Preview ROUND 5/8 BUDAPEST HUNGARY 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 DRS ACTIVATION 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 Robert Shwartzman (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 Yuki Tsunoda Jenzer Motorsport “The Hungaroring 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 Silverstone 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 Max Fewtrell 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 Liam Lawson both Hitech Grand Prix 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 Jehan Daruvala 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. Pirelli 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! Marcus Armstrong, Daruvala and Robert > Argentinian-born Shwartzman have stood on the podium Giorgio Carrara MARIO ISOLA (PIRELLI HEAD OF F1 AND CAR RACING) SAYS: 13 times this season, more than every returns to F3 with other team combined. Jenzer Motorsport 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. Alexa Quintin - Head of Media and Communications [email protected] +33 (0)6 23 900 777 • Matthew Deacon - Press Officer [email protected] +44 (0)7787 154 637 CONTACT For more information please visit www.fiaformula3.com Follow us @FIAFormula3 @fiaf3 @FIAFormula3 ROUND 5/8 Preview BUDAPEST HUNGARY ON-BOARD 2019 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS 1 David Beckmann 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 Christian Lundgaard 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 Richard Verschoor VER NLD 18 y/o 7 has set the most with two. 7 Lirim Zendeli ZEN Sauber Junior Team DEU 19 y/o The average high temperature (in Celsius) in by Charouz 8 Fabio Scherer 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 Bent Viscaal 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 ...... 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. Pedro Piquet .............................................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. Campos Racing .............................................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 N12. iko Kari ..................................................15 -3 PUL Pulcini 20 Leonardo 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 Ye Yifei YIF 16. Lirim Zendeli .............................................. 6 = CHN 19 y/o 17. Alexander Peroni.....................................