Prema Racing driver
Robert Shwartzman won the championship title with one race to spare after collecting three race wins with six other podium finishes.[2] Shwartzman dominated from the first race of the season, losing the drivers' championship lead only for one race to his teammate
Jehan Daruvala. Daruvala, who finished third overall, was victorious at Barcelona and Le Castellet.
Marcus Armstrong, another Prema driver, finished second and won races at Hungaroring, Spa and Sochi. He passed Daruvala by one point in the drivers' championship just in the final race of the season. Prema Racing became the inaugural teams' champions after the second Spa-Francorchamps race.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2019 championship. As the championship is a
spec series, all teams competed with an identical
Dallara F3 2019 chassis and a bespoke tyre compound developed by
Pirelli.[3][4] Each car was powered by a 3.4 L (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated
V6 engine developed by
Mecachrome that was previously used in the
Dallara GP3/16.[5] Teams were required to enter three cars.[6]
Artem Petrov ended his campaign after the first round due to lack of funding. His replacement at
Jenzer Motorsport was Giorgio Carrara, however the Argentine could only start participating from the Spielberg round due to visa issues.[41][42][43] Carrara was replaced with
Federico Malvestiti for the Silverstone round.[44] Carrara returned to the seat in Hungary.[9] Hon Chio Leong replaced Carrara for the season finale at
Sochi Autodrom.[45]
Following an accident at the Monza round that left him with fractured vertebrae,
Alex Peroni missed the final race at Sochi.[46] He was replaced with
David Schumacher, son of
Ralf.[47]
David Beckmann withdrew from the final race of the championship for personal reasons.[48]
Calendar
A schedule of eight rounds was made to take place as part of the 2019 championship. The eight rounds were drawn from the
2018 GP3 Series calendar as the series was run on the Formula 1 support bill whereas the Formula 3 European Championship did not. The ninth round held at the
Yas Marina Circuit in 2018 was omitted from the Formula 3 calendar to allow drivers the opportunity to compete in the
2019 Macau Grand Prix, which was announced during the season to be a non-championship round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, as all teams and cars were at the event.
For the championship's inaugural season, all teams were supplied with a new chassis package, named the
Dallara F3 2019. It was still powered by a fuel-efficient 3.4 litre (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated direct-injected
V6 engine developed by
Mecachrome that also powered the
GP3/16 chassis which was used in the championship's predecessor, the
GP3 Series from
2016 to
2018. The chassis used tyres supplied by
Pirelli and also featured the
"halo" cockpit protection device used in the championship's sister series
Formula One and
Formula 2.
Technical regulations
The championship introduced a rule restricting the amount of downforce available during a race. Teams were free to run as much downforce as they choose during free practice and qualifying in order to find the ideal car setup, but the minimum and maximum allowable angle of the rear wing was specified by stewards ahead of the race.
Use of the
Drag Reduction System (DRS) was unrestricted, whereas the championship's predecessor, GP3, restricted its use to six in the feature race and four in the sprint race.
Season report
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Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in Race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in Race 2. The pole-sitter in Race 1 received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in Race 2 as the grid for Race 2 is based on the results of Race 1 with the top eight drivers having their positions reversed.
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Notes
^Raoul Hyman is a South African driver competing under a British licence.
^Giorgio Carrara is an Argentine driver competing under a Swiss licence.
^Christian Lundgaard won the race, but was subsequently issued with a five-second time penalty for a virtual safety car (VSC) infringement.[52]
^Felipe Drugovich set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Yuki Tsunoda was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Christian Lundgaard set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Jake Hughes was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Logan Sargeant set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Jehan Daruvala was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Jüri Vips set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Richard Verschoor was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Thukral, Rachit (26 November 2018).
"Matsushita makes F2 return with Carlin". motorsport.com.
Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 November 2018. Honda has also placed another of its junior drivers, 18-year-old Yuki Tsunoda, into the new FIA F3 series that replaces GP3 on the F1 support bill next season.