2023 Barcelona Formula 3 round explained

Country:	Spain
Barcelona
Round No:	4
Season No:	9
Year:	2023
Location:	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.894
Course Km:	4.657
Type R1:	Sprint Race
Date R1:	3 June
Laps R1:	21
First Driver Country R1:	GBR
First Driver R1:	Zak O'Sullivan
First Team R1:	Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R1:	GBR
Second Driver R1:	Luke Browning
Second Team R1:	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Third Driver Country R1:	ITA
Third Driver R1:	Leonardo Fornaroli
Third Team R1:	Trident
Fast Driver Country R1:	GBR
Fast Driver R1:	Zak O'Sullivan
Fast Team R1:	Prema Racing
Fast Time R1:	1:32.054
Fast Lap R1:	lap 5
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	4 June
Laps R2:	25
Pole Driver Country R2:	ESP
Pole Driver R2:	Pepe Martí
Pole Team R2:	Campos Racing
Pole Time R2:	1:27.587
First Driver Country R2:	ESP
First Driver R2:	Pepe Martí
First Team R2:	Campos Racing
Second Driver Country R2:	ARG
Second Driver R2:	Franco Colapinto
Second Team R2:	MP Motorsport
Third Driver Country R2:	SWE
Third Driver R2:	Dino Beganovic
Third Team R2:	Prema Racing
Fast Driver Country R2:	ESP
Fast Driver R2:	Pepe Martí
Fast Team R2:	Campos Racing
Fast Time R2:	1:31.964
Fast Lap R2:	8

The 2023 Barcelona Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 2 and 4 June 2023 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It was the fourth round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	1:27.587	12	1
2	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.250	11	2
3	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.277	10	3
4	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.343	9	4
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.347	8	5
6	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+0.418	7	6
7	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.485	6	7
8	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+0.495	5	8
9	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.500	4	9
10	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.518	3	10
11	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.554	2	11
12	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.602	1	12
13	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	+0.611	13	13
14	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.669	14	14
15	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	+0.737	15	15
16	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	+0.737	16	16
17	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.899	17	17
18	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.937	18	18
19	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+1.025	19	19
20	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.037	20	20
21	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.260	21	21
22	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.287	22	22
23	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	+1.322	23	23
24	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.431	24	24
25	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.643	25	25
26	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.778	26	26
27	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+1.901	27	27
28	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.014	28	28
29	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	+2.030	29	29
30	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	+2.129	30	30
107% time 1:33.718 (+6.131)
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Notes

• – Both Campos drivers Hugh Barter and Christian Mansell set the identical lap time of 1:28.124, but Barter qualified ahead of Mansell as he set the lap time first.

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	21	36:53.410	1	10 (1)
2	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+1.676	2	9
3	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	21	+2.360	4	8
4	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	21	+3.177	7	7
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	21	+3.659	8	6
6	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	21	+4.164	10	5
7	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	21	+5.002	5	4
8	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	21	+6.233	12	3
9	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+7.826	11	2
10	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+8.419	14	1
11	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	21	+8.886	13
12	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	21	+9.586	17
13	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	21	+11.982	19
14	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	21	+12.865	21
15	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	21	+13.576	23
16	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	21	+14.150	30
17	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+15.132	20
18	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+15.233	22
19	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	21	+15.716	15
20	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+15.863	18
21	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+16.509	27
22	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+16.882	25
23	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	21	+17.114	3
24	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+18.006	26
25	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+18.346	28
26	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+20.907	6
27	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+27.218	24
DNF	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	15	Collision damage	16
DNF	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	14	Puncture damage	9
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	0	Collision	29
Fastest lap set by Zak O'Sullivan: 1:32.054 (lap 5)
Source:^[3]

Notes

• – Grégoire Saucy and Rafael Villagómez both received a ten-second time-penalty for causing separate collisions with Dino Beganovic and Ido Cohen respectively.^[4]
• – Sebastián Montoya received a five-second time-penalty for failing to follow race director instructions.^[4]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	25	41:21.348	1	25 (3)
2	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	25	+4.463	3	18
3	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	25	+10.445	4	15
4	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	25	+13.488	6	12
5	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	25	+14.156	5	10
6	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	25	+19.500	8	8
7	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	25	+19.874	7	6
8	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	25	+23.707	12	4
9	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+25.072	2	2
10	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	25	+26.155	16	1
11	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+27.901	14
12	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+28.340	20
13	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	25	+31.930	15
14	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	25	+32.354	18
15	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	25	+34.282	17
16	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	25	+35.843	13
17	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	25	+37.857	21
18	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	25	+39.270	23
19	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	25	+39.750	19
20	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	+40.313	27
21	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	+41.037	26
22	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	25	+44.416	25
23	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+47.605	22
24	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	25	+52.398	28
25	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+58.061	24
26	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	25	+59.023	29
27	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	25	+1 lap	10
DNF	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	21	Retired	9
DNF	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	10	Collision damage	30
DNF	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision damage	11
Fastest lap set by Pepe Martí: 1:31.964 (lap 8)
Source:^[5]

Notes

• – Hugh Barter and Gabriele Minì both received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
• – Oliver Goethe was given a ten-second time-penalty during the race for causing a collision with Grégoire Saucy.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Gabriel Bortoleto	92
4	2	Pepe Martí	68
1	3	Dino Beganovic	61
2	4	Gabriele Minì	56
	5	Paul Aron	54

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
1	1	Prema Racing	156
1	2	Trident	151
	3	Hitech Pulse-Eight	117
1	4	Campos Racing	73
1	5	MP Motorsport	62

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

See also

• 2023 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2023 Barcelona Formula 2 round

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 3 2023 Result for Round 4: Spain, Barcelona 2–4 June 2023 . 2 June 2023. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.
2. Web site: QUALIFYING: Martí brings it home for first F3 pole. 2 June 2023. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.
3. Web site: SPRINT RACE: O’Sullivan holds off Browning for Barcelona victory. 3 June 2023. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.
4. Web site: Three drivers penalised following Barcelona Sprint Race. 3 June 2023. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.
5. Web site: FEATURE RACE: Martí and Campos untouchable on home soil. 4 June 2023. FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . en.