2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

  2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 9 of 10 in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 27 July 2024 Laps 12 Podium First Dino Beganovic Prema Racing Second Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Third Noel León Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Noel León Van Amersfoort Racing Time 2:08.683 (on lap 12)
Feature Race
Date 28 July 2024 Laps 15 Pole position Driver Callum Voisin Rodin Motorsport Time 2:04.321 Podium First Callum Voisin Rodin Motorsport Second Sebastián Montoya Campos Racing Third Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Fastest lap Driver Callum Voisin Rodin Motorsport Time 2:05.770 (on lap 15)

The 2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 26 and 28 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It was the penultimate race of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix.

Despite not scoring any points in the Feature race, Prema Racing secured the teams championship for the fifth time in six seasons as their main rival ART Grand Prix failed to score the sufficient amount of points in order to retain in mathematical contention for the Teams' Championship, going into the final round in Monza. It is Prema's fifth Teams' title in six seasons.

Driver changes

ART Grand Prix driver Nikola Tsolov received a suspension from the ninth round at Spa-Francorchamps. He had competed in the Eurocup-3 round at the same circuit in April without prior FIA approval.^[1] Formula Regional Middle East champion and Ferrari junior Tuukka Taponen took his place.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 26 July 2024, at 15:05 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	2:04.321	12	1
2	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	+0.123	11	2
3	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.132	10	3
4	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	+0.200	9	4
5	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.224	5	5
6	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.224	6	6
7	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.252	7	7
8	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+0.296	8^1	8
9	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+0.299	4	9
10	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	+0.308	3	10
11	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.339	2	11
12	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.415	1	12
13	25	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	+0.437	16^2	13
14	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	+0.439	13	14
15	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+0.579	14	15
16	27	Nikita Bedrin[a]	AIX Racing	+0.579	15	16
17	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.696	22^3	17
18	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	+0.911	17	18
19	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.023	23^1	19
20	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	+1.027	18	20
21	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.057	19	21
22	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+1.181	25^1	22
23	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	+1.190	20	23
24	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	+1.311	21	24
25	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.458	24	25
26	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.669	26	26
27	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	+1.813	27	27
28	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.927	29^1	28
29	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	+1.976	30^1	29
30	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	+1.987	28	30
107% time: 2:13.023 (+8.702)
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

• ^1 – Sami Meguetounif, Sophia Flörsch, Mari Boya, Charlie Wurz and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak all received a three-place grid-penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage during qualifying. All drivers had to take the penalty for the next race they entered.
• ^2 – Tuukka Taponen received a three-place grid-penalty for the Sprint Race for impeding Alex Dunne.
• ^3 – Matías Zagazeta received a five-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with Arvid Lindblad during the Feature Race of the previous round in Hungary.^[6]

Sprint Race

The Sprint race was held on 27 July 2024, at 09:50 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	12	29:03.659	1	10
2	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	12	+1.131	2	9
3	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+2.872	5	8 (1)
4	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	12	+5.800	4	7
5	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	12	+6.815	9	6
6	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	12	+7.237	13	5
7	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	12	+7.894	12	4
8	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	12	+11.049	3	3
9	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	12	+11.937	10	2
10	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	12	+14.837	14	1
11	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	12	+15.976	17
12	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	12	+16.812	7
13	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	12	+16.943	15
14	25	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	12	+18.384	16
15	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	12	+20.370	27
16	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	12	+22.066	18
17	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+22.454	22
18	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	12	+22.870	19
19	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+24.773	23
20	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	12	+25.416	28
21	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	12	+25.974	20
22	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	12	+26.347	26
23	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	12	+27.700	11
24	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	12	+28.283	21
25	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	+30.721	24
26	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+32.293	29
27	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	12	+36.669	8
28	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	12	+49.234	25
29	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	12	+52.996	30
DNF	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Accident	6
Fastest lap set by Noel León: 2:08.683 (lap 12)
Source:[4][7]

Feature Race

The Feature race was held on 28 July 2024, at 08:30 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	1	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	15	41:33.717	1	25 (3)
2	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	15	+0.915	9	18
3	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	15	+1.662	3	15
4	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+2.191	5	12
5	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	15	+2.871	8	10
6	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	15	+3.229	7	5
7	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+3.604	6	6
8	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	15	+4.088	10	4
9	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	15	+4.852	9	2
10	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	15	+5.345	2	1
11	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	15	+6.600	12
12	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	15	+7.271	15
13	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	15	+8.133	11
14	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	15	+9.522	24
15	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	15	+10.686	29
16	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+11.129	25
17	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+12.148	17
18	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	15	+12.796	30
19	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	15	+13.274	14
20	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	15	+17.763	28
21	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	15	+18.380	20
22	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	15	+19.997	26
23	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+20.236	28
24	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	15	+20.339	23
25	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	15	+24.758	18
DNF	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	9	Collision/Spun off	27
DNF	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	9	Accident	22
DNF	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	6	Collision/Spun off	19
DNF	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1	Collision	21
DNF	25	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	1	Collision	13
Fastest lap set by Callum Voisin: 2:05.770 (lap 15)
Source:[4][8]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 129 1 2 Gabriele Minì 128 1 3 Luke Browning 123 1 4 Arvid Lindblad 113 1 5 Dino Beganovic 100

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 341 2 ART Grand Prix 226 3 Trident 217 4 Campos Racing 175 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 149

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold name includes the Teams' Champion.

See also

• 2024 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2024 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[3]

References

1. Collantine, Keith (16 May 2024). "F3 drivers Stenshorne and Tsolov banned for one round each". RaceFans.net. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
2. Savonen, Ilari (25 July 2024). "Tuukka Taposelle, 17, herkullinen formulahyppäys!". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
3. "Nikita Bedrin". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
4. "Formula 3 2024 Result for Round 9: Belgium, Spa-Francorchamps 26-28 July 2024". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
5. "QUALIFYING: Voisin beats Dunne to take maiden pole position at Spa-Francorchamps". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
6. "Van Hoepen disqualified, Zagazeta penalised following Budapest Feature Race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
7. "SPRINT RACE: Beganovic holds off Minì to take victory at Spa-Francorchamps". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
8. "FEATURE RACE: Voisin takes maiden F3 victory in busy Spa-Francorchamps affair". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

External links

• Official website

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