2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round

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Flag of Spain.svg   2019 Barcelona Formula 3 round
Round details
Round 1 of 8 in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Formula1 Circuit Catalunya.svg
Layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Location Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.655 km (2.892 mi)
Feature Race
Date 11 May 2019
Laps 22
Pole position
Driver Flag of Russia.svg Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing
Time 1:31.975
Podium
First Flag of Russia.svg Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing
Second Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix
Third Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix
Time 1:35.209 (on lap 22)
Sprint Race
Date 12 May 2019
Laps 22
Podium
First Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing
Second Flag of Estonia.svg Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix
Third Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Trident
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing
Time 1:34.711 (on lap 7)

The 2019 Barcelona FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 11 and 12 May 2019 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. It was the first round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix.

Contents

Summary

Background

Following the 2018 GP3 Series, the series became the FIA Formula 3 Championship after merging with the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

The round saw the début of the new Dallara F3 2019 chassis. The new chassis uses the same Mecachrome 3.4 litre (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine that powered its predecessor, the GP3/16, but the power output is slightly reduced. The chassis also uses Pirelli tyres, as its predecessor GP3 did, and features the "halo" device used for cockpit protection.

Ten teams were listed to compete in the inaugural season; Reigning GP3 champions ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, Jenzer Motorsport, MP Motorsport and Trident were chosen from the GP3 Series teams, while Carlin, Hitech Grand Prix, and reigning European F3 champions Prema Racing were chosen from the Formula 3 European Championship. Both Carlin and Prema Racing had entries in the championship's sister series Formula 2, as did Charouz Racing System, who later formed a partnership with former Formula 1 team Sauber. The final entry went to HWA Racelab, who joined the championship after Mercedes-Benz left the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring car championship to focus on their Formula E entry.

Qualifying

Prema Racing's and Ferrari Driver Academy member Robert Shwartzman became the first pole sitter of the series, ahead of ART's Christian Lundgaard and Prema teammate Marcus Armstrong.

Feature Race

At the start, Christian Lundgaard took the lead into turn one from Robert Shwartzman, with Marcus Armstrong in third place. Lundgaard led for the entire race and became the first race winner of the new championship, with Shwartzman and fellow Ferrari junior Marcus Armstrong completing the podium in third, giving Prema a double podium finish. However, on the cool-down lap, Lundgaard would be awarded a penalty for exceeding the Full Course Yellow speed limit, which would hand the win to Russian driver Shwartzman.

The only retirement of the race was Campos Racing's Alessio Deledda, who spun off on lap 14 at turn 12. Liam Lawson would also not be classified following a late pit-lane start having suffered a mechanical failure on the warm-up lap.

Sprint Race

Niko Kari, who returned to the championship with Trident after racing for MP Motorsport in GP3 and Formula 2 in 2018, qualified in reverse grid pole after finishing eighth in the first race. He was immediately overtaken at the start by the third Prema driver Jehan Daruvala, who competed in both GP3 and European F3 in 2018. The start saw four drivers eliminated following a collision at turns 1 and 2; Raoul Hyman, Ye Yifei, Jake Hughes, and Artem Petrov, which brought out the safety car. On lap 9, Fabio Scherer made contact with Bent Viscaal at turn 2 and Simo Laaksonen and Alex Peroni collided at the same turn, putting an end to both the Charouz and MP Motorsport drivers' respectively.

As Lundgaard did in the first race, Daruvala led the entire race and brought home a victory for Prema, with Red Bull Junior Jüri Vips in second and Kari third for Trident. The result gave Prema a 32 point lead over ART in the teams' championship, and Robert Shwartzman a 13 point lead over Lundgaard in the drivers' championship.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/GapGrid
128 Flag of Russia.svg Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 1:31.9751
23 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix +0.1082
326 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing +0.4523
427 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing +0.5544
531 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing +0.6855
65 Flag of Finland.svg Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport +0.7806
71 Flag of Germany.svg David Beckmann ART Grand Prix +0.8547
82 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix +0.8828
923 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Peroni Campos Racing +0.8889
1014 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport +0.90010
1121 Flag of Estonia.svg Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix +0.90111
1219 Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Trident +0.90312
1318 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Trident +0.90513
147 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +0.95914
156 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.97415
1610 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab +1.03516
178 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +1.04717
1820 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix +1.12818
194 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson MP Motorsport +1.17519
2030 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing +1.33820
2112 Flag of Iran.svg Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab +1.45521
2222 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix +1.50022
2325 Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing +1.53323
2417 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Trident +1.57024
259 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz +1.58925
2615 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Jenzer Motorsport +1.73926
2716 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport +1.98727
2829 Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing +2.07928
2911 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes HWA Racelab +2.19829
24 Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Deledda Campos Racing No time30
Source: [1]

Feature Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
128 Flag of Russia.svg Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 2237:42.312129 (25+4)
23 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 22+2.529 1 220 (18+2)
326 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing 22+3.426315
41 Flag of Germany.svg David Beckmann ART Grand Prix 22+4.432712
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix 22+10.300810
621 Flag of Estonia.svg Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 22+14.536118
727 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing 22+14.92846
819 Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Trident 22+16.132124
95 Flag of Finland.svg Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport 22+17.80762
1014 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport 22+22.913101
1130 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing 22+25.57620
1223 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Peroni Campos Racing 22+25.932 1 9
1310 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab 22+29.34816
147 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22+30.23714
1531 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing 22+31.3865
1625 Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing 22+31.92623
1711 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 22+32.20729
1815 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Jenzer Motorsport 22+32.74326
196 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 22+33.62415
2020 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix 22+33.75618
219 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22+38.16425
2222 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix 22+40.02422
2317 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Trident 22+40.47424
2429 Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing 22+42.717 1 28
2516 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport 22+43.38527
2618 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Trident 22+45.05513
278 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22+50.37817
2812 Flag of Iran.svg Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab 22+1:07.41221
NC4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson MP Motorsport 14+8 Laps19
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 13Spun out30
Fastest lap set by Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard: 1:35.209
Source: [2]

^1 Driver awarded a five-second penalty for exceeding the VSC delta.

Sprint Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
127 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala Prema Racing 2240:29.021217 (15+2)
221 Flag of Estonia.svg Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 22+2.121312
319 Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Trident 22+3.742110
428 Flag of Russia.svg Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing 22+4.26688
526 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Prema Racing 22+5.25766
63 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 22+5.72174
71 Flag of Germany.svg David Beckmann ART Grand Prix 22+9.45352
82 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Fewtrell ART Grand Prix 22+13.91441
914 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport 22+15.89710
1030 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Drugovich Carlin Buzz Racing 22+16.59111
117 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 22+17.13514
1225 Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián Fernández Campos Racing 22+17.74016
1310 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bent Viscaal HWA Racelab 22+18.15513
1431 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Carlin Buzz Racing 22+18.95315
1529 Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori Carlin Buzz Racing 22+20.60124
1618 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet Trident 22+21.19726
174 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson MP Motorsport 22+22.57029
1812 Flag of Iran.svg Keyvan Andres HWA Racelab 22+24.45628
196 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 22+24.83219
2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Trident 22+25.36823
2120 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Racing 22+31.45220
2216 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Estner Jenzer Motorsport 22+33.86025
2324 Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 22+38.70230
2423 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Peroni Campos Racing 22+47.54012
Ret5 Flag of Finland.svg Simo Laaksonen MP Motorsport 8Accident9
Ret8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Scherer Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 8Spun out27
Ret22 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Yifei Hitech Grand Prix 0Collision22
Ret9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Raoul Hyman Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0Collision21
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 0Collision17
Ret15 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Jenzer Motorsport 0Collision18
Fastest lap set by Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala: 1:34.711
Source: [3]

Standings after the event

See also

References

  1. "FIA Formula 3 - Qualifying". FIA Formula 3 Championship. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. "Barcelona F3: Lundgaard penalty hands Shwartzman victory". Motorsport.com . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "Barcelona F3: Daruvala beats Vips in Race 2". Motorsport.com . Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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