The 2019 Paul Ricard FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 22 and 23 June 2019 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France. It is the second round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2019 French Grand Prix.
Summary Background Following the opening round, Russian driver Robert Shwartzman leads the championship by thirteen points over Christian Lundgaard of Denmark, with Shwartzman's team-mate Jehan Daruvala a further three points behind the Dane.
Artem Petrov will be absent from the round, and with his Jenzer Motorsport team unable to draft in a replacement due to visa restrictions the grid would stand at 29 cars.
Qualifying Jake Hughes of HWA Racelab would claim the pole position, beating Daruvala by just under 9-hundredths of a second. Championship leader Shwartzman will start third alongside Pedro Piquet, son of former world champion Nelson Piquet.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time/Gap 1 11 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 1:49.519 1 2 27 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing +0.087 2 3 28 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing +0.239 3 4 18 Pedro Piquet Trident +0.425 4 5 26 Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing +0.547 5 6 20 Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix +0.576 6 7 21 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix +0.609 7 8 10 Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab +0.673 8 9 19 Niko Kari Trident +0.734 9 10 23 Alex Peroni Campos Racing +0.797 10 11 31 Logan Sargeant Carlin Racing +0.826 11 12 3 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix +0.859 12 13 6 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.932 13 14 2 Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix +0.937 14 15 4 Liam Lawson MP Motorsport +0.949 15 16 22 Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix +0.972 16 17 7 Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +0.991 17 18 30 Felipe Drugovich Carlin Racing +1.030 18 19 17 Devlin DeFrancesco Trident +1.047 19 20 5 Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport +1.066 20 21 29 Teppei Natori Carlin Racing +1.154 21 22 1 David Beckmann ART Grand Prix +1.197 22 23 8 Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +1.230 23 24 9 Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +1.272 24 25 12 Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab +1.549 25 26 25 Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing +1.753 26 27 14 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport +2.468 27 28 16 Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport +2.547 28 29 24 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing +4.707 29 Source:
Feature Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 27 Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing 20 38:27.360 2 25 2 28 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 20 +2.805 3 18 3 18 Pedro Piquet Trident Racing 20 +3.213 4 15 4 21 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 20 +3.706 7 12 5 10 Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab 20 +19.308 8 10 6 26 Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing 20 +21.146 5 8 7 14 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport 20 +24.970 27 6 (2) 8 23 Alex Peroni Campos Racing 20 +25.807 10 4 9 4 Liam Lawson MP Motorsport 20 +26.980 15 2 10 1 David Beckmann ART Grand Prix 20 +30.123 22 1 11 16 Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport 20 +30.817 28 12 31 Logan Sargeant Carlin Racing 20 +32.272 11 13 22 Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix 20 +33.340 16 14 6 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 20 +36.720 13 15 8 Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 20 +40.231 23 16 24 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 20 +1:01.610 29 17 9 Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 20 +1:01.879 24 18 19 Niko Kari Trident 20 +1:08.806 9 19 30 Felipe Drugovich Carlin Racing 20 +1:35.552 18 20 5 Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport 19 +1 lap 20 21 17 Devlin DeFrancesco Trident 18 Puncture 19 Ret 11 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 15 Crash 1 (4) Ret 25 Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing 15 Collision damage 26 Ret 2 Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix 10 Puncture 14 Ret 7 Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 9 17 Ret 29 Teppei Natori Carlin Racing 1 Crash 21 Ret 20 Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix 1 Collision damage 6 Ret 3 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1 Suspension 12 Ret 12 Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab 0 Mechanical PL Fastest lap set by Yuki Tsunoda: 1:53.134 Source:
Notes: Yuki Tsunoda, David Beckmann and Christian Lundgaard were awarded a five-second penalty for track limits abuse.
Sprint Race + Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 28 Robert ShwartzmanPrema Racing 20 38:04.147 715 2 18 Pedro PiquetTrident 20 +1.479 612 3 27 Jehan DaruvalaPrema Racing 20 +2.849 810 4 6 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport 20 +8.300 148 5 26 Marcus ArmstrongPrema Racing 20 +15.141 36 (2) 6 4 Liam LawsonMP Motorsport 20 +16.233 94 7 11 Jake HughesHWA Racelab 20 +21.364 222 8 31 Logan SargeantCarlin Racing 20 +21.913 121 9 14 Yuki TsunodaJenzer Motorsport 20 +22.906 2 10 30 Felipe DrugovichCarlin Racing 20 +25.613 19 11 16 Andreas EstnerJenzer Motorsport 20 +25.675 11 12 20 Leonardo PulciniHitech Grand Prix 20 +25.918 29 13 9 Raoul HymanSauber Junior Team by Charouz 20 +29.772 17 14 23 Alex PeroniCampos Racing 20 +30.323 1 15 3 Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix 20 +31.441 27 16 7 Lirim ZendeliSauber Junior Team by Charouz 20 +32.041 25 17 21 Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix 20 +32.599 5 18 2 Max FewtrellART Grand Prix 20 +33.958 24 19 12 Keyvan AndresHWA Racelab 20 +34.809 28 20 10 Bent ViscaalHWA Racelab 20 +34.811 4 21 17 Devlin DeFrancescoTrident 20 +37.501 21 22 22 Ye YifeiHitech Grand Prix 20 +1:06.052 13 23 24 Alessio DeleddaCampos Racing 20 +1:48.973 16 24 19 Niko KariTrident 18 +2 Laps 18 Ret 5 Simo LaaksonenMP Motorsport 16Fuel pump 20 Ret 25 Sebastián FernándezCampos Racing 15 23 Ret 8 Fabio SchererSauber Junior Team by Charouz 11 Suspension 15 Ret 29 Teppei NatoriCarlin Racing 5 Crash damage 26 Ret 1 David BeckmannART Grand Prix 2 Puncture 10Fastest lap set by Marcus Armstrong: 1:52.171 Source:
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Robert Shwartzman 70 1 2 Jehan Daruvala 58 1 3 Marcus Armstrong 37 1 4 Jüri Vips 32 6 5 Pedro Piquet 27
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Prema Racing 163 2 ART Grand Prix 50 1 3 Trident 41 1 4 Hitech Grand Prix 32 5 MP Motorsport 16
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2019 French Grand Prix 2019 Le Castellet Formula 2 round
References
External links Official website