2022 Zandvoort Formula 3 round explained

Country:	Netherlands
Zandvoort
Round No:	8
Season No:	9
Year:	2022
Location:	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.646
Course Km:	4.259
Type R1:	Sprint race
Date R1:	3 September
Laps R1:	21
First Driver Country R1:	BRA
First Driver R1:	Caio Collet
First Team R1:	MP Motorsport
Second Driver Country R1:	USA
Second Driver R1:	Juan Manuel Correa
Second Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R1:	GBR
Third Driver R1:	Zak O'Sullivan
Third Team R1:	Carlin
Fast Driver Country R1:	BRA
Fast Driver R1:	Caio Collet
Fast Team R1:	MP Motorsport
Fast Time R1:	1:27.259
Fast Lap R1:	21
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	4 September
Laps R2:	26
Pole Driver Country R2:	BRB
Pole Driver R2:	Zane Maloney
Pole Team R2:	Trident
Pole Time R2:	1:24.386
First Driver Country R2:	BRB
First Driver R2:	Zane Maloney
First Team R2:	Trident
Second Driver Country R2:	FRA
Second Driver R2:	Victor Martins
Second Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R2:	ARG
Third Driver R2:	Franco Colapinto
Third Team R2:	Van Amersfoort Racing
Fast Driver Country R2:	BRB
Fast Driver R2:	Zane Maloney
Fast Team R2:	Trident
Fast Time R2:	1:27.100
Fast Lap R2:	lap 2

The 2022 Zandvoort Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 3 and 4 September 2022 at the Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands. It was the penultimate race of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix.

Driver changes

Due to their commitments at the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship in Imola this weekend, Oliver Goethe and Christian Mansell missed the Zandvoort round and were replaced by Sebastián Montoya and David Schumacher, driving for Campos Racing and Charouz Racing System respectively.^{[1] [2]}

Classification

Qualifying

Zane Maloney took pole position ahead of Victor Martins and Jak Crawford. By securing his second pole in this season, the Bajan driver was the first driver in this season to become a repeat polesitter.^[3]

		Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	1:24.386	12	1
2	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	+0.289	11	2
3	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	+0.436	10	3
4	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	+0.445	9	4
5	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.469	8	5
6	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.643	7	6
7	21	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	+0.652	6	7
8	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	+0.661	5	8
9	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	+0.786	4	9
10	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	+0.825	3	10
11	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.979	2	11
12	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	+0.990	1	12
13	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	+1.124	18	13
14	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	+1.169	13	14
15	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	+1.209	14	15
16	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	+1.232	15	16
17	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+1.242	16	17
18	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.251	17	18
19	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.282	19	19
20	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	+1.298	20	20
21	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	+1.376	21	21
22	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.414	22	22
23	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.440	23	23
24	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	+1.862	24	24
25	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.865	25	25
26	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	+2.017	26	26
27	15	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	+2.245	27	27
28	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.249	28	28
29	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	+2.780	29	29
30	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	+4.267	30	30
Source:^[4]

Notes:

• – Kush Maini received a five-place grid penalty for the Sprint Race due to causing a collision on the opening lap of the Feature Race in the previous round in Belgium.^[5]

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	21	30:55.183	4	10 (1)
2	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	21	+4.057	1	9
3	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	21	+4.935	3	8
4	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	21	+5.888	5	7
5	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	21	+6.628	2	6
6	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+7.593	7	5
7	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	21	+8.184	11	4
8	21	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	21	+9.903	6	3
9	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	21	+10.599	10	2
10	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	21	+11.028	9	1
11	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	21	+12.399	13
12	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	21	+15.688	20
13	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+17.290	8
14	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	21	+17.941	15
15	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+19.994	17
16	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	21	+20.638	21
17	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	21	+21.116	12
18	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	21	+23.870	18
19	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	21	+23.930	16
20	15	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	21	+24.193	27
21	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	21	+24.583	26
22	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+27.177	23
23	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	21	+30.780	24
24	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+31.218	28
25	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+34.656	29
26	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	21	+44.181	14
27	14	László Tóth	Charouz Racing System	21	+1:03.611	30
28	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+1:15.548	19
29	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1 lap	25
30	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1 lap	22
Fastest lap set by Caio Collet: 1:27.259 (lap 21)
Source:^[6]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	3	Zane Maloney	Trident	26	44:04.515	1	25 (3)
2	7	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	26	+1.091	2	18
3	29	Franco Colapinto	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+1.417	5	15
4	2	Roman Staněk	Trident	26	+2.188	4	12
5	18	Isack Hadjar	Hitech Grand Prix	26	+2.750	6	10
6	5	Jak Crawford	Prema Racing	26	+2.978	3	8
7	10	Caio Collet	MP Motorsport	26	+4.378	9	6
8	21	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	26	+5.275	7	4
9	1	Jonny Edgar	Trident	26	+5.568	8	2
10	11	Alexander Smolyar	MP Motorsport	26	+9.368	16	1
11	12	Kush Maini	MP Motorsport	26	+10.822	13
12	4	Arthur Leclerc	Prema Racing	26	+11.222	20
13	17	Kaylen Frederick	Hitech Grand Prix	26	+12.218	18
14	22	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	26	+12.930	17
15	15	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	26	+13.624	27
16	23	Ido Cohen	Jenzer Motorsport	26	+14.797	25
17	28	Enzo Trulli	Carlin	26	+15.456	24
18	16	Francesco Pizzi	Charouz Racing System	26	+15.607	21
19	31	Reece Ushijima	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	+16.075	23
20	24	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	26	+16.456	28
21	19	Nazim Azman	Hitech Grand Prix	26	+17.013	29
22	14	Lászlo Tóth	Charouz Racing System	26	+17.529	30
23	26	Zak O'Sullivan	Carlin	26	+20.128	10
24	9	Juan Manuel Correa	ART Grand Prix	26	+24.299	12
25	6	Oliver Bearman	Prema Racing	26	+28.495	14
DNF	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	22	Collision (Suspension failure)	11
DNF	30	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	Collision	19
DNF	20	David Vidales	Campos Racing	16	Mechanical	26
DNF	27	Brad Benavides	Carlin	3	Collision	15
DNF	25	William Alatalo	Jenzer Motorsport	3	Collision	22
Fastest lap set by Zane Maloney: 1:27.100 (lap 2)
Source:^[7]

Notes:

• – Zak O'Sullivan and Juan Manuel Correa originally finished twelfth and eighteenth, but were later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Oliver Bearman and Rafael Villagómez respectively.^[8]
• – Oliver Bearman originally finished tenth, but has been later awarded a drive-through penalty for failing to maintain the proper gap behind the Safety Car. As the penalty could not be served in the race, it has been converted to a 20-second time penalty.^[8]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
2	1	Victor Martins	126
1	2	Isack Hadjar	121
2	3	Roman Staněk	109
2	4	Oliver Bearman	105
2	5	Zane Maloney	102

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Prema Racing	296
	2	Trident	250
1	3	ART Grand Prix	190
1	4	MP Motorsport	185
	5	Hitech Grand Prix	148

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

See also

• 2022 Dutch Grand Prix
• 2022 Zandvoort Formula 2 round

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wood. Ida. 31 August 2022. Sebastian Montoya to make F3 debut with Campos. 1 September 2022. Formula Scout. en-US.
2. Web site: Gascoigne. Roger. 31 August 2022. Schumacher returns to Charouz's FIA F3 line-up for Zandvoort. 1 September 2022. Formula Scout. en-US.
3. Web site: QUALIFYING: Maloney seizes pole as Zandvoort brings late drama. 2 September 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
4. Web site: Formula 3 2022 Result for Round 8: Zandvoort, Netherlands 2–4 September 2022. 2 September 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
5. Web site: Round 7 post-Feature race penalties. 28 August 2022. 2 September 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
6. Web site: Sprint Race: Collet sails away to claim second victory of the season. 3 September 2022. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
7. Web site: Feature Race: Maloney goes two-for-two in Zandvoort charge. 4 September 2022. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
8. Web site: Round 8 post-Feature Race penalties. 4 September 2022. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en.