The 2023 Sakhir FIA Formula 3 round was a motor race held on 4 and 5 March 2023 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. It was the opening round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, held in support of the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Background Team changes German Formula 4 team PHM Racing took over the entry and assets of Charouz Racing System at the end of the 2022 season, and runs in cooperation with the Czech squad under the PHM Racing by Charouz moniker.
Classification Qualifying
DriverTeamTime/Gap 115 Gabriele MinìHitech Pulse-Eight1:47.05512125 Gabriel BortoletoTrident +0.05711238 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix +0.11110346 Oliver GoetheTrident +0.13594525 Hugh BarterCampos Racing +0.2198567 Kaylen FrederickART Grand Prix +0.2287674 Leonardo FornaroliTrident +0.2356782 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing +0.2655891 Paul AronPrema Racing +0.267491017 Caio ColletVan Amersfoort Racing +0.3163101123 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.3362111210 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport +0.3431121324 Christian MansellCampos Racing +0.39613131414 Sebastián MontoyaHitech Pulse-Eight +0.42114141512 Jonny EdgarMP Motorsport +0.4801515169 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix +0.53816161716 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight +0.6391717183 Zak O'SullivanPrema Racing +0.66218181911 Mari BoyaMP Motorsport +0.83019192018 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +0.89520202120 Oliver GrayRodin Carlin +1.14524212226 Nikita BedrinJenzer Motorsport +1.14821222331 Piotr WiśnickiPHM Racing by Charouz +1.46022232429 Sophia FlörschPHM Racing by Charouz +1.60423242522 Ido CohenRodin Carlin +1.61025252621 Hunter YeanyRodin Carlin +1.63026262719 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing +1.63227272828 Alex GarcíaJenzer Motorsport +2.12928282930 Roberto FariaPHM Racing by Charouz +2.4102929107% time: 1:54.548 (+7.693)—27 Taylor BarnardJenzer Motorsport +14.1383030Source:
Notes – Oliver Gray originally qualified twenty-first, but later received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint race after he was found to have impeded Roberto Faria at Turn 15.
Sprint race
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap123 Pepe MartíCampos Racing1943:15.477210 (1)210 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport19 +1.80519317 Caio ColletVan Amersfoort Racing19 +5.8793842 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing19 +9.01757 51 Paul AronPrema Racing19 +9.8484666 Oliver GoetheTrident19 +10.6239578 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix19 +11.15710484 Leonardo FornaroliTrident19 +11.73763912 Jonny EdgarMP Motorsport19 +12.3591521014 Sebastián MontoyaHitech Pulse-Eight19 +12.8971411125 Hugh BarterCampos Racing19 +13.6638123 Zak O'SullivanPrema Racing19 +14.829181324 Christian MansellCampos Racing19 +15.819131427 Taylor BarnardJenzer Motorsport19 +17.461301511 Mari BoyaMP Motorsport19 +18.032191626 Nikita BedrinJenzer Motorsport19 +19.240211715 Gabriele MinìHitech Pulse-Eight19 +19.663121822 Ido CohenRodin Carlin19 +23.41625195 Gabriel BortoletoTrident19 +24.111112021 Hunter YeanyRodin Carlin19 +24.671262120 Oliver GrayRodin Carlin19 +25.049242229 Sophia FlörschPHM Racing by Charouz19 +25.373PL2319 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing19 +25.951272430 Roberto FariaPHM Racing by Charouz19 +38.570292531 Piotr WiśnickiPHM Racing by Charouz19 +45.222PL269 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix19 +47.787162728 Alex GarcíaJenzer Motorsport19 +1:01.77728287 Kaylen FrederickART Grand Prix19 +1:25.9367 DNF16 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight6Collision damage17DNF18 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing1Collision20Fastest lap set by Pepe Martí: 1:50.867 (lap 14)Source:
Notes – Gabriel Bortoleto originally finished twelfth, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez on lap 2, demoting him to nineteenth place.
Feature race
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap15 Gabriel BortoletoTrident22 44:33.107225 (1)26 Oliver GoetheTrident22 +0.86941832 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing22 +1.10981548 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix22 +1.324312516 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight22 +1.6911710623 Pepe MartíCampos Racing22 +1.84811877 Kaylen FrederickART Grand Prix22 +2.11466815 Gabriele MinìHitech Pulse-Eight22 +4.60014 (2)914 Sebastián MontoyaHitech Pulse-Eight22 +6.8141421010 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport22 +9.834121113 Zak O'SullivanPrema Racing22 +15.83118121 Paul AronPrema Racing22 +18.18191324 Christian MansellCampos Racing22 +18.265131417 Caio ColletVan Amersfoort Racing22 +19.20210159 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix22 +19.227161627 Taylor BarnardJenzer Motorsport22 +19.602301726 Nikita BedrinJenzer Motorsport22 +22.022221822 Ido CohenRodin Carlin22 +25.202251918 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing22 +25.636202029 Sophia FlörschPHM Racing by Charouz22 +28.433242120 Oliver GrayRodin Carlin22 +30.088212221 Hunter YeanyRodin Carlin22 +35.461262312 Jonny EdgarMP Motorsport22 +36.182152431 Piotr WiśnickiPHM Racing by Charouz22 +37.365232530 Roberto FariaPHM Racing by Charouz22 +45.304292625 Hugh BarterCampos Racing22 +1:07.5155274 Leonardo FornaroliTrident21 +1 lap72819 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing20 +2 laps27 2928 Alex GarcíaJenzer Motorsport19 +3 laps28DNF11 Mari BoyaMP Motorsport6 Collision damage19Fastest lap set by Gabriel Bortoleto: 1:50.743 (lap 2)Source:
Notes – Paul Aron originally finished eleventh, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Zak O'Sullivan. – Oliver Gray originally finished eighteenth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for track limits violations. – Tommy Smith and Alex García both retired from the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 26 2 Oliver Goethe 23 3 Dino Beganovic 22 4 Pepe Martí 19 5 Grégoire Saucy 16 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Trident 52 2 Prema Racing 28 3 ART Grand Prix 22 4 Campos Racing 19 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 19
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 Sakhir Formula 2 round
Notes
References
External links
Official website