Preview ROUND 2/8 LE CASTELLET

Circuit RACE 1 >> 20 LAPS >> 116.904 km 40 min. Start/Finish Offset 5.842 KM +0.064 km RACE 2 >> 20 LAPS >> 116.904 km 40 min.

10 COURBES DE COMPOUND GMT+2 SIGNES TIMETABLE Allocation

VIRAGE DE SECTOR 2 st BENDOR Friday 21 JUNE CHICANE 9 12 NORD MEDIUM 09:25 Practice Session . 45 min. DRS 13 SPEED DETECTION 2 17:50 Qualifying Session . 30 min. TRAP 8 14 COURBE DU LIGNE DROITE GARLABAN * DU MISTRAL VIRAGE 19:30 Press Conference DRS DU LAC DETECTION 1 SECTOR 3 DOUBLE DROITE 11 DU BEAUSSET LAp RECORD* ND SATURDay 22 JUNE VIRAGE DE LA DRS ACTIVATION 15 SAINTE-BEAUME * 2019 Pre-season test 1 1 VIRAGE 10:30 DRS ACTIVATION 2 First Race . 20 laps • 40 min. 6 7 DU PONT * 1:48.786 (192.664 KM/H) 11:35 Press Conference ”S” DE LA SECTOR 1 VERRERIE 2 4 (ART Grand Prix) RD VIRAGE DE 5 3 SUNDay 23 JUNE L’HÔTEL VIRAGE DU 09:55 Second Race . 20 laps • 40 min. CAMP Average Temp. 26°/17° Average rainfall 15 mm *Note: The FIA F3 press conference takes place in the F1 press conference room.

THE STAKES WARM UP HWA RACELAB

“The Circuit Paul and the track conditions were very different Ricard is a very fast, from the test to the race, so I would expect very demanding something similar. We’ve already seen track. It’s quite more degradation than last year’s test and hard on the front with the added temperature of the summer tyres, especially the in the south of France, this will become front left, and it’s more critical. quite physical for the driver as well because Le Beausset is one of the most “It’s historically a test circuit that has been demanding corners in the world in my transformed into a race circuit, so a lot of opinion. With the natural slipstream the curbs are different to what we’re used all the way through Signes and into Le to. There’s a lot of long straights, which I Beausset, there’s a lot of side-by-side think makes the racing quite interesting and action. It’s such a long, fast corner with quite tense. I really enjoyed it last year. a wide apex you leave a big gap on the inside, so if someone’s feeling brave “It’s quite susceptible to wind direction you can push it up the inside there. being on top of a mountain range too, so the weather can be quite interesting as “We had a test there last year at a well. We had some good races last year in similar time to the one we had this year GP3 so I’m looking forward to it.”

The wait is over as Le Castellet welcomes teammate in Race 2, as NOTEWORTHY the F3 paddock for Round 2 of the 2019 the Italian team took 81 points to cap off FIA Formula 3 Championship, six weeks a very impressive weekend. > PREMA Racing teammates Robert > 29 drivers will compete the second after the first race weekend of the season. Shwartzman (37 pts) leads Lundgaard Shwartzman and Jehan Daruvala round at with Jenzer made history in Barcelona after winning only running two cars in A sun-drenched Barcelona hosted this (24 pts) at the top of the standings, Race 1 and Race 2 respectively – the France. season’s first wheel-to-wheel action with with Daruvala (23 pts) just a point first races of the inaugural FIA 30 cars battling it out on track, but it further behind in third; PREMA Racing Formula 3 Championship. > Lundgaard was the fastest overall driver was PREMA Racing who reigned in are the early front-runners in the Teams’ around Circuit Paul Ricard during the Spain. Trident’s had set the Championship with 81 points, 32 ahead > PREMA and ART Grand Prix were the F3 testing event at Le Castellet in benchmark during Free Practice but, led of ART Grand Prix (49 pts) in second, only teams to see all three of their March, with a time of 1:48.786.s drivers score points in both races. by , three of the top with in third with four places in Qualifying were occupied 20 points. by PREMA machines. ART Grand Prix’s Circuit Paul Ricard plays host to F3 for the Christian Lundgaard split the pack on the second round of the championship, and front row. The Danish driver then took the the drivers will be hoping to avoid the > The Championship’s official website lead into Turn 1 and didn’t look back, colourful run-off areas as they fight hard can be found here: only to be demoted to second place after to make their mark on the young season. www.fiaformula3.com being given a late five-second penalty. are supplying teams with Medium Therefore it was Shwartzman who compound tyres, and the number of cars > Follow us on Twitter: @FIAFormula3 made history as F3’s first race winner battling it out on track this weekend is set after a solid drive. Nobody could catch to provide plenty of entertainment. > Follow us on Instagram: > 10 different drivers scored points in @fiaf3 Round 1 – Shwartzman, Daruvala Mario Isola (Pirelli head of F1 and car racing) SAYS: and of PREMA, > Follow us on Facebook: ART’s Christian Lundgaard, David @FIAFormula3 “Pirelli is the title sponsor of the Grand of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, the Beckmann and , Jüri Vips of Hitech Grand Prix, from > The 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prix de France, so it’s great to have all teams are still learning about the car- Trident, MP Motorsport’s Simo three championships that we supply – tyre package all the time, so it will be Media Kit is available for download in Laaksonen and Jenzer Motorsport’s our Media Zone: Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 – in intriguing to see who gets to grips with . action over the weekend. We can expect what is required at Paul Ricard fastest. www.fiaformula3.com high temperatures and smooth asphalt in It isn’t the easiest circuit to overtake > Just 23 points separate Shwartzman at Media ZoNe France, with generally low degradation. on, so strategy can make a significant the top of the Driver’s Championship Username fiaf3media With this being only the second round difference.” and Beckmann in seventh. Password fiaf3mediapass

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ON-BOARD 2019 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS 1 BEC ART Grand Prix DEU 19 y/o The total number of points PREMA Racing earned 2 Max Fewtrell FEW in Round 1. GBR 19 y/o 81 3 Christian Lundgaard LUN DNK 17 y/o The highest number of laps led this season is shared 4 LAW between Christian Lundgaard and Jehan Daruvala. MP Motorsport NZL 17 y/o 22 5 Simo Laaksonen LAA FIN 20 y/o The points gap between Robert Shwartzman and 6 VER Lundgaard at the top of the Drivers’ Championship. NLD 18 y/o 13 7 ZEN Sauber Junior Team DEU 19 y/o The number of different podium finishers after the by Charouz 8 Fabio Scherer SCH CHE 20 y/o opening two races of the season. HYM 6 9 GBR 23 y/o 2019 CLASSIFICATIONS After 2/16 RACES 10 VIS HWA RACELAB NLD 19 y/o drivers’ standings teams’ standings HUG 11 Jake Hughes 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 Keyvan Andres 1. Robert Shwartzman...... 1M...... 37 < 1. PREMA Racing...... 1M..... 1M...... 81 < IRN 19 y/o 2. Christian Lundgaard...... 24 < 2. ART Grand Prix...... 49 < 14 Yuki Tsunoda TSU Jenzer Motorsport JPN 19 y/o 3. Jehan Daruvala...... 1M...... 23 < 3. Hitech Grand Prix...... 20 < 15 4. Marcus Armstrong...... 21 < 4. Trident...... 14 < 5. Jüri Vips...... 20 < 5. MP Motorsport...... 2 < 16 Andreas Estner EST DEU 18 y/o 6. Niko Kari...... 14 < 6. Jenzer Motorsport...... 1 < 17 Devlin DeFrancesco DEF 7. David Beckmann...... 14 < 7. Carlin Buzz Racing...... 0 < Trident CAN 19 y/o 8. Max Fewtrell...... 11 < 8. Sauber Junior Team by Charouz...... 0 < PIQ 18 Pedro Piquet 9. Simo Laaksonen...... 2 < 9. Campos Racing...... 0 < BRA 20 y/o 10. Yuki Tsunoda...... 1 < 10. HWA RACELAB...... 0 < 19 Niko Kari KAR FIN 19 y/o 11. Felipe Drugovich...... 0 <

20 PUL 12. Lirim Zendeli...... 0 < Hitech Grand Prix ITA 20 y/o 13. Sebastián Fernández...... 0 < 21 Jüri Vips VIP EST 18 y/o 14. Alex Peroni...... 0 < 22 Ye Yifei YIF 15. Bent Viscaal...... 0 < CHN 19 y/o 16. Logan Sargeant...... 0 < PER 23 Alex Peroni 17. Teppei Natori...... 0 < Campos Racing AUS 19 y/o 18. Pedro Piquet...... 0 < 24 Alessio Deledda DEL ITA 24 y/o 19. Jake Hughes...... 0 <

25 Sebastián Fernández FER 20. Liam Lawson...... 0 < ESP 18 y/o 21. Keyvan Andres...... 0 < 26 Marcus Armstrong ARM PREMA Racing NZL 18 y/o 22. Artem Petrov...... 0 < 27 Jehan Daruvala DAR 23. Richard Verschoor...... 0 < IND 20 y/o 24. Leonardo Pulcini...... 0 < 28 Robert Shwartzman SHW ...... < RUS 19 y/o 25. Devlin DeFrancesco 0 29 Teppei Natori NAT 26. Raoul Hyman...... 0 < Carlin Buzz Racing JPN 18 y/o 27. Andreas Estner...... 0 < DRU 30 Felipe Drugovich 28. Ye Yifei...... 0 < BRA 19 y/o 29. Alessio Deledda...... 0 < 31 Logan Sargeant SAR USA 18 y/o 30. Fabio Scherer...... 0 <

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 ...... Circuit Paul Ricard ......

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

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 Sochi ......

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2019 Round 2 Preview: Le Castellet, France

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

The Stakes

The wait is over as Le Castellet welcomes the F3 paddock for Round 2 of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, six weeks after the first race weekend of the season.

A sun-drenched Barcelona hosted this season’s first wheel-to-wheel action with 30 cars battling it out on track, but it was PREMA Racing who reigned in Spain. Trident’s Pedro Piquet had set the benchmark during Free Practice but, led by Robert Shwartzman, three of the top four places in Qualifying were occupied by PREMA machines. ART Grand Prix’s Christian Lundgaard split the pack on the front row. The Danish driver then took the lead into Turn 1 and didn’t look back, only to be demoted to second place after being given a late five- second penalty. Therefore it was Shwartzman who made history as F3’s first race winner after a solid drive. Nobody could catch teammate Jehan Daruvala in Race 2, as the Italian team took 81 points to cap off a very impressive weekend.

Shwartzman (37 pts) leads Lundgaard (24 pts) at the top of the standings, with Daruvala (23 pts) just a point further behind in third; PREMA Racing are the early front-runners in the Teams’ Championship with 81 points, 32 ahead of ART Grand Prix (49 pts) in second, with Hitech Grand Prix in third with 20 points.

Circuit Paul Ricard plays host to F3 for the second round of the championship, and the drivers will be hoping to avoid the colourful run-off areas as they fight hard to make their mark on the young season. Pirelli are supplying teams with Medium compound tyres, and the number of cars battling it out on track this weekend is set to provide plenty of entertainment.

Warm Up // Jake Hughes – HWA RACELAB

“Circuit Paul Ricard is a very fast, very demanding track. It’s quite hard on the front tyres, especially the front left, and it's quite physical for the driver as well because Le Beausset is one of the most demanding corners in the world in my opinion. With the natural slipstream all the way through Signes and into Le Beausset, there's a lot of side-by-side action. It's such a long, fast corner with a wide apex you leave a big gap on the inside, so if someone's feeling brave you can push it up the inside there.

“We had a test there last year at a similar time to the one we had this year and the track conditions were very different from the test to the race, so I would expect something similar. We’ve already seen more degradation than last year’s test and with the added temperature of the summer in the south of France, this will become more critical.

“It’s historically a test circuit that has been transformed into a race circuit, so a lot of the curbs are different to what we're used to. There's a lot of long straights, which I think makes the racing quite interesting and quite tense. I really enjoyed it last year.

“It's quite susceptible to wind direction being on top of a mountain range too, so the weather can be quite interesting as well. We had some good races last year in GP3 so I'm looking forward to it.”

Mario Isola, Pirelli Head of F1 and Car Racing

“Pirelli is the title sponsor of the Grand Prix de France, so it’s great to have all three championships that we supply – Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 – in action over the weekend. We can expect high temperatures and smooth asphalt in France, with generally low degradation. With this being only the second round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, the teams are still learning about the car-tyre package all the time, so it will be intriguing to see who gets to grips with what is required at Paul Ricard fastest. It isn’t the easiest circuit to overtake on, so strategy can make a significant difference.”

Season Stats

81 The total number of points PREMA Racing earned in Round 1. 22 The highest number of laps led this season is shared between Christian Lundgaard and Jehan Daruvala. 13 The points gap between Robert Shwartzman and Lundgaard at the top of the Drivers’ Championship. 6 The number of different podium finishers after the opening two races of the season.

Noteworthy PREMA Racing teammates Robert Shwartzman and Jehan Daruvala made history in Barcelona after winning Race 1 and Race 2 respectively – the first races of the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship.

PREMA and ART Grand Prix were the only teams to see all three of their drivers score points in both races.

10 different drivers scored points in Round 1 – Shwartzman, Daruvala and Marcus Armstrong of PREMA, ART’s Christian Lundgaard, David Beckmann and Max Fewtrell, Jüri Vips of Hitech Grand Prix, Niko Kari from Trident, MP Motorsport’s Simo Laaksonen and Jenzer Motorsport’s Yuki Tsunoda.

Just 23 points separate Shwartzman at the top of the Driver’s Championship and Beckmann in seventh.

29 drivers will compete the second round at Circuit Paul Ricard with Jenzer Motorsport only running two cars in France.

Lundgaard was the fastest overall driver around Circuit Paul Ricard during the F3 testing event at Le Castellet in March, with a time of 1:48.786.s

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