2024 Silverstone Formula 3 round

The 2024 Silverstone Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 5 and 7 July at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the seventh round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 British Grand Prix.

  2024 Silverstone Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 7 of 10 in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.661 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 6 July 2024 Laps 18 Podium First Arvid Lindblad Prema Racing Second Noel León Van Amersfoort Racing Third Matías Zagazeta Jenzer Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Arvid Lindblad Prema Racing Time 1:47.304 (on lap 8)
Feature Race
Date 7 July 2024 Laps 22 Pole position Driver Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:44.992 Podium First Arvid Lindblad Prema Racing Second Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Third Callum Voisin Rodin Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Time 1:47.369 (on lap 18)

With Arvid Lindblad winning the Sprint and Feature Race, it was the first time since Jack Doohan's 2021 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round that a driver was able to win two races in one weekend.

Background

Driver changes

Hitech Pulse-Eight driver Martinius Stenshorne received a suspension from the seventh round at Silverstone Circuit. He had competed in the Silverstone round of the GB3 Championship in April without prior FIA approval and was judged to have gained an illegal sporting advantage.^[1] FRECA driver James Wharton replaced him for this round.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 5 July 2024, at 14:05 local time (UTC+1).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:44.992	12	1
2	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.045	11	2
3	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+0.092	10	3
4	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.273	9	4
5	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+0.294	8	5
6	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.320	7	6
7	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	+0.382	6	7
8	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.402	5	8
9	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	+0.405	4	9
10	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.413	3	10
11	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	+0.434	2	11
12	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.483	1	12
13	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	+0.553	13	13
14	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.570	14	14
15	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	+0.636	15	15
16	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	+0.787	16	16
17	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	+0.792	17	17
18	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	+0.817	18	18
19	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.826	19	19
20	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	+1.040	20	20
21	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+1.192	21	21
22	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+1.437	22	22
23	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.485	23	23
24	4	Nikita Bedrin[a]	AIX Racing	+1.503	24	24
25	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.592	25	25
26	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.627	26	26
27	15	James Wharton	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.781	27	27
28	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	+1.872	28	28
29	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	+1.981	29	29
30	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	+2.878	30	30
107% time: 1:52.341 (+7.349)
Source:[4][5]

Sprint race

The Sprint race was held on 6 July 2024. It was initially scheduled to be held at 09:20 local time (UTC+1), but was postponed after multiple delays due to weather conditions. It was then announced that the Sprint race will be rescheduled and held at 18:00 local time (UTC+1).^[6]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	18	36:32.184	2	10 (1)
2	20	Noel León	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+6.550	1	9
3	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+8.447	3	8
4	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	18	+9.409	4	7
5	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	18	+11.332	81	6
6	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	18	+11.453	12	5
7	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	18	+11.715	17	4
8	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	18	+11.946	131	3
9	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	18	+12.139	7	2
10	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	18	+12.646	9	1
11	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	18	+15.885	5
12	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	18	+17.511	19
13	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	18	+21.697	23
14	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	18	+22.048	30
15	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	18	+22.743	16
16	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	18	+23.205	251
17	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+23.727	22
18	15	James Wharton	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+30.8512	27
19	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	18	+35.240	18
20	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	18	+36.010	28
21	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+49.151	26
22	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	18	+1:14.050	11
23	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	18	+1 lap	29
24	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+1 lap	10
25	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	18	+1 lap	21
DNF	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	11	Collision damage	6
DNF	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	6	Driveshaft	20
DNF	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	3	Collision	141
DNF	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	3	Collision	15
DNF	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	2	Collision damage	24
Fastest lap set by Arvid Lindblad: 1:47.304 (lap 8)
Source:[4][7]

Notes:

• ^1 – Nikola Tsolov, Sami Meguetounif, Mari Boya and Max Esterson all received grid penalties post-qualifying for impeding several drivers.^[8]
• ^2 – James Wharton originally finished thirteenth, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Tommy Smith, demoting him to P18 in the final classification.^[9]

Feature Race

The Feature race was held on 7 July 2024, at 08:20 local time (UTC+1).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	20	47:12.061	10	25
2	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	20	+0.874	14	18 (1)
3	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	20	+9.2131	8	15
4	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+19.567	26	12
5	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	20	+42.258	30	10
6	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	20	+46.081	202	8
7	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	20	+1:00.404	4	6
8	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+1:03.259	1	4 (2)
9	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	20	+1:05.449	24	2
10	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+1:08.179	12	1
11	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	20	+1:13.024	5
12	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	20	+1:13.436	3
13	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	20	+1:13.644	6
14	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	20	+1:16.560	21
15	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	20	+1:16.840	7
16	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	20	+1:20.201	17
17	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	20	+1:21.468	19
18	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1:23.637	2
19	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	20	+1:26.013	18
20	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Raxing	20	+1:26.750	28
21	15	James Wharton	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+1:29.767	27
22	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1:33.964	9
23	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	20	+1:36.218	22
24	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	19	+1 lap	15
DNF	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	15	Retired	112
DNF	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	8	Collision damage	29
DNF	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	7	Collision	16
DNF	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	7	Collision	13
DNF	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	3	Collision	25
DNF	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision damage	23
Fastest lap set by Gabriele Minì: 1:47.369 (lap 18)
Source:[4][10]

Notes:

• ^1 – Callum Voisin originally won the race, but he received a ten-second time-penalty for overtaking off the track and gaining an advantage. As a result, Arvid Lindblad inherited the win.
• ^2 – Oliver Goethe and Charlie Wurz both received ten-second time penalties after the Sprint race, which were converted into a grid drop of five places for causing collisions.^[9]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Gabriele Minì 119 4 2 Arvid Lindblad 113 2 3 Luke Browning 112 1 4 Leonardo Fornaroli 93 2 5 Oliver Goethe 85

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 312 2 ART Grand Prix 177 3 Trident 153 1 4 Campos Racing 141 1 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 136

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

See also

• 2024 British Grand Prix
• 2024 Silverstone Formula 2 round

Notes

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