2022 Silverstone Formula 3 round

The 2022 Silverstone Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 2 and 3 July 2022 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 British Grand Prix.

  2022 Silverstone Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 4 of 9 in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent Circuit 5.891 km (3.661 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 2 July 2022 Laps 18 Podium First Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix Second Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Third Reece Ushijima Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix Time 1:46.643 (on lap 17)
Feature Race
Date 3 July 2022 Laps 22 Pole position Driver Zak O'Sullivan Carlin Time 1:44.597 Podium First Arthur Leclerc Prema Racing Second Zak O'Sullivan Carlin Third Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Jak Crawford Prema Racing Time 1:46.713 (on lap 22)

Driver changes

Multiple driver changes took place for the fourth round at the Silverstone Circuit. On the weekend before the Silverstone round, Trident confirmed that Jonny Edgar would return to the series after missing the previous two rounds following Crohn's disease he sustained on early April 2022.^[1]

Zdeněk Chovanec also returned to the championship after last competing at the 2021 Sochi Formula 3 round, driving for Charouz Racing System.

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, MP Motorsport driver Alexander Smolyar was denied of getting a visa for the entry into the United Kingdom. Hence, he was not able to take part at the fourth round in Silverstone and was then replaced by Romanian driver Filip Ugran, who returned to the series after competing in the previous season.

Classification

Qualifying

Rookie and Carlin driver Zak O'Sullivan took his maiden Formula 3 pole position on home soil ahead of Arthur Leclerc and Zane Maloney.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	1:44.597	12	1
2	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+0.027	11	2
3	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	+0.041	10	3
4	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.186	9	4
5	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	+0.208	8	5
6	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.266	7	6
7	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.279	6	7
8	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.323	5	8
9	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.325	4	9
10	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	+0.333	3	10
11	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.361	2	11
12	31	Reece Ushijima[a]	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.415	1	12
13	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	+0.431	13	13
14	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	+0.451	14	14
15	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.606	15	15
16	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.643	16	16
17	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.703	17	17
18	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	+0.971	18	18
19	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	+0.979	19	19
20	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.121	20	20
21	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.213	21	21
22	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.218	22	22
23	27	Brad Benavides[b]	Carlin	+1.258	23	23
24	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.322	24	24
25	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.337	25	25
26	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	+1.391	26	26
27	11	Filip Ugran	MP Motorsport	+1.454	27	27
28	15	Zdeněk Chovanec[c]	Charouz Racing System	+3.116	28	28
29	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	+3.441	29	29
107% time: 1:54.719
—	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	No time set	30	30
Source:[6]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	17	32:24.707	4	10 (1)
2	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	17	+0.757	2	9
3	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+1.359	1	8
4	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	17	+2.916	3	7
5	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	17	+5.827	6	6
6	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	17	+6.549	5	5
7	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	17	+7.296	10	4
8	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	17	+7.693	11	3
9	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	17	+7.988	7	2
10	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	17	+8.552	8	1
11	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	17	+9.252	9
12	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	17	+10.966	13
13	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+11.235	17
14	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	17	+12.320	12
15	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	17	+12.909	14
16	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	17	+13.364	18
17	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+14.009	20
18	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	17	+14.367	15
19	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+14.999	21
20	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	17	+15.247	30
21	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	17	+16.901	16
22	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	17	+17.739	22
23	11	Filip Ugran	MP Motorsport	17	+18.932	27
24	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	17	+21.127	19
25	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+21.369	24
26	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+23.2761	29
27	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	17	+23.319	19
NC	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	11	+6 laps	23
DNF	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	10	Collision damage	29
DNF	15	Zdeněk Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	9	Collision damage	28
Fastest lap set by Isack Hadjar: 1:46.643 (lap 17)
Source:[6][7]

Notes:

• ^1 – Rafael Villagómez received a five-second time penalty for lining up on the grid outside of the confines of his grid box, which is a breach of Article 37.9 of the FIA Formula 3 Sporting Regulations. Both Charouz drivers László Tóth and Zdeněk Chovanec received the same penalty, but the penalties became invalid as they eventually retired from the Sprint Race.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	22	45:23.209	2	25
2	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	22	+0.913	1	18 (2)
3	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	22	+0.964	6	15
4	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	22	+1.273	4	12
5	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+1.658	9	10
6	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	22	+2.349	5	8 (1)
7	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	22	+4.012	11	6
8	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	22	+4.658	14	4
9	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	22	+5.847	13	2
10	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+6.616	12	1
11	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	22	+8.011	3
12	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+9.878	7
13	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+14.364	24
14	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	22	+15.097	19
15	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+15.591	20
16	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+16.562	21
17	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	22	+17.102	26
18	11	Filip Ugran	MP Motorsport	22	+17.957	27
19	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	22	+20.445	18
20	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	22	+22.5222	23
21	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	22	+24.304	28
22	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	22	+25.1792	10
23	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	22	+29.432	29
24	15	Zdeněk Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	22	+30.100	303
25	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	22	+37.3284	15
DNF	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	9	Collision	22
DNF	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	9	Collision	25
DNF	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	9	Puncture damage	8
DNF	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	1	Retired	16
DNF	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Collision damage	17
Fastest lap set by Jak Crawford: 1:46.713 (lap 22)
Source:[6][8]

Notes:

• ^2 – Brad Benavides and Kush Maini both received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits multiple times.
• ^3 – Zdeněk Chovanec received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with László Tóth in the Sprint race.
• ^4 – Grégoire Saucy received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Roman Staněk.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Victor Martins 77 3 2 Arthur Leclerc 71 1 3 Isack Hadjar 68 2 4 Roman Staněk 61 2 5 Jak Crawford 60

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 175 2 ART Grand Prix 113 1 3 Hitech Grand Prix 90 1 4 Trident 88 5 MP Motorsport 75

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

See also

• 2022 British Grand Prix
• 2022 Silverstone Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver competing under a British licence.^[3]
2. Benavides is an American-Spanish-Guatemalan driver who competed under a Spanish licence in rounds 1–3 and an American licence from round 4 onwards.^[4][5]
3. Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan driver competing under a Portuguese licence.^[4][5]