The 2025 Budapest FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 1 and 3 August 2025 at Hungaroring. It was the penultimate race of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Report
Qualifying Rafael Câmara took pole position for Trident, ahead of the Campos Racing of Mari Boya and the ART Grand Prix of Tuukka Taponen.
Sprint race Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak started on reverse grid pole after qualifying twelfth for the feature race, with James Hedley and James Wharton behind. The top three maintained position off the start, but Alessandro Giusti fell from fourth to sixth, before making contact with Ugo Ugochukwu at turn 13, putting the MP Motorsport car out of the race with suspension damage and bringing out a safety car. The race resumed on lap 4. Ugochukwu passed Wharton for third on lap 7 and Hedley for second on lap 11, but his charge was halted by a late safety car due to a collision between Noel León and Théophile Naël. Inthraphuvasak held on to take his second F3 win, followed by Ugochukwu and Charlie Wurz.
Feature race The race was held in wet conditions. Câmara led the field away for a rolling start, but Tim Tramnitz suffered a spin at turn 7. A safety car was called out on lap 4 for a collision between Brad Benavides and Roman Bilinski. Racing resumed on lap 7, only for another safety car period to be declared after Gerrard Xie and Ugochukwu came together at turn five. Martinius Stenshorne and Bruno del Pino gambled on dry tires, but this proved unsuccessful. Câmara held on to take victory from Boya and Taponen. The victory, his fourth of the season, was enough to seal the title with a round to spare, as rival Nikola Tsolov could only recover to sixth after starting 21st.
Classification
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 1 August 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2). DriverEntrantTime/Gap15 Rafael CâmaraTrident1:32.510121210 Mari BoyaCampos Racing +0.00811238 Tuukka TaponenART Grand Prix +0.142103416 Gerrard XieHitech TGR +0.15394520 Théophile NaëlVan Amersfoort Racing +0.1548566 Charlie WurzTrident +0.2277673 Ugo UgochukwuPrema Racing +0.2286781 Brando BadoerPrema Racing +0.25358919 Alessandro GiustiMP Motorsport +0.30549109 James WhartonART Grand Prix +0.3293101126 James HedleyAIX Racing +0.3452111211 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakCampos Racing +0.384112132 Noel LeónPrema Racing +0.3911318144 Noah StrømstedTrident +0.39414131521 Santiago RamosVan Amersfoort Racing +0.40915141628 Brad BenavidesAIX Racing +0.42316151717 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport +0.42717161825 Roman BilinskiRodin Motorsport +0.4731817197 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix +0.48419192014 Martinius StenshorneHitech TGR +0.51520202112 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing +0.52721212222 Ivan DominguesVan Amersfoort Racing +0.53122222323 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport +0.58426262431 Christian HoDAMS Lucas Oil +0.60727272530 Matías ZagazetaDAMS Lucas Oil +0.65123232629 Nicola LacorteDAMS Lucas Oil +0.65224242718 Bruno del PinoMP Motorsport +0.78525252824 Louis SharpRodin Motorsport +1.02528282915 Nikita JohnsonHitech TGR +1.26629293027 Nicola MarinangeliAIX Racing +1.3273030Source: Notes:
Callum Voisin and Christian Ho were both given a five-place grid penalty for both races for impeding other drivers during qualifying. Noel León was given a five-place grid penalty for the feature race for causing a collision in the sprint race.
Sprint race The sprint race was held on 2 August 2025, at 10:05 local time (UTC+2). DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap111 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakCampos Racing1935:28.27011023 Ugo UgochukwuPrema Racing19 +0.82069+136 Charlie WurzTrident19 +1.43078426 James HedleyAIX Racing19 +4.3472759 James WhartonART Grand Prix19 +4.6453661 Brando BadoerPrema Racing19 +4.97755710 Mari BoyaCampos Racing19 +5.12511485 Rafael CâmaraTrident19 +5.500123920 Théophile NaëlVan Amersfoort Racing19 +5.852821016 Gerrard XieHitech TGR19 +6.55991118 Tuukka TaponenART Grand Prix19 +6.910101221 Santiago RamosVan Amersfoort Racing19 +7.752151317 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport19 +8.144171425 Roman BilinskiRodin Motorsport19 +8.619181512 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing19 +8.919211624 Louis SharpRodin Motorsport19 +9.12628174 Noah StrømstedTrident19 +9.433141823 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport19 +9.98826197 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix19 +10.759192031 Christian HoDAMS Lucas Oil19 +10.992272127 Nicola MarinangeliAIX Racing19 +11.356302214 Martinius StenshorneHitech TGR19 +12.394202315 Nikita JohnsonHitech TGR19 +12.689292422 Ivan DominguesVan Amersfoort Racing19 +14.511222518 Bruno del PinoMP Motorsport19 +15.309252630 Matías ZagazetaDAMS Lucas Oil19 +23.79423DNF2 Noel LeónPrema Racing14Collision13DNF28 Brad BenavidesAIX Racing13Retired16DNF29 Nicola LacorteDAMS Lucas Oil7Retired24DNF19 Alessandro GiustiMP Motorsport0Accident4Fastest lap: Ivan Domingues (1:36.278 on lap 19)Source: Notes:
Ivan Domingues set the fastest lap, but did not finish within the top ten and was ineligible for the bonus point. Ugo Ugochukwu set the fastest lap eligible for the bonus point. Martinius Stenshorne was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. This demoted him from 12th to 22nd. Bruno del Pino was given a five-second time penalty for a false start. This demoted him from 19th to 25th. Matías Zagazeta was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision. This demoted him from 24th to 26th.
Feature race The feature race was held on 3 August 2025, at 08:30 local time (UTC+2). DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap15 Rafael CâmaraTrident2347:14.331125+2210 Mari BoyaCampos Racing23 +1.937218+138 Tuukka TaponenART Grand Prix23 +12.99431546 Charlie WurzTrident23 +13.621612520 Théophile NaëlVan Amersfoort Racing23 +14.167510612 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing23 +14.91621871 Brando BadoerPrema Racing23 +20.9338687 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix23 +21.732194919 Alessandro GiustiMP Motorsport23 +23.299921011 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakCampos Racing23 +25.0321211124 Louis SharpRodin Motorsport23 +25.32828124 Noah StrømstedTrident23 +25.973131317 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport23 +30.709161425 Roman BilinskiRodin Motorsport23 +32.099171523 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport23 +35.041261630 Matías ZagazetaDAMS Lucas Oil23 +38.14023172 Noel LeónPrema Racing23 +38.764181829 Nicola LacorteDAMS Lucas Oil23 +42.994241921 Santiago RamosVan Amersfoort Racing23 +43.328142031 Christian HoDAMS Lucas Oil23 +44.776272115 Nikita JohnsonHitech TGR23 +48.025292226 James HedleyAIX Racing23 +56.891112327 Nicola MarinangeliAIX Racing23 +1:13.728302422 Ivan DominguesVan Amersfoort Racing23 +1:18.531222518 Bruno del PinoMP Motorsport22 +1 lap252614 Martinius StenshorneHitech TGR22 +1 lap20279 James WhartonART Grand Prix20Retired10DNF16 Gerrard XieHitech TGR6Collision4DNF3 Ugo UgochukwuPrema Racing6Collision7DNF28 Brad BenavidesAIX Racing2Collision15Fastest lap: Noel León (1:50.508 on lap 23)Source: Notes:
Noel León set the fastest lap, but did not finish within the top ten and was ineligible for the bonus point. Mari Boya set the fastest lap eligible for the bonus point. Callum Voisin was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision. This demoted him from 14th to 15th. Noel León was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision. This demoted him from 13th to 17th.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Rafael Câmara156 2 2 Mari Boya108 1 3 Nikola Tsolov106 1 4 Tim Tramnitz93 5 Martinius Stenshorne80
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Trident282 2 Campos Racing263 3 MP Motorsport166 1 4 ART Grand Prix144 1 5 Van Amersfoort Racing136
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix 2025 Budapest Formula 2 round
References
External links Official website