2020 Barcelona Formula 3 round explained

Country:	Spain
Barcelona
Caption:	Layout of the Barcelona Circuit
Year:	2020
Location:	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Km:	4.655
Course Mi:	2.892
Type R1:	Feature Race
Date R1:	15 August
Pole Driver Country R1:	USA
Laps R1:	22
Pole Driver R1:	Logan Sargeant
Pole Team R1:	Prema Racing
Pole Time R1:	1:32.974
First Driver Country R1:	GBR
First Driver R1:	Jake Hughes
First Team R1:	HWA Racelab
Second Driver Country R1:	NZL
Round No:	6
Season No:	9
Second Driver R1:	Liam Lawson
Second Team R1:	Hitech Grand Prix
Second Team R2:	Campos Racing
Fast Team R1:	HWA Racelab
Fast Time R1:	1:35.862
Fast Lap R1:	lap 13
Type R2:	Sprint Race
Date R2:	16 August
Laps R2:	22
First Driver Country R2:	AUS
Third Driver Country R1:	USA
First Team R2:	Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R2:	AUS
Second Driver R2:	Alex Peroni
First Driver R2:	Oscar Piastri
Third Driver Country R2:	ITA
Third Driver R2:	Matteo Nannini
Third Team R2:	Jenzer Motorsport
Fast Driver Country R2:	NOR
Fast Driver R2:	Dennis Hauger
Fast Team R2:	Hitech Grand Prix
Fast Time R2:	1:35.706
Third Driver R1:	Logan Sargeant
Third Team R1:	Prema Racing
Fast Driver Country R1:	GBR
Fast Driver R1:	Jake Hughes
Fast Lap R2:	lap 5

The 2020 Barcelona FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 15 and 16 August 2020 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. It was the sixth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix.

Entries

After having replaced Enaam Ahmed for the rounds at Silverstone, Ben Barnicoat returned to the British GT Championship with McLaren. The Brit was replaced by one-time F3 race winner Leonardo Pulcini.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 14 August 2020, with Logan Sargeant scoring pole position for the third weekend in a row.

		Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	1:32.974	1
2	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	+0.111	2
3	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.143	3
4	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	+0.197	4
5	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	+0.248	5
6	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	+0.265	6
7	11	David Beckmann	Trident	+0.345	7
8	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.412	8
9	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	+0.433	9
10	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	+0.438	13
11	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.557	10
12	25	Leonardo Pulcini	Carlin Buzz Racing	+0.614	17
13	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.628	11
14	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	+0.708	12
15	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.711	14
16	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	+0.788	15
17	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	+0.808	16
18	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	+0.852	18
19	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	+0.900	19
20	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	+0.918	20
21	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	+0.937	21
22	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.960	22
23	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	+0.963	23
24	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.002	24
25	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.030	25
26	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	+1.051	26
27	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.214	27
28	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	+1.299	28
29	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	+1.543	29
30	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	+2.207	30
Source:^[2]

Notes：

• - Lirim Zendeli was handed a three-place drop, after he was found to have unnecessarily impeded Alex Peroni at the entry to Turn 7.
• - Leonardo Pulcini was given a five-place drop for having gotten in the way of Richard Verschoor at Turn 1.
• - Alessio Deledda was handed a 10-place grid drop for a tyre infringement.

Feature Race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	22	38:53.146	2	25 (2)
2	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+2.388	3	18
3	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	22	+3.948	1	15 (4)
4	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+8.953	6	12
5	11	David Beckmann	Trident	22	+9.826	7	10
6	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	22	+10.222	4	8
7	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	22	+10.751	8	6
8	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	22	+12.172	9	4
9	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	22	+12.351	10	2
10	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+12.573	11	1
11	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	22	+14.832	12
12	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	22	+15.266	13
13	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	22	+15.665	15
14	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	22	+16.445	16
15	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	22	+17.282	4
16	25	Leonardo Pulcini	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+17.892	17
17	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+18.925	22
18	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+20.166	24
19	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+21.563	18
20	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	22	+22.489	21
21	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	22	+23.105	20
22	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	22	+24.159	19
23	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	22	+24.496	26
24	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	22	+25.776	28
25	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+26.262	25
26	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+32.203	27
27	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	22	+33.174	29
28	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	22	+33.711	30
DNF	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	9	Mechanical	14
DNF	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	1	Spun off	23
Fastest lap set by Jake Hughes: 1:35.862 (lap 13)
Source:

Sprint Race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	22	39:52.928	5	15 (2)
2	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	22	+1.176	3	12
3	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+2.028	1	10
4	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	22	+2.568	2	8
5	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	22	+3.002	8	6
6	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	22	+3.910	4	5
7	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+4.823	9	4
8	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	22	+5.365	13	3
9	11	David Beckmann	Trident	22	+5.878	6	2
10	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	22	+6.613	10	1
11	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+7.216	7
12	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	22	+7.752	11
13	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	22	+11.107	15
14	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+12.368	25
15	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	22	+13.139	14
16	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	22	+13.630	12
17	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+14.411	19
18	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	22	+15.127	24
19	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	22	+15.677	22
20	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	22	+16.109	30
21	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	22	+18.950	29
22	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	22	+20.839	21
23	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	22	+23.092	27
24	25	Leonardo Pulcini	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+33.108	16
25	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	22	+1:24.905	23
26	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	19	+3 laps	18
DNF	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	15	Accident	26
DNF	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	2	Mechanical	28
DNF	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	1	Collision	17
DNF	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	1	Collision	20
Fastest lap set by Dennis Hauger: 1:35.706 (lap 5)
Source:^[3]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Logan Sargeant	131
	2	Oscar Piastri	130
1	3	Liam Lawson	99
1	4	David Beckmann	94.5
1	5	Théo Pourchaire	80

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Prema Racing	331.5
	2	Trident	144.5
	3	ART Grand Prix	125
	4	Hitech Grand Prix	118
	5	MP Motorsport	93

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

See also

• 2020 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2020 Barcelona Formula 2 round

External links

• Official website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Pulcini replaces Barnicoat at Carlin Buzz Racing for Round 6. 2021-05-07. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
2. Web site: Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9 : Tuscany, Mugello 11-13 September 2020. 2021-01-08. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
3. News: Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9. FIA Formula 3. 8 January 2021.