2018 GP3 Series

The 2018 GP3 Series was the ninth and final season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also ninth and final season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that runs in support of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series Formula 2. This was the final contested season of GP3, as the series united with the FIA Formula 3 European Championship to form the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

2018 was the final season that the Dallara GP3/16 chassis package—which débuted in the 2016 GP3 Series—was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package for the FIA Formula 3 Championship was introduced in 2019.

After finishing 3rd in the final feature race of the last season of GP3, Anthoine Hubert was crowned the 2018 GP3 Champion. ART successfully defended their teams' title over Trident after the first race at Sochi, winning the teams' title in eight of the nine seasons of GP3.

Runner-up Nikita Mazepin won 4 races; in Barcelona, Hungaroring, Spa-Francorchamps, and Yas Marina. After having four rounds with Jenzer Motorsport, David Beckmann moved to Trident before the summer break and took 3 race wins. Champion Anthoine Hubert, Callum Ilott, Leonardo Pulcini, and Pedro Piquet all won 2 races. Also, Giuliano Alesi won the second race in Spain, Jake Hughes won for the third time in the series at the Red Bull Ring, and Dorian Boccolacci, who drove for MP Motorsport before being promoted to their Formula 2 team won the sprint race at the Hungaroring.

Teams and drivers All GP3 drivers competed in a Dallara GP3/16 chassis using a Mecachrome GP3 V6 engine and Pirelli P Zero and Cinturato tyres. Team Driver name Rounds ART Grand Prix 1 Callum Ilott All 2 All 3 Nikita Mazepin All 4 Jake Hughes All Trident 5 Pedro Piquet All 6 Giuliano Alesi All 7 Ryan Tveter All 8 Alessio Lorandi 1–4 David Beckmann 5–9 Jenzer Motorsport 9 Tatiana Calderón All 10 All 11 David Beckmann 1–4 Jannes Fittje 5–9 14 Gabriel Aubry All 15 Julien Falchero 1–7 Sacha Fenestraz 8–9 16 Joey Mawson All Campos Racing 18 Leonardo Pulcini All 19 All 20 Diego Menchaca All MP Motorsport 22 1–5 6–9 23 Will Palmer 1 Christian Lundgaard 2 Devlin DeFrancesco 3–9 24 Niko Kari 1–7 Jehan Daruvala 9 Sources:

Team changes DAMS left the championship after two years of competition. Their entry was taken by Formula 2 team MP Motorsport.

Driver changes Gabriel Aubry and Joey Mawson, who raced in 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship respectively, made their series début with Arden International. They were joined by Julien Falchero, who switched from Campos Racing. Steijn Schothorst left the team and switched to sports car racing, joining 2018 Blancpain GT Series. Dorian Boccolacci and Niko Kari moved from Trident and Arden International respectively to MP Motorsport. They were joined by 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup runner-up Will Palmer. Tatiana Calderón moved from DAMS to Jenzer Motorsport. She was joined by 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship driver David Beckmann. Arjun Maini left the team to join the FIA Formula 2 Championship. 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Callum Ilott and Nikita Mazepin moved to the series, joining ART Grand Prix for the season. Under the series regulations, reigning GP3 Series champion George Russell could not compete in the championship again and left the series along with Jack Aitken and Nirei Fukuzumi and joined Formula 2. Fukuzumi will also contest the 2018 Super Formula Championship. Simo Laaksonen continued his collaboration with Campos Racing after his campaign with the team in the 2017 Euroformula Open Championship. He was partnered by Leonardo Pulcini and Diego Menchaca, who reignited their partnership with Campos after a season with Arden in 2017 and 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 respectively. Raoul Hyman and Marcos Siebert both left the team. Siebert later joined Campos in the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship. Alessio Lorandi, who raced with Jenzer Motorsport switched to race with Trident. He was joined by former FIA Formula 3 European Championship driver Pedro Piquet.

Midseason changes Formula Renault Eurocup race-winner Christian Lundgaard joined MP Motorsport for a one-off entry at Paul Ricard, replacing Will Palmer. Lundgaard was replaced by FIA Formula 3 European Championship driver Devlin DeFrancesco for the rest of the season. Jannes Fittje replaced David Beckmann in Jenzer Motorsport after Beckmann parted ways with the team prior Hungaroring round. Beckmann filled Alessio Lorandi's slot in Trident, while Lorandi moved to Trident's FIA Formula 2 Championship team ahead of the Hungaroring round, replacing Santino Ferrucci. Richard Verschoor replaced Dorian Boccolacci for the Spa-Francorchamps round, as the French driver joined MP's FIA Formula 2 team, to replace Roberto Merhi. Niko Kari was also promoted to Formula 2 with MP Motorsport before the Sochi round. Jehan Daruvala took Kari's seat for the Abu Dhabi round. Sacha Fenestraz replaced Julien Falchero for Arden International ahead of the Sochi Autodrom round.

Calendar The following nine rounds took place as part of the 2018 championship. Each round consisted of two races, a longer race 1 and a shorter race 2:

Round Circuit Race 1 Race 2 Supporting 1 12 May 13 May 2 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 23 June 24 June 3 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 30 June 1 July 4 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 7 July 8 July 5 Hungaroring, Budapest 28 July 29 July 6 25 August 26 August 7 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 1 September 2 September 8 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 9 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 24 November 25 November Source:

Calendar changes The championship will expand to nine rounds in 2018. The championship will return to the Sochi Autodrom, running in support of the Russian Grand Prix. The series last visited the circuit in 2015. The championship will make its début at the Circuit Paul Ricard, running in support of the French Grand Prix. The stand-alone event run at the Jerez Circuit in 2017 was discontinued.

Results Season summary Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report 1 Leonardo Pulcini Anthoine Hubert Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix Report Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Trident 2 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard Anthoine Hubert Report R2 Anthoine Hubert Callum Ilott ART Grand Prix 3 R1 Red Bull Ring Callum Ilott Leonardo Pulcini Callum Ilott ART Grand Prix Report R2 Leonardo Pulcini Jake Hughes ART Grand Prix 4 R1 Silverstone Circuit Anthoine Hubert Callum Ilott Anthoine Hubert ART Grand Prix Report R2 Callum Ilott Pedro Piquet Trident 5 R1 Hungaroring Anthoine Hubert Nikita Mazepin Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix Report R2 Dorian Boccolacci MP Motorsport 6 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps David Beckmann Anthoine Hubert David Beckmann Trident Report R2 Nikita Mazepin Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 7 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza David Beckmann David Beckmann Trident Report R2 Nikita Mazepin Pedro Piquet Trident 8 R1 Sochi Autodrom Nikita Mazepin Leonardo Pulcini Report R2 David Beckmann Trident 9 R1 Yas Marina Circuit Nikita Mazepin Nikita Mazepin Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Report R2 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand PrixSource:

Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.

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

Race 2 points Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

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

Drivers' championship Driver CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC PointsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Anthoine Hubert 2 2 1 7 17 9 1 4 3 3 3 2 2 DSQ 3 4 3 Ret 214 2 Nikita Mazepin 1 10 2 5 13 7 2 7 1 12 5 1 5 3 2 Ret 5 1 198 3 Callum Ilott 3 7 8 1 1 6 3 5 6 2 6 3 3 DSQ 13 18 4 4 167 4 Leonardo Pulcini 4 9 4 8 2 3 6 6 2 4 15 Ret 14 7 1 8 1 12 156 5 David Beckmann 6 17 18 10 8 Ret 14 Ret 4 7 1 Ret 1 5 5 1 2 Ret 137 6 Pedro Piquet 9 Ret 6 2 4 2 7 1 12 9 4 5 7 1 15 11 12 Ret 106 7 Giuliano Alesi 7 1 3 6 6 Ret 8 2 17† 16 9 6 6 2 14 17 6 10 100 8 Jake Hughes 13 3 10 17 5 1 Ret 8 16 14 7 4 9 4 7 16 7 2 85 9 Ryan Tveter 17 14 11 9 7 Ret 4 3 5 6 2 8 11 16 18 9 11 5 69 10 Dorian Boccolacci 5 5 DSQ 14 10 5 5 9 8 1 58 11 Alessio Lorandi 11 16 5 4 3 4 10 12 42 12 8 4 9 12 19 13 Ret 15 7 5 11 10 17 Ret 9 5 8 6 42 13 Joey Mawson 16 15 7 3 Ret 10 9 13 Ret 18 8 17† 12 12 8 2 20 9 38 14 Simo Laaksonen 15 8 13 11 9 15 13 16 14 11 12 13 4 8 6 14 9 3 36 15 Richard Verschoor 17 7 8 9 4 3 14 7 30 16 Tatiana Calderón Ret Ret 17 16 12 12 Ret 10 11 8 10 9 15 6 10 7 10 8 11 17 Niko Kari Ret 6 DSQ Ret 11 8 11 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 10 10 6 18 Gabriel Aubry 12 Ret 15 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 10 13 13 11 Ret Ret 11 6 15 14 5 19 Diego Menchaca 10 12 14 Ret 14 16 12 11 9 10 19 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 18 16 3 20 Jannes Fittje 13 17 20 15 16 11 12 10 13 Ret0 21 Devlin DeFrancesco 18† 11 15 14 WD WD 18 Ret 13 15 17 12 17 11 0 22 Julien Falchero 14 11 16 15 15 14 Ret Ret 15 15 16 14 Ret 13 0 23 Christian Lundgaard 12 13 0 24 Sacha Fenestraz 16 13 16 15 0 25 Will Palmer 18 13 0 26 Jehan Daruvala 19 13 0DriverR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Points CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMCSources: Rookie Notes: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championship Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship. Team CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC PointsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 ART Grand Prix 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 3 1 640 2 3 2 5 5 6 2 5 3 3 5 2 3 4 3 16 4 2 3 7 8 7 13 7 3 7 6 12 6 3 5 DSQ 7 18 5 4 2 Trident 7 1 3 2 3 2 4 1 4 7 1 5 1 1 5 1 2 5 433 9 14 5 4 4 4 7 2 5 8 2 6 6 2 14 9 8 10 11 16 6 6 6 Ret 8 3 12 9 4 8 7 5 15 11 11 Ret3 Campos Racing 4 8 4 8 2 3 6 6 2 4 12 13 4 7 1 8 1 3 195 10 9 13 11 9 15 12 11 9 10 15 16 14 8 6 14 9 16 15 12 14 Ret 14 16 13 16 14 11 19 Ret Ret 14 Ret 15 18 Ret 4 MP Motorsport 5 5 12 13 10 5 5 9 8 1 14 7 8 9 4 3 14 7 94 18 6 DSQ 14 11 8 11 14 Ret Ret 17 12 10 10 17 12 17 11 Ret 13 DSQ Ret 18† 11 15 Ret WD WD 18 Ret 13 15 19 135 Jenzer Motorsport 6 4 9 10 8 12 14 10 7 5 10 9 15 6 9 5 8 6 65 8 17 17 12 12 13 Ret 15 11 8 11 10 16 11 10 7 10 8 Ret Ret 19 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 13 17 20 15 17 Ret 12 10 13 Ret 6 12 11 7 3 15 10 9 13 10 13 8 11 12 12 8 2 15 9 43 14 15 15 15 16 14 Ret Ret 15 15 13 14 Ret 13 11 6 16 14 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 16 17 Ret Ret 16 13 20 15TeamR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Points CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMCSources: Notes: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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