2022 Barcelona Formula 3 round explained

Country:	Spain
Barcelona
Round No:	3
Season No:	9
Year:	2022
Location:	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	3.050
Course Km:	4.909
Type R1:	Sprint Race
Date R1:	21 May
Laps R1:	20
First Driver Country R1:	ESP
First Driver R1:	David Vidales
First Team R1:	Campos Racing
Second Driver Country R1:	USA
Second Driver R1:	Jak Crawford
Second Team R1:	Prema Racing
Third Driver Country R1:	BRA
Third Driver R1:	Caio Collet
Third Team R1:	MP Motorsport
Fast Driver Country R1:	USA
Fast Driver R1:	Jak Crawford
Fast Team R1:	Prema Racing
Fast Time R1:	1:36.788
Fast Lap R1:	lap 5
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	22 May
Laps R2:	24
Pole Driver Country R2:	CZE
Pole Driver R2:	Roman Staněk
Pole Team R2:	Trident
Pole Time R2:	1:33.516
First Driver Country R2:	FRA
First Driver R2:	Victor Martins
First Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R2:	CZE
Second Driver R2:	Roman Staněk
Second Team R2:	Trident
Third Driver Country R2:	FRA
Third Driver R2:	Isack Hadjar
Third Team R2:	Hitech Grand Prix
Fast Driver Country R2:	FRA
Fast Driver R2:	Victor Martins
Fast Time R2:	1:37.030
Fast Lap R2:	lap 15

The 2022 Barcelona Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 21 and 22 May 2022 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. It was the third round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Trident driver Roman Staněk achieved his maiden pole position in Formula 3 ahead of championship leader Victor Martins and Alexander Smolyar.^[1]

		Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	1:33.516	1
2	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.052	2
3	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	+0.097	3
4	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.210	4
5	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+0.215	5
6	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+0.231	6
7	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.234	7
8	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.289	8
9	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	+0.309	9
10	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.341	10
11	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	+0.357	11
12	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	+0.410
13	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.447	12
14	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.524	13
15	1	Oliver Rasmussen	Trident	+0.525	14
16	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+0.601	15
17	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.664	16
18	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.801	17
19	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	+0.804	18
20	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	+0.826	19
21	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.052	20
22	15	Lirim Zendeli	Charouz Racing System	+1.170	21
23	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	+1.219	22
24	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.279	23
25	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.350	24
26	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	+1.457	25
27	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.580	26
28	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	+1.821	27
29	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	+2.033	28
30	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	+2.059	29
107% time 1:40.062
Source:^[2]

Notes:

• – Zane Maloney originally qualified in twelfth place, but was forced to start from the pitlane in both races due to missing the weighbridge during the first half of qualifying.^[3]

Sprint Race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	20	32:38.784	1	10
2	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	20	+1.268	3	9 (1)
3	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	20	+6.482	5	8
4	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	20	+9.081	7	7
5	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	20	+10.326	2	6
6	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	20	+11.239	9	5
7	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+11.839	4	4
8	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	20	+12.370	11	3
9	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+15.274	16	2
10	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	20	+16.057	8	1
11	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	20	+16.908	13
12	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	20	+17.427	6
13	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	20	+18.137	15
14	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+19.983	17
15	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+23.465	20
16	1	Oliver Rasmussen	Trident	20	+24.284	14
17	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	20	+24.858	22
18	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	20	+25.438	18
19	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+29.713	26
20	15	Lirim Zendeli	Charouz Racing System	20	+32.164	21
21	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	20	+35.784	PL
22	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	20	+36.292	25
23	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+39.535	24
24	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	20	+39.941	28
25	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	20	+41.105	27
26	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	20	+42.196	29
27	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	20	+1:08.603	19
Ret	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	16	Retired	23
Ret	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	Retired	12
Ret	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	7	Mechanical	10
Fastest lap set by Jak Crawford: 1:36.788 (lap 5)
Source:^[4]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	24	43:43.673	2	25 (1)
2	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	24	+2.368	1	18 (2)
3	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+3.026	4	15
4	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	24	+3.624	3	12
5	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	24	+4.348	6	10
6	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	24	+5.420	9	8
7	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	24	+6.633	7	6
8	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+6.899	12	4
9	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+8.431	8	2
10	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	24	+12.094	10	1
11	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	24	+14.186	13
12	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+15.236	20
13	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	24	+17.510	PL
14	1	Oliver Rasmussen	Trident	24	+18.747	14
15	15	Lirim Zendeli	Charouz Racing System	24	+21.287	21
16	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	24	+23.398	5
17	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	24	+26.651	28
18	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	24	+27.867	23
19	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	24	+28.281	16
20	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	24	+28.482	15
21	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+29.713	26
22	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	24	+31.079	24
23	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	24	+31.123	29
24	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	24	+34.906	25
25	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	24	+54.804	22
26	21	Hunter Yeany	Campos Racing	24	+1:25.486	19
27†	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	22	+2 laps	18
Ret	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	15	Collision damage	11
Ret	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	10	Accident	27
Ret	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	2	Accident	17
Fastest lap set by Victor Martins: 1:37.030 (lap 15)
Source:^[5]

Notes:

• – Arthur Leclerc originally finished eleventh, but was given a total of ten-second-time penalties for both causing a collision with David Vidales and due to erratic driving while battling against Juan Manuel Correa.
• – Ido Cohen received a five-second-time penalty for causing a collision with Kush Maini.
• – Enzo Trulli received a five-second-time penalty for causing a collision with Brad Benavides.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Victor Martins	62
1	2	Roman Staněk	56
1	3	Jak Crawford	50
1	4	Isack Hadjar	47
3	5	Arthur Leclerc	43

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Prema Racing	120
	2	ART Grand Prix	98
	3	Trident	75
	4	Hitech Grand Prix	63
	5	MP Motorsport	56

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

See also

• 2022 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2022 Barcelona Formula 2 round

External links

• Official website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: QUALIFYING: Stanek seals first Formula 3 pole late on in Barcelona. 20 May 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.
2. Web site: Formula 3 2022 Result for Round 3: Spain, 20-22 May 2022. 22 May 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.
3. Web site: Zane Maloney receives post-Qualifying penalty. 20 May 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.
4. Web site: SPRINT RACE: Hometown hero Vidales storms to maiden F3 victory. 21 May 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
5. Web site: FEATURE RACE: Martins bounces back with commanding Barcelona Feature Race victory. 22 May 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.