The 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 9 and 10 July 2022 at the

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, Spielberg,

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. It was the fifth round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the

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Driver changes

The only driver change took part at

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as Alexander Smolyar returned to the grid after being replaced by Euroformula Open driver Filip Ugran in Silverstone due to visa problems, preventing him from entering the

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Classification

Qualifying

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driver

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achieved his maiden pole position by 0.221 seconds ahead of fellow Frenchman and championship leader Victor Martins, and

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. Notes: * – Zdeněk Chovanec was not able to set a time within the 107% time, but was later given permission by the stewards to start both the Sprint Race and the Feature Race from the back of the grid.

Sprint Race

Notes: * –

originally finished sixth, but was given a five-second time-penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits.

Feature race

took his third victory of the season and his first Feature Race win in Formula 3 to close the gap in the championship to Victor Martins to only one point. However, Martins set a new record for the most podium finishes in F3 with eleven, more than any other driver. Notes: * – Roman Staněk originally finished sixth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Kaylen Frederick, demoting him to eleventh place and subsequently dropping him out of the points. * – Francesco Pizzi received a total time-penalty of twenty seconds for twice causing a collision with teammate Zdeněk Chovanec. * –

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and

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retired, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. * – Following a medical examination, Hunter Yeany was declared unfit for Sunday's Feature Race due to a broken wrist sustained at the Sprint Race and therefore withdrew from the remainder of the weekend.

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
{{FIA Formula 3 rounds Spielberg Spielberg July 2022 sports events in Austria