2022 Budapest Formula 3 round

The 2022 Budapest Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 30 and 31 July 2022 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the sixth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix.

  2022 Budapest Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 6 of 9 in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing circuit 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 30 July 2022 Laps 18 Podium First Caio Collet MP Motorsport Second Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing Third Kush Maini MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Caio Collet MP Motorsport Time 1:50.440 (on lap 18)
Feature Race
Date 31 July 2022 Laps 24 Pole position Driver Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport Time 1:32.740 Podium First Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport Second Zane Maloney Trident Third Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Zak O'Sullivan Carlin Time 1:38.070 (on lap 21)

With Caio Collet and Alexander Smolyar winning the Sprint Race and the Feature Race respectively, MP Motorsport became the first team after Hitech Grand Prix in 2019 Silverstone Formula 3 round to win both races in a Formula 3 weekend.

Driver changes

Some driver changes occurred prior to the Budapest round, with current Euroformula Open championship leader Oliver Goethe making his FIA Formula 3 debut for Campos Racing by replacing Hunter Yeany, who was ruled out for the Budapest round due to a broken wrist sustained at the previous round in Spielberg.^[1]

For Charouz Racing System, the then-Euroformula Open Championship runner-up Christian Mansell made his debut in the series by replacing Zdeněk Chovanec, who was competing in the last two rounds for the Czech squad.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Alexander Smolyar took his first pole position of the season to become the sixth different polesitter at the sixth weekend and he claimed pole position for the first time after 2020 at the same venue. Smolyar qualified ahead of both rookies Zane Maloney and Oliver Bearman.^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	1:32.740	12	1
2	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	+0.126	11	2
3	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.132	10	3
4	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+0.172	9	4
5	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.201	8	5
6	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	+0.204	7	6
7	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	+0.269	6	7
8	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.300	5	8
9	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.314	4	9
10	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.335	3	10
11	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.346	2	11
12	21	Oliver Goethe[a]	Campos Racing	+0.366	1	12
13	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.384	13	13
14	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.453	14	14
15	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	+0.464	15	15
16	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	+0.477	16	16
17	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.531	17	17
18	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.674	18	18
19	31	Reece Ushijima[b]	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.776	19	19
20	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.970	20	20
21	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.008	21	21
22	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	+1.019	22	22
23	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.023	23	23
24	15	Christian Mansell[c]	Charouz Racing System	+1.301	24	24
25	27	Brad Benavides[d]	Carlin	+1.375	25	25
26	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	+1.466	26	26
27	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.489	27	27
28	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	+1.651	28	28
29	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	+2.221	29	29
30	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.940	30	30
Source:[9]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	18	37:34.616	4	10 (1)
2	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+8.789	2	9
3	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	18	+9.694	7	8
4	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+12.004	3	7
5	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	18	+13.915	10	6
6	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	18	+14.607	5	5
7	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	18	+15.561	8	4
8	21	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	18	+19.682	1	3
9	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	18	+20.082	14	2
10	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	18	+21.180	11	1
11	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+22.208	19
12	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	18	+22.877	18
13	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	18	+24.797	15
14	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	18	+27.122	13
15	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	18	+29.104	12
16	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+29.590	20
17	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+31.696	17
18	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	18	+31.956	22
19	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+37.123	21
20	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	18	+38.362	6
21	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	18	+38.718	26
22	15	Christian Mansell	Charouz Racing System	18	+39.394	24
23	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+40.281	27
24	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	18	+43.663	28
25	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+48.834	30
26	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	18	+49.526	29
27	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	18	+52.437	9
DNF	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	6	Collision damage	23
DNF	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	4	Collision	25
DNF	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	0	Accident	16
Fastest lap set by Caio Collet: 1:50.440 (lap 18)
Source:[9][10]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	24	45:02.423	1	25 (2)
2	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	24	+5.560	2	18
3	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	24	+5.585	3	15
4	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	24	+7.316	22	12 (1)
5	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	24	+8.705	6	10
6	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	24	+10.059	18	8
7	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	24	+10.578	5	6
8	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	24	+10.983	91	4
9	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	24	+19.452	8	2
10	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	24	+19.614	7	1
11	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	24	+22.570	4
12	3	Roman Staněk	Trident	24	+23.027	14
13	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	24	+32.473	16
14	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+35.487	19
15	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+38.020	11
16	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+39.532	20
17	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+40.124	23
18	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+40.642	10
19	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	24	+40.978	27
20	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+41.152	21
21	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+41.691	17
22	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	24	+47.360	301
23	15	Christian Mansell	Charouz Racing System	24	+57.609	24
24	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	24	+1:09.334	15
25	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+1:10.674	29
26	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+1:14.488	26
27	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	24	+1:16.800	9
28	21	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	24	+1:27.064	12
29	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	23	+1 lap	13
DNF	14	Lászlo Tóth	Charouz Racing System	1	Retired	28
Fastest lap set by Zak O'Sullivan: 1:38.070 (lap 21)
Source:[9][11]

Notes:

• ^1 – Arthur Leclerc and Brad Benavides both received a five-place grid drop due to causing collisions in the Sprint Race with Jak Crawford and Ido Cohen respectively.^[12]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Isack Hadjar 104 1 2 Victor Martins 104 3 Arthur Leclerc 95 4 Jak Crawford 80 1 5 Oliver Bearman 80

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 255 2 ART Grand Prix 153 2 3 MP Motorsport 146 1 4 Hitech Grand Prix 131 1 5 Trident 129

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

See also

• 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2022 Budapest Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Goethe is a Danish-German driver competing under a Monégasque licence.^[4]
2. Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver competing under a British licence.^[5]
3. Mansell is an Australian driver competing under a British licence.^[6]
4. Benavides is an American-Spanish-Guatemalan driver who competed under a Spanish licence in rounds 1–3 and an American licence from round 4.^[7][8]