The 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 30 June and 2 July at the

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. It was the fifth round of the

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and was held in support of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.

Background

Driver changes

GB3 racer McKenzy Cresswell took over

Piotr Wiśnicki Piotr Wiśnicki (; born 20 August 2003) is a Polish racing driver who is competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Motorsport, having previously competed in the series in 2023 for PHM Racing by Charouz. He has previously compe ...

's seat at PHM Racing by Charouz for this round and the following

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round.

Classification

Qualifying

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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 ...

originally qualified seventh, but received a three-place grid drop for the sprint race due to impeding Tommy Smith. * –

Christian Mansell Christian Mansell (born 9 February 2005) is an Australian racing driver set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing. He previously competed in the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship for CryptoTower Racing, finishin ...

originally qualified third, but due to crossing the white line at pit entry, he was given a three-place grid drop for the sprint race. * -

Oliver Gray Oliver "Ollie" Gray (born 28 April 2005) is a British racing driver set to compete in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with Inter Europol Competition. He most recently competed in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Carlin, and was th ...

was given a five-place grid drop for the feature race due to causing a collision with

Rafael Villagómez Rafael Villagómez Jr. (born 10 November 2001) is a Mexican race car driver who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing. He won the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy competition in 2019. Career ...

in the sprint race. * -

Hunter Yeany Hunter Yeany (born 11 May 2005) is an American racing driver who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Carlin. He previously raced in the Indy Pro 2000 and Formula Regional Americas championships, both with Vel ...

received a five-place grid drop for the sprint race due to causing a collision with

at the Barcelona feature race.

Sprint race

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Nikita Bedrin Nikita Vyacheslavovich Bedrin (russian: Никита Вячеславович Бедрин; born 6 January 2006) is a Russian racing driver who is racing under an Italian racing license. He currently competes in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championsh ...

originally finished seventeenth, but later received a ten-second time penalty for an incident with

Leonardo Fornaroli Leonardo Fornaroli (born 3 December 2004) is an Italian people, Italian racing driver who is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Trident. He is the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship, 2022 Formula Regional European ...

, dropping him to down to twenty-fifth.

Feature race

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Sebastián Montoya Sebastián "Sebas" Montoya Freydell (born 11 April 2005) is a Colombian-American racing driver who is currently competing for Prema Racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship and the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racin ...

initially finished tenth, however, he was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with

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 ...

, dropping him down to twentieth. * -

originally finished thirteenth but was handed a ten-second time penalty for unsafely rejoining the track, dropping him to twenty-first. * –

Sophia Flörsch Sophia Flörsch (born 1 December 2000) is a German racing driver, currently competing in the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing. She has previously raced in the DTM, the FIA World Endurance Championship and FIA Formula 3, and is a p ...

was disqualified from the feature race after it was found that her car's front wing endplates were less than the required 70mm above the reference plane. As a result,

Pepe Martí Josep Maria "Pepe" Martí Sobrepera (born 13 June 2005) is a Spanish racing driver who most recently raced in the FIA Formula 3 for Campos Racing. He is a race winner in the UAE and Spanish Formula 4 championships, and also the 2022 Formula Reg ...

moved up to ninth while

was promoted to the final point scoring position.

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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