The 2021 Barcelona FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 8 and 9 May 2021 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. It was the first round of the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying The Qualifying session took place on 7 May 2021, with Dennis Hauger scoring his first Formula 3 pole position, six thousandth ahead of fellow Red Bull junior Jack Doohan.
DriverTeamTime/Gap11 Dennis HaugerPrema Racing1:32.904124 Jack DoohanTrident +0.0062317 Victor MartinsMP Motorsport +0.0613414 Matteo NanniniHWA Racelab +0.209457 Frederik VestiART Grand Prix +0.269563 Olli CaldwellPrema Racing +0.280675 Clément NovalakTrident +0.3217829 Logan SargeantCharouz Racing System +0.359896 David SchumacherTrident +0.37091018 Caio ColletMP Motorsport +0.40110118 Aleksandr SmolyarART Grand Prix +0.451111225 Jonny EdgarCarlin Buzz Racing +0.46612139 Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix +0.555131412 Roman StaněkHitech Grand Prix +0.61814152 Arthur LeclercPrema Racing +0.631151615 Oliver RasmussenHWA Racelab +0.733161716 Rafael VillagómezHWA Racelab +0.771171830 Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System +0.902181911 Ayumu IwasaHitech Grand Prix +0.961192010 Jak CrawfordHitech Grand Prix +0.972202126 Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport +0.977212219 Tijmen van der HelmMP Motorsport +1.004222324 Kaylen FrederickCarlin Buzz Racing +1.057232421 Lorenzo ColomboCampos Racing +1.120242522 Amaury CordeelCampos Racing +1.287252623 Ido CohenCarlin Buzz Racing +1.429262720 László TóthCampos Racing +1.566272831 Reshad de GerusCharouz Racing System +1.871282927 Pierre-Louis ChovetJenzer Motorsport +1.874293028 Filip UgranJenzer Motorsport +2.22830Source:
Sprint Race 1 On the formation lap the Carlin of Ido Cohen stopped, leading to the start being aborted and one race lap being removed. Cohen was able to start from the pitlane.
Edgar had a good start as Smolyar immediately came under pressure from Caio Collet. The Russian managed to shake off the MP Motorsport driver, who was then drawn into a battle with Novalak and Logan Sargeant, and closed the gap to Edgar.
As soon as DRS was enabled, Smolyar was on the attack, sweeping past the Carlin driver to take the race lead on lap 4. Edgar tried to fight back a lap later but he couldn't get back through. Smolyar managed to break the tow to Edgar and extended a gap at the front of the field.
Edgar was soon joined by Collet, who tried to challenge Edgar for second, but allowed Trident driver Novalak to sweep through to take third after running wide.
Novalak soon snatched second from Edgar around the outside of the first corner and was closing the gap to Smolyar when the safety car was brought out with two laps remaining, after Oliver Rasmussen clipped the curb and ran into the gravel at the final corner, where he got stuck. Rasmussen's car couldn't be cleared in time for a restart and the race ended behind the safety car, allowing Smolyar to take his maiden F3 win. Collet held off Sargeant to take third, and Edgar dropped back to fifth. The battling Caldwell, Vesti and Hauger finished behind, and Martins and Nannini completed the top ten. DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap18 Aleksandr SmolyarART Grand Prix2136:23.523215 (2)25 Clément NovalakTrident21 +1.591612318 Caio ColletMP Motorsport21 +1.951310429 Logan SargeantCharouz Racing System21 +2.13058525 Jonny EdgarCarlin Buzz Racing21 +2.4941663 Olli CaldwellPrema Racing21 +2.8577577 Frederik VestiART Grand Prix21 +3.4818481 Dennis HaugerPrema Racing21 +3.819123917 Victor MartinsMP Motorsport21 +4.1201021014 Matteo NanniniHWA Racelab21 +4.54391116 David SchumacherTrident21 +4.97341230 Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System21 +5.320181310 Jak CrawfordHitech Grand Prix21 +5.716201411 Ayumu IwasaHitech Grand Prix21 +6.23219159 Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix21 +7.210131612 Roman StaněkHitech Grand Prix21 +7.75414174 Jack DoohanTrident21 +10.095111826 Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport21 +10.349211916 Rafael VillagómezHWA Racelab21 +11.270172031 Reshad de GerusCharouz Racing System21 +11.864282119 Tijmen van der HelmMP Motorsport21 +13.444222224 Kaylen FrederickCarlin Buzz Racing21 +13.925232321 Lorenzo ColomboCampos Racing21 +14.171242427 Pierre-Louis ChovetJenzer Motorsport21 +18.083292528 Filip UgranJenzer Motorsport21 +18.384302622 Amaury CordeelCampos Racing21 +20.506252720 László TóthCampos Racing21 +21.03127282 Arthur LeclercPrema Racing21 +21.452152923 Ido CohenCarlin Buzz Racing21 +38.07226DNF15 Oliver RasmussenHWA Racelab18Accident16Source:
Sprint Race 2 Fittipaldi led from reversed-grid pole position at the start, as the Safety Car was brought out after Smolyar had sustained a puncture in Turn 1 after contact with Novalak, which sent the Russian into the path of Sargeant. After the restart David Schumacher was able to keep up with the Brazilian, and passed him on lap 12.
Schumacher couldn't pull away however and was forced to defend three laps later, when Fittipaldi got fully alongside. Trying to go around the outside of Turn 1, Fittipaldi went wide off track and then tried to rejoin over the raised kerb at Turn 2, banging wheels with Schumacher and sending the latter crashing into the barriers. Fittipaldi continued in third behind Matteo Nannini and Dennis Hauger, only to then slow to a halt under the subsequent safety car period.
When the race restarted with five laps to go, Hauger immediately went side by side with Nannini for the lead, but the HWA driver braked late on the inside to stay out front. Going onto the penultimate lap they were then side-by-side once more, Hauger this time taking to the inside. After mounting the apex kerb he had an oversteer which led to him hitting Nannini, and was left with nowhere to go but run into his spinning rival. This led to Caldwell picking up the lead, and going into the first corner on the last lap he was forced to defend against a charging Victor Martins, leaving the Frenchman no room to go around the outside. The Prema driver won the race and picked up 15 points, ahead of Martins and a quiet Frederik Vesti. Novalak, Collet, Edgar, Iwasa, Doohan, Crawford and Juan Manuel Correa completed the top ten, with the latter scoring the first point of his racing return. DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap13 Olli CaldwellPrema Racing2240:42.623715217 Victor MartinsMP Motorsport22 +0.90541237 Frederik VestiART Grand Prix22 +2.85861045 Clément NovalakTrident22 +3.742118518 Caio ColletMP Motorsport22 +3.979106625 Jonny EdgarCarlin Buzz Racing22 +4.52285711 Ayumu IwasaHitech Grand Prix22 +5.00814484 Jack DoohanTrident22 +5.511173910 Jak CrawfordHitech Grand Prix22 +5.868132109 Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix22 +6.4671511126 Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport22 +6.757181212 Roman StaněkHitech Grand Prix22 +9.862161331 Reshad de GerusCharouz Racing System22 +10.328201427 Pierre-Louis ChovetJenzer Motorsport22 +10.919241519 Tijmen van der HelmMP Motorsport22 +11.482211622 Amaury CordeelCampos Racing22 +11.979261724 Kaylen FrederickCarlin Buzz Racing22 +14.113221816 Rafael VillagómezHWA Racelab22 +15.168191915 Oliver RasmussenHWA Racelab22 +15.608302023 Ido CohenCarlin Buzz Racing22 +16.047292128 Filip UgranJenzer Motorsport22 +16.408252221 Lorenzo ColomboCampos Racing22 +16.901232320 László TóthCampos Racing22 +18.30527242 Arthur LeclercPrema Racing22 +18.55228251 Dennis HaugerPrema Racing22 +1:37.49152614 Matteo NanniniHWA Racelab21Collision3DNF30 Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System15Electrical1DNF6 David SchumacherTrident14Collision2DNF29 Logan SargeantCharouz Racing System0Collision9DNF8 Aleksandr SmolyarART Grand Prix0Collision12Source: Notes – Arthur Leclerc was given a 10-second time penalty for violation of minimum delta time under Safety Car – Dennis Hauger was given a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Matteo Nannini
Feature Race At the start, Hauger didn't have a great launch but as he went four-wide down the long main pit straight with Doohan, Martins and Nannini, he braked last and got ahead of the others, in which Doohan lost out and fell back to fourth.
As Hauger gradually extended the gap at the front, Doohan regained momentum and passed Martins on lap nine, who had run over the sausage kerb at the exit of turn 15, and was then passed by Nannini.
Doohan then overtook Nannini for second after three further laps, as Hauger was able to pull a gap on the rest of the field. Four laps from the end, Caldwell overtook Martins for fourth, and as the gaps remained stagnant for the remainder of the race, Hauger won in dominant fashion. Doohan scored his first F3 podium, with Nannini in third. The three were followed up by Caldwell, Martins, Novalak, Vesti, Collet, Sargeant, who lost two positions on lap 21 after running wide at the final corner, and Staněk, who came home in tenth. DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap11 Dennis HaugerPrema Racing2235:47.216125 (4+2)24 Jack DoohanTrident22 +3.721218314 Matteo NanniniHWA Racelab22 +6.15341543 Olli CaldwellPrema Racing22 +8.124612517 Victor MartinsMP Motorsport22 +11.54831065 Clément NovalakTrident22 +12.3377877 Frederik VestiART Grand Prix22 +13.45556818 Caio ColletMP Motorsport22 +14.053104929 Logan SargeantCharouz Racing System22 +15.435821012 Roman StaněkHitech Grand Prix22 +15.477141118 Aleksandr SmolyarART Grand Prix22 +16.06211126 David SchumacherTrident22 +16.6889132 Arthur LeclercPrema Racing22 +17.23815149 Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix22 +21.249131511 Ayumu IwasaHitech Grand Prix22 +26.143191625 Jonny EdgarCarlin Buzz Racing22 +31.767121715 Oliver RasmussenHWA Racelab22 +32.388161810 Jak CrawfordHitech Grand Prix22 +32.628201930 Enzo FittipaldiCharouz Racing System22 +33.274182019 Tijmen van der HelmMP Motorsport22 +33.882222126 Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport22 +34.069212223 Ido CohenCarlin Buzz Racing22 +37.210262331 Reshad de GerusCharouz Racing System22 +37.932282427 Pierre-Louis ChovetJenzer Motorsport22 +38.577292522 Amaury CordeelCampos Racing22 +39.222252620 László TóthCampos Racing22 +40.548272728 Filip UgranJenzer Motorsport22 +53.678302816 Rafael VillagómezHWA Racelab21 +1 Lap172921 Lorenzo ColomboCampos Racing21 +1 Lap243024 Kaylen FrederickCarlin Buzz Racing21 +1 Lap23Source: Notes – Rafael Villagómez received a five-second time penalty for forcing Amaury Cordeel off the track in the first two corners.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Dennis Hauger 34 2 Olli Caldwell 32 3 Clément Novalak 28 4 Victor Martins 24 5 Jack Doohan 21 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 66 2 Trident 49 3 MP Motorsport 44 4 ART Grand Prix 38 5 HWA Racelab 16
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2021 Spanish Grand Prix
References
External links Official website