The 2019 Barcelona FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 11 and 12 May 2019 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. It was the first round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix.
Summary Background Following the 2018 GP3 Series, the series became the FIA Formula 3 Championship after merging with the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.
The round saw the début of the new Dallara F3 2019 chassis. The new chassis uses the same Mecachrome 3.4 litre (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine that powered its predecessor, the GP3/16, but the power output is slightly reduced. The chassis also uses Pirelli tyres, as its predecessor GP3 did, and features the "halo" device used for cockpit protection.
Ten teams were listed to compete in the inaugural season; Reigning GP3 champions ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, Jenzer Motorsport, MP Motorsport and Trident were chosen from the GP3 Series teams, while Carlin, Hitech Grand Prix, and reigning European F3 champions Prema Racing were chosen from the Formula 3 European Championship. Both Carlin and Prema Racing had entries in the championship's sister series Formula 2, as did Charouz Racing System, who later formed a partnership with former Formula 1 team Sauber. The final entry went to HWA Racelab, who joined the championship after Mercedes-Benz left the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring car championship to focus on their Formula E entry.
Qualifying Prema Racing's and Ferrari Driver Academy member Robert Shwartzman became the first pole sitter of the series, ahead of ART's Christian Lundgaard and Prema teammate Marcus Armstrong.
Feature Race At the start, Christian Lundgaard took the lead into turn one from Robert Shwartzman, with Marcus Armstrong in third place. Lundgaard led for the entire race and became the first race winner of the new championship, with Shwartzman and fellow Ferrari junior Marcus Armstrong completing the podium in third, giving Prema a double podium finish. However, on the cool-down lap, Lundgaard would be awarded a penalty for exceeding the Full Course Yellow speed limit, which would hand the win to Russian driver Shwartzman.
The only retirement of the race was Campos Racing's Alessio Deledda, who spun off on lap 14 at turn 12. Liam Lawson would also not be classified following a late pit-lane start having suffered a mechanical failure on the warm-up lap.
Sprint Race Niko Kari, who returned to the championship with Trident after racing for MP Motorsport in GP3 and Formula 2 in 2018, qualified in reverse grid pole after finishing eighth in the first race. He was immediately overtaken at the start by the third Prema driver Jehan Daruvala, who competed in both GP3 and European F3 in 2018. The start saw four drivers eliminated following a collision at turns 1 and 2; Raoul Hyman, Ye Yifei, Jake Hughes, and Artem Petrov, which brought out the safety car. On lap 9, Fabio Scherer made contact with Bent Viscaal at turn 2 and Simo Laaksonen and Alex Peroni collided at the same turn, putting an end to both the Charouz and MP Motorsport drivers' respectively.
As Lundgaard did in the first race, Daruvala led the entire race and brought home a victory for Prema, with Red Bull Junior Jüri Vips in second and Kari third for Trident. The result gave Prema a 32 point lead over ART in the teams' championship, and Robert Shwartzman a 13 point lead over Lundgaard in the drivers' championship.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time/Gap 1 28 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 1:31.975 1 2 3 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix +0.108 2 3 26 Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing +0.452 3 4 27 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing +0.554 4 5 31 Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing +0.685 5 6 5 Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport +0.780 6 7 1 David Beckmann ART Grand Prix +0.854 7 8 2 Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix +0.882 8 9 23 Alex Peroni Campos Racing +0.888 9 10 14 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport +0.900 10 11 21 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix +0.901 11 12 19 Niko Kari Trident +0.903 12 13 18 Pedro Piquet Trident +0.905 13 14 7 Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +0.959 14 15 6 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.974 15 16 10 Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab +1.035 16 17 8 Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +1.047 17 18 20 Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix +1.128 18 19 4 Liam Lawson MP Motorsport +1.175 19 20 30 Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing +1.338 20 21 12 Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab +1.455 21 22 22 Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix +1.500 22 23 25 Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing +1.533 23 24 17 Devlin DeFrancesco Trident +1.570 24 25 9 Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +1.589 25 26 15 Artem Petrov Jenzer Motorsport +1.739 26 27 16 Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport +1.987 27 28 29 Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing +2.079 28 29 11 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab +2.198 29— 24 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing No time 30 Source:
Feature Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 28 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 22 37:42.312 1 29 2 3 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 22 +2.529 2 20 3 26 Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing 22 +3.426 3 15 4 1 David Beckmann ART Grand Prix 22 +4.432 7 12 5 2 Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix 22 +10.300 8 10 6 21 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 22 +14.536 11 8 7 27 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing 22 +14.928 4 6 8 19 Niko Kari Trident 22 +16.132 12 4 9 5 Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport 22 +17.807 6 2 10 14 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport 22 +22.913 10 1 11 30 Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing 22 +25.576 20 12 23 Alex Peroni Campos Racing 22 +25.932 9 13 10 Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab 22 +29.348 16 14 7 Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22 +30.237 14 15 31 Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing 22 +31.386 5 16 25 Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing 22 +31.926 23 17 11 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 22 +32.207 29 18 15 Artem Petrov Jenzer Motorsport 22 +32.743 26 19 6 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 22 +33.624 15 20 20 Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix 22 +33.756 18 21 9 Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22 +38.164 25 22 22 Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix 22 +40.024 22 23 17 Devlin DeFrancesco Trident 22 +40.474 24 24 29 Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing 22 +42.717 28 25 16 Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport 22 +43.385 27 26 18 Pedro Piquet Trident 22 +45.055 13 27 8 Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22 +50.378 17 28 12 Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab 22 +1:07.412 21 NC 4 Liam Lawson MP Motorsport 14 +8 Laps 19 Ret 24 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 13 Spun out 30 Fastest lap set by Christian Lundgaard: 1:35.209 Source: Driver awarded a five-second penalty for exceeding the VSC delta.
Sprint Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 27 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing 22 40:29.021 2 17 2 21 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 22 +2.121 3 12 3 19 Niko Kari Trident 22 +3.742 1 10 4 28 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 22 +4.266 8 8 5 26 Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing 22 +5.257 6 6 6 3 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 22 +5.721 7 4 7 1 David Beckmann ART Grand Prix 22 +9.453 5 2 8 2 Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix 22 +13.914 4 1 9 14 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport 22 +15.897 10 10 30 Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing 22 +16.591 11 11 7 Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22 +17.135 14 12 25 Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing 22 +17.740 16 13 10 Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab 22 +18.155 13 14 31 Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing 22 +18.953 15 15 29 Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing 22 +20.601 24 16 18 Pedro Piquet Trident 22 +21.197 26 17 4 Liam Lawson MP Motorsport 22 +22.570 29 18 12 Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab 22 +24.456 28 19 6 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 22 +24.832 19 20 17 Devlin DeFrancesco Trident 22 +25.368 23 21 20 Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Racing 22 +31.452 20 22 16 Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport 22 +33.860 25 23 24 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 22 +38.702 30 24 23 Alex Peroni Campos Racing 22 +47.540 12 Ret 5 Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport 8 Accident 9 Ret 8 Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 8 Spun out 27 Ret 22 Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix 0 Collision 22 Ret 9 Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0 Collision 21 Ret 11 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 0 Collision 17 Ret 15 Artem Petrov Jenzer Motorsport 0 Collision 18 Fastest lap set by Jehan Daruvala: 1:34.711 Source:
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Robert Shwartzman 37 2 Christian Lundgaard 24 3 Jehan Daruvala 23 4 Marcus Armstrong 21 5 Jüri Vips 20
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Prema Racing 81 2 ART Grand Prix 49 3 Hitech Grand Prix 20 4 Trident 14 5 MP Motorsport 2
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2019 Spanish Grand Prix 2019 Barcelona Formula 2 round
References
External links Official website