2021 Sochi Formula 3 round

The 2021 Sochi Formula 3 round was the final race of the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship. It took place at the Sochi Autodrom and featured three races from 24 to 26 September in support of the 2021 Russian Grand Prix.

  2021 Sochi Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 7 of 7 in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia
Course	Permanent Circuit 5.848 km (3.634 mi)
Sprint race 1
Date 25 September 2021 Laps 20 Podium First Logan Sargeant Charouz Racing System Second Dennis Hauger Prema Racing Third Victor Martins MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Clément Novalak Trident Time 1:56.259 (on lap 14)
Sprint race 2
Date 25 September 2021 Laps 20 Podium First Race cancelled N/A Second Race cancelled N/A Third Race cancelled N/A Fastest lap Driver Race cancelled N/A Time NC
Feature race
Date 26 September 2021 Laps 20 Pole position Driver Jack Doohan Trident Time 1:54.514 Podium First Jack Doohan Trident Second Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix Third Clément Novalak Trident Fastest lap Driver Arthur Leclerc Prema Racing Time 1:56.051 (on lap 20)

Dennis Hauger clinched the drivers' championship in the first race after a second-placed finish. However, Trident clinched their first teams' championship ever in Formula 3 after securing a double podium lock-up in the Feature Race, with Jack Doohan winning his fourth race of the season whilst teammate Clément Novalak finished third.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	4	Jack Doohan	Trident	1:54.514	1
2	5	Clément Novalak	Trident	+0.134	2
3	27	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.173	3
4	7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	+0.198	4
5	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.241	5
6	21	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	+0.245	6
7	8	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	+0.251	7
8	18	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.258	8
9	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+0.312	9
10	10	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.339	10
11	29	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	+0.345	11
12	17	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	+0.445	12
13	12	Roman Staněk	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.463	13
14	2	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+0.575	14
15	3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Racing	+0.637	15
16	15	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	+0.652	16
17	6	David Schumacher	Trident	+0.714	17
18	11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.788	18
19	14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	+0.905	19
20	22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	+0.952	20
21	26	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.989	21
22	24	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.166	22
23	16	Rafael Villagómez	HWA Racelab	+1.493	23
24	28	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.749	24
25	19	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	+2.011	25
26	30	Ayrton Simmons	Charouz Racing System	+2.013	26
27	20	László Tóth	Campos Racing	+2.086	27
28	23	Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing	+2.515	28
29	31	Zdeněk Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	+2.650	29
30	25	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing		30
Source:[1][2]

Sprint Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	29	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	20	39:23.780	2	15
2	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	20	+0.649	4	12
3	17	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	20	+3.466	1	10
4	5	Clément Novalak	Trident	20	+4.597	11	8 (2)
5	18	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	20	+5.424	5	6
6	21	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	20	+11.632	7	5
7	2	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	20	+14.514	14	4
8	7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	20	+17.589	9	3
9	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	20	+18.138	8	2
10	11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+22.891	6	1
11	10	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+23.487	3
12	27	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+23.979	10
13	12	Roman Staněk	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+24.494	13
14	6	David Schumacher	Trident	20	+24.963	17
15	4	Jack Doohan	Trident	20	+25.350	12
16	14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	20	+29.856	19
17	3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Racing	20	+31.005	15
18	25	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+35.572	30
19	26	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+36.277	21
20	16	Rafael Villagómez	HWA Racelab	20	+38.366	23
21	22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	20	+41.146	20
22	8	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	20	+50.032	6
23	24	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+53.354	22
24	30	Ayrton Simmons	Charouz Racing System	20	+56.692	26
25	28	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+57.449	24
26	31	Zdeněk Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	20	+1:33.501	29
27	23	Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing	19	+1 lap	28
DNF	19	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	15	Engine	25
DNF	15	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	1	Damage	16
DNF	20	László Tóth	Campos Racing	1	Damage	27
Fastest lap set by Clément Novalak: 1:56.259 (lap 14)
Source:[1][3]

Sprint Race 2

Sprint Race 2 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.^[4]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	4	Jack Doohan	Trident	20	39:00.001	1	25 (4)
2	7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	20	+3.111	4	18
3	5	Clément Novalak	Trident	20	+3.758	2	15
4	29	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	20	+7.445	11	12
5	10	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+9.695	10	10
6	27	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+10.368	3	8
7	2	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	20	+15.281	14	6 (2)
8	17	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	20	+18.860	12	4
9	11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+23.641	18	2
10	3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Racing	20	+25.738	15	1
11	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	20	+26.855	5
12	26	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+27.370	21
13	24	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+36.227	22
14	25	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+36.732	30
15	6	David Schumacher	Trident	20	+37.208	17
16	22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	20	+37.583	20
17	14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	20	+38.944	19
18	19	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	20	+43.183	25
19	28	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+52.999	24
20	31	Zdeněk Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	20	+58.271	29
21	30	Ayrton Simmons	Charouz Racing System	20	+58.635	PL
22	20	László Tóth	Campos Racing	20	+1:02.130	27
23	8	Alexander Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	20	+1:08.788	7
24	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	20	+1:38.800	9
25	15	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	18	+2 laps	16
26	12	Roman Staněk	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+2 laps	13
DNF	23	Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing			28
DNF	16	Rafael Villagómez	HWA Racelab			23
DNF	21	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing			6
DNF	18	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	1	Collision damage	8
Fastest lap set by Arthur Leclerc: 1:56.051 (lap 20)
Source:[1][5]

Final championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Dennis Hauger 205 2 Jack Doohan 179 3 Clément Novalak 147 1 4 Frederik Vesti 138 1 5 Victor Martins 131

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Trident 381 1 2 Prema Racing 377 3 ART Grand Prix 256 4 MP Motorsport 224 1 5 Charouz Racing System 127

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold names include both Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

See also

• 2021 Russian Grand Prix
• 2021 Sochi Formula 2 round

References

1. "Formula 3 2021 Result for Round 7 : Russia , Sochi 24-26 September 2021". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
2. "Qualifying: Doohan beats Novalak to pole to set up thrilling finale in Sochi". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
3. "RACE 1: Sargeant wins in Sochi as Hauger finishes second to seal F3 title". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
4. "FIA Formula 3 Race 2 in Sochi Cancelled". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
5. "HIGHLIGHTS: Doohan beats Vesti and Novalak to Race 3 win in Sochi". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-28.

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