The 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the ninth championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series. It began on 2 April at

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and finished on 23 October at

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after 21 races at nine meetings. Roberto Merhi, who participated his third season in series clinched title after home win at

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with a round to spare, bringing first Drivers' Championship for

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since

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and first title in the Teams' Standings. Second place for the second year in row went to

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's Marco Wittmann, who took five wins. Merhi's compatriot and teammate

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scored four races victories and managed third in drivers' standing. Also Juncadella and Merhi won Nations Cup. Best rookie of the season Nigel Melker took fourth place with four victories despite missing round

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due to commitments in

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. His teammate

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finished fifth, winning penultimate race of the season at

. Places six through eight went to Signature's drivers

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, Daniel Abt and Carlos Muñoz. Motopark's drivers Jimmy Eriksson and Kimiya Sato finished on ninth and tenth positions respectively.

Drivers and teams

Competition numbers 30 and higher are single-race entrants and are ineligible to score championship points.

Driver changes

; Changed Teams * Roberto Merhi and Carlos Muñoz both switched from Mücke Motorsport to

and

respectively. ; Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series * After finishing runner-up to

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in German Formula Three, Daniel Abt moved to Signature. Dillmann competed as a guest driver at

for Carlin along with British series regulars Carlos Huertas and Jazeman Jaafar, and then moved to Motopark for the Red Bull Ring round. * Alon Day made his series début as a guest driver for his German Formula Three team HS Engineering, at the

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. * Jimmy Eriksson moved up from German Formula Three full-time, competing for Motopark. He was joined by Gianmarco Raimondo who moves from Italian Formula Three and Kimiya Sato, who moves from Japanese Formula Three. Raimondo later moved to a third car at

* Kuba Giermaziak débuted in the series with the STAR Racing Team, dovetailing with commitments in the

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. * Nigel Melker competed for Mücke Motorsport, alongside his GP3 commitments with the team.

joined him, stepping up from German Formula Three. ; Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series * With his

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team leaving the championship after the 2010 season, Valtteri Bottas moved into one of the team's

seats, while his 2010 teammate Alexander Sims join ed Status Grand Prix. * 2010 champion

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moved into the

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with

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Team changes

, who won six drivers' titles and seven teams' titles, exited the championship to concentrate on other series. * STAR Racing Team débuted in the series, with Kuba Giermaziak driving the team's sole entry.

Race calendar and results

* A provisional nine-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2010. Seven of the nine rounds will support

events, with additional rounds at Le Castellet and

in support of the

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. The series will adopt a format introduced in the 2010 British Formula 3 Championship, with three races a weekend, two of which held on the Saturday and the final race on the Sunday. The first and third races at the first Hockenheim round were also points-scoring for the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy.

Standings

*Points are awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Nations Cup

Notes

References

External links

The official website of the Formula 3 Euro Series
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