2023 Budapest Formula 3 round

The 2023 Budapest Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 23 July at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the seventh round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.

  2023 Budapest Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 7 of 9 in the 2023 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 22 July 2023 Laps 19 Podium First Gabriele Mini Hitech Pulse-Eight Second Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Third Nikita Bedrin Jenzer Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Time 1:36.474 (on lap 3)
Feature Race
Date 23 July 2023 Laps 19[a] Pole position Driver Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Time 1:31.091 Podium First Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Second Dino Beganovic Prema Racing Third Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Time 1:35.685 (on lap 3)

Driver changes

Prior to the round at the Hungaroring, PHM Racing by Charouz announced that GB3 racer Woohyun Shin had taken over McKenzy Cresswell's seat for the rest of the season.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	1:31.091	12	1
2	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.403	11	2
3	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.506	10	3
4	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.535	9	4
5	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+0.615	7	5
6	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.653	6	6
7	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.718	5	102
8	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.766	81	7
9	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+0.785	4	8
10	24	Christian Mansell[b]	Campos Racing	+0.789	3	9
11	26	Nikita Bedrin[c]	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.030	2	11
12	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.072	1	12
13	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+1.082	13	13
14	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+1.091	14	14
15	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+1.096	15	15
16	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.177	16	16
17	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.224	17	17
18	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.234	18	18
19	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.372	19	243
20	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.633	20	253
21	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.687	21	19
22	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+1.814	22	20
23	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+2.077	23	21
24	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.503	24	293
25	21	Max Esterson	Rodin Carlin	+2.806	25	22
26	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+3.324	26	23
27	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	+3.432	27	26
28	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+3.675	28	27
29	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+3.876	29	28
107% time: 1:37.467 (+6.376)
—	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+36.884	30	30
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

• ^1 - Jonny Edgar received a 5-second penalty for causing a collision with Caio Collet at Silverstone, which carried over and got converted into a 3-place grid penalty for the sprint race here.
• ^2 - Nikola Tsolov received a 3-place grid penalty for the feature race for causing a collision with Pepe Martí in the sprint race.
• ^3 - Caio Collet, Rafael Villagómez and Tommy Smith received a 5-place grid penalty for the feature race for Van Amersfoort Racing not bringing their tyres to Parc Ferme after sprint race.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	33:38.243	1	10
2	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	19	+4.292	4	9 (1)
3	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+4.961	2	8
4	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	19	+5.105	6	7
5	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	19	+8.239	7	6
6	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	19	+8.862	3	5
7	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	19	+9.942	9	4
8	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	19	+10.194	8	3
9	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	19	+10.367	14	2
10	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	19	+11.087	11	1
11	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+13.579	17
12	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	19	+13.838	16
13	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	19	+16.142	10
14	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	19	+16.844	30
15	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+17.021	28
16	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+17.0511	18
17	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+17.626	20
18	21	Max Esterson	Rodin Carlin	19	+18.008	25
19	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+18.525	29
20	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	19	+18.891	13
21	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	19	+21.936	12
22	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	19	+22.832	15
23	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+23.9972	19
24	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+49.820	24
25	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	19	+1:00.3613	22
26	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	18	+1 lap4	27
27	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+1 lap	26
DNF	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	16	Collision	5
DNF	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	10	Retired	21
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	1	Collision	23
Fastest lap set by Gabriel Bortoleto: 1:36.474 (lap 3)
Source:[4][6]

Notes:

• ^1 - Luke Browning received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking Oliver Gray off track.
• ^2 - Caio Collet received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Ido Cohen.
• ^3 - Hugh Barter received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Roberto Faria.
• ^4 - Woohyun Shin received a 5-second time penalty for track limits violations.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	19	31:27.598	1	25 (3)
2	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	19	+2.320	2	18
3	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	19	+6.471	4	15
4	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	19	+13.276	5	12
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	19	+19.068	6	10
6	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	19	+20.272	13	8
7	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	19	+27.734	8	6
8	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	19	+27.844	7	4
9	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	19	+29.855	3	2
10	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	19	+30.585	15	1
11	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	19	+35.615	9
12	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+36.764	18
13	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	19	+36.948	20
14	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+37.161	17
15	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	19	+37.681	14
16	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+37.987	12
17	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+49.097	25
18	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+54.344	27
19	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+55.451	24
20	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+57.491	28
21	21	Max Esterson	Rodin Carlin	19	+58.6611	22
22	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	19	+1:04.788	21
23	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+1.05.415	11
24	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+1:09.357	19
25	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	19	+1:10.9502	10
26	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+1:12.726	23
27	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	19	+1:14.245	30
28	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+1:19.4523	26
29	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+1:24.896	29
DNF	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	9	Suspension failure	16
Fastest lap set by Zak O'Sullivan: 1:35.686 (lap 3)
Source:[4][7]

Notes:

• ^1 - Max Esterson received a 5-second time penalty for forcing Sebastián Montoya off track.
• ^2 - Nikola Tsolov received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Taylor Barnard.
• ^3 - Woohyun Shin received a 5-second time penalty for track limits violations.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 144 5 2 Zak O'Sullivan 101 1 3 Pepe Martí 100 4 Paul Aron 94 5 Dino Beganovic 94

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Prema Racing 289 1 2 Trident 274 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 154 4 Campos Racing 143 5 MP Motorsport 129

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

See also

• 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2023 Budapest Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Feature race has been shortened from 24 to 19 laps due to too high tyre wear.
2. Mansell is an Australian driver who competed under a British licence in rounds 1–6 and an Australian licence from round 7 onwards.^[2]
3. Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[3]