2020 Mugello Formula 3 round

The 2020 Mugello FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 12 and 13 September 2020 at the Mugello Circuit in Tuscany, Italy. It was the final round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix.^[1] Oscar Piastri would be crowned champion after Logan Sargeant collided with Lirim Zendeli in Race 2, and Theo Pourchaire failed to outscore him.

  2020 Mugello Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 9 of 9 in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Mugello Circuit
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
Feature Race
Date 12 September 2020 Laps 21 Pole position Driver Lirim Zendeli Trident Time 1:35.328 Podium First Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Second Jake Hughes HWA Racelab Third Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Lirim Zendeli Trident Time 1:37.127 (on lap 3)
Sprint Race
Date 13 September 2020 Laps 21 Podium First Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix Second David Beckmann Trident Third Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Time 1:37.879 (on lap 7)

Entries

With Pierre-Louis Chovet returning to Formula Regional, Hitech Grand Prix tried to sign Igor Fraga to race for them in the final round.^[2] However, Fraga's team Charouz Racing System blocked the move, and both teams raced with only two cars that weekend, those of Liam Lawson and Dennis Hauger, and Michael Belov and Roman Staněk respectively.^[3]

Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 11 September 2020, with Lirim Zendeli achieving his second pole position of the year.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	1:35.328	1
2	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	+0.034	52
3	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	+0.125	2
4	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.220	3
5	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	+0.233	4
6	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	+0.266	6
7	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	+0.303	7
8	11	David Beckmann	Trident	+0.318	8
9	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.354	121
10	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	+0.365	9
11	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	+0.371	164
12	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	+0.613	10
13	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.671	11
14	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+0.715	12
15	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	+0.766	13
16	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.807	15
17	27	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	+0.838	17
18	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	+0.848	18
19	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	+0.903	19
20	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	+0.991	231
21	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.036	20
22	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	+1.149	21
23	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.209	273
24	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	+1.278	22
25	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.525	24
26	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	+1.551	25
27	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	+2.243	26
28	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	+2.247	28
Source:[1]

Notes：

• ^1 - Dennis Hauger and Michael Belov were handed three-place grid drops each for impeding Clément Novalak and Cameron Das respectively.
• ^2 - Logan Sargeant was handed a three-place grid drop for causing a collision with Frederik Vesti at the previous race.
• ^3 - Clément Novalak was handed a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Michael Belov and Oscar Piastri at the previous race.
• ^4 - Oscar Piastri was handed a five-place grid drop for forcing David Beckmann off the track at the previous race.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	21	34:42.873	3	25
2	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	21	+0.324	2	18
3	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	21	+2.369	7	15
4	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	21	+4.783	1	12 (4+2)
5	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	21	+7.816	4	10
6	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	21	+8.511	5	8
7	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	21	+10.540	9	6
8	11	David Beckmann	Trident	21	+11.019	8	4
9	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	21	+11.505	7	2
10	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+12.496	11	1
11	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	21	+13.483	16
12	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	21	+15.308	13
13	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	21	+19.489	10
14	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+25.862	12
15	27	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	21	+26.311	17
16	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+26.834	15
17	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	21	+26.900	18
18	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+32.604	20
19	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+33.910	24
20	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	21	+35.469	14
21	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	21	+35.509	21
22	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	21	+39.588	22
23	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	21	+40.793	26
24	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	21	+48.067	27
25	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	21	+50.078	28
26	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	20	Accident	25
27	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	20	+1 lap	23
DNF	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	4	Mechanical	19
Fastest lap set by Lirim Zendeli: 1:37.127 (lap 3)
Source:[1]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	21	36:30.379	1	15
2	11	David Beckmann	Trident	21	+7.806	3	12
3	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	21	+9.193	8	10
4	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	21	+10.399	6	8
5	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	21	+10.982	12	6
6	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	21	+12.436	9	5
7	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	21	+13.521	9	4
8	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	21	+13.564	6	3
9	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	21	+14.980	10	2 (2)
10	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	21	+19.400	4	1
11	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	21	+20.684	13
12	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	21	+21.712	14
13	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	21	+22.235	20
14	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	21	+22.785	24
15	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+23.256	16
16	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	21	+23.443	17
17	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	21	+26.133	21
18	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	21	+29.076	26
19	27	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	21	+30.841	15
20	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	21	+30.930	28
21	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+32.210	19
22	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+34.316	18
23	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	21	+34.803	27
24	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	21	+35.284	22
25	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	21	+37.734	23
26	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	21	+55.484	25
DNF	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	0	Collision	5
DNF	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	0	Collision	7
Fastest lap set by Frederik Vesti: 1:37.879 (lap 7)
Source:[4]

Final Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Oscar Piastri 164 1 2 Théo Pourchaire 161 1 3 Logan Sargeant 160 2 4 Frederik Vesti 146.5 1 5 Liam Lawson 143

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 470.5 2 Trident 261.5 3 ART Grand Prix 251 4 Hitech Grand Prix 167 1 5 HWA Racelab 138.5

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

See also

• 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
• 2020 Mugello Formula 2 round

Notes

References

1. "Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9 : Tuscany , Mugello 11-13 September 2020". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
2. "Red Bull junior misses F3 finale amid contract saga". Motorsport Week. 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
3. "Igor Fraga missing Mugello FIA F3 finale after 'blocked' Hitech move". Formula Scout. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
4. "Formula 3 2020 Result for Round 9". FIA Formula 3. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links

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