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.
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| Round 9 of 10 in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editART 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
editQualifying
editQualifying was held on 26 July 2024, at 15:05 local time (UTC+2).
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
editThe Sprint race was held on 27 July 2024, at 09:50 local time (UTC+2).
Feature Race
editThe Feature race was held on 28 July 2024, at 08:30 local time (UTC+2).
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
- Note: Bold name includes the Teams' Champion.
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Collantine, Keith (16 May 2024). "F3 drivers Stenshorne and Tsolov banned for one round each". RaceFans.net. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Savonen, Ilari (25 July 2024). "Tuukka Taposelle, 17, herkullinen formulahyppäys!". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Nikita Bedrin". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Formula 3 2024 Result for Round 9: Belgium, Spa-Francorchamps 26-28 July 2024". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "QUALIFYING: Voisin beats Dunne to take maiden pole position at Spa-Francorchamps". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Van Hoepen disqualified, Zagazeta penalised following Budapest Feature Race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "SPRINT RACE: Beganovic holds off Minì to take victory at Spa-Francorchamps". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "FEATURE RACE: Voisin takes maiden F3 victory in busy Spa-Francorchamps affair". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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