The 2024 Budapest Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 19 and 21 July at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eighth round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying Qualifying was held on 19 July 2024, at 15:05 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamTime/Gap 124 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix1:33.935121225 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix +0.23311234 Leonardo FornaroliTrident +0.238103420 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing +0.2399456 Santiago RamosTrident +0.2478565 Sami MeguetounifTrident +0.5897677 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport +0.59667823 Christian MansellART Grand Prix +0.64758929 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport +0.672491026 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing +0.7503101127 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing +0.762211121 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing +0.870112132 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.93713131410 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing +1.00314141514 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight +1.01615151618 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport +1.10716161731 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport +1.12617171817 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport +1.15218181912 Mari BoyaCampos Racing +1.17019192019 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport +1.1752020213 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing +1.29021212215 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight +1.45122222330 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport +1.45323232416 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight +1.5822424259 Alex DunneMP Motorsport +1.7232525268 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport +1.81526262721 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing +1.91627272822 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing +2.5582828107% time: 1:40:510 (+6.575)—11 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing +16.2202929DSQ28 Joshua DufekAIX Racing Disqualified3030Source:
Notes: – Luke Browning originally qualified in seventh place, but his best lap time was deleted after causing a red flag. With his laptime removed from the results, Browning drops from seventh in the original Qualifying order down to P15, moving each driver behind him up one position each. – Sebastián Montoya failed to set a time within the 107%-rule, but was later given permission by the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid. – Joshua Dufek originally qualified in sixth place, but was later disqualified from the results as it was found that his car had been below the minimum weight required, contravening Art. 5.1 of the FIA Formula 3 Championship Technical Regulations.
Sprint Race The Sprint race was held on 20 July 2024, at 09:50 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap127 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing18 29:41.355210226 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing18 +1.5603931 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing18 +2.1891847 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport18 +2.62967523 Christian MansellART Grand Prix18 +3.48356629 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport18 +3.9804574 Leonardo FornaroliTrident18 +4.398104814 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight18 +4.909153924 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix18 +5.488122105 Sami MeguetounifTrident18 +5.814711110 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing18 +6.511141220 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing18 +7.18391315 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight18 +8.17422142 Gabriele MiniPrema Racing18 +8.90513153 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing18 +9.367211618 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport18 +11.259161717 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport18 +11.890181812 Mari BoyaCampos Racing18 +12.434191911 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing18 +12.88829209 Alex DunneMP Motorsport18 +13.440282116 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight18 +13.885232228 Joshua DufekAIX Racing18 +17.716302321 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing18 +18.100242430 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport18 +19.032252522 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing18 +19.562262631 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport18 +32.83017278 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport18 +59.68827286 Santiago RamosTrident18 +1:00.61782925 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix18 +1:10.22411DNF19 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport0 Collision damage20Fastest lap set by Joseph Loake: 1:35.669 (lap 16) Source:
Notes: – Alex Dunne was handed a ten-place grid-penalty after the Silverstone round for re-joining the track in an unsafe manner. – Piotr Wiśnicki and Kacper Sztuka both received a three-place grid penalty after qualifying for impeding Dino Beganovic and Sebastián Montoya. As a consequence, both started the Sprint race from P25 and P27 respectively.
Feature Race The Feature race was held on 21 July 2024, at 08:25 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap125 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix23 38:54.231225220 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing23 +1.11441834 Leonardo FornaroliTrident23 +1.439315423 Christian MansellART Grand Prix23 +1.781812 (1)56 Santiago RamosTrident23 +2.091510629 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport23 +2.49798727 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing23 +2.751116810 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing23 +3.30414491 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing23 +4.0081221012 Mari BoyaCampos Racing23 +4.443191112 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing23 +5.040131214 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight23 +5.139151315 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight23 +5.786221426 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing23 +6.785101518 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport23 +7.19016169 Alex DunneMP Motorsport23 +7.748181716 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight23 +8.20624188 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport23 +9.211261911 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing23 +9.45329207 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport23 +9.85072130 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport23 +10.377232228 Joshua DufekAIX Racing23 +11.456302321 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing23 +11.792272422 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing23 +16.10428255 Sami MeguetounifTrident23 +38.78362631 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport22 +1 lap172719 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport20 Collision20283 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing20 Collision21DNF17 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport1 Collision damage18DSQ24 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix23 Disqualified1(2)Fastest lap set by Sami Meguetounif: 1:35.293 (lap 18) Source:
Notes: – Matías Zagazeta and Arvid Lindblad collided with each other and retired, but they were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. – Laurens van Hoepen originally finished second, but was later disqualified as it was found that his car had not met the minimum weight requirement, a breach of Article 5.1 of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Technical Regulations. Thus, all drivers behind him have been moved up one position each, with Leonardo Fornaroli taking over the final spot on the podium in third.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Gabriele Minì 119 1 2 Luke Browning 115 1 3 Arvid Lindblad 113 4 Leonardo Fornaroli 112 2 5 Christian Mansell 97 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 322 2 ART Grand Prix 225 3 Trident 183 4 Campos Racing 146 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 141
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix 2024 Budapest Formula 2 round
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External links Official website