The 2024 Barcelona Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 23 June 2024 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It was the fifth round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix.
Classification Summary Christian Mansell achieved his first FIA Formula 3 pole position in qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, followed by Arvid Lindblad and Nikola Tsolov. Santiago Ramos started the sprint race from first place. In the opening laps of the sprint race, second-placed Sami Meguetounif collided with Ramos in an attempt to overtake, bringing out the safety car and allowing Mari Boya into the lead. Boya maintained his lead until the end of the race, which finished under safety car conditions after Sebastián Montoya and Gabriele Minì collided earlier. Boya took his first victory in the category, followed by Alex Dunne with his maiden podium finish, and Oliver Goethe.
Feature race pole-sitter Mansell led at the start but was overtaken by Lindblad on lap five. Luke Browning passed Tsolov for third place early in the race but lost the podium position to Leonardo Fornaroli in the closing laps. In a race which was also the 100th race in the modern Formula 3 era, Lindblad claimed his second victory of the season, with Mansell and Fornaroli completing the top three. Championship leader Minì failed to score in Barcelona and dropped to third in the standings, whilst Fornaroli's podium promoted him to the lead, five points ahead of Browning.
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 21 June 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamTime/Gap 123 Christian MansellART Grand Prix1:28.46312123 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing +0.036112325 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix +0.039103414 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight +0.05694510 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing +0.1078564 Leonardo FornaroliTrident +0.20976715 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight +0.22467824 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix +0.2445899 Alex DunneMP Motorsport +0.248491012 Mari BoyaCampos Racing +0.321310115 Sami MeguetounifTrident +0.345216126 Santiago RamosTrident +0.4101111320 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing +0.4541312141 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing +0.5021413152 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.5231514167 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport +0.55016151729 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport +0.56917171831 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport +0.63218181916 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight +0.63719192027 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing +0.63920232119 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport +0.72121202217 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport +0.83622212326 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing +0.85423222421 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing +0.88224242518 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport +0.8972525268 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport +0.90326262711 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing +0.92427272828 Joshua DufekAIX Racing +0.93028282922 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing +1.04629293030 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport +1.3383030107% time: 1:34.655 (+6.192)Source:
Notes: – Sami Meguetounif received a five-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with Santiago Ramos at the sprint race. – Nikita Bedrin received a three-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with Callum Voisin at the sprint race.
Sprint Race The Sprint race was held on 22 June 2024, at 10:40 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap112 Mari BoyaCampos Racing21 38:11.21131029 Alex DunneMP Motorsport21 +0.45349310 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing21 +0.82888415 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight21 +1.06867524 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix21 +1.26356620 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing21 +1.73513574 Leonardo FornaroliTrident21 +1.89374 (1)81 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing21 +2.19714393 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing21 +2.698112107 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport21 +2.9641611123 Christian MansellART Grand Prix21 +3.111121214 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight21 +3.37591325 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix21 +3.936101416 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight21 +4.213191531 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport21 +4.652181617 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport21 +4.982221728 Joshua DufekAIX Racing21 +5.287281822 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing21 +5.787291919 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport21 +6.938212021 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing21 +7.11724216 Santiago RamosTrident21 +7.37012218 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport21 +7.84925238 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport21 +8.566262430 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport21 +8.760302526 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing21 +16.55623DNF2 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing17 Collision15DNF11 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing17 Collision27DNF5 Sami MeguetounifTrident2 Collision damage2DNF29 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport2 Collision17DNF27 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing2 Collision20Fastest lap set by Leonardo Fornaroli: 1:32.402 (lap 9) Source:
Feature Race The Feature race was held on 23 June 2024, at 10:05 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap13 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing25 39:09.719225223 Christian MansellART Grand Prix25 +4.447118 (2)34 Leonardo FornaroliTrident25 +5.627615410 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing25 +6.498512514 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight25 +7.388410 (1)625 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix25 +10.6713879 Alex DunneMP Motorsport25 +10.9339681 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing25 +13.419134920 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing25 +14.159122106 Santiago RamosTrident25 +14.635111117 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport25 +15.962151211 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing25 +20.416271317 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport25 +21.193211412 Mari BoyaCampos Racing25 +21.88310155 Sami MeguetounifTrident25 +22.442161629 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport25 +23.130171728 Joshua DufekAIX Racing25 +24.231281821 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing25 +25.842241919 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport25 +27.488202016 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight25 +33.43319212 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing25 +34.379142231 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport25 +37.395182318 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport25 +38.305252430 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport25 +38.901302522 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing25 +39.534292626 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing25 +40.613222715 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight25 +41.3287288 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport25 +47.566262924 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix24 +1 lap8DNF27 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing22 Retired23Fastest lap set by Luke Browning: 1:31.970 (lap 3) Source:
Notes: – Sami Meguetounif received a five-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with Santiago Ramos at the sprint race. – Laurens van Hoepen retired, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. – Nikita Bedrin received a three-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with Callum Voisin at the sprint race.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 2 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 84 2 Luke Browning 79 2 3 Gabriele Minì 72 1 4 Arvid Lindblad 71 1 5 Dino Beganovic 65 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 208 2 Trident 140 3 ART Grand Prix 117 4 Campos Racing 115 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 96
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2024 Spanish Grand Prix 2024 Barcelona Formula 2 round
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External links Official website