2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round

The 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 9 and 10 July 2022 at the Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria. It was the fifth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix.

  2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 5 of 9 in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 9 July 2022 Laps 21 Podium First Jak Crawford Prema Racing Second Caio Collet MP Motorsport Third Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Arthur Leclerc Prema Racing Time 1:21.200 (on lap 7)
Feature Race
Date 10 July 2022 Laps 26 Pole position Driver Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix Time 1:19.759 Podium First Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix Second Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Third Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix Time 1:32.041 (on lap 24)

Driver changes

The only driver change took part at MP Motorsport as Alexander Smolyar returned to the grid after being replaced by Euroformula Open driver Filip Ugran in Silverstone due to visa problems, preventing him from entering the United Kingdom.

Classification

Qualifying

Hitech Grand Prix driver Isack Hadjar achieved his maiden pole position by 0.221 seconds ahead of fellow Frenchman and championship leader Victor Martins, and Oliver Bearman.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	1:19.759	12	1
2	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.221	11	2
3	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.299	10	3
4	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+0.310	9	4
5	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.375	8	5
6	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.419	7	6
7	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	+0.440	6	7
8	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	+0.531	5	8
9	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.538	4	9
10	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	+0.592	3	10
11	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.621	2	11
12	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.662	1	12
13	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.672	13	13
14	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.674	14	14
15	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	+0.751	15	15
16	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	+0.757	16	16
17	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	+0.809	17	17
18	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.832	18	18
19	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	+0.848	19	19
20	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.909	20	20
21	31	Reece Ushijima[a]	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.988	21	21
22	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.023	22	22
23	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	+1.100	23	23
24	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	+1.109	24	24
25	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.168	25	25
26	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	+1.339	26	26
27	27	Brad Benavides[b]	Carlin	+1.545	27	27
28	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.611	28	28
29	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	+2.807	29	29
107% time: 1:25.342 (+5.583)
—	15	Zdeněk Chovanec[c]	Charouz Racing System	+8.136	301	301
Source:[5]

Notes:

• ^1 – Zdeněk Chovanec was not able to set a time within the 107% time, but was later given permission by the stewards to start both the Sprint Race and the Feature Race from the back of the grid.^[6]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	21	32:50.011	3	10
2	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	21	+0.626	1	9
3	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+1.020	4	8
4	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	21	+1.265	9	7 (1)
5	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	21	+2.351	7	6
6	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+6.178	8	5
7	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	21	+7.207	6	4
8	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	21	+7.582	11	3
9	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	21	+8.111	16	2
10	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+8.568	12	1
11	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	21	+8.959	18
12	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	21	+9.362	15
13	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	21	+9.752	20
14	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+10.311	13
15	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	21	+10.585	24
16	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	21	+10.6062	10
17	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+11.280	21
18	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	21	+11.637	19
19	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	21	+12.495	26
20	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	21	+16.133	27
21	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+17.119	28
22	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	21	+19.716	23
23	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	21	+19.964	29
24	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+21.141	22
25	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	21	+50.504	17
26	15	Zdeněk Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	21	+54.445	30
DNF	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	9	Collision damage	5
DNF	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	7	Engine failure	14
DNF	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	5	Mechanical	2
DNF	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Collision damage	25
Fastest lap set by Arthur Leclerc: 1:21.200 (lap 7)
Source:[5][7]

Notes:

• ^2 – Oliver Bearman originally finished sixth, but was given a five-second time-penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits.

Feature race

Isack Hadjar took his third victory of the season and his first Feature Race win in Formula 3 to close the gap in the championship to Victor Martins to only one point. However, Martins set a new record for the most podium finishes in F3 with eleven, more than any other driver.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	25	40:34.535	1	25 (3)
2	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	25	+3.251	2	18
3	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	25	+4.881	3	15
4	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	25	+5.383	4	12
5	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	25	+6.457	8	10
6	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+9.113	9	8
7	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	25	+9.882	16	6
8	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+10.852	14	4
9	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+12.286	13	2
10	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	25	+12.706	11	1
11	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	25	+13.0673	6
12	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	25	+13.901	19
13	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+14.095	21
14	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	25	+14.738	18
15	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+15.442	24
16	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	25	+15.722	22
17	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	25	+16.765	15
18	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	25	+19.446	17
19	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	25	+21.368	28
20	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	25	+24.273	26
21	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	25	+50.679	7
22	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	25	+1:00.379	10
23	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	25	+1:13.566	5
24	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	24	+1 lap4	23
25†5	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	23	+2 laps	25
26	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+2 laps	27
27†5	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	22	+3 laps	12
DNF	15	Zdeněk Chovanec	Charouz Racing System	18	Collision	29
DNF	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	17	Collision damage	20
WD	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	—	Withdrew6	—
Fastest lap set by Isack Hadjar: 1:32.041 (lap 24)
Source:[5][8]

Notes:

• ^3 – Roman Staněk originally finished sixth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Kaylen Frederick, demoting him to eleventh place and subsequently dropping him out of the points.^[9]
• ^4 – Francesco Pizzi received a total time-penalty of twenty seconds for twice causing a collision with teammate Zdeněk Chovanec.
• ^5 – Kush Maini and Caio Collet retired, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
• ^6 – Following a medical examination, Hunter Yeany was declared unfit for Sunday's Feature Race due to a broken wrist sustained at the Sprint Race and therefore withdrew from the remainder of the weekend.^[10]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Victor Martins 98 1 2 Isack Hadjar 97 1 3 Arthur Leclerc 91 1 4 Jak Crawford 70 1 5 Roman Staněk 67

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 220 2 ART Grand Prix 135 3 Hitech Grand Prix 124 4 Trident 108 5 MP Motorsport 92

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

See also

• 2022 Austrian Grand Prix
• 2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver competing under a British 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. Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan driver competing under a Portuguese licence.^[3][4]