2022 Imola Formula 3 round

  2022 Imola Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 2 of 9 in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Location	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.909 km (3.050 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 23 April 2022 Laps 20 Podium First Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing Second Victor Martins ART Grand Prix Third Jak Crawford Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Oliver Bearman Prema Racing Time 1:33.573 (on lap 5)
Feature Race
Date 24 April 2022 Laps 24 Pole position Driver Zane Maloney Trident Time 1:41.180 Podium First Roman Staněk Trident Second Jak Crawford Prema Racing Third Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Roman Staněk Trident Time 1.33.129 (on lap 18)

The 2022 Imola FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 23 and 24 April 2022 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy. It is the second round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and is held in support of the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Driver changes

Multiple driver changes took place for the second round at the Imola Circuit. Trident driver Jonny Edgar pulled out of the championship after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease and was replaced by former HWA Racelab driver Oliver Rasmussen. ^[1]

Federico Malvestiti returned to the championship after a year's absence, replacing Niko Kari at Jenzer Motorsport. ^[2]

Charouz Racing System driver Ayrton Simmons vacated his seat and was replaced by David Schumacher, who previously raced with the team in 2020. ^[3]

ART Grand Prix fielded only two cars at Imola, as Juan Manuel Correa was forced to miss the event due to a foot injury. ^[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on 22 April 2022, with Barbadian Zane Maloney taking his maiden pole position for Trident. ^[5]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	1.41.180	1
2	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.107	2
3	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	+0.116	3
4	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.117	4
5	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.409	5
6	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.765	6
7	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.791	7
8	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	+0.825	8
9	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.989	9
10	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	+1.121	10
11	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.328	11
12	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.440	12
13	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.465	13
14	1	Oliver Rasmussen	Trident	+1.549	14
15	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	+1.660	15
16	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	+1.950	16
17	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	+2.004	17
18	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.143	18
19	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	+2.155	19
20	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.229	20
21	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+2.439	21
22	31	Reece Ushijima [a]	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.535	22
23	27	Brad Benavides [b]	Carlin	+2.903	23
24	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+3.093	24
25	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+3.214	25
26	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	+3.247	26
27	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	+3.291	27
28	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	+4.370	28
29	15	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	+5.251	29
107% time: 1:48.263
Source: [8]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	36.38.273	1	10
2	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	20	+2.640	6	9
3	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	20	+2.700	9	8
4	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	20	+3.634	10	7
5	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+4.088	5	6
6	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	20	+4.651	12	5
7	1	Oliver Rasmussen	Trident	20	+5.156	14	4
8	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	20	+5.844	15	3
9	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+6.420	20	2
10	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	20	+6.614	19	1
11	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	20	+6.990	28
12	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	20	+7.185	11
13	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	20	+7.663	21
14	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	20	+9.341	23
15	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+10.261	18
16	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+10.500 2	13
17	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	20	+10.901	16
18	15	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	20	+11.372	27
19	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	20	+13.988	26
20	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	20	+15.008	3
21	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+16.253	17
22	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	20	+20.913 3	29
23	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+21.137 1	2
Ret	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	19	Collision	4
Ret	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	16	Puncture damage	7
Ret	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	12	Collision	25
Ret	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	Collision	22
Ret	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	7	Accident	8
Ret	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	7	Accident	24
Fastest lap set by Oliver Bearman : 1:33.573 (lap 5)
Source: [8] [9]

Notes:

• ^1 – Ido Cohen originally finished 22nd, but received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
• ^2 – Kaylen Frederick originally finished eighth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Ido Cohen.
• ^3 – Enzo Trulli originally finished 21st, but was later given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Ido Cohen under yellow flag conditions.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	24	45:37.829	2	25 (1)
2	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	24	+0.654	3	18
3	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+4.247	7	15
4	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	24	+6.515	21	12
5	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	24	+12.566	10	10
6	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	24	+13.285	8	8
7	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+14.289	13	6
8	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	24	+14.945	27	4
9	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	24	+15.893	6	2
10	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+16.613	18	1
11	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	24	+18.587	21
12	15	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	24	+18.848	29
13	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+20.446 4	11
14	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	24	+21.050	15
15	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	24	+21.969	24
16	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	24	+22.963	16
17	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	24	+24.728 5	5
18	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+27.704	22
19	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+28.761	17
20	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+30.406	20
21	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+32.374	25
22	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+1:12.566	12
23†	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	23	Collision damage	4
24	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	23	+1 lap	28
25	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	21	+3 laps	26
Ret	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	9	Spun off	1	(2)
Ret	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	6	Accident	23
Ret	1	Oliver Rasmussen	Trident	5	Suspension Failure	14
Ret	16	Francesco Pizzi	Campos Racing	1	Spun off	19
Fastest lap set by Roman Staněk : 1:33.129 (lap 18)
Source: [8] [10]

Notes:

• ^4 – Ido Cohen originally finished tenth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits at turn 9.
• ^5 – Oliver Bearman originally finished fourth, but was later given a 20-second time penalty for causing a collision with Grégoire Saucy.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Victor Martins 36 2 Arthur Leclerc 36 27 3 Roman Staněk 33 6 4 Jak Crawford 32 2 5 Isack Hadjar 31

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Prema Racing 85 1 2 ART Grand Prix 65 3 3 Trident 52 1 4 Hitech Grand Prix 41 1 5 MP Motorsport 25

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

See also

• 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
• 2022 Imola Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver competing under a British licence. ^[6]
2. Benavides is an American-Spanish-Guatemalan driver competing under a Spanish licence. ^[7]

References

1. "Edgar to be replaced by Rasmussen at Trident due to health reasons". FIA Formula 3. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
2. Alonso Lopez, Alejandro (2022-04-19). "Federico Malvestiti lands Jenzer seat for rest of F3 season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
3. Wood, Ida (20 April 2022). "Schumacher makes one-off F3 return with Charouz". Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
4. Wood, Ida (2022-04-20). "ART GP down to two drivers in F3 as Correa sits out Imola". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
5. "Maloney fronts Trident Motorsport 1-2 in Imola Qualifying". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
6. "Reece Ushijima". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
7. "Brad Benavides". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
8. "Formula 3 2022 Result for Round 2: Italy, Emilia Romagna 22-24 April 2022". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
9. "SPRINT RACE: Colapinto nets maiden F3 win with last-lap pass at Imola". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
10. "FEATURE RACE: Stanek stands tall to win dramatic Formula 3 Feature Race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

External links

• Official website

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