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

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

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

Race calendar and results

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
R2 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
R2 Race cancelled [N 1]
3 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel 16 July Guilherme Samaia Matheus Iorio Cesário F3 no finishers
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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
R2 Matheus Iorio Artur Fortunato Fortunato F3 Racing no finishers
  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.

Championship standings

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 Christian 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 Artur 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
Class B
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 classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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