2020 Silverstone Formula 3 round explained

Country:	Britain
Second Driver R1:	Oscar Piastri
Caption:	Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Year:	2020
Location:	Silverstone Circuit Towchester, United Kingdom
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Km:	5.891
Course Mi:	3.66
Type R1:	Feature Race
Date R1:	1 August
Laps R1:	20
Pole Driver R1:	Logan Sargeant
Pole Driver Country R1:	USA
Pole Team R1:	Prema Racing
Pole Time R1:	1:46.257
First Driver Country R1:	NZL
First Driver R1:	Liam Lawson
First Team R1:	Hitech Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R1:	AUS
Round No:	4
Season No:	9
Image-Size:	300px
Silverstone
First Driver R2:	David Beckmann
Third Driver Country R2:	AUS
Fast Time R1:	1:47.095
Fast Lap R1:	lap 5
Type R2:	Sprint Race
Date R2:	2 August
Laps R2:	20
First Driver Country R2:	GER
Third Driver Country R1:	USA
First Team R2:	Trident
Second Driver Country R2:	FRA
Second Driver R2:	Clément Novalak
Second Team R2:	Carlin Buzz Racing
Second Team R1:	Prema Racing
Third Driver R2:	Alex Peroni
Third Team R2:	Campos Racing
Fast Driver Country R2:	USA
Fast Driver R2:	Logan Sargeant
Fast Team R2:	Prema Racing
Fast Time R2:	1:45.968
Third Driver R1:	Logan Sargeant
Third Team R1:	Prema Racing
Fast Driver Country R1:	FRA
Fast Driver R1:	Clément Novalak
Fast Team R1:	Carlin Buzz Racing
Fast Lap R2:	lap 20

The 2020 Silverstone FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 1 and 2 August 2020 at the Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 British Grand Prix.

Entries

Ben Barnicoat replaced Enaam Ahmed at Carlin due to sponsorship reasons, marking the first open-wheeler start for Barnicoat since 2016.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 31 July 2020, with Logan Sargeant scoring his first pole position in Formula 3.

		Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	1:46.257	1
2	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.058	2
3	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	+0.126	3
4	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.473	4
5	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.528	5
6	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	+0.540	6
7	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	+0.639	7
8	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	+0.653	8
9	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	+0.684	9
10	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	+0.684	10
11	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	+0.729	11
12	11	David Beckmann	Trident	+0.745	12
13	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.787	13
14	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	+0.891	14
15	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.905	15
16	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.920	16
17	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	+1.087	17
18	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	+1.125	18
19	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.172	19
20	25	Ben Barnicoat	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.205	20
21	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	+1.217	21
22	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	+1.247	22
23	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	+1.367	23
24	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	+1.399	24
25	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	+1.410	25
26	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.460	26
27	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	+1.474	27
28	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.980	28
29	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.032	29
30	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	+2.127	30
Source:^[2]

Feature Race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	20	43:28.199	2	25
2	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	20	+1.060	3	18
3	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	20	+2.698	1	15 (4)
4	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	20	+5.127	8	12
5	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	20	+9.087	5	10
6	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	20	+11.298	6	8
7	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	20	+13.542	7	6
8	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+15.461	11	4 (2)
9	11	David Beckmann	Trident	20	+17.847	12	2
10	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	20	+21.295	10	1
11	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	20	+24.424	15
12	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	20	+30.609	13
13	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	20	+34.001	9
14	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+35.534	16
15	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	20	+36.587	24
16	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+43.637	19
17	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	20	+45.157	23
18	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	20	+46.350	25
19	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+47.149	29
20	25	Ben Barnicoat	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+49.118	20
21	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+50.073	28
22	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	20	+51.724	17
23	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	20	+55.015	30
24	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1:03.739	26
25	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	20	+1 lap	27
DNF	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	16	Collision	22
DNF	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	16	Collision	4
DNF	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	16	Collision	18
DNF	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	12	Collision	14
DNF	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	12	Collision	21
Fastest lap set by Clément Novalak: 1:47.095 (lap 5)
Source:

Notes：

• - Max Fewtrell was given a three-place grid drop for Race 2 for causing a collision with Olli Caldwell.
• - Matteo Nannini was given a five-second penalty for exceeding the minimum delta time in three marshalling sectors while under safety car conditions.

Sprint Race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	11	David Beckmann	Trident	20	39:10.052	2	15
2	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+0.426	3	12
3	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	20	+0.985	5	10
4	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	20	+1.500	6	8
5	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	20	+1.892	8	6 (2)
6	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	20	+4.260	1	5
7	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+5.708	10	4
8	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	20	+6.251	12	3
9	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	20	+6.861	11	2
10	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	20	+7.149	7	1
11	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	20	+7.618	13
12	25	Ben Barnicoat	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+10.998	20
13	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+13.023	19
14	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+13.617	14
15	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	20	+13.906	25
16	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	20	+16.594	28
17	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+17.852	16
18	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	20	+18.356	17
19	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	20	+18.598	18
20	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+20.521	30
21	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	20	+21.548	4
22	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	20	+22.123	26
23	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+22.624	24
24	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	+25.256	21
25	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	20	+26.254	22
26	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	20	+27.738	27
27	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	20	+28.934	29
28	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	20	+33.132	23
DNF	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	12	Mechanical	9
DNF	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	5	Mechanical	15
Fastest lap set by Logan Sargeant: 1:45.968 (lap 20)
Source:^[3]

Notes：

• - Aleksandr Smolyar originally won the race but was penalised for changing direction down the straight between corners 14 and 15, in order to break the tow between himself and Beckmann in P2.
• - Sophia Flörsch was handed a five-second time penalty for forcing Cameron Das off the track.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Oscar Piastri	94
	2	Logan Sargeant	77
1	3	David Beckmann	64.5
2	4	Frederik Vesti	55.5
3	5	Liam Lawson	54

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Prema Racing	226.5
	2	Trident	100.5
	3	ART Grand Prix	96
1	4	Hitech Grand Prix	73
1	5	MP Motorsport	62

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

See also

• 2020 British Grand Prix
• 2020 Silverstone Formula 2 round

External links

Official website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Allen. Peter. 2020-07-30. Barnicoat to race in FIA F3 at Silverstone as Ahmed leaves Carlin. 2021-05-07. Formula Scout. en-US.
2. Web site: Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 4 : Silverstone 1-2 August 2020. 2021-01-10. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
3. News: Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9. FIA Formula 3. 8 January 2021.