The 2022 Sakhir FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 19 and 20 March 2022 at the

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. It was the opening round of the

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, and was held in support of the

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Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 18 March 2022, with F3 debutant

Franco Colapinto Franco Alejandro Colapinto (born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine-Italian racing driver who is due to compete in FIA Formula 3 for MP Motorsport. He is the 2019 F4 Spanish champion and a race winner in the European Le Mans Series. He is a member of ...

scoring his and his team's (

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) first pole-position in the series, while

Roman Staněk Roman Staněk Jr. (born 25 February 2004) is a Czech racing driver who is scheduled to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident. He previously competed in FIA Formula 3 for three seasons, where he placed fifth in 2022, and is ...

achieved his best ever qualifying result with second. ; Notes * –

Kush Maini Kush Maini (born 22 September 2000) is an Indian racing driver currently competing in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship for Campos Racing. He has previously competed in Formula 4, the Formula Renault Eurocup, the FIA World Endurance Champions ...

qualified in third place, but was forced to start from the pitlane in both races due to missing the weighbridge during the first half of qualifying. * –

Ayrton Simmons Ayrton Simmons (born 29 April 2001) is a British-Spanish racing driver, who last competed in the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship. He previously competed in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Charouz Racing System. He is the vice-champion ...

received a three-place penalty for impeding Alexander Smolyar during qualifying. As he had originally qualified in 29th place, he started from last on the grid.

Sprint Race

Following a battle for the lead between polesitter

Zak O'Sullivan Zak O'Sullivan (born 6 February 2005) is a British racing driver of Irish descent who is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Prema Racing. He most recently competed in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Carlin. He is ...

and

Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman (born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver. He was the 2021 Italian and ADAC Formula 4 champion and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He most recently competed for Prema Racing in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, end ...

the latter was able to build a gap on his competitors. Bearman would cross the line in first place, but was given a time penalty for extending the track on multiple occasions, which promoted fellow rookie

Isack Hadjar Isack Alexandre Hadjar (born 28 September 2004) is a French-Algerian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix. He was the 2021 Formula Regional European rookie champion and is a member of ...

to the top step of the podium. Bearman ended up second and Alexander Smolyar finished third. ;Notes * –

and László Tóth originally finished the race first and 21st, but were each given a five-second penalty for track limit infringements. * –

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received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding the track limits on multiple occasions, demoting him from 18th to 23rd.

Feature Race

;Notes * -

originally finished in 14th place, but was demoted to 21st by virtue of a five-second penalty for causing a collision with

Niko Kari Niko Kari (born 6 October 1999) is a Finnish racing driver who last raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport. He won his first single-seater championship, the 2015 SMP F4 Championship, in his debut year in car racing and is ...

. * - Alexander Smolyar originally finished in 8th place, but was given a total penalty of 20 seconds due to both exceeding track limits and causing a collision with

respectively, demoting him to 23rd. * -

Enzo Trulli Enzo Trulli (born 15 April 2005) is an Italian racing driver. He is the 2021 Formula 4 UAE champion, and most recently raced for Carlin Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. He is the son of Formula One race winner Jarno Trulli. Caree ...

received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with

Francesco Pizzi Francesco Raffaele Pizzi (born 12 November 2004) is an Italian racing driver racing in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. He most recently competed for Charouz Racing System in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship. He ...

Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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