 2015). "Nikita Mazepin steps up to F3 with HitechGP". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

[Russell-39] Klein, Jamie (11 December 2015). "Russell joins Hitech for sophomore F3 season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

[Barnicoat-40] Simmons, Marcus (14 January 2016). "Ben Barnicoat seals Hitech European Formula 3 Championship deal". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[41] Simmons, Marcus (10 October 2016). "BMW factory driver Alexander Sims back in F3 for Hockenheim finale". Autosport. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[Maini-42] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (21 December 2015). "Maini switches to T-Sport for second European F3 campaign". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[43] "T-Sport to field two-car team at Imola". FIA European Formula 3 Championship. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[44] "Fortec guarda alla Open F.3 Double R ferma il programma FIA (Fortec F3 Open looks at Double R stops the FIA program)". 15 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016. The passage of two young talented rookies like Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon GP3, when they could go for the title in the FIA Formula 3 this year, is a significant message to the Federation who thought he had charted a new course for all unbeatable

[45] "Belardi Auto Racing confirms Felix Rosenqvist for Indy Lights". Indy Lights. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

[ProvisionalCalendar-46] Allen, Peter (2 December 2015). "No British round for FIA F3 European Championship in 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

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