Lap distance: 5.901 km

Race distance: 33 minutes plus one lap

Location: 25 km south of Northampton

Airports: Birmingham Airport [BHX] (85 km), East Midlands International Airport [EMA] (100 km), London Heathrow [LHR] (120 km)

Lap records: 2013 Alex Lynn, 1m53.831s

                     2014 Esteban Ocon, 1m52.103s

                     2015 Charles Leclerc, 1m51.498s

                     2016 not on the calendar

Pole position:

                  Qualifying 1                         Qualifying 2                         Qualifying 3

2013        Harry Tricknell                        Harry Tricknell                           Alex Lynn

                  1m54.098s                              1m54.129s                            2m03.859s

2014      Tom Blomqvist                          Esteban Ocon                         Esteban Ocon

                  1m51.327s                             1m51.322s                             1m51.327s

2015      Felix Rosenqvist                       Charles Leclerc                       Charles Leclerc

                  1m51.007s                            1m51.148s                              1m51.489s

2016      not on the calendar

Winner:

                  Race 1                                      Race 2                                      Race 3

2013      Harry Tricknell                         Felix Rosenqvist                         Raffaele Marciello

2014      Tom Blomqvist                          Esteban Ocon                             Antonio Fuoco

2015      Felix Rosenqvist                       George Russell                            Charles Leclerc

2016      not on the calendar

INTERESTING FACTS

After the Silverstone Circuit did not feature on the 2016 FIA F3 European Championship calendar, the venue returns this year to host the season opener. The circuit can certainly look back at a long history in hosting motor sport events, the first ever round of the Formula One World Championship took place at the iconic track in 1950. Silverstone is a permanent feature on the Formula 1 calendar since 1987 and also this year the Formula 1 GP will take place here.

The circuit located in Northamptonshire, England is by many regarded as the home of British Motor Racing. The FIA Formula 3 European Championship has two British teams on its grid, Carlin and Hitech Grand Prix will contest their home races on Easter weekend. Whereby Hitech GP has the shortest journey, the team’s factory is less than one km away from Silverstone Circuit’s main entrance.

Due to competing at the same venue as an endurance race, the usual weekend timetable had to be adjusted for this event. Free Practice and the first qualifying session will take place on Thursday, the second qualifying session and the first race on Friday, the second race on Saturday and the third race on Sunday.

FIA F3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TIMETABLE

Thursday, 13. April

12:20 - 13:00 Free Practice 1

13:05 - 13:45 Free Practice 2

17:40 - 18:00 Qualifying 1

Friday, 14. April

13:30 - 13:50 Qualifying 2

15:55 - 16:30 Race 1

16:35 (est) Race 1 podium ceremony

16:55 (est) Race 1 press conference

Saturday, 15. April

11:00 - 11:35 Race 2

11:40 (est) Race 2 podium ceremony

12:00 (est) Race 2 press conference

Sunday, 16. April

09:00 - 09:35 Race 3

09:40 (est) Race 3 podium ceremony

10:45 (est) Race 3 press conference

OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE ASN

Stewards of the meeting: David Simons

Clerk of the Course: Dennis Carter

Secretary of the meeting: David Wheadon

Chief National Scrutineer: Mike Wright

Chief National Medical Officer: Peter Hutchinson

FIA F3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

The current Championship classification (teams and drivers) can be found on the following webpage:

http://www.fiaf3europe.com/2017-championship/

FIA F3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SESSION AND EVENT RESULTS

Shortly after the end of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following webpage:

http://www.fiaf3europe.com/2017-results/