The 2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 27 and 28 August 2022 at the
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...
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Stavelot
Stavelot (; german: Stablo ; wa, Ståvleu) is a town and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Francorchamps and Stavelot.
It is best known as the home of Sp ...
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
. It was the seventh round of the
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the
2022 Belgian Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying
Caio Collet secured his maiden pole position in the rain-affected qualifying session, with
Zane Maloney
Zane Maloney (born 2 October 2003) is a Barbadian racing driver. He was the 2019 British F4 champion and finished as runner-up in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, racing for Trident. In December 2022, it was announced he was joining the Red ...
and, surprisingly,
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 ...
in second and third respectively.
Sprint race
Notes:
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Jonny Edgar
Jonny Edgar (born 13 February 2004) is an English racing driver currently set to race in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and is the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 champion.
Career
Karting ...
originally finished second, but was given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collison 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 ...
.
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Zak O'Sullivan originally finished twenteeth, but was given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with
Juan Manuel Correa
Juan Manuel Correa Borja (born August 9, 1999) is an American-Ecuadorian racing driver who races under an American license and is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.
Career Karting
Correa beg ...
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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.
Care ...
originally finished sixteenth, but was later disqualified due to unauthorised work that was carried out on his car during the red flag period, specifically alterations to the rear wing whilst the race was suspended, which is a breach of Article 42.4 of the FIA Sporting Regulations.
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Ido Cohen was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance
Feature race
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Caio Collet originally finished third, but was given a five-second time-penalty for rejoining the track unsafely.
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David Vidales
David Vidales Ajenjo (born 1 May 2002) is a Spanish racing driver set to race in the 2023 Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing. He was a race winner in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing.
Career
Karting
Vidales started kart ...
originally finished seventh, but was later dropped one position for being found to have left the track and gained a lasting advantage whilst overtaking
William Alatalo, allowing the latter to be promoted to seventh place.
Standings after the event
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Teams' Championship standings
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Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
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2022 Belgian Grand Prix
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2022 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round
Notes
References
External links
Official website
{{FIA Formula 3 rounds
Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has hel ...
2022 in Belgian motorsport