2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round

The 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 30 June and 2 July at the Red Bull Ring. It was the fifth round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.

  2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 5 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 1 July 2023 Laps 20 Podium First Paul Aron Prema Racing Second Gabriele Minì Hitech Pulse-Eight Third Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Paul Aron Prema Racing Time 1:33.061 (on lap 19)
Feature Race
Date 2 July 2023 Laps 26 Pole position Driver Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix Time 1:20.457 Podium First Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Second Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Third Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Dino Beganovic Prema Racing Time 1:22.774 (on lap 7)

Background

Driver changes

GB3 racer McKenzy Cresswell took over Piotr Wiśnicki's seat at PHM Racing by Charouz for this round and the following Silverstone round.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	1:20.457	12	1
2	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.004	11	2
3	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+0.017	9	3
4	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.064	8	4
5	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.090	7	5
6	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.109	101	6
7	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.147	5	7
8	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+0.185	4	8
9	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+0.196	3	9
10	24	Christian Mansell[a]	Campos Racing	+0.287	62	10
11	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.341	2	11
12	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.362	1	12
13	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+0.367	13	13
14	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.523	14	14
15	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.527	15	15
16	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.615	16	16
17	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.626	17	17
18	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.670	18	18
19	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+0.685	19	19
20	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+0.750	20	253
21	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+0.810	21	20
22	26	Nikita Bedrin[b]	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.863	22	21
23	31	McKenzy Cresswell	PHM Racing by Charouz	+0.905	23	22
24	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	+1.052	294	23
25	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+1.061	24	24
26	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.063	25	26
27	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.477	26	27
28	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.805	27	28
29	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.918	28	29
107% time: 1:26.089 (+5.632)
—	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+25.983	30	30
Source:[4][5]

Notes

• ^1 – Zak O'Sullivan originally qualified seventh, but received a three-place grid drop for the sprint race due to impeding Tommy Smith.^[6]
• ^2 – Christian Mansell originally qualified third, but due to crossing the white line at pit entry, he was given a three-place grid drop for the sprint race.^[6]
• ^3 - Oliver Gray was given a five-place grid drop for the feature race due to causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez in the sprint race.^[7]
• ^4 - Hunter Yeany received a five-place grid drop for the sprint race due to causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez at the Barcelona feature race.^[8]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	20	33:18.970	8	10 (1)
2	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+1.469	2	9
3	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+4.978	7	8
4	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	20	+5.486	10	7
5	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	20	+6.372	16	6
6	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	20	+7.651	1	5
7	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	20	+8.332	3	4
8	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	20	+8.490	11	3
9	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+9.679	15	2
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	20	+10.157	9	1
11	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+10.985	14
12	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	20	+11.343	13
13	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	20	+12.311	5
14	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	20	+14.374	6
15	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	20	+15.175	30
16	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	20	+16.057	17
17	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	20	+17.620	24
18	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+18.265	21
19	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	20	+18.507	29
20	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	20	+19.415	12
21	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+20.160	27
22	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	20	+21.705	19
23	31	McKenzy Cresswell	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+22.749	23
24	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+25.292	28
25	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+26.8731	22
26	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	20	+1:28.610	4
27	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+2 laps	18
DNF	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	10	Collision	20
DNF	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	Collision	25
DNF	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	1	Retired	26
Fastest lap set by Paul Aron: 1:33.061 (lap 19)
Source:[4][9]

Notes

• ^1 – Nikita Bedrin originally finished seventeenth, but later received a ten-second time penalty for an incident with Leonardo Fornaroli, dropping him to down to twenty-fifth.^[7]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	26	37:59.535	6	25
2	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	26	+0.844	3	18
3	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+1.696	5	15
4	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	26	+2.458	7	12
5	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	26	+4.460	2	10 (1)
6	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	26	+4.723	16	8
7	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	26	+5.296	10	6
8	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	26	+5.676	19	4
9	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	26	+9.530	12	2
10	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	26	+10.624	30	1
11	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	26	+12.441	8
12	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	26	+13.883	18
13	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	26	+14.601	PL
14	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	26	+15.148	25
15	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+15.803	26
16	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	26	+16.236	17
17	31	McKenzy Cresswell	PHM Racing by Charouz	26	+16.584	22
18	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+16.921	28
19	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	26	+17.355	29
20	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	26	+18.8141	15
21	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	26	+23.5102	23
22	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	26	+38.170	14
23	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	26	+53.151	PL
24	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	26	+53.750	13
25	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	26	+1:06.265	4
26	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	26	+1:07.566	9
27	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	24	+2 laps	1	(2)
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	14	Retired	24
DNF	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision	11
DSQ	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	26	Disqualified3	20
Fastest lap set by Dino Beganovic: 1:22.774 (lap 7)
Source:[4][10]

Notes

• ^1 - Sebastián Montoya initially finished tenth, however, he was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Franco Colapinto, dropping him down to twentieth.^[11]
• ^2 - Hunter Yeany originally finished thirteenth but was handed a ten-second time penalty for unsafely rejoining the track, dropping him to twenty-first.^[11]
• ^3 – Sophia Flörsch was disqualified from the feature race after it was found that her car's front wing endplates were less than the required 70mm above the reference plane. As a result, Pepe Martí moved up to ninth while Leonardo Fornaroli was promoted to the final point scoring position.^[11]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 111 2 Pepe Martí 75 3 Dino Beganovic 75 4 4 Zak O'Sullivan 73 1 5 Gabriele Minì 65

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 213 2 Trident 171 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 128 4 Campos Racing 90 5 MP Motorsport 88

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

See also

• 2023 Austrian Grand Prix
• 2023 Spielberg 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]