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2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship

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Oscar Piastri became the second FIA Formula 3 Champion.
Prema Racing entered the season as the defending Teams' Champions and successfully secured back to back teams titles after the first race at Monza.

The 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship was the eleventh season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also second season under the moniker of FIA Formula 3 Championship, a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open-wheel formula racing cars. The championship featured drivers competing in 3.4-litre Formula 3 racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, of the championship. It ran in support of the Formula 1 World Championship and its sister series, Formula 2, serving as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway.

Oscar Piastri won the title at the Mugello round, which is the final round of the season.[a] Prema Racing became the Teams' Champion for the second season in the row having won the title at the Monza round.

Entries

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The following teams and drivers were under contract to compete in the 2020 championship. As the championship was a spec series, all teams competed with an identical Dallara F3 2019 chassis and a bespoke tyre compound developed by Pirelli.[1][2] Each car was powered by a 3.4 L (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine developed by Mecachrome.[3]

Entrant No. Driver name Rounds
Italy Prema Racing 1 Australia Oscar Piastri All
2 Denmark Frederik Vesti All
3 United States Logan Sargeant All
United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 4 United Kingdom Max Fewtrell 1–6
France Pierre-Louis Chovet 7–8
5 New Zealand Liam Lawson All
6 Norway Dennis Hauger All
France ART Grand Prix 7 France Théo Pourchaire All
8 Russia Alexander Smolyar All
9 Spain Sebastián Fernández All
Italy Trident 10 Germany Lirim Zendeli All
11 Germany David Beckmann All
12 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell All
Germany HWA Racelab 14 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi All
15 United Kingdom Jake Hughes All
16 Australia Jack Doohan All
Netherlands MP Motorsport 17 Netherlands Richard Verschoor All
18 Netherlands Bent Viscaal All
19 Austria Lukas Dunner All
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 20 Australia Calan Williams All
21 Italy Federico Malvestiti All
22 Italy Matteo Nannini All
Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 23 Czech Republic Roman Staněk All
24 Brazil Igor Fraga 1–8
25 Germany David Schumacher 1–6
Russia Michael Belov 7–9
United Kingdom Carlin Buzz Racing 26 United Kingdom Clément Novalak[b] All
27 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed 1–3
United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat 4–5
Italy Leonardo Pulcini 6
Germany David Schumacher 7–9
28 United States Cameron Das All
Spain Campos Racing 29 Australia Alex Peroni All
30 Italy Alessio Deledda All
31 Germany Sophia Flörsch 1–6, 8–9
Germany Andreas Estner 7
Source:[4][5][6][7]

In detail

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Marcus Armstrong, Jehan Daruvala and reigning champion Robert Shwartzman all left Prema Racing and the championship to graduate to Formula 2.[8] Logan Sargeant switched from Carlin Buzz Racing to join Prema alongside reigning Formula Regional European and Formula Renault Eurocup champions Frederik Vesti and Renault-backed Oscar Piastri.[9][10][11]

Leonardo Pulcini, Jüri Vips and Yifei Ye all left Hitech Grand Prix, with Pulcini and Vips moving to the International GT Open and Super Formula series respectively.[12] Hitech hired Red Bull junior drivers Liam Lawson, who switched from MP Motorsport, and reigning Italian F4 champion Dennis Hauger. They were joined by Renault junior Max Fewtrell, who left ART Grand Prix.[13][14]

ART Grand Prix fielded an all-new lineup as David Beckmann left for Trident and Christian Lundgaard graduated to the team's Formula 2 outfit. The seats were taken by reigning ADAC Formula 4 champion Théo Pourchaire,[15] Formula Renault Eurocup graduate Aleksandr Smolyar,[16] and Sebastián Fernández, who moved from Campos Racing.[17]

Trident Racing initially retained Devlin DeFrancesco for 2020 but he was replaced with David Beckmann shortly before the championship began.[18] Niko Kari left the team for Charouz Racing System and Pedro Piquet graduated to Formula 2. Their seats were taken by Lirim Zendeli, who joined the team from Charouz,[19] and Formula Regional European graduate Olli Caldwell.[20]

HWA Racelab retained Jake Hughes while Bent Viscaal and Keyvan Andres left the team, with Viscaal switching to MP Motorsport.[21] Formula Regional European runner-up and Ferrari Driver Academy member Enzo Fittipaldi joined the team, as did Asian F3 runner-up and Red Bull junior Jack Doohan.[22]

MP Motorsport retained Richard Verschoor and signed Euroformula Open graduate Lukas Dunner alongside Bent Viscaal.[23] Simo Laaksonen left the team.

Yuki Tsunoda and Andreas Estner left Jenzer Motorsport, with Tsunoda graduating to Formula 2. They were replaced by Euroformula Open driver Calan Williams and reigning Formula 4 UAE champion Matteo Nannini.[24][25] Federico Malvestiti, who raced for Jenzer at the fourth round of the 2019 season as a replacement driver, joined the team full-time.

Raoul Hyman and Fabio Scherer left Charouz Racing System, with Scherer joining the DTM series.[26] They were replaced by reigning Toyota Racing Series champion Igor Fraga and Formula Regional European graduate David Schumacher. Despite initially hiring Niko Kari for 2020, Charouz Racing System replaced him with Formula 4 graduate Roman Staněk shortly before the season opener.[27]

Felipe Drugovich and Teppei Natori left Carlin Buzz Racing to compete in Formula 2 and Super Formula Lights respectively. Their seats were filled by Euroformula Open graduate Cameron Das and BRDC British Formula 3 champions Enaam Ahmed and Clément Novalak.[28]

Alex Peroni and Alessio Deledda were retained by Campos Racing.[29] Sebastián Fernández was replaced with Formula Regional European graduate Sophia Flörsch.[30]

Midseason changes

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The first mid-season change came for the fourth round at Silverstone, when Enaam Ahmed left Carlin Buzz Racing. He was replaced by McLaren Automotive sportscar driver Ben Barnicoat.[31] Barnicoat was recalled by McLaren before the sixth round in Barcelona and former Hitech Grand Prix driver Leonardo Pulcini stood in for him.[6]

The seventh round at Spa-Francorchamps featured multiple driver changes. David Schumacher departed from Charouz Racing System and announced he would join Carlin for the remainder of the season, thereby replacing Pulcini.[32][33] Schumacher's seat at Charouz was taken by Formula Renault Eurocup driver Michael Belov.[34][35] Campos driver Sophia Flörsch missed the round due to commitments in the European Le Mans Series.[36] Former Jenzer driver Andreas Estner deputised in her place.[37] Hitech Grand Prix parted ways with Max Fewtrell and his seat was taken by Formula Regional European driver Pierre-Louis Chovet.[38][39]

Chovet returned to the Formula Regional European Championship before the season finale at Mugello. Igor Fraga left Charouz to fill Chovet's seat at Hitech, however Charouz refused to authorise the move. Hitech claimed that Charouz had initially agreed to release Fraga before reversing their decision. This left Fraga without a seat at all and both teams competed at Mugello without a third driver.[40]

Calendar

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The following nine rounds were scheduled to take place as part of the 2020 championship. The series was to hold its opening round at the Bahrain International Circuit for the first time, and the Circuit Paul Ricard round was to be replaced by a round at Circuit Zandvoort. However, the championship was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw several rounds postponed.[41][42] A revised calendar was published in June 2020, which included two events at the Red Bull Ring and two at the Silverstone Circuit.[43]

Round Circuit Race 1 Race 2
1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 4 July 5 July
2 11 July 12 July
3 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 18 July 19 July
4 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 1 August 2 August
5 8 August 9 August
6 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 15 August 16 August
7 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 29 August 30 August
8 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 5 September 6 September
9 Italy Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 12 September 13 September
– Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi Cancelled[44] Cancelled[44]
– Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir Cancelled[44] Cancelled[44]
– Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort Cancelled[c] Cancelled[c]
Source:[43][45]

Regulation changes

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Sporting regulations

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The championship changed the grid and point systems for the second race of each weekend. The top ten finishers in the first race all scored points and had their places reversed for the grid of the second race.[46]

Season report

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At the first round at the Red Bull Ring, ART's Sebastián Fernández took pole position.[47] In race 1, Fernández and Prema's Oscar Piastri collided at the first turn, forcing Fernández into retirement. Piastri went on to win the race on his FIA Formula 3 debut, with Logan Sargeant and Alex Peroni completing the top three.[48][49] Carlin's Clément Novalak finished 10th and thus started race 2 from pole position. Hitech's Liam Lawson came from fifth on the grid to claim his maiden FIA F3 victory ahead of Richard Verschoor. Novalak took Carlin's first FIA F3 podium with third place.[50] The first round ended with Piastri leading the championship by seven points.

Prema's Frederik Vesti took pole position at the next Red Bull Ring round on the following weekend. The race was affected by heavy rain and was interrupted by safety car periods due to multiple incidents, before eventually being red-flagged on lap 15 of 24. As a result, only half-points were awarded. Vesti took the race victory followed by the Trident pair of Lirim Zendeli and David Beckmann.[51] Near the end of race 2, Liam Lawson and reverse-grid pole-sitter Jake Hughes collided whilst battling for the lead, forcing both into retirement and allowing ART's Théo Pourchaire to claim his first FIA F3 victory. He was followed by Logan Sargeant in second and Beckmann in third. Oscar Piastri maintained his championship lead by 6.5 points.

Qualifying at the Hungaroring was stopped and then postponed due to heavy rain, with ART's Aleksandr Smolyar taking pole position when the session was restarted. Smolyar was eliminated from race 1 after he and Logan Sargeant collided at the first corner. At the same time, a multi-car collision further back eliminated Frederik Vesti and Calan Williams. Théo Pourchaire took the lead of the race, which was soon red-flagged for over 20 minutes when Liam Lawson's car spilt oil on the track. Pourchaire maintained the lead of the race and took his second consecutive victory, with Oscar Piastri in second and Sargeant in third.[52] Sargeant was later penalised for an illegal overtake, promoting Bent Viscaal to the podium. David Beckmann began race 2 from pole position but was soon passed by Dennis Hauger, who led the majority of the race. Viscaal, who started in eighth place, made his way up to the lead but collected two five-second time penalties along the way for causing a collision with Igor Fraga and an illegal overtake on Sargeant. Viscaal had opened up a lead of six seconds before Federico Malvestiti crashed with two laps remaining, bringing out the safety car. The race ended under safety car conditions and Viscaal's penalties demoted him to 17th place. Beckmann was awarded the victory, followed by Piastri in second and Hauger in third. Piastri's championship lead had now extended to 26 points.[53]

Logan Sargeant took his maiden pole for the first round at Silverstone, but could only convert it into a third-place finish in race 1 after being overtaken by Liam Lawson and Oscar Piastri early in the race. The race ended under the safety car after a collision between Olli Caldwell, Lukas Dunner and Max Fewtrell. Lawson broke his series of three non-finishes with the win ahead of Piastri and Sargeant.[54] In race 2, Aleksandr Smolyar led for the entire race distance and claimed victory on the road, but was handed a five-second penalty post-race for illegal defending, demoting him to sixth. As a result, David Beckmann inherited his second sprint race win in succession, with Clément Novalak and Alex Peroni rounding out the podium.[55] Piastri retired from race 2 with a stuck-open DRS, but retained the championship lead by 17 points over Sargeant.

Sargeant again took pole position at the second Silverstone round and converted it into his maiden FIA F3 victory in race 1, followed by Jake Hughes and Liam Lawson. With Oscar Piastri finishing seventh, Sargeant took the lead of the championship by six points. Carlin replacement driver Ben Barnicoat started race 2 on pole position after teammate Clément Novalak received a penalty, but Barnicoat went on to retire with mechanical issues. Lirim Zendeli took the lead at the race start and was closely followed by Bent Viscaal until the final lap. The two drivers fought for position before Viscaal passed Zendeli at the final corner, taking his maiden FIA F3 victory by a margin of 0.189 seconds. Théo Pourchaire completed the podium. Sargeant was eliminated from the race after a collision with Cameron Das, but kept the lead of the championship by one point as title rival Piastri finished sixth.

Sargeant took his third consecutive pole position at the next round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but dropped back to third place in race 1 behind eventual winner Jake Hughes and Liam Lawson. Jenzer driver Matteo Nannini started race 2 from pole position, but fifth-placed Oscar Piastri had the best start and took the lead of the race before the end of the first lap. Piastri maintained his lead to take his second victory of the season, with Alex Peroni in second and Nannini third with his maiden FIA F3 podium finish. Sargeant finished fifth and held on to first place in the championship by one point.

Lirim Zendeli took his first FIA F3 pole position at Spa-Francorchamps and led the entirety of race 1 to claim his maiden victory. He was followed by Théo Pourchaire in second and Trident teammate David Beckmann in third. Title contender Piastri finished fifth, whilst Sargeant suffered engine trouble and eventually finished eighth, allowing Piastri to take the lead of the championship by five points. MP Motorsport's Richard Verschoor started race 2 from pole position, but dropped back to eventually finish seventh. Sargeant took the lead of the race early on and held off teammate Frederik Vesti to take his second victory of the season, with Liam Lawson in third place. Piastri crossed the line fifth but was penalised for an illegal overtake and demoted to sixth. Sargeant reclaimed the championship lead by seven points.

A turbulent qualifying session at Monza ended with Théo Pourchaire fastest, but he and eight other drivers were handed grid penalties for driving unnecessarily slowly, promoting Liam Lawson from fourth to pole position. Pourchaire soon took the lead in race 1 and led until Frederik Vesti, who started ninth, took the lead with two laps to go and claimed his second victory of the season. Pourchaire finished second and Piastri finished third after starting the race in 15th place. This allowed Piastri to reclaim the lead of the championship by eight points; Sargeant failed to score after being pitched into a spin by Clément Novalak and finishing near the back. The teams' championship was decided after race 1 when Prema built an unassailable points lead with three races remaining. In race 2, Lirim Zendeli took the lead at the start from pole-sitter Michael Belov. Zendeli fought for the lead with Enzo Fittipaldi before the two collided, causing Fittipaldi to drop to the back with a puncture. The lead of the race soon passed to Liam Lawson and then Jake Hughes. On lap 10 of 22, fourth-placed Piastri was tapped by Novalak, causing a multi-car accident and forcing both drivers as well as David Schumacher into retirement. No Prema driver would finish the race after Sargeant and Vesti made contact and retired with three laps to go. Hughes won the race followed by Lawson and Pourchaire. A number of drivers were issued penalties post-race, including Lawson for forcing Zendeli off-track, which promoted Aleksandr Smolyar to his first FIA F3 podium. Piastri and Sargeant were both issued with grid penalties for the final round.

Piastri entered the final round at Mugello with an eight-point lead over Sargeant in the standings. Lirim Zendeli took pole position and he, Jake Hughes and Frederik Vesti fought for the lead for the major part of race 1. Vesti came out on top, followed by Hughes with Théo Pourchaire coming from seventh to finish third. Piastri failed to score points after starting 16th and Sargeant finished sixth to leave both drivers tied on 160 points going into the final race, with Pourchaire the only other driver in mathematical contention for the title nine points behind. Liam Lawson started race 2 on pole position, with Sargeant, Pourchaire and Piastri starting fifth, eighth and 11th respectively. Sargeant was forced into retirement on the first lap after a collision with Lirim Zendeli, eliminating him from title contention. Pourchaire made multiple overtakes to eventually finish third behind winner Lawson and David Beckmann, however this was only enough to take second place in the championship as Piastri finished seventh to claim the title.

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap[56] Winning driver Winning team Report
1 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Spain Sebastián Fernández Australia Alex Peroni Australia Oscar Piastri Italy Prema Racing Report
R2 Australia Oscar Piastri New Zealand Liam Lawson United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
2 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Denmark Frederik Vesti Denmark Frederik Vesti Denmark Frederik Vesti Italy Prema Racing Report
R2 Australia Oscar Piastri France Théo Pourchaire France ART Grand Prix
3 R1 Hungary Hungaroring Russia Aleksandr Smolyar United Kingdom Jake Hughes[d] France Théo Pourchaire France ART Grand Prix Report
R2 Australia Oscar Piastri Germany David Beckmann[e] Italy Trident
4 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit United States Logan Sargeant United Kingdom Clément Novalak New Zealand Liam Lawson United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Report
R2 United States Logan Sargeant Germany David Beckmann[f] Italy Trident
5 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit United States Logan Sargeant New Zealand Liam Lawson United States Logan Sargeant Italy Prema Racing Report
R2 Netherlands Bent Viscaal Netherlands Bent Viscaal Netherlands MP Motorsport
6 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya United States Logan Sargeant United Kingdom Jake Hughes United Kingdom Jake Hughes Germany HWA Racelab Report
R2 Norway Dennis Hauger[g] Australia Oscar Piastri Italy Prema Racing
7 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Germany Lirim Zendeli United Kingdom Jake Hughes[h] Germany Lirim Zendeli Italy Trident Report
R2 United States Logan Sargeant United States Logan Sargeant Italy Prema Racing
8 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza New Zealand Liam Lawson[i] Australia Alex Peroni[j] Denmark Frederik Vesti Italy Prema Racing Report
R2 United Kingdom Clément Novalak[k] United Kingdom Jake Hughes Germany HWA Racelab
9 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit Germany Lirim Zendeli Germany Lirim Zendeli Denmark Frederik Vesti Italy Prema Racing Report
R2 Denmark Frederik Vesti New Zealand Liam Lawson United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix

Scoring system

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Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in both races, but with fewer points available during race 2. The pole-sitter in race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both races. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in race 2 as the grid for race 2 was based on the results of race 1, with the top ten drivers having their positions reversed.[58]

Race 1 points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 4 2
Race 2 points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 2

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver RBR1
Austria 		RBR2‡
Austria 		HUN
Hungary 		SIL1
United Kingdom 		SIL2
United Kingdom 		CAT
Spain 		SPA
Belgium 		MNZ
Italy 		MUG
Italy 		Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Australia Oscar Piastri 1 8 4 5 2 2 2 Ret 7 6 6 1 5 6 3 Ret 11 7 164
2 France Théo Pourchaire 13 26 9 1 1 6 12 8 6 3 7 6 2 5 2 2 3 3 161
3 United States Logan Sargeant 2 27 6 2 6 4 3 5 1 Ret 3 5 8 1 26 24† 6 Ret 160
4 Denmark Frederik Vesti 4 6 1 8 Ret Ret 5 4 4 8 Ret 21 6 2 1 23† 1 9 146.5
5 New Zealand Liam Lawson 6 1 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 7 3 5 2 7 9 3 6 7 10 1 143
6 Germany David Beckmann 7 4 3 3 10 1 9 1 5 4 5 9 3 9 4 Ret 8 2 139.5
7 United Kingdom Jake Hughes 28 12 10 Ret 24 19 4 10 2 7 1 10 Ret 17 5 1 2 6 111.5
8 Germany Lirim Zendeli 5 5 2 10 Ret 16 13 11 9 2 12 16 1 8 7 4 4 Ret 104
9 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 8 2 7 4 4 5 11 9 19 18 9 4 10 7 27 10 12 5 69
10 Australia Alex Peroni 3 Ret 11 11 7 10 6 3 14 24 8 2 14 21 16 5 20 13 64
11 Russia Alexander Smolyar 9 7 Ret 20 Ret 7 10 6 13 14 11 12 4 4 20 3 7 10 59
12 United Kingdom Clément Novalak 10 3 29 25 9 12 8 2 12 9 4 11 NC 15 13 Ret 24 14 45
13 Netherlands Bent Viscaal 11 11 20 16 3 17 Ret 16 8 1 Ret 20 23 16 8 DSQ Ret 20 40
14 Spain Sebastián Fernández Ret 13 13 9 5 8 7 21 24 13 15 13 11 10 Ret 11 9 8 31
15 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi 18 9 15 13 19 9 18 19 17 17 13 8 26 12 9 19 5 4 27
16 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell 20 19 5 6 21 18 Ret 26 21 22 20 Ret 7 11 Ret 9 17 16 18
17 Norway Dennis Hauger 15 22 18 12 8 3 16 17 Ret 20 18 26 15 19 12 15 14 12 14
18 Italy Matteo Nannini 27 18 23 NC 22 24† 24 23 27† 16 10 3 13 26 Ret 20 16 15 11
19 France Pierre-Louis Chovet 22 Ret 18 6 5
20 United Kingdom Max Fewtrell 12 10 14 7 11 11 Ret 20 16 12 17 Ret 5
21 Czech Republic Roman Staněk 17 23 17 24 23 20 17 18 22 15 22 19 24 18 11 8 26† 18 3
22 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat 20 12 10 Ret 1
23 Russia Michael Belov 20 Ret 10 13 27 23 1
24 Brazil Igor Fraga 16 25 26 14 15 Ret 15 Ret 18 10 24 18 19 27 24 17 1
25 United States Cameron Das 22 Ret 24 Ret 17 22 21 24 11 11 19 17 25 22 15 16 23 25 0
26 Australia Jack Doohan 14 Ret 22 19 Ret 25 Ret 27 26 21 14 15 12 Ret 17 21 13 11 0
27 Austria Lukas Dunner 24 14 16 18 12 Ret Ret 22 23 Ret 21 22 21 13 14 Ret 21 17 0
28 Germany David Schumacher 25 15 12 17 16 13 25 15 15 Ret 23 25 17 14 19 Ret 15 19 0
29 Germany Sophia Flörsch 26 16 21 Ret 18 14 22 25 20 19 27 23 21 12 22 24 0
30 Italy Federico Malvestiti 19 21 28 22 13 Ret 19 13 Ret 23 26 Ret 18 24 22 14 18 22 0
31 Australia Calan Williams 21 17 25 23 Ret 15 14 14 Ret Ret 25 14 16 25 25 18 19 21 0
32 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed 23 24 19 15 14 21 0
33 Italy Leonardo Pulcini 16 24 0
34 Italy Alessio Deledda 29 20 27 21 20 23 23 28 25 Ret 28 Ret Ret 23 23 22 25 26 0
35 Germany Andreas Estner 27 20 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
RBR1
Austria 		RBR2
Austria 		HUN
Hungary 		SIL1
United Kingdom 		SIL2
United Kingdom 		CAT
Spain 		SPA
Belgium 		MNZ
Italy 		MUG
Italy
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Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position point(s)
Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified, as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  • ‡ – Half points were awarded for race 1, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' championship

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Pos. Team No. RBR1
Austria 		RBR2‡
Austria 		HUN
Hungary 		SIL1
United Kingdom 		SIL2
United Kingdom 		CAT
Spain 		SPA
Belgium 		MNZ
Italy 		MUG
Italy 		Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Italy Prema Racing 1 1 8 4 5 2 2 2 Ret 7 6 6 1 5 6 3 Ret 11 7 470.5
2 4 6 1 8 Ret Ret 5 4 4 8 Ret 21 6 2 1 23† 1 9
3 2 27 6 2 6 4 3 5 1 Ret 3 5 8 1 26 24† 6 Ret
2 Italy Trident 10 5 5 2 10 Ret 16 13 11 9 2 12 16 1 8 7 4 4 Ret 261.5
11 7 4 3 3 10 1 9 1 5 4 5 9 3 9 4 Ret 8 2
12 20 19 5 6 21 18 Ret 26 21 22 20 Ret 7 11 Ret 9 17 16
3 France ART Grand Prix 7 13 26 9 1 1 6 12 8 6 3 7 6 2 5 2 2 3 3 251
8 9 7 Ret 20 Ret 7 10 6 13 14 11 12 4 4 20 3 7 10
9 Ret 13 13 9 5 8 7 21 24 13 15 13 11 10 Ret 11 9 8
4 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 4 12 10 14 7 11 11 Ret 20 16 12 17 Ret 22 Ret 18 6 167
5 6 1 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 7 3 5 2 7 9 3 6 7 10 1
6 15 22 18 12 8 3 16 17 Ret 20 18 26 15 19 12 15 14 12
5 Germany HWA Racelab 14 18 9 15 13 19 9 18 19 17 17 13 8 26 12 9 19 5 4 138.5
15 28 12 10 Ret 24 19 4 10 2 7 1 10 Ret 17 5 1 2 6
16 14 Ret 22 19 Ret 25 Ret 27 26 21 14 15 12 Ret 17 21 13 11
6 Netherlands MP Motorsport 17 8 2 7 4 4 5 11 9 19 18 9 4 10 7 27 10 12 5 109
18 11 11 20 16 3 17 Ret 16 8 1 Ret 20 23 16 8 DSQ Ret 20
19 24 14 16 18 12 Ret Ret 22 23 Ret 21 22 21 13 14 Ret 21 17
7 Spain Campos Racing 29 3 Ret 11 11 7 10 6 3 14 24 8 2 14 21 16 5 20 13 64
30 29 20 27 21 20 23 23 28 25 Ret 28 Ret Ret 23 23 22 25 26
31 26 16 21 Ret 18 14 22 25 20 19 27 23 27 20 21 12 22 24
8 United Kingdom Carlin Buzz Racing 26 10 3 29 25 9 12 8 2 12 9 4 11 NC 15 13 Ret 24 14 46
27 23 24 19 15 14 21 20 12 10 Ret 16 24 17 14 19 Ret 15 19
28 22 Ret 24 Ret 17 22 21 24 11 11 19 17 25 22 15 16 23 25
9 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 20 21 17 25 23 Ret 15 14 14 Ret Ret 25 14 16 25 25 18 19 21 11
21 19 21 28 22 13 Ret 19 13 Ret 23 26 Ret 18 24 22 14 18 22
22 27 18 23 NC 22 24† 24 23 27† 16 10 3 13 26 Ret 20 16 15
10 Czech Republic Charouz Racing System 23 17 23 17 24 23 20 17 18 22 15 22 19 24 18 11 8 26† 18 5
24 16 25 26 14 15 Ret 15 Ret 18 10 24 18 19 27 24 17
25 25 15 12 17 16 13 25 15 15 Ret 23 25 20 Ret 10 13 27 23
Pos. Team No. R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
RBR1
Austria 		RBR2
Austria 		HUN
Hungary 		SIL1
United Kingdom 		SIL2
United Kingdom 		CAT
Spain 		SPA
Belgium 		MNZ
Italy 		MUG
Italy
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position point(s)
Italics Fastest lap point(s)


Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  • ‡ – Half points were awarded for race 1, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Notes

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  1. ^ Under the series' sporting regulations, the defending drivers' champion is not permitted to continue racing in the championship.
  2. ^ Clément Novalak is a Franco-Swiss driver competing under a British licence.[4]
  3. ^ a b The Zandvoort races were due to take place on 2 and 3 May, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[42]
  4. ^ Jake Hughes set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Théo Pourchaire was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  5. ^ Bent Viscaal crossed the finished line first, but he had two five-seconds time penalties.[53]
  6. ^ Aleksandr Smolyar crossed the finished line first, but received a five-second time penalty after the race.[55]
  7. ^ Dennis Hauger set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Oscar Piastri was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  8. ^ Jake Hughes set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Théo Pourchaire was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  9. ^ Théo Pourchaire originally claimed pole position, however, he received a 5-place grid penalty for driving unnecessarily slowly.[57]
  10. ^ Alex Peroni set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Frederik Vesti was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  11. ^ Clément Novalak set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Aleksandr Smolyar was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

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