Editing Formula Three (section)

==Championships and series==
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[[Image:P1000588b.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sebastian Vettel]] demonstrating his [[Formula 3 Euro Series]] car (2006)]]
Until the launch of the [[FIA Formula 3 Championship]] in 2019, there has never been a World Championship for Formula Three. In the 1970s and into the 1980s the European Formula Three Championship and [[British Formula 3 Championship]] (once one series had emerged from the competing British series in the 1970s) were the most prominent, with a number of future Formula One champions coming from them. France, Germany, and Italy also had important Formula Three series, but interest in these was originally subsidiary to national formulae &ndash; [[Formula Renault]] in France and [[Formula Super Vee]] in Germany. These nations eventually drifted towards Formula Three. The Italian series tended to attract older drivers who moved straight across from [[kart]]ing whereas in other nations drivers typically graduated to F3 after a couple of years in minor categories. The European series died out in the mid-1980s and the national series became correspondingly more important. For 2003, [[French Formula Three Championship|French]] and [[German Formula Three Championship|German F3]], both suffering from a lack of competitive entrants, merged to recreate the [[Formula 3 Euro Series]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Formula 3 |url=https://www.fiaformula3.com/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website |language=en}}</ref>

Brazil's [[Formula Three Sudamericana|SudAm Formula Three Championship]], which now has the most powerful engine of all Formula Three series, was known for producing excellent drivers who polished their skills in the British Formula 3 championship. Perhaps the most curious of all was the small [[All-Japan Formula Three Championship]].  Although few drivers spent a significant amount of time there, future stars such as [[Ralf Schumacher]] and [[Jacques Villeneuve]] scored victories there. An Asian series was established in 2001 and grew to produce past A1 drivers for Indonesia and Australia.

===Special races===
[[Image:Paucircuit.jpg|thumb|right|[[Átila Abreu]] driving for [[Mücke Motorsport]] during the 2005 [[Pau Grand Prix]] in France]]

In addition to the many national series, Formula Three is known for major non-championship races typically including entries from the national series, the best-known of which is the [[Macau Grand Prix|FIA Formula 3 World Cup]] (previously known as FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup) at [[Macau]]. The first Formula Three Grand Prix of Macau was held in 1983 and won by [[Ayrton Senna]]. [[Michael Schumacher]], [[David Coulthard]], [[Ralf Schumacher]], and [[Takuma Sato]] have also won there. The Formula Three Grand Prix of Macau traditionally marks the end of the Formula Three season, with drivers from almost every national series participating.

Other major races include the [[Pau Grand Prix]] (from 1999 to 2006), the [[Masters of Formula 3]] (traditionally held at [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|Zandvoort]]), and the [[Korea Super Prix]] at [[Changwon]]. These events give fans in locations not visited by other major series a way to experience major international racing.

The [[Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race|Monaco F3 Grand Prix]] held until 1997 was also a famous special race. It was restored in [[2005 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three|2005]] only, as a part of the F3 Euro Series.

===List of Formula Three series===
{{See also|Category:Formula Three series}}

====Current series====
{|class="wikitable" style="width:85%"
|-
! Series name
! Zone/country
! Active years
! Additional information
|-
! colspan=4 align=center| FIA Formula 3 regulations
|-
| [[FIA Formula 3 Championship]]
| International
| 2019–
| Replaced the [[GP3 Series]] and the [[FIA Formula 3 European Championship]] in 2019. 
|-
! colspan=4 align=center| FIA [[Formula Regional]] regulations
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Formula Regional Americas Championship]]
| [[North America]]
| 2018–
| Was known as F3 Americas until 2019.
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}} [[Formula Regional European Championship|Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine]]
| [[Europe]]
| 2019–
|Replaced the [[Formula Regional European Championship]] and the [[Formula Renault Eurocup]] in 2021.
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Formula Regional Japanese Championship]]
| [[Japan]]
| 2020–
| K2 acquired [[Formula Regional]] rights for 2020 after [[Super Formula Lights|Japanese Formula 3 Championship]] officials changed specifications away from Formula Regional, thereby abandoning nomenclature rights under FIA rules.
|-
| [[Formula Renault AsiaCup|Alpine Formula Racing Asia Series]]
| [[Asia]]
| 2021–
| The new championship aligns with the [[Formula Regional European Championship|Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine]] running the Tatuus Formula Regional spec car with Renault engines (Formula Renault FR-19).
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Formula Regional Middle East Championship]]
| [[Asia]]
| 2023–
|Replaced the [[Formula Regional Asian Championship]] in 2023
|-
| {{flagicon|NZL}}{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Toyota Racing Series|Formula Regional Oceania Championship]]
| [[New Zealand]]
| 2023–
| The series switched to the Formula Regional chassis for 2020 and rebranded as Formula Regional championship from 2023 onwards.
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Formula Regional Indian Championship]]
| [[India]]
| 2023–
| 
|-
! colspan=4 align=center| Former FIA F3 regulations
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Monoposto Racing Championship
| [[United Kingdom]]
| 1977–
| Monoposto racing championship runs Formula 3 cars up to the 2007 year MY of the Dallara chassis. Featuring a BOP to ensure fair racing between the years, all cars run a 2.0L production F3 engine (190bhp) limit through various restrictors.
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austria Formula 3 Cup|Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup]]
| [[Austria]]
| 1982,<br>1984–<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formel3guide.com/alle-meister.html?id=66|title=formel 3 guide - Formel 3 Meister Österreich|website=www.formel3guide.com|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref>
| "Drexler-Automotive Formel 3 Pokal" for the main Cup and "Drexler-Automotive Formel 3 Trophy" for B division older chassis cars.
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}} [[FIA Central European Zone Formula 3]]
| [[Europe]]
| 1994–2005,<br>2016–
|
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australian Formula 3 Championship|Australian Formula Open Series]]
| [[Australia]]
| 1999–2019,<br>2021– 
| 
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[F2000 Italian Formula Trophy]]
| [[Italy]]
| 2014–
| Formerly known as F2 Italian Trophy. Mainly running older F3 chassis and engines.
|-
! colspan=4 align=center| Euroformula regulations - based on 2018 F3-chassis
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}} [[Euroformula Open Championship]]
| [[Europe]]
| 2009–
| Formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship. The Spanish Formula Three title continues to exist as a sub-championship.
|- 
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Super Formula Lights]]
| [[Japan]]
| 2020–
| Formerly the [[Japanese Formula 3 Championship]] until 2019, when the series adopted [[Euroformula Open Championship]] regulations in 2020, forcing a name change.
|-
! colspan=4 align=center| GB3 Championship regulations (Upgraded FIA Formula 4)
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[BRDC British Formula 3 Championship|GB3 Championship]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| 2016–
| Although called British Formula 3 in the UK, this is to avoid confusion with Formula 4.  The car is a Tatuus Formula 4 tub with superior aerodynamics to the F4 cars in other series.   The engines are tuned 2 liter Ford Duratec engines without air restrictor.
|-
! colspan=4 align=center| Non-FIA regulations series
|-
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Chilean Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Chile]]
| 1972–1974 1976–2012 2016–2019
| The Chilean championship did not follow the FIA's Formula 3 regulations.
|-
|}

====Defunct series====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Series name
! Zone/country
! Active years
! Additional information
|-
| [[German Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Germany]]
| 1950–1953<br>1971–2014
| The main Championship merged into the [[Formula 3 Euro Series]] in 2003. A lower-level Formula 3 Cup was run between 2003 and 2014.
|-
| [[British Formula 3 International Series|British Formula Three Championship]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| 1951–1961<br>1964–2014
|
|-
| [[Soviet Formula 3 Championship]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| 1960–1987
| The championship was cancelled due to the financial problems of the Soviet Union and later replaced with [[Russian Formula Three Championship]]
|-
| [[Italian Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Italy]]
| 1958–1966<br>{{nowrap|1968–2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formel3guide.com/alle-meister.html?id=63|title=formel 3 guide - Formel 3 Meister Italien|website=www.formel3guide.com|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref>}}
|
|-
| {{nowrap|[[FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1975-1984)|FIA European Formula 3 Championship]]}}
| [[Europe]]
| 1975–1984
| 
|-
| [[Formula 3 Euro Series]]
| [[Europe]]
| 2003–2012
| Incorporated into the [[FIA Formula 3 European Championship]] from 2013
|-
| [[FIA Formula 3 International Trophy]]
| International
| 2011
| Replaced by the revived [[FIA Formula 3 European Championship]] in 2012
|-
| {{nowrap|[[FIA Formula 3 European Championship]]}}
| [[Europe]]
| {{nowrap|2012–2018}}
| Replaced the [[FIA Formula 3 International Trophy]] and [[Formula 3 Euro Series]]. In 2019, joined with [[GP3 Series]], to create [[FIA Formula 3 Championship]]
|-
| {{nowrap|[[Japanese Formula 3 Championship]]}}
| [[Japan]]
| {{nowrap|1979–2019}}
| With the rebranding of the series to [[Super Formula Lights]], the [[Japanese Formula 3 Championship]] officially ended after 41 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-Japan F3 rebranded as Super Formula Lights|url=https://www.motorsport.com/japanese-f3/news/japanese-f3-series-rebranded-as-super-formula-lights/4514511/|last=Thukral|first=Rachit|last2=Tanaka|first2=Ken|publisher=[[Motorsport Network]]|work=[[Motorsport.com]]|date=17 August 2019|access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[European F3 Open Championship|Spanish Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Spain]]
| 2001–2008
| Replaced by European F3 Open Championship
|-
| [[Formula Three Sudamericana]]
| [[South America]]
| 1987–2013
| Replaced by [[Brazilian Formula Three Championship|Fórmula 3 Brasil]]
|-
| [[Brazilian Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Brazil]]
| 1989–1995<br>2014–2017
| Replaced [[Formula Three Sudamericana]] in 2014, renamed to Super Fórmula Brasil, but canceled in 2018.
|-
| [[French Formula Three Championship]]
| [[France]]
| 1964–1973<br>1978–2002
| Replaced by [[Formula 3 Euro Series]]
|-
| Belgian Formula Three Championship
| [[Belgium]]
| 1964–1967
|
|-
| Swedish Formula 3 Championship
| [[Sweden]]
| 1964–1994<br>1997–2000
|
|-
| Danish Formula 3 Championship
| [[Denmark]]
| 1949–1966<br>1976–1977
|
|-
| Norwegian Formula 3 Championship
| [[Norway]]
| 1999–2000
|
|-
| {{nowrap|Scandinavian & Nordic Formula Three Championship}}
| [[Scandinavia]]
| 1984–1985<br>1992–2001
|
|-
| [[Finnish Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Finland]]
| 1958–1960<br>1984–1986<br>2000–2010
| Known as Nordic Formula Three Masters in 2010
|-
| [[North European Zone Formula 3 Cup]]
| [[Northern Europe]]
| 2008–2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fia-nez.eu/pdf/minutes/nez_minutes_2009-02.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720162548/http://www.fia-nez.eu/pdf/minutes/nez_minutes_2009-02.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Russian Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Russia]]
| 1997–2002<br>2008
|
|-
| Greece Formula 3 Championship
| [[Greece]]
| 1990–2002
|
|-
| [[Turkish Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Turkey]]
| {{nowrap|1994–2006<ref>Formula 3 Survey, Karl-Friedrich Katabian, International Race Results and Data Association, page 1225</ref>}}
|
|-
| [[Swiss Formula Three Championship|Swiss F3 Championship]]
| [[Switzerland]]
| 1978–2008, 2014–2021
| Run as Cup sub-division of the [[Austria Formula 3 Cup]] from 2014 to 2021
|-
| [[East German Formula Three Championship]]
| [[East Germany]]
| 1950–1958<br>1964–1972
|
|-
| [[Asian Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Asia]]
| 2001–2008
| Known as the Asian F3 Pacific Series from 2007–2008.
|-
| [[United States Formula Three Championship]]
| [[United States]]
| 2000–2001
|
|-
| [[Mexican Formula Three Championship]]
| [[Mexico]]
| 1990–2002
|
|-
| Mexican Formula Three International Championship
| [[Mexico]]
| 1990–2003
|
|-
| ARP/BRSCC Formula 3 Cup
| [[United Kingdom]]
| {{nowrap|1990–2010}}
|
|-
| [[MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup|MSV Formula 3 Cup]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| {{nowrap|2011–2021}}
| Took over the ARP/BRSCC Formula 3 Cup in 2011, before folding in 2020. Was run by the Monoposto Racing Club in 2021 before being integrated into their series.
|-
| [[Formula Lites]]
| [[United States]]
| 2015
| 
|-
| [[Formula Renault Eurocup]]
| [[Europe]]
| 2019–2020
|  The series utilized Formula 3 chassis for the first time and new 1.8-litre turbocharged engine in 2019. The 2020 season was the final [[Formula Renault Eurocup]] season organised by [[Renault Sport]], as starting from 2021 it merged with the [[Formula Regional European Championship]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Luke |title=Formula Regional Europe merges with Renault Eurocup for 2021 |url=https://www.motorsport.com/frenault/news/formula-regional-european-merger-2021/4901832/?ic_source=home-page-widget&ic_medium=widget&ic_campaign=widget-22 |access-date=31 October 2020 |work=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport.com |date=31 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[W Series (championship)|W Series]]
| International
| 2019, 2021–2022
| Formula Regional championship exclusively for women
|-
|colspan="4"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>Partially sourced from http://www.forix.com/8w/6thgear/champs.html</ref>}}}}
|}

====Special races====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
|-
! Event
! Track
! Region
! Country
! Championship
! Years
|-
!colspan=6| Events
|-
| [[FIA Formula 3 World Cup]]
| [[Guia Circuit]]
| [[Macau]]
| {{flagu|Macau}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1983–2019, 2023
|-
|[[New Zealand Grand Prix]]
|alternating
|alternating
|{{flagu|New Zealand}}
|[[Toyota Racing Series|Formula Regional Oceania Championship]]
|2020–2021, 2023–
|-
|[[Grand Prix de Pau]]
| Circuit de Pau-Ville
|[[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]]
|{{flagu|France}}
|[[Euroformula Open Championship]]
| 1999–2006, 2011–2012, 2014–2019, 2022
|-
|[[Masters of Formula 3]]
|[[Circuit Park Zandvoort]]
|[[Zandvoort]]
|{{flagu|Netherlands}}
|''standalone event''
| 1991–2016
|-
| [[Formula 3 Brazil Open]]
| [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace]]
| [[São Paulo]]
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| ''standalone event''
| 2010–2014
|-
| Eastside 100
| [[EuroSpeedway Lausitz]]
| [[Klettwitz]]
| {{flagu|Germany}}
| [[German Formula Three Championship]]
| 2005–2006
|-
|Monaco Formula Three Grand Prix
|[[Circuit de Monaco]]
|[[Monte Carlo]]
|{{flagu|Monaco}}
| 
| 1950, 1959–1997, 2005
|-
|[[Korea Super Prix]]
| Changwon Street Circuit
|[[Changwon]]
|{{flagu|South Korea}}
|''standalone event''
| 1999–2004
|-
| [[FIA European Formula Three Cup]]
| alternating
| alternating
| {{flagu|Europe}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1985–1990, 1999–2004
|-
| Inter F3 League
| [[Fuji Speedway]]
| [[Oyama, Shizuoka|Oyama]]
| {{flagu|Japan}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1990–1993
|-
| Australian Grand Prix F3 Support Race
| [[Albert Park Circuit]]
| [[Melbourne]]
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| ''standalone event''
| 2006–2007
|-
| [[Indy 300 F3 Challenge]]
| [[Surfers Paradise Street Circuit]]
| [[Surfers Paradise, Queensland|Surfers Paradise]]
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| ''standalone event''
| 2008
|-
| Wakefield Park Open Wheel Festival
| [[Wakefield Park]]
| [[Goulburn]]
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| ''standalone event''
| 2017
|-
| New Race Festival
| [[Circuit Zolder]]
| [[Heusden-Zolder]]
| {{flagu|Belgium}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1999–2000
|-
| MRF Madras Formula 3 Grand Prix
| [[Madras International Circuit]]
| [[Chennai]]
| {{flagu|India}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1995, 1999
|-
| Sardinia F3 Masters
| [[Circuito di Cagliari]]
| [[Cagliari]]
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| ''standalone event''
| 2003
|-
| [[Lady Wigram Trophy]]
| [[Euromarque Motorsport Park|Ruapana Park]]
| [[Christchurch]]
| {{flagu|New Zealand}}
| ''standalone event''
| 2003–2004
|-
| Privilege Formula Festival International
| [[Circuit Paul Armagnac]]
| [[Nogaro]]
| {{Flagu|France}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1992–1993
|-
| Japanese Grand Prix F3 Support Race
| [[Suzuka International Racing Course|Suzuka Circuit]]
| [[Suzuka, Mie|Suzuka]]
| {{flagu|Japan}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1988–1993
|-
| [[1988 Cellnet Superprix|Cellnet Superprix]]
| [[Brands Hatch]]
| [[Kent]]
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| ''standalone event''
| 1988
|}