
Driver changes- Hannes van Asseldonk announced that he retired from racing at the end of the 2012 season.
- After two races for Van Amersfoort Racing in 2012, Lucas Auer switched to Prema Powerteam in 2013.
- 2012 ma-con Motorsport driver Emil Bernstorff, had lost his seat at the team and signed with Lotus in German Formula Three season|German Formula Three].
- Tom Blomqvist, who competed for ma-con Motorsport in 2012, moved to EuroInternational, who are making their début in the championship in 2013.
- Richard Bradley left the championship to take part in a full Super Formula season with KCMG in 2013.
- William Buller, who drove for Carlin in 2012, switched to the ThreeBond with T-Sport team.
- Newcomers Double R Racing signed European F3 Open season|European F3 Open] driver Tatiana Calderón and Formula Pilota China frontrunners Sean Gelael and Antonio Giovinazzi.
- Superstars Series team Romeo Ferraris joined the championship, with their 2011 Superstars driver Michela Cerruti signed as their first driver.
- 2012 Italian [Formula Three season|Italian Formula Three] drivers Eddie Cheever III and Nicholas Latifi joined Prema Powerteam and Carlin respectively.
- 2012 Carlin drivers Pietro Fantin and Jazeman Jaafar left the series, switching to 2013 [Formula Renault 3.5 Series season|Formula Renault 3.5].
- Mitchell Gilbert and Roy Nissany made their debut in the series for Mücke Motorsport, moving from German Formula Three and ADAC Formel Masters respectively.
- Måns Grenhagen moved from European F3 Open to the championship, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing.
- Josh Hill, who drove for Fortec Motorsports in the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, continued his association with the team, in 2013.
- Ed Jones will take Dmitry Suranovich's seat at the Fortec Motorsports team at the first Hockenheimring round.
- Daniel Juncadella, who won the 2012 championship with Prema Powerteam, left the series, joining Mercedes-Benz in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
- Jordan King, the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC runner-up, entered the series with Carlin.
- Daniil Kvyat joined Carlin for a one-off as the fifth driver of the team at the first Hockenheimring round. Later he announced he made a deal to stay with the team for the rest of the season.
- Michael Lewis lost his seat at Prema Powerteam. Later, he was announced at Mücke Motorsport as the replacement for DTM-bound Pascal Wehrlein.
- Alex Lynn switched from Fortec Motorsports to Prema Powerteam.
- After placing sixth in the GT3 class of the 2012 British GT Championship, Jann Mardenborough made his Formula Three debut, driving for Carlin.
- After one season with Prema Powerteam in 2012, Sven Müller switched to ma-con Motorsport for 2013.
- Jo Zeller Racing's Andrea Roda moved to the Auto GP with Virtuosi UK.
- German Formula Three Trophy Class champion André Rudersdorf graduated to the championship with ma-con Motorsport.
- Angolan driver Luís Sá Silva and Carlin driver Carlos Sainz Jr. moved to the GP3 Series, driving for Carlin and MW Arden respectively.
- GP3 Series driver Dmitry Suranovich switched to the championship with Fortec Motorsports.
- After three seasons competing in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship national class, Gary Thompson entered the series with Romeo Ferraris, competing with a Japanese racing licence.
CalendarA provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 18 November 2012. This was modified on 19 December 2012, after DTM organisers moved the Norisring event back by a week to avoid a clash with the. To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September. On 1 June 2013, the Le Castellet round was removed from the calendar, and was ultimately replaced by a round at Vallelunga.
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Championship standings;Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | | Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championshipThe third race at Monza was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points. † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Ravenol Team TrophyPrior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.
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