The 2022 Budapest Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 30 and 31 July 2022 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the sixth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix.
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| Round 6 of 9 in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing circuit 4.381 km (2.722 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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With Caio Collet and Alexander Smolyar winning the Sprint Race and the Feature Race respectively, MP Motorsport became the first team after Prema Racing in 2019 to win both races in a Formula 3 weekend and the first non-Prema team to do so.
Driver changes edit
Some driver changes occurred prior to the Budapest round, with current Euroformula Open championship leader Oliver Goethe making his FIA Formula 3 debut for Campos Racing by replacing Hunter Yeany, who is ruled out for the Budapest round due to a broken wrist sustained at the previous round in Spielberg.[1] For Charouz Racing System, the current Euroformula Open Championship runner-up Christian Mansell will be making his debut in the series by replacing Zdeněk Chovanec, who was competing in the last two rounds for the Czech squad.[2]
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
Alexander Smolyar took his first pole position of the season to become the sixth different polesitter at the sixth weekend and he claimed pole position for the first time after 2020 at the same venue. Smolyar qualified ahead of both rookies Zane Maloney and Oliver Bearman.[3]
Sprint race edit
Feature race edit
Notes:
- ^1 – Arthur Leclerc and Brad Benavides both received a five-place grid drop due to causing collisions in the Sprint Race with Jak Crawford and Ido Cohen respectively.[12]
Standings after the event edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Goethe is a Danish-German driver competing under a Monégasque licence.[4]
- ^ Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver competing under a British licence.[5]
- ^ Mansell is an Australian driver competing under a British licence.[6]
- ^ Benavides is an American-Spanish-Guatemalan driver who competed under a Spanish licence in rounds 1–3 and an American licence from round 4.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ "Campos confirms Oliver Goethe as Hunter Yeany's replacement for Budapest". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Charouz Racing System confirms Christian Mansell for Budapest". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Smolyar on pole in Budapest for MP Motorsport". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Oliver Goethe". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Reece Ushijima". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Christian Mansell". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "2022 Barcelona Event - Barcelona 2022 F3 Entry List" (PDF). FIA. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 Silverstone Event - Silverstone DRIVERS ENTRY LIST" (PDF). FIA. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Formula 3 2022 Result for Round 6: Budapest, Hungary 29–31 July 2022". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "SPRINT RACE: Collet masters game of survival on way to maiden victory". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "FEATURE RACE: Smolyar victorious from pole in Budapest". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Leclerc and Benavides penalised following Budapest Sprint Race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 30 July 2022.