2019 Le Castellet Formula 3 round

The 2019 Paul Ricard FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 22 and 23 June 2019 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France. It is the second round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2019 French Grand Prix.

  2019 Paul Ricard Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 2 of 8 in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.842 km (3.630 mi)
Feature Race
Date 22 June 2019 Laps 20 Pole position Driver Jake Hughes HWA Racelab Time 1:49.519 Podium First Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing Second Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Third Pedro Piquet Trident Fastest lap Driver Felipe Drugovich Carlin Racing Time 1:52.358 (on lap 19)
Sprint Race
Date 23 June 2019 Laps 20 Podium First Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Second Pedro Piquet Trident Third Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing Time 1:52.171 (on lap 18)

Summary

Background

Following the opening round, Russian driver Robert Shwartzman leads the championship by thirteen points over Christian Lundgaard of Denmark, with Shwartzman's team-mate Jehan Daruvala a further three points behind the Dane.

Artem Petrov will be absent from the round, and with his Jenzer Motorsport team unable to draft in a replacement due to visa restrictions the grid would stand at 29 cars.^[1]

Qualifying

Jake Hughes of HWA Racelab would claim the pole position, beating Daruvala by just under 9-hundredths of a second. Championship leader Shwartzman will start third alongside Pedro Piquet, son of former world champion Nelson Piquet.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	11	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	1:49.519	1
2	27	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	+0.087	2
3	28	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	+0.239	3
4	18	Pedro Piquet	Trident	+0.425	4
5	26	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Racing	+0.547	5
6	20	Leonardo Pulcini	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.576	6
7	21	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.609	7
8	10	Bent Viscaal	HWA Racelab	+0.673	8
9	19	Niko Kari	Trident	+0.734	9
10	23	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	+0.797	10
11	31	Logan Sargeant	Carlin Racing	+0.826	11
12	3	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	+0.859	12
13	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.932	13
14	2	Max Fewtrell	ART Grand Prix	+0.937	14
15	4	Liam Lawson	MP Motorsport	+0.949	15
16	22	Ye Yifei	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.972	16
17	7	Lirim Zendeli	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	+0.991	17
18	30	Felipe Drugovich	Carlin Racing	+1.030	18
19	17	Devlin DeFrancesco	Trident	+1.047	19
20	5	Simo Laaksonen	MP Motorsport	+1.066	20
21	29	Teppei Natori	Carlin Racing	+1.154	21
22	1	David Beckmann	ART Grand Prix	+1.197	22
23	8	Fabio Scherer	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	+1.230	23
24	9	Raoul Hyman	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	+1.272	24
25	12	Keyvan Andres	HWA Racelab	+1.549	25
26	25	Sebastián Fernández	Campos Racing	+1.753	26
27	14	Yuki Tsunoda	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.468	27
28	16	Andreas Estner	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.547	28
29	24	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	+4.707	29
Source:[3]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	27	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	20	38:27.360	2	25
2	28	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	20	+2.805	3	18
3	18	Pedro Piquet	Trident Racing	20	+3.213	4	15
4	21	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+3.706	7	12
5	10	Bent Viscaal	HWA Racelab	20	+19.308	8	10
6	26	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Racing	20	+21.146	5	8
7	14	Yuki Tsunoda	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+24.9701	27	6 (2)
8	23	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	20	+25.807	10	4
9	4	Liam Lawson	MP Motorsport	20	+26.980	15	2
10	1	David Beckmann	ART Grand Prix	20	+30.1231	22	1
11	16	Andreas Estner	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+30.817	28
12	31	Logan Sargeant	Carlin Racing	20	+32.2721	11
13	22	Ye Yifei	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+33.340	16
14	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	20	+36.720	13
15	8	Fabio Scherer	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	20	+40.231	23
16	24	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	20	+1:01.610	29
17	9	Raoul Hyman	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	20	+1:01.879	24
18	19	Niko Kari	Trident	20	+1:08.806	9
19	30	Felipe Drugovich	Carlin Racing	20	+1:35.552	18
20	5	Simo Laaksonen	MP Motorsport	19	+1 lap	20
21	17	Devlin DeFrancesco	Trident	18	Puncture	19
Ret	11	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	15	Crash	1	(4)
Ret	25	Sebastián Fernández	Campos Racing	15	Collision damage	26
Ret	2	Max Fewtrell	ART Grand Prix	10	Puncture	14
Ret	7	Lirim Zendeli	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	9		17
Ret	29	Teppei Natori	Carlin Racing	1	Crash	21
Ret	20	Leonardo Pulcini	Hitech Grand Prix	1	Collision damage	6
Ret	3	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1	Suspension1	12
Ret	12	Keyvan Andres	HWA Racelab	0	Mechanical	PL
Fastest lap set by Yuki Tsunoda: 1:53.134
Source:[4]

Notes:

• ^1 Yuki Tsunoda, David Beckmann and Christian Lundgaard were awarded a five-second penalty for track limits abuse.

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	28	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	20	38:04.147	7	15
2	18	Pedro Piquet	Trident	20	+1.479	6	12
3	27	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	20	+2.849	8	10
4	6	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	20	+8.300	14	8
5	26	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Racing	20	+15.141	3	6 (2)
6	4	Liam Lawson	MP Motorsport	20	+16.233	9	4
7	11	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	20	+21.364	22	2
8	31	Logan Sargeant	Carlin Racing	20	+21.913	12	1
9	14	Yuki Tsunoda	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+22.906	2
10	30	Felipe Drugovich	Carlin Racing	20	+25.613	19
11	16	Andreas Estner	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+25.675	11
12	20	Leonardo Pulcini	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+25.918	29
13	9	Raoul Hyman	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	20	+29.772	17
14	23	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	20	+30.323	1
15	3	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	20	+31.441	27
16	7	Lirim Zendeli	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	20	+32.041	25
17	21	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+32.599	5
18	2	Max Fewtrell	ART Grand Prix	20	+33.958	24
19	12	Keyvan Andres	HWA Racelab	20	+34.809	28
20	10	Bent Viscaal	HWA Racelab	20	+34.811	4
21	17	Devlin DeFrancesco	Trident	20	+37.501	21
22	22	Ye Yifei	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+1:06.052	13
23	24	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	20	+1:48.973	16
24	19	Niko Kari	Trident	18	+2 Laps	18
Ret	5	Simo Laaksonen	MP Motorsport	16	Fuel pump	20
Ret	25	Sebastián Fernández	Campos Racing	15		23
Ret	8	Fabio Scherer	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	11	Suspension	15
Ret	29	Teppei Natori	Carlin Racing	5	Crash damage	26
Ret	1	David Beckmann	ART Grand Prix	2	Puncture	10
Fastest lap set by Marcus Armstrong: 1:52.171
Source:[5]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Robert Shwartzman 70 1 2 Jehan Daruvala 58 1 3 Marcus Armstrong 37 1 4 Jüri Vips 32 6 5 Pedro Piquet 27

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Prema Racing 163 2 ART Grand Prix 50 1 3 Trident 41 1 4 Hitech Grand Prix 32 5 MP Motorsport 16

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2019 French Grand Prix
• 2019 Le Castellet Formula 2 round