The2018 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 ofGP3 Series, amotor racing feeder series that runs in support of the2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister seriesFormula 2. This was the final contested season of GP3, as the series united with theFIA Formula 3 European Championship to form theFIA Formula 3 Championship.^[1]

2018 was the final season that theDallara GP3/16 chassis package—which débuted in the2016 GP3 Series—was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package for theFIA Formula 3 Championship was introduced in2019.

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 overTrident after the first race at Sochi, winning the teams' title in eight of the nine seasons of GP3.^[2]

Runner-upNikita Mazepin won 4 races; inBarcelona,Hungaroring,Spa-Francorchamps, andYas Marina. After having four rounds withJenzer Motorsport,David Beckmann moved toTrident before the summer break and took 3 race wins. ChampionAnthoine Hubert,Callum Ilott,Leonardo Pulcini, andPedro Piquet all won 2 races. Also,Giuliano Alesi won the second race inSpain,Jake Hughes won for the third time in the series at theRed Bull Ring, andDorian Boccolacci, who drove forMP Motorsport before being promoted to theirFormula 2 team won the sprint race at theHungaroring.

All GP3 drivers competed in aDallara GP3/16 chassis using aMecachrome GP3 V6 engine andPirelli P Zero andCinturato tyres.^[3]

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
ART Grand Prix	1	Callum Ilott[4]	All
	2	Anthoine Hubert[5]	All
	3	Nikita Mazepin[6]	All
	4	Jake Hughes[7]	All
Trident	5	Pedro Piquet[8]	All
	6	Giuliano Alesi[9]	All
	7	Ryan Tveter[10]	All
	8	Alessio Lorandi[11]	1–4
		David Beckmann[12]	5–9
Jenzer Motorsport	9	Tatiana Calderón[13]	All
	10	Juan Manuel Correa[14]	All
	11	David Beckmann[15]	1–4
		Jannes Fittje[16]	5–9
Arden International	14	Gabriel Aubry[17]	All
	15	Julien Falchero[18]	1–7
		Sacha Fenestraz[19]	8–9
	16	Joey Mawson[20]	All
Campos Racing	18	Leonardo Pulcini[21]	All
	19	Simo Laaksonen[22]	All
	20	Diego Menchaca[23]	All
MP Motorsport	22	Dorian Boccolacci[24]	1–5
		Richard Verschoor[25]	6–9
	23	Will Palmer[26]	1
		Christian Lundgaard[27]	2
		Devlin DeFrancesco[28]	3–9
	24	Niko Kari[29]	1–7
		Jehan Daruvala[30]	9
Sources:[31][32]

• DAMS left the championship after two years of competition. Their entry was taken byFormula 2 teamMP Motorsport.^[32]

• Gabriel Aubry andJoey Mawson, who raced in2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship respectively, made their series début withArden International.^[17][20] They were joined byJulien Falchero, who switched fromCampos Racing.^[18]Steijn Schothorst left the team and switched tosports car racing, joining2018 Blancpain GT Series.^[33]
• Dorian Boccolacci andNiko Kari moved fromTrident andArden International respectively toMP Motorsport.^[24][29] They were joined by2017 Formula Renault Eurocup runner-upWill Palmer.^[26]
• Tatiana Calderón moved from DAMS toJenzer Motorsport.^[13] She was joined by2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship driverDavid Beckmann.^[15]Arjun Maini left the team to join theFIA Formula 2 Championship.^[34]
• 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship driversCallum Ilott andNikita Mazepin moved to the series, joiningART Grand Prix for the season.^[4][6] Under the series regulations, reigning GP3 Series championGeorge Russell could not compete in the championship again and left the series along withJack Aitken andNirei Fukuzumi and joinedFormula 2.^[35][36] Fukuzumi will also contest the2018 Super Formula Championship.^[37]
• Simo Laaksonen continued his collaboration withCampos Racing after his campaign with the team in the2017 Euroformula Open Championship.^[22] He was partnered byLeonardo Pulcini andDiego Menchaca, who reignited their partnership with Campos after a season with Arden in 2017 and2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 respectively.^[21][23]Raoul Hyman andMarcos Siebert both left the team. Siebert later joined Campos in the2018 Euroformula Open Championship.^[38]
• Alessio Lorandi, who raced with Jenzer Motorsport switched to race with Trident.^[11] He was joined by formerFIA Formula 3 European Championship driverPedro Piquet.^[8]

Midseason changes

• Formula Renault Eurocup race-winnerChristian Lundgaard joinedMP Motorsport for a one-off entry atPaul Ricard, replacingWill Palmer.^[27] Lundgaard was replaced by FIA Formula 3 European Championship driverDevlin DeFrancesco for the rest of the season.^[28]
• Jannes Fittje replacedDavid Beckmann inJenzer Motorsport after Beckmann parted ways with the team priorHungaroring round.^[16] Beckmann filledAlessio Lorandi's slot in Trident, while Lorandi moved to Trident's FIA Formula 2 Championship team ahead of the Hungaroring round, replacingSantino Ferrucci.^[12]
• Richard Verschoor replacedDorian Boccolacci for theSpa-Francorchamps round, as the French driver joinedMP'sFIA Formula 2 team, to replaceRoberto Merhi.Niko Kari was also promoted toFormula 2 with MP Motorsport before the Sochi round.^[39]Jehan Daruvala took Kari's seat for theAbu Dhabi round.^[30]
• Sacha Fenestraz replacedJulien Falchero forArden International ahead of theSochi Autodrom round.^[19]

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	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya,Barcelona	12 May	13 May	Spanish Grand Prix
2	Circuit Paul Ricard,Le Castellet	23 June	24 June	French Grand Prix
3	Red Bull Ring,Spielberg	30 June	1 July	Austrian Grand Prix
4	Silverstone Circuit,Silverstone	7 July	8 July	British Grand Prix
5	Hungaroring,Budapest	28 July	29 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps,Francorchamps	25 August	26 August	Belgian Grand Prix
7	Autodromo Nazionale Monza,Monza	1 September	2 September	Italian Grand Prix
8	Sochi Autodrom,Sochi	29 September	30 September	Russian Grand Prix
9	Yas Marina Circuit,Abu Dhabi	24 November	25 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Source:[40]

• The championship will expand to nine rounds in 2018.^[40]
• The championship will return to theSochi Autodrom, running in support of theRussian Grand Prix.^[40] The series last visited the circuit in 2015.
• The championship will make its début at theCircuit Paul Ricard, running in support of theFrench Grand Prix.^[40]
• The stand-alone event run at theJerez Circuit in 2017 was discontinued.^[40]

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap[41]	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Leonardo Pulcini	Anthoine Hubert	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Trident
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Dorian Boccolacci	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert[a]	ART Grand Prix	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			Joey Mawson[b]	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	Juan Manuel Correa[c]	David Beckmann	Trident	Report
	R2			Nikita Mazepin	Pedro Piquet	Trident
8	R1	Sochi Autodrom	Leonardo Pulcini[d]	Nikita Mazepin	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Report
	R2			Jake Hughes[e]	David Beckmann	Trident
9	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	Nikita Mazepin	Nikita Mazepin	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Report
	R2			Jehan Daruvala[f]	Nikita Mazepin	ART Grand Prix
Source:[44]

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.^[45]

Race 1 points

Race 2 points

Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.^[45]

Pos. Driver CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 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 Juan Manuel Correa 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 Ret 0 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 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Sources:[45][46]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s) Rookie

Notes:

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

Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.^[47]

Pos. Team CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 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 Ret 3 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 13 5 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 Arden International 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 15 Pos. Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Sources:[45][46]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

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

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