The 2024 Silverstone Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 5 and 7 July at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the seventh round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 British Grand Prix.
With Arvid Lindblad winning the Sprint and Feature Race, it was the first time since Jack Doohan's 2021 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round that a driver was able to win two races in one weekend.
Background Driver changes Hitech Pulse-Eight driver Martinius Stenshorne received a suspension from the seventh round at Silverstone Circuit. He had competed in the Silverstone round of the GB3 Championship in April without prior FIA approval and was judged to have gained an illegal sporting advantage. FRECA driver James Wharton replaced him for this round.
Classification Qualifying Qualifying was held on 5 July 2024, at 14:05 local time (UTC+1).
DriverTeamTime/Gap 114 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight1:44.992121218 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport +0.04511235 Sami MeguetounifTrident +0.09210344 Leonardo FornaroliTrident +0.27394524 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix +0.29485617 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport +0.32076723 Christian MansellART Grand Prix +0.38267825 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix +0.40258929 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport +0.405491019 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport +0.413310113 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing +0.4342111220 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing +0.483112139 Alex DunneMP Motorsport +0.5531313142 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.57014141510 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing +0.63615151631 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport +0.78716161711 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing +0.7921717186 Santiago RamosTrident +0.8171818191 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing +0.8261919208 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport +1.0402020217 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport +1.19221212212 Mari BoyaCampos Racing +1.43722222316 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight +1.4852323244 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing +1.50324242521 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing +1.59225252622 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing +1.62726262715 James WhartonHitech Pulse-Eight +1.78127272826 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing +1.87228282928 Joshua DufekAIX Racing +1.98129293030 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport +2.8783030107% time: 1:52.341 (+7.349)Source:
Sprint race The Sprint race was held on 6 July 2024. It was initially scheduled to be held at 09:20 local time (UTC+1), but was postponed after multiple delays due to weather conditions. It was then announced that the Sprint race will be rescheduled and held at 18:00 local time (UTC+1).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap13 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing18 36:32.184210 (1)220 Noel LeónHitech Pulse-Eight18 +6.55019319 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport18 +8.44738429 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport18 +9.40947525 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix18 +11.3328662 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing18 +11.453125711 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing18 +11.71517485 Sami MeguetounifTrident18 +11.946133924 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix18 +12.13972104 Leonardo FornaroliTrident18 +12.646911123 Christian MansellART Grand Prix18 +15.8855121 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing18 +17.511191327 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing18 +21.697231430 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport18 +22.048301531 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport18 +22.743161612 Mari BoyaCampos Racing18 +23.205251716 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight18 +23.727221815 James WhartonHitech Pulse-Eight18 +30.85127196 Santiago RamosTrident18 +35.240182026 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing18 +36.010282122 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing18 +49.15126229 Alex DunneMP Motorsport18 +1:14.050112328 Joshua DufekAIX Racing18 +1 lap292414 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight18 +1 lap10257 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport18 +1 lap21DNF17 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport11 Collision damage6DNF8 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport6 Driveshaft20DNF18 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport3 Collision14DNF10 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing3 Collision15DNF21 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing2 Collision damage24Fastest lap set by Arvid Lindblad: 1:47.304 (lap 8) Source:
Notes: – Nikola Tsolov, Sami Meguetounif, Mari Boya and Max Esterson all received grid penalties post-qualifying for impeding several drivers. – James Wharton originally finished thirteenth, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Tommy Smith, demoting him to P18 in the final classification.
Feature Race The Feature race was held on 7 July 2024, at 08:20 local time (UTC+1).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap13 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing20 47:12.061102522 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing20 +0.8741418 (1)329 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport20 +9.213815422 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing20 +19.5672612530 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport20 +42.2583010610 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing20 +46.08120874 Leonardo FornaroliTrident20 +1:00.40446814 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight20 +1:03.25914 (2)927 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing20 +1:05.4492421020 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing20 +1:08.1791211124 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix20 +1:13.0245125 Sami MeguetounifTrident20 +1:13.43631323 Christian MansellART Grand Prix20 +1:13.6446147 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport20 +1:16.560211525 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix20 +1:16.8407166 Santiago RamosTrident20 +1:20.20117178 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport20 +1:21.468191818 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport20 +1:23.6372191 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing20 +1:26.013182026 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Raxing20 +1:26.750282115 James WhartonHitech Pulse-Eight20 +1:29.767272219 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport20 +1:33.96492312 Mari BoyaCampos Racing20 +1:36.218222431 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport19 +1 lap15DNF17 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport15 Retired11DNF28 Joshua DufekAIX Racing8 Collision damage29DNF11 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing7 Collision16DNF9 Alex DunneMP Motorsport7 Collision13DNF21 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing3 Collision 25DNF16 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight0 Collision damage23Fastest lap set by Gabriele Minì: 1:47.369 (lap 18) Source:
Notes: – Callum Voisin originally won the race, but he received a ten-second time-penalty for overtaking off the track and gaining an advantage. As a result, Arvid Lindblad inherited the win. – Oliver Goethe and Charlie Wurz both received ten-second time penalties after the Sprint race, which were converted into a grid drop of five places for causing collisions.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Gabriele Minì 119 4 2 Arvid Lindblad 113 2 3 Luke Browning 112 1 4 Leonardo Fornaroli 93 2 5 Oliver Goethe 85 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 312 2 ART Grand Prix 177 3 Trident 153 1 4 Campos Racing 141 1 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 136
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2024 British Grand Prix 2024 Silverstone Formula 2 round
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External links Official website