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Preview ROUND 5/8

Hungaroring RACE 1 >> 22 LAPS >> 96.342 km 40 min. Start/Finish Offset 4.381 KM 0.040 km RACE 2 >> 22 LAPS >> 96.342 km 40 min.

1 5 COMPOUND TIMETABLE GMT+2 DRS ACTIVATION 2 Allocation

6 ND SECTOR 1 4 Friday 02 AUGUST MEDIUM 09:35 Practice Session . 45 min. 3 1 ACTIVATION DRS 7 SPEED TRAP rd SATURDay 03 AUGUST 2 09:00 Qualifying Session . 30 min. LAp RECORD* 8 16:45 Race 1 . 22 laps • 40 min. * 2019 Pre-season test 17:45 Press Conference* 13 1:30.746 (173.799 KM/H) 9 TH (PREMA Racing) SUNDay 04 AUGUST SECTOR 3 10:00 Race 2 . 22 laps • 40 min. 10

14 Average Temp. 28°/16° *Note: The FIA F3 press conference takes place in the F1 press conference room. Average rainfall 70 mm DRS 12 11 DETECTION SECTOR 2

THE STAKES WARM UP Jenzer

“The is “There are many challenges at the circuit. my favourite circuit There are high-speed corners and lots of so I’m really looking ups and downs which is quite nice. It’s forward to going fun to drive, especially Turn 5. It feels like back and racing a really fast corner considering it’s quite there. Last year tight. It provides a real challenge but I I was doing like that. It’s probably my favourite corner European F3 in the world - it’s that good! testing there “It can be difficult to manage the tyres and that was the at Budapest because there are so many first time I came corners and there’s no real opportunity to Europe. At that to rest them. If you push too much at time I didn’t have the beginning, the tyres can really drop any experience away, so you have to try and save them of Europe at all, I more in Hungary than you perhaps do at only had experience of driving in Japan, other circuits. It’s physically tough to drive and now I think I have driven more laps too, so you need to be fit. around that circuit than any other track “The last testing session I did at Budapest After the drama of the FIA in second. Third-placed Vips’ (92) on the continent. Because of that I have was quite good. I think our car looks Formula 3 Championship visits beautiful Silverstone success now sees him just very special memories of Budapest. The strong, we just need to improve the Budapest for Round 5. 10 points behind. Despite not tasting test was also very good for me personally balance, but hopefully I can get top three victory at a race weekend for the first and is a big part of the reason why I’ve or top five in qualifying. I’d love to take Briton pleased the passionate come to Europe to compete this year. P1 in the race so hopefully I can do that.” home support by going quickest in his time this season, PREMA (293) bagged ART Grand Prix machine during Friday more points than any other team to morning’s practice, and those cheers increase their lead at the head of the NOTEWORTHY continued throughout the weekend as Teams’ Championship. Hitech (127) Jüri Vips led the charge for home team have moved up to second, opening up > Jüri Vips has led more laps (40) than > Leonardo Pulcini and both to grab pole position in a 35 point gap to ART Grand Prix (92) in third place. any other driver on the grid this season. led an FIA Formula 3 race for the first qualifying. Vips continued his fine form to is second with 34 laps time at Silverstone. Both drivers earned keep PREMA Racing’s Jehan Daruvala at The Hungaroring hosts the fifth round led. their first podiums of the season, with bay and win a second successive Race 1 of the championship, providing the Pulcini grabbing his first F3 win. with a stunning lights-to-flag victory. Hitech 30 drivers battling wheel-to-wheel out looked to have closed the performance gap on track a tough, technical test. The > Lawson’s third place finish at Silverstone on a PREMA outfit who had dominated heat of the Hungarian summer could was also MP Motorsport’s first podium of the early season, and that seemed to be also prove challenging to both man the season. confirmed during Sunday’s Race 2. Italian and machine. are supplying ace Leonardo Pulcini charged through the teams with the medium compound, and > Out of eight possible victories this top order to take the lead with two laps left the drivers will have to keep one eye on season, PREMA have four, Hitech Grand to secure a maiden F3 victory. their tyres if they’re to maximise their Prix have three and HWA RACELAB Robert Shwartzman (114 points) remains chances of success in what is sure to have one. on top of the Drivers’ Championship, be another blistering weekend of F3 > Between them, PREMA Racing trio ahead of teammate Daruvala (102) action! , Daruvala and Robert > Argentinian-born Shwartzman have stood on the podium Mario Isola (Pirelli head of F1 and car racing) SAYS: 13 times this season, more than every returns to F3 with other team combined. at the Hungaroring, “This the last FIA Formula 3 round As a result, managing the medium > Armstrong, who is driving the Swiss before the summer break but we’re compound in hot conditions will be vitally fourth in the Drivers’ team’s number 15 already entering the final stages of the important, while maintaining a focus Championship, has car for the second championship, which provides even on strategy will be key too because it’s completed 97 laps time this season. more pressure to obtain a strong result very tricky to overtake. It’s also going to inside the top three in Hungary. It’s a track that many of the be one of the most important qualifying places – the most > The F3 qualifying session at the drivers will be familiar with from their sessions of the year: finding a gap on of any driver on the grid. Teammate and Hungaroring will take place on Saturday karting days and testing: very tight and what’s often a crowded circuit will be championship leader Shwartzman has morning as opposed to Friday narrow, with the tyres constantly working. essential.” ‘only’ spent 71 laps in the P1-P3. afternoon.

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ON-BOARD 2019 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS 1 BEC ART Grand Prix DEU 19 y/o The gap between Robert Shwartzman and PREMA Racing teammate Jehan Daruvala at the Fewtrell FEW 2 Max top of the Drivers’ Championship. GBR 20 y/o 12 3 LUN DNK 18 y/o The number of points Jüri Vips took from Round 4, more than any driver despite not scoring a point 4 Liam Lawson LAW MP Motorsport NZL 17 y/o 29 in Race 2. 5 Simo Laaksonen LAA FIN 20 y/o The number of different drivers who have set a fastest lap so far this season. Christian Lundgaard 6 VER NLD 18 y/o 7 has set the most with two. 7 ZEN Sauber Junior Team DEU 19 y/o The average high temperature (in Celsius) in by Charouz 8 SCH CHE 20 y/o Budapest during a race weekend in August. HYM 28 9 Raoul Hyman GBR 23 y/o 2019 CLASSIFICATIONS After 8/16 RACES 10 VIS HWA RACELAB NLD 19 y/o drivers’ standings teams’ standings HUG 11 M M M M GBR 25 y/o POS. DRIVER RACE 1 RACE 2 PTS Shuffle POS. TEAM RACE 1 RACE 2 PTS Shuffle

AND 12 1. Robert Shwartzman...... 1M...... 1M....114 = 1. PREMA Racing...... 2M..... 2M..... 293 = IRN 19 y/o 2. Jehan Daruvala...... 1M...... 1M....102 = 2. Hitech Grand Prix...... 2M..... 1M..... 127 +1 TSU 14 Yuki Tsunoda M Jenzer Motorsport JPN 19 y/o 3. Jüri Vips...... 2 ...... 92 = 3. ART Grand Prix...... 92 -1 4...... 15 Giorgio Carrara CAR Marcus Armstrong 77 = 4. Trident...... 58 = CHE 18 y/o 5. ...... 43 +1 5. HWA RACELAB...... 1M...... 41 = 16 Andreas Estner EST 6. Max Fewtrell...... 37 -1 DEU 19 y/o 6. MP Motorsport...... 33 = 7. Christian Lundgaard...... 36 +1 17 Devlin DeFrancesco DEF 7. Jenzer Motorsport...... 11 = ...... M...... Trident CAN 19 y/o 8. Leonardo Pulcini 1 35 +6 8. Sauber Junior Team by Charouz...... 7 = M PIQ 9. Jake Hughes...... 1 ...... 31 -2 18 Pedro Piquet 9. ...... 5 = BRA 21 y/o 10. Liam Lawson...... 22 +5 10. Carlin Buzz Racing...... 1 = 19 Niko Kari KAR 11. David Beckmann...... 19 -1 FIN 19 y/o 12. niko Kari...... 15 -3 PUL 20 Leonardo Pulcini 13. Yuki Tsunoda...... 11 = Hitech Grand Prix ITA 21 y/o 14. Bent Viscaal...... 10 -3 21 Jüri Vips VIP EST 18 y/o 15. Richard Verschoor...... 9 -3 22 YIF 16. Lirim Zendeli...... 6 = CHN 19 y/o 17. Alexander Peroni...... 5 = PER 23 Alexander Peroni 18. Simo Laaksonen...... 2 = Campos Racing AUS 19 y/o 19. ...... 1 = 24 DEL ITA 24 y/o 20. Fabio Scherer...... 1 +8 25 Sebastián Fernández FER 21. Devlin DeFrancesco...... 0 -1 ESP 19 y/o 22. ...... 0 -1 MOST IMPROVED 26 Marcus Armstrong ARM 23. Andreas Estner...... 0 -1 PREMA Racing NZL 19 y/o 24. Ye Yifei...... 0 +2 27 Jehan Daruvala DAR 25. Sebastián Fernández...... 0 -2 IND 20 y/o Fabio scherer 26...... -2 28 Robert Shwartzman SHW Raoul Hyman 0 Sauber Junior Team RUS 19 y/o 27. Keyvan Andres...... 0 -2 by Charouz 29 Teppei Natori NAT 28. Teppei Natori...... 0 -1 Carlin Buzz Racing JPN 18 y/o 29. Alessio Deledda...... 0 = +8 places DRU gained in the drivers’ 30 Felipe Drugovich 30. Artem Petrov...... 0 = BRA 19 y/o standings between 31. Giorgio Carrara...... 0 = 31 Logan Sargeant SAR Round 3 (Spielberg) and USA 18 y/o 32. ...... 0 < Round 4 (Silverstone).

RACE 1 Bonus points RACE 2 Bonus points 2019 SEASOn RECAP Pole Position Winner M Fastest Lap for Fastest Lap Winner M Fastest Lap for Fastest Lap

1 10-11-12 May Barcelona SPAIN Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya PREMA Racing PREMA Racing ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix PREMA Racing PREMA Racing PREMA Racing

2 21-22-23 June Le Castellet FRANCE Jake Hughes Jehan Daruvala Felipe Drugovich Yuki Tsunoda Robert Shwartzman Marcus Armstrong Marcus Armstrong HWA RACELAB PREMA Racing Carlin Buzz Racing Jenzer Motorsport PREMA Racing PREMA Racing PREMA Racing

AUSTRIA 3 28-29-30 June Spielberg Marcus Armstrong Jüri Vips Jüri Vips Jüri Vips Jake Hughes Christian Lundgaard Jake Hughes PREMA Racing Hitech Grand Prix Hitech Grand Prix Hitech Grand Prix HWA RACELAB ART Grand Prix HWA RACELAB

GREAT BRITAIN 4 12-13-14 July Silverstone Jüri Vips Jüri Vips Logan Sargeant Jehan Daruvala Leonardo Pulcini Robert Shwartzman Robert Shwartzman Hitech Grand Prix Hitech Grand Prix Carlin Buzz Racing PREMA Racing Hitech Grand Prix PREMA Racing PREMA Racing

HUNGARY 5 02-03-04 August Budapest ...... Hungaroring ......

BELGIUM 6 30-31 August - 01 Sept. Spa-Francorchamps ...... Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ......

ITALY 7 06-07-08 September Monza ...... Autodromo Nazionale Monza ......

RUSSIA ...... 8 27-28-29 September Sochi ......

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2019 Round 5 Preview: Budapest, Hungary

All of the vital information ahead of F3's fifth round of 2019

The Stakes

After the drama of Silverstone the FIA Formula 3 Championship visits beautiful Budapest for Round 5.

Briton Max Fewtrell pleased the passionate home support by going quickest in his ART Grand Prix machine during Friday morning’s practice, and those cheers continued throughout the weekend as Jüri Vips led the charge for home team Hitech Grand Prix to grab pole position in qualifying. Vips continued his fine form to keep PREMA Racing’s Jehan Daruvala at bay and win a second successive Race 1 with a stunning lights-to-flag victory. Hitech looked to have closed the performance gap on a PREMA outfit who had dominated the early season, and that seemed to be confirmed during Sunday’s Race 2. Italian ace Leonardo Pulcini charged through the top order to take the lead with two laps left to secure a maiden F3 victory.

Robert Shwartzman (114 points) remains on top of the Drivers’ Championship, ahead of teammate Daruvala (102) in second. Third-placed Vips’ (92) Silverstone success now sees him just 10 points behind. Despite not tasting victory at a race weekend for the first time this season, PREMA (293) bagged more points than any other team to increase their lead at the head of the Teams’ Championship. Hitech (127) have moved up to second, opening up a 35 point gap to ART Grand Prix (92) in third place.

The Hungaroring hosts the fifth round of the championship, providing the 30 drivers battling wheel-to-wheel out on track a tough, technical test. The heat of the Hungarian summer could also prove challenging to both man and machine. Pirelli are supplying teams with the medium compound, and the drivers will have to keep one eye on their tyres if they’re to maximise their chances of success in what is sure to be another blistering weekend of F3 action!

Warm Up // Yuki Tsunoda – Jenzer Motorsport

“The Hungaroring is my favourite circuit so I'm really looking forward to going back and racing there. Last year I was doing European F3 testing there and that was the first time I came to Europe. At that time I didn't have any experience of Europe at all, I only had experience of driving in Japan, and now I think I have driven more laps around that circuit than any other track on the continent. Because of that I have very special memories of Budapest. The test was also very good for me personally and is a big part of the reason why I've come to Europe to compete this year.

“There are many challenges at the circuit. There are high-speed corners and lots of ups and downs which is quite nice. It's fun to drive, especially Turn 5. It feels like a really fast corner considering it's quite tight. It provides a real challenge but I like that. It's probably my favourite corner in the world - it's that good!

“It can be difficult to manage the tyres at Budapest because there are so many corners and there's no real opportunity to rest them. If you push too much at the beginning, the tyres can really drop away, so you have to try and save them more in Hungary than you perhaps do at other circuits. It's physically tough to drive too, so you need to be fit.

“The last testing session I did at Budapest was quite good. I think our car looks strong, we just need to improve the balance, but hopefully I can get top three or top five in qualifying. I'd love to take P1 in the race so hopefully I can do that.”

Mario Isola, Pirelli Head of F1 and Car Racing

“This the last FIA Formula 3 round before the summer break but we’re already entering the final stages of the championship, which provides even more pressure to obtain a strong result in Hungary. It’s a track that many of the drivers will be familiar with from their karting days and testing: very tight and narrow, with the tyres constantly working. As a result, managing the medium compound in hot conditions will be vitally important, while maintaining a focus on strategy will be key too because it’s very tricky to overtake. It’s also going to be one of the most important qualifying sessions of the year: finding a gap on what’s often a crowded circuit will be essential.”

Season Stats

12 The gap between Robert Shwartzman and PREMA Racing teammate Jehan Daruvala at the top of the Drivers’ Championship.

29 The number of points Jüri Vips took from Round 4, more than any driver despite not scoring a point in Race 2.

7 The number of different drivers who have set a fastest lap so far this season. Christian Lundgaard has set the most with two.

28 The average high temperature (in Celsius) in Budapest during a race weekend in August. Noteworthy

Jüri Vips has led more laps (40) than any other driver on the grid this season. Jehan Daruvala is second with 34 laps led.

Between them, PREMA Racing trio Marcus Armstrong, Daruvala and Robert Shwartzman have stood on the podium 13 times this season, more than every other team combined.

Armstrong, who is fourth in the Drivers’ Championship, has completed 97 laps inside the top three places – the most of any driver on the grid. Teammate and championship leader Shwartzman has ‘only’ spent 71 laps in the P1-P3.

Leonardo Pulcini and Liam Lawson both led an FIA Formula 3 race for the first time at Silverstone. Both drivers earned their first podiums of the season, with Pulcini grabbing his first F3 win.

Lawson’s third place finish at Silverstone was also MP Motorsport’s first podium of the season.

Out of eight possible victories this season, PREMA have four, Hitech Grand Prix have three and HWA RACELAB have one. Argentinian-born Giorgio Carrara returns to F3 with Jenzer Motorsport at the Hungaroring, driving the Swiss team’s number 15 car for the second time this season.

The F3 qualifying session at the Hungaroring will take place on Saturday morning as opposed to Friday afternoon.

Data (GMT+2)

Friday Free Practice: 09.35 – 10.20

Saturday Qualifying: 09.00 – 09.30 Race 1: 16.45 (22 laps) Press conference: 17.45

Sunday Race 2: 10.00 (22 laps)

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