The 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 30 June and 2 July at the Red Bull Ring. It was the fifth round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.
Background Driver changes GB3 racer McKenzy Cresswell took over Piotr Wiśnicki's seat at PHM Racing by Charouz for this round and the following Silverstone round.
Classification Qualifying DriverTeamTime/Gap 18 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix1:20.45712122 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing +0.00411235 Gabriel BortoletoTrident +0.0179341 Paul AronPrema Racing +0.06484517 Caio ColletVan Amersfoort Racing +0.0907563 Zak O'SullivanPrema Racing +0.109106710 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport +0.1475786 Oliver GoetheTrident +0.1854897 Kaylen FrederickART Grand Prix +0.196391024 Christian MansellCampos Racing +0.2876101115 Gabriele MinìHitech Pulse-Eight +0.3412111223 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.3621121311 Mari BoyaMP Motorsport +0.36713131416 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight +0.52314141514 Sebastián MontoyaHitech Pulse-Eight +0.52715151612 Jonny EdgarMP Motorsport +0.6151616179 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix +0.62617171827 Taylor BarnardJenzer Motorsport +0.67018181925 Hugh BarterCampos Racing +0.68519192020 Oliver GrayRodin Carlin +0.75020252129 Sophia FlörschPHM Racing by Charouz +0.81021202226 Nikita BedrinJenzer Motorsport +0.86322212331 McKenzy CresswellPHM Racing by Charouz +0.90523222421 Hunter YeanyRodin Carlin +1.05229232522 Ido CohenRodin Carlin +1.06124242618 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +1.06325262728 Alex GarcíaJenzer Motorsport +1.47726272819 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing +1.80527282930 Roberto FariaPHM Racing by Charouz +1.9182829107% time: 1:26.089 (+5.632)—4 Leonardo FornaroliTrident +25.9833030Source:
Notes – Zak O'Sullivan originally qualified seventh, but received a three-place grid drop for the sprint race due to impeding Tommy Smith. – Christian Mansell originally qualified third, but due to crossing the white line at pit entry, he was given a three-place grid drop for the sprint race. - Oliver Gray was given a five-place grid drop for the feature race due to causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez in the sprint race. - Hunter Yeany received a five-place grid drop for the sprint race due to causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez at the Barcelona feature race.
Sprint race DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap11 Paul AronPrema Racing20 33:18.970810 (1)215 Gabriele MinìHitech Pulse-Eight20 +1.46929317 Caio ColletVan Amersfoort Racing20 +4.9787843 Zak O'SullivanPrema Racing20 +5.486107512 Jonny EdgarMP Motorsport20 +6.372166623 Pepe MartíCampos Racing20 +7.6511577 Kaylen FrederickART Grand Prix20 +8.3323482 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing20 +8.490113914 Sebastián MontoyaHitech Pulse-Eight20 +9.679152105 Gabriel BortoletoTrident20 +10.157911116 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight20 +10.985141211 Mari BoyaMP Motorsport20 +11.343131310 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport20 +12.31151424 Christian MansellCampos Racing20 +14.3746154 Leonardo FornaroliTrident20 +15.17530169 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix20 +16.057171722 Ido CohenRodin Carlin20 +17.620241829 Sophia FlörschPHM Racing by Charouz20 +18.265211921 Hunter YeanyRodin Carlin20 +18.50729208 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix20 +19.415122119 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing20 +20.160272225 Hugh BarterCampos Racing20 +21.705192331 McKenzy CresswellPHM Racing by Charouz20 +22.749232430 Roberto FariaPHM Racing by Charouz20 +25.292282526 Nikita BedrinJenzer Motorsport20 +26.87322266 Oliver GoetheTrident20 +1:28.61042727 Taylor BarnardJenzer Motorsport18 +2 laps18DNF20 Oliver GrayRodin Carlin10 Collision20DNF18 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing10 Collision25 DNF28 Alex GarcíaJenzer Motorsport1 Retired26Fastest lap set by Paul Aron: 1:33.061 (lap 19)Source:
Notes – Nikita Bedrin originally finished seventeenth, but later received a ten-second time penalty for an incident with Leonardo Fornaroli, dropping him to down to twenty-fifth.
Feature race DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap13 Zak O'SullivanPrema Racing26 37:59.53562525 Gabriel BortoletoTrident26 +0.844318317 Caio ColletVan Amersfoort Racing26 +1.696515410 Franco ColapintoMP Motorsport26 +2.45871252 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing26 +4.460210 (1)612 Jonny EdgarMP Motorsport26 +4.723168724 Christian MansellCampos Racing26 +5.296106825 Hugh BarterCampos Racing26 +5.676194923 Pepe MartíCampos Racing26 +9.530122104 Leonardo FornaroliTrident26 +10.624301116 Oliver GoetheTrident26 +12.44181227 Taylor BarnardJenzer Motorsport26 +13.883181326 Nikita BedrinJenzer Motorsport26 +14.601PL1420 Oliver GrayRodin Carlin26 +15.148251518 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing26 +15.80326169 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix26 +16.236171731 McKenzy CresswellPHM Racing by Charouz26 +16.584221819 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing26 +16.921281930 Roberto FariaPHM Racing by Charouz26 +17.355292014 Sebastián MontoyaHitech Pulse-Eight26 +18.814152121 Hunter YeanyRodin Carlin26 +23.510232216 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight26 +38.170142328 Alex GarcíaJenzer Motorsport26 +53.151PL2411 Mari BoyaMP Motorsport26 +53.75013251 Paul AronPrema Racing26 +1:06.2654267 Kaylen FrederickART Grand Prix26 +1:07.5669278 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix24 +2 laps1(2)DNF22 Ido CohenRodin Carlin14 Retired24DNF15 Gabriele MinìHitech Pulse-Eight0 Collision11DSQ29 Sophia FlörschPHM Racing by Charouz26 Disqualified20Fastest lap set by Dino Beganovic: 1:22.774 (lap 7)Source:
Notes - Sebastián Montoya initially finished tenth, however, he was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Franco Colapinto, dropping him down to twentieth. - Hunter Yeany originally finished thirteenth but was handed a ten-second time penalty for unsafely rejoining the track, dropping him to twenty-first. – Sophia Flörsch was disqualified from the feature race after it was found that her car's front wing endplates were less than the required 70mm above the reference plane. As a result, Pepe Martí moved up to ninth while Leonardo Fornaroli was promoted to the final point scoring position.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 111 2 Pepe Martí 75 3 Dino Beganovic 75 4 4 Zak O'Sullivan 73 1 5 Gabriele Minì 65
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 213 2 Trident 171 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 128 4 Campos Racing 90 5 MP Motorsport 88
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2023 Austrian Grand Prix 2023 Spielberg Formula 2 round
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External links Official website