Driver changes ; Changed Teams •
Jamie Green: Kolles →
ASM Formule 3 •
Robert Kubica:
Prema Powerteam →
Mücke Motorsport •
Alexandros Margaritis: MB Racing Performance → AB Racing Performance •
Daniel la Rosa: MB Racing Performance → HBR Motorsport •
Bruno Spengler: ASM F3 → Mücke Motorsport •
Charles Zwolsman Jr.: Kolles →
Manor Motorsport ; Entering Formula 3 Euro Series •
Marco Bonanomi:
Italian Formula Three Championship (
Coloni F3) →
Team Ghinzani •
Ruben Carrapatoso: Formula Renault 2000 Italia (Alan Racing) → Opel Team KMS •
Loïc Duval:
Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (Graff Racing) →
OPEL Team Signature •
Peter Elkmann: International Superkart Series – Division 1 →
Swiss Racing Team •
Gregory Franchi: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Opel Team Signature •
Dennis Furchheim:
Formula Renault 2000 Germany (Franken Racing) &
Spanish Formula Three Championship (
Racing Engineering) →
Swiss Racing Team •
Giedo van der Garde:
Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (
van Amersfoort Racing) → Opel Team Signature-Plus •
Maximilian Götz:
Formula BMW ADAC (
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V) → TME •
Lewis Hamilton:
Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport •
Derek Hayes:
NASCAR Busch Series (Moy Racing) → Team Ghinzani •
Kohei Hirate:
Formula Renault 2000 Italia &
Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam •
Robert Kath:
Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Sachsen e.V.) → Opel Team KMS •
Tom Kimber-Smith:
Formula Ford Great Britain (Panasonic Batteries Racing Team) → Team Kolles •
Christian Montanari: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Coloni Motorsport • Hannes Neuhauser:
German Formula Three Championship (Achleitner Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport •
Alejandro Núñez: Spanish Formula Three Championship (E.V. Racing & Azteca Motorsport) →
Swiss Racing Team •
Franck Perera: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam •
Fernando Rees:
Formula Three Sudamericana (Cesario F3) →
Swiss Racing Team •
Éric Salignon:
British Formula 3 Championship (
Hitech Racing) → ASM Formule 3 •
Roberto Streit: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam •
Adrian Sutil:
Formula BMW ADAC (HBR Motorsport) → Team Kolles •
Toni Vilander: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (RP Motorsport) → Coloni Motorsport •
Ross Zwolsman: Formula Renault 2000 Germany & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Ma-Con) → TME ; Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series •
Simon Abadie: LD Autosport →
World Series Light (
Epsilon by Graff) •
Nicolas Armindo: Saulnier Racing →
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) •
Bernhard Auinger: Superfund TME →
Superfund Euro Formula 3000 (Euronova Racing) •
Ryan Briscoe: Prema Powerteam →
Formula One (
Panasonic Toyota Racing test driver) •
César Campaniço: Signature Plus →
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (
Cram Competition) •
Fabio Carbone: Signature Plus →
All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing) •
Adam Carroll: Opel Team KMS →
British Formula 3 Championship (
P1 Racing) •
Robert Doornbos: Team Ghinzani →
International Formula 3000 (
Arden International) •
Maro Engel: Opel Team KMS →
German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) •
Timo Glock: Opel Team KMS → Formula One (
Jordan Ford) •
Lucas di Grassi: Prema Powerteam →
British Formula 3 Championship (
Hitech Racing) •
Jan Heylen: Kolles →
German Formula Three Championship (JB Motorsport) &
International Formula 3000 (
Team Astromega) •
Christian Klien:
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → Formula One (
Jaguar Racing) •
Marcel Lasée:
Swiss Racing Team → SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany (???) •
Dong-Wook Lee: Drumel Motorsport → Retirement •
Richard Lietz: HBR Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (tolimit Motorsport) •
James Manderson:
Swiss Racing Team → Aussie Racing Cars Super Series •
Álvaro Parente: Team Ghinzani →
British Formula 3 Championship (
Carlin Motorsport) •
Olivier Pla: ASM F3 →
World Series by Nissan (
RC Motorsport & Carlin Motorsport) •
Harold Primat: Equipe Serge Saulnier →
World Series Light (Saulnier Racing) •
Stefano Proetto:
Swiss Racing Team → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (
EuroInternational) •
Gilles Tinguely:
Swiss Racing Team → Retirement •
Claudio Torre: HBR Motorsport → Retirement •
Hendrick Vieth: Opel Team KMS → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) •
Markus Winkelhock: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → German Formula Three Championship (
Persson Motorsport) •
Sakon Yamamoto: Superfund TME →
All-Japan Formula Three Championship (
TOM's)
Midseason changes •
ASM driver
Éric Salignon missed the last two rounds at
Brno and
Hockenheim, but was not immediately replaced.
Adrian Sutil left Team Kolles to take over Salignon's #27 car at Hockenheim, and his Kolles seat was taken by
Maximilian Götz. • At Team KMS,
Alexandros Margaritis was replaced by Brazilian
Ruben Carrapataso from the Nürburgring onwards. Margaritis returned to the series with a new entry from the German F3 Cup (and former Eurseries) team, AB Racing Performance. • At
Swiss Racing Team,
Dennis Furchheim was replaced by
Alejandro Núñez, after missing rounds 3 and 5 and failing to qualify at Pau (round 4). His team-mate,
Fernando Rees, missed rounds 3 and 4 and the #20 car was later driven by
Peter Elkmann. • Part-time appearances included Britain's
Derek Hayes in a third
Team Ghinzani entry at Brno • TME's
Ross Zwolsman failed to make any further appearances after the first round • The
Coloni Motorsport drivers returned to the
Italian Formula Three Championship after the first two rounds • Japan's
Kohei Hirate made his Euro Series debut in a fourth
Prema Powerteam entry at
Zandvoort and Hockenheim. ==Calendar==