2023 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 8 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 29 July 2023 Laps 12[a] Podium First Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing Second Taylor Barnard Jenzer Motorsport Third Paul Aron Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing Time 2:14.585 (on lap 8)
Feature Race
Date 30 July 2023 Laps 15 Pole position Driver Pepe Martí Campos Racing Time 2:22.160 Podium First Taylor Barnard Jenzer Motorsport Second Christian Mansell Campos Racing Third Nikita Bedrin Jenzer Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix Time 2:18.289 (on lap 15)

The 2023 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 28 and 30 July 2023 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It was the penultimate race of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver changes

Prior to the round at the Spa-Francorchamps, Rodin Carlin announced that Euroformula Open racer Francesco Simonazzi had taken over Max Esterson's seat for the rest of the season.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	R1	R2
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	2:22.160	12	1
2	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.016	11	2
3	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.094	10	81
4	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.242	9	3
5	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.357	8	4
6	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.391	7	5
7	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.562	6	6
8	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.579	5	7
9	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.632	4	9
10	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.656	3	10
11	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.782	2	11
12	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+0.944	1	12
13	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.983	13	13
14	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+1.015	14	14
15	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+1.091	15	15
16	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+1.185	16	16
17	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.275	17	17
18	26	Nikita Bedrin[b]	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.754	18	18
19	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.785	19	19
20	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.815	20	20
21	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.846	21	21
22	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.116	22	22
23	24	Christian Mansell[c]	Campos Racing	+2.174	23	23
24	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.792	24	24
25	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+2.859	25	25
26	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+3.572	26	26
27	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+3.978	27	27
28	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	+4.160	28	28
29	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	+4.207	29	29
30	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+4.650	30	30
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

• ^1 - Gabriele Minì received a 5-place grid penalty for the feature race for causing a collision with Pepe Martí in the sprint race.^[6]

Sprint Race

No points were awarded after this race as there was no two consecutive laps under green flag.^[7] However, prior to the evening full points were awarded to all drivers, who finished in top 10 as all 12 racing laps were completed.^[8]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	36:16.106	4	10 (1)
2	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+0.559	3	9
3	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	12	+0.998	2	8
4	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	12	+1.536	5	7
5	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	12	+1.689	9	6
6	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	12	+2.206	1	5
7	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	12	+2.512	8	4
8	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	12	+3.382	13	3
9	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	12	+3.538	11	2
10	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	12	+4.446	16	1
11	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+4.728	18
12	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	12	+5.352	24
13	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	12	+5.642	17
14	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	12	+6.206	29
15	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	12	+6.3161	7
16	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	12	+6.528	14
17	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	12	+7.623	30
18	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+10.371	22
19	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	12	+11.889	23
20	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	12	+12.672	25
21	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	12	+13.135	28
22	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	12	+13.2422	6
23	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+18.8483	19
24	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+20.8334	20
DNF	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	8	Collision/Puncture	15
DNF	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	3	Collision	10
DNF	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	3	Collision	12
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	3	Collision	26
DNF	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	3	Suspension	27
DNF	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision	21
Fastest lap set by Caio Collet: 2:14.585 (lap 8)
Source:[4][9]

Notes:

• ^1 - Zak O'Sullivan received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking Hugh Barter off track.^[6]
• ^2 - Dino Beganovic received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Gabriel Bortoleto.^[6]
• ^3 - Rafael Villagómez received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sebastián Montoya.
• ^4 - Tommy Smith received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Oliver Goethe.^[6]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	15	39:50.104	10	25
2	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	15	+1.529	23	18
3	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+7.703	18	15
4	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+8.915	22	12
5	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+20.053	9	10
6	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	15	+20.172	21	8
7	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	15	+20.533	24	6
8	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	15	+28.760	11	4
9	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	15	+30.172	1	2 (3)
10	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	15	+31.547	3	1
11	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	15	+32.595	15
12	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	15	+33.068	5
13	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	15	+34.910	14
14	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	15	+35.731	2
15	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	15	+35.959	17
16	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	15	+37.752	6
17	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	15	+40.127	9
18	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+43.351	20
19	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	15	+45.093	7
20	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	15	+45.875	16
21	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+51.388	19
22	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	15	+1:09.043	12
23	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	15	+1:48.8171	13
24	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	15	+2:17.1722	29
25	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	14	+1 lap	28
DNF	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	12	Collision damage	25
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	12	Puncture damage	26
DNF	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	4	Spun off	30
DNF	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	3	Accident	27
DNS	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	–	Did not start3	8
Fastest lap set by Grégoire Saucy: 2:18.289 (lap 15)
Source:[4][10]

Notes:

• ^1 - Luke Browning received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Ido Cohen.
• ^2 - Francesco Simonazzi received a 30-second time penalty for his mechanics leaving the starting grid too late.
• ^3 – Gabriele Minì crashed out on the sighting lap and was therefore unable to start the race.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Gabriel Bortoleto 144 2 2 Paul Aron 106 3 Pepe Martí 105 2 4 Zak O'Sullivan 101 1 5 Franco Colapinto 100

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 301 2 Trident 276 1 3 Campos Racing 171 1 4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 165 5 MP Motorsport 143

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