2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

The 2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 27 and 28 August 2022 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix.

  2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 7 of 9 in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 27 August 2022 Laps 15 Podium First Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Second Roman Staněk Trident Third Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Jonny Edgar Trident Time 2:07.266 (on lap 11)
Feature Race
Date 28 August 2022 Laps 18 Pole position Driver Caio Collet MP Motorsport Time 2:11.289 Podium First Zane Maloney Trident Second Roman Staněk Trident Third Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Zane Maloney Trident Time 2:07.838 (on lap 12)

Classification

Qualifying

Caio Collet secured his maiden pole position in the rain-affected qualifying session, with Zane Maloney and, surprisingly, Francesco Pizzi in second and third respectively.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	2:11.289	12	1
2	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	+0.262	11	2
3	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	+0.699	10	3
4	21	Oliver Goethe[a]	Campos Racing	+0.832	9	4
5	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.846	8	5
6	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	+0.846	7	6
7	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	+0.860	6	7
8	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.915	5	8
9	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.946	4	9
10	27	Brad Benavides[b]	Carlin	+0.962	3	10
11	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.966	2	11
12	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	+1.165	1	12
13	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.205	13	13
14	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	+1.383	14	14
15	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	+1.398	15	15
16	31	Reece Ushijima[c]	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.427	16	16
17	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+1.437	17	17
18	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	+1.666	18	18
19	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+1.851	19	19
20	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+1.902	20	20
21	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.356	21	21
22	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.632	22	22
23	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	+2.681	23	23
24	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+3.068	24	24
25	15	Christian Mansell[d]	Charouz Racing System	+3.096	25	25
26	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	+3.388	26	26
27	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+3.999	27	27
28	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	+4.722	28	28
29	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	+4.931	29	29
107% time: 2:20.479 (+9.190)
—	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	+12.359	30	30
Source:[7]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	15	1:07:07.734	5	10
2	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	15	+4.762	8	9
3	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	15	+5.689	6	8
4	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	15	+6.3391	7	7 (1)
5	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	15	+7.586	20	6
6	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+10.609	13	5
7	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	15	+12.294	18	4
8	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	15	+12.326	3	3
9	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	15	+12.538	23	2
10	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	15	+13.231	12	1
11	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	15	+14.118	30
12	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	15	+14.266	19
13	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	15	+14.670	15
14	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+16.969	16
15	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+17.887	4
16	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	15	+19.147	29
17	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	15	+20.061	2
18	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+20.876	22
19	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	15	+21.857	10
20	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	15	+26.1732	1
21	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	15	+27.345	24
22	14	Lászlo Tóth	Charouz Racing System	15	+28.710	28
23	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+32.465	27
24†	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	13	Retired	21
DNF	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	11	Oil leak	17
DNF	21	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	5	Collision	9
DNF	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	5	Collision	11
DNF	15	Christian Mansell	Charouz Racing System	1	Accident	25
DNF	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	1	Puncture damage	26
DSQ	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	15	Disqualified3	14
Fastest lap set by Jonny Edgar: 2:07.266 (lap 11)
Source:[7][8]

Notes:

• ^1 – Jonny Edgar originally finished second, but was given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Franco Colapinto.
• ^2 – Zak O'Sullivan originally finished twenteeth, but was given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Juan Manuel Correa.
• ^3 – Enzo Trulli originally finished sixteenth, but was later disqualified due to unauthorised work that was carried out on his car during the red flag period, specifically alterations to the rear wing whilst the race was suspended, which is a breach of Article 42.4 of the FIA Sporting Regulations.^[9]
• ^† – Ido Cohen was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	18	45:33.153	2	25 (1)
2	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	18	+1.046	5	18
3	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	18	+5.684	8	15
4	21	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	18	+6.737	4	12
5	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	18	+7.433	6	10
6	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	18	+9.2974	1	8 (2)
7	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+10.879	13	6
85	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	18	+10.831	18	4
9	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	18	+11.665	7	2
10	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+13.360	16	1
11	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	18	+13.608	20
12	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+14.855	9
13	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	18	+15.784	12
14	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+16.423	23
15	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	18	+16.909	11
16	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+17.952	26
17	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	18	+18.311	30
18	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	18	+20.101	10
19	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+20.610	27
20	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	18	+20.940	29
21	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	18	+21.568	3
22	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	18	+23.753	17
23	15	Christian Mansell	Charouz Racing System	18	+24.691	25
24	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	18	+24.908	14
25	14	Lászlo Tóth	Charouz Racing System	18	+25.404	28
26	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+1:13.968	22
DNF	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	6	Accident	19
DNF	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	1	Collision damage	21
DNF	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	1	Collision damage	24
DNF	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	0	Collision damage	15
Fastest lap set by Zane Maloney: 2:07.838 (lap 12)
Source:[7][10]

Notes:

• ^4 – Caio Collet originally finished third, but was given a five-second time-penalty for rejoining the track unsafely.
• ^5 – David Vidales originally finished seventh, but was later dropped one position for being found to have left the track and gained a lasting advantage whilst overtaking William Alatalo, elevating the latter to seventh place.^[11]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Isack Hadjar 106 3 2 Oliver Bearman 105 1 3 Victor Martins 104 1 4 Arthur Leclerc 101 1 5 Roman Staněk 96

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 286 3 2 Trident 200 3 MP Motorsport 167 2 4 ART Grand Prix 153 1 5 Hitech Grand Prix 133

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

See also

• 2022 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Goethe is a Danish-German driver competing under a Monégasque licence.^[2]
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.^[3][4]
3. Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver competing under a British licence.^[5]
4. Mansell is an Australian driver competing under a British licence.^[6]