The 2023 Budapest Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 23 July at the
Hungaroring
The Hungaroring is a motorsport racetrack in Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Bernie Ecclestone ...
,
Mogyoród
Mogyoród is a small traditional village in Pest County, Hungary. The Battle of Mogyoród took place here on 14 March 1074, between Solomon, King of Hungary and his cousins Géza and Ladislaus, who were claiming rights to the throne. To commemo ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
. It was the seventh round of the
2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship
The 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship is a planned motor racing championship for Formula 3 cars that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship will be the fourteenth season of Formula 3 racing and the ...
, and was held in support of the
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Hungarian Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 23 July 2023 at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eleventh round of t ...
.
Driver changes
Prior to the round at the Hungaroring, PHM Racing by Charouz announced that
GB3 racer
Woohyun Shin had taken over
McKenzy Cresswell
McKenzy Cresswell (born 16 January 2006) is a British people, British racing driver currently set to compete in the 2024 GB3 Championship, GB3 Championship with Elite Motorsport. He was a substitute driver in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship ...
's seat for the rest of the season.
Classification
Qualifying
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 ...
received a 5-second penalty for causing a collision with Caio Collet at Silverstone, which carried over and got converted into a 3-place grid penalty for the sprint race here.
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Nikola Tsolov
Nikola Tsolov ( bg, Никола Цолов, born 21 December 2006) is a Bulgarian racing driver who is the current champion of the F4 Spanish Championship and a member of the Alpine Affiliate programme. He will race with ART Grand Prix in the ...
received a 3-place grid penalty for the feature race for causing a collision with
Pepe Martí
Josep Maria "Pepe" Martí Sobrepera (born 13 June 2005) is a Spanish racing driver who most recently raced in the FIA Formula 3 for Campos Racing. He is a race winner in the UAE and Spanish Formula 4 championships, and also the 2022 Formula R ...
in the sprint race.
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Caio Collet
Caio Jotta Collet (born 3 April 2002) is a Brazilian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. He is the 2018 French F4 Championship champion and a member of the Alpine Academy.
Career
K ...
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Rafael Villagómez
Rafael Villagómez Jr. (born 10 November 2001) is a Mexican race car driver who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing. He won the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy competition in 2019.
Career ...
and
Tommy Smith received a 5-place grid penalty for the feature race for
Van Amersfoort Racing
Van Amersfoort Racing is an auto racing team based in the Netherlands. In 2022 the team competes in the Formula 2 Championship, the Formula 3 Championship, the Formula Regional European Championship, Euroformula Open Championship, Italian F4 Cham ...
not bringing their tyres to Parc Ferme after sprint race.
Sprint race
Notes:
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Luke Browning received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking
Oliver Gray
Oliver "Ollie" Gray (born 28 April 2005) is a British racing driver set to compete in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with Inter Europol Competition. He most recently competed in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Carlin, and was the ...
off track.
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Caio Collet
Caio Jotta Collet (born 3 April 2002) is a Brazilian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. He is the 2018 French F4 Championship champion and a member of the Alpine Academy.
Career
K ...
received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with
Ido Cohen
Ido Cohen (born 16 August 2001) is an Israeli racing driver who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Carlin.
Career summary
Lower formulae
Cohen made his car racing debut in 2018, racing in Italian F4 ...
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Hugh Barter
Hugh Barter (born 15 September 2005) is an Australian-Japanese racing driver who is currently racing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing. He previously competed in both the Spanish F4 and French F4 Championship, finishing r ...
received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with
Roberto Faria
Roberto Innocent Faria (born 15 January 2004) is a Brazilian people, Brazilian racing driver who last raced in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz Racing System, Charouz. He previously raced in the 2021 GB3 Championshi ...
.
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Woohyun Shin received a 5-second time penalty for track limits violations.
Feature race
Notes:
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Max Esterson
Maxwell Esterson (born 9 October 2002) is an American racing driver and sim-racer who most recently competed in the GB3 Championship with Fortec Motorsports. He also has competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Rodin Carlin. He is also a ...
received a 5-second time penalty for forcing
Sebastián Montoya
Sebastián "Sebas" Montoya Freydell (born 11 April 2005) is a Colombian-American racing driver who is currently competing for Prema Racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship and the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Raci ...
off track.
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Nikola Tsolov
Nikola Tsolov ( bg, Никола Цолов, born 21 December 2006) is a Bulgarian racing driver who is the current champion of the F4 Spanish Championship and a member of the Alpine Affiliate programme. He will race with ART Grand Prix in the ...
received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with
Taylor Barnard
Taylor Barnard (born 1 June 2004) is a British racing driver who is currently racing for Jenzer Motorsport in FIA Formula 3. He is the reigning ADAC Formula 4 runner-up, as well as a protégé of Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg.
Car ...
.
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Woohyun Shin received a 5-second time penalty for track limits violations.
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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2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Hungarian Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 23 July 2023 at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eleventh round of t ...
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2023 Budapest Formula 2 round
The 2023 Budapest FIA Formula 2 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 23 July 2023 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the ninth round of the 2023 Formula 2 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Hungarian Gra ...
Notes
References
External links
Official website
{{FIA Formula 3 rounds
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
Budapest Formula 3