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Hungaroring SATURDAY RACE 1 Grid set by reversing Top 12 of Q. Results >> 22 LAPS >> 96.342 KM 40 min. Start/Finish Offset RACE 2 Grid set by reversing Top 12 of R1 Results >> 22 LAPS >> 96.342 KM 40 min. 4.381 KM 0.040 km SUNDAY RACE 3 Grid set by Qualifying Results >> 22 LAPS >> 96.342 KM 40 min.

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ALL TIMES LOCAL (GMT +2) LAP RECORD 2019 FRIDAY 30 JULY 04 1 CTOR 10:05 Practice Session . 45 min. 03 SE 1:31.761 (171.876 KM/H) SPEED 07 13:50 Qualifying Session . 30 min. TRAP (ART Grand Prix) * 06 16:05 Press Conference 02 2 R O T C E MAXIMUM SPEED SATURDAY 31 JULY S 08 10:35 Race 1 . 22 laps or 40 min. 261.6 KM/H in 2020 Race 1 * 11:40 Press Conference 13 (Trident) 09 17:55 Race 2 . 22 laps or 40 min.

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THE STory so far FROM THE GRID Roman Staněk

An incredible opening to the 2021 FIA and Clément Novalak. “The is “Tyre management in Budapest is very Formula 3 Championship has seen The junior crossed the line ahead a track that I raced important, especially because it's going seven drivers crowned victors in just of teammate and Charouz at during Italian F4 to be hot, so it's all about managing three rounds of racing. As the grid gear Racing System’s , who Championship once, your tyres and being quick for the whole up for Round 4 at the Hungaroring was later given a time penalty which and I was quite fast race. I think the most overtaking will for and the midway point in the season promoted Jack Doohan to third. there. Last year sure happen into Turn 1. Then also into approaches, Championship leader in Formula 3 Turn 2, I think we'll see a lot of overtaking will no doubt be looking It was Trident’s David Schumacher who we had some on the outside there as you have a lot of to extend his 41-point lead. Meanwhile, took the victory in Race 2, controlling the tricky space, and you can throw a lot of speed his competitors will be eager to mount a into the corner. It will be interesting. pack from lights-to-flag to collect his first conditions, firm title challenge before the mid-season points in Formula 3 in resounding style. so it wasn't break gets underway. The German finished ahead of Mercedes “I like the new weekend format so far. a great junior Vesti who came home in second, I've not got in the reverse grid yet, but It was an incredible weekend of racing weekend for and Race 1 winner Hauger who once I like it, and we're aiming to be around from Hauger last time out in , again made it from 12th on the grid to me. But I know P12 to start in the front and then to stay with the Norwegian driver laying the the podium, finishing third. the track, and it's there to get as many points as possible. foundations for his eventual 49-point quite fast with a The goal in Hungary is to be there in the weekend in Friday’s Qualifying session. top ten and to collect points, that's my Sunday’s Race 3 brought with it another slow last sector, so it's good to be back The Red Bull junior claimed pole on his expectations for this round.” showdown between Vesti and Hauger, there and it will be fun to drive. final run, beating out ART Grand Prix’s by just 0.035 seconds. with the former winning out to clinch his first victory of the season. PREMA Sprint Race 1 saw the young Norwegian Racing’s Hauger took his third podium STAT PACK claim a remarkable win from 12th on the of the weekend, this time finishing in grid, the PREMA driver finding himself second, while the Red Bull junior’s > The Formula 3 race lap record at > Dennis Hauger has six podium in the perfect position to make the most teammate Caldwell stood on the final the Hungaroring is 1:31.761 set by finishes to his name from just nine of a late collision between race-leaders step for a second time. Christian Lundgaard with ART races this season, the most of any Grand Prix in 2019. driver on the grid.

The CHALLENGERS > At just 4.381 KM long the > Dennis Hauger, Frederik Vesti and Hungaroring is one the shortest Olli Caldwell, who sit in 1st, 2nd After three rounds Dennis Hauger are now 71 points back and narrowly circuits on the Formula 3 calendar and 4th in the Championship (115 points) has increased his lead in the lead ART Grand Prix (135) by just a in 2021. standings, have all scored points in Drivers’ Championship with a 41-point single point. MP (107) are eight of nine races so far this season. lead to Frederik Vesti (74). Jack Doohan in fourth meanwhile Hitech Grand Prix > Just one member of the current grid (72) remains in third, two points ahead (38 points) trail in 5th. has previously stood on the podium > Dennis Hauger and Frederik Vesti of Olli Caldwell (70) who moves up one at the Hungaroring: PREMA Racing’s both now have seven career position after two podium finishes in , who finished 7th in last Dennis Hauger picked up his first top podiums, just three shy of the all- Spielberg. (66) rounds out year’s Championship standings, steps three finish in Formula 3 at the track time record, currently held by Robert the top five. in for at Carlin Buzz last season. Shwartzman. PREMA Racing (207 points) continue to Racing this weekend after the American lead the pack in the Teams’ Championship driver sustained a fracture dislocation of after five podiums for the team at the Red his left thumb in an incident at the . Second-placed Trident (136) Bull Ring.

TYRE TALK MARIO ISOLA (PIRELLI HEAD OF F1 AND CAR RACING) SAYS:

“The P Zero Yellow medium tyre has been case too. There’s only one real straight, selected for Formula 3 this weekend, at the start-finish, which means that the which offers a well-balanced compromise tyres are working constantly. As a result, > that’s suitable for the succession of tight some degree of tyre management may be Dennis Hauger has led 55 laps, corners and relatively low average needed to extract the optimal performance more than any other driver on the speeds that characterise the Hungaroring, from the compound all the way to the end grid. Logan Sargeant has led 47, where high temperatures are often the of each race.” and Alexander Smolyar 40.

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ON-BOARD 2021 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS 1 Dennis Hauger HAU PREMA Racing NOR 18 y/o Seven drivers on the current grid now have Formula 3 2 LEC race wins to their name (Hauger, Leclerc, Caldwell, MON 20 y/o Rookie Doohan, Vesti, Smolyar and Schumacher). 3 Olli Caldwell CAL 7 GBR 19 y/o 4 Jack Doohan DOO Trident AUS 18 y/o After three rounds, 12 drivers from six different teams have stood on the podium. 5 Clément Novalak NOV FRA 20 y/o 12 6 David Schumacher SCH DEU 19 y/o PREMA Racing’s five podium finishes in Spielberg 7 Frederik Vesti VES takes the Italian team to a total of 50 podiums in ART Grand Prix DNK 19 y/o the modern Formula 3 era. 8 Alexander Smolyar SMO 50 RUS 20 y/o 9 JCO After 9/21 RACES USA 21 y/o Rookie 2021 CLASSIFICATIONS 10 CRA drivers’ standings teams’ standings Hitech Grand Prix USA 16 y/o Rookie POS. DRIVER R1M R2M R3M PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM R1M R2M R3M PTS SHUFFLE 11 IWA JPN 19 y/o Rookie 1. Dennis Hauger...... 1M...... 1M..... 115 = 1. PREMA Racing...... 1M... 2M...1M.....207 = Stanek STA 12 Roman ...... M...... +6 2. Trident...... 1M...1M.....136 = CZE 17 y/o 2. Frederik Vesti 1 74 3. Jack Doohan...... 1M...... 72 = ...... M...... M..... 14 Matteo Nannini NAN 3. ART 1 135 +1 HWA RACELAB ITA 18 y/o 4. Olli Caldwell...... 1M...... 70 +1 4. MP Motorsport...... 107 -1 RAS Rookie 15 5. Victor Martins ...... 66 -3 5. Hitech Grand Prix...... 38 = DNK 20 y/o Rookie M 6. Alexander Smolyar...... 2 ...... 52 = 6. ...... 33 = 16 Rafael Villagómez VIL MEX 19 y/o Rookie 7. Clément Novalak...... 49 -3 7. HWA RACELAB...... 26 = R MAR 8. ...... 41 -1 17 Victor Martins 8. Carlin Buzz Racing...... 25 +1 MP Motorsport FRA 20 y/o Rookie 9. Matteo Nannini...... 26 +1 9. ...... 16 -1 CCO 18 Caio Collet 10. R...... 23 +4 BRA 19 y/o Rookie 10. ...... 0 = 11. Ayumu Iwasa R...... 23 +1 19 VAN NLD 17 y/o Rookie 12. Arthur Leclerc R...... 1M...... 22 -1 20 László Tóth TOT 13. Logan Sargeant...... 22 -4 Campos Racing HUN 21 y/o Rookie 14. David Schumacher...... 1M...... 15 +4 21 Lorenzo Colombo LCO ITA 20 y/o Rookie 15. ...... 15 -2 22 ACO 16. ...... 11 +3 BEL 19 y/o Rookie 17. Roman Staněk...... 9 = COH 23 18. Juan Manuel Correa R...... 9 -3 Carlin Buzz Racing ISR 19 y/o Rookie 19. Jak Crawford R...... 6 -3 24 Jake Hughes HUG R GBR 27 y/o 20. Kaylen Frederick ...... 2 +6 MOST IMPROVED 25 Jonny Edgar EDG 21. R...... 1 +7 GBR 17 y/o Rookie 22. Amaury Cordeel R...... 0 +2 WIL 26 Calan Williams R ...... Jenzer Motorsport AUS 21 y/o 23. Lorenzo Colombo 0 -2 R 27 Johnathan Hoggard HOG 24. Tijmen Van der Helm ...... 0 -1 GBR 20 y/o Rookie R JOHNATHAN 25. ...... 0 -5 HOGGARD 28 UGR 26. Pierre-Louis Chovet R...... 0 -4 ROU 18 y/o Rookie Jenzer Motorsport 27. Oliver Rasmussen R...... 0 -2 Sargeant SAR 29 Logan R Charouz Racing USA 20 y/o 28. Ido Cohen ...... 0 +1 +7 PLACES System 30 Enzo Fittipaldi FIT 29. Rafael Villagómez R...... 0 -2 gained in the drivers’ BRA 20 y/o standings after 30. László Tóth R...... 0 +1 Round 3 DEG 31 Reshad de Gerus 31. Filip Ugran R...... 0 -1 (Spielberg). FRA 18 y/o Rookie

POLE POSITION RACE 1 FASTEST LAP RACE 2 FASTEST LAP RACE 3 FASTEST LAP 2021 SEASOn RECAP WINNER M WINNER M WINNER M

SPAIN 1 07-08-09 May Barcelona Dennis Hauger Alexander Smolyar Alexander Smolyar Olli Caldwell Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya PREMA Racing ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix PREMA Racing PREMA Racing PREMA Racing PREMA Racing

FRANCE 2 18-19-20 June Le Castellet Frederik Vesti Alexander Smolyar Jack Doohan Arthur Leclerc Victor Martins Jack Doohan Reshad de Gerus ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix Trident PREMA Racing MP Motorsport Trident Charouz Racing System

AUSTRIA 3 02-03-04 July Spielberg Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger David Schumacher Arthur Leclerc Frederik Vesti Victor Martins Red Bull Ring PREMA Racing PREMA Racing PREMA Racing Trident PREMA Racing ART Grand Prix MP Motorsport

HUNGARY 4 30-31 July - 01 August Budapest ...... Hungaroring ......

BELGIUM 5 27-28-29 August Spa-Francorchamps ...... Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ......

NETHERLANDS 6 03-04-05 September Zandvoort ...... Zandvoort Circuit NEW VENUE ......

UNITED STATES 7 22-23-24 October Austin ...... NEW VENUE ......

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