Preview ROUND 1/8 BARCELONA

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya RACE 1 >> 22 LAPS >> 102.284 km 40 min. Start/Finish Offset 4.655 KM 0.126 km RACE 2 >> 22 LAPS >> 102.284 km 40 min.

COMPOUND GMT+2 EUROPCAR TIMETABLE 13 Allocation BANC DE SABADELL CHICANE th CAMPSA 12 RACC 11 Friday 10 M AY 9 15 DRS ACTIVATION 1 HARD 09:15 Practice Session . 45 min. NEW 14 SECTOR 1 HOLLAND 17:50 Qualifying Session . 30 min. REPSOL * 4 19:30 Press Conference SECTOR 2 10 DRS DETECTION 1 16 LAp RECORD* SATURDay 11th M AY DRS * 2019 Pre-season test DETECTION 2 10:15 First Race . 22 laps • 40 min. 8 DRS ACTIVATION 2 * SECTOR 3 1:32.222 (181.713 KM/H) 11:15 Press Conference 5 SEAT 7 6 () TH SUNDay 12 M AY 3

10:15 Second Race . 22 laps • 40 min. 2 SPEED TRAP Average Temp. 22°/10° 1 ELF Average rainfall 35 mm *Note: The FIA F3 press conference takes place in the F1 press conference room.

THE STAKES WARM UP Leonardo Pulcini Hitech Grand Prix

“Barcelona is one difference in temperatures. It will be hotter of my favourite so I would expect some tyre degradation tracks and I’m but I’m quite comfortable with that. quite confident about driving there, “The best thing I like for this year is that especially as last there are no longer any limits on the year I had my first pole position there number of times we can use DRS, so it will and during winter testing this year we be easier to overtake, and I think you can talked about the race. I’ve found a lot of overtake in every corner if you wanted! I potential with the Hitech team, they are found when doing race simulation that really professional, and the car fits me you feel less aerodynamic loss so you can very well, especially around Barcelona. follow the car in front of you better, so it will be very exciting in the races for sure. “Something has changed in terms of tyres though and we have to watch “I think I have a little advantage this year in them a little bit, especially on the third terms of my experience. All 30 drivers are Sector which is the critical part of the very quick, the level is so high, so we just track in terms of tyre temperatures. It is have to find a good position on track and very important for a good lap time, and then the traffic will be key because if I do a you can make a big difference with just normal lap then we’re always going to be a bit more speed through it. In winter in the top three. I’m very, very happy with testing we didn’t really have any tyre how we are working and how our car is degradation but there will be a big doing ahead of Barcelona.”

NOTEWORTHY

The inaugural FIA Formula 3 tyre management, just like they will have > The race weekend at Barcelona is the > Three different drivers were fastest Championship begins this weekend to do when they move up the first of 8 rounds which make up the overall at three different winter testing with the first round of the 2019 season ladder, and with two races per weekend 2019 F3 calendar, all alongside events; ART Grand Prix’s Christian taking place at the Circuit de Barcelona- and reverse grids, these skills will prove Formula 1 Grands Prix. Lundgaard at Le Castellet, Hitech Grand Catalunya in Spain. The championship is crucial in the battle to become champion. Prix’s Leonardo Pulcini at Barcelona designed to be the perfect driver training > The FIA Formula 3 Championship is and of PREMA ground for both Formula 2 and, ultimately, Barcelona hosts Round 1 of the a one-make category consisting of Racing at Budapest. 30 identical cars. Formula 1, with some of the world’s best championship, and with the drivers having tested there in pre-season recently The F3 2019 machine features a > At 17-years-old, MP Motorsport’s racing teams taking part, and the hottest naturally aspirated 3.4 litre bespoke is the youngest driver in young motor racing talents from across the drivers should know the challenges of the circuit. Pirelli is providing the 6 cylinder engine, which the Championship this season. the globe filling their race seats. delivers 380 HP at 8000 rpm. teams with Hard compound tyres, and > The Championship’s official website F3 provides an entry point for young and tyre management could play a vital role can be found here: ambitious drivers to join the Formula 1 after the track was resurfaced. With 30 www.fiaformula3.com circus, and gives them the chance to identical cars on track, no mandatory take the path to join their heroes in pitstops and flat-out racing from start to > Follow us on Twitter: the main paddock. The drivers must finish, the season promises to deliver @FIAFormula3 showcase their skills both in speed and plenty of excitement! > Each race weekend features one forty-five minute practice session and > Follow us on Instagram: one thirty minute qualifying session, @fiaf3 Mario Isola (Pirelli head of F1 and car racing) SAYS: followed by two races, each to be no longer than 40 minutes in total. > Follow us on Facebook: @FIAFormula3 “We’re looking forward to welcoming and all the teams know well from testing: > Pirelli will provide one dry and one wet the brand-new Formula 3 championship it’s traditionally been quite demanding on > compound tyre to teams at each event, The 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship to the grand prix weekend. We’ve tyres, so tyre management and strategy Media Kit is available for download in and there are no mandatory pitstops. designed new tyres for the car, which is can make a difference. However, we’ve our Media Zone: designed to deliver its power in a way noted that since being resurfaced last www.fiaformula3.com that’s more similar to Formula 2 and year, the track has begun to evolve and Media ZoNe Formula 1, with a bigger emphasis on mature again, so it will be interesting to Username fiaf3media oversteer to prepare drivers for what see what type of a difference that makes Password fiaf3mediapass comes next. Barcelona is a track that we this weekend.”

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ON-BOARD 2019 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS 1 BEC ART Grand Prix DEU 19 y/o The average age of this year’s 2 FEW drivers. GBR 19 y/o 19.13 3 LUN DNK 18 y/o 300 km/h The top speed of the new 4 Liam Lawson LAW F3 2019 car. MP Motorsport NZL 17 y/o 300 5 Simo Laaksonen LAA FIN 20 y/o The number of different nationalities 6 VER represented on the grid. NLD 18 y/o 19 7 ZEN DEU 19 y/o The number of exciting F3 races by Charouz 8 SCH CHE 19 y/o taking place this season. HYM 16 9 GBR 22 y/o 2019 CLASSIFICATIONS 10 VIS HWA RACELAB NLD 19 y/o drivers’ standings teams’ standings Hughes HUG 11 Jake M M M M GBR 24 y/o POS. DRIVER RACE 1 RACE 2 PTS Shuffle POS. TEAM RACE 1 RACE 2 PTS Shuffle

AND 12 1...... 1...... IRN 19 y/o 2...... 2...... 14 TSU JPN 18 y/o 3...... 3......

15 Artem Petrov PET 4...... 4...... RUS 19 y/o 5...... 5...... 16 EST DEU 18 y/o 6...... 6...... 17 Devlin DeFrancesco DEF 7...... 7...... Trident CAN 19 y/o 8...... 8...... PIQ 18 9...... 9...... BRA 20 y/o 10...... 10...... 19 KAR FIN 19 y/o 11......

20 Leonardo Pulcini PUL 12...... Hitech Grand Prix ITA 20 y/o 13...... 21 Jüri Vips VIP EST 18 y/o 14...... 22 YIF 15...... CHN 18 y/o 16...... PER 23 17...... AUS 19 y/o 18...... 24 DEL ITA 24 y/o 19......

25 Sebastián Fernández FER 20...... ESP 18 y/o 21...... 26 ARM PREMA Racing NZL 18 y/o 22...... 27 DAR 23...... IND 20 y/o 24...... 28 Robert Shwartzman SHW ...... RUS 19 y/o 25. 29 NAT 26...... Carlin Buzz Racing JPN 18 y/o 27...... DRU 30 28...... BRA 18 y/o 29...... 31 SAR USA 18 y/o 30......

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 ...... Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ......

2 21-22-23 June Le Castellet FRANCE ...... ......

AUSTRIA 3 28-29-30 June Spielberg ...... Ring ......

GREAT BRITAIN 4 12-13-14 July Silverstone ...... ......

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

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 ......

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