2020 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Not to be confused with 2020 2nd Spielberg Formula 3 round.

The 2020 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 4 and 5 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It is the first round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.

  2020 Red Rull Ring Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 1 of 9 in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.690 mi)
Feature Race
Date 4 July 2020 Laps 24 Pole position Driver Sebastián Fernández ART Grand Prix Time 1:19.429 Podium First Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Second Logan Sargeant Prema Racing Third Alex Peroni Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Alex Peroni Campos Racing Time 1:21.602 (on lap 19)
Sprint Race
Date 5 July 2020 Laps 24 Podium First Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix Second Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport Third Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing Fastest lap Driver Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Time 1:21.513 (on lap 4)

Entries

17 drivers made their full-time FIA Formula 3 Championship debut, with only Jenzer driver Federico Malvestiti having had experience in the category before. The other rookies were Formula Renault Eurocup champion Oscar Piastri and Formula Regional European champion Frederik Vesti at Prema Racing, Italian F4 champion Dennis Hauger at Hitech Grand Prix, ADAC F4 Championship winner Théo Pourchaire and Aleksandr Smolyar at ART Grand Prix, Olli Caldwell at Trident, Enzo Fittipaldi and Jack Doohan at HWA Racelab, Lukas Dunner at MP Motorsport, Calan Williams and F4 UAE champion Matteo Nannini, Roman Staněk, David Schumacher and 2020 Toyota Racing Series winner Igor Fraga at Charouz, BRDC F3 champion Clément Novalak, Enaam Ahmed and Cameron Das at Carlin Buzz Racing, and Sophia Flörsch at Campos Racing. Logan Sargeant switched from Carlin to Prema, Max Fewtrell and Liam Lawson moved to Hitech from ART Grand Prix and MP Motorsport respectively, Sebastián Fernández went from Campos to ART, meanwhile Lirim Zendeli and David Beckmann came to Trident from Charouz and ART respectively, and Bent Viscaal made a move to MP Motorsport from HWA. The other drivers, namely Jake Hughes (HWA), Richard Verschoor (MP), Alex Peroni and Alessio Deledda (both Campos) returned to their previous year's team respectively.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	9	Sebastian Fernández	ART Grand Prix	1:19.429	1
2	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	0.016	2
3	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	0.135	3
4	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	0.166	4
5	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	0.189	5
6	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	0.247	6
7	11	David Beckmann	Trident	0.264	7
8	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	0.280	8
9	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	0.380	9
10	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	0.397	10
11	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	0.599	11
12	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	0.626	12
13	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	0.679	13
14	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	0.682	14
15	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	0.712	15
16	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	0.761	16
17	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	0.771	17
18	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	0.799	18
19	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	0.895	19
20	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	0.909	20
21	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	0.915	21
22	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	0.924	22
23	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	1.126	23
24	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	1.378	24
25	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	1.417	25
26	27	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin Buzz Racing	1.429	26
27	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	1.804	27
28	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	1.882	28
29	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	1.901	29
30	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	3.631	30

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	24	32:53.331	3	25
2	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	24	1.671	4	18
3	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	24	3.017	8	15 (2)
4	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	24	4.002	6	12
5	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	24	7.496	2	10
6	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	24	10.818	12	8
7	11	David Beckmann	Trident	24	12.862	7	6
8	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	24	13.800	9	4
9	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	24	14.194	11	2
10	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	24	14.558	14	1
11	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	24	15.477	13
12	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	24	22.398	17
13	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	24	22.921	20
14	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	24	25.218	15
15	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	24	26.634	16
16	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	24	27.131	30
17	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	24	27.587	10
18	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	24	27.874	29
19	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	24	29.229	19
20	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	24	29.599	25
21	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	24	29.930	23
22	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	24	30.365	21
23	27	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin Buzz Racing	24	30.868	26
24	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	24	31.123	22
25	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	24	35.204	24
26	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	24	35.838	28
27	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	24	36.354	18
28	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	24	37.545	PL
29	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	23	1 lap	27
DNF	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	1	Collision damage	1	(4)
Fastest lap set by Alex Peroni: 1:21.602 (lap 19)
Source:

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	24	37:01.698	5	15
2	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	24	0.417	3	12
3	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	24	1.302	1	10
4	11	David Beckmann	Trident	24	1.639	4	8
5	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	24	2.232	6	6
6	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	24	2.836	7	5
7	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	24	3.090	2	4
8	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	24	3.451	10	3 (2)
9	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	24	4.098	18	2
10	4	Max Fewtrell	Hitech Grand Prix	24	4.580	12	1
11	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	24	4.975	11
12	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	24	5.437	28
13	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	24	6.206	30
14	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	24	7.109	24
15	25	David Schumacher	Charouz Racing System	24	8.499	25
16	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	24	9.159	26
17	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	24	9.491	21
18	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	24	9.864	22
19	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	24	10.949	20
20	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	24	11.388	29
21	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	24	12.050	19
22	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	24	12.445	15
23	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	24	13.189	17
24	27	Enaam Ahmed	Carlin Buzz Racing	24	18.137	23
25	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	24	30.838	16
26	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	24	40.237	13
27	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	23	1 lap	9
NC	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	16	8 laps	14
DNF	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	10	Mechanical	8
DNF	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	5	Mechanical	22
Fastest lap set by Oscar Piastri: 1:21.513 (lap 4)
Source:

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Oscar Piastri	30
2	Liam Lawson	23
3	Logan Sargeant	18
4	Alex Peroni	17
5	Frederik Vesti	17

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Racing	65
2	Trident	35
3	Hitech Grand Prix	24
4	Campos Racing	17
5	MP Motorsport	16

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

See also

• 2020 Austrian Grand Prix
• 2020 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round

External links

Official website