2023 Sakhir Formula 3 round

The 2023 Sakhir FIA Formula 3 round was a motor race held on 4 and 5 March 2023 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. It was the opening round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, held in support of the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix.

  2023 Sakhir Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 1 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 4 March 2023 Laps 19 Podium First Pepe Martí Campos Racing Second Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport Third Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Pepe Martí Campos Racing Time 1:50.867 (on lap 14)
Feature Race
Date 5 March 2023 Laps 23 Pole position Driver Gabriele Minì Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:47.055 Podium First Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Second Oliver Goethe Trident Third Dino Beganovic Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Time 1:50.743 (on lap 2)

Background

Team changes

German Formula 4 team PHM Racing took over the entry and assets of Charouz Racing System at the end of the 2022 season, and runs in cooperation with the Czech squad under the PHM Racing by Charouz moniker.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:47.055	12	1
2	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+0.057	11	2
3	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.111	10	3
4	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+0.135	9	4
5	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+0.219	8	5
6	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+0.228	7	6
7	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.235	6	7
8	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.265	5	8
9	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.267	4	9
10	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.316	3	10
11	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.336	2	11
12	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.343	1	12
13	24	Christian Mansell[a]	Campos Racing	+0.396	13	13
14	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.421	14	14
15	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.480	15	15
16	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.538	16	16
17	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.639	17	17
18	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.662	18	18
19	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+0.830	19	19
20	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.895	20	20
21	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+1.145	241	21
22	26	Nikita Bedrin[b]	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.148	21	22
23	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.460	22	23
24	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.604	23	24
25	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+1.610	25	25
26	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	+1.630	26	26
27	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.632	27	27
28	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.129	28	28
29	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.410	29	29
107% time: 1:54.548 (+7.693)
—	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+14.138	30	30
Source:[4]

Notes

• ^1 – Oliver Gray originally qualified twenty-first, but later received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint race after he was found to have impeded Roberto Faria at Turn 15.^[5]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	19	43:15.477	2	10 (1)
2	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	19	+1.805	1	9
3	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+5.879	3	8
4	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	19	+9.017	5	7
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	19	+9.848	4	6
6	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	19	+10.623	9	5
7	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	19	+11.157	10	4
8	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	19	+11.737	6	3
9	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	19	+12.359	15	2
10	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+12.897	14	1
11	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	19	+13.663	8
12	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	19	+14.829	18
13	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	19	+15.819	13
14	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+17.461	30
15	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	19	+18.032	19
16	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+19.240	21
17	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	19	+19.663	12
18	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	19	+23.416	25
19	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	19	+24.1112	11
20	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	19	+24.671	26
21	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	19	+25.049	24
22	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+25.373	PL
23	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+25.951	27
24	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+38.570	29
25	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	19	+45.222	PL
26	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	19	+47.787	16
27	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+1:01.777	28
28	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	19	+1:25.936	7
DNF	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	6	Collision damage	17
DNF	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Collision	20
Fastest lap set by Pepe Martí: 1:50.867 (lap 14)
Source:[4]

Notes

• ^2 – Gabriel Bortoleto originally finished twelfth, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez on lap 2, demoting him to nineteenth place.^[6]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	22	44:33.107	2	25 (1)
2	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	22	+0.869	4	18
3	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	22	+1.109	8	15
4	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	22	+1.324	3	12
5	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+1.691	17	10
6	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	22	+1.848	11	8
7	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	22	+2.114	6	6
8	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+4.600	1	4 (2)
9	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+6.814	14	2
10	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	22	+9.834	12	1
11	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	22	+15.831	18
12	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	22	+18.1813	9
13	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	22	+18.265	13
14	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+19.202	10
15	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	22	+19.227	16
16	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+19.602	30
17	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+22.022	22
18	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	22	+25.202	25
19	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+25.636	20
20	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	22	+28.433	24
21	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	22	+30.0884	21
22	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	22	+35.461	26
23	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	22	+36.182	15
24	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	22	+37.365	23
25	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	22	+45.304	29
26	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	22	+1:07.515	5
27	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	21	+1 lap	7
28	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+2 laps5	27
29	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+3 laps5	28
DNF	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	6	Collision damage	19
Fastest lap set by Gabriel Bortoleto: 1:50.743 (lap 2)
Source:[4]

Notes

• ^3 – Paul Aron originally finished eleventh, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Zak O'Sullivan.^[7]
• ^4 – Oliver Gray originally finished eighteenth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for track limits violations.^[7]
• ^5 – Tommy Smith and Alex García both retired from the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 26 2 Oliver Goethe 23 3 Dino Beganovic 22 4 Pepe Martí 19 5 Grégoire Saucy 16

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Trident 52 2 Prema Racing 28 3 ART Grand Prix 22 4 Campos Racing 19 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 19

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

See also

• 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix
• 2023 Sakhir Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Mansell is an Australian driver competing under a British licence.^[2]
2. Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[3]