2025 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

The 2025 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 25 and 27 July 2025 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was the eighth round of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix.

  2025 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 8 of 10 in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 26 July 2025 Laps 12 Podium First Noah Strømsted Trident Second Ugo Ugochukwu Prema Racing Third Charlie Wurz Trident Fastest lap Driver Noah Strømsted Trident Time 2:06.800 (on lap 3)
Feature Race
Date 27 July 2025 Laps 2 (15 scheduled) Pole position Driver Brad Benavides AIX Racing Time 2:04.253 Podium First Race abandoned Second Race abandoned Third Race abandoned Fastest lap Driver Race abandoned

One change was made to the entry list: Nikita Johnson was replaced by Freddie Slater, who last raced in Bahrain.^[1] Brad Benavides claimed pole position after traffic meant most of the field did not improve on their final lap, with Slater taking reverse-grid pole.^[2] Slater held the lead at the start ahead of Noah Strømsted and Bruno del Pino, although del Pino soon lost third to Charlie Wurz and Ugo Ugochukwu. Strømsted used DRS to take the lead on lap two, and Ugochukwu took third from Wurz two laps later. Slater began to drop through the field and ultimately earnt four penalties for track limits offences. Strømsted took his maiden F3 victory ahead of Ugochukwu and Wurz. and Rafael Câmara finished fifth and kept his championship lead, now 28 points ahead of Nikola Tsolov as Tim Tramnitz failed to score.^[3]

On the formation lap for the feature race, Tramnitz and Brando Badoer collided and stopped on track. The race was able to begin around 35 minutes behind schedule, but Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak spun on the first lap and was unable to continue. The race was red-flagged and not resumed as the weather continued to deteriorate. No points were awarded besides the two points Benavides earnt for pole position.^[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 25 July 2025, at 19:10 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	2:04.253	12	1
2	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	+0.106	11	2
3	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	+0.207	10	3
4	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	+0.218	9	4
5	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	+0.231	8	5
6	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	+0.317	7	6
7	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	+0.334	6	7
8	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	+0.409	5	8
9	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	+0.485	4	9
10	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	+0.585	3	10
11	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	+0.605	2	11
12	15	Freddie Slater	Hitech TGR	+0.656	1	12
13	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+0.687	13	13
14	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	+0.771	14	14
15	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.781	15	15
16	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+0.794	16	16
17	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	+0.835	17	17
18	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	+0.912	18	18
19	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+0.981	19	19
20	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	+1.026	20	20
21	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.132	21	21
22	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.136	22	22
23	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.255	23	23
24	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	+1.255	24	24
25	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.427	25	25
26	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.442	26	26
27	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	+1.489	27	27
28	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	+1.679	28	28
29	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	+1.712	29	29
30	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	+4.512	30	30
Source:[5]

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 26 July 2025, at 09:15 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	12	25:49.564	2	10+1
2	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	12	+6.044	7	9
3	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	12	+8.081	4	8
4	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	12	+8.521	6	7
5	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	12	+9.546	11	6
6	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	12	+14.797	5	5
7	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	12	+15.783	8	4
8	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	12	+16.571	3	3
9	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	12	+17.355	14	2
10	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	12	+18.330	18	1
11	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	12	+18.989	17
12	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	12	+19.487	13
13	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	12	+20.597	9
14	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	12	+20.934	16
15	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	12	+23.684	27
16	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	12	+24.739	15
17	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	12	+29.611	10
18	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	12	+32.256	29
19	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	12	+32.530	12
20	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	12	+32.807	20
21	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+33.077	25
22	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+33.659	23
23	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	12	+33.762	19
24	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	12	+34.697	28
25	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	12	+36.817	24
26	15	Freddie Slater	Hitech TGR	12	+38.001	1
27	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	12	+38.782	30
28	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	12	+42.668	22
29	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+45.313	21
DNF	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	8	Retired	26
Fastest lap: Noah Strømsted (2:06.800 on lap 3)
Source:[6]

Notes:

• ^1 Mari Boya, Théophile Naël, Ivan Domingues and Freddie Slater all received penalties for track limits: five, five, ten and twenty second respectively.^[3]

Feature race

The feature race was held on 27 July 2025, at 08:30 local time (UTC+2). No official classification was released for the race as it was red-flagged on lap two and not restarted due to poor weather.^[7]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Rafael Câmara 126 1 2 Nikola Tsolov 98 1 3 Tim Tramnitz 93 4 Mari Boya 85 5 Martinius Stenshorne 80

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Trident 232 1 2 Campos Racing 221 3 MP Motorsport 164 4 Van Amersfoort Racing 124 5 ART Grand Prix 119

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

See also

• 2025 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2025 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round