2025 Sakhir Formula 3 round

  2025 Sakhir Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 2 of 10 in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 12 April 2025 Laps 19 Podium First Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Second Freddie Slater AIX Racing Third Tuukka Taponen ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Freddie Slater AIX Racing Time 1:53.383 (on lap 2)
Feature Race
Date 13 April 2025 Laps 22 Pole position Driver Rafael Câmara Trident Time 1:49.214 Podium First Rafael Câmara Trident Second Callum Voisin Rodin Motorsport Third Tim Tramnitz MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Rafael Câmara Trident Time 1:52.931 (on lap 5)

The 2025 Sakhir FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 11 and 13 March 2025 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the second round ^[1] of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	1:49.214	12	1
2	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	+0.156	11	2
3	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	+0.404	10	3
4	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.404	9	4
5	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	+0.541	8	5
6	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	+0.548	7	6
7	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	+0.639	6	7
8	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	+0.684	5	8
9	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	+0.691	4	9
10	28	Freddie Slater	AIX Racing	+0.714	3	10
11	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	+0.764	2	11
12	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	+0.843	1	12
13	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+0.868	13	13
14	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	+0.905	14	14
15	26	Javier Sagrera	AIX Racing	+0.940	15	15
16	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	+0.957	16	16
17	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	+1.003	17	17
18	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	+1.009	18	18
19	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	+1.100	19	19
20	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+1.166	20	20
21	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	+1.171	21	26 1
22	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.176	22	21
23	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.182	23	28 1
24	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	+1.211	24	22
25	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.266	25	23
26	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+1.346	26	24
27	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	+1.369	27	25
28	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.410	28	27
29	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	+1.555	29	29
30	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.579	30	30
Source: [2]

Qualifying report

Rafael Câmara claimed pole position for the feature race, ahead of Callum Voisin and Charlie Wurz. Joshua Dufek started first for the sprint race, after claiming reverse grid pole position. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes:

• ^1 Ugo Ugochukwu and Ivan Domingues were both given five-place grid penalties in the feature race for causing collisions in the sprint race. ^[6]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	19	39:51.263	5	10
2	28	Freddie Slater	AIX Racing	19	+0.580	3	9 (1)
3	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	19	+1.222	7	8
4	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	19	+1.924	11	7
5	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	19	+2.939	2	6
6	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	19	+3.543	13	5
7	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	19	+4.246	4	4
8	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	19	+5.078	9	3
9	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	19	+5.664	10	2
10	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	19	+6.407	6	1
11	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	19	+6.796	14
12	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	19	+7.255	12
13	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	19	+8.003	24
14	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	19	+8.558	18
15	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	19	+9.142	20
16	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	19	+9.781	26
17	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	19	+10.342	28
18	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	19	+10.751	17
19	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	19	+11.171	8
20	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	19	+11.638	19
21	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	19	+12.446	27
22	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	19	+13.287	16
23	26	Javier Sagrera	AIX Racing	19	+17.232 1	15
DNF	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	14	Retired	1
DNF	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	13	Retired	30
DNF	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	13	Retired	30
DNF	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	12	Retired	25
DNF	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	11	Retired	22
DNF	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	3	Retired	21
DNF	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	2	Retired	29
Fastest lap set by Freddie Slater: 1:53.383 (lap 2)
Source: [7]

Sprint race report

After starting fifth, Nikola Tsolov won the sprint race. The race marked Freddie Slater's debut in FIA Formula 3, with Slater finishing in second and taking the fastest lap. ^[8] Tuukka Taponen rounded out the podium in third. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Notes:

• ^1 Javier Sagrera originally finished 12th, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision, dropping him down to 23rd.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	22	42:05.006	1	25 (2+1)
2	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	22	+6.211	2	18
3	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	22	+7.884	13	15
4	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	22	+10.693	6	12
5	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	22	+11.031	8	10
6	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	22	+14.143	7	8
7	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	22	+14.457	9	6
8	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	22	+17.258	20	4
9	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	22	+18.289	5	2
10	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	22	+18.361	4	1
11	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	22	+19.310	3
12	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	22	+29.307	24
13	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	22	+30.450	19
14	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+31.353	30
15	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+32.424	21
16	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	22	+33.366 1	17
17	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	22	+35.793	14
18	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	22	+39.525	11
19	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+39.885	28
20	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	22	+41.181	23
21	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	22	+41.997	16
22	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	22	+46.434	12
23	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	22	+46.989	18
24	26	Javier Sagrera	AIX Racing	22	+47.779 2	15
25	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	22	+49.536	29
26	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	22	+50.373	25
27	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	22	+1:10.118 3	26
28	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	22	+1:25.190	22
29	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	22	+1:29.943	27
DNF	28	Freddie Slater	AIX Racing	2	Retired	10
Fastest lap set by Rafael Câmara: 1:52.931 (lap 5)
Source: [12]

Feature race report

Starting from pole, Rafael Câmara won the feature race, marking back to back wins following his Melbourne feature race victory. Callum Voisin finished in second, ahead of Tim Tramnitz in third. ^{[13] [14]}

Notes:

• ^1 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak originally finished 12th, but was given a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, dropping him to 16th
• ^2 Javier Sagrera originally finished 22nd, but was given a five-second time penalty for not respecting track limits, dropping him to 24th.
• ^3 Ugo Ugochukwu was given two five-second time penalties for not respecting track limits. The penalties did not affect his finishing position.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Rafael Câmara 56 7 2 Tim Tramnitz 30 10 3 Callum Voisin 27 1 4 Noah Strømsted 27 7 5 Nikola Tsolov 23

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Trident 93 5 2 MP Motorsport 42 1 3 Campos Racing 40 2 4 Rodin Motorsport 37 3 5 Van Amersfoort Racing 29

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

See also

• 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix
• 2025 Sakhir Formula 2 round

References

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2. "Sakhir Results Formula 3 2025". FIA Formula 3 Championship . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
3. Spadi, Daniele (11 April 2025). "Trident's Câmara takes second consecutive F3 pole in Bahrain". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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5. Allen, Peter (11 April 2025). "Rafael Camara conquers F3 pole again in Bahrain". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
6. "FIA Formula 3 Championship - 2025 Sakhir event - F3 Feature Race - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 13 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
7. "FIA Formula 3 Championship - 2025 Sakhir event - F3 Sprint Race - Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 12 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
8. Turner, Tori (14 April 2025). "3 things we learned from the 2025 Bahrain F3 round". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
9. Whitfield, Harry (12 April 2025). "Nikola Tsolov edges debutant Freddie Slater for F3 Sprint Race victory in Bahrain". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
10. Spadi, Daniele (12 April 2025). "Tsolov fends off debuting Slater for record-tying fourth F3 win in Sakhir". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
11. Whitfield, Steve (12 April 2025). "Tsolov battles past Slater to win F3 sprint race in Bahrain". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
12. "FIA Formula 3 Championship - 2025 Sakhir event - F3 Feature Race - Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 13 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
13. Spadi, Daniele (13 April 2025). "Câmara extends F3 points lead with dominant win in Bahrain feature". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
14. Waring, Bethonie (13 April 2025). "Camara sees off Voisin to earn back-to-back F3 feature race wins". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.

External links

• Official website

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