2023 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

The 2023 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 July 2023 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It was the penultimate race of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix.

  2023 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 8 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 29 July 2023 Laps 12[a] Podium First Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing Second Taylor Barnard Jenzer Motorsport Third Paul Aron Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing Time 2:14.585 (on lap 8)
Feature Race
Date 30 July 2023 Laps 15 Pole position Driver Pepe Martí Campos Racing Time 2:22.160 Podium First Taylor Barnard Jenzer Motorsport Second Christian Mansell Campos Racing Third Nikita Bedrin Jenzer Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix Time 2:18.289 (on lap 15)

Driver changes

Prior to the round at the Spa-Francorchamps, Rodin Carlin announced that Euroformula Open racer Francesco Simonazzi had taken over Max Esterson's seat for the rest of the season.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	2:22.160	12	1
2	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.016	11	2
3	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.094	10	81
4	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.242	9	3
5	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.357	8	4
6	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.391	7	5
7	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.562	6	6
8	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.579	5	7
9	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.632	4	9
10	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.656	3	10
11	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.782	2	11
12	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+0.944	1	12
13	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.983	13	13
14	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+1.015	14	14
15	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+1.091	15	15
16	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+1.185	16	16
17	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.275	17	17
18	26	Nikita Bedrin[b]	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.754	18	18
19	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.785	19	19
20	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.815	20	20
21	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.846	21	21
22	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.116	22	22
23	24	Christian Mansell[c]	Campos Racing	+2.174	23	23
24	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.792	24	24
25	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+2.859	25	25
26	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+3.572	26	26
27	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+3.978	27	27
28	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	+4.160	28	28
29	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	+4.207	29	29
30	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+4.650	30	30
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

• ^1 - Gabriele Minì received a 5-place grid penalty for the feature race for causing a collision with Pepe Martí in the sprint race.^[6]

Sprint Race

No points were awarded after this race as there was no two consecutive laps under green flag.^[7] However, prior to the evening full points were awarded to all drivers, who finished in top 10 as all 12 racing laps were completed.^[8]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	36:16.106	4	10 (1)
2	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+0.559	3	9
3	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	12	+0.998	2	8
4	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	12	+1.536	5	7
5	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	12	+1.689	9	6
6	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	12	+2.206	1	5
7	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	12	+2.512	8	4
8	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	12	+3.382	13	3
9	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	12	+3.538	11	2
10	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	12	+4.446	16	1
11	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+4.728	18
12	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	12	+5.352	24
13	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	12	+5.642	17
14	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	12	+6.206	29
15	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	12	+6.3161	7
16	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	12	+6.528	14
17	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	12	+7.623	30
18	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+10.371	22
19	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	12	+11.889	23
20	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	12	+12.672	25
21	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	12	+13.135	28
22	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	12	+13.2422	6
23	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+18.8483	19
24	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+20.8334	20
DNF	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	8	Collision/Puncture	15
DNF	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	3	Collision	10
DNF	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	3	Collision	12
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	3	Collision	26
DNF	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	3	Suspension	27
DNF	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision	21
Fastest lap set by Caio Collet: 2:14.585 (lap 8)
Source:[4][9]

Notes:

• ^1 - Zak O'Sullivan received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking Hugh Barter off track.^[6]
• ^2 - Dino Beganovic received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Gabriel Bortoleto.^[6]
• ^3 - Rafael Villagómez received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sebastián Montoya.
• ^4 - Tommy Smith received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Oliver Goethe.^[6]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	15	39:50.104	10	25
2	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	15	+1.529	23	18
3	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+7.703	18	15
4	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+8.915	22	12
5	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+20.053	9	10
6	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	15	+20.172	21	8
7	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	15	+20.533	24	6
8	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	15	+28.760	11	4
9	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	15	+30.172	1	2 (3)
10	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	15	+31.547	3	1
11	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	15	+32.595	15
12	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	15	+33.068	5
13	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	15	+34.910	14
14	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	15	+35.731	2
15	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	15	+35.959	17
16	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	15	+37.752	6
17	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	15	+40.127	9
18	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+43.351	20
19	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	15	+45.093	7
20	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	15	+45.875	16
21	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+51.388	19
22	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	15	+1:09.043	12
23	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	15	+1:48.8171	13
24	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	15	+2:17.1722	29
25	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	14	+1 lap	28
DNF	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	12	Collision damage	25
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	12	Puncture damage	26
DNF	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	4	Spun off	30
DNF	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	3	Accident	27
DNS	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	–	Did not start3	8
Fastest lap set by Grégoire Saucy: 2:18.289 (lap 15)
Source:[4][10]

Notes:

• ^1 - Luke Browning received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Ido Cohen.
• ^2 - Francesco Simonazzi received a 30-second time penalty for his mechanics leaving the starting grid too late.
• ^3 – Gabriele Minì crashed out on the sighting lap and was therefore unable to start the race.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 144 2 2 Paul Aron 106 3 Pepe Martí 105 2 4 Zak O'Sullivan 101 1 5 Franco Colapinto 100

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 301 2 Trident 276 1 3 Campos Racing 171 1 4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 165 5 MP Motorsport 143

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

See also

• 2023 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2023 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Sprint race has been shortened from 15 to 12 laps and feature race has been shortened from 18 to 15 laps due to too high tyre wear.
2. Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[2]
3. Mansell is an Australian driver who competed under a British licence in rounds 1–6 and an Australian licence from round 7 onwards.^[3]