2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

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Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round
Round details
Round 7 of 9 in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg
Layout of the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Stavelot, Belgium
CoursePermanent racing facility
7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Feature Race
Date 29 August 2020
Laps 17
Pole position
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Trident
Time 2:05.393
Podium
First Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Trident
Second Flag of France.svg Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix
Third Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri Prema Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes HWA Racelab
Time 2:07.040 (on lap 7)
Sprint Race
Date 30 August 2020
Laps 17
Podium
First Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Prema Racing
Second Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Vesti Prema Racing
Third Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Prema Racing
Time 2:06.865 (on lap 3)

The 2020 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 29 and 30 August 2020 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix.

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Max Fewtrell left Hitech Grand Prix after the Barcelona round. [1] He was replaced by Frenchman and series rookie Pierre-Louis Chovet. [2] At Carlin Buzz Racing, David Schumacher was hired as a full-time driver, leaving Charouz Racing System to replace the German with Michael Belov. [3] [4] Finally, Sophia Flörsch could not attend the Spa round due to her commitments in the European Le Mans Series, and was replaced by Euroformula Open driver Andreas Estner at Campos. [5]

Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 28 August 2020, with Lirim Zendeli scoring pole position.

Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/GapGrid
110 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Trident 2:05.3931
27 Flag of France.svg Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix +0.2032
38 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix +0.4143
43 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Prema Racing +0.6864
511 Flag of Germany.svg David Beckmann Trident +0.7195
617 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport +0.7516
75 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix +0.7797
81 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri Prema Racing +0.8138
92 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Vesti Prema Racing +0.9229
1029 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Peroni Campos Racing +1.02010
1112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olli Caldwell Trident +1.05111
1215 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes HWA Racelab +1.07512
1316 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Doohan HWA Racelab +1.11213
1422 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Nannini Jenzer Motorsport +1.19514
1514 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi HWA Racelab +1.36515
169 Flag of Venezuela.svg Sebastián Fernández ART Grand Prix +1.47416
1721 Flag of Italy.svg Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport +1.60617
1824 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Fraga Charouz Racing System +1.85218
1919 Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Dunner MP Motorsport +2.11119
2031 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Estner Campos Racing +2.11720
2120 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport +2.13721
2225 Flag of Germany.svg David Schumacher Carlin Buzz Racing +2.30522
2326 Flag of France.svg Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing +2.57923
2423 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Charouz Racing System +2.96524
2528 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Das Carlin Buzz Racing +3.16025
2630 Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Deledda Campos Racing +3.37426
274 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Louis Chovet Hitech Grand Prix +3.58827
6 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Hitech Grand Prix No time set28
18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport No time set29
25 Flag of Russia.svg Michael Belov Charouz Racing System No time set30
Source: [6]

Feature Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
110 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Trident 1738:04.971125 (4)
27 Flag of France.svg Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 17+4.047218 (2)
311 Flag of Germany.svg David Beckmann Trident 17+5.704515
48 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix 17+15.043312
51 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri Prema Racing 17+15.633810
62 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Vesti Prema Racing 17+19.08598
712 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olli Caldwell Trident 17+22.818116
83 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Prema Racing 17+22.96744
95 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 17+24.57172
1017 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 17+24.89461
119 Flag of Venezuela.svg Sebastián Fernández ART Grand Prix 17+25.58516
1216 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Doohan HWA Racelab 17+26.87813
1322 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Nannini Jenzer Motorsport 17+27.88114
1429 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Peroni Campos Racing 17+30.16810
156 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Hitech Grand Prix 17+30.62528
1620 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport 17+30.85321
1725 Flag of Germany.svg David Schumacher Carlin Buzz Racing 17+33.97522
1821 Flag of Italy.svg Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport 17+35.05417
1924 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Fraga Charouz Racing System 17+35.72518
2025 Flag of Russia.svg Michael Belov Charouz Racing System 17+36.45530
2119 Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Dunner MP Motorsport 17+37.01819
224 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Louis Chovet Hitech Grand Prix 17+39.20027
2318 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport 17+39.50129
2423 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Charouz Racing System 17+1:30.84024
2528 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Das Carlin Buzz Racing 17+1:41.37925
2614 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi HWA Racelab 17+1:50.86815
2731 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Estner Campos Racing 16+1 lap20
NC26 Flag of France.svg Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing 15+2 laps23
DNF15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 13Mechanical12
DNF30 Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 3Accident26
Fastest lap set by Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes: 2:07.040 (lap 7)
Source: [6]

Sprint Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
13 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Prema Racing 1737:52.233315 (2)
22 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Vesti Prema Racing 17+0.801512
35 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 17+8.736210
48 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix 17+9.48078
57 Flag of France.svg Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 17+13.40196
61 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri Prema Racing 17+16.15765
717 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 17+17.15814
810 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Trident 17+23.413103
911 Flag of Germany.svg David Beckmann Trident 17+24.88282
109 Flag of Venezuela.svg Sebastián Fernández ART Grand Prix 17+25.545111
1112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olli Caldwell Trident 17+27.6654
1214 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi HWA Racelab 17+31.42926
1319 Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Dunner MP Motorsport 17+32.45521
1425 Flag of Germany.svg David Schumacher Carlin Buzz Racing 17+37.85917
1526 Flag of France.svg Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing 17+38.94028
1618 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport 17+41.04623
1715 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Hughes HWA Racelab 17+43.72529
1823 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Staněk Charouz Racing System 17+47.02524
196 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Hitech Grand Prix 17+49.880 1 15
2031 Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Estner Campos Racing 17+51.64727
2129 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Peroni Campos Racing 17+51.89214
2228 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Das Carlin Buzz Racing 17+56.51625
2330 Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Deledda Campos Racing 17+57.48430
2421 Flag of Italy.svg Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport 17+1:01.410 3 18
2520 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport 17+1:16.35516
2622 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Nannini Jenzer Motorsport 17+1:24.42513
2724 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Fraga Charouz Racing System 16+1 lap19
DNF25 Flag of Russia.svg Michael Belov Charouz Racing System 5Collision damage 2 20
DNF4 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Louis Chovet Hitech Grand Prix 4Collision22
DNF16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Doohan HWA Racelab 2Mechanical12
Fastest lap set by Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant: 2:06.865 (lap 3)
Source: [7]
Notes:

Standings after the event

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