The 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 30 June and 2 July at the Red Bull Ring. It was the fifth round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.
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| Round 5 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Driver changes edit
GB3 racer McKenzy Cresswell took over Piotr Wiśnicki's seat at PHM Racing by Charouz for this round and the following Silverstone round.[1]
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
Notes
- ^1 – Zak O'Sullivan originally qualified seventh, but received a three-place grid drop for the sprint race due to impeding Tommy Smith.[6]
- ^2 – Christian Mansell originally qualified third, but due to crossing the white line at pit entry, he was given a three-place grid drop for the sprint race.[6]
- ^3 - Oliver Gray was given a five-place grid drop for the feature race due to causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez in the sprint race.[7]
- ^4 - Hunter Yeany received a five-place grid drop for the sprint race due to causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez at the Barcelona feature race.[8]
Sprint race edit
Notes
- ^1 – Nikita Bedrin originally finished seventeenth, but later received a ten-second time penalty for an incident with Leonardo Fornaroli, dropping him to down to twenty-fifth.[7]
Feature race edit
Notes
- ^1 - Sebastián Montoya initially finished tenth, however, he was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Franco Colapinto, dropping him down to twentieth.[11]
- ^2 - Hunter Yeany originally finished thirteenth but was handed a ten-second time penalty for unsafely rejoining the track, dropping him to twenty-first.[11]
- ^3 – Sophia Flörsch was disqualified from the feature race after it was found that her car's front wing endplates were less than the required 70mm above the reference plane. As a result, Pepe Martí moved up to ninth while Leonardo Fornaroli was promoted to the final point scoring position.[11]
Standings after the event edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "PHM Racing by Charouz confirms McKenzy Cresswell for Spielberg and Silverstone". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Christian Mansell". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Nikita Bedrin". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Formula 3 2023 Result for Round 5: Austria, Spielberg 30 June-2 July 2023". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Saucy claims first F3 pole after Aron loses lap for track limits". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b "O'Sullivan and Mansell penalised following Spielberg qualifying". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Oliver Gray and Nikita Bedrin handed post-sprint race penalties". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Hunter Yeany penalised following Barcelona feature race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "SPRINT RACE: Aron takes maiden F3 win with comeback fight". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "FEATURE RACE: O'Sullivan triumphs in Spielberg classic". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "Floersch disqualified and Montoya and Yeany penalised after Spielberg feature race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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