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2016 FIA Formula 3 European calendar announced

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    • Start of the race, 3 Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA, Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, Dallara F312 - Volkswagen) taking the lead from 1 Felix Rosenqvist (SWE, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312 – Mercedes-Benz), 34 Markus Pommer (DEU, Motopark, Dallara F312 – Volkswagen), 25 Lance Stroll (CAN, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312 – Mercedes-Benz), 7 Charles Leclerc (MCO, Van Amersfoort Racing, Dallara F312 – Volkswagen), FIA Formula 3 European Championship, round 7, race 1, Zandvoort (NED) - 10. - 12. July 2015 *** Local Caption *** Copyright (c) FIA Formula 3 European Championship / Thomas Suer

    In 2016, the FIA Formula 3 European Championship young guns once again will contest their races at the most important circuits of the continent. In ten race meetings held in seven different countries, the young drivers will battle for the title and the succession of this year’s champion, Felix Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam).

    The season will be kicked off in early April at Le Castellet. At the Southern French venue, the FIA Formula 3 European Championship will race in a package with the FIA World Touring Car Championship, WTCC, and the same applies to the following race meeting, held three weeks later at the Hungaroring, not far from Budapest. In mid-May, the calendar features a true season highlight and the second race meeting in France: the GP de Pau. With Austria’s Red Bull Ring, Nuremberg’s Norisring, Zandvoort in the Netherlands, Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring, the calendar features a number of challenging circuits where the young drivers on the FIA Formula 3 European Championship grid already had to prove their skills in 2015. In early October, Imola is going to make its comeback on the calendar of the planet’s most competitive young-driver series and afterwards, the series will travel to Hockenheim, the traditional venue of the season finale. In addition to the two race weekends in the package with the WTCC, the FIA Formula 3 European Championship will contest five race meetings in the support programme of its long-term partner DTM. At Imola, the FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers will share the paddock with the FIA ETCC and at Spa-Francorchamps they will join the Blancpain GT Series.

    “We once again succeeded in creating an attractive calendar with many former and current Formula One World Championship venues,” Walter Mertes, CEO ‘Formel 3 Vermarktungs GmbH’, said delighted. “I think we once again found a well-balanced mix of most different circuit characteristics, thus offering the young drivers contesting the 2016 season a perfect platform to demonstrate their skills.”

    The 2016 Formula 3 European Championship calendar at a glance:

    03/04 – Paul Ricard (WTCC) / FRA
    24/04 – Hungaroring (WTCC) / HUN
    15/05 – Pau (F3 GP) / FRA
    22/05 – Red Bull Ring – Spielberg (DTM) / AUT
    26/06 – Norisring (DTM) / DEU
    17/07 –  Zandvoort (DTM) / NLD
    30/07 – Spa-Francorchamps (Blancpain GT Series) / BEL
    11/09 – Nürburgring (DTM) / DEU
    02/10 – Imola (ETCC) / ITA
    16/10 – Hockenheim (DTM) / DEU