2023 Silverstone Formula 3 round

The 2023 Silverstone Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 7 and 9 July at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the sixth round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2023 British Grand Prix.

  2023 Silverstone Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 6 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent Circuit 5.891 km (3.661 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 8 July 2023 Laps 18 Podium First Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport Second Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Third Christian Mansell Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Paul Aron Prema Racing Time 1:48.510 (on lap 3)
Feature Race
Date 9 July 2023 Laps 22 Pole position Driver Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Time 1:45.520 Podium First Oliver Goethe Trident Second Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Third Pepe Martí Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Time 1:47.309 (on lap 9)

Background

Driver changes

Prior to the round at the Silverstone, Rodin Carlin announced that GB3 racer Max Esterson had taken over Hunter Yeany's seat for the Silverstone and Budapest rounds.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	1:45.520	12	1
2	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+0.126	11	2
3	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.354	10	3
4	24	Christian Mansell[a]	Campos Racing	+0.389	9	4
5	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+0.390	8	5
6	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.425	7	6
7	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.520	6	7
8	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.526	5	8
9	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.544	4	9
10	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.635	3	10
11	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.649	2	11
12	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.729	1	12
13	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.750	13	13
14	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+0.757	14	14
15	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.812	15	15
16	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+0.826	16	16
17	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.948	17	17
18	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.100	18	18
19	26	Nikita Bedrin[b]	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.212	19	19
20	31	McKenzy Cresswell	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.386	20	20
21	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.451	21	21
22	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.517	22	22
23	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+1.534	23	23
24	21	Max Esterson	Rodin Carlin	+1.587	24	24
25	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+1.750	25	25
26	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+1.927	26	26
27	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.040	27	27
28	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.093	28	28
29	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.258	29	29
107% time:
—	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+1:00.442	30	30
Source:[4][5]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	18	37:17.100	4	10
2	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	18	+3.730	8	9
3	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	18	+5.840	9	8
4	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+6.243	17	7
5	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+14.554	6	6
6	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	18	+17.495	14	5
7	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	18	+19.601	12	4 (1)
8	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+23.634	1	3
9	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	18	+42.0791	28	2
10	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	18	+52.727	10	1
11	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+52.817	27
12	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	18	+53.389	7
13	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	18	+54.288	30
14	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+54.842	5
15	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	18	+55.953	23
16	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	18	+57.494	15
17	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	18	+58.394	11
18	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+1:06.4892	19
19	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	18	+1:07.775	29
20	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+1:08.865	21
21	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	18	+1:11.791	13
22	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	18	+1:13.999	18
23	31	McKenzy Cresswell	PHM Racing by Charouz	18	+1:14.957	20
24	21	Max Esterson	Rodin Carlin	18	+1:16.445	24
25	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	18	+1:16.6422	25
26	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+1:31.965	22
27	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	18	+1:32.0042	29
28	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	18	+1:43.046	2
29	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	18	+1:46.0773	16
30	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+2:00.6224	3
Fastest lap set by Paul Aron: 1:48.510 (lap 3)
Source:[4][6]

Notes:

• ^1 - Ido Cohen received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Tommy Smith.
• ^2 - Nikita Bedrin, Oliver Gray and Roberto Faria received a 5-second time penalty for track limits violations.^[7]
• ^3 - Mari Boya received a 35-second time penalty for track limits violations.^[7]
• ^4 - Taylor Barnard received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sebastián Montoya.^[7]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	22	47:40.009	2	25
2	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	22	+1.720	1	18 (2)
3	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	22	+2.128	3	15 (1)
4	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	22	+4.384	6	12
5	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	22	+5.968	4	10
6	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	22	+7.334	5	8
7	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+7.997	7	6
8	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	22	+8.529	9	4
9	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	22	+10.018	13	2
10	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+11.758	12	1
11	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	22	+12.148	23
12	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	22	+12.700	16
13	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	22	+13.169	14
14	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	22	+14.075	30
15	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+14.6801	17
16	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+14.767	21
17	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+15.496	19
18	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	22	+15.808	15
19	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	22	+16.481	18
20	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	22	+18.067	25
21	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+18.914	10
22	31	McKenzy Cresswell	PHM Racing by Charouz	22	+20.308	20
23	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	22	+20.723	28
24	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	22	+22.913	26
25	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+25.1922	22
26	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+26.901	27
DNF	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	16	Accident	29
DNF	21	Max Esterson	Rodin Carlin	14	Retired	24
NC	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	11	+11 laps	11
DNF	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1	Spun off	9
Fastest lap set by: Zak O'Sullivan 1:47.309 (lap 9)
Source:[4][8]

Notes:

• ^1 - Caio Collet received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking Ido Cohen off track.^[9]
• ^2 - Tommy Smith received a 15-second time penalty for track limits violations.^[9]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 128 2 Pepe Martí 92 2 3 Gabriele Mini 77 2 4 Paul Aron 77 2 5 Dino Beganovic 75

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Trident 238 1 2 Prema Racing 225 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 143 4 Campos Racing 130 5 MP Motorsport 102

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

See also

• 2023 British Grand Prix
• 2023 Silverstone 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]