2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

  2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

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

Entries

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.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	2:05.393	1
2	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.203	2
3	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	+0.414	3
4	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	+0.686	4
5	11	David Beckmann	Trident	+0.719	5
6	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.751	6
7	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.779	7
8	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	+0.813	8
9	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.922	9
10	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	+1.020	10
11	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	+1.051	11
12	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	+1.075	12
13	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	+1.112	13
14	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.195	14
15	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	+1.365	15
16	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	+1.474	16
17	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.606	17
18	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	+1.852	18
19	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	+2.111	19
20	31	Andreas Estner	Campos Racing	+2.117	20
21	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.137	21
22	25	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	+2.305	22
23	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	+2.579	23
24	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	+2.965	24
25	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	+3.160	25
26	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	+3.374	26
27	4	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Hitech Grand Prix	+3.588	27
—	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	No time set	28
—	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	No time set	29
—	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	No time set	30
Source: [6]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	17	38:04.971	1	25 (4)
2	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	17	+4.047	2	18 (2)
3	11	David Beckmann	Trident	17	+5.704	5	15
4	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	17	+15.043	3	12
5	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	17	+15.633	8	10
6	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	17	+19.085	9	8
7	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	17	+22.818	11	6
8	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	17	+22.967	4	4
9	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	17	+24.571	7	2
10	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	17	+24.894	6	1
11	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	17	+25.585	16
12	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	17	+26.878	13
13	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+27.881	14
14	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	17	+30.168	10
15	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	17	+30.625	28
16	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+30.853	21
17	25	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	17	+33.975	22
18	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+35.054	17
19	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	17	+35.725	18
20	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	17	+36.455	30
21	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	17	+37.018	19
22	4	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Hitech Grand Prix	17	+39.200	27
23	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	17	+39.501	29
24	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	17	+1:30.840	24
25	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	17	+1:41.379	25
26	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	17	+1:50.868	15
27	31	Andreas Estner	Campos Racing	16	+1 lap	20
NC	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	15	+2 laps	23
DNF	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	13	Mechanical	12
DNF	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	3	Accident	26
Fastest lap set by Jake Hughes: 2:07.040 (lap 7)
Source: [6]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	17	37:52.233	3	15 (2)
2	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	17	+0.801	5	12
3	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	17	+8.736	2	10
4	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	17	+9.480	7	8
5	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	17	+13.401	9	6
6	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	17	+16.157	6	5
7	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	17	+17.158	1	4
8	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	17	+23.413	10	3
9	11	David Beckmann	Trident	17	+24.882	8	2
10	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	17	+25.545	11	1
11	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	17	+27.665	4
12	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	17	+31.429	26
13	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	17	+32.455	21
14	25	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	17	+37.859	17
15	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	17	+38.940	28
16	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	17	+41.046	23
17	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	17	+43.725	29
18	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	17	+47.025	24
19	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	17	+49.880 1	15
20	31	Andreas Estner	Campos Racing	17	+51.647	27
21	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	17	+51.892	14
22	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	17	+56.516	25
23	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	17	+57.484	30
24	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+1:01.410 3	18
25	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+1:16.355	16
26	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+1:24.425	13
27	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	16	+1 lap	19
DNF	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	5	Collision damage 2	20
DNF	4	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Hitech Grand Prix	4	Collision	22
DNF	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	2	Mechanical	12
Fastest lap set by Logan Sargeant: 2:06.865 (lap 3)
Source: [7]

Notes：

• ^1 - Dennis Hauger originally finished 18th, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Calan Williams.
• ^2 - Michael Belov was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Federico Malvestiti.
• ^3 - Federico Malvestiti was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Cameron Das.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Logan Sargeant 152 2 Oscar Piastri 145 1 3 David Beckmann 111.5 1 4 Liam Lawson 111 5 Théo Pourchaire 106

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 387.5 2 Trident 199.5 3 ART Grand Prix 172 4 Hitech Grand Prix 130 5 MP Motorsport 98

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

See also

• 2020 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

References

1. Woollard, Craig (2020-08-24). "Max Fewtrell leaves Hitech GP FIA F3 team before Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
2. Woollard, Craig (2020-08-25). "Pierre-Louis Chovet joins FIA F3 grid for Spa with Hitech". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
3. "David Schumacher switches to Carlin in F3 for rest of 2020 season". www.autosport.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
4. Allen, Peter (2020-08-27). "Belov joins FIA F3 with Charouz as Schumacher replacement". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
5. "Campos Racing – Andreas Estner replaces Sophia Flörsch for next FIA F3 round at Spa". Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
6. "Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9 : Tuscany , Mugello 11-13 September 2020". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
7. "Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9". FIA Formula 3 . Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links

Official website

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