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. It was the fifth round of the

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Classification

Summary

Christian Mansell achieved his first FIA Formula 3 pole position in qualifying at the

, followed by Arvid Lindblad and Nikola Tsolov. Santiago Ramos started the sprint race from first place. In the opening laps of the sprint race, second-placed Sami Meguetounif collided with Ramos in an attempt to overtake, bringing out the safety car and allowing

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into the lead. Boya maintained his lead until the end of the race, which finished under safety car conditions after Sebastián Montoya and Gabriele Minì collided earlier. Boya took his first victory in the category, followed by

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with his maiden podium finish, and Oliver Goethe. Feature race pole-sitter Mansell led at the start but was overtaken by Lindblad on lap five. Luke Browning passed Tsolov for third place early in the race but lost the podium position to Leonardo Fornaroli in the closing laps. In a race which was also the 100th race in the modern Formula 3 era, Lindblad claimed his second victory of the season, with Mansell and Fornaroli completing the top three. Championship leader Minì failed to score in Barcelona and dropped to third in the standings, whilst Fornaroli's podium promoted him to the lead, five points ahead of Browning.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 21 June 2024, at 15:00 local time (

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). Notes: * –

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received a five-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with Santiago Ramos at the sprint race. * –

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received a three-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with

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at the sprint race.

Sprint Race

The Sprint race was held on 22 June 2024, at 10:40 local time (

Feature Race

The Feature race was held on 23 June 2024, at 10:05 local time (

). Notes: * –

received a five-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with Santiago Ramos at the sprint race. * –

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retired, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. * –

received a three-place grid-penalty for causing a collision with

at the sprint race.

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
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Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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