The 2020 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 4 and 5 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It is the first round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.
Entries 17 drivers made their full-time FIA Formula 3 Championship debut, with only Jenzer driver Federico Malvestiti having had experience in the category before. The other rookies were Formula Renault Eurocup champion Oscar Piastri and Formula Regional European champion Frederik Vesti at Prema Racing, Italian F4 champion Dennis Hauger at Hitech Grand Prix, ADAC F4 Championship winner Théo Pourchaire and Aleksandr Smolyar at ART Grand Prix, Olli Caldwell at Trident, Enzo Fittipaldi and Jack Doohan at HWA Racelab, Lukas Dunner at MP Motorsport, Calan Williams and F4 UAE champion Matteo Nannini, Roman Staněk, David Schumacher and 2020 Toyota Racing Series winner Igor Fraga at Charouz, BRDC F3 champion Clément Novalak, Enaam Ahmed and Cameron Das at Carlin Buzz Racing, and Sophia Flörsch at Campos Racing. Logan Sargeant switched from Carlin to Prema, Max Fewtrell and Liam Lawson moved to Hitech from ART Grand Prix and MP Motorsport respectively, Sebastián Fernández went from Campos to ART, meanwhile Lirim Zendeli and David Beckmann came to Trident from Charouz and ART respectively, and Bent Viscaal made a move to MP Motorsport from HWA. The other drivers, namely Jake Hughes (HWA), Richard Verschoor (MP), Alex Peroni and Alessio Deledda (both Campos) returned to their previous year's team respectively.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Team Time/Gap 1 9 Sebastian Fernández ART Grand Prix 1:19.429 1 2 10 Lirim Zendeli Trident +0.016 2 3 1 Oscar Piastri Prema Racing +0.135 3 4 3 Logan Sargeant Prema Racing +0.166 4 5 15 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab +0.189 5 6 2 Frederik Vesti Prema Racing +0.247 6 7 11 David Beckmann Trident +0.264 7 8 29 Alex Peroni Campos Racing +0.280 8 9 17 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.380 9 10 23 Roman Staněk Charouz Racing System +0.397 10 11 8 Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix +0.599 11 12 5 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix +0.626 12 13 18 Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport +0.679 13 14 26 Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing +0.682 14 15 16 Jack Doohan HWA Racelab +0.712 15 16 6 Dennis Hauger Hitech Grand Prix +0.761 16 17 4 Max Fewtrell Hitech Grand Prix +0.771 17 18 22 Matteo Nannini Jenzer Motorsport +0.799 18 19 21 Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport +0.895 19 20 7 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix +0.909 20 21 28 Cameron Das Carlin Buzz Racing +0.915 21 22 19 Lukas Dunner MP Motorsport +0.924 22 23 20 Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport +1.126 23 24 25 David Schumacher Charouz Racing System +1.378 24 25 12 Olli Caldwell Trident +1.417 25 26 27 Enaam Ahmed Carlin Buzz Racing +1.429 26 27 30 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing +1.804 27 28 31 Sophia Flörsch Campos Racing +1.882 28 29 14 Enzo Fittipaldi HWA Racelab +1.901 29 30 24 Igor Fraga Charouz Racing System +3.631 30
Feature Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 1 Oscar Piastri Prema Racing 24 32:53.331 3 25 2 3 Logan Sargeant Prema Racing 24 +1.671 4 18 3 29 Alex Peroni Campos Racing 24 +3.017 8 15 (2) 4 2 Frederik Vesti Prema Racing 24 +4.002 6 12 5 10 Lirim Zendeli Trident 24 +7.496 2 10 6 5 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 24 +10.818 12 8 7 11 David Beckmann Trident 24 +12.862 7 6 8 17 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 24 +13.800 9 4 9 8 Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix 24 +14.194 11 2 10 26 Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing 24 +14.558 14 1 11 18 Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport 24 +15.477 13 12 4 Max Fewtrell Hitech Grand Prix 24 +22.398 17 13 7 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 24 +22.921 20 14 16 Jack Doohan HWA Racelab 24 +25.218 15 15 6 Dennis Hauger Hitech Grand Prix 24 +26.634 16 16 24 Igor Fraga Charouz Racing System 24 +27.131 30 17 23 Roman Staněk Charouz Racing System 24 +27.587 10 18 14 Enzo Fittipaldi HWA Racelab 24 +27.874 29 19 21 Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport 24 +29.229 19 20 12 Olli Caldwell Trident 24 +29.599 25 21 20 Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport 24 +29.930 23 22 28 Cameron Das Carlin Buzz Racing 24 +30.365 21 23 27 Enaam Ahmed Carlin Buzz Racing 24 +30.868 26 24 19 Lukas Dunner MP Motorsport 24 +31.123 22 25 25 David Schumacher Charouz Racing System 24 +35.204 24 26 31 Sophia Flörsch Campos Racing 24 +35.838 28 27 22 Matteo Nannini Jenzer Motorsport 24 +36.354 18 28 15 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 24 +37.545 PL 29 30 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 23 +1 lap 27 DNF 9 Sebastián Fernández ART Grand Prix 1 Collision damage 1 (4) Fastest lap set by Alex Peroni: 1:21.602 (lap 19) Source:
Sprint Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 5 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 24 37:01.698 5 15 2 17 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 24 +0.417 3 12 3 26 Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing 24 +1.302 1 10 4 11 David Beckmann Trident 24 +1.639 4 8 5 10 Lirim Zendeli Trident 24 +2.232 6 6 6 2 Frederik Vesti Prema Racing 24 +2.836 7 5 7 8 Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix 24 +3.090 2 4 8 1 Oscar Piastri Prema Racing 24 +3.451 10 3 (2) 9 14 Enzo Fittipaldi HWA Racelab 24 +4.098 18 2 10 4 Max Fewtrell Hitech Grand Prix 24 +4.580 12 1 11 18 Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport 24 +4.975 11 12 15 Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 24 +5.437 28 13 9 Sebastián Fernández ART Grand Prix 24 +6.206 30 14 19 Lukas Dunner MP Motorsport 24 +7.109 24 15 25 David Schumacher Charouz Racing System 24 +8.499 25 16 31 Sophia Flörsch Campos Racing 24 +9.159 26 17 20 Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport 24 +9.491 21 18 22 Matteo Nannini Jenzer Motorsport 24 +9.864 22 19 12 Olli Caldwell Trident 24 +10.949 20 20 30 Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 24 +11.388 29 21 21 Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport 24 +12.050 19 22 6 Dennis Hauger Hitech Grand Prix 24 +12.445 15 23 23 Roman Staněk Charouz Racing System 24 +13.189 17 24 27 Enaam Ahmed Carlin Buzz Racing 24 +18.137 23 25 24 Igor Fraga Charouz Racing System 24 +30.838 16 26 7 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 24 +40.237 13 27 3 Logan Sargeant Prema Racing 23 +1 lap 9 NC 16 Jack Doohan HWA Racelab 16 +8 laps 14 DNF 29 Alex Peroni Campos Racing 10 Mechanical 8 DNF 28 Cameron Das Carlin Buzz Racing 5 Mechanical 22 Fastest lap set by Oscar Piastri: 1:21.513 (lap 4) Source:
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Oscar Piastri 30 2 Liam Lawson 23 3 Logan Sargeant 18 4 Alex Peroni 17 5 Frederik Vesti 17
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Prema Racing 65 2 Trident 35 3 Hitech Grand Prix 24 4 Campos Racing 17 5 MP Motorsport 16
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2020 Austrian Grand Prix 2020 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round
References
External links Official website