2023 Barcelona Formula 3 round

The 2023 Barcelona Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 2 and 4 June 2023 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It was the fourth round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.

  2023 Barcelona Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 4 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.657 km (2.894 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 3 June 2023 Laps 21 Podium First Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Second Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight Third Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Fastest lap Driver Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Time 1:32.054 (on lap 5)
Feature Race
Date 4 June 2023 Laps 25 Pole position Driver Pepe Martí Campos Racing Time 1:27.587 Podium First Pepe Martí Campos Racing Second Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport Third Dino Beganovic Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Pepe Martí Campos Racing Time 1:31.964 (on 8)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	1:27.587	12	1
2	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.250	11	2
3	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.277	10	3
4	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.343	9	4
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.347	8	5
6	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+0.418	7	6
7	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.485	6	7
8	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+0.495	5	8
9	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.500	4	9
10	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.518	3	10
11	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.554	2	11
12	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.602	1	12
13	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+0.611	13	13
14	26	Nikita Bedrin[a]	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.669	14	14
15	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+0.7371	15	15
16	24	Christian Mansell[b]	Campos Racing	+0.7371	16	16
17	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.899	17	17
18	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.937	18	18
19	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+1.025	19	19
20	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.037	20	20
21	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.260	21	21
22	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.287	22	22
23	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+1.322	23	23
24	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.431	24	24
25	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.643	25	25
26	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.778	26	26
27	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.901	27	27
28	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.014	28	28
29	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+2.030	29	29
30	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	+2.129	30	30
107% time: 1:33.718 (+6.131)
Source:[3][4]

Notes

• ^1 – Both Campos drivers Hugh Barter and Christian Mansell set the identical lap time of 1:28.124, but Barter qualified ahead of Mansell as he set the lap time first.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	21	36:53.410	1	10 (1)
2	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+1.676	2	9
3	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	21	+2.360	4	8
4	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	21	+3.177	7	7
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	21	+3.659	8	6
6	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	21	+4.164	10	5
7	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	21	+5.002	5	4
8	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	21	+6.233	12	3
9	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+7.826	11	2
10	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+8.419	14	1
11	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	21	+8.886	13
12	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	21	+9.586	17
13	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	21	+11.982	19
14	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	21	+12.865	21
15	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	21	+13.576	23
16	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	21	+14.150	30
17	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+15.132	20
18	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+15.233	22
19	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	21	+15.716	15
20	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+15.863	18
21	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+16.509	27
22	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+16.882	25
23	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	21	+17.1141	3
24	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+18.006	26
25	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+18.346	28
26	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+20.9072	6
27	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+27.2181	24
DNF	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	15	Collision damage	16
DNF	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	14	Puncture damage	9
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	0	Collision	29
Fastest lap set by Zak O'Sullivan: 1:32.054 (lap 5)
Source:[3][5]

Notes

• ^1 – Grégoire Saucy and Rafael Villagómez both received a ten-second time-penalty for causing separate collisions with Dino Beganovic and Ido Cohen respectively.^[6]
• ^2 – Sebastián Montoya received a five-second time-penalty for failing to follow race director instructions.^[6]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	25	41:21.348	1	25 (3)
2	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	25	+4.463	3	18
3	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	25	+10.445	4	15
4	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	25	+13.488	6	12
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	25	+14.156	5	10
6	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	25	+19.500	8	8
7	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	25	+19.874	7	6
8	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	25	+23.707	12	4
9	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+25.072	2	2
10	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	25	+26.155	16	1
11	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+27.901	14
12	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+28.340	20
13	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	25	+31.9301	15
14	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	25	+32.3541	18
15	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	25	+34.282	17
16	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	25	+35.8432	13
17	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	25	+37.857	21
18	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	25	+39.270	23
19	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	25	+39.750	19
20	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	+40.313	27
21	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	+41.037	26
22	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+44.416	25
23	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+47.605	22
24	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	+52.398	28
25	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+58.061	24
26	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	25	+59.023	29
27	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	25	+1 lap	10
DNF	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	21	Retired	9
DNF	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	10	Collision damage	30
DNF	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision damage	11
Fastest lap set by Pepe Martí: 1:31.964 (lap 8)
Source:[3][7]

Notes

• ^1 – Hugh Barter and Gabriele Minì both received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
• ^2 – Oliver Goethe was given a ten-second time-penalty during the race for causing a collision with Grégoire Saucy.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 92 4 2 Pepe Martí 68 1 3 Dino Beganovic 61 2 4 Gabriele Minì 56 5 Paul Aron 54

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Prema Racing 156 1 2 Trident 151 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 117 1 4 Campos Racing 73 1 5 MP Motorsport 62

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

See also

• 2023 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2023 Barcelona Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[1]
2. Mansell is an Australian driver competing under a British licence.^[2]