2021 Le Castellet Formula 3 round

The 2021 Le Castellet Formula 3 round was the 2nd round of the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship. It took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard and ran from 18 to 20 June, featuring 3 races in support of the 2021 French Grand Prix.

  2021 Le Castellet Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 2 of 7 in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.842 km (3.630 mi)
Sprint race 1
Date 19 June 2021 Laps 20 Podium First Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix Second Victor Martins MP Motorsport Third Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Jack Doohan Trident Time 1:52.742 (on lap 18)
Sprint race 2
Date 19 June 2021 Laps 20 Podium First Arthur Leclerc Prema Racing Second Dennis Hauger Prema Racing Third Victor Martins MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Victor Martins MP Motorsport Time 1:52.419 (on lap 19)
Feature race
Date 20 June 2021 Laps 20 Pole position Driver Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix Time 1:50.882 Podium First Jack Doohan Trident Second Dennis Hauger Prema Racing Third Caio Collet MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Reshad de Gerus Charouz Racing System Time 1:59.335 (on lap 17)

Background

FIA Formula 3 last raced here in 2019. It was taken off in 2020 in favor of the Circuit Zandvoort. However, changes to the calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a new cost-cutting measure meant that it returned for 2021. László Tóth tested positive for COVID before the weekend, and he was replaced by Pierre-Louis Chovet, who had been replaced at Jenzer by Johnathan Hoggard for sponsorship reasons.^[1] The round was originally scheduled to run from 25 to 27 June, but was rescheduled due to Formula One changing their calendar.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 18 June 2021, with Frederik Vesti besting Dennis Hauger to take his first pole position of the season.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	1:50.882	1
2	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	+0.181	2
3	17	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	+0.240	3
4	4	Jack Doohan	Trident	+0.283	4
5	18	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.305	5
6	5	Clément Novalak	Trident	+0.331	6
7	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	+0.387	7
8	11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.602	8
9	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.621	9
10	29	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	+0.643	10
11	6	David Schumacher	Trident	+0.668	11
12	26	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.693	12
13	14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	+0.731	13
14	3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Racing	+0.766	14
15	19	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	+0.787	15
16	10	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.836	16
17	12	Roman Staněk	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.890	17
18	21	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	+0.927	18
19	22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	+1.047	19
20	27	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.169	20
21	30	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	+1.452	21
22	24	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.571	22
23	25	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.571	23
24	15	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	+1.593	24
25	20	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Campos Racing	+1.682	25
26	31	Reshad de Gerus	Charouz Racing System	+1.913	26
27	28	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.941	27
28	16	Rafael Villagómez	HWA Racelab	+2.064	28
29	23	Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing	+2.141	29
—	2	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	No time set	30
107% time: 1:58.643
Source:

Sprint Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	20	38:26.581	6	15
2	17	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	20	+0.624	10	12
3	26	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1.212	1	10
4	29	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	20	+1.779	3	8
5	5	Clément Novalak	Trident	20	+2.351	7	6
6	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	20	+2.666	4	5
7	4	Jack Doohan	Trident	20	+2.765	9	4 (2)
8	11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+5.825	5	3
9	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	20	+6.237	11	2
10	3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Racing	20	+6.443	14	1
11	10	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+8.057	16
12	2	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	20	+9.026	30
13	18	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	20	+9.396	8
14	21	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	20	+9.727	18
15	7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	20	+12.700	12
16	6	David Schumacher	Trident	20	+12.954	2
17	15	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	20	+27.985	24
18	20	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Campos Racing	20	+30.795	25
19	31	Reshad de Gerus	Charouz Racing System	20	+31.839	26
20	24	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+32.215	22
21	30	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	20	+33.851	21
22	14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	20	+40.880	13
23	28	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+41.087	27
24	23	Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+43.7361	29
25	16	Rafael Villagómez	HWA Racelab	20	+1:01.307	28
26	12	Roman Staněk	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+1:15.743	17
27	22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	20	+1:21.513	19
28	25	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+1:40.817	23
29	19	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	19	+1 Lap	15
DNF	27	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Collision	20
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 – Ido Cohen was given a 5 second time penalty for forcing Rafael Villagómez off the track on the final lap at turn 11.^[4]

Sprint Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	20	37:46.891	1	15
2	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	20	+4.281	4	12
3	17	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	20	+8.044	11	10 (2)
4	3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Racing	20	+9.383	3	8
5	4	Jack Doohan	Trident	20	+10.067	6	6
6	5	Clément Novalak	Trident	20	+12.757	8	5
7	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	20	+18.042	12	4
8	26	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+20.664	10	3
9	11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+22.190	5	2
10	7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	20	+24.930	15	1
11	6	David Schumacher	Trident	20	+25.360	16
12	29	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	20	+25.888	9
13	14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	20	+25.934	22
14	10	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+26.375	2
15	20	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Campos Racing	20	+30.986	18
16	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	20	+31.484	7
17	30	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	20	+31.516	21
18	19	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	20	+33.611	29
19	12	Roman Staněk	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+34.162	26
20	21	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	20	+35.6051	14
21	15	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	20	+36.908	17
22	24	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+38.307	20
23	25	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+42.114	28
24	22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	20	+46.254	27
25	31	Reshad de Gerus	Charouz Racing System	20	+52.030	19
26	27	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+56.171	30
27	16	Rafael Villagómez	HWA Racelab	20	+58.577	25
28	28	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1:02.562	23
DNF	23	Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing	14	Collision damage	24
DNF	18	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	1	Mechanical	13
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 – Lorenzo Colombo received a 5 second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at turn 9.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	4	Jack Doohan	Trident	20	43:19.510	4	25
2	1	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	20	+1.551	2	18
3	18	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	20	+5.051	5	15
4	17	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	20	+7.237	3	12
5	5	Clément Novalak	Trident	20	+14.245	6	10
6	7	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	20	+17.942	1	8 (4)
7	11	Ayumu Iwasa	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+23.074	8	6
8	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	20	+24.883	7	4
9	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	20	+25.549	9	2
10	10	Jak Crawford	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+28.620	16	1
11	30	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charouz Racing System	20	+34.198	21
12	26	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+36.018	12
13	2	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	20	+39.013	30
14	25	Jonny Edgar	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+41.826	23
15	12	Roman Staněk	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+42.379	17
16	19	Tijmen van der Helm	MP Motorsport	20	+44.394	15
17	24	Kaylen Frederick	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+45.339	22
18	27	Johnathan Hoggard	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+45.882	20
19	21	Lorenzo Colombo	Campos Racing	20	+47.672	18
20	14	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	20	+48.519	13
21	31	Reshad de Gerus	Charouz Racing System	20	+48.859	26
22	15	Oliver Rasmussen	HWA Racelab	20	+53.917	24
23	16	Rafael Villagómez	HWA Racelab	20	+54.660	28
24	23	Ido Cohen	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+56.688	29
25	22	Amaury Cordeel	Campos Racing	20	+1:02.091	19
26	28	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1:08.247	27
27	6	David Schumacher	Trident	20	+1:08.525	11
28	20	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Campos Racing	18	+2 Laps	25
DNF	29	Logan Sargeant	Charouz Racing System	8	Rain lights	10
DNF	3	Olli Caldwell	Prema Racing	2	Suspension	14
Source:[3]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Dennis Hauger 66 2 2 Victor Martins 60 2 3 Jack Doohan 58 1 4 Clément Novalak 49 3 5 Olli Caldwell 41

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 122 2 Trident 107 3 MP Motorsport 95 4 ART Grand Prix 81 3 5 Hitech Grand Prix 19

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

See also

• 2021 French Grand Prix