Preview ROUND 5 SILVERSTONE GREAT BRITAIN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Silverstone Circuit RACE 1 >> 20 LAPS >> 117.686 KM 40 min. Start/Finish Offset 5.891 KM 0.134 km RACE 2 >> 20 LAPS >> 117.686 KM 40 min. CLUB 18 SECTOR 3 AVERAGE TEMP. 21°/12° WHEN TO WATCH AVERAGE RAINFALL 60 mm LUFFIELD 7 8 WOODCOTE ALL TIMES LOCAL (GMT +1) 17 LAP RECORD 2019 FRIDAY 07th AUGUST VALE 16 ABBEY BROOKLANDS 6 1 09:35 Practice Session . 45 min. 1:43.902 (204.111 KM/H) SECTOR 1 Jüri Vips (Hitech Grand Prix) 14:05 Qualifying Session . 30 min. FARM * CURVE Press Conference 17:45 2 MAXIMUM SPEED TH STOWE 15 SATURDAY 08 AUGUST SPEED 291.8 KM/H in Race 2 TRAP VILLAGE 09:25 Race 1 . 20 laps or 40 min. DRS ACTIVATION 2 DRS DETECTION 1 Teppei Natori (Carlin Buzz Racing) * 3 DRS ACTIVATION 1 10:25 Press Conference THE LOOP 9 COPSE HANGAR 4 AINTREE COMPOUND SUNDAY 09TH AUGUST STRAIGHT 5 Allocation 08:45 Race 2 . 20 laps or 40 min. SECTOR 2 10 MAGGOTS 14 12 CHAPEL 11 DRS HARD BECKETTS DETECTION 2 *Note: You can join the Press Conference via Zoom upon request. 13 THE STory so far FROM THE GRID Clément Novalak Carlin Buzz Racing The halfway point of the 2020 FIA “I love Silverstone “I have a couple of fond memories from Formula 3 Championship is upon us, because it's such a here. My best would be last year in and last weekend’s dramatic action at high-speed track. BRDC F3, racing through the field to get Silverstone provided more thrills and You've got the a podium in the wet. It was challenging spills in an utterly unpredictable season. Maggots/Becketts but good fun. Winning is one thing, Liam Lawson bagged his second win of section, and but managing to go through the field the campaign in Race 1, before David Copse is difficult with great pace and taking valuable Beckmann did likewise with victory in as well. It's a championship points is one of my best Race 2. Olli Caldwell, Lukas Dunner and Max combination memories. Hopefully, we can make of nice, high- Despite it being his very first visit to the Fewtrell saw all three forced to retire, some more this weekend. Last weekend speed corners, circuit, Théo Pourchaire set a scorching and Lawson led the field home behind the went well. We showed some clear pace and a couple pace in blistering temperatures to go safety car, ahead of Piastri and Sargeant. and improvement with the fastest lap in of overtaking quickest in Free Practice. The Frenchman Race 1 and making up a few positions. There was more drama on Sunday. opportunities too. It's one of the most then looked to continue his red-hot form Hopefully, we can keep moving forward. Alex Smolyar led from reverse pole, challenging tracks to drive on. Mistakes in Qualifying, before Logan Sargeant with Beckmann desperate to reel in the can make a big difference to the result, “Tyre management is a big thing here, grabbed his maiden F3 pole position Russian. On a high-speed circuit, the so it requires extreme concentration to especially considering last weekend’s ahead of Lawson. Trident man used DRS and Smolyar’s deliver the best job you can. temperatures that were consistently Saturday morning brought much cooler slipstream to harass the ART racer, who “We seemed to find a lot of grip around dropping. There should be higher conditions, but the action on track was was forced to defend hard to take the the outside of Stowe last weekend, temperatures this weekend, so it's going as feisty as ever. Lawson pounced in the flag first. Smolyar was later judged to and made a couple moves there and to play a big part in the result. It will opening lap to take the lead and held have weaved excessively, given a time Brooklands. The DRS zones help a be a good experience for me. It's going off Championship leader Oscar Piastri to penalty, and Beckmann awarded the win. lot because of the aerowash you get to be a challenge, but it's going to be Clément Novalak took second with Alex make it a hattrick of victories for Hitech following cars and the nature of the very interesting and I'm ready to take it on home soil. A late collision between Peroni in third. track. If you can follow someone through on. I'm trying to learn as much as I can, Stowe, into the Vale chicane, it's another and hopefully we can look forward to good opportunity. another good result.” The CHALLENGERS The gap at the top of the Drivers’ STAT PACK Championship has closed, with Piastri (94 pts) now leading teammate Sargeant (77) > The F3 race lap record at Silverstone times, more often than any other by 17 points. Beckmann’s (64.5) second is 1:45.692, set by Logan Sargeant driver so far this season. win of the season sees him climb to third, with Carlin Buzz Racing in 2019. ahead of Vesti (55.5) in fourth and fifth- > Piastri’s DNF in Race 2 last weekend placed Lawson (54). Some teams and drivers will undoubtedly > Liam Lawson’s Race 1 victory last was the first time this season that the be using the last round at Silverstone weekend was the fifth FIA Formula 3 Championship leader has failed to PREMA Racing (226.5 pts) continue to as a warm-up for this weekend, as the win by a New Zealander. score points in a race. dominate the Teams’ Championship. 30-strong field returns to the home of Trident (100.5) remain in second place, British motorsport. Others will be looking > The Australian’s retirement also meant just four and a half points ahead of ART for a repeat performance on Pirelli’s hard he was unable to set the fastest lap in Grand Prix (96) in third. Hitech Grand compound rubber. It’s a chance to make Race 2 for the first time this Prix (73) move up to fourth, ahead of amends or make a real statement of intent campaign. MP Motorsport (62). when Formula 3 returns! > Three drivers shared highest scoring TYRE TALK MARIO ISOLA (PIRELLI HEAD OF F1 AND CAR RACING) SAYS: rookie honours in Round 4. Piastri, Frederik Vesti and Clément Novalak each scored 18 points last weekend. “It’s been a very interesting start to “Even though there was only a single > Back-to-back Race 2 wins for David the season in Formula 3. Due to the tyre choice last weekend, looking after Beckmann means Trident have well-known severity of the Silverstone the rubber was just as important: helping already won twice as many races this > Nobody has claimed pole position circuit, it’s not been possible to go these young drivers to develop the skills season than they did in 2019. more than once so far this season. any softer for F3, so we have the hard they need to progress even further up the Vesti, Sargeant, Alex Smolyar and tyre. This presents a challenge for the career ladder.” > In the first four rounds, Piastri and Sebastián Fernández each have one drivers in terms of lap preparation. Beckmann stood on the podium four to their name. CONTACT Alexa Quintin - Head of Media and Communications [email protected] +33 (0)6 23 900 777 • Matt Deacon - Press Officer [email protected] +44 (0)7787 154 637 For more information please visit www.fiaformula3.com Follow us @FIAFormula3 @fiaf3 @FIAFormula3 ROUND 5 Preview SILVERSTONE GREAT BRITAIN ON-BOARD 2020 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS 1 Oscar Piastri PIA PREMA Racing AUS 19 y/o Rookie The gap between Oscar Piastri and PREMA 2 Frederik Vesti VES Racing teammate Logan Sargeant at the top of DNK 18 y/o Rookie the Drivers’ Championship is 17 points. 3 Logan Sargeant SAR 17 USA 18 y/o The eight victories so far this season have been 4 Max Fewtrell FEW Hitech Grand Prix GBR 21 y/o shared between four teams. PREMA Racing, Hitech Grand Prix, ART Grand Prix and Trident 5 Liam Lawson LAW NZL 18 y/o 4 have two wins each. 6 Dennis Hauger HAU NOR 17 y/o Rookie Whoever wins Round 5 Race 1, 7 Théo Pourchaire POU ART Grand Prix FRA 16 y/o Rookie will claim FIA Formula 3’s 25th victory. 8 Alexander Smolyar SMO 25 RUS 19 y/o Rookie 9 Sebastián Fernández FER After 8/18 RACES ESP 20 y/o 2020 CLASSIFICATIONS 10 Lirim Zendeli ZEN drivers’ standings teams’ standings Trident DEU 19 y/o POS. DRIVER RACE 1M RACE 2M PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM RACE 1M RACE 2M PTS SHUFFLE 11 David Beckmann BEC DEU 20 y/o 1. Oscar Piastri Rookie ..........1M ..................94 = 1. PREMA Racing .................2M...............226.5 = 12 Caldwell CAL Olli 2. ..................................... ........................................... M ... = GBR 18 y/o Rookie Logan Sargeant 77 = 2. Trident 2 100.5 3. David Beckmann ..................... 2M ...64.5 +1 M M 14 Enzo Fittipaldi FIT 3. ART Grand Prix ...............1 ..... 1 ..........96 = HWA RACELAB BRA 19 y/o Rookie R 4. Frederik Vesti ...............1M ..............55.5 +2 4. Hitech Grand Prix ...........1M..... 1M ..........73 +1 HUG M M 15 Jake Hughes 5. Liam Lawson ..................1 .... 1 .......54 +3 5. MP Motorsport .............................................62 -1 GBR 26 y/o 6. R.......... M .... M ....... -3 Théo Pourchaire 1 1 51 6. Campos Racing ...........................................42 = 16 Jack Doohan DOO 7. Richard Verschoor .................................47 -2 AUS 17 y/o Rookie 7.