2023 Melbourne Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 2 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit 5.278 km (3.280 mi)
Sprint race
Date 1 April 2023 Laps 20 Podium First Zak O'Sullivan Prema Racing Second Sebastián Montoya Hitech Pulse-Eight Third Paul Aron Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:34.880 (on lap 18)
Feature Race
Date 2 April 2023 Laps 23 Pole position Driver Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Time 1:33.025 Podium First Gabriel Bortoleto Trident Second Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix Third Gabriele Minì Hitech Pulse-Eight Fastest lap Driver Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix Time 1:34.405 (on 17)

The 2023 Melbourne FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 31 March and 2 April 2023 at the Albert Park Circuit. It was the second round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	1:33.025	12	1
2	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.171	11	2
3	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.282	10	3
4	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.345	9	4
5	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.348	8	5
6	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.383	7	6
7	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.563	6	7
8	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.579	5	8
9	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.740	4	9
10	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.851	3	10
11	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+0.992	2	11
12	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.069	1	12
13	24	Christian Mansell[a]	Campos Racing	+1.202	13	13
14	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+1.251	14	14
15	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+1.265	15	15
16	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+1.301	16	16
17	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.339	17	17
18	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.369	18	18
19	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.521	19	19
20	26	Nikita Bedrin[b]	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.743	20	20
21	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+2.077	21	21
22	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+2.108	22	22
23	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+2.334	23	28
24	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.494	24	23
25	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.663	25	24
26	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	+2.7551	291	25
27	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.994	26	26
28	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+3.289	282	27
29	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+3.571	27	29
107% time: 1:39.536 (+6.511)
—	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	No time set	303	303
Source:[3]

Notes:

• ^1 – Hunter Yeany originally qualified 22nd by setting a lap time of 1:35.132, but was given a 10-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint Race and his time was deleted as he was found to be significantally speeding under double yellow flag conditions while setting his fastest lap time. As a result, the penalty dropped him to P26 in the final classification and to P29 for the Sprint Race.^[4]
• ^2 – Tommy Smith originally qualified 28th, but was given a carrying penalty from the Sakhir Feature Race for his involvement in two incidents. For both, he was assigned a three-place grid drop and a ten-second time-penalty, with the latter being converted into another three-place grid drop. However, the penalty will not have any effect of his grid position as Yeany got penalised and Pepe Martí did not set a time during qualifying.^[5]
• ^3 – Pepe Martí failed to set any valid time after crashing at the opening stages of qualifying, but was later given permission to start both races from the back of the grid.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	20	42:06.098	8	10
2	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+0.219	1	9
3	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	20	+0.593	7	8
4	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+0.778	10	7
5	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	20	+1.369	5	6
6	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	20	+1.542	12	5
7	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	20	+1.969	9	4
8	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	20	+3.498	6	3
9	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	20	+7.327	13	2 (1)
10	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	20	+8.523	17	1
11	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	20	+8.816	15
12	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+9.913	18
13	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	20	+11.009	30
14	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+13.025	19
15	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+13.136	20
16	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+14.102	24
17	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	20	+15.112	4
18	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+15.813	25
19	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	20	+16.332	22
20	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	20	+17.662	21
21	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+18.802	3
22	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	20	+19.981	29
23	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	20	+20.545	26
DNF	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	17	Accident	27
DNF	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	Accident	22
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	5	Collision damage	23
DNF	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	0	Puncture damage	2
DSQ	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	20	Disqualified1	6
DSQ	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	20	Disqualified1	16
DSQ	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	20	Disqualified1	14
Fastest lap set by Luke Browning: 1:34.880 (lap 18)
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 – Franco Colapinto, Mari Boya and Jonny Edgar all have been disqualified from the Sprint Race as it was found the suspension keels on all three MP Motorsport cars did not conform to regulations. Colapinto had finished the race in first place, so following his disqualification Zak O'Sullivan inherited the win and Luke Browning was credited with the fastest lap. However, Christian Mansell received the fastest lap point as he posted the fastest lap among the drivers classified among the top ten.^[6]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	23	43:41.950	1	25 (2)
2	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	23	+0.596	2	18 (1)
3	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+3.032	3	15
4	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	23	+3.216	4	12
5	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	23	+3.564	5	10
6	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	23	+4.393	6	8
7	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	23	+8.738	30	6
8	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+9.1911	9	4
9	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+13.589	18	2
10	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	23	+14.356	13	1
11	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	23	+14.928	14
12	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+15.582	27
13	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	23	+18.5572	8
14	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	23	+18.766	21
15	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	23	+19.034	22
16	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+19.426	10
17	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	23	+19.645	25
18	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	23	+23.606	23
19	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+28.676	19
20	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+30.035	29
21	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	23	+30.064	15
22	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	23	+56.084	11
233	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	22	Accident	20
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	11	Collision damage	28
DNF	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	8	Collision	24
DNF	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	6	Accident	26
DNF	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	4	Collision damage	17
DNF	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	1	Collision damage	7
DNF	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	1	Accident	16
DNF	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision damage	12
Fastest lap set by Grégoire Saucy: 1:34.405 (lap 17)
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 – Luke Browning originally finished sixth, but was later given a five-second penalty for causing a collision with Franco Colapinto, dropping him down to eighth.^[7]
• ^2 – Dino Beganovic originally finished eighth, but was later given a ten-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Caio Collet, dropping him out of the points in thirteenth.^[7]
• ^3 – Nikita Bedrin retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 58 3 2 Grégoire Saucy 38 3 Dino Beganovic 28 7 4 Gabriele Minì 28 1 5 Pepe Martí 25

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Trident 100 2 Prema Racing 70 2 3 Hitech Pulse-Eight 54 1 4 ART Grand Prix 45 1 5 Campos Racing 29

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