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
Date	29 August 2020
Laps	17
Pole position
Driver	Lirim Zendeli
Time	2:05.393
Podium
First	Lirim Zendeli
Second	Théo Pourchaire
Third	Oscar Piastri
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Hughes
Time	2:07.040 (on lap 7)
Sprint Race
Date
Date	30 August 2020
Laps	17
Podium
First	Logan Sargeant
Second	Frederik Vesti
Third	Aleksandr Smolyar
Fastest lap
Driver	Logan Sargeant
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	+49.880¹	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	+1:01.410³	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 damage²	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.

References

^ Woollard, Craig (2020-08-24). "Max Fewtrell leaves Hitech GP FIA F3 team before Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
^ Woollard, Craig (2020-08-25). "Pierre-Louis Chovet joins FIA F3 grid for Spa with Hitech". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
^ "David Schumacher switches to Carlin in F3 for rest of 2020 season". www.autosport.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
^ Allen, Peter (2020-08-27). "Belov joins FIA F3 with Charouz as Schumacher replacement". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9 : Tuscany , Mugello 11-13 September 2020". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
^ "Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9". FIA Formula 3. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links

Official website

Previous race: 2020 Barcelona Formula 3 round	FIA Formula 3 Championship 2020 season	Next race: 2020 Monza Formula 3 round

[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.

[Results-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.

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